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Talal Itani· published 2012
When We make the people taste mercy after some adversity has touched them, they begin to scheme against Our revelations. Say, "God is swifter in scheming." Our envoys are writing down what you scheme.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
And when We causemankind to taste of mercy after some adversity which had afflicted them, behold! they have some plot against Our revelations. Say: Allah is more swift in plotting. Lo! Our messengers write down that which ye plot
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
When we have let men taste of mercy after distress which has touched them, lo! they use a stratagem against our signs! Say, 'God is quicker at stratagem.' Verily, our messengers write down what stratagem ye use
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And when after a trouble which you befallen them, we caused this people to taste of mercy, lo! a plot on their part against our signs! SAY: Swifter to plot is God! Verily, our messengers note down your plottings
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And when We caused the men of Mecca to taste mercy, after an affliction which had befallen them, behold, they devised a stratagem against our signs. Say unto them, God is more swift in executing a stratagem, than ye. Verily our messengers write down that which ye deceitfullydevise
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
Kur ua mundësojmë njerëzve të shijojnë mëshirën pas fatkeqësisë që i kishte goditur, ata thurin kurthe kundër ajeteve Tona (duke i përbuzur e përgënjeshtruar). Thuaju: "Allahu është më i shpejti në ngritjen e kurtheve." E, pa dyshim që të dërguarit Tanë shkruajnë çdo kurth që thurni.
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বাংলা · Bengali
আর (মানুষের স্বভাব হলো) দুঃখ-দুর্দশা তাদেরকে স্পর্শ করার পর যখন আমি মানুষকে (বৃষ্টি ও সজীবতার মাধ্যমে আমার) রহমতের স্বাদ আস্বাদন করাই, তারা তখনই আমার আয়াতসমূহের বিরুদ্ধে কূটকৌশল করে। (হে রাসূল!) তুমি তাদেরকে বলো: ‘কৌশল অবলম্বনে আল্লাহ আরো বেশি দ্রুততর।‘ নিশ্চয় তোমরা যে কূটকৌশল করো, তা আমার (সংরক্ষণকারী) ফিরিশতারা লিখে রাখে।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
A kada Mi dopustimo da osjete milost poslije nevolje koja ih snađe, oni opet u vezi s ajetima i znakovima Našim lukavstvo smišljaju. Reci: "Allah je u lukavstvu najbrži; izaslanici Naši, ono što vi spletkarite, doista zapisuju."
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Hrvatski · Croatian
A kada Mi dopustimo da osjete milost poslije nevolje koja ih snađe, oni opet u vezi s ajetima i znakovima Našim lukavstvo smišljaju. Reci: "Allah je u lukavstvu najbrži; izaslanici Naši, ono što vi spletkarite, doista zapisuju."
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Si minn meeɗinirii yimɓe ɓe yurmeende ɓaawo lorra memnooka ɓe, jaka yoo heɓe mari pewje e aayeeje amen ɗeen. Maaku : "Ko Alla ɓuri yaawude pewjugol". Pellet, Nulaaɓe amen ɓen heɓe mbinnda kon ko pewjoton.
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ქართული · Georgian
და როცა ადამიანებს ვაგემებინებთ წყალობას გასაჭირის შემდეგ, რომელიც მათ შეეხო, ისინი მაშინვე მზაკვრობენ ჩვენი აიათების წინააღმდეგ. უთხარი: «ალლაჰი უფრო სწრაფია ხრიკებში». ჭეშმარიტად, ჩვენი მოციქულები [ანგელოზები] იწერენ თქვენს ყველა ზრახვას.
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Deutsch · German
Und wenn Wir die Menschen Barmherzigkeit kosten lassen nach Leid, das ihnen widerfuhr, schmieden sie gleich Ränke gegen Unsere Zeichen. Sag: „Allah schmiedet noch schneller Ränke.“ Wahrlich, Unsere Gesandten schreiben auf, was ihr an Ränken schmiedet.
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Ελληνικά · Greek
Όταν δίνουμε στους ανθρώπους (τους ειδωλολάτρες) έλεος (από βροχή, υγεία και ευημερία) μετά από μία συμφορά (από λειψυδρία, αρρώστια και κακουχίες) που τους έπληξε, αρχίζουν μετά να συνωμοτούν (με κοροϊδία και χλευασμό) ενάντια στα Εδάφιά Μας. Πες (ω, Προφήτη): «Ο Αλλάχ είναι πιο Γρήγορος στο σχέδιο (να σας σέρνει σταδιακά προς την τιμωρία που θα πέσει ξαφνικά πάνω σας απ' εκεί που δεν την περιμένετε). Πράγματι, Οι άγγελοί Μας που στείλαμε (για να καταγράψουν τις πράξεις σας) καταγράφουν ό,τι συνωμοτείτε.»
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हिन्दी · Hindi
और जब हम लोगों को उनके किसी तकलीफ़ में पड़ने के बाद कोई दया चखाते हैं, तो अचानक उनके लिए हमारी आयतों के बारे में कोई न कोई चाल होती है। कह दें कि अल्लाह अधिक तेज़ उपाय करने वाला है। निःसंदेह हमारे भेजे हुए (फ़रिश्ते) लिख रहे हैं, जो तुम चाल चलते हो।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
E se avessimo fatto assaggiare alla gente la Nostra grazia dopo che una sventura li aveva colpiti, eccoli tramare contro i Nostri Segni. Di’: «Allāh è il più rapido Pianificatore». In verità i Nostri Messaggeri scrivono tutti le vostre trame.
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
21. Ir kai Mes leidžiame žmonijai paragauti gailestingumo po kokių nors juos ištikusių nelaimių, štai! Jie imasi kurti sąmokslus prieš Mūsų Ajat (įrodymus, įkalčius, eilutes, pamokas, ženklus, apreiškimus ir t.t.)! Sakyk: „Allahas yra daug Greitesnis planuodamas!“ Iš tiesų, Mūsų Pasiuntiniai (angelai) įrašo viską, ką jūs planuojate.
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Русский · Russian
Когда Мы даём людям вкусить милость после бедствия, постигшего их, — они тут же строят козни против Наших знамений. Скажи: «Аллах быстрее в кознях!» Воистину, Наши посланники записывают то, что вы замышляете.
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Српски · Serbian
А када им подаримо да осете милост после невоље која их задеси, они опет у вези са Нашим речима и доказима смишљају сплетке. Реци: „Аллах најбрже узвраћа на сплетке; Наши анђели, оно што ви сплеткарите, заиста записују.“
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Na tunapowaonjesha watu rehema baada ya shida iliyowagusa, tazama, wanafanya njama katika Ishara zetu. Sema, “Mwenyezi Mungu ni Mwepesi zaidi wa kupanga njama. Hakika wajumbe wetu wanayaandika hayo mnayoyapangia njama.”
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Svenska · Swedish
Och när vi låter folk ta del av vår barmhärtighet efter den motgång som drabbat dem smider de planer mot våra tecken [för att undergräva dem]. Säg: ”Gud är snabbare på att smida planer. Våra utsända skriver ner alla de planer ni smider.”
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Türkçe · Turkish
Kendilerine dokunan bir sıkıntıdan sonra, insanlara bir rahmet (ferahlık ve mutluluk) tattırdığımız zaman bir de bakarsın ki, âyetlerimiz hakkında onların bir tuzakları vardır. De ki: “Allah, daha çabuk tuzak kurar.” Şüphesiz elçilerimiz (melekler) kurmakta olduğunuz tuzakları yazıyorlar.
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اردو · Urdu
اور جب ہم لوگوں کو اس امر کے بعد کہ ان پر کوئی مصیبت پڑ چکی ہو کسی نعمت کامزه چکھا دیتے ہیں[1] تو وه فوراً ہی ہماری آیتوں کے بارے میں چالیں چلنے لگتے ہیں[2]، آپ کہہ دیجئے کہ اللہ چال چلنے میں تم سے زیاده تیز ہے[3]، بالیقین ہمارے فرشتے تمہاری سب چالوں کو لکھ رہے ہیں.
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DIN 31635wamā kāna n-nāsu ʾillā ʾummatan wāḥidatan faḫtalafū walawlā kalimatun sabaqat min rabbika laquḍiya baynahum fīmā fīhi yaḫtalifūna
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Talal Itani2012 Mankind was a single community; then they differed. Were it not for a prior decree from your Lord, the matters over which they had disputed would have been settled.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Mankind were but one community; then they differed; and had it not been for a word that had already gone forth from thy Lord it had been judged between them in respect of that wherein they differ
Edward Henry Palmer1880 People were but one nation once, then they disagreed; and had it not been for thy Lord's word already passed, there would have been decided between them that concerning which they disagreed
John Medows Rodwell1861 Men were of one religion only: then they fell to variance: and had not a decree (of respite) previously gone forth from thy Lord, their differences had surely been decided between them
George Sale1734 Men were professors of one religion only, but they dissented therefrom; and if a decree had not previously issued from thy Lord, deferring their punishment, verily the matter had been decided between them, concerning which they disagreed
Easy-read (simplified)wayaqooloona lawlaa unzila 'alayhi aayatun min rabbihi faqul innamaa l-ghaybu lillaahi faantaziroo innee ma'akum mina l-muntazireen
DIN 31635wayaqūlūna lawlā ʾunzila ʿalayhi ʾāyatun min rabbihi faqul ʾinnamā l-ġaybu lillāhi fāntaẓirū ʾinnī maʿakum mina l-muntaẓirīna
Talal Itani2012 And they say, "If only a miracle was sent down to him from his Lord." Say, "The realm of the unseen belongs to God; so wait, I am waiting with you."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And they will say: If only a portent were sent down upon him from his Lord! Then say, (O Muhammad): The Unseen belongeth to Allah. So wait! Lo! I am waiting with you
Edward Henry Palmer1880 They say, 'Why is not a sign sent down upon him from his Lord?' Say, 'The unseen is only God's; but wait ye for a while, verily, I with you am one of those who wait
John Medows Rodwell1861 They say: "Unless a sign be sent down to him from his Lord. . . ." But SAY: The hidden is only with God: wait therefore: I truly will be with you among those who wait
George Sale1734 They say, unless a sign be sent down unto him from his Lord, we will not believe. Answer, verily that which is hidden is known only unto God: Wait therefore the pleasure of God; and I also will wait with you
Talal Itani2012 It is He who transports you across land and sea. Until, when you are on ships, sailing in a favorable wind, and rejoicing in it, a raging wind arrives. The waves surge over them from every side, and they realize that they are besieged. Thereupon they pray to God, professing sincere devotion to Him: "If You save us from this, we will be among the appreciative."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 He it is Who maketh you to go on the land and the sea till, when ye are in the ships and they sail with them with a fair breeze and they are glad therein, a storm-wind reacheth them and the wave cometh unto them from every side and they deem that they are overwhelmed therein; (then) they cry unto Allah, making their faith pure for Him only: If Thou deliver us from this, we truly will be of the thankful
Edward Henry Palmer1880 He it is who makes you travel in the land and sea, until when ye are in the ships - and these carry them afloat with a favouring wind, and they rejoice therein, there comes to them a violent wind, and there comes to them the wave from every place, and they think that they are encompassed about; then they call on God, sincere in religion towards Him, 'If thou dost save from this we will surely be of those who thank
John Medows Rodwell1861 He it is who enableth you to travel by land and sea, so that ye go on board of ships - which sail on with them, with favouring breeze in which they rejoice. But if a tempestuous gale overtake them, and the billow come on them from every side, and they think that they are encompassed therewith, they call on God, professing sincere religion: - "Wouldst thou but rescue us from this, then will we indeed be of the thankful
George Sale1734 It is He who hath given you conveniencies for travelling by land and by sea; so that ye be in ships, which sail with them, with a favourable wind, and they rejoice therein. And when a tempestuous wind overtaketh them, and waves come upon them from every side, and they think themselves to be encompassed with inevitable dangers; they call upon God, exhibiting the pure religion unto Him, and saying, verily if Thou deliver us from this peril, we will be of those who give thanks
Talal Itani2012 But then, when He has saved them, they commit violations on earth, and oppose justice. O people! Your violations are against your own souls. It is the enjoyment of the present life. Then to Us is your return, and We will inform you of what you used to do.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Yet when He hath delivered them, behold! they rebel in the earth wrongfully. O mankind! Your rebellion is only against yourselves. (Ye have) enjoyment of the life of the world; then unto Us is your return and We shall proclaim unto you what ye used to do
Edward Henry Palmer1880 But when He has saved them, lo! they are willful in the earth unjustly;- O ye folk! your willfulness against yourselves is but a provision of this world's life; then unto us is your return, and we will inform you of that which ye have done
John Medows Rodwell1861 But when we have rescued them, lo! they commit unrighteous excesses on the earth! O men! assuredly your self-injuring excess is only an enjoyment of this life present: soon ye return to us: and we will let you know what ye have done
George Sale1734 But when He had delivered them, behold, they behaved themselves insolently in the earth, without justice. O men, verily the violence which ye commit against your own souls, is for the enjoyment of this present life only; afterwards unto Us shall ye return, and We will declare unto you that which ye have done
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 —
0.65 on a scale
where 0 means identical wording and 1 means no shared words. It is
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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
Talal Itani · George Sale0.73
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.71
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.69
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.67
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.66
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.65
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.63
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.61
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.60
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.54
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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.