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.
Talal Itani· published 2012
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.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
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 timeprescribed
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
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
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
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
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
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
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
Në të vërtetë, Ne kemi çuar edhe të dërguar para teje dhe u kemi dhënë gra e pasardhës. Asnjë i dërguar nuk mund të sjellë mrekulli, përveçse me lejen e Allahut. Çdo vendim ka kohën e caktuar.
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 রাসূল!) অবশ্যই তোমার পূর্বে আমি (তোমারই মতো মানুষ থেকে) বহু রাসূল প্রেরণ করেছি এবং (তোমার মত ) তাদেরকে দিয়েছি স্ত্রী ও সন্তান-সন্ততি।(১০) আর কোনো রাসূলের জন্য এটা সম্ভব নয় যে, আল্লাহর অনুমতি ছাড়া কোন নিদর্শন নিয়ে আসবে। প্রত্যেক বিষয়ের ব্যাপারেই নির্ধারিত সময় নির্দিষ্ট কিতাবে লিপিবদ্ধ আছে।
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 prije tebe smo poslanike slali, i supruge i potomke im davali. I nijedan poslanik nije mogao s nekim znakom istupiti, osim s Allahovom dozvolom. Svako doba imalo je Knjigu.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4
Hrvatski · Croatian
I prije tebe smo poslanike slali, i supruge i potomke im davali. I nijedan poslanik nije mogao s nekim znakom istupiti, osim s Allahovom dozvolom. Svako doba imalo je Knjigu.
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
Gooŋɗii min nulii nulaaɓe ado maa, min waɗani ɓe genndiraaɓe e geyngol. Haananaa Nulaaɗo nde o addata Aaya, si wanaa e sakkitoore Alla. Hino woodani kala lajal caati.(happu binndaɗo)
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
(მრავალღმერთიანები ამბობენ: "თუ შენ ალლაჰის შუამავალი ხარ, რატომ ირთავ ცოლს?") მაგრამ ჩვენ შენამდე (ო, მუჰამმად) გამოვგზავნეთ შუამავლები (კაცთაგან) და ვუბოძეთ მათ მეუღლეები [ცოლები] და შთამომავლობა [შვილები].
(და მრავალღმერთიანები ასევე ამბობენ: "თუ შენ ალლაჰის შუამავალი ხარ, მაშინ რატომ არ გვიჩვენებ იმ სასწაულებს, რომლებსაც შენგან ვითხოვთ?") მაგრამ არ ყოფილა, რომ რომელიმე შუამავალს ალლაჰის ნებართვის გარეშე სასწაული მოეტანა. ყოველი განსაზღვრული ვადა [მოვლენა] – (დადგენილია ალლაჰის მიერ) – თავის წიგნშია [თავის დროშია].
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Und Wir haben ja bereits Gesandte vor dir gesandt und ihnen Gattinnen und Nachkommenschaft gegeben. Und kein Gesandter kann ein Zeichen bringen außer mit Allahs Erlaubnis. Jede Frist steht fest in einem Buch.
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
Πράγματι, είχαμε στείλει πριν από σένα (ω, Μωχάμμαντ) Αγγελιαφόρους, και τους παραχωρήσαμε συζύγους και παιδιά. Δεν εναπόκειται σε κανέναν Αγγελιαφόρο το να φέρει κάποιο Σημάδι, παρά μόνο με την Άδεια του Αλλάχ. Για κάθε προκαθορισμένο χρόνο (καθενός πράγματος και καθεμίας εντολής που όρισε ο Αλλάχ), υπάρχει ένα βιβλίο (στο οποίο είναι γραμμένο).
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 निश्चय हमने आपसे पहले कई रसूल भेजे और उनके लिए बीवियाँ और बच्चे[21] बनाए। और किसी रसूल के लिए संभव नहीं था कि वह अल्लाह की अनुमति के बिना कोई निशानी ले आता। हर समय के लिए एक लेख्य है।[22]
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
E inviammo già prima di te dei Messaggeri e concedemmo loro delle spose e dei figli. E nessun Messaggero poteva mostrare un Segno se non per volere di Allāh: ogni termine è scritto (nei Registri).
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 iš tiesų, Mes siuntėme Pasiuntinius anksčiau tavęs (Muchammedai ﷺ ) ir suteikėme jiems žmonas ir palikuonis. Ir ne Pasiuntiniui priklausė atnešti ženklą, išskyrus Allaho Leidimu. Kiekvienam reikalui yra (Allaho) Įsakas. [Tafsir At-Tabari].
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.8
Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Dhugumatti, Nuti si duras ergamtoota erginee jirra. Niitiiwwaniifi ilmaan isaaniif taasifnee jirra. Ergamaan tokkos yoo hayyama Rabbiitin ta’e malee mallattoo (raajii) tokkos fiduu hin danda’u. beellama hundaafuu galmeetu jira.
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
Мы уже посылали посланников до тебя и наделяли их супругами и потомством. И ни один посланник не мог явить знамение, кроме как с дозволения Аллаха. Для каждого срока — своё предначертание.
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 пре тебе смо слали посланике, и давали смо им да имају супруге и потомке. И ниједан посланик није могао да иступи са неким чудом, осим са Аллаховом дозволом. Свако доба имало је Књигу.
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 hakika Sisi tulikwishawatuma Mitume kabla yako, na tukawafanya wawe na wake na dhuria. Na haikuwa kwa Mtume yeyote kuleta ishara isipokuwa kwa idhini ya Mwenyezi Mungu. Kila kipindi kina hukumu yake iliyoandikwa.
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Vi har skickat sändebud före dig och gett dem hustrur och barn. Och inget av dessa sändebud har kunnat frambringa tecken förutom med Guds vilja. Den fastställda tidpunkten [för allt som Gud beslutar] står nedskriven.
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
Andolsun, senden önce de peygamberler gönderdik. Onlara da eşler ve çocuklar verdik. Allah’ın izni olmadan hiçbir peygamber bir mucize getiremez. Her ecelin (vadenin) bir yazısı vardır.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
ہم آپ سے پہلے بھی بہت سے رسول بھیج چکے ہیں اور ہم نے ان سب کو بیوی بچوں واﻻ بنایا تھا[1] ، کسی رسول سے نہیں ہو سکتا کہ کوئی نشانی بغیر اللہ کی اجازت کے لے آئے[2]۔ ہر مقرره وعدے کی ایک لکھت ہے.[3]
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 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
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
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Talal Itani2012 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.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Thus have We revealed it, a decisive utterance 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
Edward Henry Palmer1880 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
John Medows Rodwell1861 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
George Sale1734 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
Talal Itani2012 Whether We show you some of what We have promised them, or We cause you to die-your duty is to inform, and Ours is the reckoning.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Whether We let thee see something of that which We have promised them, or make thee die (before its happening), thine is but conveyance (of the message). Ours the reckoning
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Either we will let thee see a part of what we threaten them with, or we will take thee to Ourself; but thy duty is only to deliver thy message, and ours to reckon up
John Medows Rodwell1861 Moreover, whether we cause thee to see the fulfilment of part of our menaces, or whether we take thee hence, verily, thy work is preaching only, and ours to take account
George Sale1734 Moreover, whether We cause thee to see any part of that punishment wherewith we have threatened them, or whether We cause thee to die before it be inflicted on them, verily unto thee belongeth preaching only, but unto us inquisition
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 —
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where 0 means identical wording and 1 means no shared words. It is
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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
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.83
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.78
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.74
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.73
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.73
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.70
Talal Itani · George Sale0.67
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.64
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.61
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.45
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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.