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Say, 'I do not say to you, mine are the treasuries of God, nor that I know the unseen; I do not say to you, I am an angel - if I follow aught but what I am inspired with -:' say, 'Is the blind equal to him who sees?' what! do ye not reflect
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Compare translations (4)Talal Itani· published 2012
Say, "I do not say to you that I possess the treasuries of God, nor do I know the future, nor do I say to you that I am an angel. I only follow what is inspired to me." Say, "Are the blind and the seeing alike? Do you not think?"
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Say (OMuhammad, to the disbelievers): I say not unto you (that) I possess the treasures of Allah, nor that I have knowledge of the Unseen; and I say not unto you: Lo! I am an angel. I follow only that which is inspired in me. Say: Are the blind man and the seer equal? Will ye not then takethought
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
John Medows Rodwell1808–1900 · published 1861
SAY: I say not to you, "In my possession are the treasures of God;" neither say I, "I know thingssecret;" neither do I say to you, "Verily, I am an angel:" Only what is revealed to me do I follow. SAY: Shall the blind and the seeing be esteemed alike? Will ye not then reflect
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Say, 'I do not say to you: 'I possess the treasures of God, nor do I know the unseen; nor do I say to you: 'I am an angel, I follow only that which is revealed to me.' Say, 'Can a blind man and one who sees be alike?' Will you not then reflect
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
Thuaj: "Nuk po ju them se unë zotëroj thesaret e Allahut, as se e di të fshehtën e as po ju them se jam melek. Unë ndjek vetëm atë që më shpallet." Thuaju: "A janë njësoj i verbri dhe ai që sheh?! A nuk po mendoni?"
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
বল: ‘আমি তোমাদেরকে বলি না যে, আমার কাছে আল্লাহর ভাণ্ডারসমূহ আছে, আর আমি গায়িবও জানি না এবং আমি একথাও বলি না যে, নিশ্চয় আমি ফিরিশতা। আমি শুধু তাই অনুসরণ করি, যা আমার কাছে অহী রূপে প্রেরণ করা হয়।’বলো: ‘অন্ধ আর চক্ষুষ্মান কি সমান হতে পারে? অতএব তোমরা কি চিন্তা করবে না?
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
Reci: "Ja vam ne kažem: 'U mene su Allahove riznice', niti: 'Ja ono što je čulima nedokučivo znam', niti vam kažem: 'Ja sam uistinu melek', ja slijedim samo ono što mi se objavljuje." Reci: "Zar su isto slijepac i onaj koji vidi?! Zašto ne razmislite?"
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
Reci: "Ja vam ne kažem: 'U mene su Allahove riznice', niti: 'Ja ono što je čulima nedokučivo znam', niti vam kažem: 'Ja sam uistinu anđeo', ja slijedim samo ono što mi se objavljuje." Reci: "Zar su isto slijepac i onaj koji vidi?! Zašto ne razmislite?"
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Fulfulde · Fulani
Maaku : "Mi wi'ataa on miɗo mari ngaluuji Alla ɗii, mi anndaa kadi ko wirnii, mi wi'ataa on kadi ko mi maleyko. min mi jokkaa si wanaa kon ko wahayinaa e am". Maaku : "Hara bumɗo e yi'oowo fotay? E on miijitotaako?".
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ქართული · Georgian
უთხარი (ო, მოციქულო): «მე არ გეუბნებით, რომ მე მაქვს ალლაჰის საუნჯეები [რომ მე ვმართავ მათ], და არც იმას ვამბობ, რომ ვიცი უხილავი, და არც იმას ვამბობ, რომ მე — ანგელოზი ვარ. მე მხოლოდ მივყვები იმას, რაც მეძლევა გამოცხადებად ალლაჰისგან». თქვი: «ნუთუ თანასწორია ბრმა [ურწმუნო, რომელიც ვერ ხედავს ალლაჰის ნიშნებს] და მხედველი [მორწმუნე]? ნუთუ არ დაფიქრდებით, რათა დაინახოთ ჭეშმარიტება და ირწმუნოთ იგი?»
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Sag: „Ich sage nicht zu euch, ich besäße die Schatzkammern Allahs; und ich kenne auch nicht das Verborgene; und ich sage nicht zu euch, ich sei ein Engel; ich folge nur dem, was mir eingegeben wird.“ Sag: „Sind (etwa) der Blinde und der Sehende gleich? Denkt ihr denn nicht nach?“
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Πες (ω, Μωχάμμαντ, στους ειδωλολάτρες): «Δεν σας λέω ότι έχω τα θησαυροφυλάκια του Αλλάχ, ούτε ξέρω τα αόρατα, ούτε σας λέω ότι είμαι ένας άγγελος. Πράγματι, ακολουθώ μόνο ό,τι μου αποκαλύπτεται.» Πες: «Είναι ίσος ο τυφλός (ο άπιστος που δεν βλέπει την αλήθεια) μ' αυτόν (τον πιστό) που βλέπει (την αλήθεια και πιστεύει σ' αυτή); Μα δεν σκέφτεστε;»
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
(ऐ नबी!) आप कह दें : मैं तुमसे यह नहीं कहता कि मेरे पास अल्लाह के ख़ज़ाने हैं, और न मैं परोक्ष (ग़ैब) का ज्ञान रखता हूँ, और न मैं तुमसे यह कहता हूँ कि मैं कोई फ़रिश्ता हूँ। मैं तो केवल उसी का अनुसरण करता हूँ, जो मेरी ओर वह़्य (प्रकाशना) की जाती है। आप कह दें : क्या अंधा[38] और देखने वाला बराबर होते हैं? तो क्या तुम सोच-विचार नहीं करते?
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Di’: «E non vi dico di avere i tesori di Allāh e non conosco l’Ignoto, e non vi dico che sono un angelo, in verità seguo solo ciò che mi è ispirato». Di’: «Il cieco è uguale al vedente? Ma come, non riflettete?”
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
50. Sakyk (Muchammedai ﷺ ): „Aš nesakau jums, kad su manimi yra Allaho lobiai, nei (to, kad) aš žinau Nematomą, nei sakau jums, kad aš esu angelas. Aš tik seku tuo, kas man apreikšta.“ Sakyk: „Argi aklieji ir tie, kurie mato, vienodi? Argi tada jūs neapmąstysite?“
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.8
Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Jedhi: "Kuusaaleen Rabbii ana bira jira isiniin hin jedhu; waan fagoos hin beeku; ani Maleykaadhas isiniin hin jedhu. Waan gara kiyya buufame malee hin hordofu. Sila jaamaafi ka argu wal qixxaataa? Sila hin xiinxaltanii?" (jedhi).
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.0
Русский · Russian
Скажи: «Я не говорю вам: “У меня есть сокровищницы Аллаха” или “Я знаю сокровенное”, и я не говорю вам, что я — ангел. Я следую не иначе как тому, что мне внушается». Скажи: «Разве равны слепой и зрячий? Неужели вы не поразмыслите?»
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
Реци: „Ја вам не кажем: 'Код мене су Аллахове ризнице', нити: 'Ја знам оно што је чулима недокучиво', нити вам кажем: 'Ја сам заиста анђео', већ ја следим само оно што ми се објављује.“ Реци: „Зар су исто слепац и онај који види?! Зашто не размислите?“
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Sema: Mimi siwaambii kuwa ninazo hazina za Mwenyezi Mungu. Wala sijui mambo yaliyofichikana. Wala siwaambii kuwa mimi ni Malaika. Mimi sifuati isipokuwa yanayofunuliwa kwangu. Sema: Je, wanakuwa sawa, kipofu na mwenye kuona. Basi hamfikirii?
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Säg: ”Jag säger inte till er att Guds skatter finns hos mig, och jag säger inte att jag känner till det fördolda. Inte heller säger jag att jag är en ängel. Jag följer endast det som uppenbaras för mig.” Säg: ”Kan den blinde jämställas med den seende? Ska ni inte tänka efter?”
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
De ki: “Ben size yanımda Allah’ın hazineleri vardır, demiyorum. Ben gaybı da bilmem. Size, şüphesiz ben bir meleğim de demiyorum. Ben, ancak bana vahyolunan (Kur’an) a uyarım.” De ki: “Hiç görmeyenle gören bir olur mu? Hiç düşünmüyor musunuz?”
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
آپ کہہ دیجئے کہ نہ تو میں تم سے یہ کہتا ہوں کہ میرے پاس اللہ کے خزانے ہیں اور نہ میں غیب جانتا ہوں اور نہ میں تم سے یہ کہتا ہوں کہ میں فرشتہ ہوں۔ میں تو صرف جو کچھ میرے پاس وحی آتی ہے اس کی اتباع کرتا ہو[1] ں آپ کہئے کہ اندھا اور بینا کہیں برابر ہوسکتا ہے[2]۔ سو کیا تم غور نہیں کرتے؟
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 We sent the messengers only as bearers of good news and as warners. Those who believe and reform have nothing to fear, nor shall they grieve.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 We send not the messengers save as bearers of good news and warners. Whoso believeth and doeth right, there shall no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve
Edward Henry Palmer1880 We do not send our messengers save as heralds of glad tidings and of warning, and whoso believes and acts aright, there is no fear for them, and they shall not be grieved
John Medows Rodwell1861 We send not our Sent Ones but as heralds of good news and warners; and whoso shall believe and amend, on them shall come no fear, neither shall they be sorrowful
George Sale1734 And We sent not the Messengers but as bearers of glad tidings and as Warners. So those who believe and reform themselves, on them shall come no fear nor shall they grieve
Easy-read (simplified)wa'andhir bihi lladheena yakhaafoona an yuhsharoo ilaa rabbihim laysa lahum min doonihi waliyyun walaa shafee'un la'allahum yattaqoon
DIN 31635waʾanḏir bihi llaḏīna yaḫāfūna ʾan yuḥšarū ʾilā rabbihim laysa lahum min dūnihi waliyyun walā šafīʿun laʿallahum yattaqūna
Talal Itani2012 And warn with it those who fear to be gathered before their Lord-they have no protector or intercessor apart from him-perhaps they will grow in piety.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Warn hereby those who fear (because they know) that they will be gathered unto their Lord, for whom there is no protecting ally nor intercessor beside Him, that they may ward off (evil)
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Admonish therewith those who fear that they shall be gathered unto their Lord; there is no patron for them but Him, and no intercessor; haply they may fear
John Medows Rodwell1861 And warn those who dread their being gathered to their Lord, that patron or intercessor they shall have none but Him, - to the intent that they may fear Him
George Sale1734 And warn thereby those who fear that they shall be gathered to their Lord that they shall have no friend nor intercessor besides Him, so that they may become righteous
Easy-read (simplified)walaa tatrudi lladheena yad'oona rabbahum bil-ghadaati wal-'ashiyyi yureedoona wajhahu maa 'alayka min hisaabihim min shay'in wamaa min hisaabika 'alayhim min shay'in fatatrudahum fatakoona mina z-zaalimeen
DIN 31635walā taṭrudi llaḏīna yadʿūna rabbahum bil-ġadāti wal-ʿašiyyi yurīdūna waǧhahu mā ʿalayka min ḥisābihim min šayʾin wamā min ḥisābika ʿalayhim min šayʾin fataṭrudahum fatakūna mina ẓ-ẓālimīna
Talal Itani2012 And do not drive away those who call upon their Lord, morning and evening, seeking His attention. You are not accountable for them in any way, nor are they accountable for you in any way. If you drive them away, you would be one of the unjust.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Repel not those who call upon their Lord at morn and evening, seeking His Countenance. Thou art not accountable for them in aught, nor are they accountable for thee in aught, that thou shouldst repel them and be of the wrong-doers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Repulse not those who call upon their Lord in the morning and in the evening, desiring His face; they have no reckoning against thee at all, and thou hast no reckoning against them at all;- repulse them and thou wilt be of the unjust
John Medows Rodwell1861 And thrust not thou away those who cry to their Lord at morn and even, craving to behold his face. It is not for thee in anything to judge of their motives, nor for them in anything to judge of thee. If thou thrust them away thou wilt be of the doers of wrong
George Sale1734 And drive not away those who call upon their Lord morning and evening, seeking His pleasure. Thou art not at all accountable for them nor are they accountable for thee. So if thou shouldst drive them away thou wilt be of the unjust
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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
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.67
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.66
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.62
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.58
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.56
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.55
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.53
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.50
Talal Itani · George Sale0.50
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.50
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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.