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If We had sent down this Koran on a mountain, thou wouldest certainly have seen the samehumble itself, and cleave in sunder for fear of God. These similitudes do We propose unto men, that they may consider
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
Had We sent this Quran down on a mountain, you would have seen it trembling, crumbling in awe of God. These parables We cite for the people, so that they may reflect.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
If We had caused this Qur'an to descend upon a mountain, thou (OMuhammad) verilyhadst seen it humbled, rent asunder by the fear of Allah. Such similitudes coin We for mankind that haply they may reflect
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
Had we sent down this Qur'an upon a mountain, thou wouldst have seen it humbling itself, splitting asunder from the fear of God! These parables do we strike out for men; haply they may reflect
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Had we sent down this Koran on some mountain, thou wouldst certainly have seen it humbling itself and cleaving asunder for the fear of God. Such are the parables we propose to men in order that they may reflect
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Sikur t’i kishim shpallur këtë Kuran ndonjë mali, do ta shihje atë të përulur e të çarë nga frika e Allahut. Këta shembuj Ne ua sjellim njerëzve, që ata të mendojnë.
Translated by the team of 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 1.0.5
বাংলা · Bengali
যদি আমরা এ কুরআন কোনো পাহাড়ের ওপর অবতীর্ণ করতাম, তবে তুমি অবশ্যই তাকে আল্লাহর ভয়ে অবনত ও বিদীর্ণ হতে দেখতে। আর এসব দৃষ্টান্ত আমরা মানুষের জন্য বর্ণনা করি, যাতে তারা চিন্তা-ভাবনা করে।
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
Da ovaj Kur'an kakvom brdu objavimo, ti bi vidio kako je strahopoštovanja puno i kako bi se od straha pred Allahom raspalo. Takve primjere navodimo ljudima da bi razmislili.
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 2.0.4
Hrvatski · Croatian
Da ovaj Kuran kakvom brdu objavimo, ti bi vidio kako je strahopoštovanja puno i kako bi se od straha pred Allahom raspalo. Takve primjere navodimo ljudima da bi razmislili.
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 tellinna o alquraana e dow hooseere ma a yiinde honde luli honde fetta ngam hulde Alla ɗi tinndi emin piyaniɗi yimɓe ko ngam ɓe miijo.
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 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
ჩვენ რომ ეს ყურანი რომელიმე მთისთვის ჩამოგვევლინა, უეჭველად დაინახავდი, როგორ დაიმდაბლებდა იგი თავს და ალლაჰის შიშით დაიპობოდა. ეს მაგალითები კი ჩვენ ადამიანებისთვის მოგვყავს, რათა ისინი დაფიქრდნენ (ალლაჰის ძლიერებასა და სიდიადეზე).
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 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Hätten Wir diesen Quran (als Offenbarung) auf einen Berg hinabgesendet, würdest du ihn fürwahr aus Furcht vor Allah demütig werden und sich spalten sehen. Und diese Gleichnisse führen Wir den Menschen an, auf dass sie nachdenken mögen.
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 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Πράγματι, αν είχαμε στείλει αυτό το Κορ’άν σε ένα βουνό, θα το έβλεπες (το βουνό παρά όλη τη δύναμή του) ταπεινωμένο και ραγισμένο από φόβο προς τον Αλλάχ. Τέτοια παραδείγματα δίνουμε στους ανθρώπους, μήπως και να τα αναλογιστούν.
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 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
यदि हम इस क़ुरआन को किसी पर्वत पर अवतरित करते, तो निश्चय आप उसे देखते कि अल्लाह के भय से झुक जाता और फटकर टुकड़े-टुकड़े हो जाता। और हम इन उदाहरणों को लोगों के लिए वर्णन कर रहे हैं, ताकि वे सोच-विचार करें।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Se avessimo fatto discendere questo Corano su un monte, l’avresti visto umile, frantumato per timore di Allāh. E quelli sono esempi che portiamo agli uomini, perché riflettano.
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 1.0.2
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
21. Jei Mes būtume nuleidę šį Koraną ant kalno, tu būtum matęs jį nusižeminusį ir skylantį iš baimės Allahui. Ir šiuos pavyzdžius Mes suteikiame žmonėms tam, kad galbūt jie susimąstys.
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 1.0.8
Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Odoo Qur'aana kana gaara irratti buufnee, silaa isa nigarta sodaataa dhodhoohaa sodaa Rabbiirraa. Fakkeenyota tana namootaaf taasifna akka isaan xiinxalaniif.
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
Если бы Мы ниспослали этот Коран на гору, ты увидел бы её смиренной и раскалывающейся от страха перед Аллахом. Эти притчи Мы приводим людям — быть может, они поразмыслят.
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
Српски · Serbian
Када би овај Кур'ан објавили некој планини, ти би видео како је пуна страхопоштовања и како би се распала од страха пред Аллахом. Такве примере наводимо људима да би размислили.
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
Lau kuwa tumeiteremsha hii Qur-ani juu ya mlima, basi bila ya shaka ungeliuona ukinyenyekea, ukipasuka kwa kumhofu Mwenyezi Mungu. Na hiyo mifano tunawapigia watu ili wafikiri.
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Om vi hade sänt ned denna Koran över ett berg skulle du se det skälva och rämna av vördnad för Gud. Sådana liknelser framlägger vi för människorna, så att de må reflektera.
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 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
Biz bu Kur’an’ı bir dağın üzerine indirseydik, onun Allah korkusundan baş eğerek parça parça olduğunu görürdün. İşte biz, bu örnekleri insanlar düşünsünler diye veriyoruz.
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
اردو · Urdu
اگر ہم اس قرآن کو کسی پہاڑ پر اتارتے[1] تو تو دیکھتا کہ خوف الٰہی سے وه پست ہوکر ٹکڑے ٹکڑے ہو جاتا[2] ہم ان مثالوں کو لوگوں کے سامنے بیان کرتے ہیں تاکہ وه غور وفکر کریں.[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.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.3
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Talal Itani2012 And do not be like those who forgot God, so He made them forget themselves. These are the sinners.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And be not ye as those who forgot Allah, therefor He caused them to forget their souls. Such are the evil-doers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And be ye not like those who forget God, and He makes them forget themselves; they are the workers of abomination
John Medows Rodwell1861 And be ye not like those who forget God, and whom He hath therefore caused to forget their proper selves. Such men are the evil doers
George Sale1734 And be not as those who have forgotten God, and whom He hath caused to forget their own souls: These are the wicked doers
Talal Itani2012 Not equal are the inhabitants of the Fire and the inhabitants of Paradise. It is the inhabitants of Paradise who are the winners.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Not equal are the owners of the Fire and the owners of the Garden. The owners of the Garden, they are the victorious
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Not deemed alike shall be the fellows of the Fire and the fellows of Paradise: the fellows of Paradise they are the blissful
John Medows Rodwell1861 The inmates of the Fire and the inmates of Paradise are not to be held equal. The inmates of Paradise only shall be the blissful
George Sale1734 The inhabitants of hell fire, and the inhabitants of paradise shall not be held equal. The inhabitants of paradise are they who shall enjoy felicity
Easy-read (simplified)huwa llaahu lladhee laa ilaaha illaa huwa 'aalimu l-ghaybi wash-shahaadati huwa r-rahmaanu r-raheem
DIN 31635huwa llāhu llaḏī lā ʾilāha ʾillā huwa ʿālimu l-ġaybi waš-šahādati huwa r-raḥmānu r-raḥīmu
Talal Itani2012 He is God. There is no god but He, the Knower of secrets and declarations. He is the Compassionate, the Merciful.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 He is Allah, than Whom there is no other Allah, the Knower of the Invisible and the Visible. He is the Beneficent, Merciful
Edward Henry Palmer1880 He is God than whom there is no god; who knows the unseen and the visible; He is the merciful, the compassionate
John Medows Rodwell1861 He is God beside whom there is no god. He knoweth things visible and invisible: He is the Compassionate, the Merciful
George Sale1734 He is God, besides whom there is no God; Who knoweth that which is future, and that which is present: He is the most Merciful
DIN 31635huwa llāhu llaḏī lā ʾilāha ʾillā huwa l-maliku l-quddūsu s-salāmu l-muʾminu l-muhayminu l-ʿazīzu l-ǧabbāru l-mutakabbiru subḥāna llāhi ʿammā yušrikūna
Talal Itani2012 He is God; besides Whom there is no god; the Sovereign, the Holy, the Peace-Giver, the Faith-Giver, the Overseer, the Almighty, the Omnipotent, the Overwhelming. Glory be to God, beyond what they associate.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 He is Allah, than Whom there is no other Allah, the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One, Peace, the Keeper of Faith, the Guardian, the Majestic, the Compeller, the Superb. Glorified be Allah from all that they ascribe as partner (unto Him)
Edward Henry Palmer1880 He is God than whom there is no god; the King, the Holy, the Peace-Giver, the Faithful, the Protector, the Mighty, the Repairer, the Great!- celebrated be the praises of God above what they join with Him
John Medows Rodwell1861 He is God beside whom there is no god: He is the King, the Holy, the Peaceful, the Faithful, the Guardian, the Mighty, the Strong, the Most High! Far be the Glory of God from that which they unite with Him
George Sale1734 He is God, besides whom there is no God: The King, the Holy, the Giver of peace, the Faithful, the Guardian, the Powerful, the Strong, the most High. Far be God exalted above the idols which they associate with Him
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 —
0.61 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
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.74
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.72
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.67
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.63
Talal Itani · George Sale0.61
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.59
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.58
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.58
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.49
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.49
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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.