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Is there sickness in their hearts? Or are they suspicious? Or do they fear that God may do them injustice? Or His Messenger? In fact, they themselves are the unjust.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Is there in their hearts a disease, or have they doubts, or fear they lest Allah and His messenger should wrong them in judgment? Nay, but such are evil-doers
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
Is there a sickness in their hearts, or do they doubt, or do they fear lest God and His Apostle should deal unfairly by them?- Nay, it is they who are unjust
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
What! are they diseased of heart? Do they doubt? Are they afraid that God and His Apostles will deal unfairly with them? Nay, themselves are the unjust doers
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Is there an infirmity in their hearts? Do they doubt? Or do they fear lest God and his apostle actunjustly towards them? But themselves are the unjust doers
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 thua kanë sëmundje në zemrat e tyre?! Apo dyshojnë (në të Dërguarin)?! Apo kanë frikë se Allahu dhe i Dërguari i Tij do t'u bëjnë padrejtësi? Jo, por pikërisht ata janë të padrejtët.
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
তাদের অন্তরে কি ব্যাধি রয়েছে, নাকি তারা (মুহাম্মাদের রিসালাতের ব্যাপারে) সন্দেহ পোষণ করে, না তারা ভয় করে যে, আল্লাহ ও তাঁর রাসূল (ফায়সালার ক্ষেত্রে) তাদের ওপর যুলম করবেন? বরং তারাই তো যালিম।
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.2
Bosanski · Bosnian
Jesu li im srca bolesna, ili sumnjaju, ili strahuju da će Allah i Poslanik Njegov prema njima nepravedno postupiti? Nijedno, nego žele drugima nepravdu učiniti.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4
Hrvatski · Croatian
Jesu li im srca bolesna, ili sumnjaju, ili strahuju da će Allah i Poslanik Njegov prema njima nepravedno postupiti? Nijedno, nego žele drugima nepravdu učiniti.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Enee, ko nawnaare woni ka ɓerɗe maɓɓe, kaa ɓe sikkiti, kaa ɓe hulu wota Alla e Nulaaɗo makko on tooñu ɓe? Ko woni, ɓee ko kamɓe woni tooñooɓe ɓen.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
ან მათ გულებში სნეულებაა [ფარისევლობა], ან ეჭვობენ [რომ მუჰამმადი შუამავალია], თუ ეშინიათ, რომ ალლაჰი და მისი შუამავალი უსამართლოდ განსჯიან? დიახ, სწორედ ისინი არიან უსამართლონი.
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Deutsch · German
Ist denn in ihren Herzen Krankheit, oder haben sie etwa Zweifel, oder befürchten sie, dass Allah gegen sie ungerecht sein könnte, und (auch) Sein Gesandter? Vielmehr sind gerade jene die Ungerechten.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Υπάρχει αρρώστια στις καρδιές τους, ή έχουν αμφιβολία (ότι ο Μωχάμμαντ είναι ο Αγγελιαφόρος του Αλλάχ) ή φοβούνται ότι ο Αλλάχ και ο Αγγελιαφόρος Του θα τους αδικήσουν; Όχι (δεν φοβούνται ότι θα τους αδικήσουν), αλλά πράγματι εκείνοι είναι οι άδικοι!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
क्या उनके दिलों में कोई रोग है, अथवा वे संदेह में पड़े हुए हैं, अथवा वे डर रहे हैं कि उनपर अल्लाह और उसका रसूल अत्याचार करेंगे? बल्कि वे लोग स्वयं ही अत्याचारी हैं।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Loro hanno forse una malattia nel cuore? O sono in dubbio? O hanno paura che Allāh e il Messaggero li trattino ingiustamente? Al contrario, sono loro gli ingiusti!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
50. Ar jų širdyse yra liga? Arba ar jie abejoja arba bijo, kad Allahas ir Jo Pasiuntinys ( ﷺ ) nenuskriaustų jų teisme. Ne, tai jie patys, kurie yra Zalimūn (daugiadieviai, veidmainiai ir bloga darantieji).
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Русский · Russian
Неужели в их сердцах болезнь, или же они засомневались? Или же боятся, что Аллах и Его Посланник вынесут в отношении них несправедливое решение? Нет, напротив, именно они и есть несправедливые.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
Да ли су њихова срца болесна, или сумњају, или страхују да ће Аллах и Његов Посланик према њима неправедно да поступе? Ниједно, него желе другима неправду да учине.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Je, wana maradhi katika nyoyo zao, au wanaona shaka, au wanaogopa ya kuwa Mwenyezi Mungu na Mtume wake watawadhulumu? Bali hao ndio madhalimu.
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Svenska · Swedish
Har de en sjukdom i sina hjärtan, eller hyser de tvivel, eller är de rädda att Gud och hans sändebud ska behandla dem orättvist? Nej, det är de själva som gör orätt!
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Türkçe · Turkish
Acaba kalplerinde hastalık mı vardır bunların, yoksa şüpheye mi düştüler yahut Allah ve Rasulü kendilerine haksızlık eder diye mi korkarlar? Hayır, onlar zulmedenlerin ta kendileridir.
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اردو · Urdu
کیا ان کے دلوں میں بیماری ہے؟ یا یہ شک وشبہ میں پڑے ہوئے ہیں؟ یا انہیں اس بات کا ڈر ہے کہ اللہ تعالیٰ اور اس کا رسول ان کی حق تلفی نہ کریں؟ بات یہ ہے کہ یہ لوگ خود ہی بڑے ﻇالم ہیں.[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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Talal Itani2012 The response of the believers, when they are called to God and His Messenger in order to judge between them, is to say, "We hear and we obey." These are the successful.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 The saying of (all true) believers when they appeal unto Allah and His messenger to judge between them is only that they say: We hear and we obey. And such are the successful
Edward Henry Palmer1880 The speech of the believers, when they are called to God and His Apostle to judge between them, is only to say, 'We hear and we obey;' and these it is who are the prosperous
John Medows Rodwell1861 The words of the believers, when called to God and His Apostle that He may judge between them, are only to say, "We have heard, and we obey:" these are they with whom it shall be well
George Sale1734 The saying of the true believers, when they are summoned before God and his apostle, that He may judge between them, is no other than that they say, we have heard, and do obey: And these are they who shall prosper
Talal Itani2012 Whoever obeys God and His Messenger, and fears God, and is conscious of Him-these are the winners.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 He who obeyeth Allah and His messenger, and feareth Allah, and keepeth duty (unto Him): such indeed are the victorious
Edward Henry Palmer1880 for whoso obeys God and His Apostle and dreads God and fears Him, these it is who are the happy
John Medows Rodwell1861 And whoso shall obey God, and His Apostle, and shall dread God and fear Him, these are they that shall be the blissful
George Sale1734 Whoever shall obey God and his apostle, and shall fear God, and shall be devout towards Him; these shall enjoy great felicity
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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
0.64 on a scale
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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 · John Medows Rodwell0.84
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.73
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.69
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.69
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.68
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.62
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.58
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.57
Talal Itani · George Sale0.53
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.50
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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.