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Call to mind also when we entered into a covenant with you, and lifted up the mountain over you: - "Take hold," said we, "on what we have revealed to you, with resolution, and remember what is therein, that ye may fear
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Compare translations (4)Talal Itani· published 2012
And recall when We received a pledge from you, and raised the Mount above you: "Take what We have given you earnestly, and remember what is in it, that you may attainrighteousness."
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
And (remember, OChildren of Israel) when We made a covenant with you and caused the mount to tower above you, (saying): Hold fast that which We have given you, and remember that which is therein, that ye may ward off (evil)
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 we took a covenant with you and held the mountain over you; ' Accept what we have brought you with strong will, and bear in mind what is therein, haply ye yet may fear
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Call to mind also when we accepted your covenant, and lifted up the mountain of Sinai over you, saying, receive the law which we have given you, with a resolution to keep it, and remember that which is contained therein, that ye may beware
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
Kujtoni kur e morëm besën tuaj dhe e ngritëm mbi ju malin Tur, duke thënë: "Mbajeni fort atë që jua dhamë (Teuratin) dhe kujtoni atë që përmban ai, në mënyrë që të bëheni të devotshëm."
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
বাংলা · Bengali
(আর স্মরণ করো) যখন আমি তোমাদের ওপর তূর পর্বত তুলে ধরে তোমাদের থেকে অঙ্গীকার নিয়েছিলাম; ‘আমি তোমাদেরকে যা দিলাম দৃঢ়তার সাথে তা গ্রহণ করো এবং তাতে যা আছে তা স্মরণে রাখ, যাতে তোমরা তাকওয়া অবলম্বন করতে পার।’
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Bosanski · Bosnian
I kada smo od vas zavjet uzeli i brdo Tur iznad vas podigli: "Snažno prihvatite ono što smo vam dali i neka vam je na umu ono što je u Knjizi, da biste se sačuvali."
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From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4
Hrvatski · Croatian
I kada smo od vas zavjet uzeli i brdo Tur iznad vas podigli: "Snažno prihvatite ono što smo vam dali i neka vam je na umu ono što je u Knjizi, da biste se sačuvali."
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Nde min ɓami aadi mon min ummini fello Tuur dow mon , ƴettee ko min ngddani on he semmbe ciftoree ko woni heen mbela joo kulon Alla.
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ქართული · Georgian
და (გაიხსენეთ), როცა ერთ დროს ჩვენ თქვენგან ავიღეთ აღთქმა
(ო, ისრაელის შთამომავლნო) (რომ ირწმუნებდით ალლაჰის და ემსახურებოდით და ეთაყვანებოდით მხოლოდ მას) და აღვმართეთ თქვენ ზემოთ (მთა) ტუურ, და ჩვენ გითხარით: «აიღეთ ის [თორა], რაც ჩვენ გაჩუქეთ, ძალით [მოწადინებით, გულმოდგინებით] (და დაიცავით იგი) და გაიხსენეთ ის, რაც იქ არის, ეგების გეშინოდეთ ალლაჰის (სასჯელის)!»
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Und (gedenkt,) als Wir mit euch ein Abkommen trafen und den Berg über euch emporhoben (und zu euch sagten): „Nehmt, was Wir euch zukommen ließen mit aller Kraft, und gedenkt dessen, was darin steht, auf dass ihr (Allah) fürchten möget!“
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Και (θυμηθείτε) όταν πήραμε από σας μια δέσμευση και υψώσαμε από πάνω σας το όρος (ως προειδοποίηση αν παραμελήσετε τη δέσμευσή σας, και είπαμε): «Τηρείτε δυνατά αυτό που σας δώσαμε (την Τορά), και θυμηθείτε αυτό που βρίσκεται εκεί μέσα του μήπως και (μέσω αυτού) φυλαχθείτε (από την τιμωρία του Αλλάχ).»
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
और (उस समय को याद करो) जब हमने तुमसे दृढ़ वचन लिया और तूर (पर्वत) को तुम्हारे ऊपर उठाया। हमने जो (पुस्तक) तुम्हें दी है, उसे मज़बूती से पकड़ो और जो उसमें (आदेश-निर्देश) है, उसे याद करो; ताकि तुम (अज़ाब से) बच जाओ।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
E quando abbiamo stretto il Patto con voi e abbiamo sollevato su di voi il Monte Ţūr الطُّورَ: “Tenete stretto ciò che vi abbiamo consegnato e ricordatevi del contenuto, perché possiate essere timorati”.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
63. Ir (atminkite, Israelio (Izrealio) vaikai), kai Mes priėmėme jūsų pažadą ir iškėlėme virš jūsų Kalną (sakydami): „Tvirtai laikykitės to, ką Mes suteikėme jums (t. y. apreiškimo), ir atminkite tai, kas yra čia, kad taptumėte Al-Mutakūn (dievobaimingieji – žr. ają 2:2).
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.8
Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
(Yaa ilmaan Israa’iil!) Yeroo Nuti waadaa keessan qabanneefi (gaara) Xuuris isin gubbaatti ol kaafnee "waan Nuti isiniif kennine cimsaa qabadhaa, waan isa keessa jirus yaadadhaa Akka Rabbiin sodaattaniif’ isiniin jenne san (yaadadhaa).
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.0
Русский · Russian
И вот Мы взяли с вас завет и вознесли над вами гору: «Возьмите с твёрдостью то, что Мы даровали вам, и помните о том, что в нём, — быть может, вы станете богобоязненны».
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
И када смо од вас завет узели и брдо Синај изнад вас подигли: „Снажно прихватите оно што смо вам дали и нека вам је на уму оно што је у Књизи, да бисте се сачували.“
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Na tulipochukua agano lenu, na tukaunyanyua mlima juu yenu (tukakwambieni): Shikeni kwa nguvu haya tuliyokupeni, na yakumbukeni yaliyomo ndani yake ili mpate kuokoka.
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Och minns när vi slöt vårt förbund med er och lyfte berget ovanför er [och sa]: ”Håll med kraft fast vid det vi har gett er och kom ihåg vad som finns däri, så att ni kan bli gudfruktiga.”
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
Hani, sizden sağlam bir söz almış, Tûr dağını da üzerinize kaldırmış ve “Sakınasınız diye, size verdiğimiz kitabı sıkı tutun, onun içindekileri düşünün” demiştik.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
اور جب ہم نے تم سے وعده لیا اور تم پر طور پہاڑ ﻻکھڑا کردیا[1] (اور کہا) جو ہم نے تمہیں دیا ہے، اسے مضبوطی سے تھام لو اور جو کچھ اس میں ہے اسے یاد کرو تاکہ تم بچ سکو
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 And recall when you said, "O Moses, we cannot endure one kind of food, so call to your Lord to produce for us of what the earth grows: of its herbs, and its cucumbers, and its garlic, and its lentils, and its onions." He said, "Would you substitute worse for better? Go down to Egypt, where you will have what you asked for." They were struck with humiliation and poverty, and incurred wrath from God. That was because they rejected God's revelations and wrongfully killed the prophets. That was because they disobeyed and transgressed.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And when ye said: O Moses! We are weary of one kind of food; so call upon thy Lord for us that He bring forth for us of that which the earth groweth - of its herbs and its cucumbers and its corn and its lentils and its onions. He said: Would ye exchange that which is higher for that which is lower? Go down to settled country, thus ye shall get that which ye demand. And humiliation and wretchedness were stamped upon them and they were visited with wrath from Allah. That was because they disbelieved in Allah's revelations and slew the prophets wrongfully. That was for their disobedience and transgression
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And when they said, 'O Moses, we cannot always bear one kind of food; pray then thy Lord to bring forth for us of what the earth grows, its green herbs, its cucumbers, its garlic, its lentils, and its onions.' Said he, 'Do ye ask what is meaner instead of what is best? Go down to Egypt,- there is what ye ask.' Then were they smitten with abasement and poverty, and met with wrath from God. That was because they had misbelieved in God's signs and killed the prophets undeservedly; that was for that they were rebellious and had transgressed
John Medows Rodwell1861 And when ye said, "O Moses! we will not put up with one sort of food: pray, therefore, thy Lord for us, that He would bring forth for us of that which the earth groweth, its herbs and its cucumbers and its garlic and its lentils and its onions:" He said, "What! will ye exchange that which is worse for what is better? Get ye down into Egypt; - for ye shall have what ye have asked:" Vileness and poverty were stamped upon them, and they returned with wrath from God: This, for that they disbelieved the signs of God, and slew the Prophets unjustly: this, for that they rebelled and transgressed
George Sale1734 And when ye said, O Moses, we will by no means be satisfied with one kind of food; pray unto thy Lord therefore for us, that He would produce for us of that which the earth bringeth forth, herbs, and cucumbers, and garlick, and lentils, and onions; Moses answered, will ye exchange that which is better, for that which is worse? Get ye down in Egypt, for there shall ye find what ye desire: And they were smitten with vileness and misery, and drew on themselves indignation from God. This they suffered, because they believed not in the signs of God, and killed the prophets unjustly; this, because they rebelled and transgressed
Talal Itani2012 Those who believe, and those who are Jewish, and the Christians, and the Sabeans-any who believe in God and the Last Day, and act righteously-will have their reward with their Lord; they have nothing to fear, nor will they grieve.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Lo! Those who believe (in that which is revealed unto thee, Muhammad), and those who are Jews, and Christians, and Sabaeans - whoever believeth in Allah and the Last Day and doeth right - surely their reward is with their Lord, and there shall no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Verily, whether it be of those who believe, or those who are Jews or Christians or Sabaeans, whosoever believe in God and the last day and act aright, they have their reward at their Lords hand, and there is no fear for them, nor shall they grieve
John Medows Rodwell1861 Verily, they who believe (Muslims), and they who follow the Jewish religion, and the Christians, and the Sabeites - whoever of these believeth in God and the last day, and doeth that which is right, shall have their reward with their Lord: fear shall not come upon them, neither shall they be grieved
George Sale1734 Surely those who believe, and those who Judaize, and Christians, and Sabians, whoever believeth in God, and the last day, and doth that which is right, they shall have their reward with their Lord, there shall come no fear on them, neither shall they be grieved
Easy-read (simplified)thumma tawallaytum min ba'di dhaalika falawlaa fadlu llaahi 'alaykum warahmatuhu lakuntum mina l-khaasireen
DIN 31635ṯumma tawallaytum min baʿdi ḏālika falawlā faḍlu llāhi ʿalaykum waraḥmatuhu lakuntum mina l-ḫāsirīna
Talal Itani2012 But after that you turned away. Were it not for God's grace and mercy towards you, you would have been among the losers.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Then, even after that, ye turned away, and if it had not been for the grace of Allah and His mercy ye had been among the losers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Then did ye turn aside after this, and were it not for God's grace towards you and His mercy, ye would have been of those who lose
John Medows Rodwell1861 But after this ye turned back, and but for God's grace and mercy toward you, ye had surely been of the lost
George Sale1734 After this ye again turned back, so that if it had not been for God's indulgence and mercy towards you, ye had certainly been destroyed
Talal Itani2012 And you surely knew those of you who violated the Sabbath. We said to them, "Be despicable apes!"
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And ye know of those of you who broke the Sabbath, how We said unto them: Be ye apes, despised and hated
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Ye know too of those among you who transgressed upon the Sabbath, and we said, 'Become ye apes, despised and spurned
John Medows Rodwell1861 Ye know too those of you who transgressed on the Sabbath, and to whom we said, "Be changed into scouted apes
George Sale1734 Moreover ye know what befall those of your nation who transgressed on the sabbath day; we said unto them, be ye changed into apes, driven away from the society of men
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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
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The cut
0.644
Share of measured verses above it
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Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.75
Talal Itani · George Sale0.74
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.73
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.72
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.69
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.68
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.65
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.60
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.