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Talal Itani· published 2012
I have placed my trust in God, my Lord and your Lord. There is not a creature but He holds it by the forelock. My Lord is on a straight path.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Lo! I have put my trust in Allah, my Lord and your Lord. Not an animal but He doth grasp it by the forelock! Lo! my Lord is on a straight path
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
Verily, I rely upon God, my Lord and your Lord. There is no beast that walks, but He taketh it by its forelock. Verily, my Lord is on the right way
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
for I put my confidence in God, my Lord and your Lord. There is no beast, but he holdeth it by its forelock: Verily my Lord proceedeth in the right way
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
Unë i jam mbështetur Allahut, Zotit tim dhe Zotit tuaj. S'ka asnjë gjallesë që të mos jetë nën sundimin e Tij. Me të vërtetë, Zoti im është në rrugë të drejtë."
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
বাংলা · Bengali
‘অবশ্যই আমি (সকল কর্মকাণ্ডে) আমার রব ও তোমাদের রব আল্লাহর উপর তাওয়াক্কুল করেছি। (জমিনের বুকে) এমন কোন বিচরণশীল প্রাণী নেই, যে তাঁর পূর্ণ নিয়ন্ত্রণে নেই। নিশ্চয় আমার রব সরল সঠিক পথে আছেন।’(২০)
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
ja se uzdam u Allaha, u moga i vašeg Gospodara! Sve živo samo je Njemu potčinjeno; Gospodar moj je, zaista, na putu pravome."
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
ja se uzdam u Allaha, u moga i vašeg Gospodara! Sve živo samo je Njemu podčinjeno; Gospodar moj je, zaista, na putu pravome."
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Fulfulde · Fulani
Min mi fawike e Alla, Joomi am e Joomi mon. Alaa e ruugayngel si wanaa ko O nannguɗo jubuuru maggel. Pellet, Joomi am no e laawol poocciingol.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
მე ალლაჰს მივენდე, ჩემს ღმერთს და თქვენს ღმერთს. არ არსებობს არც ერთი ცოცხალი არსება, რომელიც არ იყოს მის ხელში [მისი ძალაუფლების ქვეშ]. ჭეშმარიტად, ჩემი უფალი არის სწორ გზაზე [ის სამართლიანია თავის გადაწყვეტილებებში და სიკეთეს სიკეთითვე აჯილდოებს, და ის მე დამიცავს თგვენგან],
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
Wahrlich, ich verlasse mich auf Allah, meinen Herrn und euren Herrn. Es gibt kein Tier, außer dass Er es an seiner Stirnlocke hält. Mein Herr befindet sich fürwahr auf einem geraden Weg.
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, εμπιστεύομαι τον Αλλάχ, τον Κύριό μου και τον Κύριό σας. Δεν υπάρχει κανένα κινούμενο (ζωντανό) πλάσμα που να μην το κυριαρχεί Αυτός (ο Αλλάχ, και να διευθετεί όλα τα θέματά του). Πράγματι, ο δρόμος του Κυρίου μου είναι ο ίσιος δρόμος.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
निःसंदेह मैंने अपने पालनहार और तुम्हारे पालनहार, अल्लाह पर भरोसा किया है। कोई चलने वाला जीव नहीं, परंतु वह उसके माथे के बालों को पकड़े हुए है। निश्चय ही मेरा पालनहार सीधे रास्ते[17] पर है।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
In verità io mi sono affidato ad Allāh, mio e vostro Dio! Non c’è creatura su cui Lui non abbia autorità: in verità il mio Dio è su una retta via!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
56. Aš pasitikiu Allahu, savo Viešpačiu ir jūsų Viešpačiu! Nėra judančio (gyvo), kurio garbanos Jis nesugriebtų. Iš tiesų, mano Viešpats yra Teisingame Kelyje (tiesa).
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.
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Русский · Russian
Воистину, я уповаю на Аллаха, моего Господа и вашего Господа. Нет ни одного живого существа, которого Он не держал бы за чуб. Воистину, мой Господь — на прямом пути.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
ја се уздам у Аллаха, Он је мој и ваш Господар! Све живо је потчињено само Њему; заиста је мој Господар истинит и праведан.
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
Hakika mimi nimemtegemea Mwenyezi Mungu, Mola wangu Mlezi na Mola wenu Mlezi. Hakuna kiumbe yeyote isipokuwa Yeye anamwendesha atakavyo. Hakika Mola wangu Mlezi yuko kwenye njia iliyonyooka."
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Jag sätter all min lit till Gud, min Herre och er Herre. Det finns inte en varelse som han inte har full makt över. Min Herre är i sanning på en rak väg.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
Şüphesiz ben, benim de sizin de Rabbiniz olan Allah’a tevekkül ettim. Hareket eden ne kadar canlı varsa hepsinin alnından tutan O’dur. Benim Rabbim gerçekten dosdoğru bir yol üzeredir.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
میرا بھروسہ صرف اللہ تعالیٰ پر ہی ہے، جو میرا اور تم سب کا پروردگار ہے جتنے بھی پاؤں دھرنے والے ہیں سب کی پیشانی وہی تھامے ہوئے ہے[1] ۔ یقیناً میرا رب بالکل صحیح راه پر ہے۔[2]
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 "We only say that some of our gods have possessed you with evil." He said, "I call God to witness, and you to witness, that I am innocent of what you associate.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 We say naught save that one of our gods hath possessed thee in an evil way. He said: I call Allah to witness, and do ye (too) bear witness, that I am innocent of (all) that ye ascribe as partners (to Allah)
Edward Henry Palmer1880 We can only say that some of our gods have attacked thee with evil.' Said he, 'Verily, I call God to witness, and do ye bear witness too, that I am free from that which ye associate beside Him
John Medows Rodwell1861 We can only say that some of our gods have smitten thee with evil." Said he, "Now take I God to witness, and do ye also witness, that I am clear of your joining other gods
George Sale1734 We say no other than that some of our gods have afflicted thee with evil. He replied, verily I call God to witness, and do ye also bear witness, that I am clear of that which ye associate with God
Talal Itani2012 If you turn away, I have conveyed to you what I was sent to you with; and my Lord will replace you with another people, and you will not cause Him any harm. My Lord is Guardian over all things."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And if ye turn away, still I have conveyed unto you that wherewith I was sent unto you, and my Lord will set in place of you a folk other than you. Ye cannot injure Him at all. Lo! my Lord is Guardian over all things
Edward Henry Palmer1880 But if ye turn your backs,- then I have conveyed to you what I was sent to you with; and my Lord will make another people your successors. Ye cannot harm Him at all; verily, my Lord is guardian over all
John Medows Rodwell1861 But if ye turn back, I have already declared to you my message. And my Lord will put another people in your place, nor shall ye at all hurt Him; verily, my Lord keepeth watch over all things
George Sale1734 But if ye turn back, I have already declared unto you that with which I was sent unto you; and my Lord shall substitute another nation in your stead; and ye shall not hurt him at all: For my Lord is guardian over all things
DIN 31635walammā ǧāʾa ʾamrunā naǧǧaynā hūdan wallaḏīna ʾāmanū maʿahu biraḥmatin minnā wanaǧǧaynāhum min ʿaḏābin ġalīẓin
Talal Itani2012 And when Our decree came, We saved Hud and those who believed with him, by a mercy from Us, and We delivered them from a harsh punishment.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And when Our commandment came to pass We saved Hud and those who believed with him by a mercy from Us; We saved them from a harsh doom
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And when our order came we saved Hud, and those who believed with him, by mercy from us; and we saved them from harsh torment
John Medows Rodwell1861 And when our doom came to be inflicted, we rescued Houd and those who had like faith with Him, by our special mercy: we rescued them from the rigorous chastisement
George Sale1734 And when our sentence came to be put in execution, We delivered Hud, and those who had believed with him, through our mercy; and We delivered them from a grievous punishment
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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
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.71
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.68
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.64
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.62
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.58
Talal Itani · George Sale0.58
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.56
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.42
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.38
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.38
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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.