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Talal Itani· published 2012
It is He who created the heavens and the earth in six days-and His Throne was upon the waters-in order to test you-which of you is best in conduct. And if you were to say, "You will be resurrected after death," those who disbelieve would say, "This is nothing but plainwitchcraft."
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
And He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days - and His Throne was upon the water - that He might try you, which of you is best in conduct. Yet if thou (OMuhammad) sayest: Lo! ye will be raised again after death! those who disbelieve will surely say: This is naught but meremagic
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
He it is who created the heavens and the earth in six days, and His throne was upon the water that He might try you, which of you did best. But shouldst thou say, 'Ye will be raised up after death,' those who misbelieve will surely say, 'This is naught but obvious sorcery
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And He it is who hath made the Heavens and the Earth in six days: His throne had stood ere this upon the waters, that He might makeproof which of you would excel in works. And if thou say, "After death ye shall surely be raised again," the infidels will certainlyexclaim, "This is nothing but pure sorcery
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
It is He who hath created the heavens and the earth in six days, -- but his throne was above the waters before the creation thereof, -- that He might prove you, and see which of you would excel in works. If thou say, ye shall surely be raised again, after death; the unbelievers will say, this is nothing but manifest sorcery
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
Është Ai që krijoi qiejt dhe Tokën për gjashtë ditë, ndërkohë që Arshi i Tij ndodhej mbi ujë, për t'ju provuar se cili nga ju është më punëmirë. Nëse u thua: "Ju, njëmend do të ringjalleni pas vdekjes", jobesimtarët do të thonë: "Kjo është vetëm magji e kulluar."
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 তিনিই ছয় দিনে আসমানসমূহ ও জমিন সৃষ্টি করেছেন । আর (এদু’টি সৃষ্টির পূর্বে) তাঁর আরশ ছিল পানির ওপর, (হে মানবজাতি!) যাতে তিনি তোমাদের মধ্যে কে আমলে সর্বোত্তম, তা পরীক্ষা করেন। আর (রাসূল!) তুমি যদি বলো: ‘নিশ্চয়ই তোমাদেরকে মৃত্যুর পর (হিসাবের জন্য) পুনরুত্থিত করা হবে’, তবে কাফিররা অবশ্যই বলবে: ‘এতো সুস্পষ্ট যাদু।’
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.2
Bosanski · Bosnian
On je Taj Koji je za šest dana nebesa i Zemlju stvorio – a Njegov je Arš iznad vode bio – da bi vas iskušao koji će od vas bolje postupati. Ako ti rekneš: "Poslije smrti bit ćete doista oživljeni", nevjernici će sigurno reći: "Ovo nije ništa drugo do očita čarolija!"
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From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4
Hrvatski · Croatian
On je Taj Koji je za šest dana nebesa i Zemlju stvorio – a Njegov je Arš iznad vode bio – da bi vas iskušao koji će od vas bolje postupati. Ako ti rekneš: "Poslije smrti bit ćete doista oživljeni", nevjernici će sigurno reći: "Ovo nije ništa drugo do očita čarolija!"
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Ko Kaŋko tagi kammuuli ɗin e leydi ndin nder balɗe jeegoo, hari arsi makko kin no ka hoore ndiyam, fii yo o ndaarndo on ko hommbo e mo'on ɓurata moƴƴinnde gollal. Pellet si a wi'i: "onon ko on ummintinteeɓe ɓaawo maayde", maa heeferɓe ɓen mbi'u: "ɗum wonaani si wonaa mbilewu peeñngu".
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
ის არის, რომელმაც შექმნა ცანი და მიწა ექვს დღეში და მისი ტახტი წყალზე იყო, რათა გამოგცადოთ, თუ რომელი თქვენგანი იქნება უკეთესი საქმით. და თუ შენ ეტყვი: «ჭეშმარიტად, თქვენ აღდგენილნი იქნებით სიკვდილის შემდეგ», უეჭველად იტყვიან ისინი, რომელნიც გახდნენ ურწმუნონი: «ეს (ყურანი) სხვა არაფერია, თუ არა ცხადი ჯადოქრობა».
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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Deutsch · German
Und Er ist es, Der die Himmel und die Erde in sechs Tagen erschaffen hat, und Sein Thron war (davor) auf dem Wasser. (Dies,) damit Er euch prüfe, wer von euch die besten Taten begeht. Und wenn du sagst: „Ihr werdet nach dem Tod fürwahr auferweckt werden“, sagen diejenigen, die ungläubig sind, ganz gewiss: „Das ist ja nur deutliche Zauberei.“
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
Είναι Αυτός που δημιούργησε τους ουρανούς και τη Γη σε έξι ημέρες, και ο Θρόνος Του ήταν (πριν τη δημουργία τους) πάνω στο νερό, (τους δημιούργησε) για να σας δοκιμάσει, ποιος από σας θα είναι ο καλύτερος στις πράξεις (του). Αλλά αν πεις (ω, Προφήτη, στους ανθρώπους): «Πράγματι, θα αναστηθείτε μετά θάνατον.», εκείνοι που αρνήθηκαν την πίστη θα πουν: «Αυτό δεν είναι παρά ξεκάθαρη μαγεία!»
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
और वही है, जिसने आकाशों तथा धरती को छः दिनों में पैदा किया। उस समय उसका सिंहासन पानी पर था। ताकि तुम्हारी परीक्षा ले कि तुममें किसका कर्म सबसे उत्तम है। और (ऐ नबी!) यदि आप उनसे कहें कि निःसंदेह तुम मरने के बाद पुनः जीवित किए जाओगे, तो जिन लोगों ने कुफ़्र किया, वे अवश्य कहेंगे कि यह तो खुला जादू है।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
È Lui che ha creato i cieli e la terra in sei giorni, e il Suo Trono era sull’acqua, per mettervi alla prova e distinguere tra chi di voi agisce meglio. Se tu dicessi: «Voi risorgerete dopo la morte!», direbbero i miscredenti: «Questa non è altro che chiara magia!»
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
7. Ir Jis yra Tas, Kuris sukūrė dangus ir žemę per šešias Dienas ir Jo Sostas buvo ant vandens, kad Jis išmėginti jus, kuris iš jūsų geriausias poelgiais. Tačiau, jei tu sakysi jiems: „Jūs tikrai būsite prikelti po mirties“, tie, kurie netiki, tikrai sakys: „Tai niekas kitas, tik akivaizdi magija.“
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.
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 1.0.0
Русский · Russian
Он — Тот, Кто сотворил небеса и землю за шесть дней, — и Трон Его до этого был на воде, — дабы испытать вас [и явить], чьи деяния окажутся наилучшими. А если ты скажешь: «Воистину, вы будете воскрешены после смерти», то те, которые отвергли веру, непременно скажут: «Это — не что иное, как явное колдовство!»
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
Он је Тај Који је створио небеса и Земљу у шест дана - а Његов је Престо био изнад воде - да би вас искушао - који ће од вас боље да поступа. Ако ти кажеш: „После смрти бићете заиста оживљени“, неверници ће сигурно да кажу: „Ово није ништа друго до очигледна враџбина!“
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
Na Yeye ndiye aliyeziumba mbingu na ardhi katika siku sita. Na Kiti chake cha Enzi kilikuwa juu ya maji, ili awajaribu ni nani kati yenu ndiye mzuri zaidi wa matendo. Na wewe ukisema, "Hakika nyinyi mtafufuliwa baada ya kufa" hakika wale waliokufuru watasema, "Haya si isipokuwa uchawi ulio wazi."
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Svenska · Swedish
Det är han som skapade himlarna och jorden på sex dagar, med sin tron placerad över vattnet, för att pröva vem av er som handlar bäst. Om du säger: ”Ni ska uppväckas efter döden” säger de otrogna: ”Det här är inget annat än uppenbar magi!”
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
O'nun arşı su üzerinde iken amel bakımından hanginizin daha iyi olduğunu denemek için gökleri ve yeri altı günde yaratan O'dur. Şayet sen: "Kesinlikle siz, öldükten sonra yine dirileceksiniz" demiş olsan, kâfirler: "Bu apaçık büyüden başka bir şey değildir." derler.
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اردو · Urdu
اللہ ہی وه ہے جس نے چھ دن میں آسمان وزمین کو پیدا کیا اور اس کا عرش پانی پر تھا[1] تاکہ وه تمہیں آزمائے کہ تم میں سے اچھے عمل واﻻ کون ہے[2]، اگر آپ ان سے کہیں کہ تم لوگ مرنے کے بعد اٹھا کھڑے کئے جاؤ گے تو کافر لوگ پلٹ کر جواب دیں گے کہ یہ تو نرا صاف صاف جادو ہی 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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Talal Itani2012 They wrap their chests to hide from Him. But even as they cover themselves with their clothes, He knows what they conceal and what they reveal. He knows what lies within the hearts.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Lo! now they fold up their breasts that they may hide (their thoughts) from Him. At the very moment when they cover themselves with their clothing, Allah knoweth that which they keep hidden and that which they proclaim. Lo! He is Aware of what is in the breasts (of men)
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Do they not, verily, fold up their breasts, that they may hide from Him? But when they cover themselves with their garments, does He not know what they conceal and what they display? verily, He knows the nature of men's breasts
John Medows Rodwell1861 Do they not doubly fold up their breasts, that they may hide themselves from Him? But when they enshroud themselves in their garments, doth He not know alike what they conceal and what they shew? For He knoweth the very inmost of their breast
George Sale1734 Do they not double the folds of their breasts, that they may conceal their designs from him? When they cover themselves with their garments, doth not He know that which they conceal, and that which they discover? For He knoweth the innermost parts of the breasts of men
DIN 31635wamā min dābbatin fī l-ʾarḍi ʾillā ʿalā llāhi rizquhā wayaʿlamu mustaqarrahā wamustawdaʿahā kullun fī kitābin mubīnin
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Talal Itani2012 There is no moving creature on earth but its sustenance depends on God. And He knows where it lives and where it rests. Everything is in a Clear Book.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And there is not a beast in the earth but the sustenance thereof dependeth on Allah. He knoweth its habitation and its repository. All is in a clear Record
Edward Henry Palmer1880 There is no beast that walks upon the earth but its provision is from God. He knows its settlement and its resting-place; all is in the perspicuous Book
John Medows Rodwell1861 There is no moving thing on earth whose nourishment dependeth not on God; he knoweth its haunts and final resting place: all is in the clear Book
George Sale1734 There is no creature which creepeth on the earth, but God provideth its food; and He knoweth the place of its retreat, and where it is laid up. The whole is written in the perspicuous book of his decrees
Talal Itani2012 And if We postponed their punishment until a stated time, they would say, "What holds it back?" On the Day when it reaches them, it will not be averted from them, and what they used to ridicule will besiege them.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And if We delay for them the doom until a reckoned time, they will surely say: What withholdeth it? Verily on the day when it cometh unto them, it cannot be averted from them, and that which they derided will surround them
Edward Henry Palmer1880 and if we keep back from them the torment to a stated generation, they will surely say, 'What hinders it?' - Aye! on the day it comes to them there is no turning it away from them, but that shall close in on them at which they mocked
John Medows Rodwell1861 And if we defer their chastisement to some definite time, they will exclaim, "What keepeth it back?" What! will it not come upon them on a day when there shall be none to avert it from them? And that at which they scoffed shall enclose them in on every side
George Sale1734 And verily if We defer their punishment unto a determined season, they will say, what hindreth it from falling on us? Will it not come upon them on a day, wherein there shall be none to avert it from them; and that which they scoffed at shall encompass them
Talal Itani2012 If We give the human being a taste of mercy from Us, and then withdraw it from him, he becomes despairing and ungrateful.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And if we cause man to taste some mercy from Us and afterward withdraw it from him, lo! he is despairing, thankless
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And if we make man taste of mercy from us and then strip it off from him, verily, he is despairing, ungrateful
John Medows Rodwell1861 And if we cause man to taste our mercy, and then deprive him of it, verily, he is despairing, ungrateful
George Sale1734 Verily, if We cause man to taste mercy from Us, and afterwards take it away from him; he will surely become desperate, and ungrateful
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0.644
Share of measured verses above it
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Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.56
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.55
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.53
Talal Itani · George Sale0.52
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.52
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.52
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.48
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.47
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.39
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.35
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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.
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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.