Marked words appear in this translation and in no other English translation of this verse. Common small words and older spellings are not marked. The marks show where the wording differs, not where the meaning does.
Talal Itani· published 2012
He said, "O My Lord, I seek refuge with You, from asking You about what I have no knowledge of. Unless You forgive me, and have mercy on me, I will be one of the losers."
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
He said: My Lord! Lo! in Thee do I seek refuge (from the sin) that I should ask of Thee that whereof I have no knowledge. Unless Thou forgive me and have mercy on me I shall be among the lost
Sources
Translation Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran·Public domain — copyright term expired
Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran·1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work
·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
Edward Henry Palmer1840–1882 · published 1880
He said, 'My Lord, verily, I seek refuge in Thee from asking Thee for aught of which I knownothing; and, unless Thou dost forgive me and have mercy on me, I shall be of those who lose
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
He said, "To thee verily, O my Lord, do I repairlest I ask that of thee wherein I have no knowledge: unless thou forgive me and be merciful to me I shall be one of the lost
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Noah said, O Lord, I have recourse unto Thee for the assistance of thy grace, that I ask not of Thee that wherein I have no knowledge: And unless thou forgive me, and be merciful unto me, I shall be one of those who perish
Sources
Translation George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an·1734 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work
·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
Other languages (18)Shqip · Albanian
Ai tha: "Zoti im! Unë strehohem te Ti që të mos kërkoj nga Ti diçka për të cilën nuk kam dituri. Nëse Ti nuk më fal e nuk më mëshiron, do të jem i humbur."
Translated by the team of Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
বাংলা · Bengali
সে (নূহ) বললো: ‘হে আমার রব, যে বিষয়ে আমার জ্ঞান নেই, তা চাওয়া থেকে আমি অবশ্যই আপনার নিকট আশ্রয় চাই। আর যদি আপনি আমাকে ক্ষমা না করেন এবং আমার প্রতি দয়া না করেন, তবে আমি (দুনিয়া ও আখিরাতে) ক্ষতিগ্রস্তদের অন্তর্ভুক্ত হয়ে যাবো।’
Translated by the team of Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Dawah Association in Rabwah, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.2
Bosanski · Bosnian
"Gospodaru moj", reče, "Tebi se ja utječem da Te više nikada ne zamolim za ono što ne znam! Ako mi ne oprostiš i ne smiluješ mi se, sigurno ću biti među gubitnicima."
Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4
Hrvatski · Croatian
"Gospodaru moj," reče, "Tebi se ja utječem da Te više nikada ne zamolim za ono što ne znam! Ako mi ne oprostiš i ne smiluješ mi se, sigurno ću biti među gubitnicima."
Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Fulfulde · Fulani
O maaki: "Joomi am, mi moolorike ma nde mi lanndoto maa huunde nde mi alanah ɗum ganndal. Si wanaa A hafranam yurmin Ɗaa mi, mi jeyete e hayruɓe ɓen"(.pertuɓe)
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
თქვა (ნუჰმა): «უფალო ჩემო! მე შენ შემოგფარებივარ, რათა არ გთხოვო ის, რის შესახებაც ცოდნა არ გამაჩნია. და თუ არ მომიტევებ და არ შემიწყალებ, ვიქნები წაგებულთა შორის».
Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Er (also Nuh) sagte: „Mein Herr, ich nehme ja Zuflucht bei Dir (davor), dass ich Dich um etwas bitte, wovon ich kein Wissen habe! Und wenn Du mir nicht vergibst und Dich meiner nicht erbarmst, werde ich fürwahr zu den Verlierern gehören.“
Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
(Ο Νώε) είπε: «Κύριέ μου! Αναζητώ καταφύγιο σ' Εσένα από το να Σου ζητήσω κάτι για το οποίο δεν έχω γνώση. Αν δε με συγχωρήσεις και δε με ελεήσεις, θα είμαι σίγουρα ένας από τους χαμένους.»
Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
नूह़ ने कहा : मेरे पालनहार! मैं तेरी शरण चाहता हूँ इस बात से कि मैं तुझसे ऐसी चीज़ का प्रश्न करूँ, जिस (की वास्तविक्ता) का मुझे कोई ज्ञान नहीं[13] और यदि तूने मुझे क्षमा नहीं किया और मुझपर दया नहीं की, तो मैं नुक़सान उठाने वालों में से हो जाऊँगा।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Disse: «Dio mio! In verità io mi rifugio in Te nel chiederTi ciò di cui non ho nessuna conoscenza! E se non mi perdonerai e non mi donerai la Tua grazia, sarò tra i perdenti!”
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
47. Nūhas (Nojus) tarė: „Mano Viešpatie, aš ieškau Tavo prieglobsčio nuo prašymo Tavęs to, apie ką aš neturiu žinių. Ir jei Tu neatleisi man ir nesuteiksi man Gailestingumo, aš tikrai būsiu vienu iš pralaimėjusiųjų.“
Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.8
Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
(Nuuh) nijedhe “Gooftaa kiyya! Ani waan beekumsa itti hin qabne si gaafachuu irraa sittin maganfadha. Yoo Ati naaf araaramtee rahmatas naaf hin godhin, warra hoonga’an irraan ta’a”.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.0
Русский · Russian
Он сказал: «Господь мой! Воистину, я прибегаю к Тебе от того, чтобы просить Тебя о том, о чём у меня нет знания. И если Ты не простишь и не помилуешь меня, я окажусь из числа потерпевших убыток».
Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
„Мој Господару“, рече, „Уточиште код Тебе тражим да Те више никада не замолим за оно што не знам! Ако ми не опростиш и не смилујеш ми се, сигурно ћу да будем међу губитницима.“
Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Nuhu akasema: Ewe Mola wangu Mlezi! Mimi najikinga kwako kutokana na kukuomba nisilo na elimu nalo. Na kama hunisamehi na ukanirehemu, nitakuwa katika waliohasiri.
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Han sa: ”Herre! Jag söker ditt skydd från att be dig om något jag inte har kunskap om. Om du inte förlåter mig och förbarmar dig över mig förlorar jag allt.”
Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
Nûh, “Rabbim! Şüphesiz ben senden hakkında bilgim olmayan şeyi istemekten sana sığınırım. Eğer beni bağışlamaz ve bana acımazsan, şüphesiz ziyana uğrayanlardan olurum.” dedi.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
نوح نے کہا میرے پالنہار میں تیری ہی پناه چاہتا ہوں اس بات سے کہ تجھ سے وه مانگوں جس کا مجھے علم ہی نہ ہو اگر تو مجھے نہ بخشے گا اور تو مجھ پر رحم نہ فرمائے گا، تو میں خساره پانے والوں میں ہو جاؤں گا۔[1]
Translated by Muhammad Ibrahim Junagarhi, developed under the supervision of the Rowwad Translation Center. The original translation is available for the purpose of expressing opinion, evaluation, and continuous development.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.3
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DIN 31635wanādā nūḥun rabbahu faqāla rabbi ʾinna bnī min ʾahlī waʾinna waʿdaka l-ḥaqqu waʾanta ʾaḥkamu l-ḥākimīna
Talal Itani2012 And Noah called to his Lord. He said, "O My Lord, my son is of my family, and Your promise is true, and You are the Wisest of the wise."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And Noah cried unto his Lord and said: My Lord! Lo! my son is of my household! Surely Thy promise is the truth and Thou are the Most Just of Judges
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And Noah went unto his Lord and said, 'My Lord, verily, my son is of my people, and, verily, Thy promise is true, and Thou art the justest of judges
John Medows Rodwell1861 And Noah called on his Lord and said, "O Lord! verily my son is of my family: and thy promise is true, and thou art the most just of judges
George Sale1734 And Noah called upon his Lord, and said, O Lord, verily my son is of my family; and thy promise is true: For thou art the most just of those who exercise judgment
Easy-read (simplified)qaala yaa noohu innahu laysa min ahlika innahu 'amalun ghayru saalihin falaa tas'alni maa laysa laka bihi 'ilmun innee a'izuka an takoona mina l-jaahileen
DIN 31635qāla yā nūḥu ʾinnahu laysa min ʾahlika ʾinnahu ʿamalun ġayru ṣāliḥin falā tasʾalni mā laysa laka bihi ʿilmun ʾinnī ʾaʿiẓuka ʾan takūna mina l-ǧāhilīna
Talal Itani2012 He said, "O Noah, he is not of your family. It is an unrighteous deed. So do not ask Me about something you know nothing about. I admonish you, lest you be one of the ignorant."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 He said: O Noah! Lo! he is not of thy household; lo! he is of evil conduct, so ask not of Me that whereof thou hast no knowledge. I admonish thee lest thou be among the ignorant
Edward Henry Palmer1880 He said, 'O Noah! he is not of thy people; verily, it is a work that is not right. Then, ask me not for that of which thou knowest naught. Verily, I admonish thee that thou shouldst not be of the ignorant
John Medows Rodwell1861 He said, "O Noah! verily, he is not of thy family: in this thou actest not aright. Ask not of me that whereof thou knowest nought: I warn thee that thou become not of the ignorant
George Sale1734 God answered, O Noah, verily he is not of thy family: This intercession of thine for him, is not a righteous work. Ask not of me therefore that wherein thou hast no knowledge: I admonish thee that thou become not one of the ignorant
Talal Itani2012 It was said, "O Noah, disembark with peace from Us; and with blessings upon you, and upon communities from those with you. And other communities We will grant prosperity, and then a painful torment from Us will befall them."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 It was said (unto him): O Noah! Go thou down (from the mountain) with peace from Us and blessings upon thee and some nations (that will spring) from those with thee. (There will be other) nations unto whom We shall give enjoyment a long while and then a painful doom from Us will overtake them
Edward Henry Palmer1880 It was said, 'O Noah! descend in safety from us, and blessings upon thee and upon (some) nations of those who are with thee; but (some) nations we will allow to enjoy prosperity and then there shall touch them from us grievous woe
John Medows Rodwell1861 It was said to him, "O Noah! debark with peace from Us, and with blessings on thee and on peoples to be born from those who are with thee; but as for other and unbelieving peoples, we will give them their good things in this world, but hereafter shall a grievous punishment light on them from us
George Sale1734 It was said unto him, O Noah, come down from the ark, with peace from us, and blessings upon thee, and upon a part of those who are with thee: But as for a part of them, We will suffer them to enjoy the provision of this world; and afterwards shall a grievous punishment from us be inflicted on them, in the life to come
Easy-read (simplified)tilka min anbaa'i l-ghaybi nooheehaa ilayka maa kunta ta'lamuhaa anta walaa qawmuka min qabli haadhaa fasbir inna l-'aaqibata lilmuttaqeen
DIN 31635tilka min ʾanbāʾi l-ġaybi nūḥīhā ʾilayka mā kunta taʿlamuhā ʾanta walā qawmuka min qabli hāḏā faṣbir ʾinna l-ʿāqibata lilmuttaqīna
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Talal Itani2012 These are some stories from the past that we reveal to you. Neither you, nor your people knew them before this. So be patient. The future belongs to the pious.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 This is of the tidings of the Unseen which We inspire in thee (Muhammad). Thou thyself knewest it not, nor did thy folk (know it) before this. Then have patience. Lo! the sequel is for those who ward off (evil)
Edward Henry Palmer1880 These are stories of the unseen which we reveal to thee; thou didst not know them, thou nor thy people before this. Be patient, then; verily, the issue is for those who fear
John Medows Rodwell1861 This is one of the secret Histories: we reveal it unto thee: neither thou nor thy people knew it ere this: be patient thou: verily, there is a prosperous issue to the God-fearing
George Sale1734 This is a secret history, which we reveal unto thee: Thou didst not know it, neither did thy people, before this. Wherefore persevere with patience; for the prosperous issue shall attend the pious
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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
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where 0 means identical wording and 1 means no shared words. It is
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The page says a verse is worded differently only above the cut below. The cut is a stated convention, not a property of the text, and it can be changed.
The cut
0.644
Share of measured verses above it
33%
Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.68
Talal Itani · George Sale0.68
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.67
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.62
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.61
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.60
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.56
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.52
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.46
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.46
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Source Tanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) · Uthmani, Version 1.1
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 ayahs. The bismillah is delivered as a separate `bismillah` attribute on ayah 1 and is NOT fused into the ayah text. 112 surahs carry one: every surah except al-Fatiha, where the bismillah is ayah 1:1 itself, and at-Tawba, which has none. Sourced from the XML output; the plain-text output of the same release DOES fuse it, which is defect D1.
CLEARED. Licence read verbatim from the block embedded in this very file. Ingested exactly as shipped: no normalisation, no stripping of marks, no Unicode recomposition.
Parsed structurally from the EPUB: an h3 names the surah, one p per verse with its number in its own span. An unnumbered p is the basmala and is not a verse, except in surah 1 where the basmala IS verse 1. 112 unnumbered paragraphs were found, which is 114 surahs less surah 1 and surah 9. Text is stored VERBATIM: NFC normalisation and XML entity unescaping only, because CC BY-ND forbids modification.
CLEARED on a licence read first-hand from the translator's own download page, not from an aggregator. Tanzil also hosts this translation, but under a blanket "non-commercial purposes only" term that directs the user to the translator or publisher for permission - a hosting disclaimer, not a grant - so the grant was taken from the licensor directly. The "God" edition was ingested; ClearQuran also publishes an "Allah" edition, differing in how the divine name is rendered, which is not ingested.
CLEARED ON THE WORK, WITH TWO RECORDED CAVEATS ON THIS COPY. (1) Rights basis is the expired copyright term, NOT the redistributing repository's licence. That repository dedicates its contents to the public domain under the Unlicense while also redistributing plainly in-copyright translations (Abdel Haleem, Saheeh International, The Study Quran), so it is dedicating rights it cannot hold and its blanket grant is not relied upon here. (2) The file declares its own upstream as tanzil.net, and Tanzil attaches a non-commercial condition to its TRANSLATION distributions, though not to its Qur'anic text. Since Pickthall's copyright has expired, nobody holds rights in these words and no licence is required from anyone; Tanzil's terms are a contract binding those who download from Tanzil, which we did not. The chain is nonetheless not spotless and Anwar may prefer a clean digitisation of the 1930 printing. NOT VERIFIED: that this digital text matches the 1930 first printing rather than a later revised edition. No page images were collated. Recorded as unverified rather than presented as established. SERVED TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE CITED FILE AT ONE VERSE, 37:97: the file reads "red-hotfire" (a glued token, also in Gutenberg #16955); the served row reads "red-hot fire", restored 2026-09-13 from Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (London: George Allen & Unwin, printed for Alfred A. Knopf; 1930), p. 460, XXXVII 97 - scan archive.org in.ernet.dli.2015.216140, PDF page 475; banked data/derivation-sources/pickthall-1930-dli-2015.216140-text.pdf (sha256 70e81146c97fa3a590243a82e04e349108546074787e2551a78c616202138870) on Anwar Malik's grant.
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 verses, keyed to mushaf order. The
bismillah is not fused into ayah 1: 1:1 carries it and no other verse
does. Verified against content check C3 at ingest.
CLEARED ON THE WORK. Term expired by every measure. The digital edition's upstream is not stated by the redistributor and the printing is unverified. No statement of purpose is recorded for Palmer because none was sourced from his own preface in this pass; nothing is asserted on his behalf.
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 verses, keyed to mushaf order. The
bismillah is not fused into ayah 1: 1:1 carries it and no other verse
does. Verified against content check C3 at ingest.
CLEARED ON THE WORK. Term expired by every measure. TWO edition caveats. (1) The upstream is not stated by the redistributor. (2) Rodwell's own edition PRESENTS THE SURAHS IN HIS OWN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER, not the mushaf order — he says so in his preface. This digital text is keyed to mushaf order, so it derives from a restored-order printing (such as the Everyman edition) rather than from Rodwell's own arrangement. Which printing is not stated and has not been established.
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 verses, keyed to mushaf order. The
bismillah is not fused into ayah 1: 1:1 carries it and no other verse
does. Verified against content check C3 at ingest.
CLEARED ON THE WORK. Term expired by every measure. The digital edition's upstream is NOT STATED by the redistributor, so the printing it represents is unverified; Sale's text was reprinted and re-edited many times between 1734 and 1900. Recorded as unverified rather than assumed to be the first edition.
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 ayahs. The bismillah is delivered as a separate `bismillah` attribute on ayah 1 and is NOT fused into the ayah text. 112 surahs carry one: every surah except al-Fatiha, where the bismillah is ayah 1:1 itself, and at-Tawba, which has none. Sourced from the XML output; the plain-text output of the same release DOES fuse it, which is defect D1.
CLEARED. Parallel edition, held in ayah_text_variants. It sits alongside the Uthmani spine for search normalisation and is never used to correct it.