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Talal Itani· published 2012
By God, We sent messengers to communities before you, but Satan made their deeds appearalluring to them. He is their master today, and they will have a painful punishment.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
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
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
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
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
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
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
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
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
Betohem për Allahun se Ne kemi çuar të dërguar edhe te popujt para teje, por shejtani ua hijeshoi punët e tyre (të shëmtuara). Sot, ai është ndihmësi i tyre, por ata do të kenë dënim të dhembshëm.
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
আল্লাহর শপথ! (হে রাসূল!) আমি তোমার পূর্বে বহু জাতির নিকট রাসূল প্রেরণ করেছি; কিন্তু শয়তান ঐসব জাতির (নিকৃষ্ট) আমলসমূহকে(১৮) তাদের কাছে সুশোভিত করেছে। তাই সে আজ তাদের অভিভাবক। আর তাদেরই জন্য রয়েছে, (কিয়ামতের দিন) যন্ত্রণাদায়ক শাস্তি।
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
Allaha Nam, Mi smo i prije tebe narodima poslanike slali, ali im je šejtan lijepim predstavljao postupke njihove i on je sad drug njihov, njih čeka patnja nesnosna.
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
Allaha Nam, Mi smo i prije tebe narodima poslanike slali, ali im je vrag lijepim predstavljao postupke njihove i on je sad drug njihov, njih čeka patnja nesnosna.
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
Wallaahi! Gooŋɗii min nulii e mofte adinooɓe ma, seytaane cuɗani ɓe ngolle maɓɓe ɗen. Ko kaŋko woni giɗo maɓɓe hannde, hino woodani ɓe lepte muusɗe.
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
ვფიცავ ალლაჰს, ნამდვილად ჩვენ გავგზავნეთ (შუამავლები და მოციქულები) თემებთან, რომლებიც შენამდე იყვნენ (ო, მუჰამმად), და სატანამ შეულამაზა მათ მათი საქმეები [ურწმუნოება, მრავალღმერთიანობა და მოციქულებთან მტრობა]. და ის [სატანა] არის მათი მფარველი დღეს [ამქვეყნად], ხოლო მათთვისაა მტანჯველი სასჯელი!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Bei Allah, Wir haben bereits (Propheten) zu Gemeinschaften vor dir gesandt. Da schmückte ihnen der Satan ihre Taten aus. So ist er heute ihr Schutzherr, und für sie wird es schmerzhafte Strafe geben.
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
Μα τον Αλλάχ! Έχουμε στείλει (Αγγελιαφόρους) σε έθνη πριν από σένα (ω, Μωχάμμαντ), αλλά ο Σατανάς ωραιοποίησε στα μάτια τους τις κακές πράξεις τους (από απιστία και αμαρτίες). Σήμερα (στην εγκόσμια ζωή, ο Σατανάς) είναι ο κηδεμόνας τους (που τον υπακούν), αλλά (στη Μέλλουσα Ζωή) θα έχουν ένα οδυνηρό μαρτύριο.
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
अल्लाह की क़सम! निश्चय हमने (ऐ नबी!) आपसे पहले बहुत-से समुदायों की ओर रसूल भेजे। तो शैतान ने उनके कुकर्मों को उनके लिए सुंदर बना दिया। अतः वही आज उनका सहायक है। और उन्हीं के लिए दुःखदायी यातना है।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Per Allāh! Abbiamo inviato Messaggeri ai popoli prima di te, ma Satana abbellì le loro azioni, e oggi lui è il loro protettore, e avranno una dolorosa punizione.
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
63. Ir prisiekiame Allahu, Mes tikrai siuntėme (Pasiuntinius) tautoms anksčiau tavęs (Muchammedai ﷺ ), tačiau Šaitan (Šėtonas) padarė jų veiksmus atrodančius teisingais jiems. Taigi jis (Šėtonas) yra jų Vali (padėjėjas) šiandien (t. y. šiame pasaulyje), ir jų bus skausminga kančia.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.8
Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Rabbitti kakadhee! Dhugumatti, Nuti gara ummatoota si duraa (ergamtoota) erginee jirra. Sheyxaanni dalagaalee isaanii isaaniif miidhagsee jira. Inni (sheyxaanni) har’a jaalallee (gargaaraa) isaaniiti. Isaaniif adabbii laalessaa ta’etu jira.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.0
Русский · Russian
Клянусь Аллахом, Мы посылали [посланников] к общинам до тебя, но шайтан приукрасил им их деяния. Сегодня он — их покровитель, и для них — мучительное наказание.
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
Кунем се Собом, Ми смо и пре тебе народима слали посланике, али им је ђаво улепшао њихове поступке, па им је он сада заштитник, и њих све чека болна патња.
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
Tallahi! Hakika tuliwatuma Mitume kwa umma zilizokuwa kabla yako, lakini Shetani akawapambia matendo yao. Kwa hivyo leo, yeye ndiye kipenzi chao msaidizi, nao wana adhabu chungu.
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Vid Gud! Vi har sannerligen sänt [sändebud] till folk före din tid, men Satan skönmålade deras handlingar för dem. Ja, han är deras förtrogne [på domens] dag, och då kommer de att få ett smärtsamt straff.
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’a andolsun ki, biz senden önceki ümmetlere de peygamberler gönderdik. Şeytan onların yaptıklarını kendilerine süsleyip, hoş göstermiştir. İşte o bugün de onların velisidir. Onlara çok acıklı bir azap da vardır.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
واللہ! ہم نے تجھ سے پہلے کی امتوں کی طرف بھی اپنے رسول بھیجے لیکن شیطان نے ان کے اعمال بد ان کی نگاہوں میں آراستہ کر دیئے[1] ، وه شیطان آج بھی ان کا رفیق بنا ہوا ہے[2] اور ان کے لیے درد ناک عذاب ہے.
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.
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Talal Itani2012 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.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 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)
Edward Henry Palmer1880 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
John Medows Rodwell1861 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
George Sale1734 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
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
Talal Itani2012 We revealed to you the Scripture only to clarify for them what they differ about, and guidance and mercy for people who believe.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And We have revealed the Scripture unto thee only that thou mayst explain unto them that wherein they differ, and (as) a guidance and a mercy for a people who believe
Edward Henry Palmer1880 We have only sent down to thee the Book, that thou mayest explain to them that which they did dispute about, and as a guidance and a mercy to a people who believe
John Medows Rodwell1861 And we have sent down the Book to thee only, that thou mightest clear up to them the subject of their wranglings, and as a guidance and a mercy to those who believe
George Sale1734 We have not sent down the book of the Koran unto thee, for any other purpose, than that thou shouldest declare unto them that truth concerning which they disagree; and for a direction and mercy unto people who believe
DIN 31635wallāhu ʾanzala mina s-samāʾi māʾan faʾaḥyā bihi l-ʾarḍa baʿda mawtihā ʾinna fī ḏālika laʾāyatan liqawmin yasmaʿūna
Talal Itani2012 God sends down water from the sky, with which He revives the earth after its death. In this is a sign for people who listen.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Allah sendeth down water from the sky and therewith reviveth the earth after her death. Lo! herein is indeed a portent for a folk who hear
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And God sends down water from the sky, and quickens therewith the earth after its death; verily, in that is a sign to a people who can hear
John Medows Rodwell1861 And God sendeth down water from Heaven, and by it giveth life to the Earth after it hath been dead: verily, in this is a sign to those who hearken
George Sale1734 God sendeth down water from heaven, and causeth the earth to revive after it hath been dead. Verily herein is a sign of the resurrection unto people who hearken
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 —
0.60 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 · John Medows Rodwell0.66
Talal Itani · George Sale0.65
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.64
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.63
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.62
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.60
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.56
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.56
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.56
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.51
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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.