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Talal Itani· published 2012
The usury you practice, seeking thereby to multiply people's wealth, will not multiply with God. But what you give in charity, desiring God's approval-these are the multipliers.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
That which ye give in usury in order that it may increase on (other) people's property hath no increase with Allah; but that which ye give in charity, seeking Allah'sCountenance, hath increase manifold
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
And what ye put out to usury that it may increase with the wealth of men, it shall not increase with God; but what ye put out in alms, desiring the face of God - these it is who shall gaindouble
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Whatever ye put out at usury to increase it with the substance of others shall have no increase from God: but whatever ye shall give in alms, as seeking the face of God, shall be doubled to you
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Whatever ye shall give in usury, to be an increase of men's substance, shall not be increased by the blessing of God: But whatever ye shall give in alms, for God's sake, they shall receive a twofoldreward
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
Çfarëdo pasurie që u jepni njerëzve me qëllim që t'ju kthehet më shumë, ajo nuk shtohet tek Allahu.[3] Ndërkaq, çfarëdo lëmoshe që jepni, duke kërkuar kënaqësinë e Allahut, pikërisht kjo është ajo që do të shumëfishohet.
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
আর তোমরা যে সুদ দাও, মানুষের সম্পদে তা বৃদ্ধি পাওয়ার উদ্দেশ্যে, তা আল্লাহর নিকট বৃদ্ধি পায় না। পক্ষান্তরে, তোমরা যে যাকাত প্রদান কর আল্লাহর সন্তুষ্টি কামনায় (তা-ই বৃদ্ধি পায়), তারাই হলো প্রকৃত বহুগুণে বৃদ্ধি প্রাপ্তদের অন্তর্ভুক্ত।
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 ono što dajete da se uveća imovinom drugih ljudi neće se kod Allaha uvećati, a zekat koji udijelite iz želje za licem Allahovim – upravo takvi će nagradu svoju umnogostručiti.
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
A ono što dajete da se uveća imovinom drugih ljudi neće se kod Allaha uvećati, a zekat koji udijelite iz želje za licem Allahovim – upravo takvi će nagradu svoju umnogostručiti.
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
Kala ko njonnuɗon e riba, fii on ɓeydor e jawɗe yimɓe ɓen, ɗuum ɓeydotaako ka Alla, kala non ko ngokkuɗon e Jakka, mo faandoriɗon welayee Alla, ɓen ɗon, ko sowanoyteeɓe [njoɓdi] ɓeen.
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
და ის, რასაც თქვენ გაასესხებთ [გააპროცენტებთ] იმისთვის, რომ გამრავლდეს, — ალლაჰთან იგი არ გამრავლდება. ხოლო ის, რასაც თქვენ იძლევით ზაქათიდან, ალლაჰის სახის [მისი კეთილგანწყობისა და ხსნის] სურვილით, — სწორედ ისინი არიან, ვინც მართლა ამრავლებენ [საკუთარ ქონებას და ჯილდოს].
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
Und was ihr an Zins ausleiht, damit es sich aus dem Vermögen der Menschen vermehre, so vermehrt es sich bei Allah nicht. Und was ihr aber an Pflichtabgaben entrichtet, indem ihr das Angesicht Allahs begehrt - so sind jene, die das Vielfache erzielen.
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
Ό,τι χρήματα δίνετε με σκοπό την τοκογλυφία για να αυξηθούν από τα χρήματα των ανθρώπων, δε θα αυξηθούν ενώπιον του Αλλάχ (δηλ. δε θα τα ευλογήσει, αλλά θα τα καταστρέψει). Ό,τι δίνετε σε ελεημοσύνη, επιζητώντας την ευχαρίστηση του Αλλάχ, τότε εκείνοι (που δίνουν σε ελεημοσύνη) θα είναι αυτοί που θα έχουν πολλαπλές ανταμοιβές (από τον Αλλάχ).
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
और तुम ब्याज पर जो (उधार) देते हो, ताकि वह लोगों के धनों में मिलकर अधिक[14] हो जाए, तो वह अल्लाह के यहाँ अधिक नहीं होता। तथा तुम अल्लाह का चेहरा चाहते हुए जो कुछ ज़कात से देते हो, तो वही लोग कई गुना बढ़ाने वाले हैं।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
E ciò che avete dato a usura, per farlo aumentare a danno altrui, non porta nessun aumento da Allāh ; mentre coloro che hanno dato la Zekēt ﴿زَكَاة﴾ per cercare il volto di Allāh, quelli sono coloro a cui verrà raddoppiato.
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
39. O tai, ką duodi dovanai (kitiems), tam, kad tai padidintų (tavo turtą, tikintis gauti geresnį atgal) iš kitų žmonių turto, neturi padidėjimo pas Allahą. Tačiau tai, ką duodi Zakat (sadaka – labdarai ir t. t.), siekdamas Allaho Veido, tada tie, jie turės visokeriopą padidėjimą.
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.
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
И то, что вы даёте в рост, чтобы оно прирастало за счёт имущества людей, — оно не прирастёт у Аллаха. А то, что вы выплачиваете из закята, стремясь к Лику Аллаха, — такие и есть те, кому будет приумножено.
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 новац који дајете да се увећа новцем других људи неће се код Аллаха увећати, а за милостињу коју уделите да бисте се Аллаху умилили – такви ће добра дела своја умногостручити.
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
Na mnachokitoa kwa riba ili kiongezeke katika mali ya watu, basi hakiongezeki mbele ya Mwenyezi Mungu. Lakini mnachokitoa kwa Zaka kwa kutaka uso wa Mwenyezi Mungu, basi hao ndio watakaozidishiwa.
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Det ni lånar ut mot ränta för att öka ert välstånd på andras bekostnad leder inte till någon vinst hos Gud. Men den allmosa ni ger för att vinna Guds välbehag leder till en mångfaldig belöning.
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
İnsanların mallarında artış olsun diye verdiğiniz herhangi bir faiz, Allah katında artmaz. Ama Allah'ın yüzünü isteyerek vermekte olduğunuz zekâta gelince, işte (bu amel sahipleri, sevaplarını) kat kat arttıranlardır.
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
تم جو سود پر دیتے ہو کہ لوگوں کے مال میں بڑھتا رہے وه اللہ تعالیٰ کے ہاں نہیں بڑھتا[1] ۔ اور جو کچھ صدقہ زکوٰة تم اللہ تعالیٰ کا منھ دیکھنے (اورخوشنودی کے لئے) دو تو ایسے لوگ ہی اپنا دو چند کرنے والے ہیں.[2]
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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Easy-read (simplified)awalam yaraw anna llaaha yabsutu r-rizqa liman yashaa'u wayaqdiru inna fee dhaalika la'aayaatin liqawmin yu'minoon
DIN 31635ʾawalam yaraw ʾanna llāha yabsuṭu r-rizqa liman yašāʾu wayaqdiru ʾinna fī ḏālika laʾāyātin liqawmin yuʾminūna
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 Do they not see that God expands the provision for whomever He wills, or restricts it? Surely in this are signs for people who believe.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 See they not that Allah enlargeth the provision for whom He will, and straiteneth (it for whom He will). Lo! herein indeed are portents for folk who believe
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Have they not seen that God extends provision to whom He pleases, or doles it out? verily, in that are signs unto a people who believe
John Medows Rodwell1861 See they not that God bestoweth full supplies on whom He pleaseth and giveth sparingly to whom He pleaseth? Signs truly are there herein to those who believe
George Sale1734 Do they not see that God bestoweth provision abundantly on whom He pleaseth, and is sparing unto whom He pleaseth? Verily herein are signs unto people who believe
Talal Itani2012 So give the relative his rights, and the destitute, and the wayfarer. That is best for those who seek God's presence. Those are the prosperous.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 So give to the kinsman his due, and to the needy, and to the wayfarer. That is best for those who seek Allah's Countenance. And such are they who are successful
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Then give to the kinsman his due, and to the poor and to the wayfarer; that is better for those who desire the face of God, and these it is who are prosperous
John Medows Rodwell1861 To him who is of kin to thee give his due, and to the poor and to the wayfarer: this will be best for those who seek the face of God; and with them it shall be well
George Sale1734 Give unto Him who is of kin to thee his reasonable due; and also to the poor, and the stranger: This is better for those who seek the face of God; and they shall prosper
Easy-read (simplified)allaahu lladhee khalaqakum thumma razaqakum thumma yumeetukum thumma yuhyeekum hal min shurakaa'ikum man yaf'alu min dhaalikum min shay'in subhaanahu wata'aalaa 'ammaa yushrikoon
DIN 31635allāhu llaḏī ḫalaqakum ṯumma razaqakum ṯumma yumītukum ṯumma yuḥyīkum hal min šurakāʾikum man yafʿalu min ḏālikum min šayʾin subḥānahu wataʿālā ʿammā yušrikūna
Talal Itani2012 God is He who created you, then provides for you, then makes you die, then brings you back to life. Can any of your idols do any of that? Glorified is He, and Exalted above what they associate.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Allah is He Who created you and then sustained you, then causeth you to die, then giveth life to you again. Is there any of your (so-called) partners (of Allah) that doeth aught of that? Praised and Exalted be He above what they associate (with Him)
Edward Henry Palmer1880 It is God who created you and then provided for you; and then will make you die, and then will quicken you again; is there any of your partners who can do aught of that? Celebrated be His praises, and exalted be He above what they associate with Him
John Medows Rodwell1861 It is God who created you - then fed you - then will cause you to die - then will make you alive. Is there any of your companion-gods who can do aught of these things? Praise be to Him! and far be He exalted above the gods they join with Him
George Sale1734 It is God who hath created you, and hath provided food for you: Hereafter will He cause you to die; and after that will He raise you again to life. Is there any of your false gods, who is able to do the least of these things? Praise be unto Him; and far be He removed from what they associate with Him
Talal Itani2012 Corruption has appeared on land and sea, because of what people's hands have earned, in order to make them taste some of what they have done, so that they might return.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Corruption doth appear on land and sea because of (the evil) which men's hands have done, that He may make them taste a part of that which they have done, in order that they may return
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Trouble hath appeared in the land and the sea, for what men's hands have gained! to make them taste a part of that which they have done,- haply they may return
John Medows Rodwell1861 Destruction hath appeared by land and by sea on account of what men's hands have wrought, that it might make them taste somewhat of the fruit of their doings, that haply they might turn to God
George Sale1734 Corruption hath appeared by land and by sea, for the crimes which men's hands have committed; that it might make them to taste a part of the fruits of that which they have wrought, that peradventure they might turn from their evil ways
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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
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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.
The cut
0.644
Share of measured verses above it
33%
Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.87
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.80
Talal Itani · George Sale0.80
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.80
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.77
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.77
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.74
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.71
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.65
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.62
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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.