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2:214

أَمْ حَسِبْتُمْ أَن تَدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْجَنَّةَ وَلَمَّا يَأْتِكُم مَّثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ خَلَوْا۟ مِن قَبْلِكُم مَّسَّتْهُمُ ٱلْبَأْسَآءُ وَٱلضَّرَّآءُ وَزُلْزِلُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يَقُولَ ٱلرَّسُولُ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ مَتَىٰ نَصْرُ ٱللَّهِ أَلَآ إِنَّ نَصْرَ ٱللَّهِ قَرِيبٌ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)am hasibtum an tadkhuloo l-jannata walammaa ya'tikum mathalu lladheena khalaw min qablikum massathumu l-ba'saa'u wad-darraa'u wazulziloo hattaa yaqoola r-rasoolu walladheena aamanoo ma'ahu mataa nasru llaahi alaa inna nasra llaahi qareeb

DIN 31635ʾam ḥasibtum ʾan tadḫulū l-ǧannata walammā yaʾtikum maṯalu llaḏīna ḫalaw min qablikum massathumu l-baʾsāʾu waḍ-ḍarrāʾu wazulzilū ḥattā yaqūla r-rasūlu wallaḏīna ʾāmanū maʿahu matā naṣru llāhi ʾalā ʾinna naṣra llāhi qarībun

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Talal Itani · published 2012

Or do you expect to enter Paradise before the example of those who came before you had reached you? Adversity and hardship had afflicted them, and they were so shaken up, that the Messenger and those who believed with him said, "When is God's victory?" Indeed, God's victory is near.

Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

Talal Itani, ClearQuran ·ClearQuran, "God" edition, EPUB·Talal Itani / ClearQuran.com ·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International·retrieved 7 Sep 2026

Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com https://clearquran.com

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 1875–1936 · published 1930

Or think ye that ye will enter paradise while yet there hath not come unto you the like of (that which came to) those who passed away before you? Affliction and adversity befell them, they were shaken as with earthquake, till the messenger (of Allah) and those who believed along with him said: When cometh Allah's help? Now surely Allah's help is nigh

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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 Palmer 1840–1882 · published 1880

Did ye count to enter Paradise, while there had nothing come to you like those who passed away before you; there touched them violence and harm, and they were made to quake, until the Apostle and those who believed with him said, 'When (comes) God's help? Is not God's help then surely nigh

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Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired

Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an ·1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

John Medows Rodwell 1808–1900 · published 1861

Think ye to enter Paradise, when no such things have come upon you, as on those who flourish before you? Ills and troubles tried them; and so tossed were they by trials, that the Apostle and they who shared his faith, said, "When will the help of God come?" - Is not the help of God nigh

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Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired

John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an ·1861 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

George Sale 1697–1736 · published 1734

Did ye think ye should enter paradise, when as yet no such thing had happened unto you, as hath happened unto those who have been before you? They suffered calamity, and tribulation, and were afflicted; so that the apostle, and they who believed with him, said; when will the help of God come? Is not the help of God nigh

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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

A mos menduat se do të hyni në Xhenet pa ju prekur sprovat e atyre që ishin para jush?! Ata u goditën nga mjerimi e sëmundjet dhe u tronditën aq shumë, saqë i Dërguari bashkë me ata që besuan thanë: "Kur do të arrijë ndihma e Allahut?" Ja, ndihma e Allahut është afër.

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বাংলা · Bengali

তোমরা কী মনে করো যে, তোমরা এমনিতেই জান্নাতে প্রবেশ করবে; অথচ এখনও তোমাদের কাছে তোমাদের পূর্ববর্তীদের মতো অবস্থা আসেনি? অর্থসংকট, দুঃখ-ক্লেশ ও রোগ- ব্যাধি তাদেরকে স্পর্শ করেছিলো এবং তারা ভীত-প্রকম্পিত হয়েছিল। এমনকি রাসূল ও তাঁর ঈমানদার সাথীগণ ) বলে উঠেছিল, ‘আল্লাহর সাহায্য কখন আসবে’? জেনে রাখো, নিশ্চয় আল্লাহর সাহায্য অতি নিকটে।

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.

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Bosanski · Bosnian

Zar mislite da ćete ući u Džennet, a još niste iskusili ono što su iskusili oni koji prije vas minuše?! Njih je pogađala neimaština i bolest, i toliko su bivali potresani da bi i poslanik i oni koji su s njim vjerovali, govorili: "Kada će doći Allahova pomoć!?" Eto, Allahova pomoć je, doista, blizu!

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Hrvatski · Croatian

Zar mislite da ćete ući u Raj, a još niste iskusili ono što su iskusili oni koji prije vas minuše?! Njih je pogađala neimaština i bolest, i toliko su bivali potresani da bi i poslanik i oni koji su s njim vjerovali, govorili: "Kada će doći Allahova pomoć!?" Eto, Allahova pomoć je, doista, blizu!

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Fulfulde · Fulani

Kaa on sikku on naatay aljanna hara araali on sugu kon ko arunoo ɓen wuliiɓe on? Heɓiino ɓen saɗtteende e lorra, ɓe dillinaa haa Nulaaɗo wi'i, e ɓen goongɗinɓe wondude he makko: "Ko honnde tuma woni ballal Alla ngal?", hey, pellte ballal Alla ngal ko ɓaɗtiingal.[1]

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ქართული · Georgian

ნუთუ გეგონათ, რომ სამოთხეში შეხვალთ ისე, რომ ჯერ არ მოგსვლიათ ის, რაც თქვენამდე მცხოვრებთ ეწვიათ? მათ შეეხოთ გაჭირვება — უკიდურესი სიღარიბე — და უბედურება — ავადმყოფობა და განსაცდელი — და ისინი ისე შეიძრნენ, რომ თვით მოციქულიც, რომელიც მათთან იყო, და ისინიც, ვინც მასთან ერთად ირწმუნეს, ამბობდნენ: «როდის მოვა ალლაჰის დახმარება?» ო, დიახ! უეჭველად, ალლაჰის დახმარება ახლოსაა.

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Deutsch · German

Oder meint ihr etwa, dass ihr in den (Paradies)garten eingehen werdet, noch bevor Gleiches über euch gekommen ist, wie über diejenigen, die vor euch dahingegangen sind? Not und Leid widerfuhr ihnen, und sie wurden erschüttert, bis dass der Gesandte und diejenigen, die mit ihm glaubten, sagten: „Wann kommt Allahs Sieg?“ Wahrlich, Allahs Sieg ist ja nahe.

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

Ή νομίζετε (ω, πιστοί) ότι θα εισέλθετε στον Παράδεισο χωρίς να έλθουν σ’ εσάς τέτοιες (δοκιμασίες) που ήλθαν σ' αυτούς (τους πιστούς) που ήταν πριν από σας; Χτυπήθηκαν από τη φτώχεια και τις ασθένειες και κλονίσθηκαν σε σημείο που ο αγγελιαφόρος και αυτοί που πίστευαν μαζί του είπαν: «Πότε (θα έρθει) η νίκη από τον Αλλάχ;» Στ’ αλήθεια, η νίκη από τον Αλλάχ είναι κοντά.

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हिन्दी · Hindi

या तुमने समझ रखा है कि तुम जन्नत में प्रवेश कर जाओगे, हालाँकि अभी तक तुमपर उन लोगों जैसी दशा नहीं आई, जो तुमसे पूर्व थे। उन्हें तंगी और तकलीफ़ पहुँची तथा वे सख़्त हिला दिए गए, यहाँ तक कि वह रसूल और जो लोग उसके साथ ईमान लाए थे, कह उठे : अल्लाह की सहायता कब आएगी? सुन लो, निःसंदेह अल्लाह की सहायता क़रीब[134] है।

Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari

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Italiano · Italian

O avete pensato di entrare in Paradiso senza prendere esempio dai vostri antenati? Andarono incontro alla miseria e alla malattia e furono tormentati finché il Messaggero e i credenti gridarono: “Quando verrà il sostegno di Allāh?” In verità il sostegno di Allāh è molto vicino.

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Lietuvių · Lithuanian

214. Ar galvojate, kad jūs pateksite į Rojų be tokių (išbandymų), kokius patyrė buvę iki jūsų? Jie buvo kamuojami didelio skurdo ir negalavimų ir buvo taip priblokšti, kad net Pasiuntinys ir tie, kurie tikėjo su juo, sakė: „Kada (ateis) Allaho Pagalba?“ Taip, be abejo, Allaho Pagalba yra arti!

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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo

Sila odoo (mokkoroon) fakkaataa warra isin dura dabranii isinitti hin dhufin jannata seenuu yaadduu? Rakkinniifi dhukkubni hamtuun isaan tuqxee, nigirgireeffaman hanga ergamaaniifi warri isa waliin amanan "sila tumsi Rabbii yoom (dhufa)?" jedhan takkotti. Dhagayaa! Dhugumatti, tumsi Rabbii dhihoodha. [79]

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Русский · Russian

Неужели вы думали, что войдёте в Рай, не испытав того, что случилось с теми, которые были до вас? Их постигали тяготы и невзгоды, и они были потрясены так, что даже посланник и те, кто уверовал вместе с ним, говорили: «Когда же помощь Аллаха?» Знайте же: воистину, помощь Аллаха близка.

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Српски · Serbian

Зар мислите да ћете ући у Рај, а још нисте искусили оно што су искусили они који пре вас нестадоше?! Њих је погађала неимаштина и болест, и толико су бивали узнемиравани да би и посланик и они који су с њим веровали, говорили: "Када ће доћи Аллахова помоћ!?" Ето, Аллахова помоћ је, заиста, близу!

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.

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Kiswahili · Swahili

Ama mnadhani kuwa mtaingia Bustanini, ilhali bado hamjajiwa na mfano wa (yaliyowajia) wale waliopita kabla yenu? Uliwapata ufukara (shida) na maradhi, na wakatikiswa mpaka Mtume na walioamini pamoja naye wakasema: “Ni lini nusura ya Mwenyezi Mungu (itakuja)?” Jueni kuwa hakika nusura ya Mwenyezi Mungu ipo karibu.

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Svenska · Swedish

Eller tror ni att ni ska träda in i paradiset utan att först ha gått igenom detsamma som de som levde innan er? De drabbades av fattigdom och sjukdom, och de skakades [av fruktan] till den grad att sändebudet och de troende sa: ”När kommer hjälpen från Gud?” Men Guds hjälp är säkerligen nära!

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Türkçe · Turkish

(Ey Müminler) sizden önce gelenlerin durumu, sizin başınıza gelmeden Cennet'e gireceğinizi mi zannettiniz? Onlara öyle yoksulluk ve sıkıntı geldi ve öyle sarsıldılar ki, hatta Peygamber ve beraberindeki Müminler; "Allah'ın yardımı ne zaman?" dediler. İyi bilin ki Allah’ın yardımı yakındır.

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اردو · Urdu

کیا تم یہ گمان کئے بیٹھے ہو کہ جنت میں چلے جاؤ گے، حاﻻنکہ اب تک تم پر وه حاﻻت نہیں آئے جو تم سے اگلے لوگوں پر آئے تھے[1] ۔ انہیں بیماریاں اور مصیبتیں پہنچیں اور وہ یہاں تک جھنجھوڑے گئے کہ رسول اور اس کے ساتھ کے ایمان والے کہنے لگے کہ اللہ کی مدد کب آئے گی؟ سن رکھو کہ اللہ کی مدد قریب ہی ہے۔[2]

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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2:212

زُيِّنَ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَيَسْخَرُونَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوْا۟ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ وَٱللَّهُ يَرْزُقُ مَن يَشَآءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ

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Easy-read (simplified)zuyyina lilladheena kafaroo l-hayaatu d-dunyaa wayaskharoona mina lladheena aamanoo walladheena taqaw fawqahum yawma l-qiyaamati wallaahu yarzuqu man yashaa'u bighayri hisaab

DIN 31635zuyyina lillaḏīna kafarū l-ḥayātu d-dunyā wayasḫarūna mina llaḏīna ʾāmanū wallaḏīna taqaw fawqahum yawma l-qiyāmati wallāhu yarzuqu man yašāʾu biġayri ḥisābin

Talal Itani2012 Beautified is the life of this world for those who disbelieve, and they ridicule those who believe. But the righteous will be above them on the Day of Resurrection. God provides to whomever He wills without measure.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Beautified is the life of the world for those who disbelieve; they make a jest of the believers. But those who keep their duty to Allah will be above them on the Day of Resurrection. Allah giveth without stint to whom He will

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Made fair to those who misbelieve is this worlds life; they jest at those who do believe. But those who fear shall be above them on the resurrection day. God gives provision unto whom He will without account

John Medows Rodwell1861 This present life is prepared for those who believe not, and who mock at the faithful. But they who fear God shall be above them on the day of resurrection; and God is bounteous without measure to whom He will

George Sale1734 The present life was ordained for those who believe not, and they laugh the faithful to scorn; but they who fear God shall be above them, on the day of the resurrection: For God is bountiful unto whom he pleaseth without measure

2:213

كَانَ ٱلنَّاسُ أُمَّةً وَٰحِدَةً فَبَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ مُبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنذِرِينَ وَأَنزَلَ مَعَهُمُ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ بِٱلْحَقِّ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ فِيمَا ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ فِيهِ وَمَا ٱخْتَلَفَ فِيهِ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوهُ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَتْهُمُ ٱلْبَيِّنَٰتُ بَغْيًۢا بَيْنَهُمْ فَهَدَى ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لِمَا ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ فِيهِ مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ بِإِذْنِهِۦ وَٱللَّهُ يَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)kaana n-naasu ummatan waahidatan faba'atha llaahu n-nabiyyeena mubashshireena wamundhireena wa'anzala ma'ahumu l-kitaaba bil-haqqi liyahkuma bayna n-naasi feemaa khtalafoo feehi wamaa khtalafa feehi illaa lladheena ootoohu min ba'di maa jaa'athumu l-bayyinaatu baghyan baynahum fahadaa llaahu lladheena aamanoo limaa khtalafoo feehi mina l-haqqi bi'idhnihi wallaahu yahdee man yashaa'u ilaa siraatin mustaqeem

DIN 31635kāna n-nāsu ʾummatan wāḥidatan fabaʿaṯa llāhu n-nabiyyīna mubašširīna wamunḏirīna waʾanzala maʿahumu l-kitāba bil-ḥaqqi liyaḥkuma bayna n-nāsi fīmā ḫtalafū fīhi wamā ḫtalafa fīhi ʾillā llaḏīna ʾūtūhu min baʿdi mā ǧāʾathumu l-bayyinātu baġyan baynahum fahadā llāhu llaḏīna ʾāmanū limā ḫtalafū fīhi mina l-ḥaqqi biʾiḏnihi wallāhu yahdī man yašāʾu ʾilā ṣirāṭin mustaqīmin

Talal Itani2012 Humanity used to be one community; then God sent the prophets, bringing good news and giving warnings. And He sent down with them the Scripture, with the truth, to judge between people regarding their differences. But none differed over it except those who were given it-after the proofs had come to them-out of mutual envy between them. Then God guided those who believed to the truth they had disputed, in accordance with His will. God guides whom He wills to a straight path.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Mankind were one community, and Allah sent (unto them) prophets as bearers of good tidings and as warners, and revealed therewith the Scripture with the truth that it might judge between mankind concerning that wherein they differed. And only those unto whom (the Scripture) was given differed concerning it, after clear proofs had come unto them, through hatred one of another. And Allah by His Will guided those who believe unto the truth of that concerning which they differed. Allah guideth whom He will unto a straight path

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Men were one nation once, and God sent prophets with good tidings and with warnings, and sent down with them the Book in truth, to judge between men in that wherein they disagreed; but none did disagree therein save those who had been given it after that manifest signs had come to them, through greed amongst themselves; and God guided those who did believe to that truth concerning which they disagreed by His permission, for God guides whom He will unto the right path

John Medows Rodwell1861 Mankind was but one people; and God sent prophets to announce glad tidings and to warn; and He sent down with them the Book of Truth, that it might decide the disputes of men; and none disputed but those to whom the Book had been given, after the clear tokens had reached them, - being full of mutual jealousy. And God guided those who believed to the truth of that about which, by his permission, they had disputed; for God guideth whom he pleaseth into the straight path

George Sale1734 Mankind was of one faith, and God sent prophets bearing good tidings, and denouncing threats, and sent down with them the scripture in truth, that it might judge between men of that concerning which they disagreed: And none disagreed concerning it, except those to whom the same scriptures were delivered, after the declarations of God's will had come unto them, out of envy among themselves. And God directed those who believed, to that truth concerning which they disagreed, by his will: For God directeth whom he pleaseth into the right way

2:214 — the verse above

2:215

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ مَاذَا يُنفِقُونَ قُلْ مَآ أَنفَقْتُم مِّنْ خَيْرٍ فَلِلْوَٰلِدَيْنِ وَٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ وَٱلْيَتَٰمَىٰ وَٱلْمَسَٰكِينِ وَٱبْنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَمَا تَفْعَلُوا۟ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِهِۦ عَلِيمٌ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)yas'aloonaka maadhaa yunfiqoona qul maa anfaqtum min khayrin falilwaalidayni wal-'aqrabeena wal-yataamaa wal-masaakeeni wabni s-sabeeli wamaa taf'aloo min khayrin fa'inna llaaha bihi 'aleem

DIN 31635yasʾalūnaka māḏā yunfiqūna qul mā ʾanfaqtum min ḫayrin falilwālidayni wal-ʾaqrabīna wal-yatāmā wal-masākīni wabni s-sabīli wamā tafʿalū min ḫayrin faʾinna llāha bihi ʿalīmun

Talal Itani2012 They ask you what they should give. Say, "Whatever charity you give is for the parents, and the relatives, and the orphans, and the poor, and the wayfarer. Whatever good you do, God is aware of it.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 They ask thee, (O Muhammad), what they shall spend. Say: that which ye spend for good (must go) to parents and near kindred and orphans and the needy and the wayfarer. And whatsoever good ye do, lo! Allah is Aware of it

Edward Henry Palmer1880 They will ask thee what they are to expend in alms: say, 'Whatsoever good ye expend it should be for parents and kinsmen, and the orphan and the poor, and the son of the road; and whatsoever good ye do, verily, of it God knows

John Medows Rodwell1861 They will ask thee what they shall bestow in alms. SAY: Let the good which ye bestow be for parents, and kindred, and orphans, and the poor, and the wayfarer; and whatever good ye do, of a truth God knoweth

George Sale1734 They will ask thee what they shall bestow in alms: Answer, the good which ye bestow, let it be given to parents, and kindred, and orphans, and the poor, and the stranger. Whatsoever good ye do, God knoweth it

2:216

كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْقِتَالُ وَهُوَ كُرْهٌ لَّكُمْ وَعَسَىٰٓ أَن تَكْرَهُوا۟ شَيْـًٔا وَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ وَعَسَىٰٓ أَن تُحِبُّوا۟ شَيْـًٔا وَهُوَ شَرٌّ لَّكُمْ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)kutiba 'alaykumu l-qitaalu wahuwa kurhun lakum wa'asaa an takrahoo shay'an wahuwa khayrun lakum wa'asaa an tuhibboo shay'an wahuwa sharrun lakum wallaahu ya'lamu wa'antum laa ta'lamoon

DIN 31635kutiba ʿalaykumu l-qitālu wahuwa kurhun lakum waʿasā ʾan takrahū šayʾan wahuwa ḫayrun lakum waʿasā ʾan tuḥibbū šayʾan wahuwa šarrun lakum wallāhu yaʿlamu waʾantum lā taʿlamūna

Talal Itani2012 Fighting is ordained for you, even though you dislike it. But it may be that you dislike something while it is good for you, and it may be that you like something while it is bad for you. God knows, and you do not know.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Warfare is ordained for you, though it is hateful unto you; but it may happen that ye hate a thing which is good for you, and it may happen that ye love a thing which is bad for you. Allah knoweth, ye know not

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Prescribed for you is fighting, but it is hateful to you. Yet peradventure that ye hate a thing while it is good for you, and peradventure that ye love a thing while it is bad for you; God knows, and ye,- ye do not know

John Medows Rodwell1861 War is prescribed to you: but from this ye are averse. Yet haply ye are averse from a thing, though it be good for you, and haply ye love a thing though it be bad for you: And God knoweth; but ye, ye know not

George Sale1734 War is enjoined you against the infidels; but this is hateful unto you: Yet perchance ye hate a thing which is better for you, and perchance ye love a thing which is worse for you: But God knoweth and ye know not

Sources

EditionTanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) ·Uthmani, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

Parallel edition — Simple, Version 1.1

أَمْ حَسِبْتُمْ أَن تَدْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ وَلَمَّا يَأْتِكُم مَّثَلُ الَّذِينَ خَلَوْا مِن قَبْلِكُم مَّسَّتْهُمُ الْبَأْسَاءُ وَالضَّرَّاءُ وَزُلْزِلُوا حَتَّىٰ يَقُولَ الرَّسُولُ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مَعَهُ مَتَىٰ نَصْرُ اللَّهِ أَلَا إِنَّ نَصْرَ اللَّهِ قَرِيبٌ

EditionTanzil Qur'an text (Simple) ·Simple, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

Analysis detailsDerived

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 — 0.64 on a scale where 0 means identical wording and 1 means no shared words. It is computed, not judged.

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 Rodwell 0.72
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell 0.70
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer 0.69
Talal Itani · George Sale 0.66
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell 0.65
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale 0.65
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.62
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.58
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale 0.57
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale 0.52

One bar per pair of renderings, longest bar for the pair sharing fewest words. Every pair is shown; none is singled out.

Method Wording differences — derived 13 September 2026
Method
Mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the lowercased word sets of the cleared translations of each verse. A verse is marked as worded differently when its score falls in the top third of the corpus — the cut set out in Analysis details.
As at
13 September 2026, 10:56 UTC
Gate
verify/divergence_gate.py re-derives and fails on drift

The platform does not say which is right, and does not characterise what the difference means. The renderings are placed together so the difference is visible; reading it is the reader's work.

Easy-read

SourceTanzil Qur'an text (Simple) ·Simple, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

SourceTanzil Qur'an text (Simple) ·Simple, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

ReceiptsSource fact

7 sources stand behind this page. Each is listed once, in the order the page first cites it, with the licence it was cleared under and what was actually read. Nothing on this page rests on a source that is not here.

Source Tanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) · Uthmani, Version 1.1
Edition
Uthmani, Version 1.1
Custodian
Tanzil Project
Layer
canonical text
Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
Licence URL
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Commercial use
yes
Modification
contradictory
Licence text
read verbatim
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
203f0f1bf3158b1e5be4ab9f8f6870e5…
Located at
https://tanzil.net/pub/download/index.php?quranType=uthmani&outType=xml
Convention
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.

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Source Talal Itani, ClearQuran · ClearQuran, "God" edition, EPUB
Edition
ClearQuran, "God" edition, EPUB
Custodian
Talal Itani / ClearQuran.com
Layer
translation
Licence
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Licence URL
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/
Commercial use
yes
Modification
no
Licence text
terms page read
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
7 September 2026
Digest
70b0a8bb6f862f43670f7da1c0da59a4…
Located at
https://www.clearquran.com/downloads/quran-in-english-clearquran.epub
Convention
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.

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Source Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran · 1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Edition
1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Custodian
None — public domain work
Layer
translation
Licence
Public domain — copyright term expired
Licence URL
— none published —
Commercial use
yes
Modification
yes
Licence text
not applicable — no licence exists
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
aaff752d4349005282d977eebb863982…
Located at
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fawazahmed0/quran-api@6be8e17f2a0c13b1f33b1c3057f73cb28d5e848e/editions/eng-mohammedmarmadu.json

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.

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Source Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an · 1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Edition
1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Custodian
None — public domain work
Layer
translation
Licence
Public domain — copyright term expired
Licence URL
— none published —
Commercial use
yes
Modification
yes
Licence text
not applicable — no licence exists
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
32b2330e332339ace53509539efe9040…
Located at
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fawazahmed0/quran-api@6be8e17f2a0c13b1f33b1c3057f73cb28d5e848e/editions/eng-edwardhenrypalm.json
Convention
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.

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Source John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an · 1861 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Edition
1861 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Custodian
None — public domain work
Layer
translation
Licence
Public domain — copyright term expired
Licence URL
— none published —
Commercial use
yes
Modification
yes
Licence text
not applicable — no licence exists
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
91423dea6a6dccc192457870ed2c08fb…
Located at
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fawazahmed0/quran-api@6be8e17f2a0c13b1f33b1c3057f73cb28d5e848e/editions/eng-johnmedowsrodwe.json
Convention
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.

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Source George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an · 1734 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Edition
1734 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Custodian
None — public domain work
Layer
translation
Licence
Public domain — copyright term expired
Licence URL
— none published —
Commercial use
yes
Modification
yes
Licence text
not applicable — no licence exists
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
05b679f5df49b0579e65f4b83b4c7235…
Located at
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fawazahmed0/quran-api@6be8e17f2a0c13b1f33b1c3057f73cb28d5e848e/editions/eng-georgesale.json
Convention
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.

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Source Tanzil Qur'an text (Simple) · Simple, Version 1.1
Edition
Simple, Version 1.1
Custodian
Tanzil Project
Layer
canonical text
Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
Licence URL
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Commercial use
yes
Modification
contradictory
Licence text
read verbatim
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
d9b5bad94e4725191aa8da9a0404bd8e…
Located at
https://tanzil.net/pub/download/index.php?quranType=simple&outType=xml
Convention
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.

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