Easy-read (simplified)ami takhadhoo min doonihi aalihatan qul haatoo burhaanakum haadhaa dhikru man ma'iya wadhikru man qablee bal aktharuhum laa ya'lamoona l-haqqa fahum mu'ridoon
DIN 31635ʾami taḫaḏū min dūnihi ʾālihatan qul hātū burhānakum hāḏā ḏikru man maʿiya waḏikru man qablī bal ʾakṯaruhum lā yaʿlamūna l-ḥaqqa fahum muʿriḍūna
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
Or have they taken, besides Him, other gods? Say, "Bring your proof. This is a message for those with me, and a message of those before me." But most of them do not know the truth, so they turn away.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Or have they chosen other gods beside Him? say: Bring your proof (of their godhead). This is the Reminder of those with me and those before me, but most of them know not the Truth and so they are averse
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
Have they taken gods beside Him? Say, 'Bring your proofs. This is the reminder of those who are with me, and of those who were before me.'Nay, most of them know not the truth, and they do turn aside
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Have they taken other gods beside Him? SAY; Bring forth your proofs that they are gods. This is the warning of those who are with me, and the warning of those who were before me: but most of them know not the truth, and turn aside
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Have they taken other gods besides Him? Say, produce your proof thereof. This is the admonition of those who are contemporary with me, and the admonition of those who have been before me: But the greaterpart of them know not the truth, and turn aside from the same
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
Vallë, a adhurojnë ata zota të tjerë në vend të Tij?! Thuaj: "Sillni provat tuaja!" Ja libri i atyre që janë me mua (Kurani) dhe librat e atyre që ishin para meje." Në të vërtetë, shumica e tyre nuk e dinë të vërtetën, andaj largohen.
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
তারা কি আল্লাহকে ছাড়া অনেক ইলাহ গ্রহণ করেছে? (হে রাসূল! তুমি মুশরিকদেরকে) বলো: ‘তোমরা তোমাদের প্রমাণ নিয়ে আসো। আমার সাথে যারা আছে, এটি তাদের জন্য উপদেশ এবং আমার পূর্বে যারা ছিল, তাদের জন্যও এটাই ছিল উপদেশ।’ কিন্তু তাদের অধিকাংশই প্রকৃত সত্যকে জানে না; ফলে তারা (সত্য গ্রহণ থেকে) মুখ ফিরিয়ে নেয়।
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.2
Bosanski · Bosnian
Zar da pored Njega oni uzimaju bogove?! Reci: “Dajte vaš dokaz! Ovo je opomena za one koji su sa mnom, a i opomena za one koji su bili prije mene.” Međutim, većina njih ne zna Istinu, pa se okreću.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4
Hrvatski · Croatian
Zar da pored Njega oni uzimaju bogove?! Reci: “Dajte vaš dokaz! Ovo je opomena za one koji su sa mnom, a i opomena za one koji su bili prije mene.” Međutim, većina njih ne zna Istinu, pa se okreću.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Fulfulde · Fulani
Kaa ɓe njogiti gaanin makko deweteeɗi? Maaki: "ngaddee daliili mon on, ko ndee woni jaŋta ɓe won'ɗuɓe e am e jaŋta ɓen adiiɓe kam". Ko woni, ɓurɓe ɗuuɗude e maɓɓe ɓe anndaa Goonga kan kamɓe ko ɓe ɗurniiɓe.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
ნუთუ მათ [მრავალღმერთიანებმა] დაიდგინეს ღვთაებები მის გარდა? უთხარი [ო, შუამავალო]: «მოიტანეთ თქვენი მტკიცებულება (იმაზე, რომ ალლაჰის გარდა ვინმეს ღვთაებად აღიარება შეიძლება)!» ეს არის [ყურანი] შეხსენება მათთვის, ვინც ჩემთან არის და შეხსენება მათთვის, ვინც ჩემზე უწინ იყო [თორა და ინჯილი]. თუმცა მათ უმრავლესობამ არ იცის ჭეშმარიტება და პირს იბრუნებენ.
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
Oder haben sie sich außer Ihm (andere) Angebetete genommen? Sag: „Bringt her euren Beweis! Das ist die Ermahnung derjenigen, die mit mir sind, und die Ermahnung derer, die vor mir waren.“ Aber die meisten von ihnen kennen die Wahrheit nicht; und so wenden sie sich ab.
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 πήραν (οι ειδωλολάτρες για λατρεία) άλλους θεούς εκτός Αυτού; Πες (ω, Προφήτη): «Φέρτε την απόδειξή σας! Αυτό το Κορ’άν που στάλθηκε σε μένα, και τα Θεία Βιβλία που στάλθηκαν στους Αγγελιαφόρους πριν από μένα (δεν περιείχαν καμία απόδειξη γι' αυτό που ισχυρίζεστε ψευδώς)!» Ωστόσο, οι περισσότεροι εξ’ αυτών (των ειδωλολατρών) δε γνωρίζουν την αλήθεια (αλλά στηρίζονται στην πλάνη), και έτσι απομακρύνονται (από την αλήθεια).
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
क्या उन्होंने उसके सिवा और भी पूज्य बना लिए हैं? (ऐ नबी!) आप कह दें कि अपना प्रमाण लाओ। यह मेरे साथ वालों की किताब (क़ुरआन) है, और ये मुझसे पहले के लोगों पर उतरने वाली किताबें[11] हैं, (इनमें तुम्हारे लिए कोई प्रमाण नहीं है)। बल्कि उनमें से अधिकतर लोग सत्य का ज्ञान नहीं रखते। इसी कारण, वे मुँह फेरने वाले हैं।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
O si sono forse presi delle divinità all’infuori di Lui? Di’: «Portatemi le vostre prove! Questo è la Rivelazione di quelli che sono con me e la Rivelazione di quelli che mi hanno preceduto». Invece la maggior parte di loro non conoscono la verità e sono avversi.
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
24. Arba negi jie paėmė garbinimui (kitus) aliha (dievus) šalia Jo? Sakyk: „Atnešk savo įrodymą.“ Tai (šis Koranas) yra Priminimas tiems, kurie su manimi ir Priminimas tiems, kurie prieš mane. Tačiau dauguma jų nežino Tiesos, taigi jie nemėgsta.
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
Sila isaan Rabbiin malee gabbaramtoota taasifatanii? “Ragaa keessan fidaa” jedhiin, Kun gorsa namoota na waliin jiraniifi gorsa namoota ana dura turaniiti, irra hedduun isaanii dhugaa hin beekan, isaan (isa) irraa garagaloodha.
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
Или же они взяли себе богов помимо Него? Скажи: «Представьте ваше доказательство! Это — Напоминание тех, кто со мной, и Напоминание тех, кто был до меня». Нет, напротив, большинство из них не знают истины, и поэтому они отворачиваются.
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
Зар да они уместо Њега узимају богове!? Реци: “Дајте ваш доказ! У овом Кур'ану и књигама пре мене објављеним немате доказ.” Али већина њих не зна истину, па је зато не прихватају.
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
Au wamejifanyia miungu mingine badala yake? Sema: Leteni ushahidi wenu! Haya ni ukumbusho wa hawa walio pamoja nami, na ukumbusho wa walio kabla yangu. Lakini wengi wao hawaijui haki, na kwa hivyo wanapeana mgongo.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Ändå har de valt andra gudar vid hans sida! Säg: ”Fram med ert bevis! Detta budskap gäller både de som är med mig och de som kom före mig.” De flesta av dem känner dock inte till sanningen och vänder så ryggen till.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
Yoksa O'ndan başka ilahlar mı edindiler? De ki: “Delilinizi getirin. İşte bu, benimle birlikte olanların zikri (kitabı) ve (bu da) benden öncekilerin zikri (kitabı)!” Hayır, onların çoğu hakkı bilmezler; bu yüzden de yüz çevirirler.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
کیا ان لوگوں نے اللہ کے سوا اور معبود بنا رکھے ہیں، ان سے کہہ دو ﻻؤ اپنی دلیل پیش کرو۔ یہ ہے میرے ساتھ والوں کی کتاب اور مجھ سے اگلوں کی دلیل[1] ۔ بات یہ ہے کہ ان میں کے اکثر لوگ حق کو نہیں جانتے اسی وجہ سے منھ موڑے ہوئے ہیں.
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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5 cleared translations, newest first, by year of publication, so the modern English comes before the historical ones. That is an ordering by date, not a judgement. Each is shown complete — this platform never excerpts a translation — and each renders under its translator's name. No translation here is marked as the correct one.
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Easy-read is a simplified pronunciation,
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Talal Itani2012 If there were in them gods other than God, they would have gone to ruin. So glory be to God, Lord of the Throne, beyond what they allege.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 If there were therein gods beside Allah, then verily both (the heavens and the earth) had been disordered. Glorified be Allah, the Lord of the Throne, from all that they ascribe (unto Him)
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Were there in both (heaven and earth) gods beside God, both would surely have been corrupted. Celebrated then be the praise of God, the Lord of the throne, above what they ascribe
John Medows Rodwell1861 Had there been in either heaven or earth gods besides God, both surely had gone to ruin. But glory be to God, the Lord of the throne, beyond what they utter
George Sale1734 If there were either in heaven or on earth gods besides God, verily both would be corrupted. But far be that which they utter, from God, the Lord of the throne
Easy-read (simplified)wamaa arsalnaa min qablika min rasoolin illaa noohee ilayhi annahu laa ilaaha illaa anaa fa'budoon
DIN 31635wamā ʾarsalnā min qablika min rasūlin ʾillā nūḥī ʾilayhi ʾannahu lā ʾilāha ʾillā ʾanā faʿbudūni
Talal Itani2012 We never sent a messenger before you without inspiring him that: "There is no god but I, so worship Me."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And We sent no messenger before thee but We inspired him, (saying): There is no Allah save Me (Allah), so worship Me
Edward Henry Palmer1880 We have not sent any prophet before thee, but we inspired him that, 'There is no god but Me, so serve ye Me
John Medows Rodwell1861 No apostle have we sent before thee to whom we did not reveal that "Verily there is no God beside me: therefore worship me
George Sale1734 We have sent no apostle before thee, but We revealed unto him that there is no god besides myself: Wherefore serve Me
Easy-read (simplified)waqaaloo takhadha r-rahmaanu waladan subhaanahu bal 'ibaadun mukramoon
DIN 31635waqālū taḫaḏa r-raḥmānu waladan subḥānahu bal ʿibādun mukramūna
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 And they say, "The Most Merciful has taken to himself a son." Be He glorified; they are but honored servants.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And they say: The Beneficent hath taken unto Himself a son. Be He Glorified! Nay, but (those whom they call sons) are honoured slaves
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And they say, 'The Merciful has taken a son; celebrated be His praise!' - Nay, honoured servants
John Medows Rodwell1861 Yet they say, "The God of Mercy hath begotten issue from the angels." Glory be to Him! Nay, they are but His honoured servants
George Sale1734 They say, the Merciful hath begotten issue; and the angels are his daughters. God forbid! They are his honoured servants
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lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
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0.644
Share of measured verses above it
33%
Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.51
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.48
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.48
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.47
Talal Itani · George Sale0.46
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.42
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.42
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.40
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.37
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.28
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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.