Easy-read (simplified)wakadhaalika anzalnaahu hukman 'arabiyyan wala'ini taba'ta ahwaa'ahum ba'da maa jaa'aka mina l-'ilmi maa laka mina llaahi min waliyyin walaa waaq
DIN 31635wakaḏālika ʾanzalnāhu ḥukman ʿarabiyyan walaʾini tabaʿta ʾahwāʾahum baʿda mā ǧāʾaka mina l-ʿilmi mā laka mina llāhi min waliyyin walā wāqin
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.
Thus We revealed it an Arabic code of law. Were you to follow their desires, after the knowledge that has come to you, you would have neither ally nor defender against God.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Thus have We revealed it, a decisiveutterance in Arabic; and if thou shouldst follow their desires after that which hath come unto thee of knowledge, then truly wouldst thou have from Allah no protecting friend nor defender
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
Thus have we sent it down, an Arabic judgment, but hadst thou followed their lusts, after the knowledge that has come to thee, thou hadst not had against God a patron or a keeper
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Thus, then, as a code in the Arabic tongue have we sent down the Koran; and truly, if after the knowledge that hath reached thee thou follow their desires, thou shalt have no guardian nor protector against God
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
To this purpose have We sent down the Koran, a rule of judgment, in the Arabic language. And verily if thou follow their desires, after the knowledge which hath been given thee, there shall be none to defend or protect thee against God
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 e zbritëm atë (Kuranin) në gjuhën arabe si gjykues. E, nëse do të ndiqje dëshirat e tyre, edhe pas dijes që të ka ardhur, atëherë nuk do të kishe para Allahut as ndihmës e as mbrojtës.
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 (যেভাবে আমি পূর্ববর্তী কিতাবগুলো তাদের জাতির ভাষায় নাযিল করেছি) এভাবেই আমি আল-কুরআনকে আরবী ভাষায় বিধানস্বরূপ নাযিল করেছি। (হে রাসূল!) তোমার নিকট (অহীর) জ্ঞান আসার পরেও যদি তুমি তাদের (আহলে কিতাবের) খেয়াল খুশির অনুসরণ করো, তবে আল্লাহর পক্ষ থেকে তোমার কোনো অভিভাবক ও রক্ষাকারী থাকবে না।
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 Mi ga tako objavljujemo usavršenog na arapskom jeziku. A ako bi se ti za ćudima njihovim poveo, nakon što ti je znanje došlo, ti ne bi imao nikoga ko bi te od Allaha zaštitio ni odbranio.
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 Mi ga tako objavljujemo usavršenog na arapskom jeziku. A ako bi se ti za ćudima njihovim poveo, nakon što ti je znanje došlo, ti ne bi imao nikoga tko bi te od Allaha zaštitio ni obranio.
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
Ko wano nii min njippiniri nde ñaawoore (e haala) aarabu. Pellet si a jokkii mbeleeɗe maɓɓe ɗen ɓaawo nde ganndal ari e maa, alanaa ma gaanin Alla immorde e giɗo, wanaa daɗndoowo.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
და ამგვარად, ჩვენ ის [ყურანი] გარდმოვავლინეთ (ალლაჰის) ბრძანებათა კრებულად არაბულ ენაზე. თუ შენ (ო, შუამავალო)
მიჰყვები მათ [მრავალღმერთიანთა] სურვილებს, მას შემდეგ, რაც (ჭეშმარიტი) ცოდნა (ალლაჰისგან) მოგეცა, შენ არ გეყოლება არც დამხმარე და არც მფარველი ალლაჰისგან!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Und auf diese Weise haben Wir ihn als ein Urteil in arabisch(er) (Sprache) hinabgesandt. Solltest du nun ihren Neigungen folgen nach dem, was dir an Wissen zugekommen ist, wirst du vor Allah weder einen Schutzherrn noch Behüter haben.
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
(Όπως στείλαμε τα προηγούμενα Θεία Βιβλία στις γλώσσες των λαών τους), έτσι, στείλαμε αυτό (το Κορ’άν) ως τέλειο (και ξεκάθαρο Βιβλίο και κριτήριο) στα αραβικά (με το οποίο θα κρίνεις, ω, Προφήτη, μεταξύ των ανθρώπων). Αν θα ακολουθούσες τις επιθυμίες τους μετά απ' αυτό που σου ήρθε από τη γνώση, δε θα είχες ενάντια στον Αλλάχ κανέναν υποστηρικτή ή προστάτη.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
और इसी प्रकार, हमने इसे अरबी (भाषा का) फरमान बनाकर उतारा है।[20] और यदि आपने अपने पास ज्ञान आ जाने के बाद उन लोगों की इच्छाओं का अनुसरण किया, तो अल्लाह के मुक़ाबले में आपका न कोई सहायक होगा और न कोई बचाने वाला।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
E poi lo facemmo scendere come Ordine in arabo. E se dovessi seguire i loro capricci, dopo quello che ti è concesso di sapere, non potrai avere mai contro Allāh né un alleato né un protettore.
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
37. Taigi, Mes nuleidome tai (Koraną) arabų kalba būti autoritetingu sprendimu. Jei tu (Muchammedai ﷺ ) seksi jų (bergždžiais) norais po to, kai tau atėjo žinojimas, tada tu neturėsi jokio Vali (apsaugininko) arba Vak (gynėjo) nuo Allaho.
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
Так Мы ниспослали его в качестве закона на арабском языке. Если же ты последуешь их пристрастиям после того, как к тебе пришло знание, то нет тебе от Аллаха ни покровителя, ни защитника.
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 Ми га тако објављујемо усавршеног на арапском језику. А ако би се ти повео за њиховим прохтевима, након што ти је дошло знање, ти не би имао никога ко би те заштитио нити одбранио од Аллаха.
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 ndivyo hivyo tumeiteremsha (Qur-ani hii kuwa ni) hukumu kwa lugha ya Kiarabu. Na ukifuata matamanio yao baada ya elimu hii iliyokujia, hutakuwa na rafiki yeyote wala mlinzi kando na Mwenyezi Mungu.
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Så [som vi tidigare uppenbarat skrifter] har vi nu uppenbarat den här; en föreskrift på arabiska. Och om du hade följt deras onda begär, efter att kunskapen nått dig, skulle du inte ha någon som skyddar dig eller försvarar dig mot Gud.
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
Böylece biz onu (Kur’an’ı) Arapça bir hüküm olarak indirdik. Andolsun ki sana gelen bu ilimden sonra onların heva ve heveslerine uyarsan, Allah tarafından senin için ne bir dost, ne de bir koruyucu vardır.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
اسی طرح ہم نے اس قرآن کو عربی زبان کا فرمان اتارا ہے[1] ۔ اگر آپ نے ان کی خواہشوں[2] کی پیروی کر لی اس کے بعد کہ آپ کے پاس علم آچکا ہے[3] تو اللہ (کے عذابوں) سے آپ کو کوئی حمایتی ملے گا اور نہ بچانے واﻻ.[4]
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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DIN 31635maṯalu l-ǧannati llatī wuʿida l-muttaqūna taǧrī min taḥtihā l-ʾanhāru ʾukuluhā dāʾimun waẓilluhā tilka ʿuqbā llaḏīna taqaw waʿuqbā l-kāfirīna n-nāru
Talal Itani2012 The likeness of the Garden promised to the righteous: rivers flowing beneath it; its food is perpetual, and so is its shade. Such is the sequel for those who guard against evil, but the sequel of the disbelievers is the Fire.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 A similitude of the Garden which is promised unto those who keep their duty (to Allah): Underneath it rivers flow; its food is everlasting, and its shade; this is the reward of those who keep their duty, while the reward of disbelievers is the Fire
Edward Henry Palmer1880 The likeness of the Paradise which those who fear God are promised, beneath it rivers flow, its food is enduring, and likewise its shade! That is the recompense of those who fear; but the recompense of misbelievers is the Fire
John Medows Rodwell1861 A picture of the Paradise which God hath promised to them that fear Him. The rivers flow beneath its bowers: its food and its shades are perpetual. This is the reward of those who fear God; but the reward of the unbelievers is the Fire
George Sale1734 This is the description of paradise, which is promised to the pious. It is watered by rivers; its food is perpetual, and its shade also: This shall be the reward of those who fear God. But the reward of the infidels shall be hell fire
Talal Itani2012 Those to whom We gave the Scripture rejoice in what was revealed to you, while some factions reject parts of it. Say, "I am commanded to worship God, and to never associate anything with Him. To Him I invite, and to Him is my return."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Those unto whom We gave the Scripture rejoice in that which is revealed unto thee. And of the clans there are who deny some of it. Say: I am commanded only that I serve Allah and ascribe unto Him no partner. Unto Him I cry, and unto Him is my return
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And those to whom we brought the Book rejoice in that which we have sent down to thee; but of the confederates are some who deny a part thereof. Say, 'I am only bidden to serve God and not to associate any with Him; on Him I call and to Him is my recourse
John Medows Rodwell1861 They to whom we have given the Book rejoice in what hath been sent down to thee; yet some are banded together who deny a part of it. SAY: I am commanded to worship God, and not to associate any creature with Him. On Him do I call, and to Him shall I return
George Sale1734 Those to whom We have given the scriptures, rejoice at what hath been revealed unto thee. Yet there are some of the confederates who deny part thereof. Say unto them, verily I am commanded to worship God alone; and to give Him no companion: Upon Him do I call, and unto Him shall I return
Talal Itani2012 We sent messengers before you, and We assigned for them wives and offspring. No messenger could bring a sign except with the permission of God. For every era is a scripture.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And verily We sent messengers (to mankind) before thee, and We appointed for them wives and offspring, and it was not (given) to any messenger that he should bring a portent save by Allah's leave. For everything there is a time prescribed
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And we sent apostles before thee, and we made for them wives and seed; and no apostle could bring a sign save by God's permission;- for every period there is a book
John Medows Rodwell1861 Apostles truly have we already sent before thee, and wives and offspring have we given them. Yet no apostle had come with miracles unless by the leave of God. To each age its Book
George Sale1734 We have formerly sent apostles before thee, and bestowed on them wives and children; and no apostle had the power to come with a sign, unless by the permission of God. Every age hath its book of revelation
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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
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The page says a verse is worded differently only above the cut below. The cut is a stated convention, not a property of the text, and it can be changed.
The cut
0.644
Share of measured verses above it
33%
Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Talal Itani · George Sale0.76
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.76
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.71
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.69
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.68
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.67
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.67
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.64
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.60
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.57
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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.