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If God afflicts you with harm, none can remove it except He. And if He wants good for you, none can repel His grace. He makes it reachwhomever He wills of His servants. He is the Forgiver, the Merciful.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
If Allah afflicteth thee with some hurt, there is none who can remove it save Him; and if He desireth good for thee, there is none who can repel His bounty. He striketh with it whom He will of his bondmen. He is the Forgiving, the Merciful
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 should God touch thee with harm, there is none to remove it save He; and if He wish thee well, there is none to repel His grace; He makes it fall on whom He will of His servants; for He is pardoning and merciful
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And if God lay the touch of trouble on thee, none can deliver thee from it but He: and if He will thee any good, none can keep back his boons. He will confer them on such of his servants as he chooseth: and He is the Gracious, the Merciful
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
If God afflict thee with hurt, there is none who can relieve thee from it, except He; and if He willeth thee any good, there is none who can keep back his bounty: He will confer it on such of his servants as He pleaseth; and He is gracious and merciful
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
Nëse nga Allahu të godet ndonjë fatkeqësi, atëherë nuk do të mund të ta largojë atë askush përveç Tij, e, nëse Ai dëshiron të të dhurojë ndonjë mirësi, s'ka kush që mund ta pengojë bujarinë e Tij. Ai ia jep atë kujt të dojë nga robërit e Tij. Ai është Falës i Madh e Mëshirëplotë.
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 (হে রাসূল!) আল্লাহ যদি তোমাকে কোনো ক্ষতির স্পর্শ করান, তবে তিনি ছাড়া তা দূর করার কেউ নেই। আর তিনি যদি তোমার কল্যাণ চান, তবে তাঁর অনুগ্রহের কোনো প্রতিরোধকারী নেই। তিনি তাঁর বান্দাদের যাকে ইচ্ছা তাকে তা দেন। আর তিনি পরম ক্ষমাশীল, অতি দয়ালু।‘
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
Ako ti Allah kakvu nevolju da, niko je osim Njega ne može otkloniti, a ako ti htjedne dobro – pa, niko ne može blagodat Njegovu spriječiti; On njome nagrađuje onoga koga hoće od robova Svojih; On je Oprostitelj grijeha, Milostivi.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4
Hrvatski · Croatian
Ako ti Allah kakvu nevolju da, nitko je osim Njega ne može otkloniti, a ako ti htjedne dobro – pa, nitko ne može blagodat Njegovu spriječiti; On njome nagrađuje onoga koga hoće od robova Svojih; On je Oprostitelj grijeha, Milostivi.
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
Fulfulde · Fulani
Si Alla meminirii ma lorra, alaa kñuncoowo mo si wonaa Kaŋko. Si o faandike e maaɗa moƴƴere, alaa duttoowo ɓural makko ngal. Homo memina nde on mo o muuyi e jeyaaɓe makko ɓeen. Ko Kaŋko woni jaafotooɗo, jurmotooɗo on.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
და თუ ალლაჰი შეგეხება შენ (ო, ადამიანო) რაიმე ზიანით, მაშინ არავინაა მისი მომშორებელი, გარდა თავად მისი. და თუ ისურვებს შენთვის სიკეთეს, მაშინ ვერავინ უკუაგდებს მის წყალობას. ის უბოძებს მას(წყალობას) თავის მონათაგან იმას, ვისაც ინებებს. და ის მპატიებელი, შემწყალებელია.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Und wenn Allah dir ein Unheil widerfahren lässt, dann gibt es keinen Hinwegnehmer außer Ihm. Und wenn Er für dich (etwas) Gutes will, dann gibt es keinen Zurückweiser für Seine Huld. Er trifft damit, wen Er will von Seinen Dienern. Und Er ist der Allvergebende und Barmherzige.
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
Εάν ο Αλλάχ σε πλήττει (ω, Προφήτη) με μια συμφορά, κανείς δεν μπορεί να την αφαιρέσει παρά μόνον Αυτός. Και αν θέλει κάτι καλό για σένα, κανείς δεν μπορεί να εμποδίσει τη γενναιοδωρία Του. Το παραχωρεί (το καλό ή τη συμφορά) σε όποιον θέλει από τους δούλους Του. Πράγματι, Αυτός είναι ο Αλ-Γαφούρ (Αυτός που συγχωρεί τα πάντα), ο Αρ-Ραχείμ (Πολυεύσπλαχνος).
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
और यदि अल्लाह आपको कोई कष्ट पहुँचाए, तो उसके सिवा कोई उसे दूर करने वाला नहीं और यदि वह आपके लिए कोई भलाई चाहे, तो उसके अनुग्रह को कोई हटाने वाला नहीं। वह उसे अपने बंदों में से जिसे चाहता है, प्रदान करता है तथा वही बड़ा क्षमाशील, अत्यंत दयावान् है।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Se Allāh ti fa del male, nessuno può rimuoverlo se non Lui, e se Lui vuole farti del bene, nessuno può impedire la Sua Grazia; dona da essa a chi vuole tra i suoi servi. E Lui è il Perdonatore, il Misericordioso.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
107. Ir jei Allahas suteikia jums žalą, nėra nieko kito, kas galėtų ją pašalinti, tik Jis, ir jei Jis nori jums gero, nėra nieko, kas galėtų atstumti Jo Malonę, kurią Jis priverčia pasiekti tuos iš Savo vergų, kuriuos Jis nori. Ir Jis yra Dažnai Atleidžiantis, Gailestingiausiasis.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.8
Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Yoo Rabbiin rakkinaan si tuqe, Isa malee kan isa fuudhu (sirraa kaasu) hin jiru; yoo toltuun si fedhees tola Isaa kan deebisu (kan sidhowwatu) hin jiru. Isaan (tola saniin) gabroota Isaa irraa nama fedhe tuqa. Inni araaramaa rahmata godhaadha.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.0
Русский · Russian
И если Аллах коснётся тебя бедствием, то никто, кроме Него, не сможет его отвести. А если Он пожелает тебе блага, то никто не сможет отвратить Его щедрость. Он наделяет ею кого пожелает из Своих рабов. Он — Прощающий, Милующий.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
Ако ти Аллах да какву невољу, нико осим Њега не може да је отклони, а ако ти Аллах жели добро, па - нико не може Његову благодат да спречи; Он њоме награђује онога кога хоће од Својих створења; Он прашта грехе, и милостив је.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Na Mwenyezi Mungu akikugusa kwa madhara, basi hakuna wa kukuondolea isipokuwa Yeye. Na akikutakia heri, basi hakuna wa kurudisha fadhila yake. Humsibu kwayo amtakaye katika waja wake, na Yeye ndiye Mwenye kusamehe, Mwenye kurehemu.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Om Gud låter ont drabba dig kan ingen lyfta det utom han, och om han vill dig gott kan ingen avvisa hans godhet. Han skänker den till vem han vill bland sina tjänare. Han är den ständigt Förlåtande, den Barmhärtige.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
Allah sana bir zarar dokundurursa onu O’ndan başka giderecek yoktur. Sana bir iyilik dilerse; O’nun lütfunu geri çevirecek de yoktur. O, lütfunu kullarından dilediğine eriştirir. O, çok bağışlayandır, çok merhamet edendir.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
اور اگر تم کو اللہ کوئی تکلیف پہنچائے تو بجز اس کے اور کوئی اس کو دور کرنے واﻻ نہیں ہے اور اگر وه تم کو کوئی خیر پہنچانا چاہے تو اس کے فضل کا کوئی ہٹانے واﻻ نہیں[1] ، وه اپنا فضل اپنے بندوں میں سے جس پر چاہے نچھاور کردے اور وه بڑی مغفرت بڑی رحمت واﻻ ہے.
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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Easy-read (simplified)wa'an aqim wajhaka lilddeeni haneefan walaa takoonanna mina l-mushrikeen
DIN 31635waʾan ʾaqim waǧhaka lilddīni ḥanīfan walā takūnanna mina l-mušrikīna
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 And dedicate yourself to the true religion-a monotheist-and never be of the polytheists.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And, (O Muhammad) set thy purpose resolutely for religion, as a man by nature upright, and be not of those who ascribe partners (to Allah)
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And, 'Make steadfast thy face to the religion as a 'Hanif; and be not of the idolaters
John Medows Rodwell1861 And set thy face toward true religion, sound in faith, and be not of those who join other gods with God
George Sale1734 And it was said unto me, set thy face towards the true religion, and be orthodox; and by no means be one of those who attribute companions unto God
Easy-read (simplified)walaa tad'u min dooni llaahi maa laa yanfa'uka walaa yadurruka fa'in fa'alta fa'innaka idhan mina z-zaalimeen
DIN 31635walā tadʿu min dūni llāhi mā lā yanfaʿuka walā yaḍurruka faʾin faʿalta faʾinnaka ʾiḏan mina ẓ-ẓālimīna
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 And do not call, apart from God, on what neither benefits you nor harms you. If you do, you are then one of the wrongdoers.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And cry not, beside Allah, unto that which cannot profit thee nor hurt thee, for if thou didst so then wert thou of the wrong-doers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 and call not besides God on what can neither profit thee nor harm thee; for if thou dost, verily, thou art then of the unjust
John Medows Rodwell1861 Neither invoke beside God that which can neither help nor hurt thee: for if thou do, thou wilt certainly then be one of those who act unjustly
George Sale1734 neither invoke, besides God, that which can neither profit thee nor hurt thee: For if thou do, thou wilt then certainly become one of the unjust
Easy-read (simplified)qul yaa ayyuhaa n-naasu qad jaa'akumu l-haqqu min rabbikum famani htadaa fa'innamaa yahtadee linafsihi waman dalla fa'innamaa yadillu 'alayhaa wamaa anaa 'alaykum biwakeel
DIN 31635qul yā ʾayyuhā n-nāsu qad ǧāʾakumu l-ḥaqqu min rabbikum famani htadā faʾinnamā yahtadī linafsihi waman ḍalla faʾinnamā yaḍillu ʿalayhā wamā ʾanā ʿalaykum biwakīlin
Talal Itani2012 Say, "O people, the truth has come to you from your Lord. Whoever accepts guidance is guided for his own soul; and whoever strays only strays to its detriment. I am not a guardian over you."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Say: O mankind! Now hath the Truth from your Lord come unto you. So whosoever is guided, is guided only for (the good of) his soul, and whosoever erreth erreth only against it. And I am not a warder over you
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Say, 'O ye people! there has come to you the truth from your Lord, and he who is guided, his guidance is only for his soul; and he who errs, errs only against it; and I am not a guardian over you
John Medows Rodwell1861 SAY: O men! now hath the truth come unto you from your Lord. He therefore who will be guided, will be guided only for his own behoof: but he who shall err will err only against it; and I am not your guardian
George Sale1734 Say, O men, now hath the truth come unto you from your Lord. He therefore who shall be directed, will be directed to the advantage of his own soul: But he who shall err, will err only against the same. I am no guardian over you
Talal Itani2012 And follow what is revealed to you, and be patient until God issues His judgment, for He is the Best of judges.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And (O Muhammad) follow that which is inspired in thee, and forbear until Allah give judgment. And He is the Best of Judges
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Follow what is revealed to thee, and be patient until God judges, for He is the best of judges
John Medows Rodwell1861 And follow what is revealed to thee: and persevere steadfastly till God shall judge, for He is the best of Judges
George Sale1734 Do thou, O prophet, follow that which is revealed unto thee: And persevere with patience, until God shall judge; for He is the best judge
These figures count the words the translations share. They measure wording, not meaning, and they do not say which translation is right.
Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
0.64 on a scale
where 0 means identical wording and 1 means no shared words. It is
computed, not judged.
The page says a verse is worded differently only above the cut below. The cut is a stated convention, not a property of the text, and it can be changed.
The cut
0.644
Share of measured verses above it
33%
Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.73
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.71
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.69
Talal Itani · George Sale0.69
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.67
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.64
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.62
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.60
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.57
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.44
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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.