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Talal Itani· published 2012
But when he saw their hands not reaching towards it, he becamesuspicious of them, and conceived a fear of them. They said, "Do not fear, we were sent to the people of Lot."
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
And when he saw their hands reached not to it, he mistrusted them and conceived a fear of them. They said: Fear not! Lo! we are sent unto the folk of Lot
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
But when he saw that their hands reached not thereto, he could not understand them, and harboured fear of them. They said, 'Fear not. Verily, we are sent unto the people of Lot
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And when he saw that their hands did not touch the meat, he misliked them, and entertained a fear of them. But they said, fear not: For we are sent unto the people of Lot
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
Por, kur pa se duart e tyre nuk po e preknin mishin, nuk i pëlqeu dhe ndjeu frikë nga ata. Ata i thanë: "Mos ki frikë, se ne jemi dërguar te populli i Lutit!"
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বাংলা · Bengali
অতঃপর যখন সে (ইবরাহীম) দেখতে পেলো, তাদের হাত এর দিকে প্রসারিত হচ্ছে না(২৫), তখন সে তাদেরকে অস্বাভাবিক মনে করল এবং তাদের থেকে ভীতি অনুভব করলো। তারা বললো: ‘(হে ইবরাহীম!) ভয় করো না, নিশ্চয় আমরা লূত সম্প্রদায়ের নিকট (শাস্তি দেয়ার জন্য) প্রেরিত হয়েছি।’
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Bosanski · Bosnian
A kad vidje da ga se ruke njihove ne dotiču, on shvati da su neobični i osjeti strah od njih. Ne boj se!, rekoše oni, mi smo i Lutovu narodu poslani.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4
Hrvatski · Croatian
A kad vidje da ga se ruke njihove ne dotiču, on shvati da su neobični i osjeti strah od njih. "Ne boj se!" rekoše oni, "mi smo Lotovu narodu poslani."
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Nde o yi'noo juuɗe maɓɓe ɗeen njottaaki ndi, o faytiɓe (o sikkitii), o soomi kulol e maɓɓe. Ɓe mbi'i: "Wota a hul, ko min nulaaɓe e yimɓe Luuti ɓeen".
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ქართული · Georgian
და როცა მან (იბრაჰიმმა) დაინახა, რომ მათი [ანგელოზები, რომლებიც ადამიანების სახით მოვიდნენ] ხელები არ მიეკარებოდა მის [საპატივცემულო საჭმელს], ვერ იცნო ისინი (დაეჭვდა მათში) და შიში იგრძნო მათგან (იფიქრა, რომ მტრები ან ქურდები იყვნენ), (როცა დაინახეს, რომ შიშმა მოიცვა იგი, ანგელოზებმა) უთხრეს: «ნუ გეშინია! ჩვენ მოსული ვართ ლუტის ხალხთან (იმისათვის, რომ დავასჯათ ისინი)».
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Deutsch · German
Als er aber sah, dass ihre Hände nicht danach hinlangten, fand er es von ihnen befremdlich, und er empfand im Inneren Furcht vor ihnen. Sie sagten: „Fürchte dich nicht! Wahrlich, wir wurden zu dem Volk Luts gesandt.“
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Όταν είδε (ο Αβραάμ) ότι (δεν έτρωγαν και) τα χέρια τους δεν πήγαιναν προς αυτό (το φαγητό), βρήκε την αποχή τους (από το φαγητό) ως κάτι κατακριτέο (επειδή δεν ήξερε ότι είναι Άγγελοι και γι' αυτό τους υποψιάστηκε ότι θέλουν να του κάνουν κακό και έτσι τους ρώτησε: «Δεν τρώτε;») και ένιωσε φόβο μέσα του απ' αυτούς. Είπαν: «Μη φοβάσαι. Έχουμε σταλεί στον λαό του Λωτ (για την τιμωρία τους).»
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
फिर जब देखा कि उनके हाथ खाने की ओर नहीं बढ़ रहे हैं, तो उनके प्रति अचंभे में पड़ गए और दिल में उनसे भय महसूस किया। उन्होंने कहा : भय न करो। दरअसल हम लूत[24] की जाति की ओर भेजे गए हैं।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
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Italiano · Italian
E quando vide che le loro mani non lo raggiungevano, s’insospettì di loro ed ebbe paura. Dissero: «Non temere! In verità siamo inviati al popolo di Lūt
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
70. Tačiau kai jis pamatė, kad jų rankos nelinko link to (maisto), jis pradėjo įtariai žiūrėti į juos ir pajuto baimę jiems. Jie tarė: „Nebijok, mes buvome pasiųsti prieš Lūto (Loto) žmones.“
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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Yeroma harkoowwan isaanii gara isaa (nyaatichaa) kan hin geenye ta’uu (nyaachuu dhabuu isaanii) argu, isaan morme; isaan irraas sodaa dhokfate, (sodaa isaa arganii) nijedhaniin “Hin sodaatin; nuti gara ummata Luux ergamnee”.
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Русский · Russian
Когда же он увидел, что руки их не тянутся к нему, он почувствовал к ним отчуждение и ощутил перед ними страх. Они сказали: «Не бойся, воистину, мы посланы к народу Лута».
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
А кад виде да се њихове руке не дотичу хране, он схвати да су необични и осети страх од њих. "Не бој се!" рекоше они, "ми смо послати Лотовом народу."
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Basi alipoiona mikono yao haimfikii, akawatilia shaka, na akawahofu. Wakasema, "Usihofu! Hakika sisi tumetumwa kwa kaumu ya Lut."
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Svenska · Swedish
Men när han såg att de inte rörde den kände han obehag och fylldes av fruktan. De sa: ”Frukta inte! Vi har sänts till Lots folk.”
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Türkçe · Turkish
Ellerinin buna uzanmadığını görünce, onlardan çekindi ve kalbine bir korku girdi. Onlar (onun bu halini görünce): "Korkma, biz Lût kavmi için gönderildik." dediler.
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اردو · Urdu
اب جو دیکھا کہ ان کے تو ہاتھ بھی اس کی طرف نہیں پہنچ رہے تو ان سے اجنبیت محسوس کرکے دل ہی دل میں ان سے خوف کرنے لگے[1] ، انہوں نے کہا ڈرو نہیں ہم تو قوم لوط کی طرف بھیجے ہوئے آئے ہیں.[2]
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Talal Itani2012 Our messengers came to Abraham with good news. They said, "Peace." He said, "Peace." Soon after, he came with a roasted calf.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And Our messengers cam unto Abraham with good news. They said: Peace! He answered: Peace! and delayed not to bring a roasted calf
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Our messengers did come to Abraham with glad tidings; they said, ' Peace!' He said, 'Peace be it!' nor did he delay to bring the roasted calf
John Medows Rodwell1861 And our messengers came formerly to Abraham with glad tidings. "Peace," said they. He said, "Peace," and he tarried not, but brought a roasted calf
George Sale1734 Our messengers also came formerly unto Abraham, with good tidings: They said, peace be upon thee. And he answered, and on you be peace! And he tarried not, but brought a roasted calf
DIN 31635wamraʾatuhu qāʾimatun faḍaḥikat fabaššarnāhā biʾisḥāqa wamin warāʾi ʾisḥāqa yaʿqūba
Talal Itani2012 His wife was standing by, so she laughed. And We gave her good news of Isaac; and after Isaac, Jacob.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And his wife, standing by laughed when We gave her good tidings (of the birth) of Isaac, and, after Isaac, of Jacob
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And his wife was standing by, laughing; and we gave her the glad tidings of Isaac, and of Jacob after Isaac
John Medows Rodwell1861 His wife was standing by and laughed; and we announced Isaac to her; and after Isacc, Jacob
George Sale1734 And his wife Sarah was standing by, and she laughed; and We promised her Isaac, and after Isaac, Jacob
Talal Itani2012 She said, "Alas for me. Shall I give birth, when I am an old woman, and this, my husband, is an old man? This is truly a strange thing."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 She said: Oh woe is me! Shall I bear a child when I am an old woman, and this my husband is an old man? Lo! this is a strange thing
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Said she, ' Alas for me! shall I bear a son when I am an old woman, and this husband of mine an old man? Verily, this is a wonderful thing
John Medows Rodwell1861 She said, "Ah, woe is me! shall I bear a son when I am old, and when this my husband is an old man? This truly would be a marvellous thing
George Sale1734 She said, alas! Shall I bear a son, who am old; this my husband also being advanced in years? Verily this would be a wonderful thing
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0.644
Share of measured verses above it
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Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.53
Talal Itani · George Sale0.49
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.46
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.46
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.46
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.46
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.42
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.41
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.40
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.36
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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.