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And the chiefs of Pharaoh's people said, 'Will ye leave Moses and his people, to do evil in the land, and to leave thee and thy gods?' Said he, 'We will have their sons slain and their women we will let live, for, verily, we are triumphant over them
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Compare translations (4)Talal Itani· published 2012
The chiefs of Pharaoh's people said, "Will you let Moses and his people cause trouble in the land, and forsake you and your gods?" He said, "We will kill their sons, and spare their women. We have absolute power over them."
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
The chiefs of Pharaoh's people said: (OKing), wilt thou suffer Moses and his people to makemischief in the land, and flout thee and thy gods? He said: We will slay their sons and spare their women, for lo! we are in power over them
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
Then said the chiefs of Pharaoh's people - "Wilt thou let Moses and his people go to spread disorders in our land, and desert thee and thy gods?" He said, "We will cause their malechildren to be slain and preserve their femalesalive: and verily we shall be masters over them
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And the chiefs of pharaoh's people said, 'Wilt thou leave Moses and his people to create disorder in the land and forsake thee and thy gods?' He answered, 'We will ruthlessly slay their sons and let their women live. And surely we are dominant over them
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
Paria e popullit të Faraonit thanë: "Mos vallë do ta lësh Musain dhe popullin e tij që të bëjnë turbullira në Tokë e të të braktisin ty dhe zotat e tu?" Ai tha: "Ne do t'ua vrasim djemtë e do t'ua lëmë gjallë gratë, meqë kemi pushtet të plotë mbi ta."
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.
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বাংলা · Bengali
আর ফির‘আউনের সম্প্রদায়ের সভাসদগণ বললো: ‘আপনি কি মূসা ও তার সম্প্রদায়কে ছেড়ে দিবেন, যাতে তারা জমিনে বিপর্যয় সৃষ্টি করে এবং আপনাকে ও আপনার উপাস্যগুলোকে বর্জন করে?’ সে বললো: ‘অচিরেই আমরা তাদের পুত্রসন্তানদেরকে হত্যা করবো, আর তাদের কন্যা সন্তানদেরকে জীবিত রাখবো। আর নিশ্চয় আমরা তাদের ওপর শক্তিধর।’
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
A glavešine naroda faraonovog rekoše: "Zar ćeš ostaviti Musaa i narod njegov da nered po Zemlji prave i da tebe i božanstva tvoja napusti?" On reče: "Ubijat ćemo mušku djecu njihovu, a žensku ćemo im ostavljati u životu; mi, uistinu, vladamo nad njima."
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
A glavešine naroda faraonovog rekoše: "Zar ćeš ostaviti Mojsija i narod njegov da nered po Zemlji prave i da tebe i božanstva tvoja napusti?" On reče: "Ubijat ćemo mušku djecu njihovu, a žensku ćemo im ostavljati u životu; mi, uistinu, vladamo nad njima."
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Mbatu yimɓe Fir'awna ngun mbi'i : "A accat Muusaa e yimɓe mum ɓeen no bonnira ka leydi, o acce an e deweteeɗi maa ɗin?!" o wi'i : "ma min mbar ɓiɗɓe maɓɓe worɓe ɓeen men ngaccita ɓiɗɓe maɓɓe rewɓe ɓeen (nguura). Pellet, minen, e dow maɓɓe ko min foolooɓe".
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
და თქვეს ფარაონის ხალხის დიდებულებმა: «ნუთუ შენ (ო, ფარაონო) დატოვებ მუსას და მის ხალხს, რომ თესონ უკეთურება მიწაზე [ეგვიპტეში], და ის [მუსა] მიგატოვებს შენ და შენს ღმერთებს?» (ფარაონმა) თქვა: «ჩვენ დავხოცავთ მათ ვაჟებს და დავტოვებთ მათ ქალებს ცოცხლად. და მართლაც, ჩვენ მათზე ძალაუფლება გვაქვს!»
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Die führende Schar aus dem Volk Fir'auns sagte: „Willst du zulassen, dass Musa und sein Volk auf der Erde Unheil stiften und dass er dich und deine Gottheiten verlässt?“ Er sagte: „Wir werden ihre Söhne allesamt töten und (nur) ihre Frauen am Leben lassen. Und wir sind gewiss Bezwinger über sie.“
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
Οι αρχηγοί από τον λαό του Φαραώ είπαν: «Θα αφήσεις τον Μωυσή και τον λαό του να σκορπίζουν το κακό στη γη και να εγκαταλείψει (ο Μωυσής) εσένα και τους θεούς σου (και να καλεί προς τη λατρεία του Αλλάχ);» Είπε (ο Φαραώ): «Θα σκοτώσουμε τους γιους τους (των παιδιών του Ισραήλ) και θα αφήσουμε τις γυναίκες τους ζωντανές (για να μας υπηρετήσουν), και πράγματι, έχουμε τη δύναμη πάνω τους για να τους υποτάξουμε.»
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
और फ़िरऔन की जाति के प्रमुखों ने (उससे) कहा : क्या तुम मूसा और उसकी जाति को छोड़े रखोगे कि वे देश में बिगाड़ फैलाएँ तथा तुम्हें और तुम्हारे पूज्यों[43] को छोड़ दें? उसने कहा : हम उनके बेटों को बुरी तरह क़त्ल करेंगे और उनकी स्त्रियों को जीवित रखेंगे। निश्चय हम उनपर पूर्ण नियंत्रण रखने वाले हैं।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
E dissero i cortigiani del popolo del Faraone: «Tu lasci andare Mūsā e il suo popolo per portare corruzione in terra, abbandonando te e le tue divinità?» Disse: «Uccideremo i loro figli e manterremo in vita le loro donne! E in verità noi abbiamo il dominio su di loro!»
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
127. Firauno (Faraono) žmonių vadai sakė: „Ar paliksi Mūsą (Mozę) ir jo žmones skleisti piktadarybes žemėje ir apleisti tave ir tavo dievus?“ Jis tarė: „Mes žudysime jų sūnus ir leisime gyventi jų moterims, ir mes, iš tiesų, turime nenugalimą jėgą prieš juos.“
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.8
Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Ummata Fir’awna irraas qondaalonni nijedhan "sila ati Muusaafi ummata isaa akka dachii keessa balleessaniif dhiiftaa? (Muusaan) sihiifi gabbaramtoota keetis akka dhiisuuf (isaan) (dhiiftaa?)". (fir'awna) ni jedhe: "Nuti ilmaan dhiiraa isaanii ni ajjeefna, Dubartoota isaanii immoo ni jiraachifna, (nidhiifna). nuti isaan irratti moo’attoota."
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Русский · Russian
Знать из народа Фараона сказала: «Неужели ты оставишь Мусу и его народ, чтобы они творили беззаконие на земле, а он оставил тебя и твоих богов?» Он сказал: «Мы будем убивать их сынов и оставлять в живых их женщин. Воистину, мы властны над ними».
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
А главешине фараоновог народа рекоше: „Зар ћеш да оставиш Мојсија и његов народ да неред по Земљи прави и да тебе и божанства твоја напусти?“ Он рече: „Убијаћемо њихову мушку децу, а женску ћемо да им остављамо у животу; ми, уистину, владамо над њима.“
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
Na wakasema waheshimiwa kutoka kwa kaumu ya Firauni: Je, unamuacha Musa na kaumu yake ili wafanye uharibifu katika ardhi na akuache wewe na miungu yako? Akasema: Tutawaua sana wavulana wao, na tuwaache hai wanawake wao. Na bila ya shaka sisi ni wenye nguvu juu yao.
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Svenska · Swedish
Ledarskapet i Faraos folk sa: ”Ska du låta Mose och hans folk sprida fördärv i landet och överge dig och dina gudar?” Han svarade: ”Vi ska döda deras söner och låta deras döttrar leva; vi har dem fullständigt i vårt grepp!”
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
Firavun kavminden ileri gelen kesim: "Mûsâ’yı ve kavmini yeryüzünde bozgunculuk etsinler, seni ve senin ilahlarını terk etsinler diye mi bırakacaksın?" dediler. Firavun: "Onların erkek çocuklarını öldürürüz. Kadınlarını da sağ bırakırız. Biz, onlar üzerinde tam bir hakimiyet sahibiyiz." dedi.
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اردو · Urdu
اور قوم فرعون کے سرداروں نے کہا کہ کیا آپ موسیٰ (علیہ السلام) اور ان کی قوم کو یوں ہی رہنے دیں گے کہ وه ملک میں فساد کرتے پھریں[1] ، اور وه آپ کو اور آپ کے معبودوں کو ترک کئے رہیں[2]۔ فرعون نے کہا کہ ہم ابھی ان لوگوں کے بیٹوں کو قتل کرنا شروع کر دیں گے اور عورتوں کو زنده رہنے دیں گے اور ہم کو ان پر ہر طرح کا زور ہے۔[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.
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Talal Itani2012 "You are taking vengeance on us only because we have believed in the signs of our Lord when they have come to us." "Our Lord! Pour out patience upon us, and receive our souls in submission."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Thou takest vengeance on us only forasmuch as we believed the tokens of our Lord when they came unto us. Our Lord! Vouchsafe unto us steadfastness and make us die as men who have surrendered (unto Thee)
Edward Henry Palmer1880 nor dost thou take vengeance on us, save for that we believe in the signs of our Lord, when they come to us. 'O our Lord! pour out upon us patience, and take us to Thyself resigned
John Medows Rodwell1861 And thou takest vengeance on us only because we have believed on the signs of our Lord when they came to us. Lord! pour out constancy upon us, and cause us to die Muslims
George Sale1734 And thou does not wreck vengeance on us but because we have believed in the Signs of our Lord, when they came to us. Our Lord, pour forth upon us steadfastness and cause us to die resigned unto Thee
Easy-read (simplified)qaala moosaa liqawmihi sta'eenoo billaahi wasbiroo inna l-'arda lillaahi yoorithuhaa man yashaa'u min 'ibaadihi wal-'aaqibatu lilmuttaqeen
DIN 31635qāla mūsā liqawmihi staʿīnū billāhi waṣbirū ʾinna l-ʾarḍa lillāhi yūriṯuhā man yašāʾu min ʿibādihi wal-ʿāqibatu lilmuttaqīna
Talal Itani2012 Moses said to his people, "Seek help in God, and be patient. The earth belongs to God. He gives it in inheritance to whomever He wills of His servants, and the future belongs to the righteous."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And Moses said unto his people: Seek help in Allah and endure. Lo! the earth is Allah's. He giveth it for an inheritance to whom He will. And lo! the sequel is for those who keep their duty (unto Him)
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Said Moses unto his people, 'Ask for aid from God and be patient; verily, the earth is God's! He gives it for an inheritance to whom He pleases of His servants, and the future is for those who fear
John Medows Rodwell1861 Said Moses to his people, "Cry unto God for help, and bear up patiently, for the earth is God's: to such of His servants as He pleaseth doth He give it as a heritage; and for those that fear Him is a happy issue
George Sale1734 Moses said to his people, 'Seek help from God and be steadfast. Verily the earth is God's; He gives it as a heritage to whomsoever He pleases of His servants and the good end is for the God-fearing
Talal Itani2012 They said, "We were persecuted before you came to us, and after you came to us." He said, "Perhaps your Lord will destroy your enemy, and make you successors in the land; then He will see how you behave."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 They said: We suffered hurt before thou camest unto us, and since thou hast come unto us. He said: It may be that your Lord is going to destroy your adversary and make you viceroys in the earth, that He may see how ye behave
Edward Henry Palmer1880 They said, 'We have been hurt before thou didst come to us, and since thou hast come to us.' Said he, 'It may be that your Lord will destroy your foe, and will make you succeed him in the earth; and He will see how ye act
John Medows Rodwell1861 We have been oppressed," they said, "before thou camest to us, and since thou hast been with us:" "Perhaps," said he, "your Lord will destroy your enemy, and will make you his successors in the land, and He will see how ye will act therein
George Sale1734 They replied, 'We were persecuted before thou camest to us and even after thou camest to us.' He said, 'Your Lord is about to destroy your enemy and make you rulers in the land, that He may see how you act
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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
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.62
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.60
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.58
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.56
Talal Itani · George Sale0.54
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.53
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.52
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.50
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.48
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.40
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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.