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
On the Day when We raise in every community a witness against them, from among them, and bring you as a witness against these. We have revealed to you the Book, as an explanation of all things, and guidance, and mercy and good news for those who submit.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
And (bethink you of) the day when We raise in every nation a witness against them of their own folk, and We bring thee (Muhammad) as a witness against these. And We reveal the Scripture unto thee as an exposition of all things, and a guidance and a mercy and good tidings for those who have surrendered (to Allah)
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 on the day when we will raise up in every nation a witness against them from among themselves, and we will bring thee as a witness against these;- for we have sent down to thee a book explainingclearly everything, and a guidance, and a mercy, and glad tidings to the believers
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And one day we will summon up in every people a witness against them from among themselves; and we will bring thee up as a witness against these Meccans: for to thee have we sent down the Book which cleareth up everything, a guidance, and mercy, and glad tidings to those who resign themselves to God (to Muslims)
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
On a certain day We will raise up in every nation a witness against them, from among themselves; and We will bring thee, OMohammed, as a witness against these Arabians. We have sent down unto thee the book of the Koran, for an explication of every thing necessary both as to faith and practice, and a direction, and mercy, and good tidings unto the Moslems
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
(Kujto) Ditën kur do të sjellim dëshmitarë kundër çdo populli nga mesi i tyre dhe ty do të të sjellim dëshmitar kundër këtyre. Ne ta shpallëm ty Librin si shpjegim për çdo gjë dhe si udhërrëfyes, mëshirë dhe përgëzim për muslimanët.
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!) স্মরণ করো, যেদিন আমি প্রত্যেক উম্মতের কাছে, তাদের থেকেই তাদের বিরুদ্ধে একজন (রাসূলকে) সাক্ষী হিসেবে উত্থিত করব এবং তোমাকে তাদের সকলের বিরুদ্ধে সাক্ষীরূপে হাযির করব। আর আমি তোমার ওপর কিতাব (আল-কুরআন) নাযিল করেছি প্রতিটি বিষয়ের স্পষ্ট বর্ণনা, হিদায়াত, রহমত ও মুসলিমদের জন্য (অপেক্ষমাণ স্থায়ী জান্নাতের) সুসংবাদস্বরূপ।
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
A šta će biti onog Dana kad protiv svakog naroda dovedemo po jednog svjedoka, od njega samog, i tebe dovedemo kao svjedoka protiv ovih! Mi tebi objavljujemo Knjigu kao objašnjenje za sve i kao uputu i milost i radosnu vijest za muslimane.
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
A što će biti onog Dana kad protiv svakog naroda dovedemo po jednog svjedoka, od njega samog, i tebe dovedemo kao svjedoka protiv ovih! Mi tebi objavljujemo Knjigu kao objašnjenje za sve i kao uputu i milost i radosnu vijest za muslimane.
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
(Jaŋto kadi) ñande minn immintinoyta e kala mofte ko seeditoo e maɓɓe, jeyaaɗo e maɓɓe, min ngadda maa [an Muhammadu] ko seeditoo e ɓee ɗoo. min njippini e maaɗa deftere nden, ko nde ɓannginoore kala huunde, e peewal, e yurmeende, e welo-welo wonan´de juulɓe ɓen.
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 იმ დღეს [სასჯელის დღეს], როდესაც ჩვენ გამოვგზავნით ყოველი თემისათვის მოწმედ (რომელიც დაამოწმებს მათ სასარგებლოდ, თუ მათ ირწმუნეს, და) მათ წინააღმდეგ (თუ ისინი გახდნენ ურწმუნონი) რომელიც იქნება მათგანვე [ეს იქნება მათთან გამოგზავნილი შუამავალი], და მოგიყვანთ შენ (ო, მუჰამმედ) მოწმედ მათზე [შენი თემის]. და ჩვენ გარდმოგივლინეთ წიგნი [ყურანი], რათა განუმარტო ყველაფერი და იყოს მართალი გზამკვლევი, წყალობა და სასიხარულო უწყება მორჩილთათვის.
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 (gedenke) jenem Tag, da Wir in jeder Gemeinschaft einen Zeugen über sie aus ihren eigenen Reihen erwecken. Und Wir bringen dich als Zeugen über diese da herbei. Und Wir haben das Buch auf dich hinabgesandt (und offenbart) als klare Darlegung von allem und als Rechtleitung, Barmherzigkeit und frohe Botschaft für die (Allah ergebenen) Muslime.
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
(Ανάφερε, ω, Προφήτη, για) την Ημέρα που θα φέρουμε από κάθε έθνος έναν μάρτυρα (τον Αγγελιαφόρο) από τους ίδιους για να μαρτυρήσει γι' αυτούς (για την πίστη των πιστών και την απιστία των άπιστων), και θα σε φέρουμε (ω, Προφήτη) ως μάρτυρα γι' αυτούς (τους ανθρώπους του έθνους σου). Πράγματι, σου στείλαμε το Βιβλίο ως εξήγηση των πάντων και ως καθοδήγηση, έλεος και ευχάριστες ειδήσεις για τους Μουσουλμάνους.
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 जिस दिन हम प्रत्येक समुदाय में उनपर उन्हीं में से एक गवाह खड़ा करेंगे। और आपको इन लोगों पर गवाह बनाकर लाएँगे।[40] और हमने आपपर यह पुस्तक (क़ुरआन) अवतरित की, जो प्रत्येक विषय का स्पष्टीकरण और मार्गदर्शन और दया और आज्ञाकारियों के लिए शुभ सूचना है।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
E nel Giorno (del Giudizio) Noi invieremo a ogni popolo un testimone tra di loro, riguardo a loro, e ti chiameremo come testimone riguardo quelli; e abbiamo fatto discendere il Libro su di te per chiarire ogni cosa, e come Guida e Grazia e Buon Annuncio per i musulmani.
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
89. Ir (prisiminkite) Dieną, kai Mes prikelsime iš kiekvienos tautos liudytoją prieš juos iš jų pačių tarpo. Ir Mes atvesime tave (Muchammedai ﷺ ) kaip liudytoją prieš juos. Ir Mes nuleidome tau Knygą (Koraną) kaip visko išaiškinimą, teisingą vedimą, gailestingumą ir gerą žinią tiems, kurie nusižemino (Allahui kaip musulmonai).
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.
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
И в День, когда Мы воскресим в каждой общине свидетеля над ними из них же самих и приведём тебя свидетелем над ними, и Мы ниспослали тебе Писание как разъяснение всего, руководство, милость и благую весть для мусульман.
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
А на Дан када из сваког народа доведемо по једног сведока који ће да сведочи против свог народа, а тебе доведемо као сведока против ових! Ми теби објављујемо Књигу као објашњење за све и као упуту и милост и радосну вест за оне који једино у Њега верују.
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 (waonye) siku tutakapomtoa shahidi katika kila umma kutokana na wao wenyewe, na tutakuleta wewe uwe shahidi juu ya hawa. Na tumekuteremshia Kitabu hiki kinachobainisha kila kitu, na ni uongofu, na rehema, na bishara kwa Waislamu.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Påminn dem om dagen då vi från varje folk låter ett vittne ur deras egna led stiga fram, och vi ska hämta dig som vittne mot alla dessa. Vi har uppenbarat skriften för dig, som en förklaring av allt, och med vägledning och nåd och ett glädjebudskap till muslimerna.
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
Her ümmetin üzerine kendi içlerinden bir şahit getirdiğimiz gün seni de onların üzerlerine şahit getiririz. Sana Kitab'ı her şeyi açıklayıcı, bir yol gösterici, bir rahmet ve Müslümanlar için bir müjde olarak gönderdik.
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
اور جس دن ہم ہر امت میں انہی میں سے ان کے مقابلے پر گواه کھڑا کریں گے اور تجھے ان سب پر گواه بنا کر ﻻئیں گے[1] اور ہم نے تجھ پر یہ کتاب نازل فرمائی ہے جس میں ہر چیز کا شافی بیان ہے[2]، اور ہدایت اور رحمت اور خوشخبری ہے مسلمانوں کے لیے.
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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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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Each verse ends in its pause form, as it is said when you stop there. Pauses inside a verse and other tajwid rules are not shown. It is derived from the Tanzil
Simple edition, while the Arabic above is the
Uthmani edition; both are cleared, but they are not the
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Talal Itani2012 Those who disbelieve and obstruct from God's path-We will add punishment to their punishment, on account of the mischief they used to make.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 For those who disbelieve and debar (men) from the way of Allah, We add doom to doom because they wrought corruption
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Those who misbelieve and turn folks off God's path, we will add torment to their torment, for that they were evildoers
John Medows Rodwell1861 As for those who were infidels and turned others aside from the way of God, to them we will add punishment on punishment for their corrupt doings
George Sale1734 As for those who shall have been infidels, and shall have turned aside others from the way of God, We will add unto them punishment upon punishment, because they have corrupted others
Talal Itani2012 God commands justice, and goodness, and generosity towards relatives. And He forbids immorality, and injustice, and oppression. He advises you, so that you may take heed.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Lo! Allah enjoineth justice and kindness, and giving to kinsfolk, and forbiddeth lewdness and abomination and wickedness. He exhorteth you in order that ye may take heed
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Verily, God bids you do justice and good, and give to kindred (their due), and He forbids you to sin, and do wrong, and oppress; He admonishes you, haply ye may be mindful
John Medows Rodwell1861 Verily, God enjoineth justice and the doing of good and gifts to kindred, and he forbiddeth wickedness and wrong and oppression. He warneth you that haply ye may be mindful
George Sale1734 Verily God commandeth justice, and the doing of good, and the giving unto kindred what shall be necessary; and He forbiddeth wickedness, and iniquity, and oppression: He admonisheth you that ye may remember
Talal Itani2012 Fulfill God's covenant when you make a covenant, and do not break your oaths after ratifying them. You have made God your guarantor, and God knows what you do.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Fulfil the covenant of Allah when ye have covenanted, and break not your oaths after the asseveration of them, and after ye have made Allah surety over you. Lo! Allah knoweth what ye do
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Fulfill God's covenant when ye have covenanted, and break not your oaths after asseverating them, for ye thereby make God your surety; verily, God knows what ye do
John Medows Rodwell1861 Be faithful in the covenant of God when ye have covenanted, and break not your oaths after ye have pledged them: for now have ye made God to stand surety for you. Verily, God hath knowledge of what ye do
George Sale1734 Perform your covenant with God, when ye enter into covenant with Him; and violate not your oaths, after the ratification thereof; since ye have made God a witness over you. Verily God knoweth that which ye do
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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
0.53 on a scale
where 0 means identical wording and 1 means no shared words. It is
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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 Rodwell0.64
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.61
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.59
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.58
Talal Itani · George Sale0.58
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.56
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.52
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.45
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.44
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.38
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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.