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Do they not pass through the earth, and see what hath been the end of those who were before them? They excelled the Meccans in strength, and broke up the earth, and inhabited it in greater affluence and prosperity than they inhabit the same: And their apostles came unto them with evidentmiracles; and God was not disposed to treat them unjustly, but they injured their own souls by their obstinateinfidelity
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
Compare translations (4)Talal Itani· published 2012
Have they not travelled the earth and seen how those before them ended up? They were more powerful than them, and they cultivated the land and developed it more than they developed it, and their messengers came to them with clear signs. God would never wrong them, but they used to wrong themselves.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Have they not travelled in the land and seen the nature of the consequence for those who were before them? They were stronger than these in power, and they dug the earth and built upon it more than these have built. Messengers of their own came unto them with clear proofs (of Allah'sSovereignty). SurelyAllah wronged them not, but they did wrong themselves
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
Have they not journeyed on in the land and seen how was the end of those before them who were stronger than they, and who turned up the ground and cultivated it more than they do cultivate it? and there came to them their apostles with manifest signs; for God would never wrong them: it was themselves they wronged
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Have they never journeyed through the land, and seen what hath been the end of those who were before them? Mightier were they than these in strength; and they broke up the land, and dwelt in it in greater numbers than they who dwell there now; and their apostles came to them with proofs of their mission: and it was not God who would wrong them, but they wronged themselves
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
A nuk udhëtuan ata nëpër tokë, që të shihnin se si ishte fundi i atyre që ishin para tyre? Ata ishin më të fortë, madje ata e punonin tokën dhe e gjallëronin atë më shumë se këta. Edhe atyre u vajtën të dërguarit e tyre me prova të qarta. Pra, Allahu nuk u bëri padrejtësi atyre, por ata i bënë padrejtësi vetvetes.
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বাংলা · Bengali
তারা কি পৃথিবীতে ভ্রমণ করেনি, যাতে দেখে নিতে পারে তাদের পূর্ববর্তীদের পরিণাম কী হয়েছিল? তারা তো এদের চেয়ে শক্তিতে ছিল অধিক; তারা জমিন চাষ করেছে এবং তা এদের চেয়ে বেশি আবাদ করেছে। তাদের কাছে তাদের রাসূলগণ সুস্পষ্ট প্রমাণসহ এসেছিলেন। ফলে আল্লাহ তাদের ওপর জুলুম করেননি; বরং তারা নিজেরাই নিজেদের ওপর জুলুম করতো।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
Zašto ne putuju po svijetu pa da vide kako su završili oni prije njih? Oni su bili od njih jači, i zemlju su orali i obrađivali je više nego što je obrađuju ovi, i poslanici su im donosili jasne dokaze. Allah im nije učinio nepravdu, sami su sebi nepravdu nanijeli.
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Hrvatski · Croatian
Zašto ne putuju po svijetu pa da vide kako su završili oni prije njih? Oni su bili od njih jači, i zemlju su orali i obrađivali je više nego što je obrađuju ovi, i poslanici su im donosili jasne dokaze. Allah im nije učinio nepravdu, sami su sebi nepravdu nanijeli.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
E ɓee njillaani ka leydi ɓe taskoo ko honno battane ɓeen adinooɓe ɓe mbi'noo? Ɓeen ngonno ɓurɓe ɓe doole ɓe remi e leydi ndin ɓe nguuri e mayri ɓuri ko ɓee nguuri e mayri kon. Nulaaɓe maɓɓe ɓen addani ɓe ɓanngannduyeeji. Alla wonaani tooñoowo ɓe, kono non ko ko'e maɓɓe ɓe ngonno e tooñude.
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ქართული · Georgian
ნუთუ ისინი არ დადიოდნენ დედამიწაზე, რათა ეხილათ, როგორი აღსასრული ჰქონდა მათზე წინ მცხოვრებთ [რომლებიც არ დაემორჩილნენ ალლაჰს]?! ისინი მათზე ძლიერები იყვნენ ძალით, უფრო მეტად ამუშავებდნენ მიწას და აშენებდნენ მასზე [სასახლეებს], ვიდრე ესენი [მექქელები] აშენებენ. და მოვიდნენ მათთან მოციქულები ცხადი სასწაულებით, ალლაჰი არ მოექცეოდა მათ უსამართლოდ, არამედ ისინი თვითონვე იქცეოდნენ უსამართლოდ საკუთარი თავის მიმართ.
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Deutsch · German
Sind sie denn nicht auf der Erde umhergereist, sodass sie schauen (konnten), wie das Ende derjenigen war, die vor ihnen waren? Sie hatten eine (noch) stärkere Kraft als sie, pflügten und bevölkerten das Land noch mehr, als sie es bevölkerten. Und ihre Gesandten kamen zu ihnen mit den klaren Beweisen. Aber nimmer fügt ihnen Allah Unrecht zu, sondern sie selbst haben sich Unrecht zugefügt.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Δεν ταξίδεψαν στη γη για να δουν πώς ήταν το τέλος εκείνων (των άπιστων) που ήταν πριν απ' αυτούς; Ήταν πιο ισχυροί απ' αυτούς, έχτισαν περισσότερα και πιο δυνατά χτισίματα στη γη, και έζησαν σ' αυτήν περισσότερα από ό,τι έχουν ζήσει (οι ειδωλολάτρες). Οι Αγγελιαφόροι τους ήρθαν σ' εκείνους με ξεκάθαρες αποδείξεις. Δε θα τους αδικούσε ποτέ ο Αλλάχ, αλλά ήταν οι ίδιοι που αδίκησαν τον εαυτό τους!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
और क्या वे धरती में चले-फिरे नहीं कि देखते उन लोगों का परिणाम कैसा हुआ, जो उनसे पहले थे? वे उनसे अधिक शक्तिशाली थे और उन्होंने धरती को जोता-बोया और उसे आबाद किया उससे अधिक जितना उन्होंने उसे आबाद किया था, और उनके पास उनके रसूल खुली निशानियाँ लेकर आए। तो अल्लाह ऐसा न था कि उनपर अत्याचार करे, लेकिन वे स्वयं अपने ऊपर अत्याचार करते थे।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
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Italiano · Italian
Non hanno forse percorso la terra per rendersi conto di quale fu la fine di quelli che li hanno preceduti? Quelli furono dotati di maggiore forza e coltivarono la terra e la popolarono più di quanto l’abbiano popolata questi, e vennero loro i Messaggeri con le chiare Evidenze: Allāh non fu ingiusto verso di loro, ma furono loro ingiusti verso se stessi.
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
9. Argi jie nekeliauja žeme ir nemato, kokia buvo pabaiga tų, prieš juos? Jie buvo didingesni nei jie galioje ir jie arė žemę ir apgyvendino ją didesniais skaičiais nei darė šie (pagonys). Ir atėjo pas juos jų Pasiuntiniai su aiškiais įrodymais. Iš tiesų Allahas nenuskriaudė jų, tačiau jie nuskriausdavo patys save.
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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Sila dachii keessa deemanii booddeen warra isaaniin duraa akkam akka ta’e hin ilaallee? Humnaan isaan irra cimoo turan. Dachiis qotanii waan isaan (warri Makkaa) misoomsan irra hedduu misoomsaniiru. Ergamtoonni isaaniis ragaawwan ifa ta’aniin isaanitti dhufan. Rabbiin kan isaan miidhu hin taane. Garuu isaan lubbuulee isaanii kan miidhan tahan.
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Русский · Russian
Неужели они не странствовали по земле и не видели, каков был итог тех, которые были до них? Они превосходили их мощью, возделывали землю и заселяли её больше, чем они, — тогда как их посланники приходили к ним с ясными доказательствами. Аллах не таков, чтобы поступить с ними несправедливо, но они продолжали поступать несправедливо с самими собой.
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Српски · Serbian
Зашто не путују по Земљи па да виде какав је био завршетак оних пре њих?! Они су били од њих јачи и земљу су обрађивали и на њој су градили више него што ови граде, и посланици су им доносили јасне доказе: Аллах им није учинио неправду, сами су себи неправду нанели.
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Je, hawatembei katika ardhi wakaona ulivyokuwa mwisho wa wale waliokuwa kabla yao? Nao walikuwa na nguvu zaidi kuliko wao, na wakaitimbua ardhi na wakaistawisha zaidi kuliko walivyoistawisha wao. Na Mitume wao wakawajia na ushahidi wa wazi. Basi hakuwa Mwenyezi Mungu ni mwenye kuwadhulumu, lakini wenyewe walikuwa wakijidhulumu nafsi zao.
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Svenska · Swedish
Har de inte färdats på jorden och sett hur det slutade för deras föregångare? Dessa var mäktigare, brukade jorden bättre och reste ståtligare byggnader än de. Deras sändebud kom till dem med klara tecken. Gud gjorde dem ingen orätt, nej, de gjorde orätt mot sig själva.
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Türkçe · Turkish
Yeryüzünde dolaşmıyorlar mı ki, kendilerinden önceki kimselerin akibetinin nasıl olduğuna bir baksınlar? Onlardan daha güçlü idiler, toprağı yeri sürüp alt üst etmişler ve bunların (Mekke halkının) imar ettiğinden daha çok imar etmişlerdi. Onlara peygamberleri apaçık delillerle gelmişlerdi. Allah, onlara zulmetmiş değildir. Fakat onlar kendilerine zulmediyorlardı.
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اردو · Urdu
کیا انہوں نے زمین پر چل پھر کر یہ نہیں دیکھا[1] کہ ان سے پہلے لوگوں کا انجام کیسا (برا) ہوا[2]؟ وه ان سے بہت زیاده توانا (اور طاقتور) تھے[3] اور انہوں نے (بھی) زمین بوئی جوتی تھی[4] اور ان سے زیاده آباد کی تھی[5] اور ان کے پاس ان کے رسول روشن دﻻئل لے کر آئے تھے[6]۔ یہ تو ناممکن تھا کہ اللہ تعالیٰ ان[7] پر ﻇلم کرتا لیکن (دراصل) وه خود اپنی جانوں پر ﻇلم کرتے تھے.[8]
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Talal Itani2012 Do they not reflect within themselves? God did not create the heavens and the earth, and what is between them, except with reason, and for a specific duration. But most people, regarding meeting their Lord, are disbelievers.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Have they not pondered upon themselves? Allah created not the heavens and the earth, and that which is between them, save with truth and for a destined end. But truly many of mankind are disbelievers in the meeting with their Lord
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Have they not reflected in themselves, that God created not the heavens and the earth, and what is between the two except in truth, and for a stated and appointed time? but, verily, many men in the meeting of their Lord do disbelieve
John Medows Rodwell1861 Have they not considered within themselves that God hath not created the Heavens and the Earth and all that is between them but for a serious end, and for a fixed term? But truly most men believe not that they shall meet their Lord
George Sale1734 Do they not consider within themselves that God hath not created the heavens and the earth, and whatever is between them, otherwise than in truth, and hath set them a determined period? Verily a great number of men reject the belief of their future meeting their Lord at the resurrection
Talal Itani2012 Then, evil was the end of those who committed evil. That is because they rejected God's revelations, and used to ridicule them.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Then evil was the consequence to those who dealt in evil, because they denied the revelations of Allah and made a mock of them
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Then evil was the end of those who did evil, in that they said the signs of God were lies and mocked thereat
John Medows Rodwell1861 Then evil was the end of the evil doers; because they had treated our signs as lies, and laughed them to scorn
George Sale1734 and the end of those who had done evil, was evil, because they charged the signs of God with falsehood, and laughed the same to scorn
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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 · George Sale0.75
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.74
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.69
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.63
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.61
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.60
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.58
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.58
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.49
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.47
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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.