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 never sent any messenger except in the language of his people, to make things clear for them. God leads astray whom He wills, and guides whom He wills. He is the Mighty, the Wise.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
And We never sent a messenger save with the language of his folk, that he might make (the message) clear for them. Then Allahsendeth whom He will astray, and guideth whom He will. He is the Mighty, the Wise
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
We have not sent any apostle save with the language of his people, that he might explain to them. But God leads whom He will astray, and guides whom He will; and He is the mighty, the wise
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And in order that He might speak plainly to them, we have not sent any Apostle, save with the speech of his own people; but God misleadeth whom He will, and whom He will he guideth: and He is the Mighty, the Wise
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
We have sent no apostle but with the language of his people, that he might declare their duty plainly unto them: For God causeth to err whom He pleaseth, and directeth whom He pleaseth; and He is the mighty, the wise
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
Ne nuk çuam asnjë të Dërguar, përveçse në gjuhën e popullit të tij, që t'ua sqarojë atyre (fenë). Por, Allahu e humb atë që do dhe e udhëzon atë që do. Ai është i Gjithëfuqishmi, i Urti.
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 প্রত্যেক রাসূলকে তার স্বজাতির ভাষাভাষী করে পাঠিয়েছি, যাতে সে তাদের কাছে (আল্লাহর পক্ষ থেকে নিয়ে আসা বিধি-বিধান) পরিষ্কারভাবে বর্ণনা করে। সুতরাং আল্লাহ যাকে ইচ্ছা পথভ্রষ্ট করেন এবং যাকে ইচ্ছা সঠিক পথ দেখান। আর তিনি পরাক্রমশালী, প্রজ্ঞাময়।
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
Mi nismo poslali nijednog poslanika koji nije govorio jezikom naroda svoga, da bi im objasnio. A Allah u zabludu okreće onoga koga hoće i upućuje na Pravi put onoga koga hoće; On je Silni i Mudri.
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
Mi nismo poslali nijednog poslanika koji nije govorio jezikom naroda svoga, da bi im objasnio. A Allah u zabludu okreće onoga koga hoće i upućuje na Pravi put onoga koga hoće; On je Silni i Mudri.
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
Min nuliraali nulaaɗo (woo), si wanaa e ɗemngal yimɓe makko ɓeen, fii no o ɓannginirana ɓe. Alla no majjina on mo muuyi, o fewna on Mo o muuyi. Ko Kaŋko woni pooluɗo, ñeeñuɗo.
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 ჩვენ შუამავალნი მხოლოდ თავიანთი ხალხის ენაზე გამოვგზავნეთ, რათა მათ ეს (ალლაჰის რელიგია) მათთვის ნათლად განემარტათ. ალლაჰი გზას უცდენს, ვისაც მოისურვებს, და გზას უჩვენებს, ვისაც მოისურვებს. და (ჭეშმარიტად) იგია დიდებული, ბრძენი!
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 Wir haben keinen der Gesandten gesandt, außer in der Sprache seines Volkes, damit er ihnen (die Botschaft) verdeutlicht. So lässt Allah in die Irre gehen, wen Er will, und leitet recht, wen Er will. Und Er ist der Allmächtige und Allweise.
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
Δε στείλαμε κανέναν Αγγελιαφόρο παρά στη γλώσσα του λαού του για να διευκρινήσει σ' αυτούς (ό,τι έφερε από τον Κύριό του). Ο Αλλάχ κάνει όποιους θέλει να παραστρατήσουν και καθοδηγεί όποιους θέλει. Πράγματι, Αυτός είναι ο Αλ-‘Αζείζ (Παντοδύναμος, Ανίκητος), ο Αλ-Χακείμ (Πάνσοφος).
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 हमने कोई रसूल नहीं भेजा परंतु उसकी जाति की भाषा में, ताकि वह उनके लिए खोलकर बयान करे। फिर अल्लाह जिसे चाहता है, पथभ्रष्ट कर देता है और जिसे चाहता है, मार्गदर्शन प्रदान करता है। और वही सब पर प्रभुत्वशाली, पूर्ण हिकमत वाला है।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
E non abbiamo inviato un Messaggero se non della lingua del suo popolo, così che possa chiarirgli il messaggio; Allāh svia chi Lui vuole e guida chi Lui vuole, e Lui è il Potente, il Saggio!
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
4. Ir siuntėme Mes Pasiuntinį tik su kalba jo žmonių tam, kad jis galėtų jiems išaiškinti (Žinią). Tada Allahas paklaidina tą, ką Jis nori, ir išveda teisingai tą, ką Jis nori. Ir Jis yra Visagalis, Visa Išmanantis.
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
Nuti ergamaa irraa tokkos afaan ummata isaatiin malee hin ergine. akka inni (ergaa keenya) isaaniif addeessuf jecha. Rabbiin nama fedhe jallisa; nama fedhe qajeelcha. Inni injifataa, ogeessa.
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 не посылали ни одного посланника иначе как на языке его народа, чтобы он разъяснил им. Аллах вводит в заблуждение, кого пожелает, и наставляет, кого пожелает. Он — Могущественный, Мудрый.
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
Ми нисмо послали ниједног посланика а да није говорио језиком свога народа, како би им објаснио посланицу. Па Аллах у заблуди оставља онога кога жели а на Прави пут упути онога кога жели; Он је Силни и Мудри.
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 hatukumtuma Mtume yeyote isipokuwa kwa ulimi wa kaumu yake ili apate kuwabainishia. Basi Mwenyezi Mungu anampoteza amtakaye, na anamwongoa amtakaye. Naye ni Mwenye nguvu, Mwenye hekima.
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Alla sändebud vi har sänt har talat sitt folks språk, för att tydligt kunna förmedla budskapet till dem. Sedan vilseleder Gud dem han vill och vägleder dem han vill; han är den Allsmäktige, den Vise.
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
Biz her peygamberi, ancak kendi kavminin diliyle gönderdik ki, onlara (Allah’ın emirlerini) iyice açıklasın. Allah, dilediğini saptırır, dilediğini de doğru yola iletir. O, mutlak güç sahibidir, hüküm ve hikmet sahibidir.
Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
ہم نے ہر ہر نبی کو اس کی قومی زبان میں ہی بھیجا ہے تاکہ ان کے سامنے وضاحت سے بیان کر دے[1] ۔ اب اللہ جسے چاہے گمراه کر دے، اور جسے چاہے راه دکھا دے، وه غلبہ اور حکمت واﻻ ہے.[2]
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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Easy-read (simplified)allaahi lladhee lahu maa fee s-samaawaati wamaa fee l-'ardi wawaylun lilkaafireena min 'adhaabin shadeed
DIN 31635allāhi llaḏī lahu mā fī s-samāwāti wamā fī l-ʾarḍi wawaylun lilkāfirīna min ʿaḏābin šadīdin
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 God-to whom belongs what is in the heavens and the earth. And woe to the disbelievers from a severe torment.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Allah, unto Whom belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth. and woe unto the disbelievers from an awful doom
Edward Henry Palmer1880 God is He whose is whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth. Alas for the misbelievers, for their torment is keen
John Medows Rodwell1861 Of God; to whom belongeth whatever is in the Heavens and whatever is on the Earth: and woe! for their terrible punishment, to the infidels
George Sale1734 God is He unto whom belongeth whatsoever is in heaven and on earth: And woe be to the infidels, because a grievous punishment waiteth them
Talal Itani2012 Those who prefer the present life to the Hereafter, and repel from the path of God, and seek to make it crooked-these are far astray.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Those who love the life of the world more than the Hereafter, and debar (men) from the way of Allah and would have it crooked: such are far astray
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Who love this world's life better than the next, and turn folks from the path of God, and crave to make it crooked; these are in remote error
John Medows Rodwell1861 Who love the life that now is, above that which is to come, and mislead from the way of God, and seek to make it crooked. These are in a far-gone error
George Sale1734 who love the present life above that which is to come, and turn men aside from the way of God, and seek to render it crooked: These are in an error far distant from the truth
Talal Itani2012 We sent Moses with Our signs: "Bring your people out of darkness into light, and remind them of the Days of God." In that are signs for every patient and thankful person."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 We verily sent Moses with Our revelations, saying: Bring thy people forth from darkness unto light. And remind them of the days of Allah. Lo! therein are revelations for each steadfast, thankful (heart)
Edward Henry Palmer1880 We did send Moses with our signs, 'Bring forth thy people from the darkness into the light, and remind them of the days of God!' verily, in that are signs to every patient, grateful one
John Medows Rodwell1861 Of old did we send Moses with our signs: and said to him, "Bring forth thy people from the darkness into the light, and remind them of the days of God." Verily, in this are signs for every patient, grateful person
George Sale1734 We formerly sent Moses with our signs, and commanded him saying, lead forth thy people from darkness into light, and remind them of the favours of God: Verily therein are signs unto every patient and grateful person
DIN 31635waʾiḏ qāla mūsā liqawmihi ḏkurū niʿmata llāhi ʿalaykum ʾiḏ ʾanǧākum min ʾāli firʿawna yasūmūnakum sūʾa l-ʿaḏābi wayuḏabbiḥūna ʾabnāʾakum wayastaḥyūna nisāʾakum wafī ḏālikum balāʾun min rabbikum ʿaẓīmun
Talal Itani2012 Moses said to his people, "Remember God's blessings upon you, as He delivered you from the people of Pharaoh, who inflicted on you terrible suffering, slaughtering your sons while sparing your daughters. In that was a serious trial from your Lord."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And (remind them) how Moses said unto his people: Remember Allah's favour unto you when He delivered you from Pharaoh's folk who were afflicting you with dreadful torment, and were slaying your sons and sparing your women; that was a tremendous trial from your Lord
Edward Henry Palmer1880 When Moses said to his people, 'Remember the favours of God towards you, when He saved you from Pharaoh's people, who sought to wreak you evil woe, slaughtering your sons and letting your women live;' in that was a great trial for you from your Lord
John Medows Rodwell1861 When Moses said to his people, "Remember the kindness of God to you, when he rescued you from the family of Pharaoh who laid on you a cruel affliction, slaughtering your male children, and suffering only your females to live." In this was a sore trial from your Lord
George Sale1734 And call to mind when Moses said unto his people, remember the favour of God towards you, when He delivered you from the people of Pharaoh: They grievously oppressed you, and they slew your male children, but let your females live: Therein was a great trial from your Lord
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 —
0.54 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 · George Sale0.64
Talal Itani · George Sale0.62
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.62
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.61
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.55
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.54
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.50
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.49
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.46
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.34
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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.
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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.