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Talal Itani· published 2012
Then We sent Our messengers in succession. Every time a messenger came to his community, they called him a liar. So We made them follow one another, and made them history. So away with a people who do not believe.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Then We sent our messengers one after another. Whenever its messenger came unto a nation they denied him; so We caused them to follow one another (to disaster) and We made them bywords. A far removal for folk who believe not
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
Then we sent our apostles one after another. Whenever its apostle came to any nation they called him a liar; and we made some to follow others; and we made them legends; away then with a people who do not believe
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Then sent we our apostles one after another. Oft as their apostle presented himself to a nation, they treated him as a liar; and we caused one nation to follow another; and we made them the burden of a tale. Away then with the people who believe not
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Afterwards We sent our apostles, one after another. So often as their apostle came unto any nation, they charged him with imposture: And We caused them successively to follow one another to destruction; and We made them only subjects of traditionalstories. Away therefore with the unbelieving nations
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
Pastaj Ne i çuam të dërguarit Tanë njërin pas tjetrit. Sa herë që një i dërguar i shkonte ndonjë populli, ata e përgënjeshtronin atë. Kështu Ne i shkatërruam ata njërin pas tjetrit dhe i bëmë rrëfime. Larg qoftë populli që nuk beson!
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বাংলা · Bengali
এরপর আমি আমার রাসূলদেরকে ধারাবাহিকভাবে প্রেরণ করেছি। যখনই কোনো জাতির কাছে তাদের রাসূল আসত, তখনই তারা তাকে অস্বীকার করত। অতঃপর আমি এদেরকে একের পর এক ধ্বংস করে দিয়েছি এবং তাদেরকে (মানুষের মুখের) কাহিনীতে পরিণত করেছি। সুতরাং ধ্বংস হোক সে জাতি যারা ঈমান আনে না।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
i poslanike, jedne za drugim slali. Kad bi jednom narodu došao njegov poslanik, u laž bi ga utjerivali, i Mi smo ih zato jedne drugima smjenjivali, i samo u pričama o njima spomen sačuvali – daleko bili ljudi koji nisu vjerovali!
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Hrvatski · Croatian
i poslanike, jedne za drugim slali. Kad bi jednom narodu došao njegov poslanik, u laž bi ga utjerivali, i Mi smo ih zato jedne drugima smjenjivali, i samo u pričama o njima spomen sačuvali – daleko bili ljudi koji nisu vjerovali!
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Refti Min Nuli Nulaaɓe amen ɓen ko ɓe jokkondirɓe, tuma kala ari e mofte Nulaaɗo majje on ɓe njedda mo Min njokkini yoga e maɓɓe yoga, Min mbaɗi ɓe yewtereeji, woɗɗineede wonanii yimɓe ɓe gooŋɗintaa ɓen.
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ქართული · Georgian
მერე წარვაგზავნეთ შუამავლები ერთმანეთის კვალდაკვალ. ხოლო როცა კი რომელიმე თემთან მიდიოდა შუამავალი, ცრუდ რაცხავდნენ მას. და მივაყოლეთ ისინი ერთმანეთს და ვაქციეთ იგავებად. მაშ, შორს იყვნენ ალლაჰის წყალობისგან ადამიანები, რომლებიც არ ირწმუნებენ!
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Deutsch · German
Hierauf sandten Wir Unsere Gesandten, einen nach dem anderen. Jedes Mal, wenn zu einer Gemeinschaft ihr Gesandter kam, bezichtigten sie ihn der Lüge. So ließen Wir die einen von ihnen auf die anderen folgen und machten sie zu(m Gegenstand von) Geschichten. So weit weg mit Leuten, die nicht glauben!
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Ελληνικά · Greek
Έπειτα, στείλαμε διαδοχικά τους Αγγελιαφόρους Μας. Όποτε ερχόταν σε έναν λαό ο Αγγελιαφόρος του, τον διέψευδαν. Έτσι, καταστρέψαμε διαδοχικά (τους άπιστους λαούς) τον έναν μετά τον άλλον, και τους κάναμε να γίνουν μόνο ειδήσεις (στα λόγια των μεταγενέστερων λαών). Ας απομακρυνθούν (από το έλεος του Αλλάχ, και ας καταστραφούν) εκείνοι οι άνθρωποι που δεν πιστεύουν!
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हिन्दी · Hindi
फिर हमने अपने रसूल निरंतर भेजे। जब कभी किसी समुदाय के पास उसका रसूल आया, तो उसके लोगों ने उसे झुठला दिया। तो हमने उनमें से कुछ को कुछ के पीछे चलता किया[10] और उन्हें कहानियाँ बना दिया। तो दूरी हो उन लोगों के लिए, जो ईमान नहीं लाते।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
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Italiano · Italian
Poi inviammo i Nostri Messaggeri in successione. Ogni volta che arrivava a un popolo il suo Messaggero, veniva smentito. Li abbiamo sterminati uno dopo l’altro e ne abbiamo lasciato solo il ricordo. Che muoia un popolo miscredente!
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
44. Tada Mes siuntėme Savo Pasiuntinius iš eilės. Kaskart, kai pas tautą ateidavo jų Pasiuntinys, jis neigdavo jį. Taigi Mes privertėme jas sekti vieną paskui kitą (į pražūtį) ir Mes padarėme juos Ahadis (tikromis istorijomis žmonėms, kad šie išmoktų pamoką iš jų).Taigi šalin žmones, kurie netiki!
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Русский · Russian
Затем Мы посылали Наших посланников непрерывной чередой. Всякий раз, как к общине приходил её посланник, они считали его лжецом. И Мы губили их одних за другими и сделали их предметом сказаний. Да сгинет народ, который не верует!
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Српски · Serbian
Затим смо посланике, једне за другим слали. Кад год би неком народу дошао његов посланик, утеривали би га у лаж, и Ми смо их зато редом уништавали, и само смо у причама о њима сачували спомен; па далеко били људи који нису веровали!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Kisha tukawatuma Mitume wetu, mmoja baada ya mmoja. Kila umma alipowafikia Mtume wao, walimkadhibisha. Tukawafuatanisha hawa baada ya hawa, na tukawafanya kuwa hadithi za kusimuliwa. Basi wakapotelea mbali kaumu wasioamini.
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Svenska · Swedish
Därpå sände vi våra sändebud i följd, men var gång ett sändebud kom till sitt folk, förnekade de hans budskap. Så vi lät [dem gå under], ett efter ett, och kvar blev bara deras sägner. Ja, bort med dessa människor som vägrar tro!
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Türkçe · Turkish
Sonra birbiri ardınca peygamberlerimizi gönderdik. Her ümmete peygamberi geldikçe onu yalanladılar. (Biz de) onları birbiri ardından helâk edip, (ibretlik) konuşulan (olaylar) haline getirdik. Yok olsun iman etmeyen böyle bir toplum!
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اردو · Urdu
پھر ہم نے لگاتار رسول[1] بھیجے، جب جب اس امت کے پاس اس کا رسول آیا اس نے جھٹلایا، پس ہم نے ایک دوسرے کے پیچھے لگا دیا[2] اور انہیں افسانہ[3] بنا دیا۔ ان لوگوں کو دوری ہے جو ایمان قبول نہیں کرتے.
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.
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Talal Itani · George Sale0.72
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.68
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.63
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.60
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.57
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.57
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.55
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.52
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.45
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.44
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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.
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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.
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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.