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They also flourished before them, treated our apostles as impostors in like sort: but not to the tenth part of what we bestowed on them, have these attained. And yet when they charged my apostles with deceit, how terrible was my vengeance
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Compare translations (4)Talal Itani· published 2012
Those before them also denied the Truth, yet they have not attained one-tenth of what We had given them. They rejected My messengers, so how was My disapproval?
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Those before them denied, and these have not attained a tithe of that which We bestowed on them (of old); yet they denied My messengers. How intense then was My abhorrence (of them)
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
Those before them said it was a lie, and these have not reached a tithe of what we had given them. And they said my apostles were liars, and how great a change was then
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
They who were before them in like manneraccused their prophets of imposture: But these have not arrived unto the tenth part of the riches and strength which we had bestowed on the former: And they accused my apostles of imposture; and how severe was my vengeance
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
Edhe ata që qenë para tyre patën përgënjeshtruar, ndonëse këta (idhujtarët e Mekës) nuk arritën as një të dhjetën e asaj që u kishim dhënë atyre, por megjithatë i përgënjeshtruan të dërguarit e Mi. Eh, si ishte dënimi Im!
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বাংলা · Bengali
আর তাদের পূর্ববর্তী জাতিরাও (এভাবেই ) অস্বীকার করেছে।(১১) অথচ আমি তাদেরকে (১২) যা দিয়েছিলাম, এরা (মক্কাবাসীরা) তার এক দশমাংশও পায়নি; তবুও তারা আমার রাসূলদের অস্বীকার করেছিলো। ফলে কেমন ভয়াবহ হয়েছিল আমার শাস্তি?
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
A i oni prije njih su poslanike u laž ugonili, a ovi nisu postigli ni deseti dio onog što smo onima bili dali, pa su, ipak, poslanike Moje lažnim smatrali, i kakva je samo bila kazna Moja!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4
Hrvatski · Croatian
A i oni prije njih su poslanike u laž ugonili, a ovi nisu postigli ni deseti dio onog što smo onima bili dali, pa su ipak poslanike Moje lažnim smatrali, i kakva je samo bila kazna Moja!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Fulfulde · Fulani
Adinooɓe ɓe ɓen [kadi] njenniino (nulaaɓe mum). [Yimɓe maa ɓen] njottaaki sappaɓal ko Min ngkkunoo ɓen kon. Ɓen njeddi Nulaaɓe Amen ɓen, taskii no lepte am ɗen mba'unoo!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
ცრუდ შერაცხეს იგი იმათაც, ვინც იყვნენ მათზე უწინ, თუმცა მეათედიც არ გვიბოძებია მათთვის იმისა, რაც იმათ უწინდელ [ერებს] ვუბოძეთ. ცრუდ შერაცხეს ჩემი შუამავლები. მაშ, როგორი იყო ჩემი მრისხანება!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Und für Lüge erklärt haben (es auch) diejenigen, die vor ihnen waren, wobei diese nicht einmal das Zehntel dessen erreichten, was Wir jenen gegeben hatten. So bezichtigten sie Meine Gesandten der Lüge. Wie war da Meine Missbilligung!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Εκείνοι (από τα προηγούμενα έθνη) που ήταν πριν απ' αυτούς διέψευσαν (τους Αγγελιαφόρους Μου), -αν και (οι άνθρωποι του λαού σου, ω, Προφήτη) δεν έφτασαν ούτε το ένα δέκατο από ό,τι είχαμε δώσει (από πλούτη και δύναμη) σ' εκείνους-, ωστόσο (εκείνοι από τα προηγούμενα έθνη) διέψευσαν τους Αγγελιαφόρους Μου. (Κοίτα λοιπόν, ω, Προφήτη) πώς ήταν η άρνησή (δηλ. η τιμωρία) Μου (σ' αυτούς)!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
तथा इनसे पूर्व के लोगों[38] ने भी झुठलाया था, और जो कुछ हमने उन्हें प्रदान किया था, ये तो उसके दसवें भाग को भी नहीं पहुँचे हैं। चुनाँचे उन्होंने मेरे रसूलों को झुठलाया, तो देख लो मेरी यातना कैसी थी?[39]
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
E negarono anche quelli che li avevano preceduti, pur non avendo questi raggiunto un decimo di ciò che Noi inviammo a quelli. Così smentirono i Miei Messaggeri: quale sarà la mia punizione!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
45. Ir tie, anksčiau jų, neigė. Tie negavo nė dešimtadalio to, ką Mes suteikėme aniems (senovėje). Tačiau jie vis tiek neigė Mano Pasiuntinius. Tad koks (siaubingas) buvo Mano atmetimas (bausmė).
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
Те, которые были до них, тоже сочли [истину] ложью. Эти [нынешние] не достигли и десятой доли того, что Мы даровали тем. И когда те сочли Моих посланников лжецами — о, каким же было Моё возмездие!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
А и они пре њих су посланике угонили у лаж, а ови нису постигли ни десети део од онога што смо прошлим народима дали, па су, ипак, Моје посланике сматрали лажним, па каква је само била казна Моја!
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 walikadhibisha wale waliokuwa kabla yao. Na hawakufikia hata sehemu moja katika kumi ya tulivyowapa hao. Nao waliwakadhibisha Mitume wangu. Basi kuangamiza kwangu kulikuwa namna gani!
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
De som levde före dem anklagade också [sina sändebud] för lögn, och [ditt folk] har inte ens nått en tiondel av det vi gett dem. Men [deras makt skyddade dem inte när] de förnekade mina sändebud – och se hur strängt mitt straff blev!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
Onlardan öncekiler de (ilâhî bildirimleri) yalan saymışlardı. Bunlar (şimdikiler) onlara verdiklerimizin onda birine bile ulaşamadılar. Buna rağmen onlar peygamberlerimi yalancılıkla itham etmişlerdi. Ben de bilseniz onları nasıl cezalandırdım!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
اور ان سے پہلے کے لوگوں نے بھی ہماری باتوں کو جھٹلایا تھا اور انہیں ہم نے جو دے رکھا تھا یہ تو اس کے دسویں حصے کو بھی نہیں پہنچے، پس انہوں نے میرے رسولوں کو جھٹلایا، (پھر دیکھ کہ) میرا عذاب کیسا (سخت) تھا.[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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Talal Itani2012 And when Our enlightening Verses are recited to them, they say, "This is nothing but a man who wants to divert you from what your ancestors used to worship." And they say, "This is nothing but a fabricated lie." And when the Truth comes to them, the blasphemers say of the Truth, "This is nothing but plain magic."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And if Our revelations are recited unto them in plain terms, they say: This is naught else than a man who would turn you away from what your fathers used to worship; and they say: This is naught else than an invented lie. Those who disbelieve say of the truth when it reacheth them: This is naught else than mere magic
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And when our signs are recited to them they say, 'This is only a man who wishes to turn you from what your fathers served;' and they say, 'This is only a lie forged,' and those who misbelive will say of the truth when it comes to them, 'It is only obvious sorcery
John Medows Rodwell1861 For when our distinct signs are recited to them, they say, "This is merely a man who would fain pervert you from your father's Worship." And they say, "This (Koran) is no other than a forged falsehood." And the unbelievers say to the truth when it is presented to them, "Tis nothing but palpable sorcery
George Sale1734 When our evident signs are read unto them, they say of thee, O Mohammed, this is no other than a man, who seeketh to turn you aside from the gods which your fathers worshipped. And they say of the Koran, this is no other than a lie blasphemously forged. And the unbelievers say of the truth, when it is come unto them, this is no other than manifest sorcery
Easy-read (simplified)qul innamaa a'izukum biwaahidatin an taqoomoo lillaahi mathnaa wafuraadaa thumma tatafakkaroo maa bisaahibikum min jinnatin in huwa illaa nadheerun lakum bayna yaday 'adhaabin shadeed
DIN 31635qul ʾinnamā ʾaʿiẓukum biwāḥidatin ʾan taqūmū lillāhi maṯnā wafurādā ṯumma tatafakkarū mā biṣāḥibikum min ǧinnatin ʾin huwa ʾillā naḏīrun lakum bayna yaday ʿaḏābin šadīdin
Talal Itani2012 Say, "I offer you a single advice: devote yourselves to God, in pairs, or individually; and reflect. There is no madness in your friend. He is just a warner to you, before the advent of a severe punishment."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Say (unto them, O Muhammad): I exhort you unto one thing only: that ye awake, for Allah's sake, by twos and singly, and then reflect: There is no madness in your comrade. He is naught else than a warner unto you in face of a terrific doom
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Say, 'I only admonish you of one thing, that ye should stand up before God in twos or singly, and then that ye reflect that there is no ginn in your companion. He is only a warner to you before the keen torment
John Medows Rodwell1861 SAY: One thing in sooth do I advise you: - that ye stand up before God two and two, or singly, and then reflect that in your fellow citizen is no djinn: he is no other than your warner before a severe punishment
George Sale1734 Say, verily I advise you unto one thing, namely, that ye stand before God by two and two, and singly; and then consider seriously, and you will find that there is no madness in your companion Mohammed: He is no other than a warner unto you, sent before a severe punishment
Easy-read (simplified)qul maa sa'altukum min ajrin fahuwa lakum in ajriya illaa 'alaa llaahi wahuwa 'alaa kulli shay'in shaheed
DIN 31635qul mā saʾaltukum min ʾaǧrin fahuwa lakum ʾin ʾaǧriya ʾillā ʿalā llāhi wahuwa ʿalā kulli šayʾin šahīdun
Talal Itani2012 Say, "Whatever compensation I have asked of you, is yours. My compensation comes only from God, and He is Witness over all things."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Say: Whatever reward I might have asked of you is yours. My reward is the affair of Allah only. He is Witness over all things
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Say, 'I do not ask you for it a hire; that is for yourselves; my hire is only from God, and He is witness over all
John Medows Rodwell1861 SAY: I ask not any wage from you: keep it for yourselves: my wage is from God alone. And He is witness over all things
George Sale1734 Say, I ask not of you any reward for my preaching; it is your own, either to give or not: My reward is to be expected from God alone; and he is witness over all things
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The cut
0.644
Share of measured verses above it
33%
Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Talal Itani · George Sale0.74
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.73
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.70
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.69
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.67
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.67
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.65
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.61
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.59
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.58
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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.