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Talal Itani· published 2012
If you workrighteousness, you workrighteousness for yourselves; and if you commit evil, you do so against yourselves. Then, when the second promisecomestrue, they will make your faces filled with sorrow, and enter the Temple as they entered it the first time, and utterly destroy all that falls into their power.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
(Saying): If ye do good, ye do good for your own souls, and if ye do evil, it is for them (in likemanner). So, when the time for the second (of the judgments) came (We roused against you others of Our slaves) to ravage you, and to enter the Temple even as they entered it the first time, and to laywaste all that they conquered with an utter wasting
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 ye do well, ye will do well to your own souls; and if ye do ill, it is against them! 'And when the threat for the last came - to harm your faces and to enter the mosque as they entered it the first time, and to destroy what they had got the upper-hand over with utter destruction
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
We said, "If ye do well, to your own behoof will ye do well: and if ye do evil, against yourselves will ye do it. And when the menace for your latter crime came to be inflicted, then we sent an enemy to sadden your faces, and to enter the temple as they entered it at first, and to destroy with utter destruction that which they had conquered
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
if ye do well, ye will do well to your own souls; and if ye do evil, ye will do it unto the same. And when the punishmentthreatened for your latter transgression came to be executed, We sent enemies against you to afflict you, and to enter the temple, as they entered it the first time, and utterly to destroy that which they had conquered
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 bëni mirë, e keni për vete, e, nëse bëni keq, e bëni kundër vetes. Kur erdhi koha e përmbushjes së paralajmërimit të dytë, (Ne dërguam robër) që t'i poshtëronin fytyrat tuaja dhe të hynin në xhami, siç kishin hyrë herën e parë, dhe të rrënonin gjithçka që pushtonin.
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
(হে বানূ ইসরাঈল!) তোমরা যদি কল্যাণকর কাজ করো, তবে নিজেদের জন্যই কল্যাণকর হবে। আর যদি মন্দ কাজ করো তবে তাও নিজেদের জন্যই হবে। এরপর যখন (দ্বিতীয় ফ্যাসাদ সংঘটিত হওয়ার) পরবর্তী ওয়াদার নির্ধারিত সময় উপস্থিত হলো, (তখন অন্য বান্দাদের প্রেরণ করলাম) যাতে তারা তোমাদের (লাঞ্ছিত ও অপমানিত করে) চেহারাসমূহ মলিন করে দেয়, যেন তারা (তোমাদেরকে ধ্বংস করার জন্যে) আবার মসজিদে (বায়তুল-মাক্বদাসে) প্রবেশ করে, যেভাবে তারা প্রথমবারে সেখানে প্রবেশ করেছিল এবং যাতে সম্পূর্ণরূপে ধ্বংস করে দেয়, যা ওদের কর্তৃত্বে ছিল।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
Sve što činite – činite sebi, dobro i zlo. A kad dođe vrijeme druge prijetnje, poslat ćemo ih da na licima vašim tugu i jad ostave i da u Hram kao i prvi put, ponovo provale i da sve što osvoje do temelja poruše.
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Hrvatski · Croatian
Sve što činite – činite sebi, dobro i zlo. A kad dođe vrijeme druge prijetnje, poslat ćemo ih da na licima vašim tugu i jad ostave i da u Hram kao i prvi put, ponovo provale i da sve što osvoje do temelja poruše.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Fulfulde · Fulani
Si on moƴƴinii, ko ko'e mon moƴƴinanɗon ; si on mbonnii kadi, ko ko’e mon [bonnannɗon]. Si fodoore sakkitiinde nden arii, ko fii yo ɓe hoynu j'eece mon ɗen, e fii yo no ɓe naatiraa ka juulirde wano ɓe naatirnoo e mayre ka laawol adanol, e fii yo ɓe muncu yeru woo ko ɓe townani muncudee.
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ქართული · Georgian
თუ თქვენ (ისრაელის შთამომავლებო) სიკეთეს აკეთებთ, ამას საკუთარი თავისთვის აკეთებთ (რადგან ამისთვის ჯილდო მოგენიჭებათ), ხოლო თუ ბოროტებას სჩადიხართ, ისიც თქვენსავე თავს დაუბრუნდება [ამ ბოროტების შედეგი თქვენვე დაგიბრუნდებათ]. ხოლო როდესაც აღსრულდა უკანასკნელი აღთქმა, მაშინ ჩვენ კვლავ მოვავლინეთ თქვენზე თქვენი მტრები, რათა დაემცირებინეთ და ეს დამცირება თქვენს სახეებზე ასახულიყო; და რათა შესულიყვნენ ისინი მეჩეთში [იერუსალიმის ტაძარში], როგორც პირველად შევიდნენ, და მთლიანად გაენადგურებინათ ყველაფერი, რასაც დაეუფლებოდნენ [ყველაფერი, რაც მათ ხელში ჩაუვარდებოდათ].
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Wenn ihr Gutes tut, tut ihr Gutes für euch selbst; und wenn ihr Schlechtes tut, ist es (auch) für euch selbst. Wenn nun das Versprechen vom letzten (Mal) eintrifft, so sollen sie eure Gesichter entstellen und die Gebetsstätte betreten, wie sie diese das erste Mal betraten, und das, worüber sie Macht erlangt haben, völlig zerstören.
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
Αν πράττετε το καλό, θα είναι για το καλό σας, αλλά αν διαπράττετε το κακό, θα είναι εις βάρος σας. Όταν θα έρθει η ώρα της δεύτερης φοράς (που θα σκορπίσετε το κακό στη γη), θα καλύψουν (οι εχθροί σας) τα πρόσωπά σας με ατίμωση, και θα μπουν στο Τζαμί (το Ναό της Ιερουσαλήμ) όπως μπήκαν σ' αυτό την πρώτη φορά, και θα καταστρέψουν τελείως ό,τι θα πέσει στην εξουσία τους.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
यदि तुम भला करोगे, तो अपने ही लिए भला करोगे, और यदि तुम बुरा करोगे, तो अपने ही लिए (बुरा करोगे)। फिर जब दूसरे (उपद्रव) का समय आया (तो हमने तुम्हारे शत्रुओं को तुमपर हावी कर दिया) ताकि तुम्हें अपमानित करें और मस्जिद (अक़सा) में उसी तरह घुस जाएँ, जैसे प्रथम बार घुसे थे, और ताकि जो भी उनके हाथ आए, उसे पूर्ण रूप से नाश[6] कर दें।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Se farete del bene farete del bene per voi stessi. Ma se farete del male, sarà contro voi stessi. E quando arriverà poi il termine dell’ultima promessa, così da far incupire i vostri volti, entreranno nel Masjid, come sono entrati la prima volta, per devastare ciò che occuperanno.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
7. (Ir Mes sakėme): „Jei jūs darote gerą, jūs darote gerą patys sau, tačiau jei jūs darote blogą (jūs darote tai) patys prieš save.“ Tada, kai išsipildė antrasis pažadas, (Mes leidome jūsų priešams) suteršti jūsų veidus ir įžengti į (Jeruzalės) mečetę, kaip jie buvo įžengę į ją anksčiau, ir sunaikinti visišku sugriovimu viską, kas pateko į jų rankas.
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Русский · Russian
Если вы поступали добродетельно, то поступали добродетельно для самих себя, а если творили зло, то во вред себе. Когда же наступил срок последнего, [они пришли] чтобы покрыть ваши лица позором, войти в Храм, подобно тому, как вошли в него в первый раз, и до основания разрушить всё, чем завладели.
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
Све што чините – чините себи, добро и зло. А кад дође време друге претње, послаћемо их да на лицима вашим тугу и јад оставе и да у Храм као и први пут, поново провале и да све што освоје до темеља поруше.
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
Mkifanya wema, mnafanyia wema nafsi zenu. Na mkifanya ubaya, basi mnajifanyia wenyewe. Na ikifika ahadi ya mwisho ili waziharibu nyuso zenu na waingie Msikitini kama walivyoingia mara ya kwanza na waharibu kila walichokiteka kwa uharibifu mkubwa.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
[Och vi sa:] ”Om ni gör gott, kommer ni att gynnas av det; men om ni gör ont, vållar ni er själva skada. Och när tiden är inne för ert andra [fördärv, ska vi skicka våra tjänare mot er] för att fullständigt förödmjuka er. De ska tränga in i moskén precis som första gången och de ska förstöra allt i sin väg.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
Eğer iyilik ederseniz kendinize, kötülük ederseniz yine kendinize etmiş olursunuz. İkincinin zamanı geldiğinde de yüzünüzü kötü bir duruma soksunlar, birincisinde mescide girsinler ve ellerine geçirdikleri her şeyi büsbütün tahrip etsinler (diye düşmanlar gönderdik).
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
اگر تم نے اچھے کام کئے تو خود اپنے ہی فائده کے لئے، اور اگر تم نے برائیاں کیں تو بھی اپنے ہی لئے، پھر جب دوسرے وعدے کا وقت آیا (تو ہم نے دوسرے بندوں کو بھیج دیا تاکہ) وه تمہارے چہرے بگاڑ دیں اور پہلی دفعہ کی طرح پھر اسی مسجد میں گھس جائیں۔ اور جس جس چیز پر قابو پائیں توڑ پھوڑ کر جڑ سے اکھاڑ دیں.[1]
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Talal Itani2012 When the first of the two promises came true, We sent against you servants of Ours, possessing great might, and they ransacked your homes. It was a promise fulfilled.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 So when the time for the first of the two came, We roused against you slaves of Ours of great might who ravaged (your) country, and it was a threat performed
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And when the threat for the first (sin) of the two came, we sent over them servants of ours, endued with violence, and they searched inside your houses; and it was an accomplished threat
John Medows Rodwell1861 So when the menace for the first crime came to be inflicted, we sent against you our servants endued with terrible prowess; and they searched the inmost part of your abodes, and the menace was accomplished
George Sale1734 And when the punishment threatened for the first of those transgressions came to be executed, We sent against you our servants, indued with exceeding strength in war, and they searched the inner apartments of your houses; and the prediction became accomplished
Talal Itani2012 Then We gave you back your turn against them, and supplied you with wealth and children, and made you more numerous.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Then we gave you once again your turn against them, and We aided you with wealth and children and made you more in soldiery
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Then we rallied you once more against them, and aided you with wealth and sons, and made you a numerous band
John Medows Rodwell1861 Then we gave you the mastery over them in turn, and increased you in wealth and children, and made you a most numerous host
George Sale1734 Afterwards We gave you the victory over them, in your turn, and We granted you increase of wealth and children, and We made you a more numerous people, saying
Talal Itani2012 Perhaps your Lord will have mercy on you. But if you revert, We will revert. We have made Hell a prison for the disbelievers.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 It may be that your Lord will have mercy on you, but if ye repeat (the crime) We shall repeat (the punishment), and We have appointed hell a dungeon for the disbelievers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 It may be that thy Lord will have mercy on you;- but if ye return we will return, and we have made hell a prison for the misbelievers
John Medows Rodwell1861 Haply your Lord will have mercy on you! but if ye return, we will return: and we have appointed Hell - the prison of the infidels
George Sale1734 Peradventure your Lord will have mercy on you hereafter: But if ye return to transgress a third time, We also will return to chastise you; and We have appointed hell to be the prison of the unbelievers
Talal Itani2012 This Quran guides to what is most upright; and it gives good news to the believers who do good deeds, that they will have a great reward.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Lo! this Qur'an guideth unto that which is straightest, and giveth tidings unto the believers who do good works that theirs will be a great reward
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Verily, this Qur'an guides to the straightest path, and gives the glad tidings to the believers who do aright that for them is a great hire
John Medows Rodwell1861 Verily, this Koran guideth to what is most upright; and it announceth to believers Who do the things that are right, that for them is a great reward
George Sale1734 Verily this Koran directeth unto the way which is most right, and declareth unto the faithful, who do good works, that they shall receive a great reward
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0.644
Share of measured verses above it
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Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.70
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.67
Talal Itani · George Sale0.65
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.65
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.64
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.63
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.61
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.60
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.57
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.47
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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.