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.
"O my people, do as you may, and so will I. You will know to whom will come a punishment that will shame him, and who is a liar. So look out; I am on the lookout with you."
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
And, O my people! Act according to your power, lo! I (too) am acting. Ye will soon know on whom there cometh a doom that will abase him, and who it is that lieth. And watch! Lo! I am a watcher with you
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
O my people! act according to your power; verily, I too will act, and ye at length shall know! To whomsoevertorment comes it shall disgrace him, and him who is a liar. Watch then; verily, I with you am watching too
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
O my people, do ye work according to your condition; I will surelywork according to my duty. And ye shall certainly know, on whom will be inflicted a punishment which shall cover him with shame, and who is a liar. Wait therefore the event; for I also will wait it with you
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
O populli im! Vazhdoni ju të bëni atë që jeni duke bërë, e unë po e bëj timen. Së shpejti do ta merrni vesh se kë do ta zërë dënimi poshtërues e kush është gënjeshtar. Pritni, se edhe unë po pres bashkë me ju.
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 হে আমার সম্প্রদায়! তোমরা তোমাদের অবস্থানে থেকে (যেভাবে খুশি সেভাবে) কাজ করে যাও, আমিও কাজ করছি। অচিরেই তোমরা জানতে পারবে কার ওপর আসবে লাঞ্ছনাদায়ক শাস্তি এবং কে মিথ্যাবাদী। আর তোমরা (আল্লাহর ফয়সালার) অপেক্ষা করো, আমিও তোমাদের সাথে অপেক্ষায় থাকলাম।’
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
O narode moj, činite sve što možete, a činit ću i ja. Vi ćete sigurno saznati koga će kazna stići koja će ga osramotiti i ko je lažac. Pa, čekajte, i ja ću s vama čekati!"
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
O narode moj, činite sve što možete, a činit ću i ja. Vi ćete sigurno saznati koga će kazna stići koja će ga osramotiti i tko je lažac. Pa, čekajte, i ja ću s vama čekati!"
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 1.0.1
Fulfulde · Fulani
Eeheymon yimɓe am, ngollee e nokku mo'on. miin kadi ko mi golloowo. Arma nde nganndoton ko hombo lepte koynooje arat e mu'm e ko hommbo woni penoowo on. (Jooni non) padee! min kadi miɗo won´di e mon patndiiɗo.
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
ქართული · Georgian
ჰეი, ჩემო ხალხო! იმოქმედეთ თქვენი შესაძლებლობებისამებრ, მეც ვიმოქმედებ. მალე გაიგებთ, ვის მოევლინება სასჯელი, რომელიც შეარცხვენს მას, და ვინ არის მატყუარა. დაელოდეთ, მეც თქვენთან ერთად დაველოდები».
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
Und, o mein Volk, handelt nach eurer Stellung! Ich werde fürwahr (ebenfalls so) handeln. Ihr werdet (noch) erfahren, über wen eine Strafe kommen wird, die ihn in Schande stürzt, und wer ein Lügner ist. Und wartet (es) ab! Wahrlich, ich bin mit euch ein Beobachter.“
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
Ω, λαέ μου! Συνεχίστε να κάνετε ό,τι κάνετε (με τον ίδιο τρόπο στην απιστία και την πλάνη). Πράγματι, και εγώ θα πράττω (ό,τι με διατάζει ο Κύριός μου). Σίγουρα θα μάθετε σε ποιον θα έρθει μία τιμωρία που θα τον ατιμάσει, και (θα μάθετε) ποιος είναι ψεύτης (ανάμεσά μας). Περιμένετε λοιπόν (την τιμωρία), και εγώ θα περιμένω μαζί σας!»
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
हिन्दी · Hindi
और ऐ मेरी जाति के लोगो! तुम अपने तरीक़े पर काम करो, मैं (भी अपने तरीक़े पर) काम कर रहा हूँ। तुम्हें बहुत जल्द पता चल जाएगा कि किसपर अपमानित कर देने वाली यातना आती है और कौन झूठा है? तथा तुम प्रतीक्षा करो, मैं (भी) तुम्हारे साथ प्रतीक्षा करने वाला हूँ।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
O popolo mio, fate come volete; io faccio lo stesso: presto saprete chi verrà raggiunto da una punizione umiliante, e chi è il bugiardo. E aspettate: aspetto anche io con voi!”
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
93. Ir mano žmonės, elkitės pagal savo galimybes ir įprotį, ir aš elgiuosi (savo būdu). Jūs sužinosite, kas yra tas, ant ko nusileis kančia, apdengsianti jį gėda, ir kas yra melagis! Ir saugokitės! Iš tiesų, aš irgi žiūriu su jumis.“
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 1.0.8
Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Yaa ummata kiyya! Isin sadarkaa keessaniin hojjadhaa; Ani hojjataadha, Nama adabbiin isa xiqqeessu isatti dhufuufi nama isa kijibaa ta’e fuula dura beektu, Isin eegaa! Anis isin waliin eegaadha.”
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
И, о народ мой! Действуйте сообразно вашему положению, воистину, я [тоже] действую. Вскоре вы узнаете, к кому придёт наказание, которое опозорит его, и кто [из нас] лжец. И ждите — воистину, я жду вместе с вами».
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 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
О мој народе, чините све што можете, а чинићу и ја. Ви ћете сигурно да сазнате кога ће казна да стигне која ће да га осрамоти и ко је лажов. Па, чекајте пресуду, и ја ћу са вама да чекам!“
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 enyi kaumu yangu! Fanyieni katika mahali penu, na mimi pia ninafanya. Karibuni mtajua ni nani itakayemfikia adhabu ya kumhizi, na ni nani mwongo. Na ngojeni, hakika mimi pia ninangoja pamoja nanyi.
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Mitt folk! Fortsätt ni med era handlingar – jag fortsätter med mina. Ni kommer snart att få se vem av oss som ska drabbas av ett förnedrande straff och vilka de verkliga lögnarna är. Vänta ni! Jag väntar med er.”
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
Türkçe · Turkish
Ey halkım! Elinizden gelen, her şeyi yapın, ben de yapacağım. Kime rezil edici bir azabın geleceğini, kimin yalancı olduğunu bileceksiniz. Bekleyin, doğrusu ben de sizinle bekliyorum.
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
اردو · Urdu
اے میری قوم کے لوگو! اب تم اپنی جگہ عمل کئے جاؤ میں بھی عمل کر رہا ہوں، تمہیں عنقریب معلوم ہو جائے گا کہ کس کے پاس وه عذاب آتا ہے جو اسے رسوا کر دے اور کون ہے جو جھوٹا ہے۔ تم انتظار کرو میں بھی تمہارے ساتھ منتظر ہوں.[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.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.3
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Talal Itani2012 They said, "O Shuaib, we do not understand much of what you say, and we see that you are weak among us. Were it not for your tribe, we would have stoned you. You are of no value to us."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 They said: O Shu'eyb! We understand not much of that thou tellest, and lo! we do behold thee weak among us. But for thy family, we should have stoned thee, for thou art not strong against us
Edward Henry Palmer1880 They said, 'O Sho'haib! we do not understand much of what thou sayest, and we see that thou art weak amongst us; and were it not for thy family we would stone thee, nor couldst thou be powerful over us
John Medows Rodwell1861 They said, "O Shoaib! we understand not much of what thou sayest, and we clearly see that thou art powerless among us: were it not for thy family we would have surely stoned thee, nor couldest thou have prevailed against us
George Sale1734 They answered, O Shoaib, we understand not much of what thou sayest; and we see thee to be a man of no power among us: If it had not been for the sake of thy family, we had surely stoned thee, neither couldest thou have prevailed against us
DIN 31635qāla yā qawmi ʾarahṭī ʾaʿazzu ʿalaykum mina llāhi wāttaḫaḏtumūhu warāʾakum ẓihriyyan ʾinna rabbī bimā taʿmalūna muḥīṭun
Talal Itani2012 He said, "O my people, is my tribe more important to you than God? And you have turned your backs on Him? My Lord comprehends everything you do."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 He said: O my people! Is my family more to be honoured by you than Allah? and ye put Him behind you, neglected! Lo! my Lord surroundeth what ye do
Edward Henry Palmer1880 He said, 'O my people! are my family more esteemed by you than God? or have you taken Him as something to cast behind your backs? Verily, my Lord, whate'er ye do, doth comprehend
John Medows Rodwell1861 He said, "O my people! think ye more highly of my family than of God? Cast ye Him behind your back, with neglect? Verily, my Lord is round about your actions
George Sale1734 Shoaib said, O my people, is my family more worthy in your opinion, than God? And do ye cast him behind you with neglect? Verily my Lord comprehendeth that which ye do
Talal Itani2012 And when Our command came, We saved Shuaib and those who believed with him, by mercy from Us, and the Blast struck the wrongdoers, and they became motionless bodies in their homes.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And when Our commandment came to pass We saved Shu'eyb and those who believed with him by a mercy from Us; and the (Awful) Cry seized those who did injustice, and morning found them prostrate in their dwellings
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And when our bidding came we saved Sho'haib, and those who believed with him, by our mercy; and the noise caught those who had done wrong, and on the morrow they were in their houses prone
John Medows Rodwell1861 And when our decree came to pass, we delivered Shoaib and his companions in faith, by our mercy: And a violent tempest overtook the wicked, and in the morning they were found prostrate in their houses
George Sale1734 Wherefore when our decree came to be executed, we delivered Shoaib and those who believed with him, through our mercy: And a terrible noise from heaven assailed those who had acted unjustly; and in the morning they were found in their houses lying dead and prostrate
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 —
0.66 on a scale
where 0 means identical wording and 1 means no shared words. It is
computed, not judged.
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 Rodwell0.79
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.76
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.73
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.67
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.66
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.64
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.63
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.62
Talal Itani · George Sale0.57
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.50
One bar per pair of renderings, longest bar for the pair
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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.