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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.
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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.
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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.
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
Those who said of their brethren, as they stayed behind, "Had they obeyed us, they would not have been killed." Say, "Then avert death from yourselves, if you are truthful."
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Those who, while they sat at home, said of their brethren (who were fighting for the cause of Allah): If they had been guided by us they would not have been slain. Say (unto them, OMuhammad): Then avert death from yourselves if ye are truthful
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
Those who said of their brethren, whilst they themselves stayed at home, 'Had they obeyed us they would not have been killed.' Say, 'Ward off from yourselves death, if ye do speak the truth
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Who said of their brethren while themselves sat at home, "Had they obeyed us, they had not been slain." SAY: Keep back death from yourselves if ye speak truth
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
who said of their brethren, while themselves staid at home, if they had obeyed us, they had not been slain. Say, then keep back death from yourselves, if ye say truth
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
Këta janë ata që u thanë vëllezërve të tyre, ndërkohë vetë nuk shkuan për të luftuar: "Sikur të na dëgjonin ne, nuk do të vriteshin." Thuaj: "Atëherë, shmangeni vdekjen nga vetvetja, nëse e thoni të vërtetën!"
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
যারা ঘরে বসে রইল এবং তারা তাদের আত্মীয়দেরকে বলল যে, ‘তারা তাদের কথামত চললে নিহত হতো না।’ হে নবী! তুমি তাদেরকে বল: ‘যদি তোমরা সত্যবাদী হও তবে নিজেদেরকে মৃত্যু থেকে রক্ষা করো।
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
Onima koji se nisu borili, a o braći svojoj su govorili: "Da su nas poslušali, ne bi izginuli!", reci: "Od sebe smrt odagnajte, ako istinu govorite!"
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
Onima koji se nisu borili, a o braći svojoj su govorili: "Da su nas poslušali, ne bi izginuli!" reci: "Od sebe smrt odagnajte, ako istinu govorite!"
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
Ɓeen wi'anɓe musiɗɓe maɓɓe, ɓe njooɗii: "Si tawno ɓe ɗoftino men, ɓe mbaretanooke". Makku: "Pottinee maayde nden e pittaali mo'on si on laatike gooŋɗuɓe!".
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
მათ (თვალთმაქცებმა), რომლებმაც თქვეს თავიანთ ძმებზე (რომლებიც დაიღუპნენ უჰუდის ბრძოლაში), - ხოლო თვითონ დარჩნენ: «მათ რომ ჩვენთვის მოესმინათ, ისინი არ დაიღუპებოდნენ». უთხარი მათ (ო, მოციქულო): «გადაარჩინეთ საკუთარი თავები სიკვდილისგან, თუ მართლები ხართ».
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
Diejenigen, die über ihre Brüder sagten, während sie (selbst daheim) sitzen blieben: „Hätten sie uns gehorcht, wären sie nicht getötet worden.“ Sag: „So wehrt doch den Tod von euch selbst ab, wenn ihr wahrhaftig seid!“
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
Είναι εκείνοι που είπαν για τα αδέρφια τους (που σκοτώθηκαν κατά τη μάχη του Ούχουντ) ενώ οι ίδιοι κάθονταν (και δεν πήγαν στη μάχη): «Αν μας είχαν υπακούσει, δεν θα είχαν σκοτωθεί.» Πες (ω, Μωχάμμαντ): «Αποτρέψτε, λοιπόν, τον θάνατο από τον εαυτό σας, αν είστε ειλικρινείς!»
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
ये वही लोग हैं जो स्वयं तो (लड़ाई से) पीछे बैठे रहे और अपने भाइयों के बारे में कहने लगे : यदि वे हमारी बात मानते, तो मारे न जाते! (ऐ नबी!) कह दीजिए : फिर तो मौत[93] से अपनी रक्षा कर लो, यदि तुम सच्चे हो।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Quelli che dissero ai confratelli, restando a casa: «Se ci avessero obbedito, non sarebbero stati uccisi!» Di’: «Impedite a voi stessi la morte, se siete veritieri!»
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
168. (Jie yra) tie, kurie sakė apie savo nužudytuosius brolius, patys sėdėdami (namuose): „Jei tik jie būtų mūsų paklausę, jie nebūtų buvę nužudyti.“ Sakyk: „Nukreipkite nuo savęs mirtį, jei sakote tiesą.“
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
(Isaan) warra obboleeyyan isaanii kan taa’aniin (duularraa hafaniin) “odoo tole nujedhanii silaa hin ajjeefaman turan” jedhaniidha. “ du’a lubbuulee teessan irraa deebisaa Yoo kan dhugaa dubbattan taatan” 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
[Это] те, которые сказали о своих братьях, оставшись позади: «Если бы они послушались нас, то не были бы убиты». Скажи: «Так отвратите же смерть от самих себя, если вы правдивы».
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
Онима који се нису борили, а о браћи својој су говорили: "Да су нас послушали, не би изгинули!" Реци: "Од себе смрт одагнајте, ако истину говорите!"
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
Wale waliowaambia ndugu zao, na wao wenyewe walikuwa wamekaa: Lau wangelitutii, wasingeliuliwa. Sema: Ziondoleeni nafsi zenu mauti kama nyinyi ni wakweli.
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
De som sa till sina bröder, medan de själva stannade hemma: ”Om de hade lyssnat till oss skulle de inte ha dödats!” Säg: ”Avvärj då döden från er själva, om det ni säger stämmer!”
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
(Onlar), kendileri oturup kaldıkları halde kardeşleri için: "Eğer bize uysalardı, öldürülmezlerdi” diyen kimselerdir. De ki: Eğer doğru söyleyenler iseniz kendinizden ölümü savın.
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
یہ وه لوگ ہیں جو خود بھی بیٹھے رہے اور اپنے بھائیوں کی بابت کہا کہ اگر وه بھی ہماری بات مان لیتے تو قتل نہ کئے جاتے۔ کہہ دیجئے! کہ اگر تم سچے ہو تو اپنی جانوں سے موت کو ہٹا دو.[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.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.3
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DIN 31635wamā ʾaṣābakum yawma l-taqā l-ǧamʿāni fabiʾiḏni llāhi waliyaʿlama l-muʾminīna
Talal Itani2012 What befell you on the day the two armies clashed was with God's permission; that He may know the believers.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 That which befell you, on the day when the two armies met, was by permission of Allah; that He might know the true believers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And what befell you the day when the two armies met, it was by God's permission; that He might know the believers
John Medows Rodwell1861 And that which befel you on the day when the armies met, was certainly by the will of God, and that he might know the faithful, and that he might know the hypocrites! And when the word was "Advance, fight on the path of God, or drive back the foe," - they said, "Had we known how to fight, we would have followed you." Nearer were some of them on that day to unbelief, than to faith
George Sale1734 And what happened unto you, on the day whereon the two armies met, was certainly by the permission of God; and that he might know the faithful
Talal Itani2012 And that He may know the hypocrites. And it was said to them, "Come, fight in the cause of God, or contribute." They said, "If we knew how to fight, we would have followed you." On that day they were closer to infidelity than they were to faith. They say with their mouths what is not in their hearts; but God knows what they hide.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And that He might know the hypocrites, unto whom it was said: Come, fight in the way of Allah, or defend yourselves. They answered: If we knew aught of fighting we would follow you. On that day they were nearer disbelief than faith. They utter with their mouths a thing which is not in their hearts. Allah is Best Aware of what they hide
Edward Henry Palmer1880 and might know those who behaved hypocritically; for it was said to them, 'Come, fight in God's way,' or 'repel (the foe);' they said, 'If we knew how to fight we would surely follow you.' They were that day far nigher unto misbelief than they were to faith. They say with their mouths what is not in their hearts, but God doth know best what they hid
John Medows Rodwell1861 They said with their lips what was not in their hearts! But God knew what they concealed
George Sale1734 and that he might know the ungodly. It was said unto them, come, fight for the religion of God, or drive back the enemy: They answered, if we had known ye went out to fight, we had certainly followed you. They were on that day nearer unto unbelief, than they were to faith; they spake with their mouths, what was not in their hearts: But God perfectly knew what they concealed
DIN 31635walā taḥsabanna llaḏīna qutilū fī sabīli llāhi ʾamwātan bal ʾaḥyāʾun ʿinda rabbihim yurzaqūna
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 Do not consider those killed in the cause of God as dead. In fact, they are alive, at their Lord, well provided for.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Think not of those, who are slain in the way of Allah, as dead. Nay, they are living. With their Lord they have provision
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Count not those who are killed in the way of God as dead, but living with their Lord;- provided for
John Medows Rodwell1861 And repute not those slain on God's path to be dead. Nay, alive with their Lord, are they richly sustained
George Sale1734 Thou shalt in no wise reckon those who have been slain at Ohod in the cause of God, dead; nay, they are sustained alive with their Lord
Easy-read (simplified)fariheena bimaa aataahumu llaahu min fadlihi wayastabshiroona billadheena lam yalhaqoo bihim min khalfihim allaa khawfun 'alayhim walaa hum yahzanoon
DIN 31635fariḥīna bimā ʾātāhumu llāhu min faḍlihi wayastabširūna billaḏīna lam yalḥaqū bihim min ḫalfihim ʾallā ḫawfun ʿalayhim walā hum yaḥzanūna
Talal Itani2012 Delighting in what God has given them out of His grace, and happy for those who have not yet joined them; that they have nothing to fear, nor will they grieve.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Jubilant (are they) because of that which Allah hath bestowed upon them of His bounty, rejoicing for the sake of those who have not joined them but are left behind: That there shall no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve
Edward Henry Palmer1880 rejoicing in what God has brought them of His grace, and being glad for those who have not reached them yet,- those left behind them; there is no fear for them, and they shall not be grieved
John Medows Rodwell1861 Rejoicing in what God of his bounty hath vouchsafed them, filled with joy for those who follow after them, but have not yet overtaken them, that on them nor fear shall come, nor grief
George Sale1734 rejoicing for what God of his favour hath granted them; and being glad for those, who coming after them, have not as yet overtaken them; because there shall no fear come on them, neither shall they be grieved
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Share of measured verses above it
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Verses above it
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Verses measured
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Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.60
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.59
Talal Itani · George Sale0.55
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.54
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.54
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.52
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.51
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.50
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.46
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.14
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