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Talal Itani· published 2012
If God were to accelerate the ill for the people, as they wish to accelerate the good, their term would have been fulfilled. But We leave those who do not expect Our encounter to blunder in their excesses.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
If Allah were to hasten on for men the ill (that they have earned) as they would hasten on the good, their respite would already have expired. But We suffer those who look not for the meeting with Us to wander blindly on in their contumacy
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 if God should hasten on the bad to men as they would hasten on the good, their appointedtime would surely be fulfilled. But we will let those who hope not for our meeting go on in their rebellion, blindly wandering on
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Should God hasten evil on men as they fain would hasten their good, then were their end decreed! So leave we those who hope not to meet Us, bewildered in their error
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
If God should cause evil to hasten unto men, according to their desire of hastening good, verily their end had been decreed. Wherefore We suffer those who hope not to meet Us at the resurrection, to wander amazedly in their error
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
Sikur Allahu t'ua përshpejtonte njerëzve të keqen, ashtu siç ua përshpejton të mirën, do të shkatërroheshin. Por, ata që nuk presin të takohen me Ne, i lëmë të bredhin verbërisht në humbjen e tyre.
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 (ভেবে দেখো,) আল্লাহ যদি মানুষের (রাগের সময় কৃত) অকল্যাণের দু‘আ দ্রুত কবুল করেন, যেভাবে তিনি তাদের কল্যাণের দু‘আ দ্রুত কবুল করেন, তবে অবশ্যই তাদের ধ্বংসের সময় এসে যেত।(৩) কাজেই যারা আমার সাক্ষাতের আশা পোষণ করে না, তাদেরকে আমি তাদের অবাধ্যতায় উদভ্রান্তের মত ঘুরে বেড়ানোর জন্যে ছেড়ে দেই।
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.2
Bosanski · Bosnian
Da Allah ljudima daje zlo onako brzo kao što im se odaziva kad traže dobro, oni bi, uistinu, stradali. A Mi, ipak, ostavljamo da u osionosti svojoj lutaju oni koji ne vjeruju da će pred Nas stati.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4
Hrvatski · Croatian
Da Allah ljudima daje zlo onako brzo kao što im se odaziva kad traže dobro, oni bi, uistinu, stradali. A Mi, ipak, ostavljamo da u osionosti svojoj lutaju oni koji ne vjeruju da će pred Nas stati.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Sinno Alla yaccinanayno yimɓe ɓen bone wano o yacciniranta ɓe moƴƴere, lajal maɓɓe ngal timminanteno ɓe. min, ngacca ɓe ɓe tamƴinaaki kawrugol e amen e bewre maɓɓe nde heɓe bumam-bumannoo.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
და ალლაჰს რომ დაეჩქარებინა ადამიანთათვის ბოროტება ისე, როგორც ისინი სიკეთეს ისწრაფვიან, მაშინ მათი ვადა (ბედი) უკვე გადაწყვეტილი იქნებოდა (ისინი უკვე დაღუპულნი იქნებოდნენ). მაგრამ ჩვენ მივატოვებთ მათ, რომელნიც ჩვენთან შეხვედრას არ იმედოვნებენ, თავიანთ უსამართლობაში, რათა თავიანთ ცდომილებაში ბრმად იხეტიალონ.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Und wenn Allah den Menschen das Schlechte so beschleunigen würde, wie sie das Gute zu beschleunigen wünschen, wäre ihre Frist für sie bereits bestimmt. Aber so lassen Wir diejenigen, die nicht die Begegnung mit Uns erwarten, in ihrer Auflehnung umherirren.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Αν ο Αλλάχ επίσπευδε για τους ανθρώπους το κακό (που σε μία κατάσταση θυμού επικαλέστηκαν για τον εαυτό τους, τα παιδιά τους ή τα πλούτη τους), όπως επισπεύδει να ανταποκρίνεται στις επικλήσεις τους για το καλό, θα τους είχε φτάσει η καταστροφή τους. Και αφήνουμε εκείνους, που δεν ελπίζουν στη συνάντησή Μας (και δεν την περιμένουν, ούτε τη φοβούνται), στην πλάνη και την τυραννία τους να παραμένουν σε σύγχυση.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
और अगर अल्लाह लोगों को बुराई जल्दी दे दे, उन्हें बहुत जल्दी भलाई प्रदान करने की तरह, तो निश्चय उनकी ओर उनकी अवधि पूरी कर दी जाए। (किंतु) हम उन लोगों को जो हमसे मिलने की आशा नहीं रखते, उनकी सरकशी ही में भटकता[3] हुआ छोड़ देते हैं।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
E se Allāh affrettasse alla gente il male con la stessa fretta che usano per cercare il bene, la loro vita sarebbe già finita. Ma Noi lasciamo che quelli che non si aspettano di incontrarCi si perdano nella loro ostinazione.
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
11. Ir jei Allahas paskubintų žmonijai blogį (kurio jie prašosi sau ir savo vaikams, kai yra supykę), taip pat kaip Jis paskubina jiems gėrį (kurio jie maldauja), tai jie pražūtų. Taigi Mes paliekame tuos, kurie nesitiki savo susitikimo su Mumis jų nusidėjime, klajojančius aklai pasilinksminime.
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
Если бы Аллах ускорял людям зло так же, как они стремятся приблизить для себя благо, то уже наступил бы для них назначенный срок. И Мы оставляем тех, которые не надеются на встречу с Нами, пребывать в своём беззаконии, в котором они блуждают вслепую.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
Када би се Бог одазивао молбама људи када траже зло онако брзо као што им се одазива када траже добро, они би, уистину, страдали. А Ми, ипак, остављамо да лутају у својој осионости они који не верују да ће пред Нама стати да одговарају за своја дела.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Na lau kama Mwenyezi Mungu angeliwafanyia watu haraka kuwaletea maovu kama wanavyojiharakishia kuletewa heri, basi bila ya shaka wangelikwishatimiziwa muda wao. Lakini tunawaacha wale wasiotaraji kukutana nasi wakihangaika katika upotovu wao.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Om Gud påskyndade det onda för människorna lika snabbt som han påskyndar det goda, vore deras tid redan ute. Men vi låter de som inte förväntar sig att möta oss förvirrat fortsätta i sina överträdelser.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
Eğer Allah, insanlara hayrı çarçabuk istedikleri gibi şerri de acilen verseydi, hemen ecellerine hükmedilirdi. (Helak edilirlerdi.) Bizimle buluşmayı ümit etmeyenleri azgınlıkları içinde bocalar bir halde bırakırız.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
اور اگر اللہ لوگوں پر جلدی سے نقصان واقع کردیا کرتا جس طرح وه فائده کے لیے جلدی مچاتے ہیں تو ان کا وعده کبھی کا پورا ہوچکا ہوتا[1] ۔ سو ہم ان لوگوں کو جن کو ہمارے پاس آنے کا یقین نہیں ہے ان کے حال پر چھوڑے رکھتے ہیں کہ اپنی سرکشی میں بھٹکتے رہیں۔
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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DIN 31635ʾinna llaḏīna ʾāmanū waʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti yahdīhim rabbuhum biʾīmānihim taǧrī min taḥtihimu l-ʾanhāru fī ǧannāti n-naʿīmi
Talal Itani2012 As for those who believe and do good deeds, their Lord guides them in their faith. Rivers will flow beneath them in the Gardens of Bliss.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Lo! those who believe and do good works, their Lord guideth them by their faith. Rivers will flow beneath them in the Gardens of Delight
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Verily, those who believe and do what is right, their Lord guides them by their faith; beneath them shall rivers flow in the gardens of pleasure
John Medows Rodwell1861 But they who believe and do the things that are right, shall their Lord direct aright because of their faith. Rivers shall flow at their feet in gardens of delight
George Sale1734 But as to those who believe, and work righteousness, their Lord will direct them because of their faith; they shall have rivers flowing through gardens of pleasure
Talal Itani2012 Their call therein is, "Glory be to You, our God." And their greeting therein is, "Peace." And the last of their call is, "Praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Their prayer therein will be: Glory be to Thee, O Allah! and their greeting therein will be: Peace. And the conclusion of their prayer will be: Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Their cry therein shall be, 'Celebrated be Thy praises, O God!' and their salutation therein shall be, 'Peace!' and the end of their cry shall be, 'Praise (belongs) to God, the Lord of the worlds
John Medows Rodwell1861 Their cry therein, "Glory be to thee, O God!" and their salutation therein, "Peace!" And the close of their cry, "Praise be to God, Lord, of all creatures
George Sale1734 Their prayer therein shall be, praise be unto thee, O God! And their salutation therein shall be, peace! And the end of their prayer shall be, praise be unto God, the Lord of all creatures
Talal Itani2012 Whenever adversity touches the human being, he prays to Us-reclining on his side, or sitting, or standing. But when We have relieved his adversity from him, he goes away, as though he had never called on Us for trouble that had afflicted him. Thus the deeds of the transgressors appear good to them.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And if misfortune touch a man he crieth unto Us, (while reclining) on his side, or sitting or standing, but when We have relieved him of the misfortune he goeth his way as though he had not cried unto Us because of a misfortune that afflicted him. Thus is what they do made (seeming) fair unto the prodigal
Edward Henry Palmer1880 When distress touches man, he calls us to his side, whether sitting or standing; but when we have removed from him his distress, he passes on as though he had not called on us in a distress that touched him. Thus unto the extravagant is made seemly that which they have done
John Medows Rodwell1861 When trouble toucheth a man, he crieth to us, on his side, or sitting, or standing; and when we withdraw his trouble from him, he passeth on as though he had not called on us against the trouble which touched him! Thus are the deeds of transgressors pre-arranged for them
George Sale1734 When evil befalleth a man; he prayeth unto Us lying on his side, or sitting, or standing: But when We deliver him from his affliction, he continueth his former course of life, as though he had not called upon Us to defend him against the evil which had befallen him. Thus was that which the transgressors committed prepared for them
DIN 31635walaqad ʾahlaknā l-qurūna min qablikum lammā ẓalamū waǧāʾathum rusuluhum bil-bayyināti wamā kānū liyuʾminū kaḏālika naǧzī l-qawma l-muǧrimīna
Talal Itani2012 We destroyed generations before you when they did wrong. Their messengers came to them with clear signs, but they would not believe. Thus We requite the sinful people.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 We destroyed the generations before you when they did wrong; and their messengers (from Allah) came unto them with clear proofs (of His Sovereignty) but they would not believe. Thus do We reward the guilty folk
Edward Henry Palmer1880 We have already destroyed generations before you when they did wrong, and there came to them their apostles with manifest signs, but they would not believe. Thus do we reward the sinful people
John Medows Rodwell1861 And of old destroyed we generations before you, when they had acted wickedly, and their Apostles had come to them with clear tokens of their mission, and they would not believe: - thus reward we the wicked
George Sale1734 We have formerly destroyed the generations who were before you, O men of Mecca, when they had acted unjustly, and our apostles had come unto them with evident miracles and they would not believe. Thus do We reward the wicked people
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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
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where 0 means identical wording and 1 means no shared words. It is
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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 Sale0.79
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.74
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.73
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.70
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.67
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.65
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.64
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.63
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.61
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.59
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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.