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
He Who ordained the Quran for you will return you Home. Say, "My Lord knows best who comes with guidance, and who is in manifest error."
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Lo! He Who hath given thee the Qur'an for a law will surely bring thee home again. Say: My Lord is Best Aware of him who bringeth guidance and him who is in error manifest
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
Verily, He who hath ordained the Qur'an for thee will restore thee to thy returning place. Say, 'My Lord knows best who brings guidance, and who is in obvious error
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
He who hath sanctioned the Koran to thee will certainly bring thee to thy home. SAY: My Lord best knoweth who hath guidance, and who is in undoubted error
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Verily He who hath given thee the Koran for a rule of faith and practice, will certainly bring thee back home unto Mecca. Say, my Lord best knoweth who cometh with a truedirection, and who is in a manifest error
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
Me të vërtetë, Ai që ta ka urdhëruar ty Kuranin, do të të kthejë në vendin e premtuar. Thuaj: "Zoti im e di më së miri se kush është në rrugën e drejtë dhe kush është në humbje të qartë."
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
(হে নবী!) নিশ্চয় যিনি তোমার ওপর আল কুরআনকে বিধানস্বরূপ
নিশ্চয় যিনি তোমার ওপর কুরআন (পৌঁছানো ও তার ওপর আমল করা) ফরজ করেছেন, তিনি অবশ্যই তোমাকে প্রত্যাবর্তনের স্থানে ফিরিয়ে নেবেন।(১২) বলো, ‘আমার রবই ভালো জানেন, কে হিদায়াত নিয়ে এসেছে এবং কে স্পষ্ট পথভ্রষ্টতায় রয়েছে।’
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
Onaj Koji ti objavljuje Kur’an sigurno će te vratiti povratištu. Reci: “Gospodar moj dobro zna ko je na Pravom putu i ko je u očitoj zabludi.”
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
Onaj Koji ti objavljuje Kuran sigurno će te vratiti povratištu. Reci: “Gospodar moj dobro zna tko je na Pravom putu i tko je u očitoj zabludi.”
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
Pellet, jippinɗo Alqur'aana on e maaɗa, ko duttoo-wo ma ka woowaandi maa. Maaku: "Ko Joomi am ɓuri anndude arduɗo e peewal, e gonɗo e majjere ɓanngunde".
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
ჭეშმარიტად, ის, ვინც დაგაკისრა [ო, მოციქულო მუჰამმედ] მოვალეობად ყურანი [მის დაცვასა და ხალხამდე მისი მიტანა], უეჭველად დაგაბრუნებს დაბრუნების ადგილას [მექქაში].
უთხარი [ო, მოციქულო]: «ჩემმა უფალმა უკეთ იცის ისინი, ვინც მოვიდა ჭეშმარიტი ხელმძღვანელობით, და ისინიც, ვინც აშკარა გზააბნევაშია».
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
Derjenige, Der dir den Quran angeordnet hat, wird dich sicherlich zu einem Ort der Wiederkehr zurückkehren lassen. Sag: „Mein Herr ist wissender darüber, wer die Rechtleitung bringt und wer sich in deutlichem Irrtum befindet.“
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
Πράγματι, Αυτός που έστειλε σε σένα (ω, Προφήτη) το Κορ’άν (και επέβαλε σε σένα να το διαδόσεις), θα σε επιστρέψει στον τόπο σου [τη Μάκκα από την οποία βγήκες λόγω διωγμών, και στην οποία θα επιστρέψεις ως νικητής]. Πες (ω, Προφήτη, στους ειδωλολάτρες): «Ο Κύριός μου γνωρίζει καλύτερα ποιος έχει έρθει με την καθοδήγηση και ποιος βρίσκεται σε ξεκάθαρη πλάνη.»
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
निःसंदेह जिसने आपपर इस क़ुरआन को अनिवार्य किया है, वह अवश्य आपको एक (महान) लौटने के स्थान[28] की ओर वापस लाने वाला है। आप कह दें कि मेरा पालनहार उसे अधिक जानने वाला है, जो मार्गदर्शन लेकर आया और उसे भी जो खुली गुमराही में है।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
In verità Colui che ti ha imposto il Corano ti farà ritornare al luogo promesso. Di’: «Il mio Dio conosce bene chi è venuto con la Retta Guida e chi si trova in chiara perdizione».
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
85. Iš tiesų, Tas, Kuris suteikė tau (Muchammedai ﷺ) Koraną (t. y. įsakė tau elgtis pagal jo įstatymus ir sklebti jį kitiems) tikrai grąžins tave į Mad (grįžimo vietą, arba į Mekką arba Rojų po tavo mirties). Sakyk (Muchammedai ﷺ): „Mano Viešpats yra Žinantis apie tą, kuris atneša vedimą, ir apie tą, kuris yra akivaizdžioje klaidoje.“
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
Dhugumatti, Inni Qur’aana si irratti buuse, gara iddoo deebiitti (Makkaatti) si deebisa. “Rabbiin kiyya nama qajeelumaan dhufeefi nama jallina ifa bahaa ta’e keessa jiru beekaadha” jedhi.
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
Воистину, Тот, Кто предписал тебе [следовать] Корану, непременно вернёт тебя к месту возвращения. Скажи: «Господь мой лучше знает тех, кто пришёл с верным руководством, и того, кто пребывает в явном заблуждении».
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
Онај Који ти објављује Кур’ан сигурно ће да те на Будући свет врати. Реци: “Господар мој добро зна ко је на Правом путу и ко је у очитој заблуди.”
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
Hakika yule aliyekulazimisha kuifuata Qur-ani, hapana shaka atakurudisha pahala pa marejeo. Sema, "Mola wangu Mlezi ndiye anayemjua zaidi mwenye kuja na uongofu, na ni nani aliyemo katika upotovu ulio dhahiri."
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Han som har förpliktat dig [att förkunna] Koranen ska säkerligen föra dig tillbaka [till Mecka]. Säg: ”Min Herre har full vetskap om vem som följer den rätta vägen och vem som har gått klart vilse.”
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
Kur’an’ı sana farz kılan Allah, şüphesiz seni dönülecek bir yere döndürecektir. De ki: “Rabbim hidayetle geleni ve apaçık bir sapıklık içinde olanı daha iyi bilir.”
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
جس اللہ نے آپ پر قرآن نازل فرمایا ہے[1] وه آپ کو دوباره پہلی جگہ ﻻنے واﻻ ہے[2]، کہہ دیجئے! کہ میرا رب اسے بھی بخوبی جانتا ہے جو ہدایت ﻻیا ہے اور اسے بھی جو کھلی گمراہی میں 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.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.3
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Talal Itani2012 That Home of the Hereafter-We assign it for those who seek no superiority on earth, nor corruption. And the outcome is for the cautious.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 As for that Abode of the Hereafter We assign it unto those who seek not oppression in the earth, nor yet corruption. The sequel is for those who ward off (evil)
Edward Henry Palmer1880 That is the future abode; we make it for those who do not wish to be haughty in the earth, nor to do evil, and the end is for the pious
John Medows Rodwell1861 As to this future mansion, we will bestow it on those who seek not to exalt them in the earth or to do wrong: And there is a happy issue for the God-fearing
George Sale1734 As to this future mansion of paradise, We will give it unto them who seek not to exalt themselves in the earth, or to do wrong; for the happy issue shall attend the pious
Talal Itani2012 Whoever brings a virtue will receive better than it. But whoever brings evil-the evildoers will be rewarded only according to what they used to do.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Whoso bringeth a good deed, he will have better than the same; while as for him who bringeth an ill-deed, those who do ill-deeds will be requited only what they did
Edward Henry Palmer1880 He who brings a good deed shall have better than it; and he who brings an evil deed - those who do evil deeds shall only be rewarded for that which they have done
John Medows Rodwell1861 Whoso doeth good shall have reward beyond its merits, and whoso doeth evil, they who do evil shall be rewarded only as they shall have wrought
George Sale1734 Whoso doth good, shall receive a reward which shall exceed the merit thereof: But as to him who doth evil, they who work evil shall be rewarded according to the merit only of that which they shall have wrought
Easy-read (simplified)wamaa kunta tarjoo an yulqaa ilayka l-kitaabu illaa rahmatan min rabbika falaa takoonanna zaheeran lilkaafireen
DIN 31635wamā kunta tarǧū ʾan yulqā ʾilayka l-kitābu ʾillā raḥmatan min rabbika falā takūnanna ẓahīran lilkāfirīna
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 You did not expect the Scripture to be transmitted to you, except as mercy from your Lord. Therefore, do not be a supporter of the disbelievers.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Thou hadst no hope that the Scripture would be inspired in thee; but it is a mercy from thy Lord, so never be a helper to the disbelievers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 nor couldst thou hope that the Book would be thrown to thee, save as a mercy from thy Lord! be not then a backer up of those who misbelieve
John Medows Rodwell1861 Thou didst never expect that the Book would be given thee. Of thy Lord's mercy only hath it been sent down. Be not thou helpful then to the unbelievers
George Sale1734 Thou didst not expect that the book of the Koran should be delivered unto thee: But thou hast received it through the mercy of thy Lord. Be not therefore assisting to the unbelievers
DIN 31635walā yaṣuddunnaka ʿan ʾāyāti llāhi baʿda ʾiḏ ʾunzilat ʾilayka wadʿu ʾilā rabbika walā takūnanna mina l-mušrikīna
Talal Itani2012 And do not let them divert you from God's revelations after they have been revealed to you. And pray to your Lord, and never be of the polytheists.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And let them not divert thee from the revelations of Allah after they have been sent down unto thee; but call (mankind) unto thy Lord, and be not of those who ascribe partners (unto Him)
Edward Henry Palmer1880 and let them not turn thee from the signs of God, after they have been sent down to thee; but call unto thy Lord and be not of the idolaters
John Medows Rodwell1861 Neither let them turn thee aside from the signs of God after they have been sent down to thee, but bid men to thy Lord; and be not among those who add gods to God
George Sale1734 neither let them turn thee aside from the signs of God, after they have been sent down unto thee: And invite men unto thy Lord. And be not thou an idolater
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 —
0.58 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
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.68
Talal Itani · George Sale0.62
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.61
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.58
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.57
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.57
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.54
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.54
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.53
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.52
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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.