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Talal Itani· published 2012
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.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
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
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
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
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Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
But when we have rescued them, lo! they commit unrighteousexcesses on the earth! O men! assuredly your self-injuringexcess is only an enjoyment of this life present: soon ye return to us: and we will let you know what ye have done
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
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
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
Por, sapo Ai i shpëton, ata bëjnë shkelje në tokë pa kurrfarë të drejte. O njerëz, shkelja juaj është vetëm kundër vetes suaj, një kënaqësi e jetës së kësaj bote. Më pas, te Ne do të ktheheni e Ne do t'ju njoftojmë për atë që keni punuar.
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.
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বাংলা · Bengali
অতঃপর তিনি যখন (দু‘আ কবুল করে) তাদেরকে বিপদমুক্ত করেন তখন তারা (কুফরি, গুনাহ ও পাপে নিমজ্জিত হয়ে) জমিনে অন্যায়ভাবে সীমালঙ্ঘন করতে থাকে। হে মানুষ! তোমাদের সীমালঙ্ঘন কেবল তোমাদের নিজেদের ওপরই বর্তাবে।(১৩) এর মাধ্যমে দুনিয়ার জীবনের সুখ ভোগ করে নাও, পরে (কিয়ামতের দিন) আমারই কাছে তোমাদের প্রত্যাবর্তনস্থল। তখন আমি তোমাদেরকে তোমাদের আমলসমূহ জানিয়ে দিবো।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
A kad ih On izbavi, odmah potpuno neosnovano na Zemlji nasilje čine. O ljudi, vaše nasilje koje činite radi užitka u životu dunjalučkom samo vama šteti; Nama ćete se poslije vratiti i Mi ćemo vas o onom što ste radili obavijestiti.
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Hrvatski · Croatian
A kad ih On izbavi, odmah potpuno neosnovano na Zemlji nasilje čine. O ljudi, vaše nasilje koje činite radi užitka u životu ovosjetskom samo vama šteti; Nama ćete se poslije vratiti i Mi ćemo vas o onom što ste radili obavijestiti.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Ɓaawo nde o daɗndi ɓe, e jaka yoo kamɓe heɓe bewira ko leydi ko adaa e goonga. eehey mon yimɓe, ngandee bewre mon nden yantay e woŋkiiji mon. Ko dakamme nguurndam aduna. refti ko ka amen woni rutorde mon, min kaalano on ko laatino hoɗon ngolla.
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ქართული · Georgian
ხოლო მას შემდეგ, რაც (ალლაჰი) იხსნის მათ, აჰა, ისინი კვლავ უსამართლოდ ბოროტებას სჩადიან დედამიწაზე. ო, ადამიანებო, თქვენი ბოროტება თავად თქვენს წინააღმდეგ შემობრუნდება. (ეს არის მხოლოდ) ამქვეყნიური ცხოვრებით სარგებლობა. შემდეგ კი ჩვენთან იქნება თქვენი დაბრუნება, და ჩვენ უეჭველად გაცნობებთ ყველაფერს, რასაც აკეთებდით.
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Deutsch · German
Als Er sie aber dann errettete, fangen sie sogleich an, ohne Recht auf der Erde gewalttätig zu handeln. O ihr Menschen, eure Gewalttätigkeit richtet sich doch nur gegen euch selbst. (Es ist doch nur) der Genuss des diesseitigen Lebens. Hierauf wird eure Rückkehr zu Uns sein, und so werden Wir euch kundtun, was ihr zu tun pflegtet.
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Ελληνικά · Greek
Ωστόσο, αφού τους έσωσε, αρχίζουν να σκορπίζουν την αδικία και το κακό (από απιστία και αμαρτίες) στη γη. Ω, άνθρωποι! Στ' αλήθεια, η αδικία (και το κακό) σας θα είναι μόνο εις βάρος σας. Μία απόλαυση στην εγκόσμια ζωή, έπειτα σε Μας θα είναι η επιστροφή σας και θα σας πληροφορήσουμε για ό,τι κάνατε.
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हिन्दी · Hindi
फिर जब वह उन्हें बचा लेता है, तो वे अचानक धरती में नाहक़ सरकशी करने लगते हैं। ऐ लोगो! तुम्हारी सरकशी, तुम्हारे अपने ही विरुद्ध है। ये सांसारिक जीवन के कुछ लाभ[10] हैं। फिर तुम्हें हमारी ही ओर लौटकर आना है। तब हम तुम्हें बताएँगे जो कुछ तुम किया करते थे।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Ma quando Lui li salvò, eccoli a terra trasgredire, ingiustamente. O gente! In verità il vostro comportamento oltraggioso va contro voi stessi. Prendetevi i vostri piccoli piaceri in questa vita: alla fine tornerete a Noi e Noi vi informeremo di tutto ciò che avete fatto.
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
23. Tačiau kai Jis išneša juos, štai! Jie neteisingai maištauja (nepaklūsta Allahui) žemėje. O žmonija, jūsų maištavimas (nepaklusnumas Allahui) yra tik prieš jus pačius, - trumpalaikis pasimėgavimas šiuo žemiškuoju gyvenimu, tada (pabaigoje) pas Jį yra jūsų sugrįžimas, ir Jis praneš jums apie tai, ką jūs darydavote.
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Русский · Russian
А когда Он спасает их, — вот, они начинают бесчинствовать на земле без права. О люди, ваше бесчинство навредит лишь вам самим: [это] пользование [благами] мирской жизни, затем к Нам ваше возвращение, и тогда Мы возвестим вам о том, что вы совершали.
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Српски · Serbian
А кад их Он избави, одмах чине насиље на Земљи потпуно неосновано. О људи, ваше насиље које чините ради уживања у овосветском животу само вама штети; Нама ћете после да се вратите и Ми ћемо о оном што сте радили да вас обавестимо.
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Lakini anapowaokoa, tazama, wanafanya jeuri tena katika ardhi bila ya haki. Enyi watu! Hakika jeuri zenu zitawadhuru nyinyi wenyewe. Hii ni starehe ya maisha ya dunia tu. Kisha marejeo yenu ni kwetu, na hapo tutawaambia yale mliyokuwa mkiyatenda.
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Svenska · Swedish
Men när han räddat dem begår de genast övergrepp på jorden utan rätt. Människor! Era övergrepp drabbar bara er själva. Det är en kort njutning i det jordiska livet men sedan återvänder ni till oss, och då ska vi underrätta er om vad ni brukade göra.
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Türkçe · Turkish
Fakat Allah onları kurtarınca, bir de bakarsın ki yeryüzünde (şirk koşarak) haksız yere taşkınlıkta bulunurlar. Ey İnsanlar! Sizin taşkınlığınız, sırf kendi aleyhinizedir. (Bununla) sadece dünya hayatının yararını elde edersiniz. Sonunda dönüşünüz bizedir. (Biz de) bütün yaptıklarınızı size haber vereceğiz.
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اردو · Urdu
پھر جب اللہ تعالیٰ ان کو بچالیتا ہے تو فوراً ہی وه زمین میں ناحق سرکشی کرنے لگتے ہیں [1] اے لوگو! یہ تمہاری سرکشی تمہارے لیے وبال ہونے والی ہے [2]دنیاوی زندگی کے (چند) فائدے ہیں، پھر ہمارے پاس تم کو آنا ہے پھر ہم سب تمہارا کیا ہوا تم کو بتلادیں گے.
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Talal Itani2012 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.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And when We cause mankind 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
Edward Henry Palmer1880 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
John Medows Rodwell1861 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
George Sale1734 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 deceitfully devise
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 The likeness of the present life is this: water that We send down from the sky is absorbed by the plants of the earth, from which the people and the animals eat. Until, when the earth puts on its fine appearance, and is beautified, and its inhabitants think that they have mastered it, Our command descends upon it by night or by day, and We turn it into stubble, as if it had not flourished the day before. We thus clarify the revelations for people who reflect.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 The similitude of the life of the world is only as water which We send down from the sky, then the earth's growth of that which men and cattle eat mingleth with it till, when the earth hath taken on her ornaments and is embellished, and her people deem that they are masters of her, Our commandment cometh by night or by day and We make it as reaped corn as if it had not flourished yesterday. Thus do we expound the revelations for people who reflect
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Verily, the likeness of this world's life is like water which we send down from the sky, and the plants of the earth, from which men and cattle eat, are mingled therewith; until when the earth puts on its gilding and is adorned, the people thereof think that they have power over it. Our order comes to it by night or day, and we make it as it were mown down - as though it had not yesterday been rich!- Thus do we detail the signs unto a people who reflect
John Medows Rodwell1861 Verily, this present life is like the water which we send down from Heaven, and the produce of the earth, of which men and cattle eat, is mingled with it, till the earth hath received its golden raiment, and is decked out: and they who dwell on it deem that they have power over it! but, Our behest cometh to it by night or by day, and we make it as if it had been mown, as if it had not teemed only yesterday! Thus make we our signs clear to those who consider
George Sale1734 Verily the likeness of this present life is no other than as water, which We send down from heaven, and wherewith the productions of the earth are mixed, of which men eat, and cattle also, until the earth receive its vesture, and be adorned with various plants: The inhabitants thereof imagine that they have power over the same; but our command cometh unto it by night, or by day, and we render it as though it had been mown, as though it had not yesterday abounded with fruits. Thus do We explain our signs unto people who consider
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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
0.60 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 Rodwell0.65
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.63
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.60
Talal Itani · George Sale0.60
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.60
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.59
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.59
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.58
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.57
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.56
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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.