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Talal Itani· published 2012
Then, when Our envoys came to Lot, they were mistreated, and he was troubled and distressed on their account. They said, "Do not fear, nor grieve. We will save you and your family, except for your wife, who will remain behind."
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
And when Our messengers came unto Lot, he was troubled upon their account, for he could not protect them; but they said: Fear not, nor grieve! Lo! we are to deliver thee and thy household, (all) save thy wife, who is of those who stay behind
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 when our messengers came to Lot, he was vexed for them, and his arm was straitened for them; and they said, 'Fear not, neither grieve; we are about to save thee and thy people, except thy wife, who is of those who linger
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And when our messengers came to Lot, he was troubled for them, and his arm was too weak to protect them; and they said, "Fear not, and distress not thyself, for thee and thy family will we save, except thy wife; she will be of those who linger
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And when our messengers came unto Lot, he was troubled for them, and his arm was straitened concerning them. But they said, fear not, neither be grieved; for we will deliver thee and thy family, except thy wife; for she shall be one of those who remain behind
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
E, kur të dërguarit Tanë vajtën te Luti, ai u shqetësua për ta dhe iu ngushtua gjoksi. Ata thanë: "Mos u frikëso dhe mos u brengos, sepse ne do të të shpëtojmë ty dhe familjen tënde, përveç gruas sate: ajo është nga ata që do të mbesin pas.
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 যখন আমার ফিরিশতারা লূতের কাছে আসলো, তখন তাদের জন্যে সে চিন্তিত হয়ে পড়লো এবং তাদের রক্ষায় নিজেকে অক্ষম মনে করলো। আর ফিরিশতারা বললো: ‘আপনি ভয় পাবেন না এবং চিন্তিত হবেন না; আপনাকে ও আপনার পরিবারকে আমরা (ধ্বংস থেকে) রক্ষা করবো; তবে আপনার স্ত্রীকে নয়, সে হবে পিছনে পড়ে থাকা (ধ্বংসপ্রাপ্ত) লোকদের একজন।’
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 kad izaslanici Naši dođoše Lutu, on se zbog njih sneveseli i uznemiri. “Ne boj se i nemoj se žalostiti”, rekoše oni. “Mi ćemo tebe i porodicu tvoju spasiti, osim žene tvoje – ona će ostati s onima koji će kaznu iskusiti.
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 kad izaslanici Naši dođoše Lotu, on se zbog njih sneveseli i uznemiri. “Ne boj se i nemoj se žalostiti”, rekoše oni. “Mi ćemo tebe i porodicu tvoju spasiti, osim žene tvoje – ona će ostati s onima koji će kaznu iskusiti.
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
Tum nde imminaaɓe Amen ɓen keewtunoo ka Luutu, o saɗtiraa fii maɓɓe, ɓernde makko ɓiɗtorii fii maɓɓe. Ɓe mbi'i: "Wota a hul, wota a suno. Ko men daɗndooɓe ma an e ɓeynguure maa nde, si wonaa debbo maa on, o jeyaama e halkaaɓe ɓen.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
და როცა მოვიდნენ ჩვენი გზავნილები [ანგელოზები] ლუტთან, იგი შეწუხდა მათ გამო და თავი უძლურად იგრძნო. მაგრამ [ანგელოზებმა] უთხრეს: «ნუ გეშინია [ჩვენს გამო] [ეს ხალხი ვერაფერს დაგვაკლებს] და ნუ დამწუხრდები! ჭეშმარიტად, ჩვენ გადაგარჩენთ შენ [ო, ლუტ] და შენს ოჯახს, გარდა შენი ცოლისა, (რადგან) იგი დარჩენილთა [დაღუპულთა] შორის იქნება».
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
Und als dann Unsere Gesandten zu Lut kamen, geriet er ihretwegen (und aus Angst um sie) in eine schlechte Lage und war durch ihre Anwesenheit beklommen. Sie sagten: „Fürchte dich nicht und sei nicht traurig, denn wir werden dich erretten, (dich) und deine Angehörigen, außer deiner Frau; sie gehört zu den Zurückgebliebenen.
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 οι (Άγγελοι) Αγγελιοφόροι Μας ήρθαν στον Λωτ (ως ξένοι επισκέπτες και με ανθρώπινη μορφή), εκείνος (δεν ήξερε ότι είναι Άγγελοι και φοβόταν γι' αυτούς από τον λαό του, και) αισθάνθηκε άσχημα για τον ερχομό τους και το στήθος του στένεψε από την ανησυχία του γι' αυτούς. Όμως (οι Άγγελοι) είπαν: «Μη φοβάσαι, ούτε να λυπάσαι, πράγματι, θα σώσουμε εσένα και την οικογένεια σου, εκτός από τη γυναίκα σου, η οποία θα μείνει μ' εκείνους που θα μείνουν πίσω (στην καταστροφή).
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
और जब हमारे भेजे हुए (फ़रिश्ते) लूत के पास आए, तो वह उनके आने से उदास हुआ और उनके कारण उसका मन व्याकुल[14] हो गया। और उन्होंने कहा : न डरो और न शोक करो। निःसंदेह हम तुम्हें और तुम्हारे घर वालों को बचाने वाले हैं, सिवाय तुम्हारी पत्नी के, वह पीछो रह जाने वालों में से है।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
E quando i Nostri Messaggeri vennero da Lūt, si preoccupò per loro e ne fu triste. E dissero: «Non temere e non essere triste: in verità siamo venuti a salvarti con la tua famiglia, tranne tua moglie, che rimarrà tra i condannati.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
33. O kai Mūsų Pasiuntiniai atėjo pas Lūtą (Lotą), jis nuliūdo dėl jų ir pasijautė nepatogiai dėl jų. Jie tarė: „Nebijok ir neliūdėk. Iš tiesų, mes išgelbėsime tave ir tavo šeimą, išskyrus tavo žmoną - ji bus iš tų, kurie lieka užnugaryje (t. y. ji bus sunaikinta kartu su tais, kurie bus sunaikinti iš jos tautos).“
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
Когда же Наши посланцы пришли к Луту, ему стало тягостно, и он почувствовал стеснение в груди из-за них. Но они сказали: «Не бойся и не печалься! Воистину, мы спасём тебя и твою семью, кроме твоей жены, которая будет среди оставшихся».
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 кад Наши изасланици дођоше Лоту, он се због њих обневесели и узнемири. „Не бој се и не брини се“, рекоше они, „ми ћемо да спасимо тебе и породицу, осим твоје жене, она ће да остане са онима који ће да искусе казну.
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
Na wajumbe wetu walipomfikia Luti, alihuzunika kwa sababu yao, na moyo ukaona dhiki kubwa kwa sababu yao. Wakasema, "Usihofu, wala usihuzunike. Hakika sisi tutakuokoa wewe na ahali zako, isipokuwa mkeo aliye miongoni mwa watakaokaa nyuma.
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Svenska · Swedish
När våra budbärare kom till Lot blev han bekymrad för deras skull och han kände sig trängd. Men de sa: ”Var inte rädd och sörj inte! Vi ska rädda dig och din familj, utom din hustru; hon blir kvar.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
Elçilerimiz Lût’a geldiklerinde; Lût onlar için tasalandı ve göğsüne bir sıkıntı bastı. Elçiler ona; “Korkma, üzülme. Biz, seni ve aileni kurtaracağız. Ancak karın başka. Çünkü o kadın geride kalacaklardandır” dediler.
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
پھر جب ہمارے قاصد لوط (علیہ السلام) کے پاس پہنچے تو وه ان کی وجہ سے غمگین ہوئے اور دل ہی دل میں رنج کرنے لگے[1] ۔ قاصدوں نے کہا آپ نہ خوف کھایئے نہ آزرده ہوں، ہم آپ کو مع آپ کے متعلقین کے بچالیں گے مگر آپ کی[2] بیوی کہ وه عذاب کے لیے باقی ره جانے والوں میں سے ہوگی.
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 Itani2012 And when Our envoys brought Abraham the good news, they said, "We are going to destroy the people of this town; its people are wrongdoers."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And when Our messengers brought Abraham the good news, they said: Lo! we are about to destroy the people of that township, for its people are wrong-doers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And when our messengers came to Abraham with the glad tidings, they said, 'We are about to destroy the people of this city. Verily, the people thereof are wrong-doers
John Medows Rodwell1861 And when our messengers came to Abraham with the tidings of a son, they said, "Of a truth we will destroy the in-dwellers in this city, for its in-dwellers are evil doers
George Sale1734 And when our messengers came unto Abraham with good tidings, they said, we will surely destroy the inhabitants of this city; for the inhabitants thereof are unjust doers
DIN 31635qāla ʾinna fīhā lūṭan qālū naḥnu ʾaʿlamu biman fīhā lanunaǧǧiyannahu waʾahlahu ʾillā mraʾatahu kānat mina l-ġābirīna
Talal Itani2012 He said, "Yet Lot is in it." They said, "We are well aware of who is in it. We will save him, and his family, except for his wife, who will remain behind."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 He said: Lo! Lot is there. They said: We are best aware of who is there. We are to deliver him and his household, all save his wife, who is of those who stay behind
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Said he, 'Verily, in it is Lot;' they said, 'We know best who is therein; we shall of a surety save him and his people, except his wife, who is of those who linger
John Medows Rodwell1861 He said, "Lot is therein." They said, "We know full well who therein is. Him and his family will we save, except his wife; she will be of those who linger
George Sale1734 Abraham answered, verily Lot dwelleth there. They replied, we well know who dwelleth therein: we will surely deliver him and his family, except his wife; she shall be one of those who remain behind
Easy-read (simplified)innaa munziloona 'alaa ahli haadhihi l-qaryati rijzan mina s-samaa'i bimaa kaanoo yafsuqoon
DIN 31635ʾinnā munzilūna ʿalā ʾahli hāḏihi l-qaryati riǧzan mina s-samāʾi bimā kānū yafsuqūna
Talal Itani2012 "We will bring down upon the people of this town a scourge from heaven, because of their wickedness."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Lo! We are about to bring down upon the folk of this township a fury from the sky because they are evil-livers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Verily, we are about to send down upon the people of this city a horror from heaven, for that they have sinned
John Medows Rodwell1861 We will surely bring down upon the dwellers in this city vengeance from Heaven for the excesses they have committed
George Sale1734 We will surely bring down upon the inhabitants of this city vengeance from heaven, for that they have been wicked doers
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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 · Edward Henry Palmer0.66
Talal Itani · George Sale0.62
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.60
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.57
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.53
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.53
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.51
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.50
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.43
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.40
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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.