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Talal Itani· published 2012
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, comeforward, and do not fear, you are perfectly safe.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
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
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
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
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
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
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
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
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
Hidhe shkopin tënd!" Por, kur e pa atë duke lëvizur si të ishte gjarpër, u kthye dhe iku pa shikuar prapa. "O Musa, mos u frikëso, se ti je nga ata që janë të mbrojtur!
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
আর তুমি তোমার লাঠি নিক্ষেপ করো। অতঃপর যখন সে তা দেখল, এমনভাবে কাঁপছে যেন এক জীবন্ত সাপ, তখন সে পেছন ফিরে পালাতে লাগল এবং আর ফিরে তাকাল না। (তখন বলা হলো) হে মূসা! এগিয়ে আসো এবং ভয় পেয়ো না; নিশ্চয়ই তুমি নিরাপদদের অন্তর্ভুক্ত।
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.2
Bosanski · Bosnian
I baci svoj štap!" I kad je vidje da se tresući kreće, kao da je to džann-zmija, on okrenut leđima uzmače i ne osvrnu se. "O Musa, priđi i ne boj se! Ti si od onih sigurnih!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4
Hrvatski · Croatian
I baci svoj štap!" I kad je vidje da se tresući kreće, kao da je to zmija, on okrenut leđima uzmače i ne osvrnu se. "O Mojsije, priđi i ne boj se! Ti si od onih sigurnih!
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
Kadi: "Bugo tuggordu maa ndun"; nde o tinunoo hundu dillira wa mboddi,o huccitiri dogudu, o yeƴƴitaaki. [O noddaa]: "Ko an yo Muusaa! Artu, wota a hul; ko a jiyaaɗo e hooliiɓe ɓeen.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
და დააგდე შენი კვერთხი (რომელიც მარჯვენა ხელში გიჭირავს)!» და როდესაც მან [მუსამ] დაინახა, რომ იგი [მისი კვერთხი] იკლაკნებოდა, თითქოს გველი იყო, შებრუნდა, რათა გაქცეულიყო, და (შიშისგან) უკანაც კი არ მოუხედავს. (და უთხრა მას მისმა უფალმა): «ო, მუსა! მოდი [დაბრუნდი იმ ადგილას, სადაც თავიდან იდექი] და ნუ გეშინია (შენ ზიანი არ მოგადგება), რადგან, ჭეშმარიტად, შენ უსაფრთხოდ მყოფთა შორის ხარ!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Und: „Wirf deinen Stock hin.“ Doch als er sah, dass er sich hin und her bewegte, als wäre er eine flinke Schlange, kehrte er den Rücken und wandte sich nicht mehr um. - „O Musa, komm her und fürchte dich nicht, denn du gehörst fürwahr zu denjenigen, die in Sicherheit sind.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Και πέτα το ραβδί σου.» (Έτσι, έγινε το ραβδί ένα φίδι), και όταν το είδε να κινείται σαν να ήταν ένα μεγάλο φίδι, έφυγε τρέχοντας, και δε γύρισε. (Ο Αλλάχ είπε): «Ω, Μωυσή! Προχώρα (προς το δέντρο) και μη φοβάσαι, πράγματι, είσαι ένας απ' εκείνους που είναι ασφαλείς (και δε θα σε βλάψει το φίδι).
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
और यह कि अपनी लाठी फेंक दो। फिर जब उसने उसे देखा कि रेंग रही है, मानो वह एक साँप है, तो पीठ फेरकर चल दिया और पीछे नहीं मुड़ा। ऐ मूसा! आगे बढ़ो और डरो मत, निश्चित रूप से तुम सुरक्षित रहने वालों में से हो।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
E getta il tuo bastone». E quando lo vide tremare come fosse un demone, girò le spalle in ritirata e senza voltarsi indietro. «O Mūsā, avvicinati e non aver paura, in verità tu sei tra i protetti!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
31. „Ir mesk savo lazdą!“ Tačiau kai jis pamatė ją judančią, lyg ji būtų buvus gyvatė, jis atsitraukė ir nebežiūrėjo atgal. (Buvo tarta:) „Mūsa (Moze), priartėk, ir nebijok. Iš tiesų, tu esi iš tų, kurie yra saugūs.“
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.8
Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
“Ulee tee darbi” [jechuunis itti lallabame]. (nidarbe) Yeroma akka waan bofa taateetti kan sochootu taatee ishee argu, uf duuba deebi’ee dheesse; uf duuba hin mil’anne“ Yaa Muusaa! As garagali; hin sodaatin, ati warra (waan sodaatanirraa) nagaa bahan irraayi” [jedhameen].
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.0
Русский · Russian
И брось свой посох!» А когда он увидел, что посох извивается, как будто он — змея, он бросился бежать и не оглядывался. «О Муса! Подойди и не бойся! Воистину, ты — из тех, кто в безопасности.
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
Баци штап свој!” И кад виде да се попут хитре змије креће, он узмаче и не врати се. “О Мојсије, приђи и не бој се, сигурно ти се никакво зло догодити неће!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Na tupa chini fimbo yako. Basi alipoiona ikitikisika kama nyoka, akarudi nyuma wala hakutazama. (Akaambiwa), "Ewe Musa, njoo mbele wala usihofu. Hakika wewe ni miongoni mwa walio katika amani."
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Kasta din stav!” Men när han såg den slingra sig som en orm vände han sig om och sprang, utan att se tillbaka. [Gud sa då:] ”Mose! Kom tillbaka och var inte rädd – du är i säkerhet.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
“Ve asanı da yere bırak.” Onu ufak bir yılan gibi hareket ediyor görünce arkasına bakmadan dönüp kaçtı. Ey Mûsâ, geri gel ve korkma, çünkü sen güven altında olanlardansın.
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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اردو · Urdu
اور یہ (بھی آواز آئی) کہ اپنی ﻻٹھی ڈال دے۔ پھر جب اسے دیکھا کہ وه سانﭗ کی طرح پھن پھنا رہی ہے تو پیٹھ پھیر کر واپس ہوگئے اور مڑ کر رخ بھی نہ کیا، ہم نے کہا اے موسیٰ! آگے آ ڈر مت، یقیناً تو ہر طرح امن واﻻ ہے.[1]
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)falammaa qadaa moosaa l-'ajala wasaara bi'ahlihi aanasa min jaanibi t-toori naaran qaala li'ahlihi mkuthoo innee aanastu naaran la'allee aateekum minhaa bikhabarin aw jadhwatin mina n-naari la'allakum tastaloon
DIN 31635falammā qaḍā mūsā l-ʾaǧala wasāra biʾahlihi ʾānasa min ǧānibi ṭ-ṭūri nāran qāla liʾahlihi mkuṯū ʾinnī ʾānastu nāran laʿallī ʾātīkum minhā biḫabarin ʾaw ǧaḏwatin mina n-nāri laʿallakum taṣṭalūna
Talal Itani2012 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."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 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
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And when Moses had fulfilled the appointed time, 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 good news therefrom, or a brand of fire that haply ye may be warmed
John Medows Rodwell1861 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
George Sale1734 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
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
Easy-read (simplified)usluk yadaka fee jaybika takhruj baydaa'a min ghayri soo'in wadmum ilayka janaahaka mina r-rahbi fadhaanika burhaanaani min rabbika ilaa fir'awna wamala'ihi innahum kaanoo qawman faasiqeen
DIN 31635usluk yadaka fī ǧaybika taḫruǧ bayḍāʾa min ġayri sūʾin waḍmum ʾilayka ǧanāḥaka mina r-rahbi faḏānika burhānāni min rabbika ʾilā firʿawna wamalaʾihi ʾinnahum kānū qawman fāsiqīna
Talal Itani2012 Put your hand inside your pocket, and it will come out white, without blemish. And press your arm to your side, against fear. These are two proofs from your Lord, to Pharaoh and his dignitaries. They are truly sinful people."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Thrust thy hand into the bosom of thy robe it will come forth white without hurt. And guard thy heart from fear. Then these shall be two proofs from your Lord unto Pharaoh and his chiefs. Lo! they are evil-living folk
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Thrust thy hand into thy bosom, it shall come out white, without hurt; and then fold again thy wing, that thou dost now stretch out through dread; for those are two signs from thy Lord to Pharaoh and his chiefs; verily, they are a people who work abomination
John Medows Rodwell1861 Put thy hand into thy bosom; it shall come forth white, but unharmed: and draw back thy hand to thee without fear. These shall be two signs from thy Lord to Pharaoh and his nobles; for they are a perverse people
George Sale1734 Put thy hand into thy bosom, and it shall come forth white, without any hurt: And draw back thy hand unto thee which thou stretchest forth for fear. These shall be two evident signs from thy Lord, unto Pharaoh and his princes; for they are a wicked people
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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
0.65 on a scale
where 0 means identical wording and 1 means no shared words. It is
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The page says a verse is worded differently only above the cut below. The cut is a stated convention, not a property of the text, and it can be changed.
The cut
0.644
Share of measured verses above it
33%
Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Talal Itani · George Sale0.78
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.75
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.70
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.70
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.68
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.67
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.64
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.59
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.57
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.42
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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.