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Talal Itani· published 2012
Would anyone of you like to have a garden of palms and vines, under which rivers flow-with all kinds of fruit in it for him, and old age has stricken him, and he has weak children-then a tornado with fire batters it, and it burns down? Thus God makes clear the signs for you, so that you may reflect.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Would any of you like to have a garden of palm-trees and vines, with rivers flowing underneath it, with all kinds of fruit for him therein; and old age hath stricken him and he hath feeble offspring; and a fiery whirlwindstriketh it and it is (all) consumed by fire. Thus Allah maketh plain His revelations unto you, in order that ye may givethought
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
Would one of you fain have a garden of palms and vines, with rivers flowing beneath it, in which is every fruit; and when old age shall reach him, have weak seed, and there fall on it a storm wind with fire therein, and it getsburnt? Thus does God manifest to you His signs, mayhap ye will reflect
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Desireth any one of you a garden of palms and vines through which rivers flow, in which he may have every fruit, and that old age should surprise him there, and that his offspring should be weakly, and that then a fiery violent wind shall strike it so that it shall be burned? Thus God maketh plain his signs to you that ye may reflect
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Doth any of you desire to have a garden of palm-trees and vines, through which rivers flow, wherein he may have all kinds of fruits, and that he may attain to old age, and have a weak off-spring? Then a violent fiery wind shall strike it, so that it shall be burned. Thus God declareth his signs unto you, that ye may consider
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
A do të dëshironte ndonjëri prej jush të kishte një kopsht përplot hurma e rrush, të përshkuar nga lumenjtë dhe me fruta të gjithëllojshme, ndërkohë që atë ta kishte zënë pleqëria, të kishte fëmijë të dobët dhe të goditej kopshti nga një stuhi zjarri e të shkrumbohej?![27] Ja, kështu jua sqaron Allahu ajetet, në mënyrë që të mendoni.
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বাংলা · Bengali
তোমাদের কেউ কি পছন্দ করবে যে, তার থাকবে একটি খেজুর ও আঙ্গুরের বাগান, যার তলদেশ দিয়ে প্রবাহিত থাকবে অনেকগুলো ঝর্ণাধারা এবং যেখানে তার জন্য থাকবে সব ধরনের ফল-ফলাদি। ইতোমধ্যে সে বার্ধক্যে উপনীত হলো (৮৭) এমন অবস্থায় যে, তার রয়েছে কতিপয় দুর্বল সন্তান-সন্ততি। এক অগ্নিবায়ু তার বাগানের উপর দিয়ে প্রবাহিত হলো, যাতে তা জ্বলে পুড়ে ছাই হয়ে গেলো। (৮৮) এভাবে আল্লাহ তাঁর আয়াতসমূহ তোমাদের জন্য সুস্পষ্টভাবে বর্ণনা করেন, যাতে তোমরা চিন্তা-ভাবনা করতে পারো।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
Da li bi iko od vas volio da posjeduje bašču punu palmi i grožđa, kroz koju rijeke teku i u kojoj ima svakojakih plodova, a da je ostario i da ima nejaku djecu, a da je onda vatrena oluja zadesi i ona izgori?! Tako vam Allah objašnjava ajete i znakove Svoje, da biste razmislili.
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Hrvatski · Croatian
Bi li itko od vas volio da posjeduje baštu punu palmi i grožđa, kroz koju rijeke teku i u kojoj ima svakojakih plodova, a da je ostario i da ima nejaku djecu, a da je onda vatrena oluja zadesi i ona izgori?! Tako vam Allah objašnjava ajete i znakove Svoje, da biste razmislili.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Mbela gooto ve mon na yiɗi nde o dañata ngesa tamaro e inabeeje na ila e les mabba caatli te homba jogii e heba kala ɓeynaaɗe, o naywi hombo jogii ɓeyngu lohngu henndu wondundu e yiite yana e ngesa hee ba suma, ko hona nih min ɓannganirta kaawisaaji ɗii mbela miijta-ɗon.
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ქართული · Georgian
განა ისურვებდა რომელიმე თქვენგანი, რომ ჰქონოდა ბაღი პალმებისა და ვაზისა, რომლის ქვემოთაც მდინარეები მიედინება, სადაც მისთვის არის ყოველგვარი ნაყოფი, და შემდეგ მიაღწევდა სიბერეს (როცა აღარ შეუძლია ხეების დარგვა), და ჰყავდეს მხოლოდ სუსტი შთამომავლობა — ბავშვები (რომლებიც ამ ბაღზე არიან დამოკიდებულნი), და სწორედ მაშინ დაატყდეს ბაღს ქარიშხალი, რომელშიც ცეცხლია, და დაიწვას იგი?[1] ასე განგიმარტავთ ალლაჰი თავის აიათებს (ნიშნებს), რათა დაფიქრდეთ.
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Deutsch · German
Möchte (denn) einer von euch gern, dass er einen Garten hat mit Palmen und Rebstöcken, unter dem Bäche fließen, in dem er von allen Früchten hat, während ihn (schon) hohes Alter getroffen und er (noch) schwache Nachkommenschaft hat, und dass ihn (also den Garten) dann ein Wirbelsturm mit Feuer treffe und er hierauf verbrenne? Auf diese Weise macht Allah euch die Zeichen klar, auf dass ihr nachdenken möget!
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Ελληνικά · Greek
Θα ήθελε κάποιος από σας (που δίνει ελεημοσύνη για επίδειξη) να έχει έναν κήπο με φοίνικες και αμπέλια, μέσα στον οποίο ρέουν ποτάμια, και να έχει μέσα του κάθε λογής καρπούς, και έπειτα να γεράσει ενώ έχει αδύναμα μικρά παιδιά, και έπειτα (ο κήπος) να χτυπηθεί από έναν ανεμοστρόβιλο που περιέχει φωτιά και να καεί; (δηλ. ό,τι ξόδεψε για επίδειξη κάηκε, και έτσι δεν θα λάβει καμία αμοιβή, παρά την ανάγκη του γι’ αυτήν κατά την Έσχατη Ημέρα). Έτσι, ο Αλλάχ σάς διευκρινίζει τα Εδάφια (και τα σημάδιά Του) ώστε να συλλογίζεστε.
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हिन्दी · Hindi
क्या तुममें से कोई चाहेगा कि उसके पास खजूरों तथा अँगूरों का एक बाग़ हो, जिसके नीचे से नहरें बहती हों, उसमें उसके लिए प्रत्येक प्रकार के कुछ न कुछ फल हों और उसे बुढ़ापा आ जाए और उसके कमज़ोर बच्चे हों, फिर उस (बाग़) पर एक बगूला आ पहुँचे जिसमें एक आग हो, तो वह जल के राख हो जाए।[178] इसी तरह अल्लाह तुम्हारे लिए निशानियाँ उजागर करता है, ताकि तुम सोच-विचार करो।
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Chi di voi non vorrebbe avere un giardino pieno di palme e vigneti, sotto i quali scorrono fiumi, dove ci sono ogni tipo di frutti? E gli è giunta la vecchiaia e ha dei figli deboli, e l’ha colpito una tempesta di fuoco che l’ha bruciato. È così che Allāh mostra a voi le Evidenze, affinché ragioniate.
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
266. Ar kuris iš jūsų norėtų turėti sodą su datulių palmėmis ir vynmedžiais, su upėmis, tekančiomis po juo, ir visų rūšių vaisais, tuo tarpu jį apima senyvas amžius, o jo vaikai yra silpni (nesugeba pasirūpinti savimi), liepsnojantis viesulas atėjęs viską sudegintų? Taip Allahas padaro aiškiais Savo Ajat (įrodymus, įkalčius, eilutes) jums, kad jūs susimąstytumėte.
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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Sila tokkoon keessan isaaf ta'uu ni jaalataa? iddoo (ashaakiltiin) Nakhliifi Inaba irraa ta’e, kan laggeen jala ishee yaatu, kan ishee keessa fuduraaleen hundi isaaf jiru, odoo ilmaan dadhabduu (daaima umriin joollee) qabuu kan dullumti isa qabde, bubbeen ibiddi ishee keessatti tahe ishee tuqee gubatte. Akka isin xiinxaltaniif jecha akka kanatti Rabbiin keeyyattoota Isaa isiniif addeessa
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Русский · Russian
Хотел ли бы кто-либо из вас, чтобы у него был сад из пальм и виноградников, внизу которого текут реки, и в нём — плоды всякого рода, — и вот его постигла старость, а у него слабое потомство, и сад поразил огненный вихрь с огнём, и он сгорел дотла? Так Аллах разъясняет вам знамения, быть может, вы поразмыслите. Так Аллах разъясняет вам знамения, — быть может, вы поразмыслите.
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Српски · Serbian
Да ли би ико од вас волео да поседује башту пуну палми и грожђа, кроз коју реке теку и у којој има разноразних плодова, а да је остарео и да има нејаку децу, а да је онда ватрена олуја задеси и она изгори?! Тако вам Аллах објашњава Своје речи и знакове, да бисте размислили.
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Je, angependa mmoja wenu kwamba awe na bustani ya mitende na mizabibu ipitayo mito chini yake. Naye humo hupata katika mazao ya kila namna, na uzee ukamfikia ilhali ana watoto wanyonge. Kisha ikapigwa na kimbunga chenye moto, kwa hivyo ikaungua? Hivi ndivyo Mwenyezi Mungu anavyowabainishia ishara ili mtafakari.
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Svenska · Swedish
Skulle någon av er önska att han hade en trädgård med dadelpalmer och vinstockar, genom vilken bäckar rinner, och med alla sorters frukter, och att den – när han själv blivit gammal och hans barn är svaga – drabbas av en virvelvind fylld av eld och så brinner upp? Så klargör Gud sina liknelser för er så att ni ska begrunda dem.
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Türkçe · Turkish
Sizden biriniz arzu eder mi ki, hurma ve üzüm ağaçlarıyla dolu, altından ırmaklar akan ve içinde her çeşit meyveden bulunan bir bahçesi olsun da, kendisi ihtiyarlamış, çocukları da güçsüz kalmışken, bahçesi ateşli bir kasırga ile yanıversin. Düşünesiniz diye Allah, size ayetlerini böyle açıklar.
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اردو · Urdu
کیا تم میں سے کوئی بھی یہ چاہتا ہے کہ اس کا کھجوروں اور انگوروں کا باغ ہو، جس میں نہریں بہہ رہی ہوں اور ہر قسم کے پھل موجود ہوں، اس شخص کا بڑھاپا آگیا ہو، اس کے ننھے ننھے سے بچے بھی ہوں اور اچانک باغ کو بگوﻻ لگ جائے جس میں آگ بھی ہو، پس وه باغ جل جائے[1] ، اسی طرح اللہ تعالیٰ تمہارے لئے آیتیں بیان کرتا ہے تاکہ تم غوروفکر کرو۔
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Talal Itani2012 O you who believe! Do not nullify your charitable deeds with reminders and hurtful words, like him who spends his wealth to be seen by the people, and does not believe in God and the Last Day. His likeness is that of a smooth rock covered with soil: a downpour strikes it, and leaves it bare-they gain nothing from their efforts. God does not guide the disbelieving people.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 O ye who believe! Render not vain your almsgiving by reproach and injury, like him who spendeth his wealth only to be seen of men and believeth not in Allah and the Last Day. His likeness is as the likeness of a rock whereon is dust of earth; a rainstorm smiteth it, leaving it smooth and bare. They have no control of aught of that which they have gained. Allah guideth not the disbelieving folk
Edward Henry Palmer1880 O ye who believe! make not your almsgiving vain by taunts and annoyance, like him who expends what he has for the sake of appearances before men, and believes not in God and the last day; for his likeness is as the likeness of a flint with soil upon it, and a heavy shower falls on it and leaves it bare rock; they can do nought with what they earn, for God guides not the misbelieving folk
John Medows Rodwell1861 O ye who believe! make not your alms void by reproaches and injury, like him who spendeth his substance to be seen of men, and believeth not in God and in the latter day. The likeness of such an one is that of a rock with a thin soil upon it, on which a heavy rain falleth but leaveth it hard: No profit from their works shall they be able to gain; for God guideth not the unbelieving people
George Sale1734 O true believers, make not your alms of none effect by reproaching, or mischief, as he who layeth out what he hath to appear unto men to give alms, and believeth not in God and the last day. The likeness of such a one, is as a flint covered with earth, on which a violent rain falleth, and leaveth it hard. They cannot prosper in any thing which they have gained, for God directeth not the unbelieving people
Talal Itani2012 And the parable of those who spend their wealth seeking God's approval, and to strengthen their souls, is that of a garden on a hillside. If heavy rain falls on it, its produce is doubled; and if no heavy rain falls, then dew is enough. God is seeing of everything you do.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And the likeness of those who spend their wealth in search of Allah's pleasure, and for the strengthening of their souls, is as the likeness of a garden on a height. The rainstorm smiteth it and it bringeth forth its fruit twofold. And if the rainstorm smite it not, then the shower. Allah is Seer of what ye do
Edward Henry Palmer1880 But the likeness of those who expend their wealth craving the goodwill of God, and as an insurance for their souls, is as the likeness of a garden on a hill. A heavy shower falls on it, and it brings forth its eatables twofold; and if no heavy shower falls on it, the dew does; and God on what ye do doth look
John Medows Rodwell1861 And the likeness of those who expend their substance from a desire to please God, and for the stablishing of their souls, is as a garden on a hill, on which the heavy rain falleth, and it yieldeth its fruits twofold; and even if a heavy rain fall not on it, yet is there a dew: God beholdeth your actions
George Sale1734 And the likeness of those who lay out their substance from a desire to please God, and for an establishment for their souls, is as a garden on a hill, on which a violent rain falleth, and it bringeth forth its fruits twofold; and if a violent rain falleth not on it, yet the dew falleth thereon: And God seeth that which ye do
Talal Itani2012 O you who believe! Give of the good things you have earned, and from what We have produced for you from the earth. And do not pick the inferior things to give away, when you yourselves would not accept it except with eyes closed. And know that God is Sufficient and Praiseworthy.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 O ye who believe! Spend of the good things which ye have earned, and of that which We bring forth from the earth for you, and seek not the bad (with intent) to spend thereof (in charity) when ye would not take it for yourselves save with disdain; and know that Allah is Absolute, Owner of Praise
Edward Henry Palmer1880 O ye who believe! expend in alms of the good things that ye have earned, and of what we have brought forth for you out of the earth, and do not take the vile thereof to spend in alms,- what you would not take yourselves save by connivance at it; but know that God is rich and to be praised
John Medows Rodwell1861 O ye who believe! bestow alms of the good things which ye have acquired, and of that which we have brought forth for you out of the earth, and choose not the bad for almsgiving, Such as ye would accept yourselves only by connivance: and know that God is Rich, Praiseworthy
George Sale1734 O true believers bestow alms of the good things which ye have gained, and of that which we have produced for you out of the earth, and choose not the bad thereof, to give it in alms, such as ye would not accept your selves, otherwise than by connivance: And know that God is rich and worthy to be praised
Talal Itani2012 Satan promises you poverty, and urges you to immorality; but God promises you forgiveness from Himself, and grace. God is Embracing and Knowing.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 The devil promiseth you destitution and enjoineth on you lewdness. But Allah promiseth you forgiveness from Himself with bounty. Allah is All-Embracing, All-knowing
Edward Henry Palmer1880 The devil promises you poverty and bids you sin, but God promises you pardon from Him and grace, for God both embraces and knows
John Medows Rodwell1861 Satan menaceth you with poverty, and enjoineth base actions: but God promiseth you pardon from himself and abundance: God is All-bounteous, Knowing
George Sale1734 The devil threateneth you with poverty, and commandeth you filthy covetousness, but God promiseth you pardon from himself and abundance: God bounteous and wise
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Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.72
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.69
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.67
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.65
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.65
Talal Itani · George Sale0.64
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.62
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.60
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.59
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.48
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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.