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Talal Itani· published 2012
And when it is said to them, "Believe in what God has revealed," they say, "We believe in what was revealed to us," and they reject anything beyond that, although it is the truth which confirms what they have. Say, "Why did you kill God's prophets before, if you were believers?"
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
And when it is said unto them: Believe in that which Allah hath revealed, they say: We believe in that which was revealed unto us. And they disbelieve in that which cometh after it, though it is the truth confirming that which they possess. Say (unto them, OMuhammad): Why then slew ye the prophets of Allahaforetime, if ye are (indeed) believers
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 they are told to believe in what God has revealed, they say, 'We believe in what has been revealed to us;' but they disbelieve in all beside, although it is the truth confirming what they have. Say, 'Wherefore did ye kill God's prophets of yore if ye were true believers
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And when it is said to them, "Believe in what God hath sent down," they say, "In that which hath been sent down to us we believe:" but what hath since been sent down they disbelieve, although it be the truth confirmatory of their own Scriptures. SAY: Why then have ye of old slain God's prophets, if ye are indeed believers
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
When one saith unto them, believe in that which God hath sent down; they answer, we believe in that which hath been sent down unto us: And they reject what hath been revealed since, although it be the truth, confirming that which is with them. Say, why therefore have ye slain the prophets of God in timespast, if ye be true believers
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
Kur u thuhet atyre (hebrenjve): "Besoni në atë që ka shpallur Allahu", ata thonë: "Ne besojmë në atë që na është shpallur neve", ndërkohë që mohojnë atë që erdhi më pas (Kuranin), ndonëse ajo është e vërteta që pohon atë që gjendet tek ata. Thuaju atyre (o Muhamed): "Atëherë, përse i vrisnit më parë të dërguarit e Allahut, nëse njëmend jeni besimtarë?!"
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বাংলা · Bengali
আর যখন তাদেরকে বলা হয়: ‘আল্লাহ যা নাযিল করেছেন তাতে ঈমান আনো।’ তারা বলে: ‘আমাদের প্রতি যা নাযিল হয়েছে আমরা কেবল তাতেই ঈমান আনি।’ আর এর বাইরে যা নাযিল করা হয়েছে তার সবকিছুই তারা অস্বীকার করে; অথচ তা মহা সত্য এবং তাদের নিকট যা আছে তার সত্যায়নকারী। বলো: ‘তোমরা যদি মু’মিনই হয়ে থাকো, তবে কেন তোমরা ইতঃপূর্বে আল্লাহর নবীদেরকে হত্যা করেছিলে?’
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Bosanski · Bosnian
A kada im se kaže: "Vjerujte u ono što Allah objavljuje!", oni odgovaraju: "Mi vjerujemo samo u ono što je nama objavljeno", i neće da vjeruju u ono što se objavljuje poslije, a to je Istina, koja potvrđuje da je istinito i ono što oni imaju. Reci: "Pa zašto ste još ranije Allahove vjerovjesnike ubijali, ako ste vjernici bili?!"
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Hrvatski · Croatian
A kada im se kaže: "Vjerujte u ono što Allah objavljuje!" oni odgovaraju: "Mi vjerujemo samo u ono što je nama objavljeno", i neće da vjeruju u ono što se objavljuje poslije, a to je Istina, koja potvrđuje da je istinito i ono što oni imaju. Reci: "Pa zašto ste još ranije Allahove vjerovjesnike ubijali, ako ste vjernici bili?!"
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Si ɓe mbi'aama ngoongɗinee ko Alla jippini koo ɓe mbi'a min ngoongɗinii ko jippinaa he amen ɓe njedda ko wonaa ɗuum te ko ɗuum woni goonga nuunɗinɗo ko ɓe njogii, wi' ɓe ko waɗi oɗon mbarannoo (mbaratnoo) annabaaɓe Alla ɓee so tawno oɗon ngoongɗini.
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ქართული · Georgian
და როცა მათ ეუბნებიან [იუდეველებს]: «ირწმუნეთ ის, რაც ალლაჰმა გარდმოავლინა [ყურანი]», ისინი ამბობენ: «ჩვენ ვირწმუნეთ ის, რაც ჩვენთვის არის გარდმოვლენილი
[თორა]». მაგრამ ისინი უარყოფენ იმას, რაც ამის შემდეგ მოვიდა
[ყურანს], მიუხედავად იმისა, რომ იგი ჭეშმარიტებაა და ადასტურებს იმას, რაც მათთან არის. უთხარი: «მაშ რატომ კლავდით ადრე ალლაჰის მოციქულებს, თუ თქვენ მართლაც მორწმუნენი იყავით?»
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Deutsch · German
Und wenn zu ihnen gesagt wird: „Glaubt an das, was Allah (als Offenbarung) hinabgesandt hat“, sagen sie: „Wir glauben an das, was (bereits zuvor) zu uns hinabgesandt worden ist“, verleugnen aber das, was nach diesem (offenbart) wurde, wo es doch die Wahrheit ist, das bestätigend, was ihnen (bereits) vorliegt. Sag: „Warum habt ihr denn zuvor Allahs Propheten getötet, wenn ihr gläubig seid?“
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Ελληνικά · Greek
Και όταν ειπώθηκε σ' αυτούς, «Πιστέψτε σ' αυτό (το Κορ'άν) που ο Αλλάχ έστειλε.» Είπαν: «Πιστεύουμε (μόνο) σ' εκείνο (την Τορά) που στάλθηκε σ' εμάς.» Και αρνούνται ό,τι ήλθε μετά απ' αυτό, παρόλο που είναι η αλήθεια που επιβεβαιώνει αυτό που ήταν μαζί τους. Πες (ω, Μωχάμμαντ): «Τότε, γιατί σκοτώνατε τους προφήτες του Αλλάχ στο παρελθόν, αν είστε πράγματι πιστοί;»
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हिन्दी · Hindi
और जब उनसे कहा जाता है उस पर ईमान लाओ जो अल्लाह ने उतारा[45] है, तो कहते हैं : हम उसपर ईमान रखते हैं जो हमपर उतारा गया है, और जो उसके अलावा है, उसका वे इनकार करते हैं! जबकि वही सत्य है, उनके पास जो कुछ है उसकी पुष्टि करने वाला है। आप (उनसे) कह दीजिए कि अगर तुम ईमान वाले थे, तो फिर इससे पहले अल्लाह के नबियों की हत्या क्यों किया करते थे?
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
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Italiano · Italian
E se veniva detto loro: “Credete in ciò che Allāh ha fatto discendere”, dicevano: “Noi crediamo in ciò che è stato fatto discendere su di noi”, e negavano ciò che è venuto dopo, ed è la Verità che conferma ciò che hanno. Di’: “Perché uccidevate i profeti di Allāh in precedenza, se siete credenti?
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
91. Ir kai sakome jiems (judėjams): „Tikėkite tuo, ką Allahas apreiškė.“, jie sako: „Mes tikime tuo, kas buvo apreikšta mums.“ Ir jie netiki tuo, kas atėjo po to, nors tai yra tiesa, patvirtinanti tai, kas yra su jais (t. y. jų Šventraščius). Sakyk (Muchammedai ﷺ jiems): „Kodėl tuomet kadaise jūs žudėte Allaho Pranašus, jei buvote tikintieji?“
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Русский · Russian
А когда им говорят: «Уверуйте в то, что ниспослал Аллах», они говорят: «Мы веруем в то, что было ниспослано нам», — и отвергают то, что пришло после, хотя это — истина, подтверждающая то, что у них. Скажи: «Так почему же вы убивали пророков Аллаха прежде, если вы были верующими?»
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Српски · Serbian
А када им се каже: "Верујте у оно што Аллах објављује!" Они одговарају: "Ми верујемо само у оно што је нама објављено", и неће да верују у оно што се објављује после, а то је Истина, која потврђује да је истинито и оно што они имају. Реци: "Па зашто сте још раније Аллахове веровеснике убијали, ако сте верници били?!"
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Na wanapoambiwa: Yaaminini aliyoyateremsha Mwenyezi Mungu. Wao husema: 'Tunaamini tuliyoteremshiwa sisi.' Na huyakataa yasiyokuwa hayo. Na hali ya kuwa hii ndiyo haki inayothibitisha yale waliyo nayo wao. Sema: Mbona mliwauwa Manabii wa Mwenyezi Mungu hapo zamani ikiwa kweli mlikuwa Waumini?
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Svenska · Swedish
Och när det sägs till dem: ”Tro på det som Gud har uppenbarat!” säger de: ”Vi tror hellre på det som uppenbarats för oss”, och de förkastar allt annat, trots att det här är sanningen som bekräftar det som redan finns hos dem. Säg: ”Varför dödade ni då tidigare Guds profeter, om ni nu verkligen är troende?”
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Türkçe · Turkish
Onlara: “Allah’ın indirdiğine (Kur’an’a) iman edin” denilince, “Biz sadece bize indirilene (Tevrat’a) iman ederiz” deyip, ondan sonra geleni (Kur’an’ı) inkâr ederler. Halbuki o, ellerinde bulunanı (Tevrat’ı) tasdik eden hak bir kitaptır. De ki: “Eğer iman eden kimseler idiyseniz, daha önce niçin Allah’ın peygamberlerini öldürüyordunuz?”
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اردو · Urdu
اور جب ان سے کہا جاتا ہے کہ اللہ تعالیٰ کی اتاری ہوئی کتاب پر ایمان ﻻؤ تو کہہ دیتے ہیں کہ جو ہم پر اتاری گئی اس پر ہمارا ایمان ہے[1] ۔ حاﻻنکہ اس کے بعد والی کے ساتھ جو ان کی کتاب کی تصدیق کرنے والی ہے، کفر کرتے ہیں، اچھا ان سے یہ تو دریافت کریں کہ اگر تمہارا ایمان پہلی کتابوں پر ہے تو پھر تم نے اگلے انبیا کو کیوں قتل کیا؟[2]
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Easy-read (simplified)walammaa jaa'ahum kitaabun min 'indi llaahi musaddiqun limaa ma'ahum wakaanoo min qablu yastaftihoona 'alaa lladheena kafaroo falammaa jaa'ahum maa 'arafoo kafaroo bihi fala'natu llaahi 'alaa l-kaafireen
DIN 31635walammā ǧāʾahum kitābun min ʿindi llāhi muṣaddiqun limā maʿahum wakānū min qablu yastaftiḥūna ʿalā llaḏīna kafarū falammā ǧāʾahum mā ʿarafū kafarū bihi falaʿnatu llāhi ʿalā l-kāfirīna
Talal Itani2012 And when a scripture came to them from God, confirming what they have-although previously they were seeking victory against those who disbelieved-but when there came to them what they recognized, they disbelieved in it. So God's curse is upon the disbelievers.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And when there cometh unto them a scripture from Allah, confirming that in their possession - though before that they were asking for a signal triumph over those who disbelieved - and when there cometh unto them that which they know (to be the truth) they disbelieve therein. The curse of Allah is on disbelievers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And when a book came down from God confirming what they had with them, though they had before prayed for victory over those who misbelieve, yet when that came to them which they knew, then they disbelieved it,- God's curse be on the misbelievers
John Medows Rodwell1861 And when a Book had come to them from God, confirming that which they had received already - although they had before prayed for victory over those who believed not - yet when that Koran come to them, of which they had knowledge, they did not recognise it. The curse of God on the infidels
George Sale1734 And when a book came unto them from God, confirming the scriptures which were with them, although they had before prayed for assistance against those who believed not, yet when that came unto them which they knew to be from God, they would not believe therein: therefore the curse of God shall be on the infidels
Easy-read (simplified)bi'samaa shtaraw bihi anfusahum an yakfuroo bimaa anzala llaahu baghyan an yunazzila llaahu min fadlihi 'alaa man yashaa'u min 'ibaadihi fabaa'oo bighadabin 'alaa ghadabin walilkaafireena 'adhaabun muheen
DIN 31635biʾsamā štaraw bihi ʾanfusahum ʾan yakfurū bimā ʾanzala llāhu baġyan ʾan yunazzila llāhu min faḍlihi ʿalā man yašāʾu min ʿibādihi fabāʾū biġaḍabin ʿalā ġaḍabin walilkāfirīna ʿaḏābun muhīnun
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 Miserable is what they sold their souls for-rejecting what God has revealed, out of resentment that God would send down His grace upon whomever He chooses from among His servants. Thus they incurred wrath upon wrath. And there is a demeaning punishment for the disbelievers.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Evil is that for which they sell their souls: that they should disbelieve in that which Allah hath revealed, grudging that Allah should reveal of His bounty unto whom He will of His slaves. They have incurred anger upon anger. For disbelievers is a shameful doom
Edward Henry Palmer1880 For a bad bargain have they sold their souls, not to believe in what God has revealed, grudging because God sends down of His grace on whomsoever of His servants He will; and they have brought on themselves wrath after wrath and for the misbelievers is there shameful woe
John Medows Rodwell1861 For a vile price have they sold themselves, by not believing what God hath sent down, envious of God's sending down his grace on such of his servants as he pleaseth: and they have brought on themselves wrath upon wrath. And for the unbelievers is a disgraceful chastisement
George Sale1734 For a vile price have they sold their souls, that they should not believe in that which God hath sent down; out of envy, because God sendeth down his favours to such of his servants as he pleaseth: Therefore they brought on themselves indignation on indignation; and the unbelievers shall suffer an ignominious punishment
DIN 31635walaqad ǧāʾakum mūsā bil-bayyināti ṯumma taḫaḏtumu l-ʿiǧla min baʿdihi waʾantum ẓālimūna
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Talal Itani2012 Moses came to you with clear proofs, yet you adopted the calf in his absence, and you were in the wrong.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And Moses came unto you with clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty), yet, while he was away, ye chose the calf (for worship) and ye were wrong-doers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Moses came to you with manifest signs, then ye took up with the calf when he had gone and did so wrong
John Medows Rodwell1861 Moreover, Moses came unto you with proofs of his mission. Then in his absence ye took the calf for your God, and did wickedly
George Sale1734 Moses formerly came unto you with evident signs, but ye afterwards took the calf for your god and did wickedly
Talal Itani2012 And We made a covenant with you, and raised the Mount above you: "Take what We have given you firmly, and listen." They said, "We hear and disobey." And their hearts became filled with the love of the calf because of their disbelief. Say, "Wretched is what your faith commands you to do, if you are believers."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And when We made with you a covenant and caused the Mount to tower above you, (saying): Hold fast by that which We have given you, and hear (Our Word), they said: We hear and we rebel. And (worship of) the calf was made to sink into their hearts because of their rejection (of the covenant). Say (unto them): Evil is that which your belief enjoineth on you, if ye are believers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And when we took a covenant with you and raised the mountain over you, 'Take what we have given you with resolution and hear;' they said, 'We hear but disobey;' and they were made to drink the calf down into their hearts for their unbelief. Say, 'An evil thing is it which your belief bids you do, if ye be true believers
John Medows Rodwell1861 And when we accepted your covenant, and uplifted the mountain over you, we said, "Take firm hold on what we have given you, and hearken." They said, "We have hearkened and have rebelled:" then were they made to drink down the calf into their hearts for their ingratitude. SAY: A bad thing hath your faith commanded you, if ye be indeed believers
George Sale1734 And when we accepted your covenant and lifted the mountain of Sinai over you, saying, receive the law which we have given you, with a resolution to perform it, and hear; they said, we have heard, and have rebelled: And they were made to drink down the calf into their hearts for their unbelief. Say, a grievous thing hath your faith commanded you, if ye be true believers
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Share of measured verses above it
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Verses above it
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Verses measured
6,236
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.67
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.61
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.60
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.58
Talal Itani · George Sale0.56
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.56
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.54
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.53
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.53
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.44
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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.