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Talal Itani· published 2012
Then, when they entered into his presence, they said, "Mightygovernor, adversity has befallen us, and our family. We have brought scant merchandise. But give us full measure, and be charitable towards us-God rewards the charitable."
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
And when they came (again) before him (Joseph) they said: O ruler! Misfortune hath touched us and our folk, and we bring but poor merchandise, so fill for us the measure and be charitable unto us. Lo! Allah will requite the charitable
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 when they entered in unto him they said, 'O prince! distress has touched both us and our families, and we have brought triflingchattels. So give us full measure and bestow upon us in charity; verily, God rewards the charitable
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And when they came in to Joseph, they said, "O Prince, distress hath reached us and our family, and little is the money that we have brought. But give us full measure, and bestow it as alms, for God will recompense the almsgivers
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
WhereforeJoseph'sbrethrenreturned into Egypt: And when they came into his presence they said, noblelord, the famine is felt by us and our family, and we are come with a smallsum of money: Yet give unto us full measure, and bestow corn upon us as alms; for God rewardeth the alms-givers
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
Kur hynë tek ai, thanë: "O njeri fisnik, ne dhe familjen tonë na ka kapur skamja dhe kemi sjellë disa gjëra të pakta, por na e plotëso sasinë dhe na jep lëmoshë, se pa dyshim që Allahu i shpërblen lëmoshëdhënësit."
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
অতঃপর যখন তারা ইউসুফের কাছে (আবার) প্রবেশ করলো, তখন তারা বললো: ‘হে আযীয, অভাব-অনটন ও দুঃখ-কষ্ট আমাদেরকে ও আমাদের পরিবারকে পেয়ে বসেছে। আর আমরা (এবার ) অতি নগণ্য পণ্যমূল্য নিয়ে এসেছি। অতএব, আমাদেরকে খাদ্যের রসদ পূর্ণমাত্রায় দিন (যেমনিভাবে আপনি আমাদেরকে ইতঃপূর্বে দিতেন) এবং (বিপদগ্রস্ত হিসেবে ) আমাদের প্রতি অনুগ্রহ করুন। নিশ্চয় আল্লাহ অনুগ্রহকারীদেরকে উত্তম প্রতিদান দেন।’
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Bosanski · Bosnian
I kad oni uđoše kod njega, rekoše: "O velikašu, i nas i porodicu našu pritisla je nevolja; donijeli smo malo vrijedne stvari, ali ti nam podaj punu mjeru i udijeli nam milostinju, jer Allah, doista, nagrađuje one koji milostinju udjeljuju."
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 kad oni uđoše kod njega, rekoše: "O velikašu, i nas i porodicu našu pritisla je nevolja; donijeli smo malo vrijedne stvari, ali ti nam podaj punu mjeru i udijeli nam milostinju, jer Allah, doista, nagrađuje one koji milostinju udjeljuju."
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
Nde ɓe naatunoo ka makko [kaŋko Yuusufa], ɓe wi'i: "Ko an yo laamɗo, lorra heɓii men memen e ɓeynguure amen; men angadii e sil'a jaasuɗo. Huɓnan men ɓetu ngun, cakko-ɗaa e amen. Pellet, Alla yoɓay sakkotooɓe ɓeen".
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.
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ქართული · Georgian
(და ძმები კვლავ გაეშურნენ ეგვიპტეში.) როდესაც ისინი მივიდნენ მასთან [იუსუფთან], უთხრეს: «ო, აზიზო(ვეზირო)! ჩვენ და ჩვენს ოჯახს უბედურება დაგვატყდა [გვალვისა და შიმშილის გამო]. ჩვენ მოვედით მცირე და არამნიშვნელოვანი საქონლით (რომელიც ცოტაა და უხარისხო). მოგვიღე სრული წილი და გვიბოძე ჩვენ მოწყალება. ნამდვილად, ალლაჰი მიაგებს მოწყალე ადამიანებს».
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Als sie (wieder) bei ihm eintraten, sagten sie: „O hoher Herr, Not (und Dürre) hat uns und unsere Angehörigen erfasst. Und wir haben (nur) Ware von geringem Wert (mit uns) gebracht. So gib uns (dennoch) volles Maß und gib (es) uns als Almosen. Wahrlich, Allah vergilt den Almosegebenden.“
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
Όταν ήρθαν στη συγκέντρωση του (Ιωσήφ), είπαν: «Ω, κύριε υπουργέ! Οι αντιξοότητες χτύπησαν εμάς και την οικογένειά μας, και φέραμε λίγα χρήματα (και αγαθά που δεν είναι τόσο καλά, με αντάλλαγμα το φαγητό). Δώσε μας, λοιπόν, το πλήρες μέτρο του φορτίου (από σιτηρά όπως έκανες πριν) και δώσε μας ως ελεημοσύνη (τη διαφορά μεταξύ του πλήρες φορτίου και των χρημάτων μας που δεν του φτάνουν), πράγματι, ο Αλλάχ ανταμείβει αυτούς που δίνουν ελεημοσύνη.»
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
फिर जब (यूसुफ़ के भाई) उनके पास (मिस्र) गए, तो कहा : ऐ अज़ीज़! हमपर और हमारे घर वालों पर विपत्ति (अकाल) आ पड़ी है और हम थोड़ा-सा धन (मूल्य) लाए हैं। लेकिन हमें पूरी-पूरी माप प्रदान करें और हमें दान (भी) दें। निःसंदेह अल्लाह दान करने वालों को बदला देता है।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Quando entrarono da lui, dissero: «O signore, la miseria ha colpito noi e la nostra gente, e siamo venuti con un carico di merce povero; vi preghiamo di abbondare per noi il carico e di farci la carità, in verità Allāh ricompensa i caritatevoli!»
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
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
88. Tada, kai jie įžengė pas jį [Jusufą (Juozapą)], tarė: „Šalies valdove, sunkus metas apėmė mus ir mūsų šeimą, ir mes atnešėme tik menką turtą, taigi sumokėk mums pilną porciją ir būk mums labdaringas. Iš tiesų, Allahas atlygina labdaringiesiems.“
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.
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 1.0.0
Русский · Russian
Когда же они вошли к нему, то сказали: «О вельможа! Нас и нашу семью постигло бедствие, и мы пришли со скудным товаром. Наполни же нам меру и сделай нам пожертвование. Воистину, Аллах воздаёт тем, кто делает пожертвования».
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
И кад они уђоше код њега, рекоше: „О великану, и нас и нашу породицу притисла је невоља; донели смо мало вредне ствари, али ти нам дај пуну меру и удели нам милостињу, јер Аллах, заиста, награђује оне који удељују милостињу.“
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 walipoingia alimokuwa Yusuf, wakasema: Ewe Mheshimiwa! Imetupata shida kubwa, sisi na ahali zetu. Na tumekujia na mali kidogo. Basi tutimizie tu kipimo na tupe sadaka. Hakika Mwenyezi Mungu huwalipa watoao sadaka.
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Svenska · Swedish
När de trädde in hos honom sa de: ”Du mäktige! Svårigheter har drabbat oss och vår familj. Vi har kommit med torftiga varor men ge oss ändå fulla mått [spannmål] och var givmild mot oss. Gud belönar de givmilda.”
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
Bunun üzerine (Mısır’a dönüp) Yûsuf’un yanına girdiklerinde: “Ey Aziz! Bize ve ailemize darlık ve sıkıntı dokundu. Değersiz bir sermaye ile geldik. Yiyeceğimizi tam ölç, ayrıca bize sadaka ver. Şüphesiz Allah, sadaka verenleri mükâfatlandırır” dediler.
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
اردو · Urdu
پھر جب یہ لوگ یوسف (علیہ السلام) کے پاس پہنچے[1] تو کہنے لگے کہ اے عزیز! ہم کو اور ہمارے خانداں کو دکھ پہنچا ہے[2]۔ ہم حقیر پونجی ﻻئے ہیں پس آپ ہمیں پورے غلہ کا ناپ دیجئے[3] اور ہم پر خیرات کیجئے[4]، اللہ تعالیٰ خیرات کرنے والوں کو بدلہ دیتا ہے.
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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Easy-read is a simplified pronunciation,
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same edition and their orthography differs.
Easy-read (simplified)qaala innamaa ashkoo baththee wahuznee ilaa llaahi wa'a'lamu mina llaahi maa laa ta'lamoon
DIN 31635qāla ʾinnamā ʾaškū baṯṯī waḥuznī ʾilā llāhi waʾaʿlamu mina llāhi mā lā taʿlamūna
Talal Itani2012 He said, "I only complain of my grief and sorrow to God, and I know from God what you do not know."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 He said: I expose my distress and anguish only unto Allah, and I know from Allah that which ye know not
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Said he, 'I only complain of my emotion and my grief to God, for I know that from God which ye know nothing of
John Medows Rodwell1861 He said, "I only plead my grief and my sorrow to God: but I know from God what ye know not
George Sale1734 He answered, I only represent my grief, which I am not able to contain, and my sorrow unto God; but I know by revelation from God that which ye know not
Easy-read (simplified)yaa baniyya dhhaboo fatahassasoo min yoosufa wa'akheehi walaa tay'asoo min rawhi llaahi innahu laa yay'asu min rawhi llaahi illaa l-qawmu l-kaafiroon
DIN 31635yā baniyya ḏhabū fataḥassasū min yūsufa waʾaḫīhi walā tayʾasū min rawḥi llāhi ʾinnahu lā yayʾasu min rawḥi llāhi ʾillā l-qawmu l-kāfirūna
Talal Itani2012 "O my sons, go and inquire about Joseph and his brother, and do not despair of God's comfort. None despairs of God's comfort except the disbelieving people."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Go, O my sons, and ascertain concerning Joseph and his brother, and despair not of the Spirit of Allah. Lo! none despaireth of the Spirit of Allah save disbelieving folk
Edward Henry Palmer1880 O my sons! go and enquire concerning Joseph and his brother, and despair not of God's comfort; for, verily, none need despair of God's comfort save a misbelieving people
John Medows Rodwell1861 Go, my sons, and seek tidings of Joseph and his brother, and despair not of God's mercy, for none but the unbelieving despair of the mercy of God
George Sale1734 O my sons, go and make inquiry after Joseph and his brother; and despair not of the mercy of God; for none despaireth of God's mercy, except the unbelieving people
Easy-read (simplified)qaaloo a'innaka la'anta yoosufu qaala anaa yoosufu wahaadhaa akhee qad manna llaahu 'alaynaa innahu man yattaqi wayasbir fa'inna llaaha laa yudee'u ajra l-muhsineen
DIN 31635qālū ʾaʾinnaka laʾanta yūsufu qāla ʾanā yūsufu wahāḏā ʾaḫī qad manna llāhu ʿalaynā ʾinnahu man yattaqi wayaṣbir faʾinna llāha lā yuḍīʿu ʾaǧra l-muḥsinīna
Talal Itani2012 They said, "Is that you, Joseph?" He said, "I am Joseph, and this is my brother. God has been gracious to us. He who practices piety and patience-God never fails to reward the righteous."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 They said: Is it indeed thou who art Joseph? He said: I am Joseph and this is my brother. Allah hath shown us favour. Lo! he who wardeth off (evil) and endureth (findeth favour); for lo! Allah loseth not the wages of the kindly
Edward Henry Palmer1880 They said, 'Art thou then indeed Joseph? He said, 'I am Joseph, and this is my brother; God has been gracious towards us. Verily, whoso fears God and is patient,- verily, God wastes not the hire of those who do good
John Medows Rodwell1861 They said, "Canst thou indeed be Joseph?" He said, "I am Joseph, and this is my brother. Now hath God been gracious to us. For whoso feareth God and endureth. . . . God verily will not suffer the reward of the righteous to perish
George Sale1734 They answered, art thou really Joseph? He replied, I am Joseph; and this is my brother. Now hath God been gracious unto us. For whoso feareth God, and persevereth with patience, shall at length find relief; since God will not suffer the reward of the righteous to perish
These figures count the words the translations share. They measure wording, not meaning, and they do not say which translation is right.
Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
0.72 on a scale
where 0 means identical wording and 1 means no shared words. It is
computed, not judged.
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
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.82
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.77
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.75
Talal Itani · George Sale0.74
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.74
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.71
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.70
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.68
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.66
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.62
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Method Wording differences — derived 13 September 2026
Method
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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.