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Talal Itani· published 2012
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.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
And we verily gave unto Moses the Scripture, and there was strifethereupon; 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
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 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
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
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
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
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
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
Në të vërtetë, Ne ia dhamë Musait Librin, por u kundërshtuan rreth tij. Por, po të mos ishte një fjalë e mëparshme nga Zoti yt, do të gjykohej ndërmjet tyre, ndërkohë që ata janë në mëdyshje lidhur me të.
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বাংলা · Bengali
আর অবশ্যই আমি মূসাকে কিতাব (তাওরাত) দিয়েছিলাম, অতঃপর তা নিয়ে মতবিরোধ করা হয়েছিল। যদি তোমার রবের পক্ষ থেকে (দ্রুত শাস্তি না আসার) পূর্ব সিদ্ধান্ত না থাকতো, তবে (দুনিয়াতেই শাস্তি এসে) তাদের মধ্যে মীমাংসা হয়ে যেতো। আর নিশ্চয় তারা এ (আল-কুরআনের) ব্যাপারে ঘোর সন্দেহে রয়েছে।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
I Musau smo Knjigu dali, pa su se o njoj u mišljenju podvojili. I da nije riječi Gospodara tvoga ranije izrečene, bilo bi s njima svršeno, jer oni u nju sumnjaju mnogo.
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Hrvatski · Croatian
I Mojsiju smo Knjigu dali, pa su se o njoj u mišljenju podvojili. I da nije riječi Gospodara tvoga ranije izrečene, bilo bi s njima svršeno, jer oni u nju sumnjaju mnogo.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Gooŋɗii min ngkkii Muusaa Deftere nden, luutondi- raa e mayre. Si wanaano konngol ardinoongol immorde ka Joomi maa, ñaaweteno hakkunde maɓɓe. Kamɓe kan heɓe e sikke sikkitiiɗo e e mayre.
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ქართული · Georgian
ჩვენ ნამდვილად მივეცით (შუამავალ) მუსას წიგნი [თორა], და მის ხალხში გაჩნდა უთანხმოება მის შესახებ [თორას შინაარსისა და კანონების მიმართ]. [ზოგმა ირწმუნა თორა, ხოლო სხვებმა უარყვეს იგი.] (იგივე გზა აირჩია შენმა ხალხმაც, ო, მუჰამმად, ყურანის მიმართ.) და რომ არა შენი უფლის სიტყვა (მისი წინასწარ დადგენილი განჩინება, რომ არ აჩქარებს სასჯელს),
აუცილებლად უკვე გადაწყდებოდა მათ შორის [ურწმუნონი დაისჯებოდნენ, ხოლო მორწმუნენი გადარჩებოდნენ]. თუმცა ისინი [ურწმუნო იუდეველები და მრავალღმერთიანები] ნამდვილად იმყოფებიან დაბნეულ და შემაძრწუნებელ ეჭვში ამასთან დაკავშირებით [ყურანთან].
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Deutsch · German
Und Wir gaben bereits Musa die Schrift, doch dann wurde man darüber uneinig. Und wenn es nicht ein früher ergangenes Wort von deinem Herrn gegeben hätte, so wäre gewiss zwischen ihnen entschieden worden. Und sie sind darüber wahrlich in starkem Zweifel.
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Ελληνικά · Greek
Πράγματι, δώσαμε στον Μωυσή το Βιβλίο (την Τορά, όπως σου δώσαμε, ω, Μωχάμμαντ, το Κορ’άν), αλλά (ο λαός του) διαφωνούσε γι' αυτό (και κάποιοι πίστεψαν σ' αυτό ενώ άλλοι το διέψευσαν, όπως διαφωνούσε και ο λαός σου για το Κορ’άν). Αν δεν είχε προηγηθεί η απόφαση του Κυρίου σου (ότι δε θα επισπεύδει το μαρτύριο στους δούλους Του στην εγκόσμια ζωή, και ότι θα τους δώσει ευκαιρίες για να στραφούν με μεταμέλεια προς Αυτόν), θα είχε κρίνει ανάμεσά τους (καταστρέφοντας τους άδικους, και σώζοντας τους πιστούς). Και εκείνοι (που διέψευσαν το Βιβλίο) πράγματι έχουν γι' αυτό (το Βιβλίο) αμφιβολία που τους εγείρει σύγχυση (αν είναι από τον Αλλάχ ή όχι, και αν είναι η αλήθεια ή όχι)!
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हिन्दी · Hindi
और हमने मूसा को पुस्तक (तौरात) प्रदान की। तो उसमें विभेद किया गया। और यदि आपके पालनहार ने पहले से एक बात[40] निश्चित न की होती, तो उनके बीच निर्णय कर दिया गया होता। और निःसंदेह वे[41] उस (क़ुरआन) के बारे में असमंजस में डाल देनेवाले संदेह में पड़े हुए हैं।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
E consegnammo il Libro a Mūsā, ma ci fu discordia su questo, e se non fosse stato per la precedente parola del tuo Dio, in verità sarebbero già stati giudicati. E in verità loro sono ancora in grande dubbio su di esso.
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
110. Iš tiesų, Mes davėme Knygą Mūsai (Mozei), tačiau ten kilo ginčai ir jei ne Žodis, kuris buvo prieš tai paskelbtas tavo Viešpaties, reikalas tarp jų būtų išspręstas, ir iš tiesų, jie yra rimtoj abejonėj dėl to (šio Korano).
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Русский · Russian
Действительно, Мы даровали Мусе Писание, но о нём возникли разногласия. И если бы не Слово, что прежде явилось от твоего Господа, то между ними было бы вынесено решение. Но, воистину, они пребывают в тягостном, тревожащем сомнении о нём.
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Српски · Serbian
И Мојсију смо дали Књигу, па су се о њој у мишљењу подвојили. И да није речи твога Господара раније изречене, било би са њима свршено, јер они у њу много сумњају.
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Na hakika tulimpa Musa Kitabu, lakini kukazuka kuhitilafiana ndani yake. Na lau kuwa si neno lililokwishatangulia kutoka kwa Mola wako Mlezi, bila ya shaka ingelihukumiwa baina yao. Na hakika wao wamo katika shaka juu yake inayowahangaisha.
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Svenska · Swedish
Vi gav förvisso Mose skriften, men oenighet uppstod kring den. Hade det inte varit för din Herres tidigare beslut [att skjuta upp domen till domedagen], skulle saken redan ha avgjorts mellan dem. De hyser djup misstro mot denna [Koran].
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Türkçe · Turkish
Andolsun Biz Mûsâ’ya o Kitabı verdik de hakkında ayrılığa düşüldü. Daha önce Rabbin tarafından verilmiş bir söz olmasaydı, aralarında (azabın gelmesi için) hükmedilmiş olurdu. Onlar, hâlâ bundan şek ve şüphe içindedirler.
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اردو · Urdu
یقیناً ہم نے موسیٰ (علیہ السلام) کو کتاب دی۔ پھر اس میں اختلاف کیا گیا،[1] اگر پہلے ہی آپ کے رب کی بات صادر نہ ہوگئی ہوتی تو یقیناً ان کا فیصلہ کر دیا جاتا[2]، انہیں تو اس میں سخت شبہ ہے.
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5 cleared translations, newest first, by year of publication, so the modern English comes before the historical ones. That is an ordering by date, not a judgement. Each is shown complete — this platform never excerpts a translation — and each renders under its translator's name. No translation here is marked as the correct one.
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Simple edition, while the Arabic above is the
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same edition and their orthography differs.
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
Talal Itani2012 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.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 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
Edward Henry Palmer1880 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
John Medows Rodwell1861 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 nothing lacking
George Sale1734 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 least diminished
Talal Itani2012 So be upright, as you are commanded, along with those who repented with you, and do not transgress. He is Seeing of everything you do.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 So tread thou the straight path as thou art commanded, and those who turn (unto Allah) with thee, and transgress not. Lo! He is Seer of what ye do
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Do thou then be upright, as thou art bidden, and whosoever turns repentantly with thee; and transgress ye not:- verily, He on what ye do doth look
John Medows Rodwell1861 Go straight on then as thou hast been commanded, and he also who hath turned to God with thee, and let him transgress no more. He beholdeth what ye do
George Sale1734 Be thou stedfast therefore, as thou hast been commanded; and let him also be stedfast who shall be converted with thee; and transgress not: For He seeth that which ye do
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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
0.62 on a scale
where 0 means identical wording and 1 means no shared words. It is
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The cut
0.644
Share of measured verses above it
33%
Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Talal Itani · George Sale0.75
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.72
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.70
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.68
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.67
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.62
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.59
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.52
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.50
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.49
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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.