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Talal Itani· published 2012
God received a pledge from those who were given the Scripture: "You shall proclaim it to the people, and not conceal it." But they disregarded it behind their backs, and exchanged it for a small price. What a miserableexchange they made.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
And (remember) when Allahlaid a charge on those who had received the Scripture (He said): Ye are to expound it to mankind and not to hide it. But they flung it behind their backs and bought thereby a little gain. Verily evil is that which they have gained thereby
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
When God took the compact from those who have had the Book brought them that 'Ye shall of a suretymanifest it unto men, and not hide it,' they cast it behind their backs, and bought therewith a little price,- but evil is what they buy
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Moreover, when God entered into a convenant with those to whom the Scriptures had been given, and said, "Ye shall surely make it known to mankind and not hide it," they cast it behind their backs, and sold it for a sorry price! But vile is that for which they have sold it
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And when God accepted the covenant of those to whom the book of the law was given, saying, ye shall surely publish it unto mankind, ye shall not hide it: Yet they threw it behind their backs, and sold it for a small price; but woful is the price for which they have sold it
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
Kujtoni kur Allahu mori besën nga ata që u është dhënë Libri se patjetër do t'ua shpjegojnë atë (Librin) njerëzve dhe se nuk do të fshehin asgjë nga ai, por ata e hodhën atë pas shpine dhe e këmbyen me një çmim të pavlerë. Eh, sa këmbim i shëmtuar që është ai!
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
স্মরণ কর, যখন আল্লাহ কিতাবপ্রাপ্তদের থেকে এ প্রতিশ্রুতি নিয়েছিলেন যে, ‘অবশ্যই তোমরা তা মানুষের কাছে সুস্পষ্টভাবে প্রকাশ করবে এবং তা গোপন করবে না।’ এরপরও তারা তা তাদের পেছনে ফেলে রাখে ও ও (আল্লাহর সাথে কৃত অঙ্গীকার) এর বিনিময়ে তুচ্ছ মূল্য গ্রহণ করে। কাজেই তারা যা ক্রয় করে,তা কতইনা নিকৃষ্ট!
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
A kada Allah uze obavezu od onih kojima je data Knjiga da će to sigurno ljudima objašnjavati i ništa iz nje neće kriti, oni su je za leđa svoja bacili, prodajući je za bagatelnu cijenu. A ružno li je ono što za to kupuju!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4
Hrvatski · Croatian
A kada Allah uze obavezu od onih kojima je data Knjiga da će to sigurno ljudima objašnjavati i ništa iz nje neće kriti, oni su je za leđa svoja bacili, prodajući je za nešto bezvrijedno. A ružno li je ono što za to kupuju!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Fulfulde · Fulani
Jaŋtii tuma nde Alla Ƴettunoo Ahadi e okkaaɓe Deftere ɓen : "Ma on ɓannginannde yimɓe hara on cuuɗaani nde". Ɓe mbernii ndi ɓaawo maɓɓe ɓe sodtitori ndi coggel pamarel! Bonii ko ɓe soɗtitori!
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ქართული · Georgian
და (გაიხსენე, ო, მოციქულო) როგორ აიღო ალლაჰმა აღთქმა იმათგან, ვისაც წიგნი ებოძა [იუდეველებისა და ქრისტიანებისგან]: «აუცილებლად და უთუოდ აუხსნით მას [თქვენს წერილს — იუდეველები თორას, ხოლო ქრისტიანები სახარებას] ხალხს და არ დაფარავთ მას». მაგრამ მათ ეს [აღთქმა] ზურგს უკან მოისროლეს და უმნიშვნელო ფასად შეიძინეს. რა საძაგელია ის, რასაც ისინი იძენენ!
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Deutsch · German
Und (gedenke,) als Allah mit denjenigen, denen die Schrift gegeben worden war, ein Abkommen traf: „Ihr sollt sie den Menschen ganz gewiss klar machen und sie nicht verborgen halten!“ Da warfen sie diese (Schrift) hinter ihren Rücken und verkauften sie für einen geringen Preis; wie schlimm ist das, was sie erkaufen!
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
Και (ανάφερε, ω, Μωχάμμαντ) όταν ο Αλλάχ πήρε τη δέσμευση απ' αυτούς (Εβραίους και Χριστιανούς) στους οποίους δόθηκε το Βιβλίο (η Τορά και το Ιν-τζήλ -πρωτότυπο Ευαγγέλιο- του Ιησού), ότι: «Να το καταστήσετε σαφές (το Βιβλίο του Αλλάχ) στους ανθρώπους και να μην το αποκρύψετε.» Αλλά εκείνοι το έριξαν πίσω από την πλάτη τους και το αντάλλαξαν με μικρό τίμημα. Πόσο άθλιο είναι αυτό (το τίμημα) που πήραν σε αντάλλαγμα (για το Βιβλίο του Αλλάχ)!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
तथा (ऐ नबी! याद करो) जब अल्लाह ने किताब वालों[112] से पक्का वचन लिया था कि तुम अवश्य इसे लोगों के सामने बयान करते रहोगे और इसे छुपाओगे नहीं, तो उन्होंने इस वचन को पीठ पीछे डाल दिया और उसके बदले तनिक मूल्य प्राप्त[113] कर लिया। तो वे कितनी बुरी चीज़ खरीद रहे हैं?
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
E quando Allāh strinse un accordo con quelli che hanno avuto il Libro: “Lo chiarirete alla gente e non lo nasconderete!” ﴿وَإِذْ أَخَذَ اللَّهُ مِيثَاقَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ لَتُبَيِّنُنَّهُ لِلنَّاسِ وَلَا تَكْتُمُونَهُ﴾ Però se le gettarono dietro le spalle e le comprarono a vile prezzo: che infausto affare!
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
187. (Ir atminkite) kai Allahas priėmė pažadą iš tų, kuriems buvo duotas Raštas (judėjų ir krikščionių) padaryti tai (žinias apie Pranašo Muchammedo ﷺ atėjimą ir religines žinias) žinomas ir aiškias žmonijai, o ne slėpti tai, tačiau jie numetė tai už savo nugarų ir nusipirko už tai apgailėtiną naudą! Ir iš tiesų, blogiausia yra tai, ką jie įgijo.
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
Yeroo Rabbiin warra kitaaba kennaman irraa waadaa kakuun jabeeffame fuudhe (yaadadhu) “namootaaf akka isa ibsitan; akka isa hin dhoksine” (jedheenii). dugda duuba isaaniitti isa darbani. gatii xiqqaattis isa gurguratan. Wanti isaan bitatan waa fokkate!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.0
Русский · Russian
Вот Аллах взял завет с тех, которым было даровано Писание: «Вы непременно будете разъяснять его людям и не будете скрывать его» — но они отбросили его за свои спины и купили за это малую цену. Сколь же скверно то, что они покупают.
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
А кад је Аллах узео обавезу од оних којима је дата Књига да ће то сигурно људима да објашњавају и да ништа из ње неће да крију, они су је иза леђа својих бацили, продајући је за нешто безвредно. А ружно ли је оно што за то купују!
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Na pale Mwenyezi Mungu alipochukua agano la wale waliopewa Kitabu kuwa: 'Bila shaka mtawabainishia watu, na wala hamtakificha.' Lakini wakakitupa nyuma ya migongo yao, na wakanunua kwacho thamani ndogo. Basi ni kiovu mno hicho wanachokinunua.
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Svenska · Swedish
Och minns när Gud slöt ett förbund med de som fått skriften: ”Ni ska klargöra den för människorna och inte dölja den.” Men de kastade det bakom ryggen och bytte bort det mot ett ringa pris. Vilket uselt byte!
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Türkçe · Turkish
Hani Allah, kendilerine kitap verilenlerden, “Onu (Kitabı) mutlaka insanlara açıklayacaksınız, onu gizlemeyeceksiniz!” diye sağlam söz almıştı. Fakat onlar verdikleri sözü, arkalarına atıp onu az bir bedele sattılar. Yaptıkları bu alışveriş ne kadar kötüdür!
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اردو · Urdu
اور اللہ تعالیٰ نے جب اہل کتاب سے عہد لیا کہ تم اسے سب لوگوں سے ضرور بیان کرو گے اور اسے چھپاؤ گے نہیں، تو پھر بھی ان لوگوں نے اس عہد کو اپنی پیٹھ پیچھے ڈال دیا اور اسے بہت کم قیمت پر بیچ ڈاﻻ۔ ان کا یہ بیوپار بہت برا ہے.[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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Talal Itani2012 Every soul will have a taste of death, and you will receive your recompense on the Day of Resurrection. Whoever is swayed from the Fire, and admitted to Paradise, has won. The life of this world is merely enjoyment of delusion.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Every soul will taste of death. And ye will be paid on the Day of Resurrection only that which ye have fairly earned. Whoso is removed from the Fire and is made to enter paradise, he indeed is triumphant. The life of this world is but comfort of illusion
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Every soul must taste of death; and ye shall only be paid your hire upon the resurrection day. But he who is forced away from the fire and brought into Paradise is indeed happy; but the life of this world is but a possession of deceit
John Medows Rodwell1861 Every soul shall taste of death: and ye shall only receive your recompenses on the day of resurrection. And whoso shall scape the fire, and be brought into Paradise, shall be happy. And the life of this world is but a cheating fruition
George Sale1734 Every soul shall taste of death, and ye shall have your rewards on the day of resurrection; and he who shall be far removed from hell fire, and shall be admitted into paradise, shall be happy: But the present life is only a deceitful provision
Easy-read (simplified)latublawunna fee amwaalikum wa'anfusikum walatasma'unna mina lladheena ootoo l-kitaaba min qablikum wamina lladheena ashrakoo adhan katheeran wa'in tasbiroo watattaqoo fa'inna dhaalika min 'azmi l-'umoor
DIN 31635latublawunna fī ʾamwālikum waʾanfusikum walatasmaʿunna mina llaḏīna ʾūtū l-kitāba min qablikum wamina llaḏīna ʾašrakū ʾaḏan kaṯīran waʾin taṣbirū watattaqū faʾinna ḏālika min ʿazmi l-ʾumūri
Talal Itani2012 You will be tested through your possessions and your persons; and you will hear from those who received the Scripture before you, and from the idol worshipers, much abuse. But if you persevere and lead a righteous life-that indeed is a mark of great determination.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Assuredly ye will be tried in your property and in your persons, and ye will hear much wrong from those who were given the Scripture before you, and from the idolaters. But if ye persevere and ward off (evil), then that is of the steadfast heart of things
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Ye shall surely be tried in your wealth, and in your persons, and ye shall surely hear from those who have had the Book brought them before you, and from those who associate others with God, much harm. But if ye be patient and fear,- verily, that is one of the determined affairs
John Medows Rodwell1861 Ye shall assuredly be tried in your possessions and in yourselves. And many hurtful things shall ye assuredly hear from those to whom the Scriptures were given before you, and from those who join other gods with God. But if ye be steadfast, and fear God this verily is needed in the affairs of life
George Sale1734 Ye shall surely be proved in your possessions, and in your persons; and ye shall hear from those unto whom the scripture was delivered before you, and from the idolaters, much hurt: But if ye be patient, and fear God, this is a matter that is absolutely determined
Talal Itani2012 Do not think that those who rejoice in what they have done, and love to be praised for what they have not done-do not think they can evade the punishment. They will have a painful punishment.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Think not that those who exult in what they have given, and love to be praised for what they have not done - Think not, they are in safety from the doom. A painful doom is theirs
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Count not that those who rejoice in what they have produced, and love to be praised for what they have not done,- think not that they are in safety from woe,- for them is grievous woe
John Medows Rodwell1861 Suppose not that they who rejoice in what they have brought to pass, and love to be praised for what they have not done - suppose not they shall escape the chastisement. An afflictive chastisement doth await them
George Sale1734 Think not that they who rejoice at what they have done, and expect to be praised for what they have not done; think not, O prophet, that they shall escape from punishment, for they shall suffer a painful punishment
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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
0.67 on a scale
where 0 means identical wording and 1 means no shared words. It is
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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.
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0.644
Share of measured verses above it
33%
Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.75
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.71
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.71
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.69
Talal Itani · George Sale0.68
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.66
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.66
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.65
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.64
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.51
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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.