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13:30

كَذَٰلِكَ أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ فِىٓ أُمَّةٍ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِهَآ أُمَمٌ لِّتَتْلُوَا۟ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ وَهُمْ يَكْفُرُونَ بِٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ قُلْ هُوَ رَبِّى لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَإِلَيْهِ مَتَابِ

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Easy-read (simplified)kadhaalika arsalnaaka fee ummatin qad khalat min qablihaa umamun litatluwa 'alayhimu lladhee awhaynaa ilayka wahum yakfuroona bir-rahmaani qul huwa rabbee laa ilaaha illaa huwa 'alayhi tawakkaltu wa'ilayhi mataab

DIN 31635kaḏālika ʾarsalnāka fī ʾummatin qad ḫalat min qablihā ʾumamun litatluwa ʿalayhimu llaḏī ʾawḥaynā ʾilayka wahum yakfurūna bir-raḥmāni qul huwa rabbī lā ʾilāha ʾillā huwa ʿalayhi tawakkaltu waʾilayhi matābi

EditionTanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

TranslationsSource fact

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Talal Itani · published 2012

Thus We sent you among a community before which other communities have passed away, that you may recite to them what We revealed to you. Yet they deny the Benevolent One. Say, "He is my Lord; there is no god but He; in Him I trust, and to Him is my repentance."

Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

Talal Itani, ClearQuran ·ClearQuran, "God" edition, EPUB·Talal Itani / ClearQuran.com ·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International·retrieved 7 Sep 2026

Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com https://clearquran.com

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 1875–1936 · published 1930

Thus We send thee (O Muhammad) unto a nation, before whom other nations have passed away, that thou mayst recite unto them that which We have inspired in thee, while they are disbelievers in the Beneficent. Say: He is my Lord; there is no Allah save Him. In Him do I put my trust and unto Him is my recourse

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 Palmer 1840–1882 · published 1880

Thus have we sent thee to a nation before which other nations have passed away, to recite to them that which we have inspired thee with; yet they misbelieve in the merciful! Say, 'He is my Lord; there is no god but He; upon Him do I rely, and unto Him is my repentance

Sources

Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired

Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an ·1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

John Medows Rodwell 1808–1900 · published 1861

Thus have we sent thee to a people whom other peoples have preceded, that thou mightest rehearse to them our revelations to thee. Yet they believe not on the God of Mercy. SAY: He is my Lord. There is no God but He. In Him do I put my trust. To Him must I return

Sources

Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired

John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an ·1861 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

George Sale 1697–1736 · published 1734

Thus have We sent thee to a nation which other nations have preceded, unto whom prophets have likewise been sent, that thou mayest rehearse unto them that which We have revealed unto thee, even while they believe not in the merciful God. Say unto them, He is my Lord; there is no God but He: In him do I trust, and unto Him must I return

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

Kështu, Ne të kemi dërguar ty te një popull, para të cilit kanë kaluar (shumë) popuj, që t'ua lexosh atë që ta kemi shpallur, por ata mohojnë të Gjithëmëshirshmin. Thuaj: "Ai është Zoti im. S'ka zot që meriton të adhurohet përveç Tij. Atij i mbështetem dhe tek Ai pendohem."

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.

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বাংলা · Bengali

(হে রাসূল!) এভাবেই আমি তোমাকে পাঠিয়েছি এমন এক জাতির কাছে, যার পূর্বে অনেক জাতি গত হয়েছে, যেন আমি তোমার প্রতি যে অহী (আল-কুরআন) প্রেরণ করেছি, তা তাদের নিকট তিলাওয়াত করো। অথচ তারা রহমানকে অস্বীকার করে। (হে রাসূল!) বলো: ‘তিনিই (এ রহমানই) আমার রব, তিনি ছাড়া আর কোনো (সত্য) ইলাহ নেই, আমি তাঁরই ওপর তাওয়াক্কুল করছি এবং তাঁরই দিকেই আমার প্রত্যাবর্তন।’

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.

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Bosanski · Bosnian

I tako smo te poslali narodu prije kojeg su bili i nestali drugi narodi, da im kazuješ ono što ti objavljujemo, a oni u Svemilosnog ne vjeruju. Reci: "On je Gospodar moj, nema boga osim Njega, u Njega se uzdam i Njemu se obraćam."

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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Hrvatski · Croatian

I tako smo te poslali narodu prije kojeg su bili i nestali drugi narodi, da im kazuješ ono što ti objavljujemo, a oni u Svemilosnog ne vjeruju. Reci: "On je Gospodar moj, nema boga osim Njega, u Njega se uzdam i Njemu se obraćam."

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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Fulfulde · Fulani

Ko wano nii min nulir-maa e mofte - gooŋɗii mofte goo yawtiino ado majje - fii yo a janngan ɓe nden nde min wahayini e maaɗa, kono heɓe yedda Yurmeteeɗo on. maaku: "Ko Kaŋko woni Joomi am. deweteeɗo alaa si wanaa Kaŋko. Ko e makko mi fawii, ko ka makko kadi woni ruttorde am".

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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ქართული · Georgian

ასე რომ [როგორც წინ წავგზავნეთ შუამავლები] ჩვენ შენ (ო, მუჰამმად) გამოგგზავნეთ საზოგადოებაში, რომელთა წინაც უკვე იყვნენ (სხვა ბევრი) საზოგადოება, რათა შენ (ო, შუამავალო) წაუკითხო მათთვის [ამ საზოგადოებისთვის] ის, რაც ჩვენ შთაგაგონეთ [ყურანი], როდესაც მათ ურწმუნოება გამოავლინეს შემწყნარებლის მიმართ. უთხარი (მათ) (ო, შუამავალო): «ის [მოწყალე ალლაჰი] ჩემი უფალია! არ არსებობს ღმერთი [თაყვანისცემის ღირსი] მის გარდა. მას ვენდობი და მასთანაა ჩემი დაბრუნება!»

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

Auf diese Weise haben Wir dich in eine Gemeinschaft gesandt, vor der bereits Gemeinschaften dahingegangen sind, damit du ihnen verliest, was Wir dir (als Offenbarung) eingegeben haben; und doch verleugnen sie den Allerbarmer. Sag: „Er ist mein Herr. Es gibt keinen Anbetungswürdigen außer Ihm. Auf Ihn verlasse ich mich, und zu Ihm ist meine Reue.“

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

Έτσι σε στείλαμε σε ένα έθνος, πριν από το οποίο είχαν περάσει άλλα έθνη, για να τους απαγγείλεις αυτό (το Κορ’άν) που σου αποκαλύψαμε (και το οποίο είναι το μεγαλύτερο Σημάδι που επιβεβαιώνει την αποστολή σου), αλλά αυτοί δεν πιστεύουν στον Αρ-Ραχμάν (Παντελεήμονα)! Πες: «(Ο Αρ-Ραχμάν) είναι ο Κύριός μου. Δεν υπάρχει άλλος θεός που αξίζει να λατρεύεται παρά μόνον Αυτός. Αυτόν εμπιστεύομαι και σ' Αυτόν είναι η επιστροφή μου με μεταμέλεια.»

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

इसी प्रकार हमने आपको एक ऐसे समुदाय में रसूल बनाकर भेजा, जिससे पहले बहुत-से समुदाय गुज़र चुके हैं। ताकि आप उन्हें वह संदेश सुनाएँ, जो हमने आपकी ओर वह़्य द्वारा भेजा है। इस हाल में कि वे अत्यंत दयावान् (अल्लाह) का इनकार करते हैं। आप कह दें : वही मेरा पालनहार है। उसके सिवा कोई पूज्य नहीं है। मैंने उसी पर भरोसा किया है और उसी की ओर मुझे जाना है।

Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari

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Italiano · Italian

Così ti abbiamo inviato in mezzo a un popolo, dopo che furono passati molti altri popoli, per recitare loro ciò che ti abbiamo ispirato, e loro rinnegano il Misericordioso. Di’: «Lui è il mio Dio! Non c’è altra divinità all’infuori di Lui! E mi affido a Lui e a Lui è il mio ritorno!”

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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Lietuvių · Lithuanian

30. Taigi, Mes siuntėme tave (Muchammedai ﷺ ) į bendruomenę, anksčiau kurios kitos bendruomenės išmirė, tam, kad tu parecituotum jiems tai, ką Mes tau apreiškėme, kai jie netiki Maloningiausiąjį (Allahą). Sakyk: „Jis yra mano Viešpats! La ilaha illa huva (niekas kitas neturi teisės būti garbinamas, iškyrus Jį)! Juo aš pasitikiu ir pas Jį bus mano sugrįžimas atgailoje.“

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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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo

Akka kanatti gara ummata ishee dura ummatoonni biraa dabrite keessatti si ergine. akka isa gara keetti buufne isaan irratti dubbiftuuf, isaan ‘Rahmaanitti’ kafaran. (Yaa Muhammad!) jedhi “Inni Gooftaa kiyya, Isa malee gabbaramaan haqaa hin jiru, Isa irratti hirkadheera. Garuma Isaatti deebiin”.

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Русский · Russian

Так Мы послали тебя к общине, до которой уже были другие общины, чтобы ты читал им то, что Мы внушили тебе, в то время как они отвергают Всемилостивого. Скажи: «Он — мой Господь! Нет божества, кроме Него. На Него я уповаю, и к Нему моё покаяние».

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 тако смо те послали народу пре којег су били и нестали други народи, да им казујеш оно што ти објављујемо, а они у Свемилосног не верују. Реци: „Он је мој Господар, нема бога осим Њега, на Њега се ослањам и Њему се кајем.“

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

Ndivyo hivyo tulivyokutuma kwa umma ambao zimekwishapita kabla yao umma nyingine, ili uwasomee yale tuliyokufunulia, na wao wanamkufuru Rahmani (Mwingi wa Rehema)! Sema: Yeye ndiye Mola wangu Mlezi. Hakuna mungu isipokuwa Yeye. Juu yake nimetegemea, na kwake ndiyo marejeo!

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Svenska · Swedish

Vi har nu sänt dig till ett folk – precis [som vi har sänt sändebud till andra] folk före dem – för att du ska recitera för dem vad vi har uppenbarat till dig. Men [ditt folk] vägrar tro på den Nåderike. Säg: ”Han är min Herre; ingen är värd dyrkan utom han! Till honom sätter jag min lit, och till honom vänder jag mig i ånger.”

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Türkçe · Turkish

(Ey Muhammed!) Böylece seni, kendilerinden önce nice ümmetlerin gelip geçtiği bir ümmete gönderdik ki; sana vahyettiklerimizi onlara okuyasın. Halbuki onlar Rahman’ı inkâr ediyorlar. De ki: O (Rahman) benim Rabbimdir, O’ndan başka (hak) ilah yoktur. Ben yalnız O’na tevekkül ettim, dönüşüm de yalnız O’nadır!

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اردو · Urdu

اسی طرح ہم نے آپ کو اس امت میں بھیجا ہے[1] جس سے پہلے بہت سی امتیں گزر چکی ہیں کہ آپ انہیں ہماری طرف سے جو وحی آپ پر اتری ہے پڑھ کر سنایئے یہ اللہ رحمٰن کے منکر ہیں[2]، آپ کہہ دیجئے کہ میرا پالنے واﻻ تو وہی ہے اس کے سوا درحقیقت کوئی بھی ﻻئق عبادت نہیں[3]، اسی کے اوپر میرا بھروسہ ہے اور اسی کی جانب میرا رجوع 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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The verses around this oneSource fact

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13:28

ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَطْمَئِنُّ قُلُوبُهُم بِذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ أَلَا بِذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ تَطْمَئِنُّ ٱلْقُلُوبُ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)alladheena aamanoo watatma'innu quloobuhum bidhikri llaahi alaa bidhikri llaahi tatma'innu l-quloob

DIN 31635allaḏīna ʾāmanū wataṭmaʾinnu qulūbuhum biḏikri llāhi ʾalā biḏikri llāhi taṭmaʾinnu l-qulūbu

Talal Itani2012 Those who believe, and whose hearts find comfort in the remembrance of God. Surely, it is in the remembrance of God that hearts find comfort."

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Who have believed and whose hearts have rest in the remembrance of Allah. Verily in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find rest

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Those who believe and whose hearts are comforted by the mention of God,- aye! by the mention of God shall their hearts be comforted

John Medows Rodwell1861 Those who believe, and whose hearts rest securely on the thought of God. What! Shall not men's hearts repose in the thought of God

George Sale1734 and those who believe, and whose hearts rest securely in the meditation of God; shall not mens hearts rest securely in the meditation of God

13:29

ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ طُوبَىٰ لَهُمْ وَحُسْنُ مَـَٔابٍ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)alladheena aamanoo wa'amiloo s-saalihaati toobaa lahum wahusnu ma'aab

DIN 31635allaḏīna ʾāmanū waʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti ṭūbā lahum waḥusnu maʾābin

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 For those who believe and do righteous deeds-for them is happiness and a beautiful return.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Those who believe and do right: Joy is for them, and bliss (their) journey's end

Edward Henry Palmer1880 who believe and do what is right. Good cheer for them and an excellent resort

John Medows Rodwell1861 They who believe and do the things that be right - blessedness awaiteth them, and a goodly home

George Sale1734 They who believe and do that which is right shall enjoy blessedness, and partake of a happy resurrection

13:30 — the verse above

13:31

وَلَوْ أَنَّ قُرْءَانًا سُيِّرَتْ بِهِ ٱلْجِبَالُ أَوْ قُطِّعَتْ بِهِ ٱلْأَرْضُ أَوْ كُلِّمَ بِهِ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ بَل لِّلَّهِ ٱلْأَمْرُ جَمِيعًا أَفَلَمْ يَا۟يْـَٔسِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَن لَّوْ يَشَآءُ ٱللَّهُ لَهَدَى ٱلنَّاسَ جَمِيعًا وَلَا يَزَالُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ تُصِيبُهُم بِمَا صَنَعُوا۟ قَارِعَةٌ أَوْ تَحُلُّ قَرِيبًا مِّن دَارِهِمْ حَتَّىٰ يَأْتِىَ وَعْدُ ٱللَّهِ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُخْلِفُ ٱلْمِيعَادَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)walaw anna qur'aanan suyyirat bihi l-jibaalu aw qutti'at bihi l-'ardu aw kullima bihi l-mawtaa bal lillaahi l-'amru jamee'an afalam yay'asi lladheena aamanoo an law yashaa'u llaahu lahadaa n-naasa jamee'an walaa yazaalu lladheena kafaroo tuseebuhum bimaa sana'oo qaari'atun aw tahullu qareeban min daarihim hattaa ya'tiya wa'du llaahi inna llaaha laa yukhlifu l-mee'aad

DIN 31635walaw ʾanna qurʾānan suyyirat bihi l-ǧibālu ʾaw quṭṭiʿat bihi l-ʾarḍu ʾaw kullima bihi l-mawtā bal lillāhi l-ʾamru ǧamīʿan ʾafalam yayʾasi llaḏīna ʾāmanū ʾan law yašāʾu llāhu lahadā n-nāsa ǧamīʿan walā yazālu llaḏīna kafarū tuṣībuhum bimā ṣanaʿū qāriʿatun ʾaw taḥullu qarīban min dārihim ḥattā yaʾtiya waʿdu llāhi ʾinna llāha lā yuḫlifu l-mīʿāda

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 Even if there were a Quran, by which mountains could be set in motion, or by which the earth could be shattered, or by which the dead could be made to speak. In fact, every decision rests with God. Did the believers not give up and realize that had God willed, He would have guided all humanity? Disasters will continue to strike those who disbelieve, because of their deeds, or they fall near their homes, until God's promise comes true. God never breaks a promise.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Had it been possible for a Lecture to cause the mountains to move, or the earth to be torn asunder, or the dead to speak, (this Qur'an would have done so). Nay, but Allah's is the whole command. Do not those who believe know that, had Allah willed, He could have guided all mankind? As for those who disbelieve, disaster ceaseth not to strike them because of what they do, or it dwelleth near their home until the threat of Allah come to pass. Lo! Allah faileth not to keep the tryst

Edward Henry Palmer1880 And though it were a Qur'an by which the mountains were moved, or by which the earth were cut up, or the dead made to speak - nay, God's is the command altogether! Did not those who believed know that if God had pleased He would have guided men altogether? And a striking calamity shall not cease to overtake those who misbelieve for what they have wrought, or to alight close by their dwellings; until God's promise comes - verily, God fails not in His promise

John Medows Rodwell1861 If there were a Koran by which the mountains could be set in motion, or the earth cleft, or the dead be made to speak ! But all sovereignty is in the hands of God. Do then believers doubt that had He pleased God would certainly have guided all men aright? Misfortune shall not cease to light on the unbelievers for what they have done, or to take up its abode hard by their dwellings, until the threat of God come to pass. Verily, God will not fail his plighted word

George Sale1734 Though a Koran were revealed by which mountains should be removed, or the earth cleaved in sunder, or the dead be caused to speak, it would be in vain. But the matter belongeth wholly unto God. Do not therefore the believers know, that if God pleased, He would certainly direct all men? Adversity shall not cease to afflict the unbelievers for that which they have committed, or to sit down near their habitations, until God's promise come: For God is not contrary to the promise

13:32

وَلَقَدِ ٱسْتُهْزِئَ بِرُسُلٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَأَمْلَيْتُ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُهُمْ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عِقَابِ

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Easy-read (simplified)walaqadi stuhzi'a birusulin min qablika fa'amlaytu lilladheena kafaroo thumma akhadhtuhum fakayfa kaana 'iqaab

DIN 31635walaqadi stuhziʾa birusulin min qablika faʾamlaytu lillaḏīna kafarū ṯumma ʾaḫaḏtuhum fakayfa kāna ʿiqābi

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 Messengers before you were ridiculed, but I granted the disbelievers respite, and then I seized them. What a punishment it was!

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And verily messengers (of Allah) were mocked before thee, but long I bore with those who disbelieved. At length I seized them, and how (awful) was My punishment

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Before thee have apostles been mocked at; and those who misbelieved have I allowed to range at large; and then it caught them up! How then was my punishment

John Medows Rodwell1861 Before thee indeed have apostles been mocked at; but though I bore long with the unbelievers, at last I seized upon them; - and how severe was my punishment

George Sale1734 Apostles before thee have been laughed to scorn; and I permitted the infidels to enjoy a long and happy life: But afterwards I punished them; and how severe was the punishment which I inflicted on them

Sources

EditionTanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) ·Uthmani, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

Parallel edition — Simple, Version 1.1

كَذَٰلِكَ أَرْسَلْنَاكَ فِي أُمَّةٍ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِهَا أُمَمٌ لِّتَتْلُوَ عَلَيْهِمُ الَّذِي أَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيْكَ وَهُمْ يَكْفُرُونَ بِالرَّحْمَٰنِ قُلْ هُوَ رَبِّي لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَإِلَيْهِ مَتَابِ

EditionTanzil Qur'an text (Simple) ·Simple, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

Analysis detailsDerived

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 — 0.52 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
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell 0.62
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell 0.59
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.58
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell 0.57
Talal Itani · George Sale 0.56
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale 0.52
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale 0.47
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.47
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer 0.43
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale 0.40

One bar per pair of renderings, longest bar for the pair sharing fewest words. Every pair is shown; none is singled out.

Method Wording differences — derived 13 September 2026
Method
Mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the lowercased word sets of the cleared translations of each verse. A verse is marked as worded differently when its score falls in the top third of the corpus — the cut set out in Analysis details.
As at
13 September 2026, 10:56 UTC
Gate
verify/divergence_gate.py re-derives and fails on drift

The platform does not say which is right, and does not characterise what the difference means. The renderings are placed together so the difference is visible; reading it is the reader's work.

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SourceTanzil Qur'an text (Simple) ·Simple, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

SourceTanzil Qur'an text (Simple) ·Simple, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

ReceiptsSource fact

7 sources stand behind this page. Each is listed once, in the order the page first cites it, with the licence it was cleared under and what was actually read. Nothing on this page rests on a source that is not here.

Source Tanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) · Uthmani, Version 1.1
Edition
Uthmani, Version 1.1
Custodian
Tanzil Project
Layer
canonical text
Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
Licence URL
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Commercial use
yes
Modification
contradictory
Licence text
read verbatim
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
203f0f1bf3158b1e5be4ab9f8f6870e5…
Located at
https://tanzil.net/pub/download/index.php?quranType=uthmani&outType=xml
Convention
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.

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Source Talal Itani, ClearQuran · ClearQuran, "God" edition, EPUB
Edition
ClearQuran, "God" edition, EPUB
Custodian
Talal Itani / ClearQuran.com
Layer
translation
Licence
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Licence URL
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/
Commercial use
yes
Modification
no
Licence text
terms page read
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
7 September 2026
Digest
70b0a8bb6f862f43670f7da1c0da59a4…
Located at
https://www.clearquran.com/downloads/quran-in-english-clearquran.epub
Convention
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.

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Source Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran · 1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Edition
1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Custodian
None — public domain work
Layer
translation
Licence
Public domain — copyright term expired
Licence URL
— none published —
Commercial use
yes
Modification
yes
Licence text
not applicable — no licence exists
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
aaff752d4349005282d977eebb863982…
Located at
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fawazahmed0/quran-api@6be8e17f2a0c13b1f33b1c3057f73cb28d5e848e/editions/eng-mohammedmarmadu.json

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.

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Source Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an · 1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Edition
1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Custodian
None — public domain work
Layer
translation
Licence
Public domain — copyright term expired
Licence URL
— none published —
Commercial use
yes
Modification
yes
Licence text
not applicable — no licence exists
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
32b2330e332339ace53509539efe9040…
Located at
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fawazahmed0/quran-api@6be8e17f2a0c13b1f33b1c3057f73cb28d5e848e/editions/eng-edwardhenrypalm.json
Convention
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.

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Source John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an · 1861 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Edition
1861 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Custodian
None — public domain work
Layer
translation
Licence
Public domain — copyright term expired
Licence URL
— none published —
Commercial use
yes
Modification
yes
Licence text
not applicable — no licence exists
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
91423dea6a6dccc192457870ed2c08fb…
Located at
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fawazahmed0/quran-api@6be8e17f2a0c13b1f33b1c3057f73cb28d5e848e/editions/eng-johnmedowsrodwe.json
Convention
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.

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Source George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an · 1734 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Edition
1734 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Custodian
None — public domain work
Layer
translation
Licence
Public domain — copyright term expired
Licence URL
— none published —
Commercial use
yes
Modification
yes
Licence text
not applicable — no licence exists
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
05b679f5df49b0579e65f4b83b4c7235…
Located at
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fawazahmed0/quran-api@6be8e17f2a0c13b1f33b1c3057f73cb28d5e848e/editions/eng-georgesale.json
Convention
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.

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Source Tanzil Qur'an text (Simple) · Simple, Version 1.1
Edition
Simple, Version 1.1
Custodian
Tanzil Project
Layer
canonical text
Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
Licence URL
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Commercial use
yes
Modification
contradictory
Licence text
read verbatim
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
d9b5bad94e4725191aa8da9a0404bd8e…
Located at
https://tanzil.net/pub/download/index.php?quranType=simple&outType=xml
Convention
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.

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