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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

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Source Tanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) · Uthmani, Version 1.1
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
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yes
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contradictory
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read verbatim
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cleared
Retrieved
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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
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ClearQuran, "God" edition, EPUB
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translation
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Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/
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yes
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no
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terms page read
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cleared
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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
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1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
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None — public domain work
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translation
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Public domain — copyright term expired
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yes
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yes
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not applicable — no licence exists
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cleared
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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
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1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
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None — public domain work
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translation
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Public domain — copyright term expired
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— none published —
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yes
Modification
yes
Licence text
not applicable — no licence exists
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cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
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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
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1861 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
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None — public domain work
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translation
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Public domain — copyright term expired
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— none published —
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yes
Modification
yes
Licence text
not applicable — no licence exists
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cleared
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24 August 2026
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https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fawazahmed0/quran-api@6be8e17f2a0c13b1f33b1c3057f73cb28d5e848e/editions/eng-johnmedowsrodwe.json
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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
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1734 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
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None — public domain work
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translation
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Public domain — copyright term expired
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— none published —
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yes
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yes
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not applicable — no licence exists
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cleared
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24 August 2026
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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
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Simple, Version 1.1
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Tanzil Project
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canonical text
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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yes
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contradictory
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read verbatim
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cleared
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Digest
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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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TranslationsSource fact

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

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.

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

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

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 Palmer 1840–1882 · published 1880

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

Sources

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

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

Sources

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

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

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

Lufta është bërë detyrim për ju, ndonëse nuk e pëlqeni. Mirëpo, ju mund të urreni një gjë, ndërkohë që ajo është e mirë për ju. Po ashtu, ju mund të doni një gjë, ndërkohë që ajo është e dëmshme për ju. Allahu e di, kurse ju nuk e dini.

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

তোমাদের ওপর আল্লাহর পথে যুদ্ধ করাকে ফরয করা হয়েছে; যদিও তোমাদের নিকট এটা অপ্রিয় বস্তু (৪৬)। বস্তুত তোমরা যা অপছন্দ করছো , হতে পারে তা তোমাদের জন্য কল্যাণকর (৪৭) । পক্ষান্তরে তোমরা যা ভালোবাস , হতে পারে তা তোমাদের জন্য অকল্যাণকর। আর আল্লাহ্‌ই ভাল জানেন, তোমরা তা জান 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

Propisana vam je borba, a to vam je mrsko! Možda nešto ne volite, a to je dobro po vas; možda nešto volite, a to je zlo po vas! Allah zna, a vi ne znate.

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

Propisana vam je borba, a to vam je mrsko! Možda nešto ne volite, a to je dobro po vas; možda nešto volite, a to je zlo po vas! Allah zna, a vi ne znate.

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

Hare nden farlaama e mo'on; nden non ko añaande e mo'on,no tijjaa ka añoton huunde hara ko nde moƴƴere mon, no tijjaa kadi ka yiɗoton huunde hara ko nde bone mon. Alla no Anndi onon on nganndaa.

Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2

ქართული · Georgian

დაწერილია (სავალდებულოა) თქვენთვის (ო, მორწმუნენო) ბრძოლა (ალლაჰის ურწმუნო მტრების წინააღმდეგ), თუმცა ის თქვენთვის უსიამოვნოა (ადამიანური ბუნების გამო). შესაძლოა, რამე არ გიყვარდეთ, მაგრამ ის თქვენთვის სიკეთე იყოს; და შესაძლოა, რამე გიყვარდეთ, მაგრამ ის თქვენთვის ბოროტება იყოს. უეჭველად, მხოლოდ ალლაჰმა იცის, რა არის თქვენთვის სიკეთე, ხოლო თქვენ არ იცით.

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

Vorgeschrieben ist euch der Kampf, obwohl er euch zuwider ist. Aber vielleicht ist euch etwas zuwider, während es gut für euch ist, und vielleicht ist euch etwas lieb, während es schlecht für euch ist. Und Allah weiß, ihr aber wisst (es) nicht.

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

Έχει διαταχθεί σ’ εσάς το να πολεμήσετε, ενώ αυτό είναι κάτι δυσάρεστο για σας. Μα ίσως να απεχθάνεστε κάτι ενώ αυτό είναι καλό για σας• και ίσως να αγαπάτε κάτι ενώ αυτό είναι κακό για σας. Και ο Αλλάχ γνωρίζει, ενώ εσείς δεν γνωρίζετε.

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

हिन्दी · Hindi

(ऐ ईमान वालो!) तुमपर युद्ध करना अनिवार्य कर दिया गया है, हालाँकि वह तुम्हें बिल्कुल नापसंद है। और हो सकता है कि तुम एक चीज़ को नापसंद करो और वह तुम्हारे लिए बेहतर हो और हो सकता कि तुम एक चीज़ को पसंद करो और वह तुम्हारे लिए बुरी हो। और अल्लाह जानता है और तुम नहीं जानते।[135]

Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5

Italiano · Italian

Vi è stato ordinato di combattere ed è una cosa che odiate, e potreste odiare una cosa, ma è un bene per voi, e forse amerete un’altra in cui c’è del male per voi. E Allāh sa, e voi non sapete.

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

216. Džihadas (kova vardan Allaho) yra įsakytas jums (musulmonai) nors jūs to nemėgstate. O gali būti, kad jums nepatinka kažkas, kas yra jums gerai, ir patinka kažkas, kas jums yra blogai. Allahas žino, o jūs – nežinote.

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

Lolli isinirratti dirqama godhame Odoma inni isin biratti jibbamaa ta’uu. Odoo inni isiniif gaarii ta'uu waan tokko jibbuun keessan mirkanaa’e. Odoo inni isiniif hamtuu ta’uu waan tokko jaalachuun keessanis mirkanaa’e. Rabbumatu beeka; isin hin beektanu [80]

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

Предписано вам сражение, хотя оно ненавистно вам. Быть может, вы ненавидите нечто, а это — благо для вас. И быть может, вы любите нечто, а это — зло для вас. Аллах знает, а вы не знаете.

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

Прописана вам је борба, а то вам је мрско! Можда нешто не волите, а то је добро по вас; можда нешто волите, а то је зло по вас! Аллах зна, а ви не знате.

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

Mmeandikiwa kupigana vita, navyo vinawachukiza. Lakini huenda mkachukia kitu, nacho ni heri kwenu. Na huenda mkapenda kitu, nacho ni shari kwenu. Na Mwenyezi Mungu anajua, na nyinyi hamjui.

Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5

Svenska · Swedish

Det är föreskrivet för er att strida, och det är förhatligt för er. Men det kan hända att ni ogillar något, fastän det är gott för er, och att ni tycker om något, fastän det är dåligt för er. Gud vet, men ni vet inte.

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

Sizin için hoş olmasa da savaş size farz kılındı. Olabilir ki sizin hoşlanmadığınız bir şey, sizin için iyidir ve ihtimal ki sizin hoşlandığınız bir şey sizin için kötüdür. Siz bilmezsiniz Allah bilir.

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

تم پر جہاد فرض کیا گیا گو وه تمہیں دشوار معلوم ہو، ممکن ہے کہ تم کسی چیز کو بری جانو اور دراصل وہی تمہارے لئے بھلی ہو اور یہ بھی ممکن ہے کہ تم کسی چیز کو اچھی سمجھو، حاﻻنکہ وه تمہارے لئے بری ہو، حقیقی علم اللہ ہی کو ہے، تم محض بےخبر ہو۔[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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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

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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

Talal Itani2012 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.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 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

Edward Henry Palmer1880 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

John Medows Rodwell1861 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

George Sale1734 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

2:215

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

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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 — the verse above

2:217

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلْحَرَامِ قِتَالٍ فِيهِ قُلْ قِتَالٌ فِيهِ كَبِيرٌ وَصَدٌّ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَكُفْرٌۢ بِهِۦ وَٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ وَإِخْرَاجُ أَهْلِهِۦ مِنْهُ أَكْبَرُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَٱلْفِتْنَةُ أَكْبَرُ مِنَ ٱلْقَتْلِ وَلَا يَزَالُونَ يُقَٰتِلُونَكُمْ حَتَّىٰ يَرُدُّوكُمْ عَن دِينِكُمْ إِنِ ٱسْتَطَٰعُوا۟ وَمَن يَرْتَدِدْ مِنكُمْ عَن دِينِهِۦ فَيَمُتْ وَهُوَ كَافِرٌ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ حَبِطَتْ أَعْمَٰلُهُمْ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)yas'aloonaka 'ani sh-shahri l-haraami qitaalin feehi qul qitaalun feehi kabeerun wasaddun 'an sabeeli llaahi wakufrun bihi wal-masjidi l-haraami wa'ikhraaju ahlihi minhu akbaru 'inda llaahi wal-fitnatu akbaru mina l-qatli walaa yazaaloona yuqaatiloonakum hattaa yaruddookum 'an deenikum ini stataa'oo waman yartadid minkum 'an deenihi fayamut wahuwa kaafirun fa'oolaa'ika habitat a'maaluhum fee d-dunyaa wal-'aakhirati wa'oolaa'ika ashaabu n-naari hum feehaa khaalidoon

DIN 31635yasʾalūnaka ʿani š-šahri l-ḥarāmi qitālin fīhi qul qitālun fīhi kabīrun waṣaddun ʿan sabīli llāhi wakufrun bihi wal-masǧidi l-ḥarāmi waʾiḫrāǧu ʾahlihi minhu ʾakbaru ʿinda llāhi wal-fitnatu ʾakbaru mina l-qatli walā yazālūna yuqātilūnakum ḥattā yaruddūkum ʿan dīnikum ʾini staṭāʿū waman yartadid minkum ʿan dīnihi fayamut wahuwa kāfirun faʾūlāʾika ḥabiṭat ʾaʿmāluhum fī d-dunyā wal-ʾāḫirati waʾūlāʾika ʾaṣḥābu n-nāri hum fīhā ḫālidūna

Talal Itani2012 They ask you about fighting during the Holy Month. Say, "Fighting during it is deplorable; but to bar others from God's path, and to disbelieve in Him, and to prevent access to the Holy Mosque, and to expel its people from it, are more deplorable with God. And persecution is more serious than killing. They will not cease to fight you until they turn you back from your religion, if they can. Whoever among you turns back from his religion, and dies a disbeliever-those are they whose works will come to nothing, in this life, and in the Hereafter. Those are the inmates of the Fire, abiding in it forever.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 They question thee (O Muhammad) with regard to warfare in the sacred month. Say: Warfare therein is a great (transgression), but to turn (men) from the way of Allah, and to disbelieve in Him and in the Inviolable Place of Worship, and to expel His people thence, is a greater with Allah; for persecution is worse than killing. And they will not cease from fighting against you till they have made you renegades from your religion, if they can. And whoso becometh a renegade and dieth in his disbelief: such are they whose works have fallen both in the world and the Hereafter. Such are rightful owners of the Fire: they will abide therein

Edward Henry Palmer1880 They will ask thee of the sacred month,- of fighting therein. Say, 'Fighting therein is a great sin; but turning folks off God's way, and misbelief in Him and in the Sacred Mosque, and turning His people out therefrom, is a greater in God's sight; and sedition is a greater sin than slaughter.' They will not cease from fighting you until they turn you from your religion if they can; but whosoever of you is turned from his religion and dies while still a misbeliever; these are those whose works are vain in this world and the next; they are the fellows of the Fire, and they shall dwell therein for aye

John Medows Rodwell1861 They will ask thee concerning war in the Sacred Month. SAY: To war therein is bad, but to turn aside from the cause of God, and to have no faith in Him, and in the Sacred Temple, and to drive out its people, is worse in the sight of God; and civil strife is worse than bloodshed. They will not cease to war against you until they turn you from your religion, if they be able: but whoever of you shall turn from his religion and die an infidel, their works shall be fruitless in this world, and in the next: they shall be consigned to the fire; therein to abide for aye

George Sale1734 They will ask thee concerning the sacred month, whether they may war therein: Answer, to war therein is grievous; but to obstruct the way of God, and infidelity towards him, and to keep men from the holy temple, and to drive out his people from thence, is more grievous in the sight of God, and the temptation to idolatry is more grievous than to kill in the sacred months. They will not cease to war against you, until they turn you from your religion, if they be able: But whoever among you shall turn back from his religion, and die an infidel, their works shall be vain in this world, and the next; they shall be the companions of hell fire, they shall remain therein for ever

2:218

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱلَّذِينَ هَاجَرُوا۟ وَجَٰهَدُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يَرْجُونَ رَحْمَتَ ٱللَّهِ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

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Easy-read (simplified)inna lladheena aamanoo walladheena haajaroo wajaahadoo fee sabeeli llaahi oolaa'ika yarjoona rahmata llaahi wallaahu ghafoorun raheem

DIN 31635ʾinna llaḏīna ʾāmanū wallaḏīna hāǧarū waǧāhadū fī sabīli llāhi ʾūlāʾika yarǧūna raḥmata llāhi wallāhu ġafūrun raḥīmun

Talal Itani2012 Those who believed, and those who migrated and fought for the sake of God-those look forward to God's mercy. God is Forgiving and Merciful.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Lo! those who believe, and those who emigrate (to escape the persecution) and strive in the way of Allah, these have hope of Allah's mercy. Allah is Forgiving, Merciful

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Verily, those who believe, and those who flee, and those who wage war in God's way; these may hope for God's mercy, for God is forgiving and merciful

John Medows Rodwell1861 But they who believe, and who fly their country, and fight in the cause of God may hope for God's mercy: and God is Gracious, Merciful

George Sale1734 But they who believe, and who fly for the sake of religion, and fight in God's cause, they shall hope for the mercy of God; for God is gracious and merciful

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

كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْقِتَالُ وَهُوَ كُرْهٌ لَّكُمْ وَعَسَىٰ أَن تَكْرَهُوا شَيْئًا وَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ وَعَسَىٰ أَن تُحِبُّوا شَيْئًا وَهُوَ شَرٌّ لَّكُمْ وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

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 — 0.59 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 · George Sale 0.81
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell 0.66
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.61
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale 0.61
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale 0.58
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale 0.57
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell 0.57
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer 0.53
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.51
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell 0.49

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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.
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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

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