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.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
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
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
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
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
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
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
Prandaj, ti qëndro në rrugë të drejtë, ashtu si je urdhëruar, e edhe ata që janë penduar bashkë me ty dhe mos i kaloni kufijtë, se, me të vërtetë, Ai sheh mirë gjithçka që bëni.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
বাংলা · Bengali
সুতরাং (হে রাসূল!) তুমি যেভাবে আদিষ্ট হয়েছো সেভাবে তুমি এবং তোমার সাথী যারা তাওবা করেছে, সকলে অবিচল থাকো।(৩৯) আর সীমালঙ্ঘন করো না। তোমরা যা করছো, নিশ্চয় তিনি তার সম্যক দ্রষ্টা।
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
Budi ustrajan na Pravom putu, kao što ti je naređeno, i neka tako postupe i vjernici koji su uz tebe, i obijesni ne budite, On dobro vidi ono što radite.
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
Budi ustrajan na Pravom putu, kao što ti je naređeno, i neka tako postupe i vjernici koji su uz tebe, i obijesni ne budite, On dobro vidi ono što radite.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Fulfulde · Fulani
Ñiiɓir [e pocciingol ngol] wano njamiraɗaa non, e tuubuɓe won´duɓe e maaɗa. wota on mbew. Pellet ko O deenɗo ko ngolloton kon.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
მაშ, იდექი სწორად (სწორ გზაზე), როგორც ნაბრძანები გაქვს, შენ და ვინც შენთან ერთად მოინანია. და ზღვარს ნუ გადახვალთ. უეჭველად, იგი ხედავს იმას, რასაც თქვენ აკეთებთ.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
So halte fest (an dem geraden Weg), wie dir befohlen wurde, (du) und diejenigen, die mit dir bereuen, und lehnt euch nicht auf. Wahrlich, Er ist sehend über das, was ihr tut.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Να παραμείνεις, λοιπόν, (ω, Προφήτη) σταθερός στον ίσιο δρόμο όπως έχεις διαταχθεί, (εσύ) και όσοι στράφηκαν με μεταμέλεια προς τον Αλλάχ από τους πιστούς μαζί σου, και μην ξεπερνάτε τα όρια (των εντολών του Αλλάχ). Πράγματι, Αυτός βλέπει όλα όσα κάνετε.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
अतः (ऐ नबी!) आप सुदृढ़ रहें जैसा आपको आदेश दिया गया है और वे लोग भी जिन्होंने आपके साथ तौबा की। तथा तुम सीमा का उल्लंघन[42] न करो, निःसंदेह वह (अल्लाह) जो कुछ तुम कर रहे हो, उसे ख़ूब देखने वाला है।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Sii giusto, come ti è stato ordinato, e quelli che si pentirono con te, e non tiranneggiate: in verità Lui è Osservatore di ciò che fate.
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
112. Taigi, stovėk (prašyk Allaho padaryti tave) tu (Muchammedai ﷺ) tvirtai ir tiesiai (islamo monoteizmo religijoje) kaip tau įsakyta ir tiems (tavo kompanjonams), kurie atsigręžia į Allahą) atgailoje su tavimi, ir neperženk (Allaho Teisinių Ribų). Iš tiesų, Jis yra Visa Matantis tai, ką tu darai.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.8
Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Akka ajajamtetti gadi dhaabbadhu (diriiri). Isaan tawbatanis si waliin (gadi haa dhaabbatanii), (dilii dalaguudhaan) Daangaa hin dabrinaa, Inni waan isin dalagdan argaadha.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.0
Русский · Russian
Так придерживайся прямого пути, как тебе было велено, — и те, кто покаялся вместе с тобой; и не преступайте пределы. Воистину, Он видит то, что вы совершаете.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
Буди устрајан на Правом путу, као што ти је наређено, и нека тако поступе и верници који су уз тебе, и не будите охоли, Он добро види оно што радите.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Basi, nyooka kama ulivyoamrishwa, wewe na wale wanaotubia kwa Mwenyezi Mungu pamoja nawe, wala msivuke mipaka. Hakika Yeye anayaona yote myatendayo.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Följ den raka vägen, som du beordrats, du och de som vänt sig till Gud i ånger med dig, och överskrid inte gränserna! Han har full insikt i vad ni gör.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
Öyle ise emrolunduğun gibi dosdoğru ol. Beraberindeki tevbe edenler de dosdoğru olsunlar.Ve aşırı gitmeyin. Şüphesiz O, yaptıklarınızı hakkıyla görür.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
پس آپ جمے رہیئے جیسا کہ آپ کو حکم دیا گیا ہے اور وه لوگ بھی جو آپ کے ساتھ توبہ کر چکے ہیں، خبردار تم حد سے نہ بڑھنا[1] ، اللہ تمہارے تمام اعمال کا دیکھنے واﻻ ہے.
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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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
Easy-read (simplified)walaa tarkanoo ilaa lladheena zalamoo fatamassakumu n-naaru wamaa lakum min dooni llaahi min awliyaa'a thumma laa tunsaroon
DIN 31635walā tarkanū ʾilā llaḏīna ẓalamū fatamassakumu n-nāru wamā lakum min dūni llāhi min ʾawliyāʾa ṯumma lā tunṣarūna
Talal Itani2012 And do not incline towards those who do wrong, or the Fire may touch you; and you will have no protectors besides God, and you will not be saved.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And incline not toward those who do wrong lest the Fire touch you, and ye have no protecting friends against Allah, and afterward ye would not be helped
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Lean not unto, those who do wrong, lest the Fire touch you, for ye have no patrons but God; and, moreover, ye shall not be helped
John Medows Rodwell1861 Lean not on the evil doers lest the Fire lay hold on you. Ye have no protector, save God, and ye shall not be helped against Him
George Sale1734 And incline not unto those who act unjustly, lest the fire of hell touch you: For ye have no protectors, except God; neither shall ye be assisted against Him
DIN 31635waʾaqimi ṣ-ṣalāta ṭarafayi n-nahāri wazulafan mina llayli ʾinna l-ḥasanāti yuḏhibna s-sayyiʾāti ḏālika ḏikrā lilḏḏākirīna
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Talal Itani2012 Perform the prayer at the borders of the day, and during the approaches of the night. The good deeds take away the bad deeds. This is a reminder for those who remember.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Establish worship at the two ends of the day and in some watches of the night. Lo! good deeds annul ill-deeds. This is reminder for the mindful
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And be thou steadfast in prayer at the two ends of the day and the (former and latter) parts of the night. Verily, good works remove evil works;- that is a reminder to the mindful
John Medows Rodwell1861 And observe prayer at early morning, at the close of the day, and at the approach of night; for the good deeds drive away the evil deeds. This is a warning for those who reflect
George Sale1734 Pray regularly morning and evening; and in the former part of the night, for good works drive away evils. This is an admonition unto those who consider
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 —
0.70 on a scale
where 0 means identical wording and 1 means no shared words. It is
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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 Rodwell0.80
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.74
Talal Itani · George Sale0.73
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.71
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.71
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.69
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.69
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.68
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.63
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.58
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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.