Marked words appear in this translation and in no other English translation of this verse. Common small words and older spellings are not marked. The marks show where the wording differs, not where the meaning does.
Certainly, to God belongs everyone in the heavens and everyone on earth. Those who invoke other than God do not follow partners; they follow only assumptions, and they only guess.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Lo! is it not unto Allah that belongeth whosoever is in the heavens and whosoever is in the earth? Those who follow aughtinstead of Allah follow not (His) partners. They follow only a conjecture, and they do but guess
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
Is not, verily, whoever is in the heavens and whoever is in the earth God's? What then do they follow who call on associates other than God? Verily, they follow nothing but suspicion, and verily, they are telling naught but lies
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Is not whoever is in the Heavens and the Earth subject to God? What then do they follow who, beside God, call upon deities they have joined with Him? They follow but a conceit, and they are but liars
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Is not whoever dwelleth in heaven and on earth, subject unto God? What therefore do they follow, who invoke idols, besides God? They follow nothing but a vainopinion; and they only utter lies
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
S'ka dyshim se Allahut i takon gjithçka që gjendet në qiej dhe gjithçka që gjendet në Tokë. Ndërkaq, ata që adhurojnë të tjerë në vend të Allahut, në të vërtetë, nuk ndjekin gjë tjetër përveç hamendjes dhe vetëm gënjejnë.
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
জেনে রেখো, নিশ্চয় আসমানসমূহে যারা আছে এবং জমিনে যারা আছে, তারা সবাই আল্লাহরই এবং যারা (মুশরিকরা) আল্লাহ ছাড়া অন্য কাউকে তাঁর শরীক বানিয়ে ডাকে, তারা মূলত কার অনুসরণ করছে? বস্তুত তারা তো কেবল ধারণার অনুসরণ করে। আসলেই তারা (শরীকদেরকে আল্লাহর সাথে সম্পৃক্ত করে) শুধু মিথ্যা কথাই বলে।
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
Zaista, u Allahovoj je vlasti sve što je na nebesima i na Zemlji. A oni koji se, pored Allaha, božanstvima mole, povode se samo za pretpostavkama i samo laži izmišljaju.
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
Zaista, u Allahovoj je vlasti sve što je na nebesima i na Zemlji. A oni koji se, pored Allaha, božanstvima mole, povode se samo za pretpostavkama i samo laži izmišljaju.
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
Nganndee ko Alla heeranii ɓeen wonɓe ka kammuuli e ɓeen wonɓe ka leydi. eko ɓeen noddooɓe gah Alla njokkaani e kafidiiɓe? ɓe jokkaani si wonaa sikke, ɓe ngoonaani si wonaa fenooɓe.
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
ქართული · Georgian
იცოდეთ, რომ ალლაჰისაა ყოველი, რაც ცათა შინაა და ქვეყანაზე ზედა. და რას მიჰყვებიან ისინი, რომლებიც ალლაჰის გარდა თანამოზიარეებს უხმობენ? ისინი მხოლოდ ვარაუდს მიჰყვებიან, და ისინი მხოლოდ ცრუობენ (იმაში, რასაც ალლაჰს მიაწერენ).
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 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Sicherlich, Allah gehört, wer in den Himmeln und wer auf der Erde ist. Es folgen diejenigen, die anstatt Allahs Teilhaber anrufen (also ihre falschen Gottheiten); sie folgen ja nur Mutmaßungen, und sie stellen nur Schätzungen an.
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
Πράγματι, στον Αλλάχ ανήκει όποιος βρίσκεται στους ουρανούς και όποιος βρίσκεται στη γη. Τι ακολουθούν, λοιπόν, εκείνοι που επικαλούνται (τους λεγόμενους) εταίρους εκτός του Αλλάχ; Πράγματι, δεν ακολουθούν παρά μόνο την εικασία, και (αυτό που κάνουν) δεν είναι παρά ότι ψεύδονται.
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
हिन्दी · Hindi
सुन लो! निःसंदेह अल्लाह ही के लिए है जो कोई आसमानों में है और जो कोई ज़मीन में है और जो अल्लाह के सिवा दूसरे साझीदारों को पुकारते हैं, वे किस चीज़ की पैरवी कर रहे हैंॽ वे केवल अनुमान की पैरवी कर रहे हैं और वे मात्र अटकलें लगा रहे हैं।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
in verità appartiene ad Allāh tutto ciò che è nei cieli e in terra. E quelli che invocano all’infuori di Allāh degli idoli non inseguono altro che invenzioni e non dicono altro che bugie.
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
66. Nėr abejonės, iš tiesų, Allahui priklauso viskas, kas yra danguose, ir viskas, kas yra žemėje. Ir tie, kurie garbina ir šaukiasi kitų šalia Allaho, iš tikrųjų, jie seka ne (taip vadinamais Allaho) partneriais, jie seka tik spėlionėmis ir jie kuria melus.
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
Знайте: воистину, Аллаху принадлежат все, кто в небесах и все, кто на земле. А чему же следуют те, которые призывают помимо Аллаха сотоварищей? Они следуют не иначе как предположениям и предаются не иначе как домыслам.
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
Заиста, у Аллаховој је власти све што је на небесима и на Земљи. А они који се, поред Аллаха, моле божанствима, поводе се само за претпоставкама и само измишљају лажи.
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
Jueni kuwa ni vya Mwenyezi Mungu vyote vilivyo katika mbingu na katika ardhi. Na wala hawafuati hao wanaoomba badala ya Mwenyezi Mungu washirika wowote. Wao hawafuati isipokuwa dhana tu, na hawasemi isipokuwa uongo.
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Alla i himlarna och på jorden tillhör Gud. Vad följer de som åkallar avgudar vid Guds sida? De följer bara antaganden och ljuger.
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
Türkçe · Turkish
İyi bilin ki, göklerde ve yerde kim varsa hepsi Allah’ındır. Allah’ı bırakıp da ortak koştuklarına dua edenler yalnızca zanna uyanlardır. Onlar, zandan başka bir şeyin ardına düşmüyorlar ve onlar sadece yalan söylüyorlar.
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
یاد رکھو کہ جتنے کچھ آسمانوں میں ہیں اور جتنے زمین میں ہیں یہ سب اللہ ہی کے ہیں اور جو لوگ اللہ کو چھوڑ کر دوسرے شرکا کی عبادت کررہے ہیں کس چیز کی اتباع کر رہے ہیں۔ محض بے سند خیال کی اتباع کر رہے ہیں اور محض اٹکلیں لگا رہے ہیں.[1]
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 31635lahumu l-bušrā fī l-ḥayāti d-dunyā wafī l-ʾāḫirati lā tabdīla likalimāti llāhi ḏālika huwa l-fawzu l-ʿaẓīmu
Talal Itani2012 For them is good news in this life, and in the Hereafter. There is no alteration to the words of God. That is the supreme triumph.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Theirs are good tidings in the life of the world and in the Hereafter - There is no changing the Words of Allah - that is the Supreme Triumph
Edward Henry Palmer1880 for them are good tidings in the life of this world, and in the future too; there is no changing the words of God! That is the mighty happiness
John Medows Rodwell1861 For them are good tidings in this life, and in the next! There is no change in the words of God! This, the great felicity
George Sale1734 shall receive good tidings in this life, and in that which is to come. There is no change in the words of God. This shall be great felicity
DIN 31635walā yaḥzunka qawluhum ʾinna l-ʿizzata lillāhi ǧamīʿan huwa s-samīʿu l-ʿalīmu
Talal Itani2012 And let not their sayings dishearten you. All power is God's. He is the Hearer, the Knower.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And let not their speech grieve thee (O Muhammad). Lo! power belongeth wholly to Allah. He is the Hearer, the Knower
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Let not their speech grieve thee; verily, power is wholly God's! He both hears and knows
John Medows Rodwell1861 And let not their discourse grieve thee: for all might is God's: the Hearer, the Knower, He
George Sale1734 Let not their discourse grieve thee; for all might belongeth unto God: He both heareth and knoweth
Talal Itani2012 It is He who made the night for your rest, and the daylight for visibility. Surely in that are signs for people who listen.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 He it is Who hath appointed for you the night that ye should rest therein and the day giving sight. Lo! herein verily are portents for a folk that heed
Edward Henry Palmer1880 He it is who made for you the night, that ye might rest therein, and the day to see therein; verily, in that are signs unto a people who can hear
John Medows Rodwell1861 It is He who hath ordained for you the night wherein to rest, and the lightsome day. Verily in this are signs for those who hearken
George Sale1734 It is He who hath ordained the night for you, that ye may take your rest therein, and the clear day for labour: Verily herein are signs unto people who hearken
Easy-read (simplified)qaaloo takhadha llaahu waladan subhaanahu huwa l-ghaniyyu lahu maa fee s-samaawaati wamaa fee l-'ardi in 'indakum min sultaanin bihaadhaa ataqooloona 'alaa llaahi maa laa ta'lamoon
DIN 31635qālū taḫaḏa llāhu waladan subḥānahu huwa l-ġaniyyu lahu mā fī s-samāwāti wamā fī l-ʾarḍi ʾin ʿindakum min sulṭānin bihāḏā ʾataqūlūna ʿalā llāhi mā lā taʿlamūna
Talal Itani2012 And they said, "God has taken a son." Be He glorified. He is the Self-Sufficient. His is everything in the heavens and everything on earth. Do you have any proof for this? Or are you saying about God what you do not know?
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 They say: Allah hath taken (unto Him) a son - Glorified be He! He hath no needs! His is all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth. Ye have no warrant for this. Tell ye concerning Allah that which ye know not
Edward Henry Palmer1880 They say, 'God has taken to Himself a son.' Celebrated be His praises! He is the rich one! His is whatever is in the heavens, and whatever is in the earth. Ye have no authority for this! will ye say against God, that which ye do not know
John Medows Rodwell1861 They say, "God hath begotten children." No! by his glory! He is the self-sufficient. All that is in the Heavens and all that is in the Earth is His! Have ye warranty for that assertion? What! speak ye of God that which ye know not
George Sale1734 They say, God hath begotten children: God forbid! He is self-sufficient. Unto Him belongeth whatsoever is in heaven and on earth: Ye have no demonstrative proof of this. Do ye speak of God that which ye know not
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 —
0.67 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
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.74
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.72
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.71
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.71
Talal Itani · George Sale0.71
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.66
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.64
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.64
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.62
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.56
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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.