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Talal Itani· published 2012
The elite of his people, who were arrogant, said to the common people who had believed, "Do you know that Saleh is sent from his Lord?" They said, "We are believers in what he was sent with."
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
The chieftains of his people, who were scornful, said unto those whom they despised, unto such of them as believed: Know ye that Salih is one sent from his Lord? They said: Lo! In that wherewith he hath been sent we are believers
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
Said the chiefs of those who were big with pride from amongst his people to those who were weak,- to those amongst them who believed, 'Do ye know that Zalih is sent from his Lord?' They said, 'We do believe in that with which he is sent
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Said the chiefs of his people puffed up with pride, to those who were esteemed weak, even to those of them who believed, "What! know ye for certain that Saleh is sent by his Lord?" They said, "Truly we believe in that with which he hath been sent
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
The chiefs among his people who were puffed up with pride, said unto those who were esteemed weak, namely, unto those who believed among them, do ye know that Saleh hath been sent from his Lord? They answered, we do surely believe in that wherewith he hath been sent
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
Krerët mendjemëdhenj nga populli i tij u thanë atyre të shtypurve nga radhët e besimtarëve: "A njëmend e dini se Salihu është i dërguar nga Zoti i tij?" Ata thanë: "Ne me të vërtetë besojmë në atë me të cilën është dërguar."
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
তাঁর সম্প্রদায়ের দাম্ভিক নেতারা সে সম্প্রদায়ের শক্তি-সামর্থ্যহীন মু’মিনদেরকে বললো: ‘ তোমরা কি এটা জানো যে, সালিহ তার রব এর পক্ষ থেকে (সত্যিকারার্থেই) প্রেরিত হয়েছেন?’ তারা বললো: ‘নিশ্চয় তিনি যা নিয়ে প্রেরিত হয়েছেন, আমরা তাতে বিশ্বাসী।(২৩)
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 njegova, oni koji su se oholili, upitaše potlačene, one među njima koji su vjerovali: "Znate li vi da je Saliha poslao Gospodar njegov?" "Mi, uistinu, vjerujemo u sve ono što je po njemu poslano", odgovoriše oni.
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 njegova, oni koji su se oholili, upitaše potlačene, one među njima koji su vjerovali: "Znate li vi da je Saliha poslao Gospodar njegov?" "Mi, uistinu, vjerujemo u sve ono što je po njemu poslano", odgovoriše oni.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Fulfulde · Fulani
Hooreeɓe mbatu mawninkiniiɓe ɓeen e yimɓe makko ɓeen mbi'ani gooŋɗinɓe lo'inaaɓe ɓen e maɓɓe : "E hoɗon nganndi won de Saalihu ko Nulaaɗo immorde ka Joomi makko?" Ɓe mbi'i : minen ko men gooŋɗinɓe ko o Nulidaa e mum koon".
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
და მისი ხალხის დიდებულებმა, რომლებიც ქედმაღლობდნენ, უთხრეს სუსტებს — მათგან იმათ, ვინც ირწმუნა (დაცინვით): «ნუთუ თქვენ ნამდვილად იცით, რომ სალიჰი თავისი უფლისგან მოვლენილია?» მათ თქვეს: «ჭეშმარიტად, ჩვენ გვწამს ის, რითაც იგი არის მოვლენილი».
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Die führende Schar unter seinem Volk, die sich hochmütig verhielt, sagte zu denjenigen, die unterdrückt waren, (nämlich) zu denen von ihnen, die gläubig waren: „Wisst ihr denn (wirklich), dass Salih von seinem Herrn gesandt ist?“ Sie sagten: „Wahrlich, wir glauben an das, womit er gesandt worden ist.“
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Οι αρχηγοί του λαού του που έδειξαν αλαζονεία, είπαν στους πιστούς που τους θεωρούσαν αδύναμους: «Ξέρετε πραγματικά ότι ο Σάλιχ έχει σταλεί από τον Κύριό του;» Είπαν: «Πράγματι, πιστεύουμε σ' αυτό με το οποίο έχει σταλεί.»
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
उसकी जाति के उन सरदारों ने जो बड़े बने हुए थे, उन लोगों से जो निर्बल समझे जाते थे, जो उनमें से ईमान लाए थे, कहा : क्या तुम जानते हो कि सचमुच सालेह़ अपने रब की ओर से भेजा हुआ है? उन्होंने कहा : निःसंदेह हम जो कुछ उसे देकर भेजा गया है उसपर ईमान लाने वाले हैं।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Dissero quelli che furono superbi, tra i cortigiani del suo popolo, a quelli tra i deboli che avevano creduto: «Siete sicuri che in verità Sāleħ è inviato dal suo Dio?» Dissero: “In verità crediamo a ciò con cui lui è inviato!”
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
75. Lyderiai tų, kurie buvo išdidūs iš jo žmonių tarpo, sakė tiems, kurie buvo laikomi silpnais – tokiems iš jų, kaip tikėtasi: „Žinokite, kad Salihas yra siųstas savo Viešpaties.“ Jie sakė: „Mes tikrai tikime tuo, su kuo jis buvo siųstas.“
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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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.0
Русский · Russian
Те из знати его народа, которые возгордились, сказали тем из угнетённых, которые уверовали: «Знаете ли вы, что Салих — посланный от своего Господа?» Они сказали: «Воистину, мы веруем в то, с чем он послан».
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 главешине његовог народа, они који су се охолили, упиташе потлачене, оне међу њима који су веровали: „Верујете ли ви да је Салаха послао његов Господар?“ „Ми, уистину, верујемо у све оно што је по њему послато“, одговорише они.
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
Waheshimiwa wa kaumu yake wanaojivuna waliwaambia wanaoonewa wenye kuamini miongoni mwao: Je, mnaitakidi ya kwamba Swaleh ametumwa na Mola wake Mlezi? Wakasema: Hakika sisi tunayaamini yale aliyotumwa nayo.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Det högmodiga ledarskapet i hans folk sa till de förtryckta bland de som trodde: ”Vet ni säkert att Ṣāliḥ är sänd av sin Herre?” De svarade: ”Vi tror på det han har sänts med!”
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Türkçe · Turkish
O’nun kavminden büyüklük taslayanların ileri gelenleri, içlerinden zayıf gördükleri iman edenlere şöyle dediler: "Salih’in gerçekten Rabbi tarafından gönderilmiş bir peygamber olduğunu biliyor musunuz?" Onlar da dediler ki: "Biz, şüphesiz onunla gönderilene iman ediyoruz."
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
اردو · Urdu
ان کی قوم میں جو متکبر سردار تھے انہوں نے غریب لوگوں سے جو کہ ان میں سے ایمان لے آئے تھے پوچھا، کیا تم کواس بات کا یقین ہے کہ صالح (علیہ السلام) اپنے رب کی طرف سے بھیجے ہوئے ہیں؟ انہوں نے کہا کہ بےشک ہم تو اس پر پورا یقین رکھتے ہیں جو ان کو دے کر بھیجا گیا ہے۔[1]
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Easy-read (simplified)wa'ilaa thamooda akhaahum saalihan qaala yaa qawmi 'budoo llaaha maa lakum min ilaahin ghayruhu qad jaa'atkum bayyinatun min rabbikum haadhihi naaqatu llaahi lakum aayatan fadharoohaa ta'kul fee ardi llaahi walaa tamassoohaa bisoo'in faya'khudhakum 'adhaabun aleem
DIN 31635waʾilā ṯamūda ʾaḫāhum ṣāliḥan qāla yā qawmi ʿbudū llāha mā lakum min ʾilāhin ġayruhu qad ǧāʾatkum bayyinatun min rabbikum hāḏihi nāqatu llāhi lakum ʾāyatan faḏarūhā taʾkul fī ʾarḍi llāhi walā tamassūhā bisūʾin fayaʾḫuḏakum ʿaḏābun ʾalīmun
Talal Itani2012 And to Thamood, their brother Saleh. He said, "O my people! Worship God; you have no god other than Him. Clarification has come to you from your Lord. This she-camel of God is a sign for you. So leave her to graze on God's earth, and do her no harm, lest a painful penalty seizes you."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And to (the tribe of) Thamud (We sent) their brother Salih. He said: O my people! Serve Allah. Ye have no other Allah save Him. A wonder from your Lord hath come unto you. Lo! this is the camel of Allah, a token unto you; so let her feed in Allah's earth, and touch her not with hurt lest painful torment seize you
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Unto Thamud (we sent) their brother Zalih, who said, 'O my people! worship God; ye have no god but Him: there has come to you a manifest sign from your Lord. This she-camel of God's is a sign for you; leave her then to eat in the land of God, and touch her not with evil, or there will overtake you grievous woe
John Medows Rodwell1861 And to Themoud we sent their brother Saleh. He said, O my people! worship God: ye have no other god than Him: now hath a clear proof of my mission come to you from your Lord, this she-camel of God being a sign to you: therefore let her go at large to pasture on God's earth: and touch her not to harm her, lest a grievous chastisement seize you
George Sale1734 And unto the tribe of Thamud We sent their brother Saleh. He said O my people, worship God: Ye have no God besides Him. Now hath a manifest proof come unto you from your Lord. This she-camel of God is a sign unto you: Therefore dismiss her freely, that she may feed in God's earth; and do her no hurt, lest a painful punishment seize you
DIN 31635waḏkurū ʾiḏ ǧaʿalakum ḫulafāʾa min baʿdi ʿādin wabawwaʾakum fī l-ʾarḍi tattaḫiḏūna min suhūlihā quṣūran watanḥitūna l-ǧibāla buyūtan faḏkurū ʾālāʾa llāhi walā taʿṯaw fī l-ʾarḍi mufsidīna
Talal Itani2012 "And remember how He made you successors after Aad, and settled you in the land. You make for yourselves mansions on its plains, and carve out dwellings in the mountains. So remember God's benefits, and do not roam the earth corruptingly."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And remember how He made you viceroys after A'ad and gave you station in the earth. Ye choose castles in the plains and hew the mountains into dwellings. So remember (all) the bounties of Allah and do not evil, making mischief in the earth
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And remember how he made you vicegerents after 'Ad and established you in the earth, so that ye took for yourselves castles on its plains and hewed out mountains into houses; and remember the benefits of God, and waste not the land, despoiling it
John Medows Rodwell1861 And remember how he hath made you successors to the Adites, and given you dwellings on the earth, so that on its plains ye build castles, and hew out houses in the hills. And bear in mind the benefits of God, and lay not the earth waste with deeds of licence
George Sale1734 And call to mind how He hath appointed you successors unto the tribe of Ad, and hath given you a habitation on earth; ye build yourselves castles on the plains thereof, and cut out the mountains into houses. Remember therefore the benefits of God, and commit not violence in the earth, acting corruptly
Easy-read (simplified)fa'aqaroo n-naaqata wa'ataw 'an amri rabbihim waqaaloo yaa saalihu tinaa bimaa ta'idunaa in kunta mina l-mursaleen
DIN 31635faʿaqarū n-nāqata waʿataw ʿan ʾamri rabbihim waqālū yā ṣāliḥu ʾtinā bimā taʿidunā ʾin kunta mina l-mursalīna
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Talal Itani2012 So they hamstrung the she-camel, and defied the command of their Lord, and said, "O Saleh, bring upon us what you threaten us with, if you are one of the messengers."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 So they hamstrung the she-camel, and they flouted the commandment of their Lord, and they said: O Salih! Bring upon us that thou threatenest if thou art indeed of those sent (from Allah)
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Then they did hamstring the camel, and rebelled against the bidding of their Lord and said, 'O Zalih! bring us what thou didst threaten us with, if thou art of those who are sent
John Medows Rodwell1861 And they ham-strung the she-camel, and rebelled against their Lord's command, and said, "O Saleh, let thy menaces be accomplished upon us if thou art one of the Sent Ones
George Sale1734 And they cut off the feet of the camel, and insolently transgressed the command of their Lord, and said, oh, cause that to come upon us, with which thou hast threatened us, if thou art one of those who have been sent by God
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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 · George Sale0.61
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.60
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.58
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.57
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.57
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.56
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.54
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.49
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.45
John Medows Rodwell · 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.