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Talal Itani· published 2012
The king said, "Bring him to me, and I will reserve him for myself." And when he spoke to him, he said, "This day you are with us established and secure."
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
And the king said: Bring him unto me that I may attach him to my person. And when he had talked with him he said: Lo! thou art to-day in our presence established and trusted
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
And the king said, 'Bring him to me. I will take him specially for myself.' And when he had spoken with him he said, 'Verily, today thou art with us in a permanent place of trust
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And the King said, "Bring him to me: I will take him for my special service." And when he had spoken with him he said, "From this day shalt thou be with us, invested with place and trust
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And the king said, bring him unto me: I will take him into my own peculiar service. And when Joseph was brought unto the king, and he had discoursed with him, he said, thou art this day firmly established with us, and shalt be intrusted with our affairs
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
Mbreti tha: "Ma sillni atë, që ta mbaj pranë vetes!" Kur i foli, tha: "Nga sot, ti te ne do të kesh pozitë të lartë dhe do të gëzosh besimin tonë."
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
আর (ইউসুফের দোষমুক্ত প্রমাণিত হওয়ায়) বাদশাহ বললো: ‘তোমরা তাকে আমার নিকট নিয়ে আসো। আমি তাকে নিজের জন্যে (একনিষ্ঠ সাথী হিসেবে) মনোনীত করবো।’ অতঃপর যখন সে (বাদশাহ) তার সাথে কথা বলল, তখন বললো: ‘(হে ইউসুফ!) নিশ্চয় আজ তুমি আমাদের নিকট উচ্চ মর্যাদাশীল, পূর্ণ আস্থাভাজন ব্যক্তি।’
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
I velikaš reče: "Dovedite mi ga, uzet ću ga u svoju svitu", i pošto porazgovara s njim, reče mu: "Ti ćeš od danas kod nas utjecajan i od povjerenja biti."
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
I velikaš reče: "Dovedite mi ga, uzet ću ga u svoju svitu", i pošto porazgovara s njim, reče mu: "Ti ćeš od danas kod nas utjecajan i od povjerenja biti."
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Fulfulde · Fulani
Laamɗo on wi'i: "ngaddanee kam mo, mi heertinana mo hoore-am". Nde o yewtunoo mo, o wi'i: "Aa on hannde ka amen, ko a jom-nokku koolaaɗo".
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
(როცა იუსუფის უდანაშაულობა გამოაშკარავდა, მეფემ უბრძანა, მისთვის მიეყვანათ იგი, რადგან გადაწყვიტა, რომ ერთ-ერთ თავის ნდობით მოსილ ადამიანად დაენიშნა) და თქვა მეფემ: «მომიყვანეთ იგი! მე მას ჩემთვის ავიყვან». და როცა მან [მეფემ] იუსუფს ესაუბრა, უთხრა: «ჭეშმარიტად, დღეს შენ ჩვენთვის პატივცემული და სანდო ადამიანი ხარ».
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Und der König sagte: „Bringt ihn zu mir. Ich will ihn (als Nahestehenden) ausschließlich für mich haben.“ Als er dann mit ihm sprach, sagte er: „Wahrlich, du bist (von) heute (an) bei uns in angesehener Stellung und (voll) glaubwürdig.“
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Ο βασιλιάς είπε: «Φέρτε τον (Ιωσήφ) σε μένα, για να τον κάνω έναν από τους σύμβουλούς μου.» Έπειτα, όταν του μίλησε (και είδε το καλό χαρακτήρα και τη γνώση του), είπε: «Σήμερα εδώ μαζί μας θα είσαι σε υψηλή θέση και άξιος της εμπιστοσύνης μας.»
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
और राजा ने कहा : उसे मेरे पास लाओ, उसे मैं अपने लिए विशेष कर लूँ और जब (राजा ने) उन (यूसुफ़) से बात की, तो कहा : निःसंदेह आप आज हमारे यहाँ पदाधिकारी, विश्वसनीय हैं।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
E disse il Re: “Portatelo qui, che lo voglio al mio servizio.” Quando parlò con lui, gli disse: «In verità oggi da noi godi di fiducia e di alto rango!»
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
54. Ir karalius tarė: „Atveskite jį man, kad galėčiau prijungti jį prie savęs.“ Tada, kai jis pakalbėjo su juo, tarė: „Iš tiesų, šią dieną tu esi su mumis aukštoje padėtyje ir pilnai patikimas.“
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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Mootichis ni jedhe: “lubbuu kootiifan isa dhuunfadhaa isaan natti kottaa. Yeroma isa (Yuusufiin) hasofsiisu, “Ati har’a nu biratti mijjeeffataa amanamaadha” jedheen. [23]
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.0
Русский · Russian
И царь сказал: «Приведите его ко мне! Я приближу его к себе». И когда он поговорил с ним, сказал: «Воистину, отныне ты при нас — наделённый властью и надёжный».
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
И владар рече: „Доведите ми га, узећу га у своју свиту“, и пошто поразговара са њим, рече: „Ти ћеш од данас код нас да будеш утицајан и од поверења.“
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
Basi mfalme akasema, "Nijieni naye, awe wangu mwenyewe hasa." Basi alipomsemesha, akasema, "Hakika wewe leo umekwishakuwa imara kwetu na umeaminika."
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Kungen sa: ”För honom till mig, jag vill göra honom till en nära förtrogen.” Efter att ha talat med honom sa han: ”Från och med i dag är du högt aktad och betrodd hos oss.”
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Türkçe · Turkish
Hükümdar: "Onu bana getirin, kendime has (müsteşar) alayım." dedi. Onunla konuşunca: "Şüphesiz bugün sen yanımızda yüksek makam sahibi ve güvenilir bir kişisin."
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
بادشاه نے کہا اسے میرے پاس لاؤ کہ میں اسے اپنے خاص کاموں کے لئے مقرر کر لوں[1] .، پھر جب اس سے بات چیت کی تو کہنے لگا کہ آپ ہمارے ہاں آج سے ذی عزت اور امانت دار ہیں.[2]
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.
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Talal Itani2012 "This is that he may know that I did not betray him in secret, and that God does not guide the scheming of the betrayers."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 (Then Joseph said: I asked for) this, that he (my lord) may know that I betrayed him not in secret, and that surely Allah guideth not the snare of the betrayers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 That' (said Joseph) 'was that he might know that I did not betray him in his absence, and that God guides not the craft of those who do betray
John Medows Rodwell1861 By this" (said Joseph) "may my lord know that I did not in his absence play him false, and that God guideth not the machinations of deceivers
George Sale1734 And when Joseph was acquainted therewith he said, this discovery hath been made, that my lord might know that I was not unfaithful unto him in his absence, and that God directeth not the plot of the deceivers
Talal Itani2012 "Yet I do not claim to be innocent. The soul commands evil, except those on whom my Lord has mercy. Truly my Lord is Forgiving and Merciful."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 I do not exculpate myself. Lo! the (human) soul enjoineth unto evil, save that whereon my Lord hath mercy. Lo! my Lord is Forgiving, Merciful
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Yet I do not clear myself, for the soul is very urgent to evil, save what my Lord has had mercy on; verily, my Lord is forgiving and merciful
John Medows Rodwell1861 Yet I hold not myself clear, for the heart is prone to evil, save theirs on whom my Lord hath mercy; for gracious is my Lord, Merciful
George Sale1734 Neither do I absolutely justify my self: Since every soul is prone unto evil, except those on whom my Lord shall shew mercy; for my Lord is gracious and merciful
DIN 31635wakaḏālika makkannā liyūsufa fī l-ʾarḍi yatabawwaʾu minhā ḥayṯu yašāʾu nuṣību biraḥmatinā man našāʾu walā nuḍīʿu ʾaǧra l-muḥsinīna
Talal Itani2012 And thus We established Joseph in the land, to live therein wherever he wished. We touch with Our mercy whomever We will, and We never waste the reward of the righteous.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Thus gave We power to Joseph in the land. He was the owner of it where he pleased. We reach with Our mercy whom We will. We lose not the reward of the good
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Thus did we establish Joseph in the land that he might settle in what part thereof he pleased - we overtake with our mercy whom we will, nor do we waste the hire of those who do good
John Medows Rodwell1861 Thus did we stablish Joseph in the land that he might house himself therein at pleasure. We bestow our favours on whom we will, and suffer not the reward of the righteous to perish
George Sale1734 Thus did We establish Joseph in the land, that he might provide himself a dwelling therein, where he pleased. We bestow our mercy on whom We please, and We suffer not the reward of the righteous to perish
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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
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.69
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.67
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.64
Talal Itani · George Sale0.64
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.63
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.62
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.59
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.54
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.51
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.50
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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.