Easy-read (simplified)qul man dhaa lladhee ya'simukum mina llaahi in araada bikum soo'an aw araada bikum rahmatan walaa yajidoona lahum min dooni llaahi waliyyan walaa naseeraa
DIN 31635qul man ḏā llaḏī yaʿṣimukum mina llāhi ʾin ʾarāda bikum sūʾan ʾaw ʾarāda bikum raḥmatan walā yaǧidūna lahum min dūni llāhi waliyyan walā naṣīran
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
Say, "Who is it who will shield you from God, if He intends adversity for you, or intends mercy for you?" Besides God, they will find for themselves neither friend nor helper.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Say: Who is he who can preserve you from Allah if He intendeth harm for you, or intendeth mercy for you. They will not find that they have any friend or helper other than Allah
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
Say, 'Who is it that can save you from God, if He wish you evil, or wish you mercy?' but they will not find beside God a patron or a helper
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
SAY: Who is he that will screen you from God, whether He choose to bring evil on you, or to shew you mercy? None beside God shall they find to be their patron or helper
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Say, who is he who shall defend you against God, if He is pleased to bring evil on you, or is pleased to shew mercy towards you? They shall find none to patronize or protect them, besides God
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
Thuaju: "Kush është ai që mund t'ju mbrojë nga Allahu, nëse Ai dëshiron t'ju dëmtojë ose ta pengojë Atë nëse Ai dëshiron t'ju mëshirojë?" Ata nuk do të mund të gjejnë për vete mbrojtës e as ndihmës, përveç Allahut.
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 রাসূল! বলো: ‘আল্লাহ থেকে কে তোমাদেরকে রক্ষা করবে, যদি তিনি তোমাদের কোনো ক্ষতি করতে চান? অথবা তিনি তোমাদের প্রতি রহমত দান করতে ইচ্ছা করেন? আর তারা (শাস্তি থেকে রক্ষা পেতে) আল্লাহ ছাড়া তাদের কোনো অভিভাবক ও সাহায্যকারী পাবে না।
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
Reci: “Ko će vas od Allaha zaštititi ako On hoće da vas zlo snađe ili ko vam može nauditi ako vam On želi milost ukazati?” Osim Allaha, oni neće naći sebi ni zaštitnika ni pomagača.
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
Reci: “Tko će vas od Allaha zaštititi ako On hoće da vas zlo snađe ili tko vam može nauditi ako vam On želi milost ukazati?” Osim Allaha, oni neće naći sebi ni zaštitnika ni pomagača.
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
Maaku: "Ko hommbo woni daɗndoowo on e Alla, si o fa'andanike on bone, maa si o fa'andanike on yurmeende?" Ɓe keɓantaa ko'e maɓɓe ga Alla, giɗo wonaa ballo.
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
უთხარი მათ (ო, შუამავალო): «ვინ არის ის, ვინც დაგიცავთ ალლაჰისგან, თუ ის ისურვებს თქვენთვის ბოროტებას, ან (ვინ შეაჩერებს მას) თუ ის ისურვებს თქვენთვის წყალობას?» და ისინი [ორპირები] ვერ იპოვიან ალლაჰის გარდა ვერც მფარველს და ვერც შემწეს!
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
Sag: „Wer ist es denn, der euch vor Allah schützen könnte, wenn Er euch Schlechtes will oder wenn Er euch Barmherzigkeit (erweisen) will?“ Und sie werden für sich vor Allah weder Schutzherrn noch Unterstützer finden.
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
Πες (ω, Προφήτη): «Ποιος μπορεί να σας προστατεύσει από τον Αλλάχ, αν θέλει να σας πλήξει κάτι κακό, ή αν θέλει για σας έλεος;» Δε θα βρουν για τον εαυτό τους απέναντι στον Αλλάχ κανέναν κηδεμόνα, ούτε κανέναν υποστηρικτή (που να τους προστατέψει)!
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
आप कह दीजिए : वह कौन है, जो तुम्हें अल्लाह से बचाएगा, यदि वह तुम्हारे साथ कोई बुराई चाहे अथवा तुम पर कोई दया करना चाहे? और वे अपने लिए अल्लाह के सिवा न कोई संरक्षक पाएँगे और न कोई सहायक।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Di’: «Chi vi potrebbe proteggere da Allāh se Lui volesse farvi del male o volesse avere pietà di voi?» E, all’infuori di Allāh, non troveranno protettore né sostenitore.
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
17. Sakyk: „Kas yra tas, kuris gali apsaugoti jus nuo Allaho, jei Jis nori pakenkti jums arba nori jūsų pasigailėti?“ Ir neras jie be Allaho sau jokio kito Vali (saugotojo, rėmėjo) ar jokio kito padėjėjo.
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
Jedhi: “Yoo Inni hamtuu isinitti yaade yookiin rahmata isiniif fedhe, ka Rabbi irraa isin baraaru eenyu? Rabbiin malee jaalalleefi tumsaa isaaniif hin argatanu.
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
Скажи: «Кто же тот, кто оградит вас от Аллаха, если Он пожелает вам зла или пожелает вам милости?» И они не найдут себе, помимо Аллаха, ни покровителя, ни помощника.
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
Реци: „Ко ће да вас заштити од Аллаха ако Он жели да вас снађе зло, или, ко може да вам науди ако Он жели да вам укаже милост?!“ Осим Аллаха, они себи неће наћи ни заштитника ни помагача.
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
Sema: Ni nani wa kuwalinda kutokana na Mwenyezi Mungu pindi akiwatakia uovu, au akiwatakia rehema? Wala hawatapata mlinzi wala msaidizi isipokuwa Mwenyezi Mungu.
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Säg: ”Vem kan hindra Gud om han vill ont eller gott för er?” Nej, ingen har de, förutom Gud, som kan hjälpa eller skydda dem.
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
De ki: “Eğer Allah size bir kötülük dilese, sizi Allah’tan koruyacak kimdir? Yahut size bir rahmet dilese, buna engel olacak kimdir?” Onlar kendilerine Allah’tan başka hiçbir dost ve hiçbir yardımcı bulamazlar.
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
پوچھیئے! تو کہ اگر اللہ تعالیٰ تمہیں کوئی برائی پہنچانا چاہے یا تم پر کوئی فضل کرنا چاہے تو کون ہے جو تمہیں بچا سکے (یا تم سے روک سکے؟)[1] ، اپنے لیے بجز اللہ تعالیٰ کے نہ کوئی حمایتی پائیں گے نہ مددگار.
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 31635walaqad kānū ʿāhadū llāha min qablu lā yuwallūna l-ʾadbāra wakāna ʿahdu llāhi masʾūlan
Talal Itani2012 Although they had made a pledged to God, in the past, that they will not turn their backs. A pledge to God is a responsibility.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And verily they had already sworn unto Allah that they would not turn their backs (to the foe). An oath to Allah must be answered for
Edward Henry Palmer1880 They had covenanted with God before, that they would not turn their backs; and God's covenant shall be enquired of
John Medows Rodwell1861 They had before pledged themselves to God that they would not turn their backs; and a pledge given to God must be enquired of
George Sale1734 They had before made a covenant with God, that they would not turn their backs: And the performance of their covenant with God shall be examined into hereafter
Easy-read (simplified)qul lan yanfa'akumu l-firaaru in farartum mina l-mawti awi l-qatli wa'idhan laa tumatta'oona illaa qaleelaa
DIN 31635qul lan yanfaʿakumu l-firāru ʾin farartum mina l-mawti ʾawi l-qatli waʾiḏan lā tumattaʿūna ʾillā qalīlan
Talal Itani2012 Say, "Flight will not benefit you, if you flee from death or killing, even then you will be given only brief enjoyment."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Say: Flight will not avail you if ye flee from death or killing, and then ye dwell in comfort but a little while
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Say, 'Flight shall avail you naught; if ye fly from death or slaughter, even then ye shall be granted enjoyment only for a little
John Medows Rodwell1861 SAY: Flight shall not profit you; if ye have fled the death or the slaughter, yet even then, but a little while shall ye enjoy your good things
George Sale1734 Say, flight shall not profit you, if ye fly from death or from slaughter: And if it would, yet shall ye not enjoy this world but a little
Talal Itani2012 God already knows the hinderers among you, and those who say to their brethren, "Come and join us." Rarely do they mobilize for battle.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Allah already knoweth those of you who hinder, and those who say unto their brethren: "Come ye hither unto us!" and they come not to the stress of battle save a little
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Say, 'God knows the hinderers amongst you, and those who say to their brethren, "Come along unto us," and show but little valour
John Medows Rodwell1861 God well knoweth those among you who cause hindrances, and those who say to their brethren, "Come hither to us;" and who come not to the fight except a little
George Sale1734 God already knoweth those among you who hinder others from following his apostle, and who say unto their brethren, come hither unto us; and who come not to battle, except a little
Talal Itani2012 Being stingy towards you. And when fear approaches, you see them staring at you-their eyes rolling-like someone fainting at death. Then, when panic is over, they whip you with sharp tongues. They resent you any good. These have never believed, so God has nullified their works; a matter easy for God.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Being sparing of their help to you (believers). But when the fear cometh, then thou (Muhammad) seest them regarding thee with rolling eyes like one who fainteth unto death. Then, when the fear departeth, they scald you with sharp tongues in their greed for wealth (from the spoil). Such have not believed. Therefor Allah maketh their deeds fruitless. And that is easy for Allah
Edward Henry Palmer1880 covetous towards you.' When fear comes thou wilt see them looking towards thee, their eyes rolling like one fainting with death; but when the fear has passed away they will assail you with sharp tongues, covetous of the best. These have never believed, and God will make vain their works, for that is easy with God
John Medows Rodwell1861 It is out of covetousness in your regard: for when an alarm cometh, thou mayest see them look to thee, and roll their eyes like him on whom the shadows of death have fallen! Yet, when the alarm is passed, with sharp tongues will they assail you, covetous of the best of the spoil. No faith have these! God will make their doings of no avail! And easy is this with God
George Sale1734 being covetous towards you: But when fear cometh on them, thou seest them look unto thee for assistance, their eyes rolling about, like the eyes of him who fainteth by reason of the agonies of death: Yet when their fear is past, they inveigh against you with sharp tongues; being covetous of the best and most valuable part of the spoils. These believe not sincerely; wherefore God hath rendered their works of no avail; and this is easy with God
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 —
0.64 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
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.76
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.73
Talal Itani · George Sale0.68
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.68
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.67
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.61
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.59
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.58
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.57
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.54
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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.