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Hast thou not seen how Allah hath made all that is in the earth subservient unto you? And the ship runneth upon the sea by His command, and He holdeth back the heaven from falling on the earth unless by His leave. Lo! Allah is, for mankind, Full of Pity, Merciful
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
Compare translations (4)Talal Itani· published 2012
Do you not see that God made everything on earth subservient to you? How the ships sail at sea by His command? That He holds up the sky lest it falls on earth-except by His permission? God is Gracious towards the people, Most Merciful.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Hast thou not seen that God has subjected for you what is in the earth, and the ship that runs on in the sea at His bidding, and He holds back the sky from falling on the earth save at His bidding? verily, God to men is gracious, merciful
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Seest thou not that God hath put under you whatever is in the earth; and the ships which traverse the sea at His bidding? And He holdeth back the heaven that it fall not on the earth, unless He permit it! for God is right Gracious to mankind, Merciful
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Dost thou not see that God hath subjected whatever is in the earth to your service, and also the ships which sail in the sea, by his command? And He with-holdeth the heaven that it fall not on the earth, unless by his permission: For God is gracious unto mankind, and merciful
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
A nuk e sheh se Allahu ka nënshtruar për ju gjithçka që është në Tokë dhe anijet që lundrojnë në det me urdhrin e Tij?! Ai e mban qiellin që të mos bjerë mbi Tokë, përveçse me lejen e Tij. Me të vërtetë, Allahu është i Dhembshur e Mëshirëplotë ndaj njerëzve.
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বাংলা · Bengali
(হে রাসূল!) তুমি কি লক্ষ্য করো না যে, জমিনে যা কিছু আছে এবং নৌযানগুলো, যা তাঁরই নির্দেশে সমুদ্রে বিচরণ করে, সবই আল্লাহ তোমাদের জন্য অনুগত করে দিয়েছেন। আর তিনিই আকাশকে ধরে রেখেছেন, যাতে তাঁর অনুমতি ছাড়া তা জমিনের ওপর পড়ে না যায়। নিশ্চয় আল্লাহ মানুষের প্রতি বড়ই করুণাময়, পরম দয়ালু।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
Zar ne vidiš da je Allah sve što je na Zemlji vama podredio, pa i lađe koje, voljom Njegovom, morem plove? On drži ono što je na nebu da ne bi palo na Zemlju, osim ako On to dopusti. – Allah je, uistinu, prema ljudima blag i milostiv.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4
Hrvatski · Croatian
Zar ne vidiš da je Allah sve što je na Zemlji vama podredio, pa i lađe koje, voljom Njegovom, morem plove? On drži ono što je na nebu da ne bi palo na Zemlju, osim ako On to dopusti. – Allah je, uistinu, prema ljudima blag i milostiv.
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
Enee, a tinaani wonan'dema Alla eeltani on ko woni kon ka leydi, laaɗe ɗen no ndogira ka maaje Yamaruyee makko on, homo jogitii kammu ngun fii wata ngu yanu e hoore leydi ndin si wonaa e duŋayee mkko. Pellet, Alla ko o newaniiɗo yimɓe ɓen jurmotooɗo ɗo [ɓe].
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
განა ვერ ხედავ, რომ ალლაჰმა დაგიმორჩილათ თქვენ ყოველი, რაც დედამიწაზეა, და ხომალდებიც, რომლებიც დაცურავენ ზღვაში მისი ბრძანებით, და იჭერს ზეცას, რომ არ დაემხოს ის დედამიწას, მისი ნების გარეშე. ჭეშმარიტად, ალლაჰი ადამიანების მიმართ თანაგრძნობი, მოწყალეა.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Hast du denn nicht gesehen, dass Allah euch (all) das, was auf der Erde ist, dienstbar gemacht hat, und (ebenso) die Schiffe, die nach Seinem Befehl auf dem Meer fahren? Und Er hält den Himmel, dass er nicht auf die Erde fällt, außer mit Seiner Erlaubnis. Wahrlich, Allah ist zu den Menschen ja gnädig und barmherzig.
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
Δε βλέπεις (ω, Προφήτη) ότι ο Αλλάχ υπέταξε σε σας ό,τι υπάρχει στη γη, και τα πλοία να πλέουν στη θάλασσα με την εντολή Του, και κρατά τον ουρανό να μην πέσει πάνω στη γη παρά μόνο με την άδειά Του! Πράγματι, ο Αλλάχ είναι Πολυεπιεικής και Πολυεύσπλαχνος προς τους ανθρώπους.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
क्या आपने नहीं देखा कि अल्लाह ने धरती की सारी वस्तुओं को तुम्हारे वश में कर दिया[35] है, तथा नावों को भी, जो सागर में उसके आदेश से चलती हैं और वह आकाश को अपनी अनुमति के बिना धरती पर गिरने से रोकता है? निःसंदेह अल्लाह लोगों के लिए अति करुणामय, अत्यंत दयावान् है।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Non vedi che in verità Allāh vi ha asservito ciò che è in terra e le navi che solcano il mare per Suo ordine, e che trattiene il cielo perché non cada sulla terra, se non col Suo permesso? In verità Allāh è Tenero e Misericordioso verso gli uomini.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
65. Argi jūs nematote, kad Allahas padarė pavaldžiu jums (žmonėms) viską, kas yra žemėje, ir laivus, kurie skrodžia jūra Jo Įsakymu? Jis sulaiko dangus nuo užgriuvimo ant žemės vien tik Savo Leidimu. Iš tiesų, Allaha yra žmonėms Kupinas Maloningumo, Gailestingiausiasis.
Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.0
Русский · Russian
Разве ты не видишь, что Аллах подчинил вам всё, что на земле, и корабли, которые плывут по морю по Его велению? И Он удерживает небо, чтобы оно не упало на землю иначе как с Его позволения. Воистину, Аллах к людям — сострадательный, милующий.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
Зар не видиш да вам је Аллах потчинио све што је на Земљи, па и лађе које, Његовом одредбом, морем плове?! Он чува оно што је на небесима да не падне на Земљу, осим са Његовом дозволом. Аллах је, уистину, према људима благ и милостив.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Je, huoni kwamba Mwenyezi Mungu amevidhalilisha kwenu vilivyo katika ardhi, na merikebu zipitazo baharini kwa amri yake, na amezishika mbingu zisianguke juu ya ardhi, ila kwa idhini yake. Hakika Mwenyezi Mungu ni Mpole kwa watu, Mwenye kurehemu.
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Ser du inte att Gud har låtit allt på jorden stå till er tjänst, och att han låter skeppen segla på havet enligt hans vilja? Han håller himlen på plats och den faller inte ned på jorden, förutom om detta är hans vilja. Gud är i sanning förbarmande och barmhärtig mot människorna.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
Görmedin mi Allah, yerdeki her şeyi ve emri ile denizde yüzen gemileri sizin hizmetinize verdi. Göğü de kendi izni olmadıkça yer üzerine düşmemesi için tutar. Allah, insanlara karşı gerçekten çok şefkatli ve merhametlidir.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
کیا آپ نے نہیں دیکھا کہ اللہ ہی نے زمین کی تمام چیزیں تمہارے لئے مسخر کر دی ہیں[1] اور اس کے فرمان سے پانی میں چلتی ہوئی کشتیاں بھی۔ وہی آسمان کو تھامے ہوئے ہے کہ زمین پر اس کی اجازت کے بغیر نہ گر پڑے[2]، بیشک اللہ تعالیٰ لوگوں پر شفقت ونرمی کرنے واﻻ اور مہربان ہے.[3]
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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About these translations
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Easy-read is a simplified pronunciation,
not authoritative — a rule-by-rule romanisation, not a reading.
Each verse ends in its pause form, as it is said when you stop there. Pauses inside a verse and other tajwid rules are not shown. It is derived from the Tanzil
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Easy-read (simplified)alam tara anna llaaha anzala mina s-samaa'i maa'an fatusbihu l-'ardu mukhdarratan inna llaaha lateefun khabeer
DIN 31635ʾalam tara ʾanna llāha ʾanzala mina s-samāʾi māʾan fatuṣbiḥu l-ʾarḍu muḫḍarratan ʾinna llāha laṭīfun ḫabīrun
Talal Itani2012 Do you not see that God sends down water from the sky, and the land becomes green? God is Kind and Aware.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Seest thou not how Allah sendeth down water from the sky and then the earth becometh green upon the morrow? Lo! Allah is Subtile, Aware
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Hast thou not seen that God sends down from the sky water, and on the morrow the earth is green? verily, God is kind and well aware
John Medows Rodwell1861 Seest thou not that God sendeth down water from Heaven, and that on the morrow the earth is clad with verdure? for God is benignant, cognisant of all
George Sale1734 Dost thou not see that God sendeth down water from heaven, and the earth becometh green? For God is gracious and wise
Talal Itani2012 To Him belongs everything in the heavens and everything on earth. God is the Rich, the Praised.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Unto Him belongeth all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth. Lo! Allah, He verily is the Absolute, the Owner of Praise
Edward Henry Palmer1880 His is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth; and, verily, God is rich and to be praised
John Medows Rodwell1861 His, all in the Heavens and all on Earth: and verily, God! He assuredly is the Rich, the Praiseworthy
George Sale1734 Unto Him belongeth whatsoever is in heaven and on earth: And God is self-sufficient, worthy to be praised
Talal Itani2012 And it is He who gives you life, then makes you die, then revives you. The human being is unappreciative.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And He it is Who gave you life, then He will cause you to die, and then will give you life (again). Lo! man is verily an ingrate
Edward Henry Palmer1880 He it is who quickens you, then makes you die, then will He quicken you again - verily, man is indeed ungrateful
John Medows Rodwell1861 And He it is who hath given you life, then will cause you to die, then will give you life - of a truth man is all ungrateful
George Sale1734 It is He who hath given you life, and will hereafter cause you to die; afterwards He will again raise you to life, at the resurrection: But man is surely ungrateful
Talal Itani2012 For every congregation We have appointed acts of devotion, which they observe. So do not let them dispute with you in this matter. And invite to your Lord; you are upon a straight guidance.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Unto each nation have We given sacred rites which they are to perform; so let them not dispute with thee of the matter, but summon thou unto thy Lord. Lo! thou indeed followest right guidance
Edward Henry Palmer1880 For every nation have we made rites which they observe; let them not then dispute about the matter, but call upon thy Lord; verily, thou art surely in a right guidance
John Medows Rodwell1861 To every people have we appointed observances which they observe. Therefore, let them not dispute this matter with thee, but bid them to thy Lord, for thou art on the right way
George Sale1734 Unto the professors of every religion have We appointed certain rites, which they observe. Let them not therefore dispute with thee concerning this matter; but invite them unto thy Lord: For thou followest the right direction
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 —
0.63 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 · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.74
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.70
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.69
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.68
Talal Itani · George Sale0.64
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.63
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.62
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.62
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.59
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.45
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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.