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Talal Itani· published 2012
They almost provoked you, to expel you from the land. In that case, they would not have lasted after you, except briefly.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
And they indeedwished to scare thee from the land that they might drive thee forth from thence, and then they would have stayed (there) but a little after thee
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 they well-nighenticed thee away from the land, to turn thee out therefrom; but then - they should not have tarried after thee except a little
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And truly they had almost caused thee to quit the land, in orderwholly to drive thee forth from it: but then, themselves should have tarried but a little after thee
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
The unbelievers had likewise almost caused thee to depart the land, that they might have expelled thee thence: But then should they not have tarried therein after thee, except a little while
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
Ata ishin gati të të provokojnë për të të dëbuar nga vendi, por atëherë nuk do të kishin mbetur pas teje, përveç një kohe të shkurtër.
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বাংলা · Bengali
আর তারা তোমাকে এ জমিন (মক্কা) থেকে উৎখাত করার জন্য চূড়ান্ত উস্কানি দিয়েছিল যাতে তারা তোমাকে সেখান থেকে বের করে দিতে পারে(৩১); আর তেমনটি ঘটলে তোমার (চলে যাওয়ার) পর তারা সেখানে অল্পকালই টিকে থাকত।
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 oni su te toliko na zemlji uznemiravali da bi te iz nje istjerali, ali tad ni oni u njoj ne bi dugo, poslije tebe, ostali,
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Hrvatski · Croatian
A oni su te toliko na zemlji uznemiravali da bi te iz nje istjerali, ali tad ni oni u njoj ne bi dugo, poslije tebe, ostali,
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Fii kala ɓe eɓɓiino dillinngol ma ka leydi fii yo ɓe yaltine e mayri, on tuma ɓe ñiiɓataano ɓatte maa si wonaa seeɗa.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
და ისინი [მრავალღმერთიანები] ახლოს იყვნენ იმასთან, რომ შენ (ო, მოციქულო) ამ მიწიდან [მექქადან] განედევნეთ და იქიდან გაეძევებინეთ. და მაშინ, [თუ ისინი ამას გააკეთებდნენ], შენს შემდეგ იქ მხოლოდ მცირე ხანს დარჩებოდნენ.
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Deutsch · German
Und beinahe hätten sie dich ja aus dem Land aufgeschreckt, um dich daraus zu vertreiben; aber dann würden sie nach dir nur ein wenig verweilen.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Συνωμότησαν (οι άπιστοι, και ήταν έτοιμοι) να σε ενοχλήσουν (να σε φυλακίσουν, να σε εξορίσουν ή να σε σκοτώσουν, ή να υποκινήσουν τους ανθρώπους εναντίον σου) στη γη (Μάκκα) για να σε βγάλουν απ' αυτή. Αλλά τότε δε θα έμεναν μετά από σένα, παρά μόνο για λίγο. [Έτσι, μετά από ενάμιση χρόνο από τη μετανάστευση του Προφήτη προς τη Μαντίνα, ο Αλλάχ τους τιμώρησε, και σκοτώθηκαν πολλοί από τους αρχηγούς τους στη μάχη του Μπαντρ].
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
और निश्चय ही वे क़रीब थे कि आपको इस भूभाग (मक्का) से फिसला दें ताकि आपको यहाँ से बाहर निकाल दें। और तब वे आपके पश्चात् थोड़ा ही ठहर पाते।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
E ti avevano quasi indotto a lasciare questa terra per esiliarti, ma in questo caso loro sarebbero rimasti dopo di te solo per poco.
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
76. Ir iš tiesų, jie ketino išgąsdinti tave taip stipriai, kad išvarytų tave iš žemės. Tačiau, tuo atveju nebūtų jie laukę (ten) tavęs, tik trumpai.
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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Dhugumatti, isaan dachii keessatti si shororkeessuutti dhihaatanii jiru akka ishee irraa si baasaniif, Yoos, si booda xiqqoo malee hin turan.
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Русский · Russian
И они едва не вынудили тебя уйти с этой земли, чтобы изгнать тебя из неё; и тогда они не задержались бы после тебя иначе как недолго.
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Српски · Serbian
А они су те толико на Земљи узнемиравали како би те из ње истерали, али тад ни они у њој не би дуго, после тебе, остали,
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Na walitaka kukukera ili wakutoe nchini. Na hapo, wao wasingelibakia humo isipokuwa kwa muda mchache tu.
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Svenska · Swedish
De höll på att driva dig ur ditt land genom sin fientlighet. Hade de gjort det, skulle de själva inte kunnat stanna kvar länge efter dig.
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Türkçe · Turkish
Neredeyse seni (bu) yerden (yurdundan) çıkarmak için tedirgin edeceklerdi; bu durumda kendileri de senden sonra az bir süreden başka kalamazlar.
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اردو · Urdu
یہ تو آپ کے قدم اس سرزمین سے اکھاڑنے ہی لگے تھے کہ آپ کو اس سے نکال دیں[1] ۔ پھر یہ بھی آپ کے بعد بہت ہی کم ٹھہر پاتے.[2]
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Talal Itani2012 Then We would have made you taste double in life, and double at death; then you would have found for yourself no helper against Us.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Then had we made thee taste a double (punishment) of living and a double (punishment) of dying, then hadst thou found no helper against Us
Edward Henry Palmer1880 then would we have made thee taste of torment both of life and death, then thou wouldst not have found against us any helper
John Medows Rodwell1861 In that case we would surely have made thee taste of woe in life and of woe in death: then thou shouldest not have found a helper against us
George Sale1734 Then would We surely have caused thee to taste the punishment of life, and the punishment of death; and thou shouldest not have found any to protect thee against Us
Easy-read (simplified)sunnata man qad arsalnaa qablaka min rusulinaa walaa tajidu lisunnatinaa tahweelaa
DIN 31635sunnata man qad ʾarsalnā qablaka min rusulinā walā taǧidu lisunnatinā taḥwīlan
Talal Itani2012 The tradition of the messengers We sent before you-you will find no change in Our rules.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 (Such was Our) method in the case of those whom We sent before thee (to mankind), and thou wilt not find for Our method aught of power to change
Edward Henry Palmer1880 [This is] the course of those of our prophets whom we have sent before thee; and thou shalt find no change in our course
John Medows Rodwell1861 This was our way with the Apostles we have already sent before thee, and in this our way thou shalt find no change
George Sale1734 This is the method of dealing which We have prescribed our selves in respect to our apostles, whom We have already sent before thee: And thou shalt not find any change in our prescribed method
Talal Itani2012 Perform the prayer at the decline of the sun, until the darkness of the night; and the Quran at dawn. The Quran at dawn is witnessed.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Establish worship at the going down of the sun until the dark of night, and (the recital of) the Qur'an at dawn. Lo! (the recital of) the Qur'an at dawn is ever witnessed
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Be thou steadfast in prayer from the declining of the sun until the dusk of the night, and the reading of the dawn; verily, the reading of the dawn is ever testified to
John Medows Rodwell1861 Observe prayer at sunset, till the first darkening of the night, and the daybreak reading - for the daybreak reading hath its witnesses
George Sale1734 Regularly perform thy prayer at the declension of the sun, at the first darkness of the night, and the prayer of day-break; for the prayer of day-break is born witness unto by the angels
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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
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The cut
0.644
Share of measured verses above it
33%
Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.76
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.74
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.74
Talal Itani · George Sale0.72
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.63
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.62
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.58
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.58
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.58
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.58
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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.