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Talal Itani· published 2012
And Abraham exhorted his sons, and Jacob, "O my sons, God has chosen this religion for you, so do not die unless you have submitted."
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
The same did Abraham enjoin upon his sons, and also Jacob, (saying): O my sons! Lo! Allah hath chosen for you the (true) religion; therefore die not save as men who have surrendered (unto Him)
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 Abraham instructed his sons therein, and Jacob (saying), 'O my sons! verily, God has chosen for you a religion, do not therefore die unless ye be resigned
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And this to his children did Abraham bequeath, and Jacob also, saying, "O my children! truly God hath chosen a religion for you; so die not unless ye be also Muslims
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And Abraham bequeathed this religion to his children, and Jacob did the same, saying, my children, verily God hath chosen this religion for you, therefore die not, unless ye also be resigned
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
Këtë porosi ua la bijve të vet Ibrahimi, e edhe Jakubi: "O bijtë e mi! Me të vërtetë, Allahu ka zgjedhur për ju këtë fe (Islamin), kështu që vdisni vetëm duke qenë muslimanë[15] (të përulur ndaj Allahut)!"
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
বাংলা · Bengali
আর ইবরাহীম ও ইয়া’কূব তাঁদের পূত্রদেরকে এরই নির্দেশ দিয়ে বলেছিলো: ‘হে পুত্রগণ! নিশ্চয় আল্লাহ তোমাদের জন্য এ দীনকে মনোনীত করেছেন। কাজেই তোমরা আত্মসমর্পণকারী না হয়ে মারা যেয়ো না।’
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.2
Bosanski · Bosnian
I Ibrahim je, kao i Jakub, to zapovjedio sinovima svojim: "Sinovi moji, Allah je vama vjeru odabrao i nipošto nemojte umrijeti osim kao muslimani."
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
I Abraham je, kao i Jakov, to zapovjedio sinovima svojim: "Sinovi moji, Allah je vama vjeru odabrao, i nipošto nemojte umrijeti drukčije nego kao muslimani."
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
Ibrahiima wagganiino ɗi ɓiɓɓe mum, Yaakuub kadi waɗi noon, onon ɓiɓɓe am Alla suɓaniima on diine ɗe taa maayee sonaa ko on juulɓe.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
და ეს (სიტყვები) უანდერძა იბრაჰიმმა თავისი შვილებისთვის და ია'ყუბმაც: «ო, ჩემო შვილებო! ჭეშმარიტად, ალლაჰმა აირჩია თქვენთვის კანონი; ნუ მოკვდებით ისე, რომ არ იყოთ (ალლაჰის) მორჩილნი (მუსლიმები)»
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Und Ibrahim befahl dies(e Worte auch) seinen Söhnen an - (er) und (ebenfalls) Ya'qub (sagten): „O meine Kinder, Allah hat euch die Religion auserwählt; so sterbt denn nicht, außer (Ihm ergebene) Muslime zu sein!“
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Και ο Ιμπραήμ (Αβραάμ) διέταξε αυτό (την υποταγή στον Αλλάχ, το Ισλάμ) τους γιους του, επίσης το ίδιο έκανε κι ο Γιακούμπ (Ιάκωβος -Ισραήλ-) (λέγοντας): «Ω, γιοι μου, στ’ αλήθεια ο Αλλάχ επέλεξε για σας την (αληθινή) θρησκεία, κι έτσι μην πεθάνετε, παρά μόνο ως Μουσουλμάνοι.»
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
तथा इसी की वसीयत इबराहीम ने अपने बेटों को की और याक़ूब ने भी। ऐ मेरे बेटो! निःसंदेह अल्लाह ने तुम्हारे लिए यह धर्म (इस्लाम) चुन लिया है। सो, तुम हरगिज़ न मरना परंतु इस हाल में कि तुम मुसलमान (आज्ञाकारी) हो।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
E Ibrāhīm raccomandò di fare lo stesso ai suoi figli. E Ya’qub: “Figli miei, In verità Allāh ha scelto per voi questa religione, e non morirete se non musulmani!”
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
132. Ir tai (paklusimą Allahui) įsakė savo sūnums Ibrahimas (Abraomas) ir Jakūbas (Jokūbas), (sakydami): „Mano sūnūs, Allahas parinko jums (tikrąjį) tikėjimą, taigi nemirkite niekaip kitaip, tik islamo tikėjime (kaip musulmonai – islamiškajame monoteizme).“
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.8
Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Ibraahiim ilmaan isaatiif isii (Islaamummaa) dhaame; Ya’aquubis (sanuma dhaame); "Yaa ilmaan kiyya! Rabbiin amantii (islaamummaa) isiniif filee jiraa, isinii Muslimoota taatan malee hin du’inaa" (jedhe). [48]
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 завещал Ибрахим это своим сыновьям, а также Я‘куб, [говоря]: «О сыны мои! Воистину, Аллах избрал для вас религию, так не умирайте же иначе как покорными [Ему]».
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
И Аврам је, као и Јаков, то синовима својим заповедио: „Синови моји, Аллах вам је веру одабрао, и нипошто немојте да умрете другачије осим као муслимани .“
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Na Ibrahim akawausia wanawe hilo, na pia Yaaqub: Enyi wanangu! Hakika Mwenyezi Mungu amekuteulieni Dini hii. Basi kamwe msife ila nanyi ni Waislamu.[1]
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Och Abraham manade sina söner med detta, vilket även Jakob gjorde med sina: ”Mina söner! Gud har förvisso valt ut er tro för er. Dö därför endast som muslimer!”
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
İbrahim, bunu kendi oğullarına da vasiyet etti. Ya'kûb da öyle yaptı ve: “Oğullarım! Allah, sizin için bu dini (İslâm’ı) seçti. Siz de ancak Müslümanlar olarak can verin!” dedi.
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
اسی کی وصیت ابراہیم اور یعقوب نے اپنی اوﻻدکو کی، کہ ہمارے بچو! اللہ تعالیٰ نے تمہارے لئے اس دین کو پسند فرمالیا ہے، خبردار! تم مسلمان ہی مرنا۔[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.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.3
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DIN 31635waman yarġabu ʿan millati ʾibrāhīma ʾillā man safiha nafsahu walaqadi ṣṭafaynāhu fī d-dunyā waʾinnahu fī l-ʾāḫirati lamina ṣ-ṣāliḥīna
Talal Itani2012 Who would forsake the religion of Abraham, except he who fools himself? We chose him in this world, and in the Hereafter he will be among the righteous.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And who forsaketh the religion of Abraham save him who befooleth himself? Verily We chose him in the world, and lo! in the Hereafter he is among the righteous
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Who is averse from the faith of Abraham save one who is foolish of soul? for we have chosen him in this world, and in the future he is surely of the righteous
John Medows Rodwell1861 And who but he that hath debased his soul to folly will mislike the faith of Abraham, when we have chosen him in this world, and in the world to come he shall be of the Just
George Sale1734 Who will be averse to the religion of Abraham, but he whose mind is infatuated? Surely we have chosen him in this world, and in that which is to come he shall be one of the righteous
Talal Itani2012 Or were you witnesses when death approached Jacob, and he said to his sons, "What will you worship after Me?" They said, "We will worship your God, and the God of your fathers, Abraham, Ishmael, and Isaac; One God; and to Him we submit."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Or were ye present when death came to Jacob, when he said unto his sons: What will ye worship after me? They said: We shall worship thy god, the god of thy fathers, Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac, One Allah, and unto Him we have surrendered
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Were ye then witnesses when Jacob was facing death, when he said to his sons, 'What will ye serve when I am gone?' They said, 'We will serve thy God, the God of thy fathers Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, one God; and we are unto Him resigned
John Medows Rodwell1861 Were ye present when Jacob was at the point of death? when he said to his sons, "Whom will ye worship when I am gone?" They said, "We will worship thy God and the God of thy fathers Abraham and Ismael and Isaac, one God, and to Him are we surrendered (Muslims)
George Sale1734 Were ye present when Jacob was at the point of death? When he said to his sons, whom will ye worship after me? They answered, we will worship thy God, and the God of thy fathers Abraham, and Ismael, and Isaac, one God, and to him will we be resigned
Easy-read (simplified)tilka ummatun qad khalat lahaa maa kasabat walakum maa kasabtum walaa tus'aloona 'ammaa kaanoo ya'maloon
DIN 31635tilka ʾummatun qad ḫalat lahā mā kasabat walakum mā kasabtum walā tusʾalūna ʿammā kānū yaʿmalūna
Talal Itani2012 That was a community that has passed; for them is what they have earned, and for you is what you have earned; and you will not be questioned about what they used to do.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Those are a people who have passed away. Theirs is that which they earned, and yours is that which ye earn. And ye will not be asked of what they used to do
Edward Henry Palmer1880 That is a nation that has passed away, theirs is what they gained; and yours shall be what ye have gained; ye shall not be questioned as to that which they have done
John Medows Rodwell1861 That people have now passed away; they have the reward of their deeds, and ye shall have the meed of yours: but of their doings ye shall not be questioned
George Sale1734 That people are now passed away, they have what they have gained, and ye shall have what ye gain; and ye shall not be questioned concerning that which they have done
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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
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.69
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.66
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.64
Talal Itani · George Sale0.61
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.58
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.54
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.53
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.50
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.46
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.35
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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.