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.
Have you not considered those who were given a share of the Scripture, as they were called to the Scripture of God to arbitrate between them; then some of them turned back, and declined?
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Compare translations (4)Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Hast thou not seen how those who have received a portion of the Scripture invoke the Scripture of Allah (in their disputes) that it may judge between them; then a faction of them turn away, being opposed (to it)
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
Did ye not see those who have been given a portion of the Book? they were called unto the Book of God to decide between them; and then a sect of them turned their backs and turned away
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Hast thou not marked those who have received a portion of the Scriptures, when they are summoned to the Book of God, that it may settle their differences? Then did a part of them turn back, and withdrew far off
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Hast thou not observed those unto whom part of the scripture was given? They were called unto the book of God, that it might judge between them; then some of them turned their backs, and retiredafar off
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 nuk i sheh ata (hebrenj) që u është dhënë një pjesë (nga dija) e Librit: ftohen te Libri i Allahut për të gjykuar ndërmjet tyre, por një grup prej tyre shmangen duke kthyer shpinën?!
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!) তুমি কি তাদের (ইহুদিদের) প্রতি লক্ষ্য করনি যাদেরকে কিতাবের (তাওরাতের) অংশ বিশেষ দেয়া হয়েছে। তাদেরকে আল্লাহর কিতাবের দিকে আহ্বান করা হচ্ছে, যাতে তা তাদের মধ্যে মীমাংসা করে। অতঃপর তাদের একদল (তাদের প্রবৃত্তি অনুযায়ী না হওয়ায়) মুখ ফিরিয়ে নেয় এবং তারা বিমুখ।
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
Zar ne vidiš one kojima je dat udio u Knjizi?! Pozivaju se Allahovoj Knjizi da im se po njoj sudi, a zatim se neki od njih, okrećući se od toga, udaljavaju.
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
Zar ne vidiš one kojima je dat udio u Knjizi?! Pozivaju se Allahovoj Knjizi da im se po njoj sudi, a zatim se neki od njih, okrećući se od toga, udaljavaju.
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
E a yi'aali okkaaɓe geɗal e deftere nden, hiɓe noddee e deftere Alla nden fii no nde ñaawira hakkunde maɓɓe, refti fedde he maɓɓe ko ruŋtiiɓe tawi ko ɓe ɗuurniiɓe?!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
განა არ დაინახე (ო, მოციქულო) ისინი, ვისაც მიეცა წიგნის ნაწილი (იუდეველები, რომლებმაც იციან, რომ ის, რითაც შენ მოხვედი, ჭეშმარიტებაა)? მათ უხმობენ ალლაჰის წიგნისკენ (იმისკენ, რაც ყურანშია), რათა მან განსაჯოს მათ შორის. შემდეგ კი, როცა ეს მათ სურვილებს არ შეესაბამება, ზოგიერთი მათგანი ზურგს აქცევს და თავს არიდებს (ჭეშმარიტებას).
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
Hast du nicht jene gesehen, denen ein Teil der Schrift gegeben wurde? Sie werden zum Buch Allahs gerufen, damit es zwischen ihnen richte. Hierauf kehrt sich eine Gruppe von ihnen ab, und sie wenden sich (widerstrebend) ab.
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
Δεν είδες (ω, Μωχάμμαντ), εκείνους στους οποίους δόθηκε ένα μέρος του Βιβλίου (δηλ. η γνώση για την Τορά και τι περιέχει από αποδείξεις για το ερχομό σου); Προσκαλούνται στο Βιβλίο του Αλλάχ (την Τορά) για να κρίνει μεταξύ τους· έπειτα (αφού είδαν ότι δεν συμφωνεί με τις ιδιοτροπίες τους) μια ομάδα απ’ αυτούς απομακρύνεται αρνούμενη.
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
(ऐ नबी!) क्या आपने उनका हाल[9] नहीं देखा, जिन्हें पुस्तक का एक भाग दिया गया, वे अल्लाह की पुस्तक की ओर बुलाए जाते हैं, ताकि वह उनके बीच निर्णय[10] करे। फिर उनमें से एक समूह मुँह फेर लेता है, इस हाल में कि वे उपेक्षा करने वाले होते हैं।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Non vedi che quelli che hanno ricevuto parte del Libro vengono invitati a conoscere il Libro di Allāh, per giudicare tra loro? Poi un gruppo di quelli volta le spalle in totale ribellione.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
23. Argi nematei tų, kuriems buvo duota dalis Rašto? Jie yra kviečiami prie Allaho Knygos, kad išspręsti jų ginčą. Tada dalis jų nusisuka ir jie yra nelinkę.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.8
Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Sila gara isaan kitaaba (tawraat) irraa qooda wahii kennamanii hin laallee? Akka jidduu isaaniitti murteessuuf gara kitaaba Rabbii yaamamanii ergasii gareen isaan irraa ta’e didaa ta’ee gara gala.
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
Разве ты не видел тех, которым была дарована часть Писания? Их призывают к Писанию Аллаха, чтобы оно рассудило между ними, но затем группа из них отворачивается, уклоняясь [от его решения].
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
Зар не видиш оне којима је дат удео у Књизи?! Позивају да им се по Аллаховој Књизи суди, а затим се неки од њих, окрећући се од тога, удаљавају.
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
Je, huwaoni wale waliopewa fungu katika Kitabu? Wanaitwa kukiendea Kitabu cha Mwenyezi Mungu ili kihukumu baina yao; kisha kundi miongoni mwao wanageuka huku wamepeana mgongo.
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Har du inte hört om de som fått ta del av skriften och som uppmanas till att låta Guds skrift döma mellan dem? Därefter vänder sig en grupp från dem bort och visar motvilja.
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
Kendilerine kitaptan bir pay verilenleri görmedin mi? Aralarında hüküm vermesi için Allah’ın kitabına çağırılıyorlar da sonra onlardan bir kısmı yüz çevirerek dönüp gidiyor.
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
کیا آپ نے انہیں نہیں دیکھا جنہیں ایک حصہ کتاب کا دیا گیا ہے وه اپنے آپس کے فیصلوں کے لئے اللہ تعالیٰ کی کتاب کی طرف بلائے جاتے ہیں، پھر بھی ایک جماعت ان کی منھ پھیر کر لوٹ جاتی 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.
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DIN 31635ʾinna llaḏīna yakfurūna biʾāyāti llāhi wayaqtulūna n-nabiyyīna biġayri ḥaqqin wayaqtulūna llaḏīna yaʾmurūna bil-qisṭi mina n-nāsi fabašširhum biʿaḏābin ʾalīmin
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Talal Itani2012 As for those who defy God's revelations, and kill the prophets unjustly, and kill those who advocate justice among the people-promise them a painful retribution.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Lo! those who disbelieve the revelations of Allah, and slay the prophets wrongfully, and slay those of mankind who enjoin equity: promise them a painful doom
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Verily, those who disbelieve in God's signs, and kill the prophets without right, and kill those from among men, who bid what is just,- to them give the glad tidings of grievous woe
John Medows Rodwell1861 But to those who believe not in the signs of God, and unjustly slay the prophets, and slay those men who enjoin uprightness, - announce an afflictive chastisement
George Sale1734 And unto those who believe not in the signs of God, and slay the prophets without a cause, and put those men to death who teach justice; denounce unto them a painful punishment
Easy-read (simplified)dhaalika bi'annahum qaaloo lan tamassanaa n-naaru illaa ayyaaman ma'doodaatin wagharrahum fee deenihim maa kaanoo yaftaroon
DIN 31635ḏālika biʾannahum qālū lan tamassanā n-nāru ʾillā ʾayyāman maʿdūdātin waġarrahum fī dīnihim mā kānū yaftarūna
Talal Itani2012 That is because they said, "The Fire will not touch us except for a limited number of days." They have been misled in their religion by the lies they fabricated.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 That is because they say: The Fire will not touch us save for a certain number of days. That which they used to invent hath deceived them regarding their religion
Edward Henry Palmer1880 that is because they say the fire shall not touch us save for a certain number of days. But that deceived them in their religion which they had invented
John Medows Rodwell1861 This - because they said, "The fire shall by no means touch us, but for certain days:" - Their own devices have deceived them in their religion
George Sale1734 This they did because they said, the fire of hell shall by no means touch us, but for a certain number of days: And that which they had falsly devised, hath deceived them in their religion
Talal Itani2012 How about when We gather them for a Day in which there is no doubt, and each soul will be paid in full for what it has earned, and they will not be wronged?
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 How (will it be with them) when We have brought them all together to a Day of which there is no doubt, when every soul will be paid in full what it hath earned, and they will not be wronged
Edward Henry Palmer1880 How will it be when we have gathered them together for a day whereof there is no doubt, when each soul shall be paid what it has earned, and they shall not be wronged
John Medows Rodwell1861 But how, when we shall assemble them together for the day of (which) whose coming there is no doubt, and when every soul shall be paid what it hath earned, and they shall not be wronged
George Sale1734 How then will it be with them, when we shall gather them together at the day of judgment, of which there is no doubt; and every soul shall be paid that which it hath gained, neither shall they be treated unjustly
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 —
0.66 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 Pickthall0.74
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.73
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.71
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.71
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.67
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.65
Talal Itani · George Sale0.64
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.61
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.60
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.54
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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.