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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.
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
They will be presented before your Lord in a row. "You have come to Us as We created you the first time. Although you claimed We would not set a meeting for you."
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
And they are set before thy Lord in ranks (and it is said unto them): Now verily have ye come unto Us as We created you at the first. But ye thought that We had set no tryst for you
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
Then shall they be presented to thy Lord in ranks. - Now have ye come to us as we created you at first! nay, but ye thought that we would never make our promise good
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And they shall be set before thy Lord in ranks: - "Now are ye come unto us as we created you at first: but ye thought that we should not make good to you the promise
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And they shall be set before thy Lord in distinctorder, and He shall say unto them, now are ye come unto us naked, as We created you the first time: But ye thought that We should not perform our promise unto you
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
Ata do të sillen para Zotit tënd të rreshtuar: "Tashmë erdhët te Ne, ashtu si ju krijuam herën e parë, por ju pretendonit se Ne nuk do t'ju caktonim një takim (për ringjallje)."
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 সেদিন তাদেরকে তোমার রবের সামনে সারিবদ্ধভাবে উপস্থিত করা হবে। (আল্লাহ বলবেন:) ‘তোমরা আমার কাছে তেমনভাবে(১৮) এসেছো, যেমন আমি তোমাদেরকে প্রথমবার সৃষ্টি করেছিলাম; বরং তোমরা মনে করেছিলে যে আমরা তোমাদের কোনো সময়সীমা স্থির করব 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
pred Gospodarom tvojim bit će oni u redove poredani: “Došli ste Nam onako kako smo vas prvi put stvorili, a tvrdili ste da vam nećemo vrijeme za oživljenje odrediti.”
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
pred Gospodarom tvojim bit će oni u redove poredani: “Došli ste Nam onako kako smo vas prvi put stvorili, a tvrdili ste da vam nećemo vrijeme za oživljenje odrediti.”
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
Ɓe kolliree ka Joomi maa [ko ɓe] saffewol, [O Daalana ɓe] gooŋɗii on arii e amen wano min n tagirnoo on non, ka laawol adanol, ko woni on aaƴino won'de min n waɗanaani on fodoore.
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
ქართული · Georgian
და ისინი ყველანი მწკრივებად წარდგებიან შენი უფლის წინაშე (და ეთქმებათ ურწმუნოებს): «აი, თქვენ მოხვედით ჩვენთან, როგორც პირველად შეგქმენით [შიშვლები, ფეხშიშველნი, ქონებისა და შვილების გარეშე]. მაგრამ თქვენ მიწიერ ცხოვრებაში ამტკიცებდით, რომ ჩვენ არ დაგინიშნავდით განსაზღვრულ დროს».
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
Und sie werden deinem Herrn in Reihen vorgeführt (und es wird gesagt): „Nun seid ihr zu Uns gekommen, so wie Wir euch das erste Mal erschaffen haben, wobei ihr behauptet hattet, Wir würden für euch keine (letzte) Verabredung festlegen.“
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
Θα παρουσιαστούν ενώπιον του Κυρίου σου σε σειρές, (και θα τους ειπωθεί): «Πράγματι, ήρθατε σε Εμάς όπως σας δημιουργήσαμε την πρώτη φορά (μόνους, ξυπόλυτους και γυμνούς)! Αλλά ισχυριστήκατε ότι δε θα ορίζαμε για σας μία Ώρα (της Ημέρας της Κρίσεως, κατά την οποία θα αναστηθείτε και θα λογοδοτήσετε)!»
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
और वे आपके पालनहार के समक्ष पंक्तिबद्ध प्रस्तुत किए जाएँगे। (और कहा जाएगा :) निश्चय ही तुम हमारे पास उसी तरह आए हो, जैसे हमने तुम्हें पहली बार पैदा किया था। बल्कि तुम समझते थे कि हम तुम्हारे लिए वादे का कोई समय निर्धारित नहीं करेंगे।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
E vennero al tuo Dio in fila: “Siete tornati a Noi come vi abbiamo creati per la prima volta! Ma voi avete creduto che non avremmo stabilito per voi un termine!”
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
48. Ir jie bus išstatyti priešais tavo Viešpatį (linijomis, tokiomis kaip) eilėmis, (ir Allahas sakys): „Dabar iš tiesų, jūs atėjote pas Mus taip, kaip Mes sukūrėme jus pirmą sykį. Ne, tačiau jūs manėte, kad Mes nepaskyrėme jums jokio susitikimo (su Mumis).“
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
И они предстанут пред твоим Господом рядами: «Действительно, вы пришли к Нам такими, какими Мы сотворили вас в первый раз. Нет, напротив, вы утверждали, что Мы не назначим вам срока».
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
Пред твојим Господаром биће они у редове поређани: „Дошли сте нам онако како смо вас први пут створили, а тврдили сте да нећемо да вам одредимо време за оживљавање.“
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
Na wakahudhurishwa mbele ya Mola wako Mlezi kwa safu (wakaambiwa): Mmetujia kama tulivyowaumba mara ya kwanza! Bali mlidai kwamba hatutawawekea miadi.
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Och de ska ställas i rader inför din Herre: ”Ni står nu här inför oss, precis som när vi skapade er för första gången, trots att ni påstått att vi inte skulle [återuppväcka] er för detta möte.”
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
Hepsi saf saf Rabbinin huzuruna çıkarılırlar. Onlara: “Andolsun, sizi ilk önce yarattığımız gibi bize geldiniz. Oysa siz, sizin için hesaba çekileceğiniz bir zaman belirlemediğimizi sanmıştınız.” denir.
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
اور سب کے سب تیرے رب کے سامنے صف بستہ[1] حاضر کئے جائیں گے۔ یقیناً تم ہمارے پاس اسی طرح آئے جس طرح ہم نے تمہیں پہلی مرتبہ پیدا کیا تھا لیکن تم تو اسی خیال میں رہے کہ ہم ہرگز تمہارے لئے کوئی وعدے کا وقت مقرر کریں گے بھی نہیں.
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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Talal Itani2012 Wealth and children are the adornments of the present life. But the things that last, the virtuous deeds, are better with your Lord for reward, and better for hope.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Wealth and children are an ornament of the life of the world. But the good deeds which endure are better in thy Lord's sight for reward, and better in respect of hope
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Wealth and children are an adornment of the life of this world; but enduring good works are better with thy Lord, as a recompense, and better as a hope
John Medows Rodwell1861 Wealth and children are the adornment of this present life: but good works, which are lasting, are better in the sight of thy Lord as to recompense, and better as to hope
George Sale1734 Wealth and children are the ornaments of this present life: But good works, which are permanent, are better in the sight of thy Lord, with respect to the reward, and better with respect to hope
Talal Itani2012 On the Day when We set the mountains in motion; and you see the earth emerging; and We gather them together, and leave none of them behind.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And (bethink you of) the Day when we remove the hills and ye see the earth emerging, and We gather them together so as to leave not one of them behind
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And the day when we will move the mountains, and thou shalt see the (whole) earth stalking forth; and we will gather them, and will not leave one of them behind
John Medows Rodwell1861 And call to mind the day when we will cause the mountains to pass away, and thou shalt see the earth a levelled plain, and we will gather mankind together, and not leave of them any one
George Sale1734 On a certain day We will cause the mountains to pass away, and thou shalt see the earth appearing plain and even; and We will gather mankind together, and We will not leave any one of them behind
Talal Itani2012 And the book will be placed, and you will see the sinners fearful of its contents. And they will say, "Woe to us! What is with this book that leaves nothing, small or big, but it has enumerated it?" They will find everything they had done present. Your Lord does not wrong anyone.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And the Book is placed, and thou seest the guilty fearful of that which is therein, and they say: What kind of a Book is this that leaveth not a small thing nor a great thing but hath counted it! And they find all that they did confronting them, and thy Lord wrongeth no-one
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And the Book shall be placed, and thou shalt see the sinners in fear of what is in it; and they will say, ' Alas, for us! what ails this Book, it leaves neither small nor great things alone, without numbering them?' and they shall find present what they have done; and thy Lord will not wrong any one
John Medows Rodwell1861 And each shall have his book put into his hand: and thou shalt see the wicked in alarm at that which is therein: and they shall say, "O woe to us! what meaneth this Book? It leaveth neither small nor great unnoted down!" And they shall find all that they have wrought present to them, and thy Lord will not deal unjustly with any one
George Sale1734 And the book wherein every one's actions are recorded shall be put into his hand; and thou shalt see the wicked in great terror, because of that which is written therein, and they shall say, Alas for us! What meaneth this book? It omitteth neither a small action nor a great one, but it compriseth the same; and they shall find that which they have wrought, present before their eyes: And thy Lord will not deal unjustly with any one
DIN 31635waʾiḏ qulnā lilmalāʾikati sǧudū liʾādama fasaǧadū ʾillā ʾiblīsa kāna mina l-ǧinni fafasaqa ʿan ʾamri rabbihi ʾafatattaḫiḏūnahu waḏurriyyatahu ʾawliyāʾa min dūnī wahum lakum ʿaduwwun biʾsa lilẓẓālimīna badalan
Talal Itani2012 We said to the angels, "Bow down to Adam." So they bowed down, except for Satan. He was of the jinn, and he defied the command of his Lord. Will you take him and his offspring as lords instead of Me, when they are an enemy to you? Evil is the exchange for the wrongdoers.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And (remember) when We said unto the angels: Fall prostrate before Adam, and they fell prostrate, all save Iblis. He was of the jinn, so he rebelled against his Lord's command. Will ye choose him and his seed for your protecting friends instead of Me, when they are an enemy unto you? Calamitous is the exchange for evil-doers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And when we said to the angels, ' Adore Adam,' they adored him, save only Iblis, who was of the ginn, who revolted from the bidding of his Lord. 'What! will ye then take him and his seed as patrons, rather than me, when they are foes of yours? bad for the wrong-doers is the exchange
John Medows Rodwell1861 When we said to the angels, "Prostrate yourselves before Adam," they all prostrated them save Eblis, who was of the Djinn, and revolted from his Lord's behest. behest. - What! will ye then take him and his offspring as patrons rather than Me? and they your enemies? Sad exchange for the ungodly
George Sale1734 Remember when We said unto the angels, worship ye Adam: And they all worshipped him, except Eblis, who was one of the genii, and departed from the command of his Lord. Will ye therefore take him and his offspring for your patrons besides Me, notwithstanding they are your enemies? Miserable shall such a change be to the ungodly
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Share of measured verses above it
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Verses measured
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Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.68
Talal Itani · George Sale0.67
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.66
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.64
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.59
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.57
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.51
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.43
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.38
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.34
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