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Talal Itani· published 2012
And when his Lord tested Abraham with certain words, and he fulfilled them. He said, "I am making you a leader of humanity." He said, "And my descendants?" He said, "My pledge does not include the wrongdoers."
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
And (remember) when his Lord tried Abraham with (His) commands, and he fulfilled them, He said: Lo! I have appointed thee a leader for mankind. (Abraham) said: And of my offspring (will there be leaders)? He said: My covenant includeth not wrong-doers
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 when his Lord tried Abraham with words, and he fulfilled them, He said, 'Verily, I will set thee as a highpriest for men.' Said he, ' And of my seed?' God said, 'My covenant touches not the evildoers
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
When his Lord madetrial of Abraham by commands which he fulfilled, He said, "I am about to make thee an Imam to mankind:" he said, "Of my offspring also:" "My covenant," said God, "embraceth not the evil doers
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Remember when the Lord tried Abraham by certain words, which he fulfilled: God said, verily I will constitute thee a model of religion unto mankind; he answered, and also of my posterity; God said, my covenant doth not comprehend the ungodly
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
Kujtoni kur Zoti e sprovoi Ibrahimin me disa urdhra e ai i zbatoi ata. Allahu i tha: "Unë po të bëj prijës të njerëzve." Ai tha: "Bëj (prijës) edhe nga pasardhësit e mi!" Allahu tha: "Premtimi Im nuk i përfshin zullumqarët."
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 স্মরণ করুন, যখন ইবরাহীমকে তাঁর রাব কয়েকটি বাণী দ্বারা পরীক্ষা করেছিলেন। অতঃপর তিনি সেগুলো পূর্ণ করেছিলেন। আল্লাহ বললেন: ‘নিশ্চয় আমি তোমাকে মানুষের ইমাম (নেতা) বানাবো।’ সে বললো: ‘আমার বংশধরদের মধ্য থেকেও?’ আল্লাহ বললেন: ‘আমার প্রতিশ্রুতি যালিমদের ব্যাপারে প্রযোজ্য নয়।’
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Bosanski · Bosnian
I kada je Ibrahima Gospodar njegov s nekoliko riječi na iskušenje stavio, pa ih je on potpuno izvršio, Allah je rekao: "Učinit ću da ti budeš ljudima vođa." On je upitao: "A i neki iz mog potomstva?" Odgovorio mu je: "Obećanje Moje ne obuhvata zulumćare!"
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Hrvatski · Croatian
I kada je Abrahama Gospodar njegov s nekoliko riječi na iskušenje stavio, pa ih je on potpuno izvršio, Allah je rekao: "Učinit ću da ti budeš ljudima vođa." On je upitao: "A i neki iz mog potomstva?" Odgovorio mu je: "Obećanje Moje ne obuhvata nepravedne!"
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Nde Alla humpitori Ibrahiima konngi o timmini ɗi, o wi'i: Miin Mi waɗat ma gardotooɗo yimɓe ɓe, Ibarahiima wi'i waɗ ɗum kadi he ɓesngu am o wi'i tooñooɓe ɓee keɓataa fodoore am.
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ქართული · Georgian
და აი, გამოსცადა იბრაჰიმი მისმა უფალმა სიტყვებით და მან სრულად შეასრულა ისინი. მან თქვა: «ჭეშმარიტად, მე დაგადგენ შენ ადამიანებისთვის იმამად». მან თქვა: «და ჩემი შთამომავლობიდანაც (დაადგინე ასეთები)». მან (ალლაჰმა) თქვა: «ჩემი აღთქმა არ შეეხება უსამართლოებს (შენი შთამომავლობიდან)».
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Deutsch · German
Und (gedenkt,) als Ibrahim von seinem Herrn mit Worten geprüft wurde und er diese sodann vollständig befolgte. Er (also Allah) sagte: „Ich mache dich zu einem Führer (und Vorbild) für die Menschen.“ Er (also Ibrahim) sagte: „Und von meiner Nachkommenschaft?" Er sagte: „Mein Bund erstreckt sich nicht auf die Ungerechten.“
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Και (ανάφερε, ω, Μωχάμμαντ) όταν ο Κύριος του Ιμπραήμ (Αβραάμ) τον δοκίμασε με εντολές, τις οποίες εκπλήρωσε. (Ο Αλλάχ τού) είπε: «Στ’ αλήθεια, θα σε κάνω Ιμάμ (ηγέτη και καλό παράδειγμα) για τους ανθρώπους. Είπε (ο Ιμπραήμ, ζητώντας): «(Ω, Αλλάχ, κάνε ηγέτες) και από τους απογόνους μου!» (Ο Αλλάχ) είπε: «Η υπόσχεσή Μου (και αυτό που σου παραχώρησα από ηγεσία στη θρησκεία) δεν περιλαμβάνει τους άδικους (από τους απογόνους σου).»
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हिन्दी · Hindi
और (उस समय को याद करो) जब इबराहीम को उसके पालनहार ने कुछ बातों के साथ आज़माया, तो उसने उन्हें पूरा कर दिया। उसने कहा : निःसंदेह मैं तुम्हें लोगों का इमाम (पेशवा) बनाने वाला हूँ। (इबराहीम ने) कहा : तथा मेरी संतान में से भी? (अल्लाह ने) फरमाया : मेरा वचन अत्याचारियों[62] को नहीं पहुँचता।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
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Italiano · Italian
E quando il tuo Dio mise alla prova Ibrāhīm con degli ordini, e lui eseguì; disse: «Farò di te una guida per gli uomini». Disse: “E la mia discendenza?” Disse: “Il Mio patto non vale per gli ingiusti!”
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
124. Ir (atminkite), kai Ibrahimo (Abraomo) Viešpats [t. y. Allahas] išbandė jį (tam tikrais) Įsakymais, kuriuos jis įvykdė. Jis (Allahas) tarė (jam): „Iš tiesų, Aš ketinu paskirti tave Imam (vedliu) žmonijai (kad jie sektų tavimi).“ [Ibrahimas] paklausė: „Ir iš mano palikuonių tarpo (paskirti vedliais)?“ (Allahas) tarė: „Mano Pažadas (dėl Pranašavimo) neapima Zalimūn (daugiadievių ir nusidėjėlių).“
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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Yeroo Ibraahiimiin Rabbiin isaa jechootaan isa mokkoree (Ibraahiimis) isa guute (yaadadhaa), (Rabbiin) " Ani ummataaf imaama (dursaan) si taasisa" jedhe, (Ibraahiim) ni jedhe:"Sanyii tiyya irraas (taasisi)." (Rabbiin) ni jedhe: "Waadaan (nabiyyummaan) kiyya warra miidhaa hojjatan hin gayu" [45]
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Русский · Russian
Вот Господь испытал Ибрахима словами, и тот полностью исполнил их. [Аллах] сказал: «Воистину, Я сделаю тебя предводителем для людей». [Ибрахим] сказал: «И из моего потомства». [Аллах] сказал: «Мой завет не распространяется на несправедливых».
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Српски · Serbian
И када је Аврама његов Господар са неколико заповеди на искушење ставио, па их је он потпуно извршио, Аллах је рекао: „Учинићу да ти будеш људима вођа.“ Он је упитао: „А и неки из мог потомства?“ Одговорио му је: „Обећање Моје не обухвата неправеднике!“
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Na Mola wake Mlezi alipomjaribu Ibrahim kwa kumpa amri fulani, naye akazitimiza. Akamwambia: Hakika Mimi nitakufanya uwe mwongozi wa watu. Akasema: Je, na katika kizazi changu pia? Akasema: Agano langu halitawafikia wenye kudhulumu.
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Svenska · Swedish
Och minns då Abraham sattes på prov av sin Herre med vissa bestämmelser och hur han åtlydde dem. [Gud] sa: ”Jag ska göra dig till ett föredöme för människorna.” Då sa [Abraham]: ”Låt det även gälla mina ättlingar!” [Gud] svarade: ”Mitt löfte omfattar dock inte de orättfärdiga.”
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Türkçe · Turkish
Hani Rabbi, İbrahim’i birtakım emirlerle imtihan etmiş, İbrahim onların hepsini yerine getirmiş de Rabbi şöyle buyurmuştu: “Ben seni insanlara önder yapacağım.” İbrahim de, “Soyumdan gelenlerden de (önderler yap, ya Rabbi!)” demişti. Bunun üzerine Rabbi: "Benim ahdime (verdiğim söze) zalimler nail olamaz." diye buyurdu.
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اردو · Urdu
جب ابراہیم ﴿علیہ السلام﴾ کو ان کے رب نے کئی باتوں سے آزمایا[1] اور انہوں نے سب کو پورا کردیا تو اللہ نے فرمایا کہ میں تمہیں لوگوں کا امام بنا دوں گا، عرض کرنے لگے: اور میری اوﻻد کو[2]، فرمایا میرا وعده ﻇالموں سے نہیں۔
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 And beware of a Day when no soul will avail another soul in any way, and no ransom will be accepted from it, and no intercession will benefit it, and they will not be helped.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And guard (yourselves) against a day when no soul will in aught avail another, nor will compensation be accepted from it, nor will intercession be of use to it; nor will they be helped
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And fear the day when no soul shall pay a recompense for a soul, nor shall an equivalent be received therefrom, nor any intercession avail; and they shall not be helped
John Medows Rodwell1861 And dread the day when not in aught shall soul satisfy for soul, nor shall any ransom be taken from it, nor shall any intercession avail, and they shall not be helped
George Sale1734 and dread the day wherein one soul shall not make satisfaction for another soul, neither shall any compensation be accepted from them, nor shall any intercession avail, neither shall they be helped
Talal Itani2012 And We made the House a focal point for the people, and a sanctuary. Use the shrine of Abraham as a place of prayer. And We commissioned Abraham and Ishmael, "Sanctify My House for those who circle around it, and those who seclude themselves in it, and those who kneel and prostrate."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And when We made the House (at Makka) a resort for mankind and sanctuary, (saying): Take as your place of worship the place where Abraham stood (to pray). And We imposed a duty upon Abraham and Ishmael, (saying): Purify My house for those who go around and those who meditate therein and those who bow down and prostrate themselves (in worship)
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And when we made the House a place of resort unto men, and a sanctuary, and (said) take the station of Abraham for a place of prayer; and covenanted with Abraham and Ishmael, saying, 'Do ye two cleanse my house for those who make the circuit, for those who pay devotions there, for those who bow down, and for those too who adore
John Medows Rodwell1861 And remember when we appointed the Holy House as man's resort and safe retreat, and said, "Take ye the station of Abraham for a place of prayer:" And we commanded Abraham and Ismael, "Purify my house for those who shall go in procession round it, and those who shall abide there for devotion, and those who shall bow down and prostrate themselves
George Sale1734 And when we appointed the holy house of Mecca to be a place of resort for mankind, and a place of security; and said, take the station of Abraham for a place of prayer; and we covenanted with Abraham and Ismael, that they should cleanse my house for those who should compass it, and those who should be devoutly assiduous there, and those who should bow down and worship
Talal Itani2012 When Abraham said, "O My Lord, make this a peaceful land, and provide its people with fruits-whoever of them believes in God and the Last Day." He said, "And whoever disbelieves, I will give him a little enjoyment, then I will consign him to the punishment of the Fire; how miserable the destiny!"
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And when Abraham prayed: My Lord! Make this a region of security and bestow upon its people fruits, such of them as believe in Allah and the Last Day, He answered: As for him who disbelieveth, I shall leave him in contentment for a while, then I shall compel him to the doom of Fire - a hapless journey's end
Edward Henry Palmer1880 When Abraham said, 'Lord, make this a town of safety, and provide the dwellers there with fruits, such as believe in God and the last day!' (God) said, ' And he who misbelieves, I will give him but little to enjoy, then will drive him to the torment of the fire, an evil journey will it be
John Medows Rodwell1861 And when Abraham said, "Lord! make this secure land, and supply its people with fruits, such of them as believe in God and in the last day:" He said, "And whoso believeth not, for a little while will I bestow good things on him; then will I drive him to the torment of the Fire!" An ill passage
George Sale1734 And when Abraham said, Lord, make this a territory of security, and bounteously bestow fruits on its inhabitants, such of them as believe in God and the last day; God answered, and whoever believeth not, I will bestow on him little, afterwards I will drive him to the punishment of hellfire; an ill journey shall it be
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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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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
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.73
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.71
Talal Itani · George Sale0.69
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.66
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.65
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.65
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.63
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.63
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.62
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.58
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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.