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Talal Itani· published 2012
So be not in doubt regarding what these people worship. They worship only as their ancestors worshiped before. We will pay them their due in full, without any reduction.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
So be not thou in doubt concerning that which these (folk) worship. They worship only as their fathers worshipped aforetime. Lo! we shall pay them their whole due unabated
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
Be not then in doubt concerning what these men do serve;- they only serve as their fathers served before; and we will give them their portion undiminished
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Have thou no doubts therefore concerning that which they worship: they worship but what their fathers worshipped before them: we will surely assign them their portion with nothinglacking
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Be not therefore in doubt concerning that which these men worship: They worship not other than what their fathers worshipped before them; and We will surely give them their full portion, not in the leastdiminished
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
Andaj, mos ji në mëdyshje lidhur me atë që adhurojnë këta, meqë ata nuk adhurojnë tjetër veç asaj që adhuronin baballarët e tyre më parë. Ne do t'ua japim hakun plotësisht, pa ua lënë mangët (dënimin).
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বাংলা · Bengali
সুতরাং এরা (মুশরিকরা) যাদের ইবাদাত করে, তুমি তাদের (মিথ্যা হওয়ার) ব্যাপারে দ্বিধা-সংশয়ে থেকো না। পূর্বে তাদের পিতৃপুরুষেরা যেভাবে (মনগড়া কল্পিত দেবদেবীর) ‘ইবাদাত করত, তারাও তাদেরই মত ‘ইবাদত করে। নিশ্চয় আমি তাদের (শাস্তির প্রাপ্য) অংশ হ্রাস না করে, তাদেরকে পুরোপুরি দিবো।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
Zato ne sumnjaj da je lažno ono što oni obožavaju; oni obožavaju upravo ono što su, još prije, obožavali preci njihovi. Mi ćemo im, doista, ono što su zaslužili – bez odbitka dati!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4
Hrvatski · Croatian
Zato ne sumnjaj da je lažno ono što oni obožavaju; oni obožavaju upravo ono što su, još prije, obožavali predci njihovi. Mi ćemo im, doista, ono što su zaslužili – bez odbitka dati!
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Wota a won e sikke e huunde ko ɓee ndewata. ɓe rewiraani si wanaa no baabiraaɓe maɓɓe ndewiray- noo ko adii. minen non, min hunniranay ɓe geɗal maɓɓe ngal ko aldah e ustugol.
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ქართული · Georgian
ნუ იქნები (ო, მოციქულო) ეჭვში იმის შესახებ, რასაც ესენი [მრავალღმერთიანები] თაყვანს სცემენ, ისინი თაყვანს სცემენ მხოლოდ ისე, როგორც მათი მამები [წინაპრები] სცემდნენ მანამდე. ნამდვილად, ჩვენ სრულად მივაგებთ მათ მათ წილს შემცირების გარეშე!
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Deutsch · German
So sei nicht im Zweifel über das, dem diese (Götzendiener) dienen. Sie dienen nur, wie ihre Väter zuvor gedient haben. Und Wir werden ihnen ja ihren Anteil zukommen lassen (und dies) ohne Verringerung.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Μην έχεις λοιπόν (ω, Προφήτη) καμία αμφιβολία σχετικά με ό,τι λατρεύουν εκείνοι (οι ειδωλολάτρες, δηλ. ότι είναι μάταια, πλάνη και ειδωλολατρία). Δε λατρεύουν (οι ειδωλολάτρες εκείνα τα είδωλα) παρά μόνο όπως λάτρευαν οι πρόγονοί τους πριν (χωρίς καμία απόδειξη ή εντολή από τον Αλλάχ ότι αξίζουν τη λατρεία, αλλά τα λατρεύουν μιμούμενοι τους προγόνους τους). Πράγματι, θα τους δώσουμε όλο το μερίδιό τους (από την τιμωρία) αμείωτο.
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हिन्दी · Hindi
अतः (ऐ नबी!) आप उसके बारे में किसी संदेह में न रहें, जिसे ये पूजते हैं। ये उसी प्रकार पूजते हैं, जैसे इनसे पहले इनके बाप-दादा पूजते[39] थे। निःसंदेह हम इन्हें इनका हिस्सा बिना किसी कमी के पूरा-पूरा देने वाले हैं।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
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Italiano · Italian
Non dubitare su ciò che loro adorano; loro adorano come adoravano prima i loro padri, e in verità Noi vogliamo darli la loro parte senza togliere nulla.
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
109. Taigi, neabejok (Muchammedai ﷺ) dėl to, ką tie žmonės (pagonys ir daugiadieviai) garbina. Jie negarbina nieko kito, tik tai, ką jų tėvai garbindavo iki (jų). Ir iš tiesų, Mes atlyginsime jiems pilną jų dalį be sumažinimo.
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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
(Yaa Muhammad!) waan warri sun gabbaran irraa shakkii keessatti hin tahin, (Isaan) akkuma abbootiin isaanii duraan gabbaran malee hin gabbaranu, Nuti qooda isaanii odoo hin hir'ifamne guunnee isaaniif kennina.
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Русский · Russian
Так не питай же сомнений о том, чему поклоняются эти [люди]. Они поклоняются лишь так, как поклонялись их отцы прежде. И воистину, Мы воздадим им их долю сполна, без уменьшения.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
Зато не сумњај да је лажно оно што незнанобошци обожавају; они обожавају управо оно што су, још пре, обожавали њихови преци. Ми ћемо, заиста, казну коју су заслужили - без умањивања да им дамо!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Basi usiwe katika shaka juu ya yale wanayoyaabudu hawa. Hawaabudu isipokuwa kama walivyoabudu baba zao zamani. Na hakika Sisi tutawatimizia fungu lao bila ya kulipunguza.
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Svenska · Swedish
Tvivla inte på [det falska i] det dessa dyrkar. De dyrkar bara vad deras förfäder tidigare dyrkat. Vi ska ge dem deras fulla del [av straffet] utan att dra någonting från det.
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Türkçe · Turkish
Öyleyse sakın onların ibadet ettiği şeylerden kuşkun olmasın. Onlar ancak, evvelce babalarının tapındıkları gibi tapınıyorlar. Biz, onlara paylarını eksiksiz olarak vereceğiz.
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اردو · Urdu
اس لئے آپ ان چیزوں سے شک وشبہ میں نہ رہیں جنہیں یہ لوگ پوج رہے ہیں، ان کی پوجا تو اس طرح ہے جس طرح ان کے باپ دادوں کی اس سے پہلے تھی۔ ہم ان سب کو ان کا پورا پورا حصہ بغیر کسی کمی کے دینے والے ہی 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.
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Talal Itani2012 Remaining therein for as long as the heavens and the earth endure, except as your Lord wills. Your Lord is Doer of whatever He wills.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Abiding there so long as the heavens and the earth endure save for that which thy Lord willeth. Lo! thy Lord is Doer of what He will
Edward Henry Palmer1880 so long as the heavens and the earth endure; save what thy Lord will. Verily, thy Lord is one who works His will
John Medows Rodwell1861 Therein shall they abide while the Heavens and the Earth shall last, unless thy Lord shall will it otherwise; verily thy Lord doth what He chooseth
George Sale1734 They shall remain therein so long as the heavens and the earth shall endure; except what thy Lord shall please to remit of their sentence; for thy Lord effecteth that which He pleaseth
Talal Itani2012 And as for those who are happy, they will be in Paradise, remaining therein for as long as the heavens and the earth endure, except as your Lord wills-a reward without end.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And as for those who will be glad (that day) they will be in the Garden, abiding there so long as the heavens and the earth endure save for that which thy Lord willeth: a gift unfailing
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And as for those who are glad - why, in Paradise! to dwell therein for aye, so long as the heavens and the earth endure; save what thy Lord will,- a ceaseless boon
John Medows Rodwell1861 And as for the blessed ones - their place the Garden! therein shall they abide while the Heavens and the Earth endure, with whatever imperishable boon thy Lord may please to add
George Sale1734 But they who shall be happy, shall be admitted into paradise; they shall remain therein so long as the heavens and the earth endure; besides what thy Lord shall please to add unto their bliss; a bounty which shall not be interrupted
DIN 31635walaqad ʾātaynā mūsā l-kitāba faḫtulifa fīhi walawlā kalimatun sabaqat min rabbika laquḍiya baynahum waʾinnahum lafī šakkin minhu murībin
Talal Itani2012 We gave Moses the Scripture, but it was disputed. Were it not for a prior word from your Lord, it would have been settled between them. They are in serious doubt concerning it.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And we verily gave unto Moses the Scripture, and there was strife thereupon; and had it not been for a Word that had already gone forth from thy Lord, the case would have been judged between them, and lo! they are in grave doubt concerning it
Edward Henry Palmer1880 We gave Moses the Book before, and then they disagreed concerning it, and, had it not been for a word that had been passed by thy Lord, it would have been decided between them; but, verily, they are (still) in hesitating doubt concerning it
John Medows Rodwell1861 Of old gave we Moses the Book, and they fell to variance about it. If a decree of respite had not gone forth from thy Lord, there had surely been a decision between them. Thy people also are in suspicious doubts about the Koran
George Sale1734 We formerly gave unto Moses the book of the law; and disputes arose among his people concerning it: And unless a previous decree had proceeded from thy Lord, to bear with them during this life, the matter had been surely decided between them. And thy people are also jealous and in doubt concerning the Koran
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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
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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 · John Medows Rodwell0.81
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.75
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.73
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.67
Talal Itani · George Sale0.67
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.64
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.62
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.61
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.59
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.51
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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.