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Talal Itani· published 2012
It is not for any believer, man or woman, when God and His Messenger have decided a matter, to have liberty of choice in their decision. Whoever disobeys God and His Messenger has gone far astray.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
And it becometh not a believing man or a believing woman, when Allah and His messenger have decided an affair (for them), that they should (after that) claim any say in their affair; and whoso is rebellious to Allah and His messenger, he verilygoeth astray in error manifest
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
It is not for a believing man or for a believing woman, when God and His Apostle have decided an affair, to have the choice in that affair; and whoso rebels against God and His Apostle has erred with an obvious error
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And it is not for a believer, man or woman, to have any choice in their affairs, when God and His Apostle have decreed a matter: and whoever disobeyeth God and His Apostle, erreth with palpable error
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
It is not fit for a true believer of either sex, when God and his apostle have decreed a thing, that they should have the liberty of choosing a different matter of their own: And whoever is disobedient unto God and his apostle, surely erreth with a manifest error
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
Nuk i takon asnjë besimtari e besimtareje që, kur Allahu dhe i Dërguari i Tij gjykojnë për ndonjë çështje, ata të kenë të drejtë zgjedhjeje në çështjen e tyre. Kushdo që nuk i bindet Allahut dhe të Dërguarit të Tij, ka rënë në një humbje të qartë.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
বাংলা · Bengali
আল্লাহ ও তাঁর রাসূল কোনো বিষয়ের ফয়সালা করে দিলে কোনো মুমিন পুরুষ ও কোনো মুমিন নারীর জন্য তাদের নিজেদের ব্যাপারে অন্য কোনো সিদ্ধান্ত গ্রহণের অধিকার থাকে না। আর যে আল্লাহ ও তাঁর রাসূলের অবাধ্যতা করে, সে তো স্পষ্ট পথভ্রষ্টতায় পতিত হলো।
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.2
Bosanski · Bosnian
Kad Allah i Poslanik Njegov nešto odrede, onda ni vjernik ni vjernica nemaju pravo po svom nahođenju postupiti. A ko Allaha i Njegovog Poslanika ne posluša, taj je sigurno skrenuo s Pravog puta.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4
Hrvatski · Croatian
Kad Allah i Poslanik Njegov nešto odrede, onda ni vjernik ni vjernica nemaju pravo po svom nahođenju postupiti. A tko Allaha i Njegovog Poslanika ne posluša, taj je sigurno skrenuo s Pravog puta.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Fulfulde · Fulani
Alanaa gooŋɗiɗo gorko, wanaa gooŋɗinɗo debbo, si Alla e Nulaaɗo makko on ñaawii fiyaaku, nde suɓagol e fiyaaku maɓɓe on. Kala non kedduɗo Alla e Nulaaɗo makko on, haray o majjii majjere ɓanngunde.
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ქართული · Georgian
არ არის არც მორწმუნე კაცისთვის და არც მორწმუნე ქალისთვის, როცა ალლაჰი და მისი მოციქული მუჰამმადი გადაწყვიტავენ რაიმე საქმეს, არჩევანი თავიანთ საქმეში [მორწმუნე არ ირჩევს სხვა გადაწყვეტილებას, გარდა ალლაჰისა და მისი მოციქულის გადაწყვეტილებისა]. ხოლო ვინც ურჩობს ალლაჰსა და მის მოციქულ მუჰამმადს, ის ცხად გზააბნევაშია ჩავარდნილი.
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Deutsch · German
Und weder einem gläubigen Mann noch einer gläubigen Frau steht es zu, wenn Allah und Sein Gesandter eine Angelegenheit entschieden haben, in ihrer Angelegenheit (frei) zu wählen. Und wer sich Allah und Seinem Gesandten widersetzt, der befindet sich ja fürwahr in offenkundigem Irrtum.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Δεν αρμόζει σε έναν πιστό ή σε μία πιστή, όταν ορίσουν ο Αλλάχ και ο Αγγελιαφόρος Του κάτι, να έχει άλλη επιλογή αναφορικά με το θέμα του. Και όποιος παρακούει τον Αλλάχ και τον Αγγελιαφόρο Του, πράγματι έχει παραστρατήσει ξεκάθαρα.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
तथा किसी ईमान वाले पुरुष और ईमान वाली स्त्री को यह अधिकार नहीं कि जब अल्लाह और उसका रसूल किसी मामले का निर्णय कर दें, तो उनके लिए अपने मामले में कोई अख़्तियार बाक़ी रहे। और जो अल्लाह और उसके रसूल की अवज्ञा करे, वह खुली गुमराही में पड़ गया।[23]
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
E quando Allāh e il Suo Messaggero decidono riguardo una cosa, nessun credente e nessuna credente possono scegliere per loro conto. E chi disobbedisce ad Allāh e al Suo Messaggero si è perso in una chiara perdizione.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
36. Tai ne tikintiesiems, vyrui ar moteriai, kai Allahas ir Jo Pasiuntinys nusprendė, turėti kokį nors pasirinkimą savo sprendime. Ir kas nepaklūsta Allahui ir Jo Pasiuntiniui, jis tikrai nuklydo į aiškią klaidą.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.8
Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Mu’umintichaafi mu’umintittiif yeroo Rabbiifi ergamaan Isaa dhimma tokko murteessan, ajaja isaanii irraa filannoon biraa isaaniif jiraachuun hin taane. Namni Rabbiifi ergamaa Isaa dide, dhugumatti inni jallina ifa ta’e jallateera.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.0
Русский · Russian
Для верующего мужчины и верующей женщины нет выбора в их делах, если Аллах и Его Посланник уже приняли решение. А кто ослушается Аллаха и Его Посланника, тот впал в очевидное заблуждение.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
Кад Аллах и Посланик Његов нешто одреде, онда ни верник ни верница немају право по свом нахођењу да поступе. А ко Аллаха и Његовог Посланика не послуша, тај је сигурно скренуо с Правог пута.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Haiwi kwa Muumini mwanamume wala Muumini mwanamke kuwa na hiari katika jambo lao, Mwenyezi Mungu na Mtume wake wanapokata shauri katika jambo. Na mwenye kumuasi Mwenyezi Mungu na Mtume wake, basi hakika amepotea upotovu ulio wazi.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Det anstår inte en troende – varken man eller kvinna – att göra ett eget val i en fråga som redan har avgjorts av Gud och hans sändebud. Den som trotsar Gud och hans sändebud är i uppenbar förvillelse.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
Allah ve Rasûlü bir iş hakkında hüküm verdikleri zaman, hiçbir Mümin erkek ve hiçbir Mümin kadına o işi kendi isteklerine göre seçme hakkı yoktur. Her kim, Allah'a ve Rasûlüne karşı gelirse apaçık bir sapıklığa düşmüş olur.
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اردو · Urdu
اور (دیکھو) کسی مومن مرد و عورت کو اللہ اور اس کے رسول کا فیصلہ کے بعد اپنے کسی امر کا کوئی اختیار باقی نہیں رہتا[1] ، (یاد رکھو) اللہ تعالیٰ اور اس کے رسول کی جو بھی نافرمانی کرے گا وه صریح گمراہی میں پڑے گا.
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Easy-read (simplified)wadhkurna maa yutlaa fee buyootikunna min aayaati llaahi wal-hikmati inna llaaha kaana lateefan khabeeraa
DIN 31635waḏkurna mā yutlā fī buyūtikunna min ʾāyāti llāhi wal-ḥikmati ʾinna llāha kāna laṭīfan ḫabīran
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 And remember what is recited in your homes of God's revelations and wisdom. God is Kind and Informed.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And bear in mind that which is recited in your houses of the revelations of Allah and wisdom. Lo! Allah is Subtile, Aware
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And remember what is recited in your houses of the signs of God and of wisdom; verily, God is subtle and aware
John Medows Rodwell1861 And recollect what is rehearsed to you in your houses of the Book of God, and of wisdom: for God is keen-sighted, cognisant of all
George Sale1734 And remember that which is read in your houses, of the signs of God, and of the wisdom revealed in the Koran; for God is clear-sighted, and well-acquainted with your actions
Talal Itani2012 Muslim men and Muslim women, believing men and believing women, obedient men and obedient women, truthful men and truthful women, patient men and patient women, humble men and humble women, charitable men and charitable women, fasting men and fasting women, men who guard their chastity and women who guard, men who remember God frequently and women who remember-God has prepared for them a pardon, and an immense reward.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Lo! men who surrender unto Allah, and women who surrender, and men who believe and women who believe, and men who obey and women who obey, and men who speak the truth and women who speak the truth, and men who persevere (in righteousness) and women who persevere, and men who are humble and women who are humble, and men who give alms and women who give alms, and men who fast and women who fast, and men who guard their modesty and women who guard (their modesty), and men who remember Allah much and women who remember - Allah hath prepared for them forgiveness and a vast reward
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Verily, men resigned and women resigned, and believing men and believing women, and devout men and devout women, and truthful men and truthful women, and patient men and patient women, and humble men and humble women, and almsgiving men and almsgiving women, and fasting men and fasting women, and men who guard their private parts and women who guard their private parts, and men who remember God much, and women who remember Him,- God has prepared for them forgiveness and a mighty hire
John Medows Rodwell1861 Truly the men who resign themselves to God (Muslims), and the women who resign themselves, and the believing men and the believing women, and the devout men and the devout women, and the men of truth, and the women of truth, and the patient men and the patient women, and the humble men and the humble women, and the men who give alms and the women who give alms, and the men who fast and the women who fast, and the chaste men and the chaste women, and the men and the women who oft remember God: for them hath God prepared forgiveness and a rich recompense
George Sale1734 Verily the Moslems of either sex, and the true believers of either sex, and the devout men, and the devout women, and the men of veracity, and the women of veracity, and the patient men, and the patient women, and the humble men and the humble women, and the alms-givers of either sex, and the men who fast, and the women who fast, and the chaste men, and the chaste women, and those of either sex who remember God frequently; for them hath God prepared forgiveness, and a great reward
Talal Itani2012 When you said to him whom God had blessed, and you had favored, "Keep your wife to yourself, and fear God." But you hid within yourself what God was to reveal. And you feared the people, but it was God you were supposed to fear. Then, when Zaid ended his relationship with her, We gave her to you in marriage, that there may be no restriction for believers regarding the wives of their adopted sons, when their relationship has ended. The command of God was fulfilled.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And when thou saidst unto him on whom Allah hath conferred favour and thou hast conferred favour: Keep thy wife to thyself, and fear Allah. And thou didst hide in thy mind that which Allah was to bring to light, and thou didst fear mankind whereas Allah hath a better right that thou shouldst fear Him. So when Zeyd had performed that necessary formality (of divorce) from her, We gave her unto thee in marriage, so that (henceforth) there may be no sin for believers in respect of wives of their adopted sons, when the latter have performed the necessary formality (of release) from them. The commandment of Allah must be fulfilled
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And when thou didst say to him God had shown favour to and thou hadst shown favour to, 'Keep thy wife to thyself and fear God;' and thou didst conceal in thy soul what God was about to display; and didst fear men, though God is more deserving that thou shouldst fear Him; and when Zaid had fulfilled his desire of her we did wed thee to her that there should be no hindrance to the believers in the matter of the wives of their adopted sons when they have fulfilled their desire of them: and so God's bidding to be done
John Medows Rodwell1861 And, remember, when thou saidst to him unto whom God had shewn favour, and to whom thou also hadst shewn favour, "Keep thy wife to thyself, and fear God;" and thou didst hide in thy mind what God would bring to light. and thou didst fear man; but more right had it been to fear God. And when Zaid had settled concerning her to divorce her, we married her to thee, that it might not be a crime in the faithful to marry the wives of their adopted sons, when they have settled the affair concerning them. And the behest of God is to be performed
George Sale1734 And remember when thou saidst to him unto whom God had been gracious, and on whom thou also hadst conferred favours, keep thy wife to thy self, and fear God: And thou didst conceal that in thy mind which God had determined to discover, and didst fear men; whereas it was more just that thou shouldst fear God. But when Zeid had determined the matter concerning her, and had resolved to divorce her, we joined her in marriage unto thee; lest a crime should be charged on the true believers, in marrying the wives of their adopted sons, when they have determined the matter concerning them: And the command of God is to be performed
DIN 31635mā kāna ʿalā n-nabiyyi min ḥaraǧin fīmā faraḍa llāhu lahu sunnata llāhi fī llaḏīna ḫalaw min qablu wakāna ʾamru llāhi qadaran maqdūran
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 There is no blame on the Prophet regarding what God has ordained for him. Such is the pattern of God among those who passed before. The command of God is an absolute decree.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 There is no reproach for the Prophet in that which Allah maketh his due. That was Allah's way with those who passed away of old - and the commandment of Allah is certain destiny
Edward Henry Palmer1880 There is no hindrance to the prophet about what God has ordained for him;-(such was) the course of God with those who have passed away before,- and God's bidding is a decreed decree
John Medows Rodwell1861 No blame attacheth to the prophet where God hath given him a permission. Such was the way of God with those prophets who flourished before thee; for God's behest is a fixed decree
George Sale1734 No crime is to be charged on the prophet, as to what God hath allowed him, conformable to the ordinance of God with regard to those who preceded him, -- for the command of God is a determinate decree
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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
0.62 on a scale
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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 Sale0.75
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.72
Talal Itani · George Sale0.69
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.66
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.62
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.60
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.59
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.56
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.54
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.46
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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.