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Then did the angels call to him, as he stood praying in the sanctuary: "God announceth John (Yahia) to thee, who shall be a verifier of the word from God, and a great one, chaste, and a prophet of the number of the just
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Compare translations (4)Talal Itani· published 2012
Then the angels called out to him, as he stood praying in the sanctuary: "God gives you goodnews of John; confirming a Word from God, and honorable, and moral, and a prophet; one of the upright."
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
And the angels called to him as he stood praying in the sanctuary: Allah giveth thee glad tidings of (a son whose name is) John, (who cometh) to confirm a word from Allahlordly, chaste, a prophet of the righteous
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 an angel cried out to him as he was standing praying in the chamber (and said) that 'God gives thee the glad tidings of John, to confirm the Word from God,- of a chief and a chaste one, and a prophet from amongst the righteous
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And the angels called to him, while he stood praying in the chamber, saying, verily God promiseth thee a son named John, who shall bearwitness to the word which cometh from God; an honourableperson, chast, and one of the righteous prophets
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
Melekët e thirrën atë teksa qëndronte në këmbë duke u falur në faltore: "Allahu po të jep myzhde për Jahjain, i cili do të jetë vërtetues i fjalës së Allahut (Isait, alejhi selam), fisnik, i përmbajtur (nga epshet e gjynahet) dhe pejgamber, nga të mirët."
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বাংলা · Bengali
অতঃপর যখন (সে) যাকারিয়্যা ইবাদাতের জায়গায়সালাতে দাঁড়িয়েছিল তখন ফিরিশতাগণ তাঁকে ডেকে বলল: ‘নিশ্চয় আল্লাহ আপনাকে ইয়াহ্ইয়ার সুসংবাদ দিচ্ছেন, তিনি হবেন আল্লাহর কালেমার সত্যায়নকারী, নেতা, পরিপূর্ণ সংযমী (১৯) এবং সৎকর্মশীলদের অন্তর্ভুক্ত একজন নবী।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
I dok se on, stojeći u odaji, molio, meleci ga pozvaše i rekoše: “Allah te raduje Jahjaom, koji će vjerovati u onog koji je Riječ Allahova, prvakom, čednim čovjekom i vjerovjesnikom, potomkom čestitih!”
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From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4
Hrvatski · Croatian
I dok se on stojeći u odaji, molio, anđeli ga pozvaše i rekoše: "Allah te raduje Ivanom koji će vjerovati u onog koji je Riječ Allahova, prvakom, čednim čovjekom i vjerovjesnikom, potomkom čestitih!"
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Maleykaji en noddi mo hawri homo darii hombo juula to ganngunal, won de: "Alla No WewliniramaYahyaa, goonginɗo Konngol iwrungol ka Alla: koohoojo, e reenaaɗo [e tuuyo], e Annabaajo jeyaaɗo e moƴƴuɓe"
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ქართული · Georgian
და გამოაცხადეს მას (ზაქარიას) ანგელოზებმა, როცა იგი იდგა და ლოცულობდა სალოცავში: «ალლაჰი გახარებს ხარებით იაჰიას შესახებ — (ვაჟზე), რომელიც დაადასტურებს ალლაჰის სიტყვას, ის იქნება ბატონი, თავშეკავებული და მოციქული მართალთა შორის!»
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Deutsch · German
Da riefen ihm die Engel zu, während er betend in der Gebetsnische stand: „Allah verkündet dir ja Yahya, ein Wort von Allah bestätigend, und (er wird) ein Herr, ein Keuscher und ein Prophet sein, (und einer) von den Rechtschaffenen.“
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Έτσι, οι άγγελοι τον κάλεσαν (τον Ζαχαρία) ενώ στεκόταν στην προσευχή στην κάμαρα όπου προσευχόταν, (λέγοντας): «Πράγματι, ο Αλλάχ σού αναγγέλλει τα ευχάριστα νέα για (έναν γιο), τον Γιάχια (τον Ιωάννη τον Βαπτιστή), ο οποίος θα επιβεβαιώσει μια λέξη από τον Αλλάχ (δηλ. θα επιβεβαιώσει την αποστολή του Ιησού, ο οποίος -Ιησούς- δημιουργήθηκε με την λέξη και την εντολή του Αλλάχ «Γενηθήτω», και έτσι αυτός έγινε), και θα είναι (ο Ιωάννης) έντιμος (ανάμεσα στον λαό του), και θα απέχει (από τις επιθυμίες, συμπεριλαμβανομένων των γυναικών, αφιερώνοντας τον εαυτό του στη λατρεία του Αλλάχ), και θα είναι προφήτης, μεταξύ των ενάρετων.»
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हिन्दी · Hindi
तो फ़रिश्तों ने उन्हें आवाज़ दी, जबकि वह मेह़राब (इबादतगाह) में खड़े नमाज़ पढ़ रहे थे कि निःसंदेह अल्लाह आपको 'यह़या' की ख़ुशख़बरी देता है, जो अल्लाह के एक कलिमे (ईसा अलैहिस्सलाम) की पुष्टि करने वाला, सरदार तथा संयमी और सदाचारियों में से नबी होगा।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Allora lo chiamò l’Angelo Jibrīl mentre pregava in ritiro: «In verità Allāh ti annuncia la nascita di Yeħyē, che verrà a conferma della Parola di Allāh, come guida e asceta e Profeta tra i devoti.
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
39. Tada angelai pašaukė jį, kai jis stovėjo maldoje Al-Mihrab (maldos vietoje arba privačiame kambaryje), (sakydami): „Allahas suteikia tau gerą žinią apie Jahją (Joną), patvirtinantį (tikintį) Allaho Žodį [t. y. Isos (Jėzaus) sukūrimą, Žodį iš Allaho („Būk!“ - ir jis buvo!)], kilnų, besisaugojantį nuo intymių santykių su moterimis, Pranašą iš teisingųjų tarpo.“
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Русский · Russian
И воззвали к нему ангелы, когда он стоял, совершая молитву в святилище: «Аллах радует тебя вестью о Яхье — подтверждающем Слово от Аллаха (‘Исе), господине, воздержанном и пророке из числа праведников».
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Српски · Serbian
И док се он, стојећи у храму, молио, анђели га позваше и рекоше: „Аллах те радује Јахјом (Јованом) који ће да верује у речи Аллахове, прваком, чедним човеком и веровесником, потомком честитих!“
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Kwa hivyo, Malaika wakamwita hali ya kuwa amesimama katika chumba akisali kwamba: Mwenyezi Mungu anakupa bishara njema ya Yahya, atakayesadikisha neno litokalo kwa Mwenyezi Mungu, na ni bwana, na mtawa, na ni Nabii miongoni mwa walio wema.
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Svenska · Swedish
Medan han stod i bönerummet och bad, ropade änglarna till honom: ”Gud ger dig glädjebudet om Johannes, som ska bekräfta ett ord från Gud och som ska bli en ledare och en återhållsam och rättfärdig profet.”
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Türkçe · Turkish
(Zekeriya) mabedde namaz kılarken melekler ona: “Allah sana, Allah'tan bir kelimeyi (İsa’yı) doğrulayıcı, efendi, nefsine hâkim ve salihlerden bir peygamber olarak Yahya’yı müjdeler!” diye seslendiler.
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اردو · Urdu
پس فرشتوں نے انہیں آواز دی، جب کہ وه حجرے میں کھڑے نماز پڑھ رہے تھے، کہ اللہ تعالیٰ تجھے یحيٰ کی یقینی خوشخبری دیتا ہے جو[1] اللہ تعالیٰ کے کلمہ کی تصدیق کرنے واﻻ[2]، سردار، ضابط نفس اور نبی ہے نیک لوگوں میں سے۔
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Easy-read (simplified)fataqabbalahaa rabbuhaa biqaboolin hasanin wa'anbatahaa nabaatan hasanan wakaffalahaa zakariyyaa kullamaa dakhala 'alayhaa zakariyyaa l-mihraaba wajada 'indahaa rizqan qaala yaa maryamu annaa laki haadhaa qaalat huwa min 'indi llaahi inna llaaha yarzuqu man yashaa'u bighayri hisaab
DIN 31635fataqabbalahā rabbuhā biqabūlin ḥasanin waʾanbatahā nabātan ḥasanan wakaffalahā zakariyyā kullamā daḫala ʿalayhā zakariyyā l-miḥrāba waǧada ʿindahā rizqan qāla yā maryamu ʾannā laki hāḏā qālat huwa min ʿindi llāhi ʾinna llāha yarzuqu man yašāʾu biġayri ḥisābin
Talal Itani2012 Her Lord accepted her with a gracious reception, and brought her a beautiful upbringing, and entrusted her to the care of Zechariah. Whenever Zechariah entered upon her in the sanctuary, he found her with provision. He said, "O Mary, where did you get this from?" She said, "It is from God; God provides to whom He wills without reckoning."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And her Lord accepted her with full acceptance and vouchsafed to her a goodly growth; and made Zachariah her guardian. Whenever Zachariah went into the sanctuary where she was, he found that she had food. He said: O Mary! Whence cometh unto thee this (food)? She answered: It is from Allah. Allah giveth without stint to whom He will
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And her Lord received her with a good reception, and made her grow up with a good growth, and Zachariah took care of her. Whenever Zachariah entered the chamber to her he found beside her a provision, and said, 'O Mary, how hast thou this?' She said, 'It is from God, for God provides for whom He pleases without count
John Medows Rodwell1861 So with goodly acceptance did her Lord accept her, and with goodly growth did he make her grow. Zacharias reared her. So oft as Zacharias went in to Mary at the sanctuary, he found her supplied with food. "Oh, Mary!" said he, "whence hast thou this?" She said, "It is from God; for God supplieth whom He will, without reckoning
George Sale1734 Therefore the Lord accepted her with a gracious acceptance, and caused her to bear an excellent offspring. And Zacharias took care of the child; whenever Zacharias went into the chamber to her, he found provisions with her: And he said, O Mary, whence hadst thou this? She answered, this is from God: For God provideth for whom he pleaseth without measure
Easy-read (simplified)hunaalika da'aa zakariyyaa rabbahu qaala rabbi hab lee min ladunka dhurriyyatan tayyibatan innaka samee'u d-du'aa'
DIN 31635hunālika daʿā zakariyyā rabbahu qāla rabbi hab lī min ladunka ḏurriyyatan ṭayyibatan ʾinnaka samīʿu d-duʿāʾi
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Talal Itani2012 Thereupon Zechariah prayed to his Lord; he said, "My Lord, bestow on me good offspring from Your presence; You are the Hearer of Prayers."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Then Zachariah prayed unto his Lord and said: My Lord! Bestow upon me of Thy bounty goodly offspring. Lo! Thou art the Hearer of Prayer
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Therefore prayed Zachariah to his Lord, and said, 'Lord, grant me from Thee a good seed. Verily, Thou hearest prayer
John Medows Rodwell1861 There did Zacharias call upon his Lord: "O my Lord!" said he, "vouchsafe me from thyself good descendants, for thou art the hearer of prayer
George Sale1734 There Zacharias called on his Lord, and said, Lord, give me from thee a good offspring, for thou art the hearer of prayer
Talal Itani2012 He said, "My Lord, how will I have a son, when old age has overtaken me, and my wife is barren?" He said, "Even so, God does whatever He wills."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 He said: My Lord! How can I have a son when age hath overtaken me already and my wife is barren? (The angel) answered: So (it will be). Allah doeth what He will
Edward Henry Palmer1880 He said, 'My Lord, how can there be to me a boy when old age has reached me, and my wife is barren?' Said he, 'Thus God does what He pleaseth
John Medows Rodwell1861 He said, "O my Lord! how shall I have a son, now that old age hath come upon me, and my wife is barren?" He said, "Thus will God do His pleasure
George Sale1734 He answered, Lord, how shall I have a son, when old age hath overtaken me, and my wife is barren? The angel said, so God doth that which he pleaseth
Talal Itani2012 He said, "My Lord, give me a sign." He said, "Your sign is that you shall not speak to the people for three days, except by gestures. And remember your Lord much, and praise in the evening and the morning."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 He said: My Lord! Appoint a token for me. (The angel) said: The token unto thee (shall be) that thou shalt not speak unto mankind three days except by signs. Remember thy Lord much, and praise (Him) in the early hours of night and morning
Edward Henry Palmer1880 He said, 'My Lord, make for me a sign.' He said, 'Thy sign is that thou shalt not speak to men for three days, save by gesture; but remember thy Lord much, and celebrate His praises in the evening and the morning
John Medows Rodwell1861 He said, "Lord! give me a token." He said, "Thy token shall be, that for three days thou shalt speak to no man but by signs: But remember thy Lord often, and praise him at even and at morn
George Sale1734 Zacharias answered, Lord, give me a sign. The angel said, thy sign shall be, that thou shalt speak unto no man for three days, otherwise than by gesture: Remember thy Lord often, and praise him evening and morning
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0.644
Share of measured verses above it
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Verses above it
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Verses measured
6,236
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.67
Talal Itani · George Sale0.66
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.64
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.63
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.62
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.60
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.60
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.58
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.57
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.53
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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.