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Then, when Moses had fulfilled the term, and was travelling with his housefolk, he saw in the distance a fire and said unto his housefolk: Bide ye (here). Lo! I see in the distance a fire; peradventure I shall bring you tidings thence, or a brand from the fire that ye may warm yourselves
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
Compare translations (4)Talal Itani· published 2012
When Moses had completed the term, and departed with his family, he noticed a fire by the side of the Mount. He said to his family, "Stay here, I have glimpsed a fire. Perhaps I can bring you some information from there, or an ember from the fire, that you may warm yourselves."
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
And when Moses had fulfilled the appointedtime, and was journeying with his people, he perceived from the side of the mountain a fire; said he to his people, 'Tarry ye here; verily, I have perceived a fire, haply I may bring you goodnewstherefrom, or a brand of fire that haply ye may be warmed
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And when Moses had fulfilled the term, and was journeying with his family, he perceived a fire on the mountain side. He said to his family, "Wait ye, for I perceive a fire. Haply I may bring you tidings from it, or a brand from the fire to warm you
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And when Moses had fulfilled the term, and was journeying with his family towards Egypt, he saw fire on the side of mount Sinai. And he said unto his family, tarry ye here; for I see fire: Peradventure I may bring you thence some tidings of the way, or at least a brand out of the fire, that ye may be warmed
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 Musai e plotësoi afatin dhe u nis me familjen e tij, vuri re një zjarr në anë të malit Tur. Ai i tha familjes së vet: "Rrini këtu, se vërejta një zjarr. Ndoshta mund t'ju sjell që andej ndonjë lajm ose ndonjë urë zjarri për t'u ngrohur."
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 মূসা যখন মেয়াদ (দশ বছর) পরিপূর্ণ করলো এবং সপরিবারে (মাদইয়ান থেকে মিশরের দিকে) রওয়ানা করলো, তখন সে তূর পর্বতের পাশে আগুন দেখতে পেলো। সে তার পরিবারকে বললো: ‘তোমরা অপেক্ষা করো, আমি আগুন দেখতে পেয়েছি, সম্ভবত আমি তা থেকে তোমাদের কাছে কোনো সংবাদ আনতে পারবো অথবা একটি জ্বলন্ত অঙ্গার; যাতে তোমরা আগুন পোহাতে পারো।’
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Bosanski · Bosnian
I kad Musa ispuni ugovoreni rok i krenu sa čeljadi svojom, on ugleda vatru na jednoj strani brda. “Pričekajte”, reče čeljadi svojoj, “vidio sam vatru, možda ću vam od nje kakvu vijest donijeti ili zapaljenu glavnju, da se ogrijete.”
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Hrvatski · Croatian
I kad Mojsije ispuni ugovoreni rok i krenu sa čeljadi svojom, on ugleda vatru na jednoj strani brda. “Pričekajte,” reče čeljadi svojoj, “vidio sam vatru, možda ću vam od nje kakvu vijest donijeti ili zapaljenu glavnju, da se ogrijete.”
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Nde Muusaa timminnoo happu ngun, o yahdi e ɓeydnuure makko, o haynii yiite ka senngo (fello) Tuuri, o maaki ɓeunguure makko nden: "ngonee ɗoo, min mi haynike yiite. Mbelejo'o mi addana on e magge kumpital maa te'annde(docotal) yiite ngen, mbelejo'o itworon".
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ქართული · Georgian
და მას შემდეგ, რაც მუსამ დაასრულა [მწყემსად მუშაობის] ვადა [ათი წელი] და გაემგზავრა [მადიანიდან ეგვიპტეში] თავის ოჯახთან ერთად, მან ტურის მთის მხრიდან შენიშნა ცეცხლი. მან უთხრა თავის ოჯახს: «დარჩით აქ, უეჭველად, დავინახე ცეცხლი. იქნებ იქიდან მოგიტანოთ რაიმე ამბავი, ან ანთებული ნაკვერჩხალი [კოცონის გასაჩაღებლად], ეგების გათბეთ».
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Als dann Musa die Frist erfüllt hatte und mit seinen Angehörigen fortzog, nahm er auf der Seite des (Berges) Tur ein Feuer wahr. Er sagte zu seinen Angehörigen: „Bleibt hier. Ich habe ja ein Feuer wahrgenommen; vielleicht kann ich euch davon eine Nachricht oder ein Stück brennendes Holz aus dem Feuer bringen, auf dass ihr euch (daran) wärmen könnt.“
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
Όταν ο Μωυσής εκπλήρωσε τον συμφωνημένο χρόνο και έφυγε με την οικογένειά του, είδε μία φωτιά στην πλευρά του βουνού, και είπε στην οικογένειά του: «Μείνετε εδώ. Έχω δει μία φωτιά, ίσως να φέρω για σας απ' αυτή μία είδηση (δηλ. θα βρω κάποιον να μας καθοδηγήσει στον δρόμο που χάσαμε), ή να σας φέρω μία φλόγα από τη φωτιά για να ανάψετε (απ' αυτήν) και να ζεσταθείτε.»
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
फिर जब मूसा ने वह अवधि पूरी कर दी और अपने परिवार को लेकर चला, तो उसने तूर (पर्वत) की ओर से एक आग देखी। उसने अपने परिवार से कहा : ठहरो, मैंने एक आग देखी है, संभव है कि मैं तुम्हारे लिए उससे कोई समाचार ले आऊँ, या आग का कोई अंगारा, ताकि तुम ताप लो।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
E quando Mūsā compì il suo termine, partì con la sua famiglia, e vide in direzione della Rupe un fuoco. Disse ai suoi: «Aspettate! In verità ho visto un fuoco; può darsi che vi porti una notizia o un tizzone acceso, con cui potervi riscaldare».
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
29. Tada, kai Mūsa (Mozė) išpildė terminą, ir keliavo su savo šeima, jis pamatė ugnį Tūr (Kalno) pusėje. Jis tarė savo šeimai: „Palaukite, aš pamačiau ugnį. Galbūt galiu atnešti jums iš ten kokios nors informacijos, arba degantį nuodėgulį, kad jūs susišildytumėte.“
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.
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Русский · Russian
И когда Муса завершил свой срок и отправился со своей семьёй, он заметил огонь со стороны горы [Синай]. Он сказал своей семье: «Останьтесь! Воистину, я заметил огонь. Быть может, я принесу вам от него весть или головню из огня, — быть может, вы согреетесь».
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
И када Мојсије испуни уговорени рок и крену са својом породицом, он угледа ватру на једној страни брда и рече својој породици: „Сачекајте, угледао сам ватру, можда ћу од ње какву вест да вам донесем, или запаљену бакљу, па да се огрејете.“
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Basi Musa alipotimiza muda wake na akasafiri na ahali zake, aliona moto upande wa Mlima 'Turi. Akawaambia ahali zake, "Ngojeni! Hakika mimi nimeona moto. Labda nitawaletea kutoka huko habari au kijinga cha moto ili mpate kuota moto."
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Svenska · Swedish
Efter att Mose fullgjort tjänsteåren for han iväg med sin familj och såg så en eld vid sidan av ett berg. Han sa till sin familj: ”Stanna här, jag har skymtat en eld. Kanske kan jag hämta information till er därifrån eller en glödande fackla från elden så att ni kan värma er.”
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Türkçe · Turkish
Mûsâ süreyi tamamlayıp ailesi ile yola çıkınca Tûr’un yan tarafından bir ateş gördü. Ailesine: Siz durun, çünkü ben bir ateş gördüm. Belki ateşten size bir haber yahut ısınmanız için size ateşten bir parça getiririm, dedi.
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اردو · Urdu
جب حضرت موسیٰ علیہ السلام نے مدت[1] پوری کرلی اور اپنے گھر والوں کو لے کر چلے[2] تو کوه طور کی طرف آگ دیکھی۔ اپنی بیوی سے کہنے لگے ٹھہرو! میں نے آگ دیکھی ہے بہت ممکن ہے کہ میں وہاں سے کوئی خبر ﻻؤں یا آگ کا کوئی انگاره ﻻؤں تاکہ تم سینک لو.
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Talal Itani2012 He said, "I want to marry you to one of these two daughters of mine, provided you work for me for eight years. But if you complete ten, that is up to you. I do not intend to impose any hardship on you. You will find me, God willing, one of the righteous."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 He said: Lo! I fain would marry thee to one of these two daughters of mine on condition that thou hirest thyself to me for (the term of) eight pilgrimages. Then if thou completest ten it will be of thine own accord, for I would not make it hard for thee. Allah willing, thou wilt find me of the righteous
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Said he, 'Verily, I desire to marry thee to one of these daughters of mine, on condition that thou dost serve me for hire eight years; and if thou shalt fulfil ten it is of thyself; for I do not wish to make it wretched for thee; thou wilt find me, if it please God, of the righteous
John Medows Rodwell1861 He said, "Truly to one of these my two daughters I desire to marry thee, if for eight years thou wilt be my hired servant: and if thou fulfil ten, it shall be of thine own accord, for I wish not to deal hardly with thee. Thou wilt find me, if God will, one of the upright
George Sale1734 And Shoaib said unto Moses, verily I will give thee one of these my two daughters in marriage, on condition that thou serve me for hire eight years: And if thou fulfill ten years, it is in thine own breast; for I seek not to impose a hardship on thee: And thou shalt find me, if God please, a man of probity
Talal Itani2012 He said, "Let this be an agreement between you and me. Whichever of the two terms I fulfill, there shall be no reprisal against me; and God is witness over what we say."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 He said: That (is settled) between thee and me. Whichever of the two terms I fulfil, there will be no injustice to me, and Allah is Surety over what we say
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Said he, 'That is between you and me; whichever of the two terms I fulfil, let there be no enmity against me, for God over what we say keeps guard
John Medows Rodwell1861 He said, "Be it so between me and thee: Whichever of the two terms I fulfil, there will be no injustice to me. And God is witness of what we say
George Sale1734 Moses answered, let this be the covenant between me and thee: Whichsoever of the two terms I shall fulfil, let it be no crime in me if I then quit thy service; and God is witness of that which we say
Easy-read (simplified)falammaa ataahaa noodiya min shaati'i l-waadi l-'aymani fee l-buq'ati l-mubaarakati mina sh-shajarati an yaa moosaa innee anaa llaahu rabbu l-'aalameen
DIN 31635falammā ʾatāhā nūdiya min šāṭiʾi l-wādi l-ʾaymani fī l-buqʿati l-mubārakati mina š-šaǧarati ʾan yā mūsā ʾinnī ʾanā llāhu rabbu l-ʿālamīna
Talal Itani2012 When he reached it, he was called from the right side of the valley, at the Blessed Spot, from the bush: "O Moses, it is I, God, the Lord of the Worlds.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And when he reached it, he was called from the right side of the valley in the blessed field, from the tree: O Moses! Lo! I, even I, am Allah, the Lord of the Worlds
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And when he came to it he was called to, from the right side of the wady, in the blessed valley, out of the tree, 'O Moses! verily, I am God the Lord of the worlds
John Medows Rodwell1861 And when he came up to it, a Voice cried to him out of the bush from the right side of the valley in the sacred hollow, "O Moses, I truly am God, the Lord of the Worlds
George Sale1734 And when he was come thereto, a voice cried unto him from the right side of the valley, in the sacred bottom, from the tree, saying, O Moses, verily I am God, the Lord of all creatures
Talal Itani2012 Throw down your staff." And when he saw it wiggling, as if it were possessed, he turned his back to flee, and did not look back. "O Moses, come forward, and do not fear, you are perfectly safe.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Throw down thy staff. And when he saw it writhing as it had been a demon, he turned to flee headlong, (and it was said unto him): O Moses! Draw nigh and fear not. Lo! thou art of those who are secure
Edward Henry Palmer1880 so throw down thy rod;' and when he saw it quivering as though it were a snake, he turned away and fled and did not return. 'O Moses! approach and fear not, verily, thou art amongst the safe
John Medows Rodwell1861 Throw down now thy rod." And when he saw it move as though it were a serpent, he retreated and fled and returned not. "O Moses," cried the Voice, "draw near and fear not, for thou art in safety
George Sale1734 Cast down now thy rod. And when he saw it that it moved, as though it had been a serpent, he retreated and fled, and returned not. And God said unto him, O Moses, draw near, and fear not; for thou art safe
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Share of measured verses above it
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Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.63
Talal Itani · George Sale0.62
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.61
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.60
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.60
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.56
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.54
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.52
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.50
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.46
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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.