Easy-read (simplified)qaaloo lan nu'thiraka 'alaa maa jaa'anaa mina l-bayyinaati walladhee fataranaa faqdi maa anta qaadin innamaa taqdee haadhihi l-hayaata d-dunyaa
DIN 31635qālū lan nuʾṯiraka ʿalā mā ǧāʾanā mina l-bayyināti wallaḏī faṭaranā faqḍi mā ʾanta qāḍin ʾinnamā taqḍī hāḏihi l-ḥayāta d-dunyā
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.
Said they, 'We will never prefer thee to what has come to us of manifestsigns, and to Him who originated us. Decide then what thou canst decide; thou canst only decide in the life of this world
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Compare translations (4)Talal Itani· published 2012
They said, "We will not prefer you to the proofs that have come to us, and Him who created us. So issue whatever judgment you wish to issue. You can only rule in this lowly life.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
They said: We choose thee not above the clear proofs that have come unto us, and above Him Who created us. So decree what thou wilt decree. Thou wilt end for us only this life of the world
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
John Medows Rodwell1808–1900 · published 1861
They said, "We will not have more regard to thee than to the clear tokens which have come to us, or than to Him who hath made us: doom the doom thou wilt: Thou canst only doom as to this present life
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
They answered, we will by no means have greater regard unto thee, than unto those evidentmiracles which have been shewn us, or than unto him who hath created us. Pronounce therefore that sentence against us which thou art about to pronounce: For thou canst only givesentence as to this present life
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
Ata thanë: "Ne kurrë nuk do të të japim përparësi ty ndaj provave të qarta që na kanë ardhur dhe ndaj Atij që na ka krijuar, kështu që vendos çfarë të duash. Ti mund të marrësh vendim vetëm në jetën e kësaj bote.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
বাংলা · Bengali
যাদুকররা (ফিরা‘ঊনকে) বললো: ‘আমাদের নিকট যে সকল স্পষ্ট নিদর্শন এসেছে এবং যিনি আমাদেরকে সৃষ্টি করেছেন, তার ওপর আমরা তোমাকে কিছুতেই প্রাধান্য দিবো না। সুতরাং তুমি যা ফয়সালা করতে চাও, তাই করো। তুমি তো শুধু এ দুনিয়ার জীবনের ওপর কর্তৃত্ব করতে পার।’
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
“Mi nećemo tebe staviti iznad jasnih dokaza koji su nam došli i iznad Onog Koji nas je stvorio”, odgovoriše oni, “pa čini šta hoćeš! To možeš učiniti samo u životu na ovome svijetu!
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
“Mi nećemo tebe staviti iznad jasnih dokaza koji su nam došli i iznad Onog Koji nas je stvorio,” odgovoriše oni, “pa čini što hoćeš! To možeš učiniti samo u životu na ovome svijetu!
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
[wileeɓe ɓe] mbi'i: "Min ɓurnataa ma e dow koo ko ari e amen immorde e ɓannganguyeeji, e On Takɗo min, [an Fir'awna] ñaawu ko ñaawataa ko, pellet, ko ñaawataa ko ka ngurndan aduna ɗoo".
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
[ჯადოქრებმა] უთხრეს [ფარაონს]: «არ გამჯობინებთ ცხად მტკიცებულებებს, რომლებიც ჩვენ მოგვევლინა და არც იმას [ალლაჰს], რომელმაც ჩვენ გაგვაჩინა. გადაწყვიტე, რასაც გადაწყვეტ! შენ მხოლოდ ამქვეყნიურ ცხოვრებაში გადაწყვეტ!
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
Sie sagten: „Wir werden dich nicht dem vorziehen, was zu uns gekommen ist an klaren Beweisen, und (vor) Demjenigen, Der uns erschaffen hat. So entscheide, was du entscheiden magst; du entscheidest nur über dieses diesseitige Leben.
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
Είπαν (οι μάγοι): «Δε θα σε προτιμήσουμε ποτέ πάνω από τα ξεκάθαρα Σημάδια που μας ήρθαν, ούτε πάνω απ' Αυτόν που μας δημιούργησε. Αποφάσισε λοιπόν ό,τι θέλεις (να μας κάνεις), πράγματι, μπορείς μόνο να αποφασίσεις (σχετικά με μας) σ' αυτή την εγκόσμια ζωή (και έπειτα θα εξαφανιστεί η εξουσία σου μετά το θάνατό σου).
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
उन्होंने कहा : हम तुझे कदापि तरजीह नहीं देंगे उन स्पष्ट तर्कों पर जो हमारे पास आए हैं और उसपर, जिसने हमें पैदा किया है। अतः फैसला कर, जो तू फ़ैसला करने वाला है। तू केवल इस दुनिया के जीवन का फ़ैसला कर सकता है।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Dissero: «Non ti preferiremo mai alle Evidenze che ci sono arrivate e a Chi ci ha creati. Decidi pure ciò che vuoi! In verità tu deciderai solo in questa nostra vita terrena.
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
72. Jie tarė: „Mes neteikiame tau pirmenybės prieš tai, kas pasirodė mums aiškiais ženklais ir Jam (Allahui), Kuris sukūrė mus. Taigi įsakyk tai, ką tu nori įsakyti, nes tu gali tik įsakyti (apie) šio pasaulio gyvenimą.
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
Ni jedhan: “Waan nutti dhufe kan ragaawwan mul'atarraa ta’eefi Isa nu uumerra sin caalchifannu, waan murteessitu murteessi! Wanti ati murteessitus jiruma addunyaa tana qofa. [10]
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
Они сказали: «Мы никогда не предпочтём тебя тому, что пришло к нам из ясных знамений, и Тому, Кто нас сотворил. Так суди же, как пожелаешь: воистину, ты судишь лишь в этой мирской жизни.
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
„Нећемо ти дати предност над јасним доказима који су нам дошли нити над нашим Створитељем“, одговорише они, „па ради шта хоћеш, то можеш само у овосветском животу.
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
Wakasema: Hatutakupendelea wewe kuliko ishara waziwazi zilizotujia, na kuliko yule aliyetuumba. Basi hukumu utavyohukumu; kwani wewe hakika unahukumu tu haya ya maisha ya duniani.
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
De svarade: ”Vi kommer aldrig att välja dig framför de klara tecken som nu nått oss och inte framför honom som har skapat oss. Gör vad du ämnar göra! Du kan ändå bara fatta beslut som rör detta jordiska liv.
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
"Seni, bize gelen apaçık mucizelere ve bizi yaratana üstün tutmayacağız. Ne hüküm verirsen ver. Sen ancak bu dünya hayatında hüküm verebilirsin." dediler.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
انہوں نے جواب دیا کہ ناممکن ہے کہ ہم تجھے ترجیح دیں ان دلیلوں پر جو ہمارے سامنے آچکیں اور اس اللہ پر جس نے ہمیں پیدا کیا ہے[1] اب تو تو جو کچھ کرنے وﻻ ہے کر گزر، تو جو کچھ بھی حکم چلا سکتا ہے وه اسی دنیوی[2] زندگی میں ہی ہے.
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 31635faʾulqiya s-saḥaratu suǧǧadan qālū ʾāmannā birabbi hārūna wamūsā
Talal Itani2012 And the magicians fell down prostrate. They said, "We have believed in the Lord of Aaron and Moses."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Then the wizards were (all) flung down prostrate, crying: We believe in the Lord of Aaron and Moses
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And the magicians were cast down in adoration; said they, 'We believe in the Lord of Aaron and of Moses
John Medows Rodwell1861 And the magicians fell down and worshipped. They said, "We believe in the Lord of Aaron and of Moses
George Sale1734 And the magicians, when they saw the miracle which Moses performed, fell down and worshipped, saying, we believe in the Lord of Aaron and of Moses
Talal Itani2012 He said, "Did you believe in him before I have given you permission? He must be your chief, who has taught you magic. I will cut off your hands and your feet on alternate sides, and I will crucify you on the trunks of the palm-trees. Then you will know which of us is more severe in punishment, and more lasting."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 (Pharaoh) said: Ye put faith in him before I give you leave. Lo! he is your chief who taught you magic. Now surely I shall cut off your hands and your feet alternately, and I shall crucify you on the trunks of palm trees, and ye shall know for certain which of us hath sterner and more lasting punishment
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Said he, 'Do ye believe in Him before I give you leave? Verily, he is your master who taught you magic! Therefore will I surely cut off your hands and feet on alternate sides, and I will surely crucify you on the trunks of palm trees; and ye shall surely know which of us is keenest at torment and more lasting
John Medows Rodwell1861 Said Pharaoh, "Believe ye on him ere I give you leave? He, in sooth, is your Master who hath taught you magic. I will therefore cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and I will crucify you on trunks of the palm, and assuredly shall ye learn which of us is severest in punishing, and who is the more abiding
George Sale1734 Pharaoh said unto them, do ye believe in him before I give you permission? Verily this is your master, who hath taught you magic. But I will surely cut off your hands and your feet on the opposite sides; and I will crucify you on trunks of palm-trees: And ye shall know which of us is more severe in punishing, and can longer protract your pains
DIN 31635ʾinnā ʾāmannā birabbinā liyaġfira lanā ḫaṭāyānā wamā ʾakrahtanā ʿalayhi mina s-siḥri wallāhu ḫayrun waʾabqā
Talal Itani2012 We have believed in our Lord, so that He may forgive us our sins, and the magic you have compelled us to practice. God is Better, and more Lasting."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Lo! we believe in our Lord, that He may forgive us our sins and the magic unto which thou didst force us. Allah is better and more lasting
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Verily, we believe in our Lord, that He may pardon us our sins, and the magic thou hast forced us to use; and God is better and more lasting
John Medows Rodwell1861 of a truth we have believed on our Lord that he may pardon us our sins and the sorcery to which thou hast forced us, for God is better, and more abiding than thou
George Sale1734 Verily we believe on our Lord, that he may forgive us our sins, and the sorcery which thou hast forced us to exercise: For God is better to reward, and more able to prolong punishment than thou
DIN 31635ʾinnahu man yaʾti rabbahu muǧriman faʾinna lahu ǧahannama lā yamūtu fīhā walā yaḥyā
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 Whoever comes to his Lord guilty, for him is Hell, where he neither dies nor lives.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Lo! whoso cometh guilty unto his Lord, verily for him is hell. There he will neither die nor live
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Verily, he who comes to his Lord a sinner,- verily, for him is hell; he shall not die therein, and shall not live
John Medows Rodwell1861 As for him who shall come before his Lord laden with crime - for him verily is Hell: he shall not die in it and he shall not live
George Sale1734 Verily whosoever shall appear before his Lord on the day of judgment, polluted with crimes, shall have hell for his reward; he shall not die therein, neither shall he live
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The cut
0.644
Share of measured verses above it
33%
Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.80
Talal Itani · George Sale0.78
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.74
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.67
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.67
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.66
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.64
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.62
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.60
Talal Itani · 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.