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Talal Itani· published 2012
We did not wrong them, but they wronged themselves. Their gods, whom they invoked besides God, availed them nothing when the command of your Lord arrived. In fact, they added only to their ruin.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
We wronged them not, but they did wrong themselves; and their gods on whom they call beside Allah availed them naught when came thy Lord's command; they added to them naught save ruin
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
We did not wrong them, but they wronged themselves. Their gods availed them naught, on which they called instead of God, when once the bidding of thy Lord had come; nor did they add save to their downfall
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
We dealt not unfairly by them, but they dealt not fairly by themselves: and their gods on whom they called beside God availed them not at all when thy Lord's behest came to pass. They did but increase their ruin
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And We treated them not unjustly, but they dealt unjustly with their own souls: And their gods which they invoked, besides God, were of no advantage unto them at all, when the decree of thy Lord came to be executed on them, neither were they any other than a detriment unto them
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
Ne nuk u bëmë padrejtësi atyre, por ata i bënë padrejtësi vetvetes. Hyjnitë që i adhuronin në vend të Allahut nuk u bënë aspak dobi kur u erdhi urdhri i Zotit tënd, por vetëm ua shtuan humbjen.
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 আমি তাদের ওপর (বিপদ দিয়ে ধ্বংস করে) যুলম করিনি; বরং তারা (আল্লাহর সাথে কুফরি করে) নিজেরাই নিজেদের ওপর যুলম করেছে। অতঃপর যখন তোমার রবের (শাস্তির) নির্দেশ আসলো, তখন আল্লাহ ছাড়া যেসব উপাস্যকে তারা ডাকতো, তারা তাদের কোনো কাজেই আসল না। আর তারা (ভ্রান্ত মাবূদগুলো) ধ্বংস ছাড়া তাদের আর কিছুই বৃদ্ধি করেনি।
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
Mi im nismo nepravdu učinili. Oni su sami sebi nepravdu učinili. Ništa im nisu pomogla božanstva njihova koja su mimo Allaha molili, kad bi naredba Gospodara tvoga nastupila, samo bi im propast njihovu povećala.
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
Mi im nismo nepravdu učinili. Oni su sami sebi nepravdu učinili. Ništa im nisu pomogla božanstva njihova koja su mimo Allaha molili, kad bi naredba Gospodara tvoga nastupila, samo bi im propast njihovu povećala.
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
Min tooñaani ɓe. Ko woni, ko kamɓe tooñi ko'e maɓɓe. deweteeɗi maɓɓe ɗiin ɗiɓe ndwatnoo gah ɗin duncanaali ɓe hay e huunde, tuma nde yamiroore Joomi maa nden arnoo; ɗi ɓeydaani ɓe si wonaa hayrude.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
ჩვენ არ დაგვიჩაგრავს ისინი, არამედ მათ თავიანთი თავები დაჩაგრეს. და ვერაფრით უშველეს მათ თავიანთმა (ცრუ) ღვთაებებმა, რომლებსაც ალლაჰის გარდა უხმობდნენ, როცა შენი ღმერთის ბრძანება მოვიდა. და არაფერი შემატეს მათ, გარდა დაღუპვისა.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Und nicht Wir haben ihnen Unrecht getan, sondern sie selbst haben sich Unrecht zugefügt. Und ihre Gottheiten, die sie anstatt Allahs anrufen, haben ihnen nichts genützt, als der Befehl deines Herrn kam, und sie mehrten ihnen nur noch mehr an Verlust (und Vernichtung).
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
Δεν τους αδικήσαμε, αλλά εκείνοι είναι που αδίκησαν τον εαυτό τους. Οι θεοί τους, τους οποίους επικαλέστηκαν εκτός του Αλλάχ, δεν τους προστάτεψαν σε τίποτε όταν ήρθε η εντολή του Κυρίου σου, και δεν τους αύξησαν παρά μόνο σε καταστροφή και απώλεια.
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
और हमने उनपर अत्याचार नहीं किया, परंतु उन्होंने स्वयं अपने ऊपर अत्याचार किया। जब आपके पालनहार का आदेश आ गया, तो उनके वे पूज्य, जिन्हें वे अल्लाह के सिवा पुकारा करते थे, उनके कुछ भी काम न आए और उन्होंने केवल उन्हें हानि ही पहुँचाया।[37]
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
E Noi non facemmo loro alcun torto, ma lo fecero a loro stessi. Non li hanno giovato in nulla gli idoli che adoravano all’infuori di Allāh. Finché arrivò l’ordine del tuo Dio, e non aumentò loro se non la rovina.
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
101. Mes neklaidinome jų, tačiau jie klaidino save patys. Taigi, jų aliha (dievai), kiti nei Allahas, kurių jie šaukėsi, niekuo jiems nedavė naudos, kai atėjo jūsų Viešpaties Įsakymas, nei jie pridėjo jiems ko nors daugiau nei sunaikinimą.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.8
Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Nuti isaan hin mine; Garuu isaan lubbuulee isaanii miidhan. gabbaramtoonni isaanii kan isaan Rabbii gaditti gabbaraa turan homaa isaan hin fayyadne Yeroo ajajni Gooftaa keetii dhufu. Hoongessuu malees homaa isaaniif hin daballe.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.0
Русский · Russian
И Мы не были к ним несправедливы, но они поступили несправедливо по отношению к самим себе. И ничем не помогли им божества, к которым они взывали помимо Аллаха, когда пришло веление твоего Господа. И они не прибавили им ничего, кроме погибели!
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
Ми им нисмо учинили неправду. Они су сами себи учинили неправду. Ништа им нису помогла њихова божанства која су молили мимо Аллаха кад је наступила наредба твога Господара, само су им пропаст њихову повећала.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Na Sisi hatukuwadhulumu, lakini wao wenyewe walizidhulumu nafsi zao. Na miungu yao waliyokuwa wakiiomba badala ya Mwenyezi Mungu haikuwafaa kitu ilipokuja amri ya Mola wako Mlezi. Na hiyo miungu haikuwazidishia isipokuwa maangamio tu.
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Svenska · Swedish
Vi gjorde dem ingen orätt, nej, de gjorde sig själva orätt. Deras avgudar, som de anropade vid Guds sida, kunde inte hjälpa dem när din Herres dom föll, utan de fick bara deras förlust att öka.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
Biz onlara zulmetmedik. Fakat onlar kendilerine zulmettiler. Rabbinin emri gelince, Allah’ı bırakıp da dua ettikleri ilâhları kendilerine hiçbir fayda sağlamadı. İlâhları onların sadece ziyanlarını artırdı.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
ہم نے ان پر کوئی ﻇلم نہیں کیا[1] ، بلکہ خود انہوں نے ہی اپنے اوپر ﻇلم کیا[2]، اور انہیں ان کے معبودوں نے کوئی فائده نہ پہنچایا جنہیں وه اللہ کے سوا پکارا کرتے تھے، جب کہ تیرے پروردگار کا حکم آپہنچا، بلکہ اور ان کا نقصان ہی انہوں نے بڑھا دیا.[3]
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 31635waʾutbiʿū fī hāḏihi laʿnatan wayawma l-qiyāmati biʾsa r-rifdu l-marfūdu
Talal Itani2012 They were followed by a curse in this, and on the Day of Resurrection. Miserable is the path they followed.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 A curse is made to follow them in the world and on the Day of Resurrection. Hapless is the gift (that will be) given (them)
Edward Henry Palmer1880 In this (world) were they followed by a curse; and on the resurrection day evil shall be the aid they are aided with
John Medows Rodwell1861 They were followed by a curse in this world; and in the day of the Resurrection, wretched the gift that shall be given them
George Sale1734 They were followed in this life by a curse, and on the day of resurrection miserable shall be the gift which shall be given them
Easy-read (simplified)dhaalika min anbaa'i l-quraa naqussuhu 'alayka minhaa qaa'imun wahaseed
DIN 31635ḏālika min ʾanbāʾi l-qurā naquṣṣuhu ʿalayka minhā qāʾimun waḥaṣīdun
Talal Itani2012 These are of the reports of the towns-We relate them to you. Some are still standing, and some have withered away.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 That is (something) of the tidings of the townships (which were destroyed of old). We relate it unto thee (Muhammad). Some of them are standing and some (already) reaped
Edward Henry Palmer1880 That is one of the stories of the cities which we recite to thee - some of them are standing now and some mown down
John Medows Rodwell1861 Such, the histories of the cities which we relate to thee. Some of them are standing, others mown down
George Sale1734 This is a part of the histories of the cities, which We rehearse unto thee. Of them there are some standing; and others which are utterly demolished
Talal Itani2012 Such is the grip of your Lord when He seizes the towns in the midst of their sins. His grip is most painful, most severe.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Even thus is the grasp of thy Lord when He graspeth the townships while they are doing wrong. Lo! His grasp is painful, very strong
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Thus is thy Lord's overtaking when He overtakes the cities that have done wrong; verity, His overtaking is grievous, keen
John Medows Rodwell1861 Such was thy Lord's grasp when he laid that grasp on the cities that had been wicked. Verily his grasp is afflictive, terrible
George Sale1734 And thus was the punishment of thy Lord inflicted, when He punished the cities which were unjust; for his punishment is grievous and severe
DIN 31635ʾinna fī ḏālika laʾāyatan liman ḫāfa ʿaḏāba l-ʾāḫirati ḏālika yawmun maǧmūʿun lahu n-nāsu waḏālika yawmun mašhūdun
Talal Itani2012 In that is a sign for whoever fears the punishment of the Hereafter. That is a Day for which humanity will be gathered together-that is a Day to be witnessed.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Lo! herein verily there is a portent for those who fear the doom of the Hereafter. That is a day unto which mankind will be gathered, and that is a day that will be witnessed
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Verily, in that is a sign to him who fears the torment of the last day;- that is a day unto which men shall be gathered;- that is a witnessed day
John Medows Rodwell1861 Herein truly is a sign for him who feareth the punishment of the latter day. That shall be a day unto which mankind shall be gathered together; that shall be a day witnessed by all creatures
George Sale1734 Verily herein is a sign unto him who feareth the punishment of the last day: That shall be a day, whereon all men shall be assembled, and that shall be a day whereon witness shall be born
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 · George Sale0.77
Talal Itani · George Sale0.73
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.72
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.69
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.67
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.66
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.59
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.57
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.55
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.49
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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.