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
And We strengthened their hearts, when they stood up and said, "Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth; we will not call on any god besides Him, for then we would have spoken an outrage."
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
And We made firm their hearts when they stood forth and said: Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth. We cry unto no Allah beside Him, for then should we utter an enormity
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 we braced up their hearts, when they stood up and said, 'Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, we will not call upon any god beside Him, for then we should have said an extravagant thing
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And we had made them stout of heart, when they stood up and said, "Our Lord is Lord of the Heavens and of the Earth: we will call on no other God than Him; for in that case we had said a thing outrageous
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And We fortified their hearts with constancy when they stood before the tyrant; and they said, our Lord is the Lord of heaven and earth: We will by no means call on any god besides Him; for then should we surely utter an extravagance
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
Ne i forcuam zemrat e tyre kur u ngritën e thanë: "Zoti ynë është Zoti i qiejve e i Tokës. Ne nuk do t'i lutemi kurrë asnjë zoti përveç Tij, sepse atëherë do të thoshim diçka shumë të padrejtë.
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 আমি তাদের অন্তরগুলোকে দৃঢ় করেছিলাম, যখন তারা (কাফীর বাদশাহর সামনে এক আল্লাহর ওপর তাদের ঈমানকে প্রকাশ্যে ঘোষণা দেয়ার জন্য) উঠে দাঁড়িয়েছিল, তখন তারা বলেছিল: ‘আমাদের রব আসমানসমূহ ও জমিনের রব। তিনি ছাড়া অন্য কোনো ইলাহকে আমরা কখনো ডাকবো না। (যদি ডাকি) তাহলে নিশ্চয় আমরা (সত্য বহির্ভূত) গর্হিত কথা বলবো।’
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
Osnažili smo bili njihova srca kad su se digli i rekli: “Gospodar naš – Gospodar je nebesa i Zemlje, mi se nećemo pored Njega drugom bogu moliti, jer bismo tada ono što je daleko od istine govorili.
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
Osnažili smo bili njihova srca kad su se digli i rekli: “Gospodar naš – Gospodar je nebesa i Zemlje, mi se nećemo pored Njega drugom bogu moliti, jer bismo tada ono što je daleko od istine govorili.
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
Min kaɓɓi e dow ɓerɗe maɓɓe tuma nde ɓe darinoo, ɓe mb'i: "Joomi amen ko Jeyɗo o kammuuji ɗin e leydi ndin, men noddataa ko woori Mo deweteeɗi, gooŋɗii haray men mb'ii ontuma [konngol] pantungol.
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 სიმტკიცე მოვავლინეთ მათ გულებზე [რწმენით და ისინი განმტკიცდნენ მასში], როცა ფეხზე წამოდგნენ[1]: «ჩვენი ღმერთი ცათა და მიწის ღმერთია! ჩვენ არ მოვუხმობთ მის გარდა არავის, (რომ გვეთქვა რაიმე სხვა), მაშინ ნამდვილად ვიტყოდით გადამეტებულს [ჭეშმარიტებისგან შორს მყოფს]».
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 Wir stärkten ihre Herzen, als sie aufstanden und sagten: „Unser Herr ist der Herr der Himmel und der Erde. Wir werden außer Ihm keinen (anderen) Angebeteten anrufen, sonst würden wir ja etwas Abwegiges sagen.
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
Δυναμώσαμε τις καρδιές τους (με την πίστη) όταν στέκονταν (ενώπιον του άπιστου βασιλιά που τους ρώτησε γιατί δε λάτρευαν τα είδωλα), και είπαν: «Πράγματι, ο Κύριός μας είναι ο Κύριος των ουρανών και της Γης. Δε θα επικαλεστούμε ποτέ κανέναν άλλον θεό εκτός Αυτού, γιατί θα λέγαμε έτσι ένα τερατώδες ψέμα.»
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
और हमने उनके दिलों को मज़बूत कर दिया, जब वे खड़े हुए, तो बोले : हमारा पालनहार तो आकाशों और धरती का पालनहार है। हम उसके सिवा किसी पूज्य को हरगिज़ नहीं पुकारेंगे। (यदि ऐसा किया) तो निश्चय ही हमने सत्य से हटी हुई बात कही।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
e abbiamo rafforzato il loro cuore, e quando si risvegliarono, dissero: «Il nostro Dio è il Dio dei cieli e della terra! Non invocheremo all’infuori di Lui nessuna divinità, perché in quel caso diremmo solo parole ingiuste!
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
14. Ir Mes padarėme jų širdis tvirtas ir stiprias (su Tikėjimo Allahą šviesa ir suteikėme jiems kantrybės pakelti išsiskyrimą su jų pažįstamais ir giminėmis bei namais), kai jie atsistojo ir tarė: „Mūsų Viešpats yra dangų ir žemės Viešpats, niekada mes nesikreipsime į jokį ilah (dievybę), išskyrus į Jį. Jei mes taip darytume, mes tikrai sakytume netikėjimo baisybę.
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 Мы укрепили их сердца, когда они встали и сказали: «Господь наш — Господь небес и земли! Мы не призовём помимо Него никакого бога: ведь тогда мы сказали бы нечто чрезмерное»
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
Оснажили смо били њихова срца кад су се дигли и рекли: „Наш Господар - Господар је небеса и Земље, ми нећемо поред Њега другом богу да се молимо, јер бисмо тада лаж казали.
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 tukazitia nguvu nyoyo zao waliposimama na wakasema, "Mola wetu Mlezi ni Mola Mlezi wa mbingu na ardhi. Kamwe hatutamuomba mwingine badala yake kuwa ni Mungu. Hivyo, itakuwa tumesema jambo la kuvuka mpaka.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Vi stärkte deras hjärtan när de reste sig och sa: ”Vår Herre är himlarnas och jordens Herre. Vi åkallar aldrig en annan gud än honom; då hade vi uttalat något fullständigt orimligt!
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
Ayağa kalkarak: "Bizim Rabbimiz göklerin ve yerin Rabbidir. Ondan başka bir ilaha dua etmeyeceğiz" O takdirde gerçekten son derece batıl bir söz söylemiş oluruz” dediklerinde Biz onların kalplerini sağlamlaştırdık.
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
ہم نے ان کے دل مضبوط کردیئے[1] تھے جب کہ یہ اٹھ کھڑے ہوئے[2] اور کہنے لگے کہ ہمارا پروردگار تو وہی ہے جو آسمان وزمین کا پروردگار ہے، ناممکن ہے کہ ہم اس کے سوا کسی اور معبود کو پکاریں اگر ایسا کیا تو ہم نے نہایت ہی غلط بات کہی.[3]
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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DIN 31635ṯumma baʿaṯnāhum linaʿlama ʾayyu l-ḥizbayni ʾaḥṣā limā labiṯū ʾamadan
Talal Itani2012 Then We awakened them to know which of the two groups could better calculate the length of their stay.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And afterward We raised them up that We might know which of the two parties would best calculate the time that they had tarried
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Then we raised them up again, that we might know which of the two crews could best calculate the time of their tarrying
John Medows Rodwell1861 Then we awaked them that we might know which of the two parties could best reckon the space of their abiding
George Sale1734 Then We awaked them, that We might know which of the two parties was more exact in computing the space which they had remainded there
Talal Itani2012 We relate to you their story in truth. They were youths who believed in their Lord, and We increased them in guidance.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 We narrate unto thee their story with truth. Lo! they were young men who believed in their Lord, and We increased them in guidance
Edward Henry Palmer1880 We will narrate to thee their story in truth. Verily, they were youths who believed in their Lord, and we added to their guidance
John Medows Rodwell1861 We will relate to thee their tale with truth. They were youths who had believed in their Lord, and in guidance had we increased them
George Sale1734 We will relate unto thee their history with truth. Verily they were young men who had believed in their Lord; and We had abundantly directed them
DIN 31635hāʾulāʾi qawmunā taḫaḏū min dūnihi ʾālihatan lawlā yaʾtūna ʿalayhim bisulṭānin bayyinin faman ʾaẓlamu mimmani ftarā ʿalā llāhi kaḏiban
Talal Itani2012 "These people, our people, have taken to themselves gods other than Him. Why do they not bring a clear proof concerning them? Who, then, does greater wrong than he who invents lies and attributes them to God?"
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 These, our people, have chosen (other) gods beside Him though they bring no clear warrant (vouchsafed) to them. And who doth greater wrong than he who inventeth a lie concerning Allah
Edward Henry Palmer1880 These people of ours have taken to other gods beside Him. Though they do not bring any manifest authority for them. And who is more unjust than he who forges against God a lie
John Medows Rodwell1861 These our people have taken other gods beside Him, though they bring no clear proof for them; but, who more iniquitous than he who forgeth a lie of God
George Sale1734 These our fellow people have taken other gods, besides Him; although they bring no demonstrative argument for them: And who is more unjust than he who deviseth a lie concerning God
Easy-read (simplified)wa'idhi 'tazaltumoohum wamaa ya'budoona illaa llaaha fa'woo ilaa l-kahfi yanshur lakum rabbukum min rahmatihi wayuhayyi' lakum min amrikum mirfaqaa
DIN 31635waʾiḏi ʿtazaltumūhum wamā yaʿbudūna ʾillā llāha faʾwū ʾilā l-kahfi yanšur lakum rabbukum min raḥmatihi wayuhayyiʾ lakum min ʾamrikum mirfaqan
Talal Itani2012 "Now that you have withdrawn from them, and from what they worship besides God, take shelter in the cave. And your Lord will unfold His mercy for you, and will set your affair towards ease."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And when ye withdraw from them and that which they worship except Allah, then seek refuge in the Cave; your Lord will spread for you of His mercy and will prepare for you a pillow in your plight
Edward Henry Palmer1880 So when ye have gone apart from them and what they serve other than God, then resort ye to the cave. Our Lord will unfold His mercy to you, and will dispose for you your affair advantageously
John Medows Rodwell1861 So when ye shall have separated you from them and from that which they worship beside God, then betake you to the cave: Your Lord will unfold his mercy to you, and will order your affairs for you for the best
George Sale1734 And they said the one to the other, when ye shall separate yourselves from them, and from the deities which they worship, except God, fly into the cave: Your Lord will pour his mercy on you abundantly, and will dispose your business for you to advantage
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 —
0.54 on a scale
where 0 means identical wording and 1 means no shared words. It is
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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 Rodwell0.64
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.63
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.60
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.57
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.56
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.54
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.53
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.52
Talal Itani · George Sale0.47
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.36
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Method Wording differences — derived 13 September 2026
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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.