Marked words appear in this translation and in no other English translation of this verse. Common small words and older spellings are not marked. The marks show where the wording differs, not where the meaning does.
It is He who sends the wind ahead of His mercy. Then, when they have gathered up heavy clouds, We drive them to a dead land, where We make water come down, and with it We bring out all kinds of fruits. Thus We bring out the dead-perhaps you will reflect.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
And He it is Who sendeth the winds as tidings heralding His mercy, till, when they bear a cloud heavy (with rain), We lead it to a dead land, and then cause water to descend thereon and thereby bring forth fruits of every kind. Thus bring We forth the dead. Haply ye may remember
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
He it is who sends forth the winds as heralds before His mercy; until when they lift the heavy cloud which we drive to a dead land, and send down thereon water, and bring forth therewith every kind of fruit; - thus do we brine, forth the dead; haply ye may remember
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And He it is who sendeth forth the winds as the heralds of his compassion, until they bring up the laden clouds, which we drive along to some dead land and send down water thereon, by which we cause an upgrowth of all kinds of fruit. - Thus will we bring forth the dead. Haply ye will reflect
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
It is He who sendeth the winds, spreadabroad before his mercy, until they bring a cloud heavy with rain, which We drive unto a dead country; and We cause water to descend thereon, by which We cause all sorts of fruits to spring forth. Thus will We bring forth the dead from their graves; that peradventure ye may consider
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
Është Ai që i dërgon erërat si sihariq të mëshirës së Tij. Kur ato të sjellin re të rënda, Ne i çojmë ato në një tokë të pajetë, e pastaj lëshojmë shi me anë të të cilit nxjerrim fruta të gjithëllojshme. Kështu i ringjallim Ne të vdekurit, që të merrni mësim.
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 তিনিই তাঁর রহমত বর্ষণের আগে সুসংবাদবাহী বাতাস প্রবাহিত করেন। অবশেষে যখন সেটা ভারী মেঘমালা ধারণ করে, তখন আমি সেটাকে মৃত জনপদের দিকে হাঁকিয়ে নেই। অতঃপর আমি তা দ্বারা বৃষ্টি বর্ষণ করি, তারপর তা দিয়ে সব রকমের ফল-ফসল উৎপাদন করি। এভাবেই আমি মৃতদেরকে বের করব। যাতে তোমরা উপদেশ গ্রহণ করো।
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
On je Taj Koji šalje vjetrove kao radosnu vijest milosti Svoje; a kad oni pokrenu teške oblake, Mi ih prema mrtvom predjelu potjeramo, pa na njega kišu spustimo i učinimo da uz njenu pomoć rastu plodovi svakovrsni; tako ćemo i mrtve oživjeti da biste se prisjetili i pouku prihvatili!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4
Hrvatski · Croatian
On je Taj Koji šalje vjetrove kao radosnu vijest milosti Svoje; a kad oni pokrenu teške oblake, Mi ih prema mrtvom predjelu potjeramo, pa na njega kišu spustimo i učinimo da uz njenu pomoć rastu plodovi svakovrsni; tako ćemo i mrtve oživjeti da biste se prisjetili i pouku prihvatili!
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Ko Kaŋko woni Nuloowo keneeli ɗin welo-welo yeeso Yurmeende Makko nden. Haa si ndu ronndike duule teddunde, Men cogga nde e leydi maayndi [yoori], min njippina e mayri ndiyam, min njaltinira ɗam kala dimɗe. Ko non min njaltiniroyta maayɓe ɓen. mbeleeo'o, on mbaactoto.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
და მხოლოდ ის [ალლაჰი] არის, ვინც აგზავნის ქარებს, როგორც სასიხარულო უწყებას (წვიმის მოახლოების შესახებ) თავისი წყალობით. ხოლო როდესაც ისინი აღამაღლებენ მძიმე ღრუბლებს, ჩვენ მივმართავთ მას უსიცოცხლო მიწისკენ, და ამით ჩამოვუშვებთ წყალს, რომლის მეშვეობითაც გამოვიყვანთ ყოველგვარ ნაყოფს. სწორედ ასევე გამოვიყვანთ ჩვენ მკვდრებს (მათ სამარხებიდან) (განკითხვის დღეს), რათა მიიღოთ შეგონება!
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 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Und Er ist es, Der die Winde als Frohboten Seiner Barmherzigkeit (voraus)sendet, bis dass, wenn sie dann schwere Wolken herbeitragen, Wir sie zu einem toten (und trockenen) Land treiben, dadurch Wasser hinabsenden und dann dadurch alle Früchte hervorbringen. Auf diese Weise bringen Wir (auch) die Toten hervor, auf dass ihr bedenken möget!
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
Είναι Αυτός που στέλνει τους ανέμους, ως χαρμόσυνα νέα πριν το έλεος Του (τη βροχή). Μέχρι που (οι άνεμοι) να κουβαλήσουν φορτωμένα βροχή σύννεφα, τότε τα κατευθύνουμε σε μία νεκρή γη, και κατεβάζουμε πάνω της το νερό, κάνοντας μ' αυτό να βγει κάθε είδος καρπών. Έτσι ανασταίνουμε τους πεθαμένους, μήπως και λάβετε υπόψη (τη δύναμη του Αλλάχ για την ανάσταση).
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
और वही है, जो अपनी दया (वर्षा) से पहले हवाओं को (वर्षा) की शुभ सूचना देने के लिए भेजता है। यहाँ तक कि जब वे भारी बादल
उठाती हैं, तो हम उसे एक मृत शहर की ओर ले जाते हैं। फिर हम उससे पानी उतारते हैं, फिर उसके साथ सभी प्रकार के कुछ फल पैदा करते हैं। इसी तरह हम मरे हुए लोगों को निकालेंगे। ताकि तुम उपदेश ग्रहण करो।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
E Lui è Colui che invia i venti come un annuncio della Sua grazia, finché, quando trasportava nuvole pesanti, Noi le dirigevamo verso una terra morta, su cui facevamo precipitare la pioggia, con cui facevamo crescere ogni genere di frutti. Così noi facciamo risuscitare i morti, affinché riflettiate.
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 1.0.2
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
57. Ir tai Jis, Kuris siunčia vėjus kaip geros žinios skelbėjus, ateinančius prieš Jo Gailestingumą (lietų). Lig kol jie nešė sunkiai pakrautą debesį, Mes gename jį į žemę, kuri yra mirusi, tada Mes priverčiame vandenį (lietų) nusileisti ant jos. Tada Mes juo išvedame visų rūšių vaisius. Panašiai, Mes pakelsime mirusiuosius, kad jūs atmintumėte arba atkreiptumėte dėmesį.
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.
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Русский · Russian
Он — Тот, Кто посылает ветры благой вестью перед Своей милостью, пока они не поднимут тяжёлые облака; тогда Мы гоним их к мёртвой земле, ниспосылаем с этих облаков воду и выводим ею всевозможные плоды. Так Мы воскресим мёртвых, — быть может, вы одумаетесь!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
Он је Тај Који шаље ветрове као радосну вест Своје милости; а кад они покрену тешке облаке, Ми их пошаљемо према мртвом пределу, па на њега кишу спустимо и учинимо да уз њену помоћ расту плодови сваковрсни; тако ћемо и мртве да оживимо да бисте се присетили и прихватили поуку!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Na Yeye ndiye anayetuma pepo (za kuvuma) kuwa ni bishara kabla ya kufika rehema yake. Hata hizo pepo zinapobeba mawingu mazito, tunayapeleka kwenye nchi iliyokufa. Kisha tunateremsha kwayo maji, na tukatoa kwayo kila aina ya matunda. Basi namna hiyo ndivyo tunavyowafufua wafu, ili mkumbuke.
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Svenska · Swedish
Det är han som sänder vindar som en föraning om sin nåd. De regntunga molnen som vindarna bär låter vi driva mot ett livlöst land, och där låter vi regnet falla, och med det frambringar vi alla slags frukter. Så frambringar vi även de döda. [Vi visar er dessa tecken] för att ni ska låta er förmanas.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
Rahmetinin önünden rüzgârları müjde olmak üzere gönderen O’dur. Rüzgârlar, ağır yağmur yüklü bulutları yüklendiği zaman biz, onu ölü bir bölgeye sürer ve oraya su indiririz. Böylelikle onunla bütün ürünlerden çıkarırız. İşte biz ölüleri de böyle çıkaracağız. Belki düşünüp ibret alırsınız.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
اور وه ایسا ہے کہ اپنی باران رحمت سے پہلے ہواؤں کو بھیجتا ہے کہ وه خوش کر دیتی ہیں[1] ، یہاں تک کہ جب وه ہوائیں بھاری بادلوں کو اٹھا لیتی ہیں[2]، تو ہم اس بادل کو کسی خشک سرزمین کی طرف ہانک لے جاتے ہیں، پھر اس بادل سے پانی برساتے ہیں پھر اس پانی سے ہر قسم کے پھل نکالتے ہیں[3]۔ یوں ہی ہم مردوں کو نکال کھڑا کریں گے تاکہ تم سمجھو۔[4]
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.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.3
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5 cleared translations, newest first, by year of publication, so the modern English comes before the historical ones. That is an ordering by date, not a judgement. Each is shown complete — this platform never excerpts a translation — and each renders under its translator's name. No translation here is marked as the correct one.
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DIN 31635walā tufsidū fī l-ʾarḍi baʿda ʾiṣlāḥihā wadʿūhu ḫawfan waṭamaʿan ʾinna raḥmata llāhi qarībun mina l-muḥsinīna
Talal Itani2012 And do not corrupt on earth after its reformation, and pray to Him with fear and hope. God's mercy is close to the doers of good.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Work not confusion in the earth after the fair ordering (thereof). and call on Him in fear and hope. Lo! the mercy of Allah is nigh unto the good
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And do not evil in the earth after it has been righted; and call upon Him with fear and earnestness; verily, the mercy of God is nigh unto those who do well
John Medows Rodwell1861 And commit not disorders on the earth after it hath been well ordered; and call on Him with fear and longing desire: Verily the mercy of God is nigh unto the righteous
George Sale1734 And act not corruptly in the earth, after its reformation; and call upon Him with fear and desire: For the mercy of God is near unto the righteous
Talal Itani2012 As for the good land, it yields its produce by the leave of its Lord. But as for the bad, it produces nothing but hardship and misery. Thus We explain the revelations in various ways for people who are thankful.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 As for the good land, its vegetation cometh forth by permission of its Lord; while as for that which is bad, only the useless cometh forth (from it). Thus do We recount the tokens for people who give thanks
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And the good land brings forth its vegetation by the permission of its Lord; and that which is vile brings forth naught but scarcity. Thus do we turn about our signs for a people who are grateful
John Medows Rodwell1861 In a rich soil, its plants spring forth abundantly by the will of its Lord, and in that which is bad, they spring forth but scantily. Thus do We diversify our signs for those who are thankful
George Sale1734 From a good country shall its fruit spring forth abundantly, by the permission of its Lord; but from the land which is bad, it shall not spring forth otherwise than scarcely. Thus do We explain the signs of divine providence unto people who are thankful
Talal Itani2012 We sent Noah to his people. He said, "O my people! Worship God; you have no god other than Him. I fear for you the punishment of a tremendous Day."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 We sent Noah (of old) unto his people, and he said: O my people! Serve Allah. Ye have no other Allah save Him. Lo! I fear for you the retribution of an Awful Day
Edward Henry Palmer1880 We did send Noah unto his people, and he said, 'O my people! serve God, ye have no god but Him; verily, I fear for you the torment of the mighty day
John Medows Rodwell1861 Of old sent We Noah to his people, and he said, "O my people! worship God. Ye have no God but Him: indeed I fear for you the chastisement of the great day
George Sale1734 We formerly sent Noah unto his people: And he said, O my people, worship God: Ye have no other God than Him. Verily I fear for you the punishment of the great day
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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
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The cut
0.644
Share of measured verses above it
33%
Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Talal Itani · George Sale0.67
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.64
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.64
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.62
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.62
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.59
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.57
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.52
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.51
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.46
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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.