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Talal Itani· published 2012
Adorned for the people is the love of desires, such as women, and children, and piles upon piles of gold and silver, and branded horses, and livestock, and fields. These are the conveniences of the worldly life, but with God lies the finest resort.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Beautified for mankind is love of the joys (that come) from women and offspring; and stored-up heaps of gold and silver, and horses branded (with their mark), and cattle and land. That is comfort of the life of the world. Allah! With Him is a more excellent abode
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
Seemly unto men is a life of lusts, of women, and children, and hoardedtalents of gold and silver, and of horses well-bred, and cattle, and tilth;- that is the provision for the life of this world; but God, with Him is the best resort
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Fair-seeming to men is the love of pleasures from women and children, and the treasuredtreasures of gold and silver, and horses of mark, and flocks, and cornfields! Such the enjoyment of this world's life. But God! goodly the home with Him
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
The love and eager desire of wives, and children, and sums heaped up of gold and silver, and excellent horses, and cattle, and land, is prepared for men: This is the provision of the present life; but unto God shall be the most excellent return
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
Njerëzve u është hijeshuar dashuria për gjërat e këndshme: për gratë, fëmijët, arin e argjendin e grumbulluar, kuajt e bukur, bagëtinë dhe bujqësinë. Këto janë kënaqësitë e kësaj jete, porse tek Allahu është kthimi i shkëlqyeshëm.
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
মানুষের জন্য সুশোভিত করা হয়েছে প্রবৃত্তির ভালোবাসা- নারী, সন্তানাদি, রাশি রাশি সোনা-রূপা, চিহ্নত ঘোড়া, গবাদি পশু ও শস্যক্ষেত। এগুলো দুনিয়ার জীবনের ভোগসামগ্রী। আর একমাত্র আল্লাহর নিকটেই রয়েছে উত্তম প্রত্যাবর্তনস্থল ।
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.2
Bosanski · Bosnian
Ljudima je uljepšana ljubav prema strastima: ženama, sinovima, gomilama zlata i srebra, rasnim konjima, stoci i zemlji za obrađivanje. To su užici ovosvjetskoga života, a najljepše je mjesto povratka kod Allaha.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4
Hrvatski · Croatian
Ljudima je uljepšana ljubav prema strastima; ženama, sinovima, gomilama zlata i srebra, rasnim konjima, stoci i zemlji za obrađivanje. To su užitci ovosvjetskoga života, a najljepše je mjesto povratka kod Allaha.
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
Yimɓe ɓen cuɗinanaama yiɗugol tuuyooji: immorde he rewɓe e ɓiɗɓe worɓe, e jawle tuginidiraaɗe, immorde e kaŋŋe e kaalise, e pucci ŋarɗiɗaaɗi, e neemoraaɗi, e remuru. Ɗum ɗon, ko dakamme nguurdam aduna. Alla, no ka makko moƴƴuɗum ruttorde.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
შემკობილია ადამიანებისთვის ვნებითი სიყვარული — ქალების, შვილების, დაგროვილი ყანტარების (დიდი რაოდენობის) ოქროსა და ვერცხლის, მონიშნული (სუფთა ჯიშის) ცხენების, პირუტყვის და ნათესების მიმართ. ეს არის ამქვეყნიური ცხოვრების საზრდო (წარმავალი სიკეთე). ხოლო ალლაჰთან უკეთესი სამყოფელია.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Ausgeschmückt wurde den Menschen die Liebe zu den Begierden, nach Frauen, Söhnen, aufgehäuften Mengen von Gold und Silber, Rassepferden, Vieh und Saatfeldern. Dies ist der Genuß im diesseitigen Leben. Doch bei Allah ist die schöne Heimstatt.
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
Ωραιοποιημένη για τους ανθρώπους είναι η αγάπη για τις επιθυμίες: για τις γυναίκες, για (να αποκτούν) τα παιδιά, για τους σωρούς χρυσαφιού και ασημιού, για τα μαρκαρισμένα όμορφα άλογα, για τα βοοειδή και για την καλλιεργήσιμη γη. Αυτή είναι η απόλαυση της εγκόσμιας ζωής. Μα στον Αλλάχ βρίσκεται η εξαιρετική επιστροφή (προς τον Παράδεισο για τους ευσεβείς).
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
लोगों के लिए भौतिक इच्छाओं का प्यार सुसज्जित कर दिया गया है, जो औरतें, बेटे, सोने और चाँदी के ढेर, निशान लगाए हुए घोड़े, मवेशी तथा खेती हैं। ये सांसारिक जीवन के सामान हैं और उत्तम ठिकाना अल्लाह के पास है।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
È stata abbellita, agli occhi degli uomini, la passione nel desiderare le donne, i figli, i cumuli d’oro e d’argento, i purosangue, il bestiame e i raccolti; quello è il godimento della vita terrena, e Allāh ha presso di Sé il migliore ritorno”.
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
14. Išpuošta žmonėms yra meilė daiktams, kurių jie trokšta: moterys, vaikai, daugybė aukso ir sidabro (turtas), kilmingi gražūs arkliai, galvijai ir gerai suarta žemė. Tai yra šio žemiškojo gyvenimo malonumai. Tačiau Allahas turi puikų sugrįžimą (Rojų su tekančiomis upėmis) pas Save.
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
Namootaaf miidhagfame jaalalli wantoota lubbuun feetuu kan dubartootaafi ilmaan irraa, kuusaa warqeefi meeta kuufame irraa, faradoo mallateeffamtee (miidhagfamte), beelladaafi oorruu qonnaa irraa ta’e (miidhagfamee). Kun meeshaa jireenya addunyaati. Rabbiin immoo Isa bira deebii bareedaatu jira.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.0
Русский · Russian
Приукрашена для людей любовь к тому, чего они желают: к женщинам, сыновьям, накопленным кынтарам[25] из золота и серебра, породистым коням, скоту и нивам. Это — лишь пользование [благами] мирской жизни, а у Аллаха — прекрасное место возвращения.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
Људима је улепшана љубав према страстима, женама, синовима, гомилама злата и сребра, расним коњима, стоци и њивама! То су ужици овосветског живота, а најлепше је место повратка код Аллаха!
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
Watu wamepambiwa kupenda matamanio ya wanawake, na wana, na mirundo mingi ya dhahabu na fedha, na farasi wazuri zaidi, na mifugo, na mashamba. Hayo ni starehe ya maisha ya duniani, na Mwenyezi Mungu ana marejeo mazuri.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Kärleken till världsliga begär har förskönats för människorna: kvinnor, barn, hopade rikedomar av guld och silver, präktiga hästar, boskap och åkermark. Allt detta är njutningar i det jordiska livet, men återkomsten till Gud är ändå det allra bästa.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
Nefsî arzulardan olan, kadınlara, evlatlara, öbek öbek yığılmış altın ve gümüşe, güzel cins atlara, davarlara ve ekinlere karşı aşırı sevgi insanlara çekici ve hoş gösterildi. Oysa bunlar, (fani olan) dünya hayatının nimetleridir. Asıl varılacak güzel yer Allah katındadır.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
مرغوب چیزوں کی محبت لوگوں کے لئے مزین کر دی گئی ہے، جیسے عورتیں اور بیٹے اور سونے اور چاندی کے جمع کئے ہوئے خزانے اور نشاندار گھوڑے اور چوپائے اور کھیتی[1] ، یہ دنیا کی زندگی کا سامان ہے اور لوٹنے کا اچھا ٹھکانا تو اللہ تعالیٰ ہی کے پاس 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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DIN 31635qul lillaḏīna kafarū satuġlabūna watuḥšarūna ʾilā ǧahannama wabiʾsa l-mihādu
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 Say to those who disbelieve, "You will be defeated, and rounded up into Hell-an awful resting-place."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Say (O Muhammad) unto those who disbelieve: Ye shall be overcome and gathered unto Hell, an evil resting-place
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Say to those who misbelieve, 'Ye shall be overcome and driven together to hell, an ill couch will it be
John Medows Rodwell1861 Say to the infidels: ye shall be worsted, and to Hell shall ye be gathered together; and wretched the couch
George Sale1734 Say unto those who believe not, ye shall be overcome, and thrown together into hell ; an unhappy couch shall it be
Talal Itani2012 There was a sign for you in the two parties that met. One party fighting in the way of God, and the other was disbelieving. They saw them with their own eyes twice their number. But God supports with His help whomever He wills. In that is a lesson for those with insight.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 There was a token for you in two hosts which met: one army fighting in the way of Allah, and another disbelieving, whom they saw as twice their number, clearly, with their very eyes. Thus Allah strengtheneth with His succour whom He will. Lo! herein verily is a lesson for those who have eyes
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Ye have had a sign in the two parties who met; one party fighting in the way of God, the other misbelieving; these saw twice the same number as themselves to the eye-sight, for God aids with His help those whom He pleases.' Verily, in that is a lesson for those who have perception
John Medows Rodwell1861 Ye have already had a sign in the meeting of the two hosts. The one host fought in the cause of God, and the other was infidel. To their own eyesight, the infidels saw you twice as many as themselves: And God aided with his succour whom He would: And in this truly was a lesson for men endued with discernment
George Sale1734 Ye have already had a miracle shewn you in two armies which attacked each other: One army fought for God's true religion, but the other were infidels; they saw the faithful twice as many as themselves in their eye-sight; for God strengtheneth with his help whom he pleaseth. Surely herein was an example unto men of understanding
Easy-read (simplified)qul a'unabbi'ukum bikhayrin min dhaalikum lilladheena taqaw 'inda rabbihim jannaatun tajree min tahtihaa l-'anhaaru khaalideena feehaa wa'azwaajun mutahharatun waridwaanun mina llaahi wallaahu baseerun bil-'ibaad
DIN 31635qul ʾaʾunabbiʾukum biḫayrin min ḏālikum lillaḏīna taqaw ʿinda rabbihim ǧannātun taǧrī min taḥtihā l-ʾanhāru ḫālidīna fīhā waʾazwāǧun muṭahharatun wariḍwānun mina llāhi wallāhu baṣīrun bil-ʿibādi
Talal Itani2012 Say, "Shall I inform you of something better than that? For those who are righteous, with their Lord are Gardens beneath which rivers flow, where they will remain forever, and purified spouses, and acceptance from God." God is Observant of the servants.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Say: Shall I inform you of something better than that? For those who keep from evil, with their Lord, are Gardens underneath which rivers flow wherein they will abide, and pure companions, and contentment from Allah. Allah is Seer of His bondmen
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Say, 'But shall we tell you of a better thing than this?' For those who fear are gardens with their Lord, beneath which rivers flow; they shall dwell therein for aye, and pure wives and grace from God; the Lord looks on His servants
John Medows Rodwell1861 SAY: Shall I tell you of better things than these, prepared for those who fear God, in His presence? Theirs shall be gardens, beneath whose pavilions the rivers flow, and in which shall they abide for aye: and wives of stainless purity, and acceptance with God: for God regardeth his servants
George Sale1734 Say, shall I declare unto you better things than this? For those who are devout are prepared with their Lord, gardens through which rivers flow; therin shall they continue for ever : And they shall enjoy wives free from impurity, and the favour of God; for God regardeth his servants
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 —
0.71 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 Pickthall0.76
Talal Itani · George Sale0.75
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.74
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.74
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.72
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.69
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.69
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.69
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.67
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.64
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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.