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So Moses returned to his people, angry and disappointed. He said, "O my people, did your Lord not promise you a good promise? Was the time too long for you? Or did you want wrath from your Lord to descend upon you, so you broke your promise to me?"
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Then Moses wentback unto his folk, angry and sad. He said: O my people! Hath not your Lord promised you a fair promise? Did the time appointed then appear too long for you, or did ye wish that wrath from your Lord should come upon you, that ye broke tryst with me
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 Moses returned to his people, wrathful, grieving! Said he, 'O my, people! did not your Lord promise you a good promise? Has the time seemed too long for you, or do you desire that wrath should light on you from your Lord, that ye have broken your promise to me
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And Moses returned to his people, angered, sorrowful. He said, "O my people! did not your Lord promise you a good promise? Was the time of my absence long to you? or desired ye that wrath from your Lord should light upon you, that ye failed in your promise to me
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Wherefore Moses returned unto his people in great wrath, and exceedinglyafflicted. And he said, O my people, had not your Lord promised you a most excellent promise? Did the time of my absence seem long unto you? Or did ye desire that indignation from your Lord should fall on you, and therefore failed to keep the promise which ye made me
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
Kështu, Musai u kthye te populli i tij i zemëruar e i pikëlluar dhe tha: "O populli im, a nuk ju dha Zoti juaj një premtim të mirë? A aq e gjatë ju duk koha apo deshët që t'ju godasë zemërimi i Zotit tuaj, ndërkohë që e thyet premtimin që më dhatë?"
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
অতঃপর (তাদের গো-বাছুর পূজার কারণে) মূসা রাগান্বিত ও মর্মাহত হয়ে তার সম্প্রদায়ের কাছে ফিরে গেলো। সে বললো: ‘হে আমার জাতি! তোমাদের রব কি তোমাদেরকে এক উত্তম প্রতিশ্রুতি দেননি?(১৪) তোমাদের কাছে কি সেই প্রতিশ্রুতির সময় দীর্ঘ হয়ে গেছে? নাকি তোমরা চেয়েছো যে, তোমাদের ওপর তোমাদের রবের গজব পতিত হোক? তাই তোমরা আমার সাথে (আনুগত্যের ওপর অটল থাকার) কৃত অঙ্গীকার ভঙ্গ করলে?’
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
I Musa se narodu svome vrati srdit i žalostan. “O narode moj”, reče, “zar vam Gospodar vaš nije dao lijepo obećanje? Zar vam se vrijeme oduljilo ili hoćete da vas stigne srdžba Gospodara vašeg, pa se zato niste držali obećanja koje ste mi dali!”
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
I Mojsije se narodu svome vrati srdit i žalostan. “O narode moj,” reče, “zar vam Gospodar vaš nije dao lijepo obećanje? Zar vam se vrijeme oduljilo ili hoćete da vas stigne srdžba Gospodara vašeg, pa se zato niste držali obećanja koje ste mi dali!”
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
Muusaa ruttii ka yimɓe makko ɓen ko o tikkuɗo suniiɗo; o maaki: "Ko onon yo yimɓe, enee, Joomi mo'on Fodanaani on Fodoore Moƴƴere, kaa ko aadi ndin juutani on? Kaa on faandi nde jippotoo e mo'on Tikkere immorde ka Joomi mooɗon si lunndi ɗon fodoore am nden?"
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 დაბრუნდა მუსა თავის ხალხთან განრისხებული, დამწუხრებული. უთხრა [მათ]: «ო, ჩემო ხალხო! განა თქვენმა უფალმა არ მოგცათ მშვენიერი აღთქმა [რომ ამქვეყნად ხელმძღვანელობას მოგანიჭებდათ, ხოლო მარადიულ ცხოვრებაში — სამოთხეს]? განა თქვენ თვითონ არ იყავით მისი დახმარების მოწმეები თქვენი მტრების წინააღმდეგ? ნუთუ ჩემი არყოფნის დრო ასე დიდხანს მოგეჩვენათ, რომ ალლაჰის აღთქმა დაივიწყეთ? თუ გსურდათ, რომ თქვენი უფლის რისხვა დაგტეხოდათ თავს, რის გამოც დაარღვიეთ ჩემთვის მოცემული პირობა [რომ მტკიცედ დარჩებოდით რწმენაში და ჩემს გზას გაჰყვებოდით]?»
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
Da kehrte Musa zu seinem Volk zornig und bedrückt zurück. Er sagte: „O mein Volk, hat euch euer Herr nicht ein schönes Versprechen gegeben? Dauerte es euch mit dem Bund zu lange, oder wolltet ihr, dass Zorn von eurem Herrn über euch hereinbricht, sodass ihr die Vereinbarung mit mir gebrochen habt?“
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
Έτσι, ο Μωυσής επέστρεψε στον λαό του, θυμωμένος και λυπημένος. Είπε: «Ω, λαέ μου! Δε σας υποσχέθηκε ο Κύριός σας μία καλή υπόσχεση (ότι θα στείλει την Τορά και θα υποστηρίξει τους πιστούς); Μήπως περάσατε πολύ καιρό (χωρίς εμένα, και ξεχάσατε την υπόσχεση και τις χάρες Του); Ή θέλατε (μ' αυτό που κάνατε) να πέσει σε σας η οργή του Κυρίου σας, οπότε σταματήσατε να περπατάτε πίσω από μένα προς τον τόπο συνάντησης (και αθετήσατε αυτό που σας διέταξα, το να παραμείνετε στην υπακοή προς τον Αλλάχ);»
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
फिर मूसा ग़ुस्से से भरा हुआ, खेद में डूबा हुआ अपनी जाति की ओर वापस आया। उसने कहा : ऐ मेरी जाति के लोगो! क्या तुम्हारे रब ने तुम्हें अच्छा वादा नहीं दिया था?[25] तो क्या वह अवधि तुम पर लंबी हो गई,[26] या तुमने चाहा कि तुमपर तुम्हारे रब का कोई प्रकोप उतरे? तो तुमने मेरा वादा[27] तोड़ दिया।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Mūsā tornò alla sua gente, rancoroso e afflitto. Disse: «O popolo mio, non vi ha fatto il vostro Dio una bella promessa? Vi è sembrata l’attesa troppo lunga? O avete voluto attirare l’ira del vostro Dio, e avete rotto il vostro impegno con me?»
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
86. Tada Mūsa (Mozė) grįžo pas savo žmones supykęs ir nuliūdęs. Jis tarė: „Mano žmonės, argi jūsų Viešpats nedavė jums sąžiningo pažado? Argi tada jums pažadas atrodo ilgai vykdomas? Ar jūs panorote, kad pyktis nusileistų ant jūsų iš jūsų Viešpaties dėl to, kad jūs sulaužėte savo pažadą man (t. y. netikėdami Allahą ir garbindami veršiuką)?“
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 Муса вернулся к своему народу разгневанным, скорбящим. Он сказал: «О народ мой! Разве ваш Господь не дал вам прекрасное обещание? Неужели затянулся для вас срок? Или же вы пожелали, чтобы на вас пал гнев от вашего Господа, — и потому нарушили вы назначенный мною срок?»
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 Мојсије се своме народу врати љут и жалостан. „О мој народе“, рече, „зар вам ваш Господар није дао лепо обећање? Зар вам се време одужило, или хоћете да вас стигне срџба вашега Господара, па се зато нисте држали обећања које сте ми дали?!“
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
Basi Musa akarudi kwa watu wake kwa ghadhabu na kusikitika. Akasema: Enyi watu wangu! Kwani Mola wenu Mlezi hakuwaahidi ahadi nzuri? Je, umekuwa muda mrefu kwenu au mmetaka ghadhabu ya Mola wenu Mlezi iwashukie, ndiyo maana mkavunja miadi yangu?
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Arg och besviken återvände Mose till sitt folk. Han sa: ”Mitt folk! Har inte er Herre gett er ett gott löfte? Har det gått så lång tid [att ni glömde bort det], eller var det för att ni ville att er Herres vrede skulle drabba er som ni bröt ert löfte till mig?”
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
Mûsâ kızgın ve kederli bir şekilde kavmine döndü. Dedi ki: “Ey kavmim, Rabbiniz size güzel bir vaatte bulunmadı mı? Yoksa aradan geçen süre size uzun mu geldi, yahut üzerinize Rabbinizden bir gazabın gelmesini mi istediniz de bana olan vaadinizde durmadınız?”
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
پس موسیٰ (علیہ السلام) سخت غضبناک ہو کر رنج کے ساتھ واپس لوٹے، اور کہنے لگے کہ اے میری قوم والو! کیا تم سے تمہارے پروردگار نے نیک وعده نہیں کیا [1] تھا؟ کیا اس کی مدت تمہیں لمبی معلوم ہوئی[2]؟ بلکہ تمہارا اراده ہی یہ ہے کہ تم پر تمہارے پروردگار کا غضب نازل ہو؟ کہ تم نے میرے وعدے کا خلاف کیا.[3]
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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Easy-read (simplified)qaaloo maa akhlafnaa maw'idaka bimalkinaa walaakinnaa hummilnaa awzaaran min zeenati l-qawmi faqadhafnaahaa fakadhaalika alqaa s-saamiriyy
DIN 31635qālū mā ʾaḫlafnā mawʿidaka bimalkinā walākinnā ḥummilnā ʾawzāran min zīnati l-qawmi faqaḏafnāhā fakaḏālika ʾalqā s-sāmiriyyu
Talal Itani2012 They said, "We did not break our promise to you by our choice, but we were made to carry loads of the people's ornaments, and we cast them in. That was what the Samarian suggested."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 They said: We broke not tryst with thee of our own will, but we were laden with burdens of ornaments of the folk, then cast them (in the fire), for thus As-Samiri proposed
Edward Henry Palmer1880 They said, 'We have not broken our promise to thee of our own accord. But we were made to carry loads of the ornaments of the people, and we hurled them down, and so did es Samariy cast
John Medows Rodwell1861 They said, "Not of our own accord have we failed in the promise to thee, but we were made to bring loads of the people's trinkets, and we threw them into the fire and Samiri likewise cast them in
George Sale1734 They answered, we have not failed in what we promised thee of our own authority; but we were made to carry in several loads of gold and silver, of the ornaments of the people, and we cast them into the fire; and in like manner al Sameri also cast in what he had collected
Talal Itani2012 So he produced for them a calf-a mere body which lowed. And they said, "This is your god, and the god of Moses, but he has forgotten."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Then he produced for them a calf, of saffron hue, which gave forth a lowing sound. And they cried: This is your god and the god of Moses, but he hath forgotten
Edward Henry Palmer1880 and he brought forth for the people a corporeal calf which lowed.' And they said, 'This is your god and the god of Moses, but he has forgotten
John Medows Rodwell1861 and brought forth to them a corporeal lowing calf: and they said, "This is your God and the God of Moses, whom he hath forgotten
George Sale1734 and he produced unto them a corporeal calf, which lowed. And al Sameri and his companions said, this is your god, and the god of Moses; but he hath forgotten him, and is gone to seek some other
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0.644
Share of measured verses above it
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Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Talal Itani · George Sale0.60
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.60
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.56
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.54
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.54
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.49
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.47
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.45
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.44
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.41
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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.