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Talal Itani· published 2012
And between them is a partition, and on the Elevations are men who recognizeeveryone by their features. They will call to the inhabitants of the Garden, "Peace be upon you." They have not entered it, but they are hoping.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Between them is a veil. And on the Heights are men who know them all by their marks. And they call unto the dwellers of the Garden: Peace be unto you! They enter it not although they hope (to enter)
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 betwixt the two there is a veil, and on al Aaraf are men who know each by marks; and they shall cry out to the fellows of Paradise, 'Peace be upon you!' they cannot enter it although they so desire
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And between them shall be a partition; and on the wall AL ARAF shall be men who will know all, by their tokens, and they shall cry to the inmates of Paradise, "Peace be on you!" but they shall not yet enter it, although they long to do so
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And between the blessed and the damned there shall be a vail; and men shall stand on Al Araf, who shall know every one of them by their marks; and shall call unto the inhabitants of paradise, saying, peace be upon you: Yet they shall not enter therein, although they earnestly desire it
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
Midis tyre do të ketë një mur, ndërsa në lartësitë e tij do të ketë njerëz që do të njohin secilin grup nga tiparet e tyre. Ata do t'u thërrasin banorëve të Xhenetit: "Paqja qoftë mbi ju!" Ata nuk do të kenë hyrë ende në të, por do të shpresojnë.
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 তাদের উভয়ের (জান্নাতী ও জাহান্নামীদের) মধ্যে পর্দা থাকবে। আর আ’রাফে(১১) কিছু লোক থাকবে, যারা (জান্নাতবাসী ও জাহান্নামী) প্রত্যেককে তাদের চিহ্ন দেখে চিনতে পারবে।(১২) আর তারা জান্নাতবাসীদেরকে ডেকে (সম্মানার্থে) বলবে: ‘তোমাদের ওপর সালাম তথা শান্তি বর্ষিত হোক।’ তারা তখনো জান্নাতে প্রবেশ করেনি; কিন্তু (আল্লাহর রহমতে সেখানে প্রবেশের) আশা করে।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
Između njih bit će zid, a na vrhovima ljudi koji će svakog po obilježju njegovom poznati. I oni će stanovnicima Dženneta, prije nego uđu u njega, viknuti: "Selamun alejkum!", a to će silno željeti.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4
Hrvatski · Croatian
Između njih bit će zid, a na vrhovima ljudi koji će svakog po obilježju njegovom poznati. I oni će stanovnicima Raja, prije nego uđu u njega, viknuti: "Selamun alejkum!"[1] a to će silno željeti.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Fulfulde · Fulani
Heedo no hakkunde maɓɓe. Hino e dow tulde La'raafi nden worɓe heɓe nganndira kala e maande mum Ɓe nodda yimɓe Aljanna ɓeen, si ko woni : "Kisial woni e mon!". Ɓe naataani mo kono heɓe tamƴinii.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
და მათ შორის [სამოთხის მკვიდრებსა და ჯოჯოხეთის მკვიდრებს შორის] იქნება (დიდი) გამყოფი ზღუდე (ბარიერი). ამ ზღუდეზე იქნებიან ადამიანები, რომლებიც ყველას ცნობენ მათი ნიშნებით[1]. და მოუწოდებენ ისინი სამოთხის მკვიდრებს, მიესალმებიან მათ: «შვიდობა თქვენ!» ისინი ჯერ არ შესულან მასში [სამოთხეში], თუმცა ძლიერ ისურვებენ.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Und zwischen ihnen ist ein Vorhang. Und auf den Höhen („A'raf genannt“) sind Männer, die jeden an seinem Merkmal erkennen. Sie rufen den Insassen des (Paradies)gartens zu: „Friede sei auf euch!“ Sie sind aber in ihn nicht eingetreten, aber sie begehren (es).
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Θα υπάρχει ένα ψηλό φράγμα ανάμεσά τους (στους κατοίκους του Παραδείσου και της Κόλασης, το οποίο φράγμα λέγεται Αλ-Α‘ράφ), και πάνω στο Αλ-Α‘ράφ θα υπάρχουν άνδρες (που οι καλές πράξεις τους είναι ίσες με τις κακές πράξεις τους) οι οποίοι θα αναγνωρίζουν κάθε ομάδα από τα σημάδιά τους (τα λαμπερά πρόσωπα των κατοίκων του Παραδείσου, και τα σκοτεινά πρόσωπα των κατοίκων της Κόλασης). Θα φωνάξουν τους κατοίκους του Παραδείσου λέγοντας: «Ειρήνη σε σας.» (Εκείνοι οι άνδρες) δεν θα έχουν μπει ακόμα σ' αυτόν (τον Παράδεισο), αλλά θα ελπίζουν (να μπουν).
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
और दोनों के बीच एक परदा होगा। और उसकी ऊँचाइयों (आराफ़)[19] पर कुछ आदमी होंगे, जो सभी को उनके लक्षणों से पहचानें गे। और वे जन्नत वालों को पुकारकर कहेंगे : तुमपर सलाम हो। वे उसमें दाखिल न हुए होंगे, जबकि उसकी आशा रखते होंगे।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
E tra di loro ci sarà un divisorio. E su Al-Araf (i Muraglioni وَعَلَى ٱلۡأَعۡرَافِ) ci saranno uomini che li riconosceranno dalle stimmate, e chiameranno la gente del Paradiso: «La pace sia con voi!» Non ci entreranno, anche se lo desiderano in cuore.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
46. O tarp jų bus (užtverianti) pertvara ir ant Al-Araf [3] (siena su iškeltomis vietomis) bus žmonės (kurių geri ir blogi darbai bus lygūs ant svarstyklių), kurie atpažins visus (Rojaus ir Pragaro žmones) pagal jų žymes (Rojaus gyventojus – pagal jų baltus veidus, o Pragaro gyventojus – pagal jų juodus veidus). Jie sušuks Rojaus gyventojams: „Salamun Alaikum (taika jums)“ ir tuo metu jie (žmonės ant Al-Araf) dar nebus įžengę į jį (Rojų), tačiau tikrai tikėsis įžengti (į jį).
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.0
Русский · Russian
И между ними — преграда, а на [её] возвышенностях[37] — мужи, которые узнают всех по их приметам. Они воззовут к обитателям Рая: «Мир вам!» — они ещё не вошли в него, но надеются [на это].
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
Између њих биће преграда, а на врховима биће људи који ће сваког по његовом обележју да познају. И они ће становницима Раја, пре него што у њега уђу, да кажу: „Мир над вама!“ А то ће силно да желе.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Na baina yao (makundi mawili hayo) patakuwapo pazia. Na juu ya Minyanyuko patakuwa watu watakaomjua kila mmoja kwa alama zao, na wao watawaita watu wa Peponi: Salamu Alaykum (amani iwe juu yenu)! Wao bado hawajaingia humo, lakini wanatumai.
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Svenska · Swedish
Mellan dem finns en mur, och på höjderna ska män stå, som känner igen var och en på deras kännetecken. De ropar till paradisets folk: ”Frid över er!” De har ännu inte trätt in, men längtar innerligt.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
İki taraf arasında bir perde (engel) vardır. A'raf'ta da herkesi simalarından tanıyan birtakım adamlar vardır. Cennetliklere “Selam size” diye seslenirler. Onlar, çok arzuladıkları halde henüz oraya girmemişlerdir.
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اردو · Urdu
اور ان دونوں کے درمیان ایک آڑ ہوگی[1] اور اعراف کے اوپر بہت سے آدمی ہوں گے وه لوگ[2]، ہر ایک کو ان کے قیافہ سے پہچانیں گے[3] اور اہل جنت کو پکار کر کہیں گے، السلام علیکم! ابھی یہ اہل اعراف جنت میں داخل نہیں ہوئے ہوں گے اور اس کے امیدوار ہوں گے۔[4]
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Talal Itani2012 And the inhabitants of the Garden will call out to the inmates of the Fire, "We found what our Lord promised us to be true; did you find what your Lord promised you to be true?" They will say, "Yes." Thereupon a caller will announce in their midst, "The curse of God is upon the wrongdoers."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And the dwellers of the Garden cry unto the dwellers of the Fire: We have found that which our Lord promised us (to be) the Truth. Have ye (too) found that which your Lord promised the Truth? They say: Yea, verily. And a crier in between them crieth: The curse of Allah is on evil-doers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And the fellows of Paradise will call out to the fellows of the Fire, 'We have now found that what our Lord promised us is true; have ye found that what your Lord promised you is true?' They will say, 'Yea!' And a crier from amongst them will cry out, 'The curse of God is on the unjust
John Medows Rodwell1861 And the inmates of Paradise shall cry to the inmates of the fire, "Now have we found what our Lord promised us to be true. Have ye too found what your Lord promised you to be true?" And they shall answer, "Yes." And a Herald shall proclaim between them: "The curse of God be upon the evil doers
George Sale1734 And the inhabitants of paradise shall call out to the inhabitants of hell fire, saying, now have we found that which our Lord promised us, to be true: Have ye also found that which your Lord promised you, to be true? They shall answer, yea. And a cryer shall proclaim between them, the curse of God shall be on the wicked
Talal Itani2012 And when their eyes are directed towards the inmates of the Fire, they will say, "Our Lord, do not place us among the wrongdoing people."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And when their eyes are turned toward the dwellers of the Fire, they say: Our Lord! Place us not with the wrong-doing folk
Edward Henry Palmer1880 But when their sight is turned towards the fellows of the Fire, they say, 'O our Lord! place us not with the unjust people
John Medows Rodwell1861 And when their eyes are turned towards the inmates of the Fire, they shall say, "O our Lord! place us not with the offending people
George Sale1734 And when they shall turn their eyes towards the companions of hell fire, they shall say, O Lord, place us not with the ungodly people
Talal Itani2012 And the dwellers of the Elevations will call to men they recognize by their features, saying, "Your hoardings did not avail you, nor did your arrogance."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And the dwellers on the Heights call unto men whom they know by their marks, (saying): What did your multitude and that in which ye took your pride avail you
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And the fellows on al Aaraf will cry out to the men whom they know by their marks, and say, 'Of no avail to you were your collections, and what ye were so big with pride about
John Medows Rodwell1861 And they who are upon Al Araf shall cry to those whom they shall know by their tokens, "Your amassings and your pride have availed you nothing
George Sale1734 And those who stand on Al Araf shall call unto certain men, whom they shall know by their marks, and shall say, what hath your gathering of riches availed you, and that ye were puffed up with pride
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Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.71
Talal Itani · George Sale0.64
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.61
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.60
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.59
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.58
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.54
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.53
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Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.50
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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.