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And so that those endowed with knowledge may know that it is the truth from your Lord, and so believe in it, and their hearts soften to it. God guides those who believe to a straight path.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Compare translations (4)Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
And that those who have been given knowledge may know that it is the truth from thy Lord, so that they may believe therein and their hearts may submithumbly unto Him. Lo! Allah verily is guiding those who believe unto a right path
Sources
Translation Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran·Public domain — copyright term expired
Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran·1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work
·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
Edward Henry Palmer1840–1882 · published 1880
and that those who have been given 'the knowledge' may know that it is the truth from thy Lord, and may believe therein, and that their hearts may be lowly; for, verily, God surely will guide those who believe into a right way
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And that they to whom "the Knowledge" hath been given, may know that the Koran is the truth from thy Lord, and may believe in it, and their hearts may acquiesce in it: for God is surely the guider of those who believe, into the straight path
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And that they on whom knowledge hath been bestowed, may know that this book is the truth from thy Lord, and may believe therein; and that their hearts may acquiesce in the same: For God is surely the director of those who believe, into the right way
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
Dhe që ta dinë ata të cilëve u është dhënë dituria se ky (Kurani) është e vërteta nga Zoti yt, që ta besojnë atë dhe të përulen zemrat e tyre para tij. Me të vërtetë, Allahu i udhëzon në rrugën e drejtë ata që besuan.
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
আর যাতে যাদেরকে ইলম দেওয়া হয়েছে তারা জানতে পারে যে, এটি তোমার রবের পক্ষ থেকে আগত সত্য; ফলে তারা এতে ঈমান আনে এবং তাদের অন্তর এর প্রতি বিনম্র হয়ে যায়। আর নিশ্চয়ই আল্লাহ ঈমানদারদেরকে সরল-সঠিক পথে পরিচালিত করেন।
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
i da bi oni koji su znanjem obdareni spoznali da je Kur’an istina od Gospodara tvoga, pa u njega povjerovali i da mu srca njihova budu sklona. A Allah će vjernike, doista, na Pravi put izvesti.
Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4
Hrvatski · Croatian
i da bi oni koji su znanjem obdareni spoznali da je Kuran istina od Gospodara tvoga, pa u njega povjerovali i da mu srca njihova budu sklona. A Allah će vjernike, doista, na Pravi put izvesti.
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
Fii yo ɓeen okkaaɓe Ganndal ngal nganndu pellet, ko [Alqur'aanaare nden woni] Goonga kan immorde ka Joomi maaɗa ɓe gooŋɗina nde, ɓerɗe maɓɓe ɗen yankinanoo ɗum. Pellet Alla Feewnat ɓen gooŋɗinɓe fa'ade e Laawol Pocciingol.
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
[ეს ხდება იმისათვის, რომ] იცოდნენ იმათ, რომელთაც ებოძათ ცოდნა, რომ იგი ჭეშმარიტებაა შენი ღმერთისაგან, ირწმუნონ მისი და დამორჩილდნენ მას მათი გულები. ჭეშმარიტად, ალლაჰი უწინამძღვრებს სწორი გზით იმათ, ვინც ირწმუნა.
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
Und (das ist so,) damit diejenigen, denen das Wissen gegeben wurde, wissen, dass dies die Wahrheit von deinem Herrn ist, sodass sie daran glauben und ihre Herzen sich Ihm fügen. Und wahrlich, Allah leitet ja diejenigen, die glauben, zu einem geraden Weg.
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
Και (αφαίρεσε ο Αλλάχ τις παρανοήσεις και επιβεβαίωσε τα Σημάδια και τα Εδάφιά Του) για να ξέρουν εκείνοι (οι πιστοί) στους οποίους δόθηκε η γνώση, ότι αυτή είναι η αλήθεια από τον Κύριό σου, και να πιστέψουν σ' αυτήν, και να ταπεινωθούν οι καρδιές τους προς αυτήν. Πράγματι, ο Αλλάχ θα καθοδηγήσει αυτούς που πιστεύουν, στον ίσιο δρόμο.
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
और ताकि उन लोगों को जिन्हें ज्ञान दिया गया है, विश्वास हो जाए कि वही आपके पालनहार की ओर से सत्य है। तो वे उसपर ईमान ले आएँ और उनके दिल उसके लिए झुक जाएँ। और निःसंदेह अल्लाह ईमान लाने वालों को निश्चय सीधा मार्ग दिखाने वाला है।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
E perché quelli che hanno ricevuto il sapere, sappiano che è la Verità dal tuo Dio, e perché ci credano e il loro cuore si sottometta. E Allāh in verità guida i credenti alla retta via.
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
54. Ir kad tie, kuriems buvo suteiktos žinios, žinotų, kad tai (šis Koranas) yra tiesa iš jų Viešpaties, kad jie patikėtų juo ir jų širdys paklustų jam nuolankiai. Ir iš tiesų, Allahas yra Vedlys tų, kurie tiki, į Tiesų Kelią.
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.
Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.0
Русский · Russian
И чтобы те, кому было даровано знание, знали, что это — истина от твоего Господа, уверовали в него, и смирились пред Ним их сердца. Воистину, Аллах наставляет тех, кто уверовал, на прямой путь.
Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
И да би они који су знањем обдарени спознали да је Кур'ан истина од твог Господара, па у њега поверовали и да према Аллаху срца њихова буду понизна. Заиста оне који верују Аллах упућује на Прави пут.
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
Na ili waliopewa elimu wajue kuwa hayo ni Haki itokayo kwa Mola wako Mlezi na waamini, na zipate kutua nyoyo zao. Na hakika Mwenyezi Mungu ndiye anayewaongoa wenye kuamini kwenye njia iliyonyooka.
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Och för att de som skänkts kunskap ska veta att denna [skrift] är sanningen från din Herre, så att de tror på den och deras hjärtan ödmjukt fogar sig inför den. Gud vägleder sannerligen de troende till en rak väg.
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
Bir de kendilerine ilim verilmiş olanlar onun, Rabbinden gelen hak olduğunu bilsinler, böylece ona iman etsinler ve sonuçta da kalpleri ona saygı duyup, boyun eğsin diye Allah böyle yapar. Hiç şüphe yok ki Allah, iman edenleri doğru yola iletir.
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
اور اس لئے بھی کہ جنہیں علم عطا فرمایا گیا ہے وه یقین کر لیں کہ یہ آپ کے رب ہی کی طرف سے سراسر حق ہی ہے پھر وه اس پر ایمان ﻻئیں اور ان کے دل اس کی طرف جھک جائیں[1] ۔ یقیناً اللہ تعالیٰ ایمان داروں کو راه راست کی طرف رہبری کرنے واﻻ ہی[2] 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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Easy-read (simplified)wamaa arsalnaa min qablika min rasoolin walaa nabiyyin illaa idhaa tamannaa alqaa sh-shaytaanu fee umniyyatihi fayansakhu llaahu maa yulqee sh-shaytaanu thumma yuhkimu llaahu aayaatihi wallaahu 'aleemun hakeem
DIN 31635wamā ʾarsalnā min qablika min rasūlin walā nabiyyin ʾillā ʾiḏā tamannā ʾalqā š-šayṭānu fī ʾumniyyatihi fayansaḫu llāhu mā yulqī š-šayṭānu ṯumma yuḥkimu llāhu ʾāyātihi wallāhu ʿalīmun ḥakīmun
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 We never sent a messenger before you, or a prophet, but when he had a desire Satan interfered in his wishes. But God nullifies what Satan interjects, and God affirms His revelations. God is Omniscient and Wise.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Never sent We a messenger or a prophet before thee but when He recited (the message) Satan proposed (opposition) in respect of that which he recited thereof. But Allah abolisheth that which Satan proposeth. Then Allah establisheth His revelations. Allah is Knower, Wise
Edward Henry Palmer1880 We have not sent before thee any apostle or prophet, but that when he wished, Satan threw not something into his wish; but God annuls what Satan throws; then does God confirm his signs, and God is knowing, wise
John Medows Rodwell1861 We have not sent any apostle or prophet before thee, among whose desires Satan injected not some wrong desire, but God shall bring to nought that which Satan had suggested. Thus shall God affirm His revelations for God is Knowing, Wise
George Sale1734 We have sent no apostle, or prophet, before thee, but, when he read, Satan suggested some error in his reading. But God shall make void that which Satan hath suggested: Then shall God confirm his signs; for God is knowing and wise
Talal Itani2012 In order to make Satan's suggestions a trial for those whose hearts are diseased, and those whose hearts are hardened. The wrongdoers are in profound discord.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 That He may make that which the devil proposeth a temptation for those in whose hearts is a disease, and those whose hearts are hardened - Lo! the evil-doers are in open schism
Edward Henry Palmer1880 to make what Satan throws a trial unto those in whose hearts is sickness, and those whose hearts are hard; and, verily, the wrong - doers are in a wide schism
John Medows Rodwell1861 That He may make that which Satan hath injected, a trial to those in whose hearts is a disease, and whose hearts are hardened. - Verily, the wicked are in a far-gone severance from the truth
George Sale1734 But this He permitteth, that He may make that which Satan hath suggested, a temptation unto those in whose hearts there is an infirmity, and whose hearts are hardened: -- for the ungodly are certainly in a wide disagreement from the truth
Talal Itani2012 Those who disbelieve will continue to be hesitant about it, until the Hour comes upon them suddenly, or there comes to them the torment of a desolate Day.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And those who disbelieve will not cease to be in doubt thereof until the Hour come upon them unawares, or there come unto them the doom of a disastrous day
Edward Henry Palmer1880 But those who misbelieve will not cease to be in doubt thereof until the Hour comes on them suddenly, or there comes on them the torment of the barren day
John Medows Rodwell1861 But the Infidels will not cease to doubt concerning it, until "the Hour" come suddenly upon them, or until the chastisement of the day of desolation come upon them
George Sale1734 But the infidels will not cease to doubt concerning it, until the hour of judgment cometh suddenly upon them; or until the punishment of a grievous day overtake them
Talal Itani2012 Sovereignty on that Day belongs to God; He will judge between them. Those who believe and do good deeds will be in the Gardens of Bliss.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 The Sovereignty on that day will be Allah's, He will judge between them. Then those who believed and did good works will be in Gardens of Delight
Edward Henry Palmer1880 The kingdom on that day shall be God's, He shall judge between them; and those who believe and do aright shall be in gardens of pleasure
John Medows Rodwell1861 On that day the Kingdom shall be God's: He shall judge between them: and they who shall have believed and done the things that are right, shall be in gardens of delight
George Sale1734 On that day the kingdom shall be God's: He shall judge between them. And they who shall have believed, and shall have wrought righteousness, shall be in gardens of pleasure
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0.644
Share of measured verses above it
33%
Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Talal Itani · George Sale0.64
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.62
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.60
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.56
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.55
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.52
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.51
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.49
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.49
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.37
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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.