قَالَ بَصُرْتُ بِمَا لَمْ يَبْصُرُوا۟ بِهِۦ فَقَبَضْتُ قَبْضَةً مِّنْ أَثَرِ ٱلرَّسُولِ فَنَبَذْتُهَا وَكَذَٰلِكَ سَوَّلَتْ لِى نَفْسِى
Easy-read (simplified)qaala basurtu bimaa lam yabsuroo bihi faqabadtu qabdatan min athari r-rasooli fanabadhtuhaa wakadhaalika sawwalat lee nafsee
DIN 31635qāla baṣurtu bimā lam yabṣurū bihi faqabaḍtu qabḍatan min ʾaṯari r-rasūli fanabaḏtuhā wakaḏālika sawwalat lī nafsī
EditionTanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
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He said, "I saw what they did not see, so I grasped a handful from the Messenger's traces, and I flung it away. Thus my soul prompted me."
Talal Itani, ClearQuran ·ClearQuran, "God" edition, EPUB·Talal Itani / ClearQuran.com ·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International·retrieved 7 Sep 2026
Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com https://clearquran.com
He said: I perceived what they perceive not, so I seized a handful from the footsteps of the messenger, and then threw it in. Thus my soul commended to me
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
Said he, 'I beheld what they beheld not, and I grasped a handful from the footprint of the messenger and cast it; for thus my soul induced me
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an ·1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
He said, "I saw what they saw not: so I took a handful of dust from the track of the messenger of God, and flung it into the calf, for so my soul prompted me
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an ·1861 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
He answered, I saw that which they saw not; wherefore I took a handful of dust from the footsteps of the messenger of God, and I cast it into the molten calf; for so did my mind direct me
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
Ai tha: "Pashë diçka që ata nuk e panë, kështu që mora një grusht (pluhur) nga gjurmët e të dërguarit (Xhibrilit) dhe pastaj e hodha (në zjarr). Kështu më nxiti vetja ime."
সে (সামিরীকে ) বললো: ‘আমি এমন কিছু দেখেছি, যা ওরা দেখেনি। তারপর আমি দূতের (জিবরীলের)(১৯) পায়ের চিহ্ন থেকে এক মুষ্টি মাটি নিয়েছিলাম। অতঃপর তা (গলানো স্বর্ণের ওপর) নিক্ষেপ করেছিলাম। আর আমার মন আমার জন্য এরূপ করাটা শোভন করেছিল।’
“Ja sam vidio ono što oni nisu vidjeli”, odgovori on, “pa sam šaku zemlje ispod izaslanikove stope uzeo i to bacio – i eto tako je u mojoj duši ponikla zla misao.”
“Ja sam vidio ono što oni nisu vidjeli”, odgovori on, “pa sam šaku zemlje ispod izaslanikove stope uzeo i to bacio – i eto tako je u mojoj duši ponikla zla misao.”
[Saamiriiyu] wi'i: "Mi yi'ii ko ɓe yiaani ɗum, mi nokki nokkannde e batte nulaaɗo on [Jibriila] mi wernii ɗum ko nii suɗirani lam woŋkii am.
[სამირიელმა] მიუგო [გამართლებით]: «მე დავინახე ის, რაც მათ არ დაუნახავთ [დავინახე ანგელოზი ჯიბრილი ცხენზე ამხედრებული, როდესაც ხალხი ზღვიდან გამოდიოდა და ფარაონი თავის ლაშქართან ერთად იხრჩობოდა]. მე ავიღე ერთი მუჭა (მიწა) მოციქულის [ჯიბრილის ცხენის] ნაკვალევიდან და შემდეგ ის (იმ სამკაულებს) მოვაყარე, რომლებისგანაც ხბო გავაკეთე. ასე მიბიძგა ჩემმა სულმა ამ საქმის ჩასადენად».
Er (also der Samiri) sagte: „Ich erblickte, was sie nicht erblicken, und so fasste ich eine Handvoll (Erde) von der Spur des Gesandten (Jibrils) und warf sie dann hin (ins Feuer). So habe ich es mir selbst eingeredet.“
(Ο Ασ-Σάμιρεϊ -Σαμίρης-) Είπε: «Έμαθα αυτό που δεν έμαθαν, οπότε πήρα μία χούφτα από τα σημάδια του Αγγελιαφόρου και την έριξα. Έτσι με ώθησε ο εαυτός μου (να κάνω).»
उसने कहा : मैंने वह चीज़ देखी, जो इन लोगों नहीं देखी, तो मैंने रसूल के पदचिह्न से एक मुट्ठी उठाली, फिर मैंने उसे डाल दिया और मेरे दिल ने इसी तरह करना मेरे लिए सुसज्जित कर दिया।[33]
Disse: «Ho avuto una visione che loro non hanno avuto, e presi un pugno di sabbia dalle orme del Messaggero e la sparpagliai; così mi aveva suggerito la mia anima».
96. (Samiri) tarė: „Aš mačiau tai, ko jie nematė, taigi aš paėmiau saują (dulkių iš pasiuntinio [Džibrilio (Gabrieliaus) žirgo] kanopos pėdsako ir mečiau ją [į ugnį, į kurią buvo padėtos Firauno (Faraono) žmonių puošmenos, arba į veršiuką]. Taip man pasiūlė mano vidinis aš."
(Saamiriyyiin) nijedhe “Ani waan isaan hin beekin beekeetin, faana kottee (farda) ergamaa (Jibriil) irraa (biyyee) hammaarrii tokko fudheen ishee darbe akka kana Lubbuun tiyya naaf miidhagsite”.
Он сказал: «Я узрел то, чего не узрели они, и захватил горсть из следа Посланника, и бросил её. И вот так внушила мне моя душа».
„Ја сам видео оно што они нису видели“, одговори он, „а затим сам за анђелом узео шаку земље, па то после бацио, и ето, тако ме је моја зла душа навела на зло.”
Akasema: Niliona wasiyoyaona wao, nikachukua mkamato wa mkono katika athari za unyayo wa Mtume. Kisha nikaitupa. Na hivi ndivyo ilivyonielekeza nafsi yangu.
Han svarade: ”Jag såg något som de andra inte kunde se, och så tog jag en handfull av budbäraren [Gabriels] spår och strödde det [över smyckena]. Ja, något inom mig drev mig till detta.”
O da: "Onların görmedikleri bir şey gördüm ve elçinin (Cebrâil -aleyhisselam-'ın) izinden bir avuç (toprak) avuçladım ve onu (erimiş mücevheratın içine) attım. İşte nefsim bunu bana hoş gösterdi." dedi.
اس نے جواب دیا کہ مجھے وه چیز دکھائی دی جو انہیں دکھائی نہیں دی، تو میں نے فرستادہٴ الٰہی کے نقش قدم سے ایک مٹھی بھر لی اسے اس میں ڈال دیا[1] اسی طرح میرے دل نے یہ بات میرے لئے بھلی بنا دی.
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قَالَ يَبْنَؤُمَّ لَا تَأْخُذْ بِلِحْيَتِى وَلَا بِرَأْسِىٓ إِنِّى خَشِيتُ أَن تَقُولَ فَرَّقْتَ بَيْنَ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَلَمْ تَرْقُبْ قَوْلِى
Easy-read (simplified)qaala yaa bna umma laa ta'khudh bilihyatee walaa bira'see innee khasheetu an taqoola farraqta bayna banee israa'eela walam tarqub qawlee
DIN 31635qāla yā bna ʾumma lā taʾḫuḏ biliḥyatī walā biraʾsī ʾinnī ḫašītu ʾan taqūla farraqta bayna banī ʾisrāʾīla walam tarqub qawlī
He said, "Son of my mother, do not seize me by my beard or my head. I feared you would say, `You have caused division among the Children of Israel, and did not regard my word.'"
He said: O son of my mother! Clutch not my beard nor my head! I feared lest thou shouldst say: Thou hast caused division among the Children of Israel, and hast not waited for my word
Said he, 'O son of my mother! seize me not by my beard, or my head! Verily, I feared lest thou shouldst say, "Thou hast made a division amongst the children of Israel, and hast not observed my word
He said, "O Son of my mother! seize me not by my beard, nor by my head: indeed I feared lest thou shouldst say, Thou hast rent the children of Isreal asunder, and hast not observed my orders
Aaron answered, O son of my mother, drag me not by my beard, nor by the hair of my head. Verily I feared lest thou shouldest say, thou hast made a division among the children of Israel, and thou hast not observed my saying
قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكَ يَٰسَٰمِرِىُّ
Easy-read (simplified)qaala famaa khatbuka yaa saamiriyy
DIN 31635qāla famā ḫaṭbuka yā sāmiriyyu
The translators word this verse differently
He said, "What do you have to say, O Samarian?"
(Moses) said: And what hast thou to say, O Samiri
Said he, 'What was thy design, O Samariy
He said, "And what was thy motive, O Samiri
Moses said unto al Sameri, what was thy design, O Sameri
20:96 — the verse above
قَالَ فَٱذْهَبْ فَإِنَّ لَكَ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ أَن تَقُولَ لَا مِسَاسَ وَإِنَّ لَكَ مَوْعِدًا لَّن تُخْلَفَهُۥ وَٱنظُرْ إِلَىٰٓ إِلَٰهِكَ ٱلَّذِى ظَلْتَ عَلَيْهِ عَاكِفًا لَّنُحَرِّقَنَّهُۥ ثُمَّ لَنَنسِفَنَّهُۥ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ نَسْفًا
Easy-read (simplified)qaala fadhhab fa'inna laka fee l-hayaati an taqoola laa misaasa wa'inna laka maw'idan lan tukhlafahu waanzur ilaa ilaahika lladhee zalta 'alayhi 'aakifan lanuharriqannahu thumma lanansifannahu fee l-yammi nasfaa
DIN 31635qāla faḏhab faʾinna laka fī l-ḥayāti ʾan taqūla lā misāsa waʾinna laka mawʿidan lan tuḫlafahu wānẓur ʾilā ʾilāhika llaḏī ẓalta ʿalayhi ʿākifan lanuḥarriqannahu ṯumma lanansifannahu fī l-yammi nasfan
He said, "Begone! Your lot in this life is to say, 'No contact.' And you have an appointment that you will not miss. Now look at your god that you remained devoted to-we will burn it up, and then blow it away into the sea, as powder."
(Moses) said: Then go! and lo! in this life it is for thee to say: Touch me not! and lo! there is for thee a tryst thou canst not break. Now look upon thy god of which thou hast remained a votary. Verily we will burn it and will scatter its dust over the sea
Said he, 'Then get thee gone; verily, it shall be thine in life to say, "Touch me not!" and, verily, for thee there is a threat which thou shalt surely never alter. But look at thy god to which thou wert just now devout; we will surely burn it, and then we will scatter it in scattered pieces in the sea
He said, "Begone then: verily thy doom even in this life shall be to say, 'Touch me not.' And there is a threat against thee, which thou shalt not escape hereafter. Now look at thy god to which thou hast continued so devoted: we will surely burn it and reduce it to ashes, which we will cast into the sea
Moses said, get thee gone; for thy punishment in this life shall be, that thou shalt say unto those who shall meet thee, touch me not; and a threat is denounced against thee of more terrible pains, in the life to come, which thou shalt by no means escape. And behold now thy god, to whose worship thou hast continued assiduously devoted: Verily we will burn it; and we will reduce it to powder, and scatter it in the sea
إِنَّمَآ إِلَٰهُكُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ وَسِعَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ عِلْمًا
Easy-read (simplified)innamaa ilaahukumu llaahu lladhee laa ilaaha illaa huwa wasi'a kulla shay'in 'ilmaa
DIN 31635ʾinnamā ʾilāhukumu llāhu llaḏī lā ʾilāha ʾillā huwa wasiʿa kulla šayʾin ʿilman
Surely your god is God, the One besides whom there is no other god. He comprehends everything in knowledge.
Your Allah is only Allah, than Whom there is no other Allah. He embraceth all things in His knowledge
Your God is only God who,- there is no god but He,- He embraceth everything in His knowledge
Your God is God, beside whom there is no God: In his knowledge he embraceth all things
Your God is the true God, besides whom there is no other god: He comprehendeth all things by his knowledge
EditionTanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) ·Uthmani, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
قَالَ بَصُرْتُ بِمَا لَمْ يَبْصُرُوا بِهِ فَقَبَضْتُ قَبْضَةً مِّنْ أَثَرِ الرَّسُولِ فَنَبَذْتُهَا وَكَذَٰلِكَ سَوَّلَتْ لِي نَفْسِي
EditionTanzil Qur'an text (Simple) ·Simple, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
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