Easy-read (simplified)warabbuka l-ghafooru dhoo r-rahmati law yu'aakhidhuhum bimaa kasaboo la'ajjala lahumu l-'adhaaba bal lahum maw'idun lan yajidoo min doonihi maw'ilaa
DIN 31635warabbuka l-ġafūru ḏū r-raḥmati law yuʾāḫiḏuhum bimā kasabū laʿaǧǧala lahumu l-ʿaḏāba bal lahum mawʿidun lan yaǧidū min dūnihi mawʾilan
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
Your Lord is the Forgiver, Possessor of Mercy. Were He to call them to account for what they have earned, He would have hastened the punishment for them. But they have an appointment from which they will find no escape.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Thy Lord is the Forgiver, Full of Mercy. If He took them to task (now) for what they earn, He would hasten on the doom for them; but theirs is an appointed term from which they will find no escape
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
But thy Lord is forgiving, endowed with mercy; were He to punish them for what they have earned He would have hastened for them the torment. Nay rather, they have their appointed time, and shall never find a refuge beside Him
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
The gracious one, full of compassion, is thy Lord! if he would have chastised them for their demerits he would have hastened their chastisement. But they have a time fixed for the accomplishment of our menaces: and beside God they shall find no refuge
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Thy Lord is gracious, indued with mercy; if He would have punished them for that which they have committed, He would doubtless have hastened their punishment: But a threat hath been denounced against them, and they shall find no refuge, besides Him
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
Por, Zoti yt është Falës i Madh e Mëshirues. Nëse do t'i dënonte (në këtë botë) për atë që bëjnë, do t'ua shpejtonte dënimin, por ata kanë një afat të caktuar, nga i cili nuk do të gjejnë strehim.
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!) তোমার রব ক্ষমাশীল, দয়াময়। তারা যা উপার্জন করেছে, তার কারণে তিনি যদি তাদেরকে (শাস্তি দিতে) পাকড়াও করতেন, তবে অবশ্যই তিনি তাদের জন্য (দুনিয়াতেই) শাস্তি ত্বরান্বিত করতেন।(২৩) বরং তাদের জন্য রয়েছে প্রতিশ্রুত সময়, যা থেকে তারা কোনো আশ্রয়স্থল পাবে না।
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
Gospodar tvoj mnogo prašta i neizmjerno je milostiv; da ih On za ono što zaslužuju kažnjava, odmah bi ih na muke stavio. Ali, njih čeka određeni čas, od koga neće naći utočišta.
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
Gospodar tvoj mnogo prašta i neizmjerno je milostiv; da ih On za ono što zaslužuju kažnjava, odmah bi ih na muke stavio. Ali, njih čeka određeni čas, od koga neće naći utočišta.
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
Ko Joomi mon woni cuhroowo ko O Jom yurmeende e on, sinndo O nangitirno ɓe ko ɓe paggitii kon O yaccinanatno ɓe lepte ɗe, ko woni, no woodani ɓe fodoore ɓe heɓataa ga mayre fattorde.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
და შენი ღმერთი [ო, შუამავალო] მპატიებელია, წყალობის მფლობელი. რომ დაესაჯა ისინი იმისათვის, რაც მოიხვეჭეს, დაუჩქარებდა სასჯელს, მაგრამ მათ დათქმული დრო აქვთ და ვერ იპოვიან მისგან თავშესაფარს.
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 dein Herr ist der Allvergebende, voll der Barmherzigkeit. Wenn Er sie für das belangen würde, was sie erworben haben, würde Er für sie die Strafe fürwahr beschleunigen. Aber sie haben eine Verabredung, vor der sie keine Zuflucht finden werden.
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
Ο Κύριός σου είναι ο Αλ-Γαφούρ (Αυτός που συγχωρεί τα πάντα), ο Οποίος έχει έλεος (προς τους δούλους Του). Αν θέλει να τιμωρήσει αυτούς (που αποστράφηκαν από τα Εδάφιά Του) για όσα διέπραξαν (χωρίς να τους δώσει καμία αναβολή), θα επίσπευδε γι' αυτούς το μαρτύριο (στην εγκόσμια ζωή, αλλά τους δίνει ευκαιρίες να στραφούν με μεταμέλεια προς Αυτόν). Ωστόσο, υπάρχει γι' αυτούς μία καθορισμένη Ώρα, από την οποία δε θα βρουν καμία διαφυγή.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
और आपका पालनहार अत्यंत क्षमाशील, दयावान् है। यदि वह उन्हें उसकी वजह से पकड़े, जो उन्होंने कमाया है, तो निश्चय उनपर शीघ्र ही यातना भेज दे। बल्कि उनके लिए वादे का एक समय है, जिससे बचने का उन्हें कदापि कोई स्थान नहीं मिलेगा।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
E Il tuo Dio, il Perdonatore, il Misericordioso, se avesse voluto perseguirli per ciò che hanno fatto, avrebbe affrettato la loro punizione. Ma ha fissato un termine dal quale non potranno avere salvezza.
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
58. Ir jūsų Viešpats yra Atlaidžiausias, Gailestingumo Valdytojas. Jei Jis pakviestų juos atsiskaityti už tai, ką jie įgijo, tada tikrai, Jis paspartintų jų bausmę. Tačiau jie turi jiems paskirtą laiką, po kurio jie nebeturės jokio pabėgimo.
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 1.0.8
Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Gooftaan kee akkaan araaramaa, abbaa rahmataati. Odoo waan isaan hojjataniin isaan qabee, silaa dhugumatti, adabbii isaaniif jerjersa ture. Garuu isaaniif beellamaatu jira, ken isa malee gara itti deebi’an hin arganne.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.0
Русский · Russian
Твой Господь — Прощающий, Обладатель милости. Если бы Он взыскивал с них за то, что они приобрели, Он ускорил бы для них наказание. Нет, напротив, у них есть назначенный срок, и они не найдут помимо него убежища.
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
Твој Господар прашта грехе и милостив је; да их Он кажњава за оно што заслужују, одмах би их на муке ставио. Али, њих чека одређени час од кога неће моћи да побегну.
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 Mola wako Mlezi ni Msamehevu, Mwenye rehema. Lau angeliwachukulia kwa mujibu wa yale waliyoyachuma, bila ya shaka angeliwafanyia haraka kuwaadhibu. Lakini wanayo miadi ambayo hawatapata makimbilio yoyote ya kuepukana nayo.
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Din Herre är alltid beredd att förlåta och han är källan till all nåd. Om han hade velat ställa dem till svars [omedelbart] för det [onda] de gjort, skulle han påskynda straffet för dem. Men de har en frist till en viss tidpunkt, och den kommer de aldrig att kunna fly undan.
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
Rabbin; çok bağışlayıcıdır, merhamet sahibidir. Eğer yaptıkları yüzünden onları (dünyada) cezaya çarptırsaydı, elbette azaplarını çarçabuk verirdi. Fakat, onlar için belirlenmiş bir gün vardır ki (o gün gelince) hiçbir kurtuluş çaresi bulamazlar.
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
تیرا پروردگار بہت ہی بخشش واﻻ اور مہربانی واﻻ ہے وه اگر ان کے اعمال کی سزا میں پکڑے تو بےشک انہیں جلد ہی عذاب کردے، بلکہ ان کے لئے ایک وعده کی گھڑی مقرر ہے جس سے وه سرکنے کی ہرگز جگہ نہیں پائیں گے.[1]
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 We send the messengers only as deliverers of good news and warners. Those who disbelieve argue with false argument, in order to defeat the truth thereby. They take My Verses, and the warnings, for a joke.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 We send not the messengers save as bearers of good news and warners. Those who disbelieve contend with falsehood in order to refute the Truth thereby. And they take Our revelations and that wherewith they are threatened as a jest
Edward Henry Palmer1880 We sent not prophets save as heralds of glad tidings and as warners; but those who misbelieve wrangle with vain speech to make void the truth therewith; and they take my signs and the warnings given them as a jest
John Medows Rodwell1861 We send not our Sent Ones but to announce and to warn: but the infidels cavil with vain words in order to refute the truth; and they treat my signs and their own warnings with scorn
George Sale1734 We send not our messengers, but to bear good tidings, and to denounce threats. Those who believe not, dispute with vain arguments, that they may thereby render the truth of no effect: And they hold my signs, and the admonitions which have been made them, in derision
Talal Itani2012 Who does greater wrong than he, who, when reminded of his Lord's revelations, turns away from them, and forgets what his hands have put forward? We have placed coverings over their hearts, lest they understand it, and heaviness in their ears. And if you call them to guidance, they will not be guided, ever.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And who doth greater wrong than he who hath been reminded of the revelations of his Lord, yet turneth away from them and forgetteth what his hands send forward (to the Judgment)? Lo! on their hearts We have placed coverings so that they understand not, and in their ears a deafness. And though thou call them to the guidance, in that case they can never be led aright
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Who is more unjust than he who, being reminded of the signs of his Lord, turns away therefrom, and forgets what his hands have done before? verily, we will place veils upon their hearts lest they should understand, and dullness in their ears! And if thou shouldst call them to the guidance, they will not be guided then for ever
John Medows Rodwell1861 But who is worse than he who when told of the signs of his Lord turneth him away and forgetteth what in time past his hands have wrought? Truly we have thrown veils over their hearts lest they should understand this Koran, and into their ears a heaviness: And if thou bid them to "the guidance" yet will they not even then be guided ever
George Sale1734 And who is more unjust than he who hath been acquainted with the signs of his Lord, and retireth afar off from the same, and forgetteth that which his hands have formerly committed? Verily We have cast veils over their hearts, lest they should understand the Koran, and into their ears thickness of hearing: If thou invite them to the true direction, yet will they not therefore be directed for ever
DIN 31635watilka l-qurā ʾahlaknāhum lammā ẓalamū waǧaʿalnā limahlikihim mawʿidan
Talal Itani2012 And these towns-We destroyed them when they committed injustices, and We set for their destruction an appointed time.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And (all) those townships! We destroyed them when they did wrong, and We appointed a fixed time for their destruction
Edward Henry Palmer1880 These cities, we destroyed them when they were unjust; and for their destruction we set an appointed time
John Medows Rodwell1861 And those cities did we destroy when they became impious; and of their coming destruction we gave them warning
George Sale1734 And those former cities did We destroy, when they acted unjustly; and We gave them previous warning of their destruction
Talal Itani2012 Recall when Moses said to his servant, "I will not give up until I reach the junction of the two rivers, even if it takes me years."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And when Moses said unto his servant: I will not give up until I reach the point where the two rivers meet, though I march on for ages
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And when Moses said to his servant, 'I will not cease until I reach the confluence of the two seas, or else I will go on for years
John Medows Rodwell1861 Remember when Moses said to his servant, "I will not stop till I reach the confluence of the two seas, or for years will I journey on
George Sale1734 And remember when Moses said unto his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, I will not cease to go forward, until I come to the place where the two seas meet; or I will travel for a long space of time
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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
0.66 on a scale
where 0 means identical wording and 1 means no shared words. It is
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0.644
Share of measured verses above it
33%
Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.75
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.73
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.72
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.72
Talal Itani · George Sale0.71
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.65
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.61
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.61
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.60
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.52
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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.