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Talal Itani· published 2012
If God were to hold mankind for their injustices, He would not leave upon it a single creature, but He postpones them until an appointed time. Then, when their time arrives, they will not delay it by one hour, nor will they advance it.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
If Allah were to take mankind to task for their wrong-doing, he would not leave hereon a living creature, but He reprieveth them to an appointed term, and when their term cometh they cannot put (it) off an hour nor (yet) advance (it)
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
If God were to punish men for their wrong-doing. He would not leave upon the earth a single beast; but He respites them until a stated time; and when their time comes they cannot put it off an hour, nor can they bring it on
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Should God punish men for their perverse doings, he would not leave on earth a moving thing! but to an appointed term doth He respite them; and when their term is come, they shall not delay or advance it an hour
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
If God should punish men for their iniquity, He would not leave on the earth any moving thing: But He giveth them respite unto an appointed time; and when their time shall come, they shall not be respited an hour, neither shall their punishment be anticipated
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
Nëse Allahu do t'i ndëshkonte njerëzit për padrejtësitë e tyre, Ai nuk do të linte asnjë gjallesë në Tokë, por Ai u jep atyre afat deri në një kohë të caktuar. E, kur të vijë afati i tyre, ata nuk mund ta shtyjnë atë për asnjë çast e as ta përshpejtojnë.
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 যদি মানবজাতিকে তাদের যুলমের কারণে (শাস্তি দিয়ে) পাকড়াও করতেন, তবে তাতে (জমিনে) কোনো বিচরণকারী প্রাণীকেই ছাড়তেন না। তবে আল্লাহ তাদেরকে একটি নির্দিষ্ট সময় পর্যন্ত (শাস্তি না দিয়ে) অবকাশ দেন। যখন তাদের নির্দিষ্ট সময় চলে আসে, তখন এক মুহূর্তও বিলম্ব করতে পারে না এবং আগাতেও পারে না।
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.2
Bosanski · Bosnian
Kad bi Allah ljude zbog nepravde njihove kažnjavao, ništa živo na Zemlji ne bi ostavio, ali On ih do roka određenog ostavlja, i kad rok njihov dođe, ni za tren ga jedan ne mogu ni odgoditi ni ubrzati.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4
Hrvatski · Croatian
Kad bi Allah ljude zbog nepravde njihove kažnjavao, ništa živo na Zemlji ne bi ostavio, ali On ih do roka određenog ostavlja, i kad rok njihov dođe, ni za tren ga jedan ne mogu ni odgoditi ni ubrzati.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Fulfulde · Fulani
Si tawno Alla nanngitirayno yimɓe ɓeen sabu tooñe maɓɓe ɗen, O ccataano e dow mayri ruugayngel. Ko woni tun, Himo neeɓtinana ɓe haa e lajal gannda- ngal. Si lajal maɓɓe ngal arii, ɓe neeɓnantaake yonta ɓe adintinantaake.
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ქართული · Georgian
და თუ ალლაჰი შეიპყრობდა ადამიანებს [ურწმუნოებსა და ურჩებს] მათი ბოროტების გამო [ურწმუნოებისა და ალლაჰზე ცრუ ამბების შეთხზვის გამო], მაშინ არ დატოვებდა მასზე [მიწაზე] არც ერთ ცხოველს [ურწმუნოს]. მაგრამ ის აძლევს მათ გადავადებას გარკვეულ ვადამდე. ხოლო როცა მოვა მათი ვადა (რომელიც ალლაჰმა განუსაზღვრა), ისინი ვერ დაიგვიანებენ (ამ ვადაზე) არც ერთი საათით [არ მიეცემათ გადავადება] და ვერ დააჩქარებენ (ვადას ერთი საათითაც კი) [ის არ დადგება უფრო ადრე, ვიდრე დადგენილია].
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Und wenn Allah die Menschen für ihre Ungerechtigkeit belangen wollte, würde Er auf ihr kein Tier übriglassen. Aber Er stellt sie auf eine festgesetzte Frist zurück. Wenn dann ihre Frist kommt, können sie (sie) weder um eine Stunde hinausschieben noch vorziehen.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Αν ο Αλλάχ (έσπευδε να) τιμωρήσει τους ανθρώπους για την αδικία (και την απιστία) τους, δε θα άφηνε κανένα κινούμενο ον στη γη, αλλά (αντ' αυτού) τους δίνει αναβολή για έναν καθορισμένο χρόνο. Όταν έρθει ο καθορισμένος χρόνος (του τέλους της ζωής) τους, δε θα πάρουν αναβολή ούτε για λίγο, ούτε θα τους έρθει νωρίτερα.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
और यदि अल्लाह, लोगों को उनके अत्याचार[23] की वजह से पकड़े, तो धरती पर किसी जीवधारी को न छोड़े। परंतु वह उन्हें एक निर्धारित समय तक ढील[24] देता है। फिर जब उनका समय आ जाता है, तो एक घड़ी न पीछे रहते हैं और न आगे बढ़ते हैं।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
E se Allāh dovesse giudicare gli uomini per ogni azione malvagia, in verità non lascerebbe in terra creature. Prolunga il termine stabilito per loro. E quando arriverà il loro termine, non lo ritarderanno di un’ora né lo anticiperanno.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
61. Ir jei Allahas pričiuptų žmoniją už jų nusidėjimus, Jis nepaliktų ant jos (žemės) nė vieno judančio (gyvo) kūrinio, tačiau Jis atideda jiems paskirtam laikui ir kai jų laikas ateis, negali jie nei atidėti, nei paankstinti to valanda (ar momentu).
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.8
Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Odoo Rabbiin nama miidhaa isaaniitiin qabee, silaa dugda ishee (dachii) irratti lubbuu qabeeyyii tokkoyyuu hin dhiisu ture. Garuu hanga beellama murtaa’eetti isaan tursiisa. Yeroo beellamni isaanii ga’e, sa’aatii tokkollee hin tursiifaman; duras hin bu’an.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.0
Русский · Russian
Если бы Аллах взыскивал с людей за их несправедливость, Он не оставил бы на ней ни единого живого существа. Но Он откладывает их до назначенного срока. Когда же придёт их срок, они не смогут ни отсрочить его на час, ни приблизить.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
Кад би Аллах људе због грехова њихових кажњавао, ништа живо на Земљи не би оставио, али Он их до рока одређеног оставља, и кад рок њихов дође, ни за трен га један не могу ни одложити ни убрзати.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Na lau kuwa Mwenyezi Mungu angeliwaadhibu watu kwa mujibu wa dhuluma zao, basi asingelimwacha juu yake hata mnyama mmoja. Lakini anawaahirisha mpaka muda uliowekwa. Na unapofika muda wao, hawatakawia hata saa moja wala hawatatangulia.
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Svenska · Swedish
Om Gud straffade människorna för deras orättfärdighet skulle inte en enda varelse finnas kvar på jorden, men han ger dem uppskov till en utsatt tid. När deras tid är inne kan de inte fördröja den ens ett ögonblick, och inte påskynda dess ankomst.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
Eğer Allah, insanları zulümleri yüzünden hemen cezalandırsaydı, yeryüzünde hiçbir canlı bırakmazdı. Fakat onları belirli bir süreye kadar erteler. Ecelleri geldiği zaman ise ne bir an geri kalabilirler, ne de öne geçebilirler.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
اگر لوگوں کے گناه پر اللہ تعالیٰ ان کی گرفت کرتا تو روئے زمین پر ایک بھی جاندار باقی نہ رہتا[1] ، لیکن وه تو انہیں ایک وقت مقرر تک ڈھیل دیتا ہے[2]، جب ان کا وه وقت آجاتا ہے تو وه ایک ساعت نہ پیچھے ره سکتے ہیں اور نہ آگے بڑھ سکتے ہیں.
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)yatawaaraa mina l-qawmi min soo'i maa bushshira bihi ayumsikuhu 'alaa hoonin am yadussuhu fee t-turaabi alaa saa'a maa yahkumoon
DIN 31635yatawārā mina l-qawmi min sūʾi mā buššira bihi ʾayumsikuhu ʿalā hūnin ʾam yadussuhu fī t-turābi ʾalā sāʾa mā yaḥkumūna
Talal Itani2012 He hides from the people because of the bad news given to him. Shall he keep it in humiliation, or bury it in the dust? Evil is the decision they make.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 He hideth himself from the folk because of the evil of that whereof he hath had tidings, (asking himself): Shall he keep it in contempt, or bury it beneath the dust. Verily evil is their judgment
Edward Henry Palmer1880 He skulks away from the people, for the evil tidings he has heard;- is he to keep it with its disgrace, or to bury it in the dust?- aye! evil is it that they judge
John Medows Rodwell1861 He hideth him from the people because of the ill tidings: shall he keep it with disgrace or bury it in the dust? Are not their judgments wrong
George Sale1734 He hideth himself from the people, because of the ill tidings which have been told him; considering within himself whether he shall keep it with disgrace, or whether he shall bury it in the dust. Do they not make an ill judgment
Talal Itani2012 Those who do not believe in the Hereafter set a bad example, while God sets the Highest Example. He is the Mighty, the Wise.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 For those who believe not in the Hereafter is an evil similitude, and Allah's is the Sublime Similitude. He is the Mighty, the Wise
Edward Henry Palmer1880 For those who disbelieve in the future life is a similitude of evil: but for God is the loftiest similitude; for He is the mighty, the wise
John Medows Rodwell1861 To whatever is evil may they be likened who believe not in a future life; but God is to be likened to whatever is loftiest: for He is the Mighty, the Wise
George Sale1734 Unto those who believe not in the next life, the similitude of evil ought to be applied, and unto God the most sublime similitude: For He is mighty and wise
Talal Itani2012 And they attribute to God what they themselves dislike, while their tongues utter the lie that theirs is the goodness. Without a doubt, for them is the Fire, and they will be neglected.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And they assign unto Allah that which they (themselves) dislike, and their tongues expound the lie that the better portion will be theirs. Assuredly theirs will be the Fire, and they will be abandoned
Edward Henry Palmer1880 They set down to God what they abhor themselves; and their tongues describe the lie that 'good is to be theirs.' Without a doubt theirs is the Fire, for, verily, they shall be sent on there
John Medows Rodwell1861 Yet what they loathe themselves do they assign to God; and their tongues utter the lie, that theirs shall be a goodly lot. But beyond a doubt is it that the fire awaiteth them, and that they shall be the first sent into it
George Sale1734 They attribute unto God that which they dislike themselves, and their tongues utter a lie; namely, that the reward of paradise is for them. There is no doubt but that the fire of hell is prepared for them, and that they shall be sent thither before the rest of the wicked
DIN 31635tallāhi laqad ʾarsalnā ʾilā ʾumamin min qablika fazayyana lahumu š-šayṭānu ʾaʿmālahum fahuwa waliyyuhumu l-yawma walahum ʿaḏābun ʾalīmun
Talal Itani2012 By God, We sent messengers to communities before you, but Satan made their deeds appear alluring to them. He is their master today, and they will have a painful punishment.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 By Allah, We verily sent messengers unto the nations before thee, but the devil made their deeds fairseeming unto them. So he is their patron this day, and theirs will be a painful doom
Edward Henry Palmer1880 By God! we sent (messengers) to nations before thee, but Satan made their works seemly to them, for he is their patron today, and for them is grievous woe
John Medows Rodwell1861 By God we have sent Apostles to nations before thee, but Satan prepared their work for them, and this day is he their liege; and a woeful punishment doth await them
George Sale1734 By God, We have heretofore sent messengers unto the nations before thee: But Satan prepared their works for them; he was their patron in this world, and in that which is to come they shall suffer a grievous torment
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 —
0.62 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 Sale0.75
Talal Itani · George Sale0.72
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.65
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.64
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.62
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.62
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.57
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.57
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.55
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.48
One bar per pair of renderings, longest bar for the pair
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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.