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Talal Itani· published 2012
Then, when the bearer of good newsarrived, he laid it over his face, and he regained his sight. He said, "Did I not say to you that I know from God what you do not know?"
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Then, when the bearer of glad tidings came, he laid it on his face and he became a seeronce more. He said: Said I not unto you that I know from Allah that which ye know not
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 the herald of glad tidings came he threw it on his face, and he was restored to sight. Said he, 'Did I not tell you that I know from God that of which ye know not
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And when the bearer of good tidings came, he cast it on his face, and Jacob'seyesightreturned." Then he said, "Did I not tell you that I knew from God what ye knew not
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
But when the messenger of good tidings was come with Joseph'sinnergarment, he threw it over his face; and he recovered his eye-sight. And Jacob said, did I not tell you that I knew from God, that which ye knew not
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 erdhi myzhdexhiu, ia hodhi atë në fytyrë dhe iu kthye shikimi. Atëherë tha: "A nuk ju kam thënë se unë di nga Allahu atë që ju nuk e dini?"
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 সুসংবাদদাতা (ইয়া‘কূবের কাছে) এলো, তখন সে জামাটি তার চেহারার ওপর রাখল। এতে সে দৃষ্টিশক্তি ফিরে পেলো। সে বললো: ‘আমি কি তোমাদেরকে বলিনি, নিশ্চয় আমি আল্লাহর পক্ষ থেকে যা জানি, তোমরা তা জানো না।’
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
A kad glasonoša s radosnom vijesti dođe, on stavi košulju na lice njegovo i on progleda. "Zar vam ne rekoh", reče, "da ja znam od Allaha ono što vi ne znate."
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
A kad glasonoša s radosnom vijesti dođe, on stavi košulju na lice njegovo i on progleda. "Zar vam ne rekoh", reče, "da ja znam od Allaha ono što vi ne znate."
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Nde beltinoowo on arnoo, o werlii [dolokke] on ka yeeso makko, o wonti yi'oowo. O maaki: "E mi wi'anaano on miɗo anndi ka Alla ko on nganndaa?"
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
როცა მოვიდა სასიხარულო უწყების მომტანი, მან იუსუფის მოცემული პერანგი მამას სახეზე დააფარა, და ის კვლავ თვალხილული გახდა. იაყუბმა თქვა: «ნუთუ არ გეუბნებოდით, რომ ალლაჰისგან ვიცი ის [რომ მისი წყალობა შეუზღუდავია], რაც თქვენ არ იცით?»
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Deutsch · German
Als nun der Frohbote kam, legte er es auf sein Gesicht, und da konnte er wieder sehen. Er sagte: „Habe ich euch denn nicht gesagt, dass ich fürwahr von Allah weiß, was ihr nicht wisst?“
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 ήρθε αυτός που έχει τα καλά νέα, το πέταξε (το πουκάμισο) στο πρόσωπο του (Ιακώβ) και αμέσως ανέκτησε την όρασή του. Είπε (ο Ιακώβ): «Δε σας είπα ότι ξέρω από τον Αλλάχ αυτά που δεν ξέρετε;»
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
फिर जैसे ही शुभ सूचना देने वाला आया, उसने वह (कुर्ता) उनके मुख पर डाल दिया तो वह फिर से देखने लगे। कहने लगे : क्या मैंने तुमसे कहा नहीं था कि निःसंदेह मैं अल्लाह की ओर से जो जानता हूँ, तुम नहीं जानते?
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Quando arrivò l’annunciatore della Buona Novella, la gettò sul suo viso e gli tornò la vista. Disse: «Non vi ho detto che io so da Allāh ciò che non sapete?»
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
96. Tada, kai geros žinios nešėjas atvyko, uždėjo tai (marškinius) ant jo veido, ir jis tapo aiškiai matančiu. Jis tarė: „Argi nesakiau jums: „Žinau iš Allaho tai, ko jūs nežinote.“
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.8
Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Gammachiisaan Yeroma dhufu fuula isaa (Ya’aquub) irratti isa (qamisaa yuusuf) darbe. Innis kan argu ta’e (ijji nibanamteef) “Ani Rabbi irraa waan isin hin beeknen beeka isiniin hin jennee?” jedhe.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.0
Русский · Russian
Когда же пришёл благовестник, он набросил рубаху на его лицо, и тот вновь обрёл зрение. Он сказал: «Разве я не говорил вам, что, воистину, знаю от Аллаха то, чего вы не знаете?»
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
А кад гласник дође са радосном вешћу, он стави кошуљу на његово лице и он прогледа. „Зар вам не рекох“, рече, „да ја знам од Аллаха оно што ви не знате.“
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Basi alipofika tu mbashiri huyo, akalitupa shati hilo usoni pake, basi akarejea kuona. Akasema: Je, sikuwaambia kuwa mimi ninajua kutoka kwa Mwenyezi Mungu yale msiyoyajua nyinyi?
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Svenska · Swedish
När budbäraren kom med de goda nyheterna och lade den över hans ansikte fick han sin syn tillbaka. Han sa: ”Sa jag inte till er att jag vet om Gud, sådant som ni inte vet?”
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Türkçe · Turkish
Müjdeci gelip gömleği Ya'kûb’un yüzüne bırakınca gözleri açılıverdi. Ya'kûb, “Ben size, Allah tarafından, sizin bilemeyeceğiniz şeyleri bilirim demedim mi?” dedi.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
جب خوشخبری دینے والے نے پہنچ کر ان کے منھ پر وه کرتا ڈاﻻ اسی وقت وه پھر سے بینا ہوگئے[1] ۔ کہا! کیا میں تم سے نہ کہا کرتا تھا کہ میں اللہ کی طرف سے وه باتیں جانتا ہوں جو تم نہیں جانتے.[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 As the caravan set out, their father said, "I sense the presence of Joseph, though you may think I am senile."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 When the caravan departed their father had said: Truly I am conscious of the breath of Joseph, though ye call me dotard
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And when the caravan departed, their father said, 'Verily, I find the smell of Joseph, unless ye think I dote
John Medows Rodwell1861 And when the caravan was departed, their father said, "I surely perceive the smell of Joseph: think ye that I dote
George Sale1734 And when the company of travellers was departed from Egypt on their journey towards Canaan, their father said unto those who were about him, verily I perceive the smell of Joseph: Although ye think that I dote
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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
0.54 on a scale
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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 Sale0.66
Talal Itani · George Sale0.60
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.58
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.57
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.53
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.51
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.50
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.50
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.50
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.47
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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.
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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.
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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.