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
And God cites the example of a town that was secure and peaceful, with its livelihood coming to it abundantly from every direction. But then it turnedunappreciative of God's blessings, so God made it taste the robe of hunger and fear, because of what they used to craft.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Allahcoineth a similitude: a township that dwelt secure and wellcontent, its provision coming to it in abundance from every side, but it disbelieved in Allah's favours, so Allah made it experience the garb of dearth and fear because of what they used to do
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
God has struck out a parable: a city which was safe and quiet, its provision came to it in plenty from every place, and then it denied God's favours, and God made it feel the clothing of hunger and fear, for that which they had wrought
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
God proposeth the instance of a city, secure and at ease, to which its suppliescome in plenty from every side. But she was thankless for the boons of God; God therefore made her taste the woe of famine and of fear, for what they had done
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
God propoundeth as a parable a city which was secure and quiet, unto which her provisions came in abundance from every side; but she ungratefully denied the favours of God: Wherefore God caused her to taste the extreme famine, and fear, because of that which they had done
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
Allahu sjell si shembull qytetin (e Mekës) që ishte i sigurt e i qetë, të cilit i vinte rrizku me bollëk nga çdo anë, por më pas i mohuan dhuntitë e Allahut, ndërkohë që Allahu i bëri të shijojnë urinë e frikën për shkak të asaj që bënin.
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 আল্লাহ দৃষ্টান্ত দিচ্ছেন একটি জনপদের (মক্কার), যা ছিল নিরাপদ ও শান্ত। সেখানে সবদিক থেকে প্রচুর জীবনোপকরণ আসতো। অতঃপর সে (জনপদের অধিবাসীরা) আল্লাহর নি‘আমত অস্বীকার করলো। তখন তারা যা (যে কুফরী) করতো তার কারণে আল্লাহ তাদেরকে ক্ষুধা ও ভয়ের পোশাক পরালেন।
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
Allah navodi kao primjer grad, siguran i spokojan, kome je u obilju dolazila opskrba sa svih strana, pa je nezahvalan na Allahovim blagodatima postao, pa mu je Allah zbog onog što je radio dao da iskusi i glad i strah.
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
Allah navodi kao primjer grad, siguran i spokojan, kome je u obilju dolazila opskrba sa svih strana, pa je nezahvalan na Allahovim blagodatima postao, pa mu je Allah zbog onog što je radio dao da iskusi i glad i strah.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Fulfulde · Fulani
Alla piyii misal hoɗo: hoɗo hoolinoongo, deeƴungo; arsike maggo no ardirana ngo nokku kala e yaaj- jeende. Ɓe njeddi dokke Alla ɗe, Alla meeɗiniri ɓe kolgu heege e kulol, sabu ko ɓe ngollatnoo kon.
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ქართული · Georgian
და ალლაჰს მოჰყავს მაგალითად სოფელი (ანუ მექქა), რომელიც იყო უსაფრთხო, მშვიდი; მოდიოდა მასთან მისი საზრდო უსაფრთხოდ [უხვად და იოლად] ყველა მხრიდან, მაგრამ ისინი [ამ სოფლის მცხოვრებნი] არ ცნობდნენ ალლაჰის წყალობებს (რომლითაც ის ანიჭებდა მათ) (უთანაზიარებდნენ ალლაჰს თანამონაწილეებს და არ გამოხატავდნენ მადლიერებას), და მაშინ ალლაჰმა დააგემოვნებინა მას [მექქას მცხოვრებთ] შიმშილის სამოსი და შიში (იმის გამო, რომ მათ ქარავნებზე, რომლებიც მიდიოდნენ შამში, ალლაჰის მოციქულის რაზმები დაესხმებოდნენ თავს) იმის გამო, რასაც ისინი [მექქელები] სჩადიოდნენ [მათი ურწმუნოებისა და მტრობის გამო].
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 Allah führt das Gleichnis einer Ortschaft an, die in Sicherheit und Ruhe lebte. Ihre Versorgung kam zu ihr reichlich von überall her. Da wurde sie gegenüber den Gunsterweisungen Allahs undankbar. So ließ sie Allah das Kleid des Hungers und der Angst erleiden für das, was sie machten.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Ο Αλλάχ παρουσιάζει ένα παράδειγμα μίας κωμόπολης (Μάκκας) που ήταν ασφαλής (ενώ οι φυλές γύρω της απήγαγαν η μία την άλλη, αλλά δεν επιτέθηκαν στη Μάκκα λόγω του σεβασμού τους προς τον Ιερό Οίκο που έχτισε ο Αβραάμ), και ήταν καθησυχασμένη (που οι κάτοικοί της δεν χρειαζόντουσαν να μεταναστεύσουν για να ψάξουν για νερό και τροφή, όπως οι άλλες φυλές), και της ερχόντουσαν τα αγαθά της με αφθονία από κάθε μέρος, ωστόσο, έδειξε αχαριστία για τις χάρες του Αλλάχ (και οι κάτοικοί της απέδιδαν εταίρους στον Αλλάχ στη λατρεία), έτσι ο Αλλάχ της έκανε να γευτεί τρομερή πείνα και φόβο για ό,τι έκαναν (οι κάτοικοί της).
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
अल्लाह ने एक बस्ती का उदाहरण दिया है, जो सुरक्षा और शांति वाली थी। उसकी रोज़ी प्रत्येक स्थान से आसानी के साथ पहुँच रही थी। फिर उसने अल्लाह की नेमतों की नाशुक्री की, तो अल्लाह ने उसे भूख और भय का वस्त्र[50] पहना दिया, उसके बदले जो वे[51] किया करते थे।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
E Allāh ha portato l’esempio della città che era sicura, serena, a cui arrivava il suo bene abbondantemente da ogni parte; rinnegò la grazia di Allāh, e Allāh le fece assaggiare la fame e la paura per ciò che avevano fatto.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
112. Ir Allahas iškelia pavyzdį miesto (Mekkos), kuris gyveno saugiai ir patenkintas: jo aprūpinimas pasiekdavo jį gausiai iš visų pusių, tačiau jis (jo žmonės) neigė Allaho Malones (nedėkingai). Taigi, Allahas privertė jį paragauti alkio (bado) ir baimės, dėl to (blogio, t. y. Pranašo Muchammedo ﷺ neigimo), ką jie (jo žmonės) darydavo.
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Русский · Russian
И Аллах привёл пример селения, которое было в безопасности и покое: его удел приходил к нему в изобилии отовсюду, но оно проявило неблагодарность к благам Аллаха, и тогда Аллах облёк его в одеяние голода и страха за то, что они творили.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
Аллах наводи као пример град, сигуран и спокојан, коме је у обиљу долазила храна са свих страна, а који је незахвалан на Аллаховим благодатима био, па му је Аллах дао да искуси и глад и страх због онога што су радили његови становници.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Na Mwenyezi Mungu amepiga mfano wa mji uliokuwa na amani na utulivu, riziki yake ikiufikia kwa wingi kutokea kila mahali. Lakini ukazikufuru neema za Mwenyezi Mungu; kwa hivyo Mwenyezi Mungu akauvisha vazi la njaa na hofu kwa sababu ya yale waliyokuwa wakiyafanya.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Gud framställer en liknelse om ett samhälle [vars invånare] levde i trygghet och säkerhet, där riklig försörjning flödade från alla håll. Men de var otacksamma för Guds välsignelser, så han lät dem erfara hunger och rädsla för vad de gjorde.
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
Allah şöyle bir kasabayı örnek olarak verir: Orası güven ve huzur içinde idi. Oraya her taraftan bolca rızık gelirdi. Fakat Allah’ın nimetlerine nankörlük ettiler; bu yüzden yaptıklarına karşılık, Allah onlara şiddetli açlık ve korku ızdırabını tattırdı.
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اردو · Urdu
اللہ تعالیٰ اس بستی کی مثال بیان فرماتا ہے جو پورے امن واطمینان سے تھی اس کی روزی اس کے پاس بافراغت ہر جگہ سے چلی آرہی تھی۔ پھر اس نے اللہ تعالیٰ کی نعمتوں کا کفر کیا تو اللہ تعالیٰ نے اسے بھوک اور ڈر کا مزه چکھایا جو بدلہ تھا ان کے کرتوتوں کا.[1]
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
About these translations
5 cleared translations, newest first, by year of publication, so the modern English comes before the historical ones. That is an ordering by date, not a judgement. Each is shown complete — this platform never excerpts a translation — and each renders under its translator's name. No translation here is marked as the correct one.
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Easy-read (simplified)thumma inna rabbaka lilladheena haajaroo min ba'di maa futinoo thumma jaahadoo wasabaroo inna rabbaka min ba'dihaa laghafoorun raheem
DIN 31635ṯumma ʾinna rabbaka lillaḏīna hāǧarū min baʿdi mā futinū ṯumma ǧāhadū waṣabarū ʾinna rabbaka min baʿdihā laġafūrun raḥīmun
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 But then your Lord-for those who emigrated after being persecuted, then struggled and persevered-your Lord thereafter is Forgiving and Merciful.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Then lo! thy Lord - for those who became fugitives after they had been persecuted, and then fought and were steadfast - lo! thy Lord afterward is (for them) indeed Forgiving, Merciful
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Then, verily, thy Lord, to those who fled after they had been tried, and then fought strenuously and were patient,- verily, thy Lord after that will be forgiving and merciful
John Medows Rodwell1861 To those also who after their trials fled their country, then fought and endured with patience, verily, thy Lord will in the end be forgiving, gracious
George Sale1734 Moreover thy Lord will be favourable unto those who have fled their country, after having suffered persecution, and been compelled to deny the faith by violence, and who have since fought in defence of the true religion, and have persevered with patience; verily unto these will thy Lord be gracious and merciful, after they shall have shewn their sincerity
Talal Itani2012 On the Day when every soul will come pleading for itself, and every soul will be paid in full for what it has done, and they will not be wronged.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 On the Day when every soul will come pleading for itself, and every soul will be repaid what it did, and they will not be wronged
Edward Henry Palmer1880 On the day every soul will come to wrangle for itself, and every soul shall be paid what it has earned, and they shall not be wronged
John Medows Rodwell1861 On a certain day shall every soul come to plead for itself, and every soul shall be repaid according to its deeds; and they shall not be wronged
George Sale1734 On a certain day shall every soul come to plead for it self, and every soul shall be repaid that which it shall have wrought; and they shall not be treated unjustly
DIN 31635walaqad ǧāʾahum rasūlun minhum fakaḏḏabūhu faʾaḫaḏahumu l-ʿaḏābu wahum ẓālimūna
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 A messenger from among them had come to them, but they denounced him, so the punishment seized them in the midst of their wrongdoing.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And verily there had come unto them a messenger from among them, but they had denied him, and so the torment seized them while they were wrong-doers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And there came to them an apostle from amongst themselves, but they called him a liar, and the torment seized them, while yet they were unjust
John Medows Rodwell1861 Moreover, an apostle of their own people came to them, and they treated him as an impostor. So chastisement overtook them because they were evil doers
George Sale1734 And now is an apostle come unto the inhabitants of Mecca from among themselves; and they accuse him of imposture: Wherefore a punishment shall be inflicted on them, while they are acting unjustly
Talal Itani2012 Eat of the lawful and good things God has provided for you, and be thankful for God's blessings, if it is Him that you serve.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 So eat of the lawful and good food which Allah hath provided for you, and thank the bounty of your Lord if it is Him ye serve
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Eat, then, from what God has provided you with, things lawful and good, and give thanks for the favours of God, if it be Him ye serve
John Medows Rodwell1861 Of what God hath supplied you eat the lawful and good, and be grateful for the favours of God, if ye are his worshippers
George Sale1734 Eat of what God hath given you for food, that which is lawful and good; and be thankful for the favours of God, if ye serve Him
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 —
0.69 on a scale
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
Talal Itani · George Sale0.74
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.73
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.73
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.72
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.72
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.69
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.67
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.65
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.62
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.57
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Method Wording differences — derived 13 September 2026
Method
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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.