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40:28

وَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مُّؤْمِنٌ مِّنْ ءَالِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَكْتُمُ إِيمَٰنَهُۥٓ أَتَقْتُلُونَ رَجُلًا أَن يَقُولَ رَبِّىَ ٱللَّهُ وَقَدْ جَآءَكُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ مِن رَّبِّكُمْ وَإِن يَكُ كَٰذِبًا فَعَلَيْهِ كَذِبُهُۥ وَإِن يَكُ صَادِقًا يُصِبْكُم بَعْضُ ٱلَّذِى يَعِدُكُمْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى مَنْ هُوَ مُسْرِفٌ كَذَّابٌ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)waqaala rajulun mu'minun min aali fir'awna yaktumu eemaanahu ataqtuloona rajulan an yaqoola rabbiya llaahu waqad jaa'akum bil-bayyinaati min rabbikum wa'in yaku kaadhiban fa'alayhi kadhibuhu wa'in yaku saadiqan yusibkum ba'du lladhee ya'idukum inna llaaha laa yahdee man huwa musrifun kadhdhaab

DIN 31635waqāla raǧulun muʾminun min ʾāli firʿawna yaktumu ʾīmānahu ʾataqtulūna raǧulan ʾan yaqūla rabbiya llāhu waqad ǧāʾakum bil-bayyināti min rabbikum waʾin yaku kāḏiban faʿalayhi kaḏibuhu waʾin yaku ṣādiqan yuṣibkum baʿḍu llaḏī yaʿidukum ʾinna llāha lā yahdī man huwa musrifun kaḏḏābun

EditionTanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

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Talal Itani · published 2012

A believing man from Pharaoh's family, who had concealed his faith, said, "Are you going to kill a man for saying, `My Lord is God,' and he has brought you clear proofs from your Lord? If he is a liar, his lying will rebound upon him; but if he is truthful, then some of what he promises you will befall you. God does not guide the extravagant imposter.

Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

Talal Itani, ClearQuran ·ClearQuran, "God" edition, EPUB·Talal Itani / ClearQuran.com ·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International·retrieved 7 Sep 2026

Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com https://clearquran.com

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 1875–1936 · published 1930

And a believing man of Pharaoh's family, who hid his faith, said: Would ye kill a man because he saith: My Lord is Allah, and hath brought you clear proofs from your Lord? If he is lying, then his lie is upon him; and if he is truthful, then some of that wherewith he threateneth you will strike you. Lo! Allah guideth not one who is a prodigal, a liar

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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 Palmer 1840–1882 · published 1880

And a believing man of Pharaoh's people, who concealed his faith, said, 'Will ye kill a man for saying, My Lord is God, when he has come to you with manifest signs from your Lord? and if he be a liar, against him is his lie; and if he be truthful, there will befall you somewhat of that which he threatens you; verily, God guides not him who is an extravagant liar

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Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired

Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an ·1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

John Medows Rodwell 1808–1900 · published 1861

And a man of the family of Pharaoh, who was a BELIEVER, but hid his faith, said, "Will ye slay a man because he saith my Lord is God, when he hath already come to you with proofs of his mission from your Lord? and if he be a liar, on him will be his lie: but if he be a man of truth, part at least of what he threateneth will fall upon you. Truly God guideth not him who is a transgressor, a liar

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Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired

John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an ·1861 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

George Sale 1697–1736 · published 1734

And a man who was a true believer, of the family of Pharaoh, and concealed in his faith, said, will ye put a man to death, because he saith, God is my Lord; seeing he is come unto you with evident signs from your Lord? If he be a liar, on him will the punishment of his falsehood light; but if he speaketh the truth, some of those judgments with which he threateneth you, will fall upon you: Verily God directeth not him who is a transgressor, or a liar

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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

Një burrë besimtar nga familja e Faraonit, që fshihte besimin e tij, tha: "A do të vrisni një njeri vetëm pse thotë: "Zoti im është Allahu", ndërkohë që ju ka sjellë prova të qarta nga Zoti juaj? Nëse është gënjeshtar, ai i vuan pasojat e gënjeshtrës së vet; por, nëse thotë të vërtetën, atëherë mund t'ju godasë diçka nga ajo me të cilën ju kërcënon. Pa dyshim, Allahu nuk udhëzon në rrugë të drejtë atë që është teprues e gënjeshtar."

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বাংলা · Bengali

‘আর ফির‘আউন পরিবারের একজন মু’মিন ব্যক্তি, যে তার ঈমান গোপন রেখেছিল সে বলল: ‘তোমরা কি (নিরপরাধ) একটি মানুষকে কেবল এ কারণে হত্যা করতে চাও, যে বলে: ‘আমার রব আল্লাহ’; অথচ সে তোমাদের রবের পক্ষ থেকে সুস্পষ্ট প্রমাণ নিয়ে তোমাদের কাছে এসেছে। যদি সে মিথ্যাবাদী হয় তবে তার ওপরই বর্তাবে তার মিথ্যা; আর যদি সে সত্যবাদী হয় তবে যে বিষয়ে সে তোমাদেরকে (যে শাস্তির) ওয়াদা দিচ্ছে, তার কিছু তোমাদের ওপর আপতিত হবে। নিশ্চয় আল্লাহ তাকে হিদায়াত দেন না, যে সীমালঙ্ঘনকারী, চরম মিথ্যাবাদী।’

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Bosanski · Bosnian

A jedan čovjek, vjernik, iz porodice faraonove, koji je krio vjerovanje svoje, reče: “Zar da ubijete čovjeka zato što govori: ‘Gospodar moj je Allah!’, onog koji vam je donio jasne dokaze od Gospodara vašeg? Ako je lažov, njegova će laž njemu nauditi, a ako govori istinu, onda će vas stići barem nešto od onog čime vam prijeti – jer Allah neće ukazati na Pravi put onom koji u zlu pretjeruje i koji mnogo laže.

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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Hrvatski · Croatian

A jedan čovjek, vjernik, iz porodice faraonove, koji je krio vjerovanje svoje, reče: “Zar da ubijete čovjeka zato što govori: ‘Gospodar moj je Allah!’ onog koji vam je donio jasne dokaze od Gospodara vašeg? Ako je lažov, njegova će laž njemu nauditi, a ako govori istinu, onda će vas stići barem nešto od onog čime vam prijeti – jer Allah neće ukazati na Pravi put onom koji u zlu pretjeruje i koji mnogo laže.

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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Fulfulde · Fulani

Gorko gooŋɗinɗo goo, jiyaaɗo e yimɓe Fir'awna ɓen - cuuɗunooɗo gooŋɗinal mum - :"E on waray gorko, fii o wi'i: "Joomi am ko Allah?" Hara le o addanii on ɓanngannduyeeji, immorde ka Joomi mon. Si tawii o fenu, haray fenaande makko ko kaŋko fawii; si tawii kadi o goongu, haray yoga e kon ko kammbirani on, heɓay on". Pellet, Allah feewnata on fantinoowo yeddoowo!

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ქართული · Georgian

ფარაონის ოჯახიდან ერთმა მორწმუნემ, რომელიც თავის რწმენას (ხალხისგან) მალავდა, თქვა: «ნუთუ კაცის მკვლელობას აპირებთ იმის გამო, რომ ამბობს: 'ჩემი უფალი ალლაჰია'?და მან თქვენთან მოიტანა ნათელი ნიშნები [უდავო არგუმენტები] თქვენი უფლისგან? თუ ის [მუსა] მატყუარაა, მაშინ მისი სიცრუე მის წინააღმდეგ იქნება; ხოლო თუ ის მართალია, მაშინ თქვენ მოგეწევათ ზოგი ის (უბედურება), რასაც გპირდებათ. ნამდვილად, ალლაჰი არ უძღვება გზას გადამეტებულთ (და) რომლებიც (ალლაჰზე) ტყუილებს იგონებენ!»

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Deutsch · German

Ein gläubiger Mann von den Angehörigen Fir'auns, der seinen Glauben verborgen hielt, sagte: „Wollt ihr denn einen Mann töten, weil er sagt: ,Mein Herr ist Allah’, obwohl er doch mit den klaren Beweisen von eurem Herrn zu euch gekommen ist? Wenn er ein Lügner ist, so trägt er (die Last) seiner Lügen. Wenn er aber die Wahrheit sagt, wird euch etwas von dem treffen, was er euch androht. Wahrlich, Allah leitet nicht recht, wer maßlos und verlogen ist.

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Ελληνικά · Greek

Ένας πιστός από τον λαό του Φαραώ, ο οποίος έκρυβε την πίστη του, είπε: «Θα σκοτώσετε έναν άνθρωπο, μόνο επειδή λέει: «Ο Κύριός μου είναι ο Αλλάχ», παρόλο που ήρθε σε σας με ξεκάθαρες αποδείξεις από τον Κύριό σας; Αν είναι ψεύτης, το ψεύδος του θα είναι εις βάρος του, αλλά αν είναι ειλικρινής, τότε θα σας πλήξουν μερικά απ' αυτά που σας υπόσχεται. Πράγματι, ο Αλλάχ δεν καθοδηγεί όποιον είναι παραβάτης και ψεύτης.

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हिन्दी · Hindi

तथा फ़िरऔन के घराने के एक ईमानवाले व्यक्ति ने, जो अपना ईमान छिपा रहा था, कहा : क्या तुम एक व्यक्ति को केवल इसलिए मार डालना चाहते हो कि वह कहता है कि मेरा पालनहार अल्लाह है, जबकि वह तुम्हारे पास तुम्हारे पालनहार की ओर से खुली निशानियाँ लेकर आया है? और यदि वह झूठा है, तो उसका झूठ उसी के ऊपर है और यदि वह सच्चा है, तो तुम्हें उस (यातना) का कुछ अंश पहुँचकर रहेगा, जिसका वह तुमसे वादा कर रहा है। निःसंदेह अल्लाह उसका मार्गदर्शन नहीं करता, जो उल्लंघनकारी, बहुत झूठा है।

Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari

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Italiano · Italian

E disse un uomo credente, della corte del Faraone, che nascondeva la propria fede: «Uccidete un uomo solo perché dice: ‘Il mio Dio è Allāh’, ed è venuto a voi con le Evidenze dal vostro Dio? Se lui mente, la sua menzogna ricadrà su di lui, e se è veritiero, avrete parte di ciò che ha promesso. In verità Allāh non guida chi è trasgressore e bugiardo.

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Lietuvių · Lithuanian

28. Ir tikintysis vyras iš Firauno (Faraono) šeimos, kuris slėpė savo tikėjimą, tarė: „Ar tu nužudytum žmogų, nes jis sako: „Mano Viešpats yra Allahas ir jis atėjo pas tave su aiškiais ženklais (įrodymais) nuo tavojo Viešpaties? Ir jei jis melagis, jam bus jo melo (nuodėmė), tačiau jei jis sako tiesą, tada dalis to (nelaimės) kuo jis gąsdina, užklups tave.“ Iš tiesų, Allahas neveda to, kuris yra Musrif (daugiadievis arba žudikas, kuris lieja kraują, neturėdamas teisės, arba kuris daro didžiąsias nuodėmes, engėjas, nusidėjėlis), melagis.“

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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo

Namichi mu’uminni fira fir’awni irraa ta’e kan iimaana isaa dhoksu, ni jedhe: “sila isin namicha ajjeeftuu? waan Gooftaan kiyya Rabbuma jedheef, odoo Gooftaa keessan irraa ragaawwan ifa ta’aniin isinitti dhufee jiruu. Yoo sobaa ta’e sobni isaa isuma irratti; yoo nama dhugaa ta’e gariin waan inni isin sodaachisee isin tuqa. Rabbiin nama inni daangaa dabraa, akkaan sobaa ta’e hin qajeelchu. [5]

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Русский · Russian

Уверовавший муж из рода Фараона, скрывавший свою веру, сказал: «Неужели вы убьёте человека за то, что он говорит: “Мой Господь — Аллах”, в то время как он уже принёс вам ясные доказательства от вашего Господа?! Если он окажется лжецом, то его ложь против него. Но если он окажется правдив — вас постигнет часть того, чем он вам угрожает. Воистину, Аллах не наставляет на верный путь того, кто является преступающим всякую меру, лжецом!

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Српски · Serbian

А један човек, верник, из фараонове породице, који је крио своје веровање, рече: „Зар да убијете човека зато што говори: 'Мој Господар је Аллах!' А донео вам је јасне доказе од вашег Господара? Ако је лажов, његова лаж ће њему да науди, а ако говори истину, онда ће да вас стигне бар нешто од онога што вам се прети; заиста Аллах неће да упути на Прави пут онога који у злу претерује и који много лаже.

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Kiswahili · Swahili

Na akasema mwanamume mmoja Muumini, aliyekuwa mmoja katika watu wa Firauni aliyeficha Imani yake: Mtamuuwa mtu kwa sababu anasema Mola wangu Mlezi ni Mwenyezi Mungu? Na hali naye amekujieni na hoja zilizo wazi? Na akiwa yeye mwongo, basi uongo wake ni juu yake mwenyewe. Na akiwa mkweli, yatakufikieni baadhi ya hayo anayokuahidini. Hakika Mwenyezi Mungu hamwongoi apitilizaye mipaka, mwongo mkubwa.

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Svenska · Swedish

Då sa en troende man ur Faraos släkt, som dolde sin tro: ”Ska ni döda en man enbart för att han säger: ’Min Herre är Gud’, när han har kommit till er med klara tecken från er Herre? Om han ljuger skadar det honom men om han talar sanning kommer något av det han varnar er för att drabba er. Gud vägleder inte någon som överträder alla gränser och ljuger [om honom].

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Türkçe · Turkish

Firavun ailesinden, imanını gizlemekte olan Mümin bir adam şöyle dedi: “Rabbim Allah’tır, dediği için bir adamı öldürecek misiniz? Hâlbuki o, size Rabbinizden apaçık mucizeler getirdi. Eğer yalancı ise yalanı kendi aleyhinedir. Eğer doğru söylüyorsa sizi tehdit ettiği şeylerin bir kısmı başınıza gelecektir. Şüphesiz Allah; aşırı giden, yalancılık eden kimseyi doğru yola eriştirmez.''

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اردو · Urdu

اور ایک مومن شخص نے، جو فرعون کے خاندان میں سے تھا اور اپنا ایمان چھپائے ہوئے تھا، کہا کہ کیا تم ایک شحض کو محض اس بات پر قتل کرتے ہو کہ وه کہتا ہے میرا رب اللہ ہے اور تمہارے رب کی طرف سے دلیلیں لے کر آیا ہے[1] ، اگر وه جھوٹا ہو تو اس کا جھوٹ اسی پر ہے اور اگر وه سچا ہو، تو جس (عذاب) کا وه تم سے وعده کر رہا ہے اس میں سے کچھ نہ کچھ تو تم پر آ پڑے گا[2]، اللہ تعالیٰ اس کی رہبری نہیں کرتا جو حد سے گزر جانے والے اور جھوٹے ہیں.[3]

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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40:26

وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ ذَرُونِىٓ أَقْتُلْ مُوسَىٰ وَلْيَدْعُ رَبَّهُۥٓ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُبَدِّلَ دِينَكُمْ أَوْ أَن يُظْهِرَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلْفَسَادَ

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Easy-read (simplified)waqaala fir'awnu dharoonee aqtul moosaa walyad'u rabbahu innee akhaafu an yubaddila deenakum aw an yuzhira fee l-'ardi l-fasaad

DIN 31635waqāla firʿawnu ḏarūnī ʾaqtul mūsā walyadʿu rabbahu ʾinnī ʾaḫāfu ʾan yubaddila dīnakum ʾaw ʾan yuẓhira fī l-ʾarḍi l-fasāda

Talal Itani2012 Pharaoh said, "Leave me to kill Moses, and let him appeal to his Lord. I fear he may change your religion, or spread disorder in the land."

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And Pharaoh said: Suffer me to kill Moses, and let him cry unto his Lord. Lo! I fear that he will alter your religion or that he will cause confusion in the land

Edward Henry Palmer1880 And Pharaoh said, 'Let me kill Moses; and then let him call upon his Lord! verily, I fear that he will change your religion, or that he will cause evil doing to appear in the land

John Medows Rodwell1861 And Pharaoh said, "Let me alone, that I may kill Moses; and let him call upon his Lord: I fear lest he change your religion, or cause disorder to shew itself in the land

George Sale1734 And Pharaoh said, let me alone, that I may kill Moses; and let him call upon his Lord: Verily I fear lest he change your religion, or cause violence to appear in the earth

40:27

وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنِّى عُذْتُ بِرَبِّى وَرَبِّكُم مِّن كُلِّ مُتَكَبِّرٍ لَّا يُؤْمِنُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْحِسَابِ

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Easy-read (simplified)waqaala moosaa innee 'udhtu birabbee warabbikum min kulli mutakabbirin laa yu'minu biyawmi l-hisaab

DIN 31635waqāla mūsā ʾinnī ʿuḏtu birabbī warabbikum min kulli mutakabbirin lā yuʾminu biyawmi l-ḥisābi

Talal Itani2012 Moses said, "I have sought the protection of my Lord and your Lord, from every tyrant who does not believe in the Day of Account."

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Moses said: Lo! I seek refuge in my Lord and your Lord from every scorner who believeth not in a Day of Reckoning

Edward Henry Palmer1880 And Moses said, 'Verily, I take refuge in my Lord and your Lord from every one who is big with pride and believes not on the day of reckoning

John Medows Rodwell1861 And Moses said, "I take refuge with my Lord and your Lord from every proud one who believeth not in the day of reckoning

George Sale1734 And Moses said unto his people, verily I have recourse unto my Lord, and your Lord, to defend me against every proud person, who believeth not in the day of account

40:28 — the verse above

40:29

يَٰقَوْمِ لَكُمُ ٱلْمُلْكُ ٱلْيَوْمَ ظَٰهِرِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَمَن يَنصُرُنَا مِنۢ بَأْسِ ٱللَّهِ إِن جَآءَنَا قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ مَآ أُرِيكُمْ إِلَّا مَآ أَرَىٰ وَمَآ أَهْدِيكُمْ إِلَّا سَبِيلَ ٱلرَّشَادِ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)yaa qawmi lakumu l-mulku l-yawma zaahireena fee l-'ardi faman yansurunaa min ba'si llaahi in jaa'anaa qaala fir'awnu maa ureekum illaa maa araa wamaa ahdeekum illaa sabeela r-rashaad

DIN 31635yā qawmi lakumu l-mulku l-yawma ẓāhirīna fī l-ʾarḍi faman yanṣurunā min baʾsi llāhi ʾin ǧāʾanā qāla firʿawnu mā ʾurīkum ʾillā mā ʾarā wamā ʾahdīkum ʾillā sabīla r-rašādi

Talal Itani2012 O my people! Yours is the dominion today, supreme in the land; but who will help us against God's might, should it fall upon us?" Pharaoh said, "I do not show you except what I see, and I do not guide you except to the path of prudence."

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 O my people! Yours is the kingdom to-day, ye being uppermost in the land. But who would save us from the wrath of Allah should it reach us? Pharaoh said: I do but show you what I think, and I do but guide you to wise policy

Edward Henry Palmer1880 O my people! yours is the kingdom today, ye are eminent in the land, but who will help us against the violence of God, if it comes upon us?' Said Pharaoh, 'I will only show you what I see, and I will only guide you into the way of right direction

John Medows Rodwell1861 O my people! this day is the kingdom yours, the eminent of the earth! but who shall defend us from the vengeance of God if it come on us?" Pharaoh said, "I would have you see only what I see; and in a right way only will I guide you

George Sale1734 O my people, the kingdom is yours this day; and ye are conspicuous in the earth: But who shall defend us from the scourge of God, if it come unto us? Pharaoh said, I only propose to you what I think to be most expedient: And I guide you only into the right path

40:30

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِىٓ ءَامَنَ يَٰقَوْمِ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُم مِّثْلَ يَوْمِ ٱلْأَحْزَابِ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)waqaala lladhee aamana yaa qawmi innee akhaafu 'alaykum mithla yawmi l-'ahzaab

DIN 31635waqāla llaḏī ʾāmana yā qawmi ʾinnī ʾaḫāfu ʿalaykum miṯla yawmi l-ʾaḥzābi

Talal Itani2012 The one who had believed said, "O my people, I fear for you the like of the day of the confederates.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And he who believed said: O my people! Lo! I fear for you a fate like that of the factions (of old)

Edward Henry Palmer1880 And he who believed said, 'O my people! verily, I fear for you the like of the day of the confederates

John Medows Rodwell1861 Then said he who believed, "O my people! truly I fear for you the like of the day of the allies

George Sale1734 And he who had believed, said, O my people, verily I fear for you a day like that of the confederates against the prophets in former times

Sources

EditionTanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) ·Uthmani, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

Parallel edition — Simple, Version 1.1

وَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مُّؤْمِنٌ مِّنْ آلِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَكْتُمُ إِيمَانَهُ أَتَقْتُلُونَ رَجُلًا أَن يَقُولَ رَبِّيَ اللَّهُ وَقَدْ جَاءَكُم بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ مِن رَّبِّكُمْ وَإِن يَكُ كَاذِبًا فَعَلَيْهِ كَذِبُهُ وَإِن يَكُ صَادِقًا يُصِبْكُم بَعْضُ الَّذِي يَعِدُكُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِي مَنْ هُوَ مُسْرِفٌ كَذَّابٌ

EditionTanzil Qur'an text (Simple) ·Simple, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

Analysis detailsDerived

These figures count the words the translations share. They measure wording, not meaning, and they do not say which translation is right.

Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above — 0.60 on a scale where 0 means identical wording and 1 means no shared words. It is computed, not judged.

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
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale 0.67
Talal Itani · George Sale 0.67
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell 0.64
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell 0.64
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale 0.63
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.62
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell 0.56
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer 0.55
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.53
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale 0.46

One bar per pair of renderings, longest bar for the pair sharing fewest words. Every pair is shown; none is singled out.

Method Wording differences — derived 13 September 2026
Method
Mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the lowercased word sets of the cleared translations of each verse. A verse is marked as worded differently when its score falls in the top third of the corpus — the cut set out in Analysis details.
As at
13 September 2026, 10:56 UTC
Gate
verify/divergence_gate.py re-derives and fails on drift

The platform does not say which is right, and does not characterise what the difference means. The renderings are placed together so the difference is visible; reading it is the reader's work.

Easy-read

SourceTanzil Qur'an text (Simple) ·Simple, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

SourceTanzil Qur'an text (Simple) ·Simple, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

ReceiptsSource fact

7 sources stand behind this page. Each is listed once, in the order the page first cites it, with the licence it was cleared under and what was actually read. Nothing on this page rests on a source that is not here.

Source Tanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) · Uthmani, Version 1.1
Edition
Uthmani, Version 1.1
Custodian
Tanzil Project
Layer
canonical text
Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
Licence URL
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Commercial use
yes
Modification
contradictory
Licence text
read verbatim
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
203f0f1bf3158b1e5be4ab9f8f6870e5…
Located at
https://tanzil.net/pub/download/index.php?quranType=uthmani&outType=xml
Convention
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.

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Source Talal Itani, ClearQuran · ClearQuran, "God" edition, EPUB
Edition
ClearQuran, "God" edition, EPUB
Custodian
Talal Itani / ClearQuran.com
Layer
translation
Licence
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Licence URL
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/
Commercial use
yes
Modification
no
Licence text
terms page read
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
7 September 2026
Digest
70b0a8bb6f862f43670f7da1c0da59a4…
Located at
https://www.clearquran.com/downloads/quran-in-english-clearquran.epub
Convention
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.

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Source Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran · 1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Edition
1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Custodian
None — public domain work
Layer
translation
Licence
Public domain — copyright term expired
Licence URL
— none published —
Commercial use
yes
Modification
yes
Licence text
not applicable — no licence exists
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
aaff752d4349005282d977eebb863982…
Located at
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fawazahmed0/quran-api@6be8e17f2a0c13b1f33b1c3057f73cb28d5e848e/editions/eng-mohammedmarmadu.json

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.

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Source Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an · 1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Edition
1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Custodian
None — public domain work
Layer
translation
Licence
Public domain — copyright term expired
Licence URL
— none published —
Commercial use
yes
Modification
yes
Licence text
not applicable — no licence exists
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
32b2330e332339ace53509539efe9040…
Located at
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fawazahmed0/quran-api@6be8e17f2a0c13b1f33b1c3057f73cb28d5e848e/editions/eng-edwardhenrypalm.json
Convention
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.

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Source John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an · 1861 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Edition
1861 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Custodian
None — public domain work
Layer
translation
Licence
Public domain — copyright term expired
Licence URL
— none published —
Commercial use
yes
Modification
yes
Licence text
not applicable — no licence exists
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
91423dea6a6dccc192457870ed2c08fb…
Located at
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fawazahmed0/quran-api@6be8e17f2a0c13b1f33b1c3057f73cb28d5e848e/editions/eng-johnmedowsrodwe.json
Convention
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.

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Source George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an · 1734 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Edition
1734 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Custodian
None — public domain work
Layer
translation
Licence
Public domain — copyright term expired
Licence URL
— none published —
Commercial use
yes
Modification
yes
Licence text
not applicable — no licence exists
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
05b679f5df49b0579e65f4b83b4c7235…
Located at
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fawazahmed0/quran-api@6be8e17f2a0c13b1f33b1c3057f73cb28d5e848e/editions/eng-georgesale.json
Convention
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.

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Source Tanzil Qur'an text (Simple) · Simple, Version 1.1
Edition
Simple, Version 1.1
Custodian
Tanzil Project
Layer
canonical text
Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
Licence URL
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Commercial use
yes
Modification
contradictory
Licence text
read verbatim
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
d9b5bad94e4725191aa8da9a0404bd8e…
Located at
https://tanzil.net/pub/download/index.php?quranType=simple&outType=xml
Convention
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.

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