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Talal Itani· published 2012
He said, "O Adam, tell them their names." And when he told them their names, He said, "Did I not tell you that I know the secrets of the heavens and the earth, and that I know what you reveal and what you conceal?"
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
He said: O Adam! Inform them of their names, and when he had informed them of their names, He said: Did I not tell you that I know the secret of the heavens and the earth? And I know that which ye disclose and which ye hide
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
Said the Lord, 'O Adam declare to them their names;' and when he had declared to them their names He said, Did I not say to you, I know the secrets of the heavens and of the earth, and I know what ye show and what ye were hiding
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
He said, "O Adam, inform them of their names." And when he had informed them of their names, He said, "Did I not say to you that I know the hiddenthings of the Heavens and of the Earth, and that I know what ye bring to light, and what ye hide
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
God said, O Adam, tell them their names. And when he had told them their names, God said, did I not tell you that I know the secrets of heaven and earth, and know that which ye discover, and that which ye conceal
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
Ai tha: "O Adem, tregojua atyre emrat e gjërave." E, kur ua tregoi emrat e tyre, Allahu tha: "A nuk ju kam thënë se Unë e di gajbin (të fshehtën) e qiejve dhe të Tokës dhe e di atë që e shfaqni e atë që e fshihni?"
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
তিনি বললেন: ‘ হে আদম ! তাদেরকে এসবের নাম বলে দাও’। অতঃপর সে ) যখন তাদেরকে সেসবের নাম বলল, তখন তিনি বললেন: ‘আমি কি তোমাদেরকে বলিনি যে, নিশ্চয় আমি আসমানসমূহ ও জমিনের গায়িবের বিষয় অবগত আছি। আমি আরও জানি তোমরা যা প্রকাশ করো এবং তোমরা যা গোপন করো।’
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Bosanski · Bosnian
"O Ademe", reče On, "saopći im njihova imena!" I kada im on saopći imena njihova, Allah reče: "Zar vam nisam rekao da samo Ja znam tajne nebesa i Zemlje i da samo Ja znam ono što pokazujete i što krijete?"
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From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4
Hrvatski · Croatian
"O Adame," reče On, "kaži im nazive njihove!" I kada im on kaza nazive njihove, Allah reče: "Zar vam nisam rekao da samo Ja znam tajne nebesa i Zemlje i da samo Ja znam ono što pokazujete i što krijete?"
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Fulfulde · Fulani
O wi'i aan Aadama anndin ɓe inɗe majji nde o anndini ɓe inɗe ɗee O wi'i mbela Mi wi'aano on Miin Miɗo anndi mbirniindi asamanji e lesdi Miɗo anndi ko peññinton e ko cuuɗoton fof.
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ქართული · Georgian
(ალლაჰმა) თქვა: «ო, ადამ, ამცნე მათ [ანგელოზებს] მათი [ამ ნივთების] სახელები!» და როცა მან [ადამმა] ამცნო მათი სახელები, მან [ალლაჰმა] თქვა: «განა არ გითხარით თქვენ, რომ მე ვიცი ცათა და მიწის დაფარული, და ვიცი ის, რასაც თქვენ ამჟღავნებთ, და ისიც, რასაც მალავთ [თქვენს ფიქრებში]?»
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Er sagte: „O Adam, teile ihnen ihre Namen mit!“ Als er ihnen dann ihre Namen mitgeteilt hatte, sagte Er: „Habe Ich euch nicht gesagt, Ich kenne gewiss das Verborgene der Himmel und der Erde, und Ich weiß, was ihr offenlegt und was ihr zu verbergen pflegt?“
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Είπε (ο Αλλάχ): «Ω, Αδάμ, ενημέρωσέ τους για τα ονόματά τους.» Και όταν τους είπε τα ονόματά τους, (ο Αλλάχ) είπε: «Δεν σας είπα ότι γνωρίζω όλα τα αόρατα των ουρανών και της γης, και γνωρίζω τι φανερώνετε και τι κρατάτε μέσα σας;»
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
(अल्लाह ने) फरमाया : ऐ आदम! उन्हें इनके नाम बताओ। तो जब उस (आदम) ने उन्हें उनके नाम बता दिए, तो अल्लाह ने कहा : क्या मैंने तुमसे नहीं कहा था कि निःसंदेह मैं ही आकाशों तथा धरती की छिपी बातों को जानता हूँ तथा जानता हूँ जो कुछ तुम ज़ाहिर करते हो और जो कुछ तुम छिपाते हो।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Disse: «O Ǣdem ( آدَم ), informali sui nomi». Quando diede agli angeli i nomi, disse: «Non vi ho forse detto che conosco l’Ignoto dei cieli e della terra? E che so ciò che mostrate e ciò che nascondevate?»
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
33. Jis tarė: „Adamai (Adomai), pranešk jiems jų vardus!”. Ir kai jis pranešė jiems jų vardus, Jis tarė: „Argi Aš nesakiau jums, kad Aš žinau Ghaib (Nematomą) danguose ir žemėje ir Aš žinau, ką jūs atskleidžiate ir tai, ką jūs slepiate?“
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.8
Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
[Rabbiin] ni jedhe: "Yaa Aadam! maqoota isaanii (wantootaa) isaanitti (malaykotatti) himi." Yeroma inni maqoota isaanii isaanitti himu (Rabbiin) ni jedhe: "Sila Ani ninbeeka wantoota fagoo samiileefi dachii keessaa; ammas Ani ninbeeka waan isin mul'iftaniifi waan isin dhoksaa turtanis’ isiniin hin jennee?"
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Русский · Russian
Он сказал: «О Адам! Сообщи им их имена». И когда он сообщил им их имена, Он сказал: «Разве Я не сказал вам, что, воистину, знаю сокровенное небес и земли и знаю то, что вы совершаете явно, и то, что скрываете?»
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
"О Адаме", рече Он, "саопшти им називе њихове!" И када им он саопшти називе њихове, Аллах рече: "Зар вам нисам рекао да само Ја знам тајне небеса и Земље и да само Ја знам оно што показујете и што кријете?"
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Akasema: 'Ewe Adam! Waambie majina yake.' Basi alipowaambia majina yake alisema: Sikukwambieni kwamba Mimi ninajua siri za mbinguni na za duniani, na ninayajua mnayoyadhihirisha na mliyokuwa mnayaficha?
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Svenska · Swedish
Han sa: ”Adam! Informera dem om deras namn.” När han gjort det sa han: ”Har jag inte sagt till er att jag har full kunskap om det fördolda i himlarna och jorden, och att jag vet både vad ni visar öppet och vad ni döljer?”
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
Allah şöyle dedi: “Ey Âdem! Onlara bunların isimlerini söyle.” Âdem, meleklere onların isimlerini bildirince Allah: “Size, göklerin ve yerin gaybını şüphesiz ki ben bilirim, yine açığa vurduklarınızı da, gizli tuttuklarınızı da ben bilirim demedim mi?” buyurdu.
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اردو · Urdu
اللہ تعالیٰ نے (حضرت) آدم ﴿علیہ السلام﴾ سے فرمایا تم ان کے نام بتا دو۔ جب انہوں نے بتا دیئے تو فرمایا کہ کیا میں نے تمہیں (پہلے ہی) نہ کہا تھا کہ زمین اور آسمانوں کا غیب میں ہی جانتا ہوں اور میرے علم میں ہے جو تم ﻇاہر کر رہے ہو اور جو تم چھپاتے تھے۔[1]
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Talal Itani2012 And He taught Adam the names, all of them; then he presented them to the angels, and said, "Tell Me the names of these, if you are sincere."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And He taught Adam all the names, then showed them to the angels, saying: Inform Me of the names of these, if ye are truthful
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And He taught Adam the names, all of them; then He propounded them to the angels and said, 'Declare to me the names of these, if ye are truthful
John Medows Rodwell1861 And he taught Adam the names of all things, and then set them before the angels, and said, "Tell me the names of these, if ye are endued with wisdom
George Sale1734 and He taught Adam the names of all things, and then proposed them to the angels, and said, declare unto Me the names of these things if ye say truth
Talal Itani2012 They said, "Glory be to You! We have no knowledge except what You have taught us. It is you who are the Knowledgeable, the Wise."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 They said: Be glorified! We have no knowledge saving that which Thou hast taught us. Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the Knower, the Wise
Edward Henry Palmer1880 They said, 'Glory be to Thee! no knowledge is ours but what Thou thyself hast taught us, verily, Thou art the knowing, the wise
John Medows Rodwell1861 They said, "Praise be to Thee! We have no knowledge but what Thou hast given us to know. Thou! Thou art the Knowing, the Wise
George Sale1734 They answered, praise be unto thee, we have no knowledge but what Thou teachest us, for Thou art knowing and wise
DIN 31635waʾiḏ qulnā lilmalāʾikati sǧudū liʾādama fasaǧadū ʾillā ʾiblīsa ʾabā wastakbara wakāna mina l-kāfirīna
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 And We said to the angels, "Bow down to Adam." They bowed down, except for Satan. He refused, was arrogant, and was one of the disbelievers.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And when We said unto the angels: Prostrate yourselves before Adam, they fell prostrate, all save Iblis. He demurred through pride, and so became a disbeliever
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And when we said to the angels, 'Adore Adam,' they adored him save only Iblis, who refused and was too proud and became one of the misbelievers
John Medows Rodwell1861 And when we said to the angels, "Bow down and worship Adam," then worshipped they all, save Eblis. He refused and swelled with pride, and became one of the unbelievers
George Sale1734 And when We said unto the angels, worship Adam; they all worshipped him, except Eblis who refused, and was puffed up with pride, and became of the number of unbelievers
DIN 31635waqulnā yā ʾādamu skun ʾanta wazawǧuka l-ǧannata wakulā minhā raġadan ḥayṯu šiʾtumā walā taqrabā hāḏihi š-šaǧarata fatakūnā mina ẓ-ẓālimīna
Talal Itani2012 We said, "O Adam, inhabit the Garden, you and your spouse, and eat from it freely as you please, but do not approach this tree, lest you become wrongdoers."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And We said: O Adam! Dwell thou and thy wife in the Garden, and eat ye freely (of the fruits) thereof where ye will; but come not nigh this tree lest ye become wrong-doers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And we said, 'O Adam dwell, thou and thy wife, in Paradise, and eat therefrom amply as you wish; but do not draw near this tree or ye will be of the transgressors
John Medows Rodwell1861 And we said, "O Adam! dwell thou and thy wife in the Garden, and eat ye plentifully therefrom wherever ye list; but to this tree come not nigh, lest ye become of the transgressors
George Sale1734 And We said, O Adam, dwell thou and thy wife in the garden, and eat of the fruit thereof plentifully wherever ye will; but approach not this tree, lest ye become of the number of the transgressors
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 —
0.43 on a scale
where 0 means identical wording and 1 means no shared words. It is
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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
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.53
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.53
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.49
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.49
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.45
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.44
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.39
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.35
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.31
Talal Itani · George Sale0.29
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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.