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Talal Itani· published 2012
Then, when he saw the sun rising, he said, "This is my lord, this is bigger." But when it set, he said, "O my people, I am innocent of your idolatry.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
And when he saw the sun uprising, he cried: This is my Lord! This is greater! And when it set he exclaimed: O my people! Lo! I am free from all that ye associate (with Him)
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 when he saw the sun beginning to rise he said, 'This is my Lord, this is greatest of all;' but when it set he said, 'O my people! verily, I am clear of what ye associate with God
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And when he beheld the sun uprise, he said, "This is my Lord; this is greatest." But when it set, he said, "O my people! I share not with you the guilt of joining gods with God
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And when he saw the sun rise with spreadinglight, he said, 'Can this be my Lord? This is the greatest.' But when it also set, he said, 'O my people! surely I am quit of that which you associate with God
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
Kur pa Diellin duke lindur, tha: "Ky është zoti im! Ky qenka më i madh!" Mirëpo, kur perëndoi, tha: "O populli im, unë jam i pastër nga gjithçka që i shoqëroni Allahut (në adhurim).
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
বাংলা · Bengali
অতঃপর যখন সে সূর্যকে উজ্জ্বলরূপে উদীয়মান দেখলো, বললো: ‘এই আমার রব, এটি সবচেয়ে বড়।’ পরে যখন তা অস্তমিত হয়ে গেলো, তখন সে বললো: ‘হে আমার জাতি, তোমরা যা শরীক করো, নিশ্চয় আমি তা থেকে সম্পূর্ণরূপে মুক্ত।’
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Bosanski · Bosnian
A kad ugleda Sunce kako se rađa, on uzviknu: "Ovo je Gospodar moj, ovo je veće!" A pošto zađe, on reče: "Narode moj, ja zaista nemam ništa s time što vi Njemu pridružujete!
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Hrvatski · Croatian
A kad ugleda Sunce kako se rađa, on uzviknu: "Ovo je Gospodar moj, ovo je veće!" A pošto zađe, on reče: "Narode moj, ja zaista nemam ništa s time što vi Njemu pridružujete!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Fulfulde · Fulani
Nde o yinoo naange ngen no jalbi, o maaki : "Ngee ɗoo ko joomi am! Ko ngee ɗoo ɓuri mawnude" ɓaawo nge mutii, o maaki : "Ko onon yo yimɓe am, min ko mi kisɗo e kon ko cikoton".
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ქართული · Georgian
როდესაც მან — იბრაჰიმმა — დაინახა ამომავალი მზე, უთხრა თავის ხალხს: «(თქვენი თქმით) ეს არის ჩემი უფალი, რადგან ის უფრო დიდია (სხვებზე)?!» და როდესაც ის ჩაესვენა, თქვა: «ო, ჩემო ხალხო! მე სრულიად განვშორდი იმას, რასაც თქვენ ალლაჰს უთანაზიარებთ».
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Als er dann die Sonne aufgehen sah, sagte er: „Das ist mein Herr. Das ist größer.“ Als sie aber unterging, sagte er: „O mein Volk, ich sage mich fürwahr von dem los, was ihr (Ihm) beigesellt.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Όταν είδε τον ήλιο να ανατέλλει, είπε: «Αυτός είναι ο κύριός μου, είναι μεγαλύτερος (απ’ όλα τα προηγούμενα).» Όταν όμως (ο ήλιος) έδυσε, είπε: «Ω, λαέ μου! Αρνούμαι ό,τι αποδίδετε από εταίρους στον Αλλάχ στη λατρεία.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
फिर जब उसने सूर्य को चमकता हुआ देखा, तो कहा : यह मेरा पालनहार है। यह सबसे बड़ा है। फिर जब वह (भी) डूब गया, तो कहने लगे : ऐ मेरी जाति के लोगो! निःसंदेह मैं उससे बरी हूँ, जो तुम (अल्लाह के साथ) साझी बनाते हो।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
E quando vide il sole sorgere sull’orizzonte, disse: «Questo è il mio Dio! Questo è più grande!” Ma quando tramontò, disse: «O popolo mio, in verità io sono lontano da ciò che voi associate (al Creatore)!
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
78. Kai jis pamatė kylančią saulę, jis tarė: „Tai mano viešpats. Tai didingiau.“ Tačiau kai ji nusileido, jis tarė: „Mano žmonės, aš iš tiesų nepriklausau nuo to, ką jūs priskiriate partneriais (Allahui garbinime).
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Русский · Russian
А когда он увидел солнце восходящим, он сказал: «Это — мой Господь, ибо оно больше!» Когда же оно зашло, он сказал: «О народ мой! Воистину, я непричастен к тому, что вы придаёте Аллаху в сотоварищи.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
А кад угледа Сунце како се рађа, он узвикну: „Ово је мој Господар, ово је веће!“ А пошто зађе, он рече: „Народе мој, ја заиста немам ништа са тиме што ви Њему придружујете!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Na alipoliona jua linachomoza, akasema: 'Huyu ndiye Mola wangu Mlezi. Huyu ni mkubwa zaidi.' Na lilipotua, akasema: Enyi kaumu yangu! Mimi niko mbali sana na hayo mnayoshirikisha.
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Svenska · Swedish
Och när han såg solen gå upp sa han: ”Detta är min Herre – denna är större!” Men när den försvann sa han: ”Mitt folk! Jag tar helt avstånd från ert avguderi.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
Güneşi doğarken görünce de: “İşte benim Rabbim! Bu daha büyük” dedi. O da batınca (kavmine dönüp), “Ey kavmim! Ben sizin Allah’a ortak koştuğunuz şeylerden uzağım.” dedi.
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اردو · Urdu
پھر جب آفتاب کو دیکھا چمکتا ہوا تو فرمایا کہ[1] یہ میرا رب ہے یہ تو سب سے بڑا ہے پھر جب وه بھی غروب ہوگیا تو آپ نے فرمایا بےشک میں تمہارے شرک سے بیزار ہوں۔[2]
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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Talal Itani2012 When the night fell over him, he saw a planet. He said, "This is my lord." But when it set, he said, "I do not love those that set."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 When the night grew dark upon him he beheld a star. He said: This is my Lord. But when it set, he said: I love not things that set
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And when the night overshadowed him he saw a star and said, 'This is my Lord;' but when it set he said, 'I love not those that set
John Medows Rodwell1861 And when the night overshadowed him, he beheld a star. "This," said he, "is my Lord:" but when it set, he said, "I love not gods which set
George Sale1734 And when the night darkened upon him, he saw a star. He said, 'Can this be my Lord?' But when it set, he said, I like not those that set
DIN 31635falammā raʾā l-qamara bāziġan qāla hāḏā rabbī falammā ʾafala qāla laʾin lam yahdinī rabbī laʾakūnanna mina l-qawmi ḍ-ḍāllīna
Talal Itani2012 Then, when he saw the moon rising, he said, "This is my lord." But when it set, he said, "If my Lord does not guide me, I will be one of the erring people."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And when he saw the moon uprising, he exclaimed: This is my Lord. But when it set, he said: Unless my Lord guide me, I surely shall become one of the folk who are astray
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And when he saw the moon beginning to rise he said, 'This is my Lord;' but when it set he said, 'If God my Lord guides me not I shall surely be of the people who err
John Medows Rodwell1861 And when he beheld the moon uprising, "This," said he, "is my Lord:" but when it set, he said, "Surely, if my Lord guide me not, I shall surely be of those who go astray
George Sale1734 And when he saw the moon rise with spreading light, he said, 'Can this be my lord?' But when it set, he said, 'If my Lord guide me not, I shall surely be of the people who go astray
DIN 31635ʾinnī waǧǧahtu waǧhiya lillaḏī faṭara s-samāwāti wal-ʾarḍa ḥanīfan wamā ʾanā mina l-mušrikīna
Talal Itani2012 I have directed my attention towards Him Who created the heavens and the earth-a monotheist-and I am not of the idolaters."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Lo! I have turned my face toward Him Who created the heavens and the earth, as one by nature upright, and I am not of the idolaters
Edward Henry Palmer1880 verily, I have turned my face to him who originated the heaven and the earth, as a 'Hanif, and I am not of the idolaters
John Medows Rodwell1861 I turn my face to him who hath created the Heavens and the Earth, following the right religion: I am not one of those who add gods to God
George Sale1734 I have turned my face toward Him Who created the heavens and the earth, being ever inclined to God, and I am not of those who associate gods with Him
Talal Itani2012 And his people argued with him. He said, "Do you argue with me about God, when He has guided me? I do not fear what you associate with Him, unless my Lord wills it. My Lord comprehends all things in knowledge. Will you not reconsider?
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 His people argued with him. He said: Dispute ye with me concerning Allah when He hath guided me? I fear not at all that which ye set up beside Him unless my Lord willeth aught. My Lord includeth all things in His knowledge. Will ye not then remember
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And his people disputed with him;- he said, 'Do ye dispute with me concerning God, when He has guided me? but I fear not what ye associate with Him unless my Lord should wish for anything. My Lord doth comprehend all things in His knowledge, will ye not then remember
John Medows Rodwell1861 And his people disputed with him. - He said: "Dispute ye with me about God, when He hath guided me? And I fear not the deities whom ye join with Him, for only by the will of my Lord have they any power: My Lord embraceth all things in His knowledge. Will ye not then consider
George Sale1734 And his people argued with him. He said, 'Do you argue with me concerning God when He has guided me aright? And I fear not that which you associate with HIM' except that I fear what my Lord wills. My Lord comprehends all things in His knowledge. Will you not them be admonished
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 —
0.56 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 · John Medows Rodwell0.64
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.61
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.61
Talal Itani · George Sale0.60
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.57
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.56
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.56
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.55
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.53
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.42
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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.