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And I have followed the religion of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac and Jacob. It never was for us to attribute aught as partner to Allah. This is of the bounty of Allah unto us (the seed of Abraham) and unto mankind; but most men give not thanks
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
Compare translations (4)Talal Itani· published 2012
"And I have followed the faith of my forefathers, Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob. It is not for us to associate anything with God. This is by virtue of God's grace upon us and upon the people, but most people do not give thanks.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
And I have followed the faith of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac and Jacob; we could not associate aught with God; that is from God's grace upon us and upon men: but most men give not thanks
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And I follow the religion of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac and Jacob. We may not associate aught with God. This is of God's bounty towards us and towards mankind: but the greater part of mankind are not thankful
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
and I follow the religion of my fathers, Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob. It is not lawful for us to associate any thing with God. This knowledge of the divineunity hath been given us of the bounty of God towards us, and towards mankind; but the greater part of men are not thankful
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
dhe kam ndjekur fenë e baballarëve të mi, Ibrahimit, Ishakut dhe Jakubit. Neve nuk na takon t'i shoqërojmë Allahut diçka në adhurim. Kjo është prej mirësisë së Allahut ndaj nesh dhe ndaj njerëzve, por shumica e njerëzve nuk falënderojnë.
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 আমি অনুসরণ করেছি আমার পিতৃপুরুষ ইবরাহীম, ইসহাক ও ইয়াকূবের ধর্ম (মতাদর্শ)। আল্লাহর সাথে কোনো কিছুকে শরীক করা আমাদের জন্য সংগত নয়। (যে তাওহীদ ও ঈমানের ওপর আমি ও আমার পূর্বপুরুষ প্রতিষ্ঠিত রয়েছি) এটি আমাদের ও সকল মানুষের ওপর আল্লাহর অনুগ্রহ (ও তাঁর তাওফিক); কিন্তু অধিকাংশ মানুষই কৃতজ্ঞতা প্রকাশ করে না (বরং তারা তাঁর সাথে কুফরি করে)।’
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
i slijedim vjeru predaka svojih, Ibrahima i Ishaka i Jakuba; nama ne priliči da ikoga Allahu u obožavanju pridružujemo. To je iz Allahove darežljivosti prema nama i ostalim ljudima, ali većina ljudi ne zahvaljuje."
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
i slijedim vjeru predaka svojih, Abrahama i Izaka i Jakova; nama ne priliči da ikoga Allahu u obožavanju pridružujemo. To je iz Allahove darežljivosti prema nama i ostalim ljudima, ali većina ljudi ne zahvaljuje."
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
Njookku-mi diina baabiraaɓe am ɓen: Ibraahiima e Ishaaqa e Yaaquuba. Haananaa men nde men kafidata e Alla hay e huunde. Ɗuum ko jeyaaɗum e ɓural Alla e dow amen e hoore yimɓe ɓeen; kono ko ɓuri ɗuuɗude e yimɓe ɓen ɓe njettataa.
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
და მე მივყევი ჩემს მამა-პაპათა სარწმუნოებას იბრაჰიმის, ისჰაყისა და იაყუბისას. ჩვენთვის დაუშვებელია, რომ ალლაჰს რაიმე გავუთანაბროთ. ეს ალლაჰის წყალობაა ჩვენდამი და ადამიანებისადმი, მაგრამ ადამიანთა უმრავლესობა უმადურია.
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 ich bin der Glaubensgemeinschaft meiner (Vor)väter Ibrahim, Ishaq und Ya'qub gefolgt. Es steht uns nicht zu, Allah etwas beizugesellen. Dies ist etwas von der Huld Allahs uns und den Menschen gegenüber. Aber die meisten Menschen sind nicht dankbar.
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
Ακολουθώ τη θρησκεία των πατέρων μου, του Αβραάμ, του Ισαάκ και του Ιακώβ (το Ισλάμ). Δεν είναι για μας να αποδίδουμε στον Αλλάχ κανέναν εταίρο στη λατρεία. Αυτό είναι από την εύνοια του Αλλάχ σε μας (ότι μας καθοδήγησε στη θρησκεία Του) και στους ανθρώπους (ότι τους έστειλε προφήτες), αλλά οι περισσότεροι άνθρωποι δε δείχνουν ευγνωμοσύνη.
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 मैंने अपने बाप-दादाओं; इबराहीम, इसह़ाक़ और याक़ूब के धर्म का अनुसरण किया है। हमारे लिए वैध नहीं कि हम किसी चीज़ को अल्लाह का साझी बनाएँ। यह हमपर और लोगों पर अल्लाह की कृपा है। लेकिन अधिकतर लोग शुक्रिया अदा नहीं करते।[11]
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
E ho seguito la religione dei miei padri: Ibrāhīm, Is’ħaq e Ya’qub. Non avremmo dovuto paragonare nessuna divinità ad Allāh. Quello proviene dalla grazia che Allāh ha fatto scendere su di noi e su tutti gli uomini, ma la maggior parte della gente non è grata.
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
38. Ir aš pasekiau savo tėvų - Ibrahimo (Abraomo), Ishako (Izaoko) ir Jakūbo (Jokūbo) religija, ir niekada mes negalėtume priskirti jokių partnerių Allahui. Tai iš Allaho Gailestingumo mums ir žmonijai, tačiau dauguma žmonių nedėkingi (t. y. nei tiki Allahą, nei Jį garbina).
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
Amantii (tawhiidaa tan) abboota kiyya Ibraahiim, Isihaaqiifi Ya’aquubis hordofeera. Waan tokkos Rabbitti qindeessuun nuuf hin taane. Kuni tola Rabbii kan nuufi namoota (hunda) irratti tahe. Garuu irra hedduun namootaa (Rabbiin) hin galateeffatanu. [17]
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 я последовал вероучению своих отцов — Ибрахима, Исхака и Я‘куба. Нам не подобает придавать Аллаху в сотоварищи что бы то ни было. Это — из щедрости Аллаха к нам и к людям, но большинство людей не благодарят.
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
и следим веру својих предака, Аврама и Исака и Јакова; није на нама да поред Аллаха било шта обожавамо. То је из Аллахове дарежљивости према нама и осталим људима, али већина људи не захваљује.“
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 nimefuata mila ya baba zangu, Ibrahim, na Is-haq, na Yaa'qub. Haikutufailia sisi kumshirikisha Mwenyezi Mungu na chochote. Hiyo ni katika fadhila za Mwenyezi Mungu juu yetu na juu ya watu, lakini wengi wa watu hawashukuru.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Jag följer mina förfäders tro; Abrahams, Isaks och Jakobs. Vi skulle aldrig dyrka någon vid Guds sida. Detta är en nådegåva från Gud till oss och till mänskligheten, men de flesta människor är inte tacksamma.
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
“Atalarım İbrahim, İshak ve Ya'kûb’un dinine tâbi oldum. Allah'a her hangi bir ortak koşmak bize yaraşmaz. Bu, bize ve insanlara Allah’ın bir lütfudur, fakat insanların çoğu şükretmezler.”
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
میں اپنے باپ دادوں کے دین کا پابند ہوں، یعنی ابراہیم واسحاق اور یعقوب کے دین کا[1] ، ہمیں ہرگز یہ سزاوار نہیں کہ ہم اللہ تعالیٰ کے ساتھ کسی کو بھی شریک کریں[2]، ہم پر اور تمام اور لوگوں پر اللہ تعالیٰ کا یہ خاص فضل ہے، لیکن اکثر لوگ ناشکری کرتے ہیں.
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 Two youth entered the prison with him. One of them said, "I see myself pressing wine." The other said, "I see myself carrying bread on my head, from which the birds are eating. Tell us their interpretation-we see that you are one of the righteous."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And two young men went to prison with him. One of them said: I dreamed that I was pressing wine. The other said: I dreamed that I was carrying upon my head bread whereof the birds were eating. Announce unto us the interpretation, for we see thee of those good (at interpretation)
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And there entered the prison with him two young men. Said one of them, 'Verily, I see myself pressing wine.' And the other said, 'Verily, I see myself bearing on my head loaves from which the birds do eat; inform us of the interpretation thereof; verily, we see that thou art of those who do good
John Medows Rodwell1861 And there came into the prison with him two youths. Said one of them, "Methought in my dream that I was pressing grapes." And the other said, "I dreamed that I was carrying bread on my head, of which the birds did eat. Declare to us the interpretation of this, for we see thou art a virtuous person
George Sale1734 And there entered into the prison with him two of the king's servants. One of them said, it seemed to me in my dream that I pressed wine out of grapes. And the other said, it seemed unto me in my dream that I carried bread on my head, whereof the birds did eat. Declare unto us the interpretation of our dreams, for we perceive that thou art a beneficent person
Talal Itani2012 He said, "No food is served to you, but I have informed you about it before you have received it. That is some of what my Lord has taught me. I have forsaken the tradition of people who do not believe in God; and regarding the Hereafter, they are deniers."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 He said: The food which ye are given (daily) shall not come unto you but I shall tell you the interpretation ere it cometh unto you. This is of that which my Lord hath taught me. Lo! I have forsaken the religion of folk who believe not in Allah and are disbelievers in the Hereafter
Edward Henry Palmer1880 He said, 'There shall not come to you any food with which ye are provided, but I will inform you both of its interpretation before it comes to you. That is (some) of what my Lord has taught me; verily, I have left the faith of a people who do not believe in God, while in the future too they disbelieve
John Medows Rodwell1861 He said, "There shall not come to you in a dream any food wherewith ye shall be fed, but I will acquaint you with its interpretation ere it come to pass to you. This is a part of that which my Lord hath taught me: for I have abandoned the religion of those who believe not in God and who deny the life to come
George Sale1734 Joseph answered, no food, wherewith ye may be nourished, shall come unto you, but I will declare unto you the interpretation thereof, before it come unto you. This knowledge is a part of that which my Lord hath taught me: For I have left the religion of people who believe not in God, and who deny the life to come
Talal Itani2012 "You do not worship, besides Him, except names you have named, you and your ancestors, for which God has sent down no authority. Judgment belongs to none but God. He has commanded that you worship none but Him. This is the right religion, but most people do not know.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Those whom ye worship beside Him are but names which ye have named, ye and your fathers. Allah hath revealed no sanction for them. The decision rests with Allah only, Who hath commanded you that ye worship none save Him. This is the right religion, but most men know not
Edward Henry Palmer1880 What ye worship beside Him are naught but names which ye have named, ye and your fathers, for which God has sent down no authority. Judgment is only God's; He bids you worship only Him. That is the standard of religion,- but most men do not know
John Medows Rodwell1861 Ye worship beside him mere names which ye have named, ye and your fathers, for which God hath not sent down any warranty. Judgment belongeth to God alone. He hath bidden you worship none but Him. This is the right faith: but most men know it not
George Sale1734 Ye worship not, besides Him, other than the names which ye have named, ye and your fathers, concerning which God hath sent down no authoritative proof: Yet judgment belongeth unto God alone; who hath commanded that ye worship none besides Him. This is the right religion; but the greater part of men know it not
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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
0.57 on a scale
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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
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.68
Talal Itani · George Sale0.65
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.64
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.62
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.60
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.57
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.56
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.55
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.41
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.40
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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.