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And when We shook the Mount above them as it were a covering, and they supposed that it was going to fall upon them (and We said): Hold fast that which We have given you, and remember that which is therein, that ye may ward off (evil)
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
Compare translations (4)Talal Itani· published 2012
And when We suspended the mountain over them, as if it was an umbrella, and they thought it would fall on them: "Hold fast to what We have given you, and remember what it contains, so that you may be saved."
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
And when we shook the mountain over them, as though it were a shadow, and they thought it would fall upon them (saying), 'Take ye what we have given you with firmness, and remember what is therein; haply ye may fear
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Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And when we shook the mount over them as if it had been a shadow, and they thought it falling upon them, . . . "Receive, said we, with steadfastness what we have brought you, and remember what is therein to the end that ye may fear God
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And when We shook the mountain over them as though it were a covering and they thought it was going to fall on them, We said, 'Hold fast that which We have given you and remember what is therein that you may guard against evil
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
Kujtoni kur e ngritëm malin mbi ta, sikur të ishte një re e errët, saqë menduan se do t'u binte përmbi dhe u thamë: "Mbajeni fort atë që jua dhamë (Teuratin) dhe kujtoni atë që përmban ai, në mënyrë që të bëheni të devotshëm."
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
আর স্মরণ করো, যখন আমি তাদের ওপর পাহাড় তুলে ধরলাম, যেন তা একখণ্ড মেঘ এবং তারা মনে করল যে, নিশ্চয় তা তাদের ওপর ভেঙ্গে পড়বে। ‘আমি তোমাদের যা দিয়েছি, তা শক্তভাবে ধরো এবং তাতে যা আছে, তা স্মরণ করো। আশা করা যায়, তোমরা তাকওয়াবান হতে পারবে।’
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 kada smo iznad njih brdo podigli – činilo se kao oblak – oni su bili uvjereni da će na njih pasti. Prihvatite snažno ono što smo vam dali i neka vam je na umu ono što je u njemu – da biste bogobojazni bili.
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 kada smo iznad njih brdo podigli – činilo se kao oblak – oni su bili uvjereni da će na njih pasti. Prihvatite snažno ono što smo vam dali i neka vam je na umu ono što je u njemu – da biste bogobojazni bili.
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.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Siftor tuma nde min ɓorunoo fello ngon senngo dow maɓɓe, a sikkat ko ngo ɗowdi.ɓe pelliti ngo yanat e maɓɓe. "njogitoree ko min ngokki on kon doole, jaŋtee ko woni e mayre, mbelejo'o, on kulon Alla".
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
۞ და აი აღვმართეთ ჩვენ მათზე [ისრაელის შთამომავლებზე] მთა, თითქოს ღრუბელი, და მათ ეგონათ, რომ ის დაეცემოდა მათზე (თუ ისინი თორას კანონებს არ მიიღებდნენ). მიიღეთ ის, რაც ჩვენ მოგიტანეთ, მტკიცედ და გახსოვდეთ, რაც მასშია [თორაში], — რათა თქვენ იყოთ ღვთის სასჯელისგან დაცულნი!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Und (gedenke,) als Wir den Berg über sie heraushoben, als wäre er ein Schattendach, und sie glaubten, er würde auf sie fallen (und Wir sagten): „Nehmt das (fest an euch), was Wir euch gegeben haben, und gedenkt dessen, was es enthält, auf dass ihr (Allah) fürchten möget!“
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Και (ανάφερε, ω, Μωχάμμαντ) όταν υψώσαμε από πάνω τους το όρος (Σινά) (ως προειδοποίηση όταν αρνήθηκαν να δεχτούν αυτό που υπάρχει στην Τορά), σαν να ήταν (το όρος) ένα σκοτεινό σύννεφο, και κατάλαβαν ότι θα έπεφτε πάνω τους. (Και είπαμε): «Τηρείτε δυνατά αυτό (το Βιβλίο -την Τορά-) που σας δώσαμε, και θυμηθείτε αυτό που βρίσκεται μέσα του (από διδασκαλίες και κανόνες) μήπως και (μέσω αυτού) φυλαχθείτε (από την τιμωρία του Αλλάχ).»
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
और जब हमने उनके ऊपर पर्वत को इस तरह उठा लिया, जैसे वह एक छतरी हो, और उन्हें विश्वास हो गया कि वह उनपर गिरने वाला है। (तथा यह आदेश दिया कि) जो (पुस्तक) हमने तुम्हें प्रदान की है, उसे मज़बूती से थाम लो तथा उसमें जो कुछ है, उसे याद रखो, ताकि तुम परहेज़गार हो जाओ।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
E quando sollevammo su di loro il Monte Ţūr come un’ombra, e credettero che stesse per cadere su di loro: “Prendete ciò che vi abbiamo concesso di viva forza e ricordate ciò che racchiude, perché siate devoti!”
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
171. Ir (atminkite) kai Mes pakėlėme kalną virš jų taip, lyg jis būtų baldakimas, ir jie galvojo, kad jis užgrius ant jų. (Mes tarėme): „Tvirtai laikykitės to, ką Mes jums davėme [t. y. Taurato (Toros)], ir prisiminkite tai, kas ten yra (elkitės pagal jo nurodymus) tam, kad bijotumėte Allaho ir paklustumėte Jam.“
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.
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
И вот Мы вознесли над ними гору, словно тучу, и они подумали, что она обрушится на них. [И Мы сказали:] «Возьмите с твёрдой решимостью то, что Мы даровали вам, и помните то, что в нём, — быть может, вы будете богобоязненны».
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
А када смо изнад њих подигли брдо, чинило се као облак, они су били уверени да ће на њих да падне. Прихватите снажно оно што смо вам дали, и нека вам је на уму оно што је у томе - да бисте се сачували!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Na pale tulipounyanyua mlima juu yao ukawa kama kwamba ni kiwingu kilichowafunika, na wakadhani kuwa utawaangukia, (tukawaambia): Chukueni yale tuliyowapa kwa nguvu, na yakumbukeni yaliyo ndani yake ili mche.
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Svenska · Swedish
Och kom ihåg när vi lyfte berget över dem som om det vore ett molntäcke och de var övertygade om att det skulle falla ned över dem: ”Håll med kraft fast vid det vi gett er och minns dess innehåll, för att ni ska bli gudfruktiga!”
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
Hani dağı sanki bir gölgelikmiş gibi onların üstüne kaldırmıştık da üzerlerine düşecek sanmışlardı. (Onlara:) “Size verdiğimiz kitaba sımsıkı sarılın ve onun içindekileri hatırlayın ki, Allah’a karşı gelmekten sakınasınız.” demiştik.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
اور وه وقت بھی قابل ذکر ہے جب ہم نے پہاڑ کو اٹھا کر سائبان کی طرح ان کے اوپر معلق کر دیا اور ان کو یقین ہوگیا کہ اب ان پر گرا اور کہا کہ جو کتاب ہم نے تم کو دی ہے اسے مضبوطی کے ساتھ قبول کرو اور یاد رکھو جو احکام اس میں ہیں اس سے توقع ہے کہ تم متقی بن جاؤ۔[1]
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 They were succeeded by generations who inherited the Scripture and chose the materials of this world, saying, "We will be forgiven." And should similar materials come their way, they would again seize them. Did they not make a covenant to uphold the Scripture, and to not say about God except the truth? Did they not study its contents? But the Home of the Hereafter is better for the cautious; will you not understand?
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And a generation hath succeeded them who inherited the scriptures. They grasp the goods of this low life (as the price of evil-doing) and say: It will be forgiven us. And if there came to them (again) the offer of the like, they would accept it (and would sin again). Hath not the covenant of the Scripture been taken on their behalf that they should not speak aught concerning Allah save the truth? And they have studied that which is therein. And the abode of the Hereafter is better, for those who ward off (evil). Have ye then no sense
Edward Henry Palmer1880 But there succeeded them successors who inherited the Book! They take the goods of this lower world and say, 'It will be forgiven us.' But if the like goods came to them they would take them too! Was there not taken from them a covenant by the Book, that they should not say against God aught but the truth? Yet they study therein! But the abode of the future life is better for those who fear - do ye not then understand
John Medows Rodwell1861 And they have had successors to succeed them: they have inherited the Book: they have received the passing good things of this lower world, and say, "It will be forgiven us." Yet if the like good things came to them again, they would again receive them. But hath there not been received on their part a covenant through the Scripture that they should speak nought of God but the truth? And yet they study its contents. But the mansion of the next world hath more value for those who fear God - Do ye not then comprehend
George Sale1734 Then there came after them an evil generation who inherited the Book. They take the paltry goods of this low world and say, 'It will be forgiven us.' But if there came to them similar goods again, they would take them. Was not the covenant of the Book taken from them, that they would not say of God anything but the truth? And they have studied what is therein. And the abode of the Hereafter is better for those who are righteous. Will you not then understand
Talal Itani2012 Those who adhere to the Scripture, and practice prayer-We will not waste the reward of the reformers.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And as for those who make (men) keep the Scripture, and establish worship - lo! We squander not the wages of reformers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 But those who hold fast by the Book and are steadfast in prayer - verily, we will not waste the hire of those who do right
John Medows Rodwell1861 And who hold fast the Book, and observe prayer: verily, we will not suffer the reward of the righteous to perish
George Sale1734 And as for those who hold fast by the Book and observe Prayer, surely, We suffer not the reward of the righteous to perish
Easy-read (simplified)wa'idh akhadha rabbuka min banee aadama min zuhoorihim dhurriyyatahum wa'ashhadahum 'alaa anfusihim alastu birabbikum qaaloo balaa shahidnaa an taqooloo yawma l-qiyaamati innaa kunnaa 'an haadhaa ghaafileen
DIN 31635waʾiḏ ʾaḫaḏa rabbuka min banī ʾādama min ẓuhūrihim ḏurriyyatahum waʾašhadahum ʿalā ʾanfusihim ʾalastu birabbikum qālū balā šahidnā ʾan taqūlū yawma l-qiyāmati ʾinnā kunnā ʿan hāḏā ġāfilīna
Talal Itani2012 And when Your Lord summoned the descendants of Adam, and made them testify about themselves. "Am I not your Lord?" They said, "Yes, we testify." Thus you cannot say on the Day of Resurrection, "We were unaware of this."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And (remember) when thy Lord brought forth from the Children of Adam, from their reins, their seed, and made them testify of themselves, (saying): Am I not your Lord? They said: Yea, verily. We testify. (That was) lest ye should say at the Day of Resurrection: Lo! of this we were unaware
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And when thy Lord took from the children of Adam out of their loins their seed, and made them bear witness against themselves, ' Am I not your Lord?' They said, 'Yea! we do bear witness' - lest ye should say on the day of resurrection, 'Verily, for this we did not care
John Medows Rodwell1861 And when thy Lord brought forth their descendants from the reins of the sons of Adam and took them to witness against themselves, "Am I not," said He, "your Lord?" They said, "Yes, we witness it." This we did, lest ye should say on the day of Resurrection, "Truly, of this were we heedless, because uninformed
George Sale1734 And remember when thy Lord brought forth from Adam's children -- out of their loins -- their offspring and made them to bear witness against their ownselves saying, 'Yea, we do bear witness.' This He did lest you should say on the Day of Resurrection, 'We were surely unaware of this
Easy-read (simplified)aw taqooloo innamaa ashraka aabaa'unaa min qablu wakunnaa dhurriyyatan min ba'dihim afatuhlikunaa bimaa fa'ala l-mubtiloon
DIN 31635ʾaw taqūlū ʾinnamā ʾašraka ʾābāʾunā min qablu wakunnā ḏurriyyatan min baʿdihim ʾafatuhlikunā bimā faʿala l-mubṭilūna
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Talal Itani2012 Nor can you Say, "Our ancestors practiced idolatry before; and we are their descendants who came after them; will you destroy us for what the falsifiers did?"
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Or lest ye should say: (It is) only (that) our fathers ascribed partners to Allah of old and we were (their) seed after them. Wilt Thou destroy us on account of that which those who follow falsehood did
Edward Henry Palmer1880 or say, 'Verily, our fathers associated others with God before us, and we were but their seed after them: wilt Thou then destroy us for what vaindoers did
John Medows Rodwell1861 Or lest ye should say, "Our fathers, indeed, aforetime joined other gods with our God, and we are their seed after them: wilt thou destroy us for the doings of vain men
George Sale1734 Or lest you should say, 'It was only our fathers who associated co-partners with God in the past and we were merely a generation after them. Wilt Thou then destroy us for what those, who lied, did
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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
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0.644
Share of measured verses above it
33%
Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.65
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.62
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.60
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.58
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.57
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.57
Talal Itani · George Sale0.51
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.49
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.49
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · 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.