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Had We made it a Quran in a foreign language, they would have said, "If only its verses were made clear." Non-Arabic and an Arab? Say, "For those who believe, it is guidance and healing. But as for those who do not believe: there is heaviness in their ears, and it is blindness for them. These are being called from a distant place."
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
And if We had appointed it a Lecture in a foreign tongue they would assuredly have said: If only its verses were expounded (so that we might understand)? What! A foreign tongue and an Arab? - Say unto them (OMuhammad): For those who believe it is a guidance and a healing; and as for those who disbelieve, there is a deafness in their ears, and it is blindness for them. Such are called to from afar
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 had we made it a foreign Qur'an, they would have said, 'Unless its signs be detailed. .. . What! foreign and Arabic?' Say, 'It is, for those who believe, a guidance and a healing. But those who believe not, in their ears is dullness, and it is blindness to them; these are called to from a far-off place
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Had we made it a Koran in a foreign tongue, they had surely said, "Unless its signs be made clear . . . ! What! in a foreign tongue? and the people Arabian?" SAY: It is to those who believe a guide and a medicine; but as to those who believe not, there is a thickness in their ears, and to them it is a blindness: they are like those who are called to from afar
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
If We had revealed the Koran in a foreign language, they had surely said, unless the signs thereof be distinctlyexplained, we will not receive the same: Is the bookwritten in a foreign tongue, and the person unto whom it is directed, an Arabian? Answer, it is, unto those who believe, a sure guide, and a remedy for doubt and uncertainty: But unto those who believe not, it is a thickness of hearing in their ears, and it is a darkness which covereth them; these are as they who are called unto from a distant place
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
Sikur ta kishim bërë Kuranin në gjuhë të huaj, ata do të thoshin: "Përse nuk na shpjegoheshin ajetet e tij! Si mund të jetë në gjuhë të huaj, ndërkohë që ai (Muhamedi) është arab?!" Thuaj: "Për ata që besojnë, ai është udhëzim dhe shërim." Ndërkaq, ata që nuk besojnë, kanë veshë të shurdhër dhe janë të verbër ndaj tij. Ata janë njësoj si ata që thirren nga ndonjë vend i largët.
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বাংলা · Bengali
আর আমি যদি একে (আল কুরআনকে) অনারবী ভাষায় আল কুরআনরূপে নাযিল করতাম, তবে নিশ্চিতভাবেই তারা বলত: ‘এর আয়াতসমূহকে বিশদভাবে বর্ণিত হয়নি কেন? এটি অনারবী ভাষায় আর রাসূল আরবীভাষী! হে রাসূল! তুমি তাদেরকে বলো: ‘কুরআন মূলত মু’মিনদের জন্য হিদায়াত ও (অন্তরের রোগের) নিরাময়। আর যারা ঈমান আনে না, তাদের কানে রয়েছে বধিরতা(২৪) যেন আল কুরআন তাদের (অন্তরের) জন্য অন্ধত্ব (পর্দা) সরূপ। তাদেরকেই ডাকা হবে দূরবর্তী স্থান থেকে।(২৫)
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Bosanski · Bosnian
A da Kur’an objavljujemo na tuđem jeziku, oni bi, sigurno, rekli: “Trebalo je da su mu ajeti razumljivi. Zar jezik tuđ, a onaj kome se objavljuje Arap je?” Reci: “On je vjernicima uputstvo i lijek. A oni koji neće da vjeruju – i gluhi su i slijepi, kao da se iz daleka mjesta dozivaju.”
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From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4
Hrvatski · Croatian
A da Kuran objavljujemo na tuđem jeziku, oni bi, sigurno, rekli: “Trebalo je da su mu ajeti razumljivi. Zar jezik tuđ, a onaj kome se objavljuje Arap je?” Reci: “On je vjernicima uputstvo i lijek. A oni koji neće da vjeruju – i gluhi su i slijepi, kao da se iz daleka mjesta dozivaju.”
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
Si Min mbaɗuno nde janngeteende e haala ajami, ɓe wi'atno: "Ko haɗno aayeeje mayre ɗen fensitee? E nde wonat e haala ajami, [Nulaaɗo] on wona aarabuujo?" Maaku: "Kayre wonan'de gooŋɗinɓe ɓen, ko nde peewal e cellal". Ɓe ngooŋɗinaa ɓen kan, noto hino e noppi maɓɓe ɗin, kayre ko nde niɓe e dow maɓɓe; ɓen hino noddiree e nokku woɗɗuɗo.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
და ჩვენ რომ ის [ყურანი] უცხო ენაზე შეგვექმნა, ისინი იტყოდნენ: «ნეტავ მისი აიათები (არაბულად) განმარტებული ყოფილიყო!» უთხარი (მათ) (ო, შუამავალო): «ის [ყურანი] არის სახელმძღვანელო (რომ არ ასცდეთ სწორ გზას) და განკურნება (უცოდინრობისა და მისგან გამოწვეული დაავადებებისგან) მორწმუნეებისთვის; ხოლო ურწმუნოებს ყურებში სმენა არ აქვთ, და ეს მათთვის სიბრმავეა. ესენი (მრავალღმერთიანები) იმათ ჰგვანან, ვისაც შორიდან ეძახიან».
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Deutsch · German
Und hätten Wir ihn zu einem nicht-arabischen Quran gemacht, hätten sie sicherlich gesagt: „Wären doch seine Zeichen ausführlich dargelegt worden! Wie, ein nicht-arabischer (Quran) und ein Araber?“ Sag: „Er ist für diejenigen, die glauben, eine Rechtleitung und eine Heilung.“ Und diejenigen, die nicht glauben, haben Schwerhörigkeit in ihren Ohren, und er ist für sie (wie) Blindheit. Jene sind, als würde ihnen von einem fernen Ort aus zugerufen.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Αν το είχαμε κάνει το Κορ’άν σε μία ξένη γλώσσα (και όχι στα Αραβικά), θα έλεγαν (οι άπιστοι από το λαό σου, ω, Προφήτη): «Εξηγούνται τα Εδάφιά του (για να τα καταλάβουμε); Είναι δυνατόν αυτό (το βιβλίο) να είναι σε μία ξένη γλώσσα, ενώ αυτός (ο Αγγελιαφόρος) είναι ένας Άραβας;» Πες: «Αυτό (το Κορ’άν) είναι μία καθοδήγηση και θεραπεία για όσους πιστεύουν. Αλλά όσο γι' αυτούς που δεν πιστεύουν, υπάρχει μία κώφωση στα αυτιά τους, και αυτό (το Κορ’άν) έχει πάνω τους (και στις καρδιές τους) μία τύφλωση (και έτσι δεν μπορούν να καθοδηγηθούν μέσω αυτού, ούτε να δουν τις αποδείξεις του). Εκείνοι είναι σαν να τους καλεί κάποιος από μακρινό μέρος (και έτσι ούτε τον ακούν, ούτε του απαντούν).»
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
और यदि हम इसे ग़ैर अरबी क़ुरआन बनाते, तो वे अवश्य कहते कि इसकी आयतें क्यों नहीं खोलकर बयान की गईं? क्या (पुस्तक) ग़ैर अरबी है और (नबी) अरबी? आप कह दीजिए : वह उन लोगों के लिए जो ईमान लाए, मार्गदर्शन और आरोग्य है, तथा जो लोग ईमान नहीं लाते, उनके कानों में बोझ है और यह उनके हक़ में अंधेपन का कारण है। वे लोग ऐसे हैं जो दूर स्थान से पुकारे जा रहे हैं।[15]
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
E se ne avessimo fatto un Corano non arabo, avrebbero detto: «Se avesse almeno spiegato i Suoi versetti sia in non arabo che in arabo!” Di’: «Esso è, per quelli che hanno creduto, Guida e Guarigione, e quelli che non credono hanno sigilli nelle orecchie ed è per loro oscuro, quelli vengono chiamati da un luogo lontano.
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
44. Ir jei Mes būtume siuntę šį Koraną svetima kalba (kita nei arabų kalba), jie būtų sakę: „Kodėl jos eilutės nėra detaliai paaiškintos (mūsų kalba)? Ką? (Knyga) ne arabų kalba, o (Pasiuntinys) arabas?“ Sakyk: „Tai tiems, kurie tiki, vedimas ir gydymas. O tiems, kurie netiki, yra sunkumas (kurtumas) jų ausyse, ir tai (Koranas) yra aklumas jiems. Jie yra tie, kurie kviečiami iš tolimos vietos (taigi jie nei girdi, nei suvokia).“
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Русский · Russian
Если бы Мы сделали его Кораном неарабским, то они непременно сказали бы: «Почему же не разъяснены его аяты? Неарабский [Коран], а [Посланник] — араб?» Скажи: «Он для тех, которые уверовали, — верное руководство и исцеление. А те, которые не веруют — в их ушах глухота, и он для них — слепота. Такие — те, к кому взывают издалека».
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
А да смо Кур'ан објавили на туђем језику, они би сигурно казали: „Требало је да су му речи разумљиве! Зар туђ језик, а онај коме се објављује Арап?“ Реци: „Он је онима који верују упута и лек. А они који не верују – они су глуви и слепи за њега! Они као да се издалека дозивају.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Na lau tungeliifanya Qur-ani kwa lugha ya kigeni, wangelisema: Kwa nini Aya zake hazikupambanuliwa? Yawaje lugha ya kigeni na Mtume Mwaarabu? Sema: Hii Qur-ani ni uongofu na ponya kwa wenye kuamini. Na wale wasioamini umo uziwi katika masikio yao, nayo kwao imezibwa hawaioni. Hao wanaitwa nao wako pahala mbali.
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Svenska · Swedish
Hade vi uppenbarat denna Koran på ett språk annat än arabiska skulle de ha invänt: ”Varför har dess verser inte gjorts tydliga [på vårt språk]? En icke-arabisk [skrift med ett sändebud] som är arab!” Säg: ”För de troende är den vägledning och bot, men vad gäller de som inte tror så är deras öron förslutna och de kan inte ta den till sig. De är [som någon som] anropas från en avlägsen plats.”
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Türkçe · Turkish
Eğer biz onu başka dilde bir Kur’an yapsaydık onlar mutlaka, “Onun âyetleri genişçe açıklanmalı değil miydi? Başka dilde bir kitap ve Arap bir peygamber öyle mi?” derlerdi. De ki: "Bu Kur'an, iman edenler için bir hidayet ve bir şifadır. İman etmeyenlerin kulaklarında bir ağırlık vardır ve o, onlar için bir körlüktür.” İşte onlar (sanki kendilerine) uzak bir yerden seslenilmekte (de duymuyor gibiler).
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اردو · Urdu
اور اگر ہم اسے عجمی زبان کا قرآن بناتے تو کہتے[1] کہ اس کی آیتیں صاف صاف بیان کیوں نہیں کی گئیں[2]؟ یہ کیا کہ عجمی کتاب اور آپ عربی رسول[3]؟ آپ کہہ دیجئے! کہ یہ تو ایمان والوں کے لیے ہدایت و شفا ہے اور جو ایمان نہیں ﻻتے ان کے کانوں میں تو (بہراپن اور) بوجھ ہے اور یہ ان پر اندھاپن ہے، یہ وه لوگ ہیں جو کسی بہت دور دراز جگہ سے پکارے جا رہے ہیں.[4]
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Easy-read (simplified)laa ya'teehi l-baatilu min bayni yadayhi walaa min khalfihi tanzeelun min hakeemin hameed
DIN 31635lā yaʾtīhi l-bāṭilu min bayni yadayhi walā min ḫalfihi tanzīlun min ḥakīmin ḥamīdin
Talal Itani2012 Falsehood cannot approach it, from before it or behind it. It is a revelation from One Wise and Praiseworthy.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Falsehood cannot come at it from before it or from behind it. (It is) a revelation from the Wise, the Owner of Praise
Edward Henry Palmer1880 falsehood shall not come to it, from before it, nor from behind it - a revelation from the wise, the praiseworthy One
John Medows Rodwell1861 Falsehood, from whatever side it cometh, shall not come night it; it is a missive down from the Wise, the Praiseworthy
George Sale1734 Vanity shall not approach it, either from before it, or from behind it: It is a revelation from a wise God, whose praise is justly to be celebrated
Easy-read (simplified)maa yuqaalu laka illaa maa qad qeela lilrrusuli min qablika inna rabbaka ladhoo maghfiratin wadhoo 'iqaabin aleem
DIN 31635mā yuqālu laka ʾillā mā qad qīla lilrrusuli min qablika ʾinna rabbaka laḏū maġfiratin waḏū ʿiqābin ʾalīmin
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 Nothing is said to you but was said to the Messengers before you: your Lord is Possessor of Forgiveness, and Possessor of Painful Repayment.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Naught is said unto thee (Muhammad) save what was said unto the messengers before thee. Lo! thy Lord is owner of forgiveness, and owner (also) of dire punishment
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Naught is said to thee but what was said to the apostles before thee, 'Verily, thy Lord is Lord of forgiveness and Lord of grievous torment
John Medows Rodwell1861 Nothing hath been said to thee which hath not been said of old to apostles before thee. Verily with thy Lord is forgiveness, and with Him is terrible retribution
George Sale1734 No other is said unto thee by the infidels of Mecca, than what hath been formerly said, unto the apostles before thee: Verily thy Lord is inclined to forgiveness, and is also able to chastise severely
DIN 31635walaqad ʾātaynā mūsā l-kitāba faḫtulifa fīhi walawlā kalimatun sabaqat min rabbika laquḍiya baynahum waʾinnahum lafī šakkin minhu murībin
Talal Itani2012 We gave Moses the Book, but disputes arose concerning it. Were it not for a prior decree from your Lord, judgment would have been pronounced between them. But they are in perplexing doubt concerning it.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And We verily gave Moses the Scripture, but there hath been dispute concerning it; and but for a Word that had already gone forth from thy Lord, it would ere now have been judged between them; but lo! they are in hopeless doubt concerning it
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And we gave Moses the Book, and it was disputed about; but had it not been for thy Lord's word already passed it would have been decided between them, for, verily, they were in hesitating doubt thereon
John Medows Rodwell1861 Of old we gave the Book to Moses, and disputes arose about it: and if a decree of respite from thy Lord had gone before, there would surely have been a decision between them: for great were their doubts and questionings about it
George Sale1734 We heretofore gave the book of the law unto Moses; and a dispute arose concerning the same: And if a previous decree had not proceeded from thy Lord, to respite the opposers of that revelation, verily the matter had been decided between them, by the destruction of the infidels; for they were in a very great doubt as to the same
Talal Itani2012 Whoever acts righteously does so for himself; and whoever works evil does so against himself. Your Lord is not unjust to the servants.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Whoso doeth right it is for his soul, and whoso doeth wrong it is against it. And thy Lord is not at all a tyrant to His slaves
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Whoso does right it is for his soul, and whoso does evil it is against it, for thy Lord is not unjust towards His servants
John Medows Rodwell1861 He who doth right - it is for himself: and he who doth evil - it is for himself: and thy Lord will not deal unfairly with his servants
George Sale1734 He who doth right, doth it to the advantage of his own soul; and he who doth evil, doth it against the same: For thy Lord is not unjust towards his servants
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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
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.72
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.68
Talal Itani · George Sale0.65
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.59
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.58
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.57
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.57
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.52
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.48
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.46
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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.