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Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Then, after them, We sent Moses with our tokens unto Pharaoh and his chiefs, but they repelled them. Now, see the nature of the consequence for the corrupters
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
Then we raised up after them Moses with our signs to Pharaoh and his chiefs; but they dealt unjustly therewith, and see what was the end of the evildoers
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Then after them we sent Moses with our signs to Pharaoh and his nobles, who acted unjustly in their regard. But see what was the end of the corruptdoers
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Then, after them, We sent Moses with Our Signs to Pharaoh and his chiefs, but they unjustly rejected them. Behold, then, what was the end of those who createddisorder
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
Pastaj, pas tyre dërguam Musain me provat Tona te Faraoni dhe paria e tij, por ata i mohuan ato. Shih pra si ishte fundi i shkatërrimtarëve!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
বাংলা · Bengali
অতঃপর আমি তাদের পরে মূসাকে আমার নিদর্শনসহ ফির’আউন ও তার সভাসদদের কাছে প্রেরণ করেছি; কিন্তু তারা সেগুলোর সাথে যুলম করেছে।(২৩) সুতরাং বিপর্যয় সৃষ্টিকারীদের পরিণতি কি হয়েছিল তা তুমি লক্ষ্য করো।
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.2
Bosanski · Bosnian
Zatim smo, poslije njih, poslali Musaa sa dokazima Našim faraonu i glavešinama njegovim, ali oni u njih nisu povjerovali, pa pogledaj kako su skončali oni koji su nered činili.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4
Hrvatski · Croatian
Zatim smo, poslije njih, poslali Mojsija sa dokazima Našim faraonu i glavešinama njegovim, ali oni u njih nisu povjerovali, pa pogledaj kako su skončali oni koji su nered činili.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Fulfulde · Fulani
Refti minn Nulidi ɓaawo maɓɓe Muusaa e Maandeeji amen ɗin haa e Fir'awna e mbatu mu'um, ɓe yeddi ɗi. Ndaaru ko honno battane bonnooɓe ɓeen laatornoo.
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ქართული · Georgian
შემდეგ გავგზავნეთ მათ შემდეგ მუსა ჩვენი ნიშნებით ფარაონთან და მის დიდებულებთან, მაგრამ მათ [ფარაონმა და მისმა მიმდევრებმა] უსამართლოდ მოექცნენ მათ. მაშ, შეხედე (ო, მოციქულო), როგორი იყო დასასრული მათთვის, ვინც ავრცელებდნენ უკეთურებას (მიწაზე)!
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Deutsch · German
Hierauf schickten Wir nach ihnen Musa mit Unseren Zeichen zu Fir'aun und seiner führenden Schar, doch sie handelten unrecht an ihnen. So schau nun, wie das Ende der Unheilstifter war!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Έπειτα στείλαμε μετά απ' αυτούς, τον Μωυσή με τα Σημάδιά Μας στον Φαραώ και τους αρχηγούς του λαού του, αλλά αυτοί αδίκως τα αρνήθηκαν. Κοίτα, λοιπόν, (ω, Μωχάμμαντ) πως ήταν το τέλος εκείνων που σκόρπιζαν το κακό!
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हिन्दी · Hindi
फिर उन (रसूलों) के बाद, हमने मूसा को अपनी आयतों (चमत्कारों) के साथ फ़िरऔन[40] और उसके प्रमुखों के पास भेजा। तो उन्होंने उन (आयतों) के साथ अन्याय किया। तो देख लो कि बिगाड़ पैदा करने वालों का परिणाम कैसा हुआ?
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Poi abbiamo inviato dopo di loro Mūsā, con i Nostri segni, al Faraone e la sua corte, ma li negarono; osserva quale fu la fine dei corruttori!
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
103. Tada po jų Mes siuntėme Mūsą (Mozę) su Mūsų Ženklais Firaunui (Faraonui) ir jo vadams, tačiau jie klaidingai atmetė juos. Taigi pažiūrėkite, kokia buvo Mufsidūn (nesantaikos kėlėjų, ištvirkėlių) pabaiga.
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Русский · Russian
Затем, после них, Мы отправили Мусу с Нашими знамениями к Фараону и его знати, но те поступили с ними несправедливо. Так посмотри же, каков был итог творивших беззаконие.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
Затим смо, после њих, послали Мојсија са Нашим речима и доказима фараону и његовим главешинама, али они у њих нису поверовали, па погледај како су скончали они који су неред чинили.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Kisha tukamtuma baada yao Musa na Ishara zetu kwa Firauni na waheshimiwa wake. Nao wakazifanyia dhuluma. Basi tazama namna ulivyokuwa mwisho wa waharibifu.
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Svenska · Swedish
Sedan, efter dem, sände vi Mose med våra tecken till Farao och hans folk, men de förkastade dem. Se hur det slutade för de som spred fördärv!
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Türkçe · Turkish
Sonra onların ardından Mûsâ’yı, apaçık mucizelerimizle Firavun’a ve onun ileri gelen adamlarına peygamber olarak gönderdik de onlara (mucizelere karşı) zalimlik ettiler. Bak, bozguncuların sonu nasıl oldu.
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اردو · Urdu
پھر ان کے بعد ہم نے موسیٰ (علیہ السلام) کو اپنے دﻻئل دے کر فرعون اور اس کے امرا کے پاس بھیجا[1] ، مگر ان لوگوں نے ان کا بالکل حق ادا نہ کیا۔ سو دیکھئے ان مفسدوں کا کیا انجام ہوا؟[2]
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DIN 31635tilka l-qurā naquṣṣu ʿalayka min ʾanbāʾihā walaqad ǧāʾathum rusuluhum bil-bayyināti famā kānū liyuʾminū bimā kaḏḏabū min qablu kaḏālika yaṭbaʿu llāhu ʿalā qulūbi l-kāfirīna
Talal Itani2012 These towns-We narrate to you some of their tales. Their messengers came to them with the clear signs, but they would not believe in what they had rejected previously. Thus God seals the hearts of the disbelievers.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Such were the townships. We relate some tidings of them unto thee (Muhammad). Their messengers verily came unto them with clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty), but they could not believe because they had before denied. Thus doth Allah print upon the hearts of disbelievers (that they hear not)
Edward Henry Palmer1880 These cities, we do relate to thee their stories. There came to them our apostles with manifest signs; but they did not at all believe in what they called a lie before.- Thus doth God set a stamp upon the hearts of those who misbelieve
John Medows Rodwell1861 We will tell thee the stories of these cities. Their apostles came to them with clear proofs of their mission; but they would not believe in what they had before treated as imposture. - Thus doth God seal up the hearts of the unbelievers
George Sale1734 Such were the towns some of whose news We have related to thee. And verily the Messengers came to them with clear Signs. But they would not believe what they had rejected before. Thus does God seal up the hearts of the disbelievers
Easy-read (simplified)haqeequn 'alaa an laa aqoola 'alaa llaahi illaa l-haqqa qad ji'tukum bibayyinatin min rabbikum fa'arsil ma'iya banee israa'eel
DIN 31635ḥaqīqun ʿalā ʾan lā ʾaqūla ʿalā llāhi ʾillā l-ḥaqqa qad ǧiʾtukum bibayyinatin min rabbikum faʾarsil maʿiya banī ʾisrāʾīla
Talal Itani2012 "It is only proper that I should not say about God anything other than the truth. I have come to you with clear evidence from your Lord, so let the Children of Israel go with me."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Approved upon condition that I speak concerning Allah nothing but the truth. I come unto you (lords of Egypt) with a clear proof from your Lord. So let the Children of Israel go with me
Edward Henry Palmer1880 it is not right for me to speak against God aught but the truth. I have come to you with a manifest sign from my Lord; send then the children of Israel with me
John Medows Rodwell1861 Nothing but truth is it right for me to speak of God. Now am I come to you from your Lord with a proof of my mission; send away, therefore, the children of Israel with me
George Sale1734 It is not right that I should say anything of God except the truth. I have come to you with a clear Sign from your Lord; therefore, let the children of Israel go with me
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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 · John Medows Rodwell0.62
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.57
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.56
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.56
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.55
Talal Itani · George Sale0.50
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.48
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.44
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.42
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.38
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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.