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Talal Itani· published 2012
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.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
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 necessaryformality (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 necessaryformality (of release) from them. The commandment of Allah must be fulfilled
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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 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'sbidding to be done
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Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
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
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Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
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
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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
Kujto kur i thoshe atij që Allahu i kishte dhuruar mirësi e edhe ti i kishe bërë mirë (duke e liruar): "Mbaje gruan tënde dhe kije frikë Allahun!" Ndërkohë që ti fshihje në vetvete atë që Allahu do ta nxjerrë në pah dhe u frikësoheshe njerëzve, kur më e drejtë është t'i frikësoheshe Allahut. Ndërkaq, kur Zejdi e lëshoi atë, Ne ta dhamë ty për grua, në mënyrë që të mos u vijë rëndë besimtarëve të martohen me gratë e të birësuarve të tyre, pasi ata të jenë shkurorëzuar nga ato. E, urdhri i Allahut medoemos do të jetësohet.
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বাংলা · Bengali
আর (হে রাসূল!) স্মরণ করো, আল্লাহ যার ওপর নি‘আমত দিয়েছিলেন এবং তুমিও যার প্রতি অনুগ্রহ করেছিলে(১), তুমি যখন তাকে বলেছিলে ‘তুমি তোমার স্ত্রীকে(২) (তালাক না দিয়ে) নিজের কাছে রেখে দাও এবং আল্লাহকে (তাঁর আদেশ-নিষেধ মান্য করার মাধ্যমে) ভয় করো ‘ আর তুমি অন্তরে যা গোপন(৩) রেখেছো আল্লাহ তা প্রকাশকারী এবং তুমি মানুষকে ভয় করছো; অথচ আল্লাহই অধিকতর হকদার যে, তুমি তাকে ভয় করবে। অতঃপর যায়দ যখন (তালাক দিয়ে) তার স্ত্রীর সাথে বিবাহ সম্পর্ক ছিন্ন করলো তখন আমি তাকে তোমার সাথে বিবাহ বন্ধনে আবদ্ধ করলাম, যাতে পালক পুত্রদের স্ত্রীদের (বিয়ে করার) ব্যাপারে মু’মিনদের কোনো অসুবিধা না থাকে; যখন তারা তাদের স্ত্রীদের সাথে (তালাকের মাধ্যমে) বৈবাহিক সম্পর্ক ছিন্ন করে। আর আল্লাহর নির্দেশ কার্যকর হয়ে থাকে।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
A kad ti reče onome kome je Allah bio blagodaran i kome si i ti bio blagodaran: “Zadrži suprugu svoju i boj se Allaha!” – u sebi si skrivao ono što će Allah objelodaniti i ljudi si se bojao, a preče je da se Allaha bojiš. I pošto je Zejdova potreba za njom prestala i on se od nje razveo, Mi smo je za tebe udali kako se vjernici ne bi ustručavali više da se žene ženama posinaka svojih kad se oni od njih razvedu. A Allahova se zapovijed izvršava!
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Hrvatski · Croatian
A kad ti reče onome kome je Allah milost darovao i kome si i ti dobro učinio: “Zadrži suprugu svoju i boj se Allaha!” u sebi si skrivao ono što će Allah objelodaniti i ljudi si se bojao, a preče je da se Allaha bojiš. I pošto je Zejdova potreba za njom prestala i on se od nje razveo, Mi smo je za tebe udali kako se vjernici ne bi ustručavali više da se žene ženama posinaka svojih kad se oni od njih razvedu. A Allahova se zapovijed izvršava!
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Jaŋto tuma maakanayno-ɗaa on mo Alla neemini e mun, moƴƴu-ɗaa e makko: "Jogitano suddiiɗo maa on, hoore-maa, kulaa Alla", haɗa suuɗa e fonndo maa, ko Alla feññinta. Haɗa hula yimɓe ɓen, kono ko Alla fotu-ɗaa hulude. Tuma Zaydu huntunoo e (suddiiɗo) on haaju, Min ndesin-maa mo, fii wata ɓittere wonu e gooŋɗinɓe ɓen, e (resugol) suddiiɓe nodditiraaɓe maɓɓe ɓen, si ɓen huntii e maɓɓe haaju. Yamiroore Alla nden laatike golleteende.
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ქართული · Georgian
და აი, შენ [ო, შუამავალო] უთხარი მას, ვისაც ალლაჰმა უბოძა მადლი [მისცა რწმენა] და ვისაც შენც მიანიჭე მადლი [მონობიდან გათავისუფლებით და შვილად აყვანით ზაიდ ბინ ჰაარისა]: «შეინახე შენი ცოლი [ნუ განქორწინდები ზაინაბ ბინთ ჯაჰშზე] და გეშინოდეს ალლაჰის!» მაგრამ შენ, [ო, მუჰამმად] გულში მალავდი იმას, რასაც ალლაჰი აუცილებლად გამოავლენდა [შენ უკვე იცოდი ღვთისაგან, რომ ზაიდი მას განქორწინდებოდა და შენ თვითონ მოიყვანდი მას ცოლად]. შენ გეშინოდა, რას იტყოდნენ ადამიანები [ორპირნი], რომ თითქოს მუჰამმადი დაქორწინდა თავისი შვილად აყვანილის ყოფილ ცოლზე, მაშინ როცა ალლაჰის უფრო მეტად უნდა გეშინოდეს. მას შემდეგ, რაც ზაიდმა თავისი სურვილი აღასრულა მის მიმართ, ხოლო შემდეგ განქორწინდა, და როდესაც დასრულდა ზაინაბის იდდა [განქორწინების შემდეგ სავალდებულო მოლოდინის პერიოდი], ჩვენ შეგრთეთ იგი შენ [ო მოციქულო], ეს იმიტომ, რომ მორწმუნეებს არ ჰქონოდათ სიძნელე თავიანთი შვილად აყვანილების ყოფილი ცოლების მიმართ, როცა ისინი [ეს შვილად აყვანილნი] უკვე დაასრულებდნენ მათთან ურთიერთობას [განქორწინდებოდნენ] და ალლაჰის ბრძანება უეჭველად სრულდება.
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Deutsch · German
Und als du zu demjenigen sagtest, dem Allah eine Gunstgabe erwiesen hatte und dem auch du eine Gunstgabe erwiesen hattest: „Behalte deine Gattin für dich und fürchte Allah“, und in deinem Inneren verborgen hieltest, was Allah doch offenlegen wird, und die Menschen fürchtetest, während Allah eher darauf Anspruch hat, dass du Ihn fürchtest. Als dann Zayd kein Begehren mehr an ihr hatte (und sie scheiden ließ), gaben Wir sie dir zur Gattin, damit für die Gläubigen kein Grund zur Bedrängnis bestehe hinsichtlich der Gattinnen ihrer angenommenen Söhne, wenn diese kein Begehren mehr an ihnen haben. Und der Befehl Allahs wird (stets) ausgeführt.
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Ελληνικά · Greek
(Ανάφερε, ω, Προφήτη) όταν είπες σ' εκείνον (τον δούλο σου που τον απελευθέρωσες και τον υιοθέτησες -πριν ο Αλλάχ να απαγορέψει την υιοθέτηση-, τον Ζάιντ μπιν Χάριθα) που του χάρισε ο Αλλάχ μία χάρη (της καθοδήγησης στο Ισλάμ) και του χάρισες μία χάρη (της απελευθέρωσής του, και τον πάντρεψες με την ξαδέρφη σου, τη Ζάιναμπ μπινετ Τζάχς, και αυτός ήρθε σε σένα θέλοντας να τη χωρίσει): «Κράτα τη γυναίκα σου, και φυλάξου από την τιμωρία του Αλλάχ (τηρώντας τις εντολές Του)!» Κρατάς μέσα σου (ω, Προφήτη, την είδηση που ο Αλλάχ σε ενημέρωσε ότι ο Ζάιντ θα χωρίσει τη Ζάιναμπ, και έπειτα θα την παντρευτείς) κάτι που θα το φανερώσει ο Αλλάχ (μέσω του διαζυγίου τους και του γάμου σας), και φοβάσαι τους ανθρώπους (τι θα πουν, επειδή θεωρούσαν πριν το Ισλάμ ότι ο υιοθετημένος υιός είναι σαν τον πραγματικό υιό, και έτσι δεν επιτρέπεται να παντρευτεί κανείς τη διαζευγμένη γυναίκα τού υιοθετημένου υιού του), ενώ ο Αλλάχ είναι Αυτός που πρέπει να Τον φοβάσαι. Έτσι, όταν ο Ζάιντ δεν είχε πια επιθυμία γι' αυτήν και τη χώρισε, σε παντρέψαμε μ' αυτήν, για να ξέρουν οι πιστοί ότι δεν υπάρχει αμαρτία σ' αυτούς αν παντρευτούν τις διαζευγμένες συζύγους των υιοθετημένων γιων τους, όταν δεν έχουν πια επιθυμία γι' αυτές και τις χωρίσουν. Πράγματι, το διάταγμα του Αλλάχ οπωσδήποτε θα εκπληρωθεί.
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हिन्दी · Hindi
तथा (ऐ नबी!) आप (वह समय याद करें) जब आप उस व्यक्ति से, जिसपर अल्लाह ने उपकार किया तथा जिसपर आपने (भी) उपकार किया था, कह रहे थे : अपनी पत्नी को अपने पास रोके रखो तथा अल्लाह से डरो। और आप अपने मन में वह बात छिपा रहे थे, जिसे अल्लाह प्रकट करने वाला[24] था। तथा आप लोगों से डर रहे थे, हालाँकि अल्लाह अधिक योग्य है कि आप उससे डरें। फिर जब ज़ैद ने उस (स्त्री) से अपनी आवश्यकता पूरी कर ली, तो हमने आपसे उसका विवाह कर दिया, ताकि ईमान वालों पर अपने मुँह बोले (लेपालक) बेटों की पत्नियों के विषय[25] में कोई तंगी न रहे, जब वे उनसे अपनी आवश्यकता पूरी कर लें। तथा अल्लाह का आदेश तो पूरा होकर ही रहता है।
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Italiano · Italian
E quando hai detto a colui che Allāh ha favorito (con un buon matrimonio), e che tu hai aiutato: “Mantieni tua moglie e temi Allāh”, mentre nascondevi nel cuore ciò che Allāh sapeva (l’amore per questa donna), temendo l’opinione della gente; ma Allāh era più degno di essere temuto! Dopo che Zeyd divorziò da lei, te l’abbiamo fatta sposare, così che non ci fosse più imbarazzo per i credenti nei riguardi delle mogli dei loro figliastri, se fossero divorziate da quelli. Così la volontà di Allāh si è compiuta.
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
37. Ir (atminkite), kai jūs sakėte jam, kuriam Allahas suteikė Malonę (atvesdamas jį į islamą), o tu (Muchammedai ﷺ) padarei paslaugą (išlaisvindamas jį): „Pasilaikyk savo žmoną sau, ir bijokis Allaho.“ Tačiau tu slėpei savyje (t. y. tai, ką Allahas jau padarė tau žinoma, jog Jis suteiks ją tau santuokai) tai, ką Allahas atskleis, tu bijojai žmonių (t. y. jų kalbų, jog Muchammedas ﷺ vedė savo išlaisvinto vergo išskirtą žmoną), tuo tarpu Allahas turėjo geresnę teisę, jog tu Jo bijotum. Taigi, kai Zaid užbaigė savo troškimą jos (t. y. išsiskyrė su ja), Mes suteikėme ją tau santuokai tam, kad (ateityje) nebūtų sunkumų tikintiesiems dėl (santuokos su) jų įsūnių žmonų, kai pastarieji nebenori jų pasilikti (t. y. su jomis išsiskyrė). Ir Allaho Įsakymas turi būti išpildytas.
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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Yeroo ati isa Rabbiin tola irratti oolee atis tola irratti oolteen (zeydi binu haarisah) “Niitii tee (zeynab binti jahshii) qabadhu, Rabbiinis sodaadhu” jatteen [yaadadhu]. Ammas (yeroo) waan Rabbiin isa ifa baasuuf taa’u, ati of keessatti dhoksite. Odoo Rabbiin sodaachuun irra haqa ta’uu yeroo nama sodaattes [yaadadhu]. Yeroo Zeydiin ishee irraa dhimma fixate (ishee hiike), ishee si fuusifne Akka mu’uminoota irratti niitii ilmaan guddisaa (guddifachaa) isaanii yeroo isaan dhimma irraa fixatan (fuuchuu) keessatti rakkoon hin taaneef jecha, Ajajni Rabbii raawwatamaa ta’eera.
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Русский · Russian
Вот ты говорил тому, кого облагодетельствовал Аллах и кого облагодетельствовал ты: «Удержи при себе свою жену и бойся Аллаха!» И ты скрывал в душе то, что Аллах сделает явным, и боялся людей, хотя Аллах более достоин того, чтобы ты Его боялся. Когда же Зайд утратил к ней всякую потребность, Мы женили тебя на ней, дабы верующие не испытывали стеснения в отношении жён своих приёмных сыновей, когда те утратят к ним всякую потребность. И веление Аллаха непременно свершится.
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Српски · Serbian
А кад ти рече оном коме је Аллах милост даровао, а коме си и ти добро учинио: „Задржи своју супругу и бој се Аллаха!“ – У себи си скривао оно што ће Аллах да обелодани и бојао си се људи, а прече је да се бојиш Аллаха. И пошто је Зејдова потреба за њом престала и од ње се развео, Ми смо је за тебе удали како се верници више не би устручавали да се жене женама посинака својих кад се они од њих разведу. Како Аллах одреди, тако треба бити.
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Na ulipomwambia yule ambaye Mwenyezi Mungu alimneemesha, nawe ukamneemesha: Shikamana na mkeo, na mche Mwenyezi Mungu. Na ukaficha nafsini mwako aliyotaka Mwenyezi Mungu kuyafichua, nawe ukawachelea watu, hali Mwenyezi Mungu ndiye mwenye haki zaidi kumchelea. Basi Zaid alipokwisha haja naye, tulikuoza wewe, ili isiwe taabu kwa Waumini kuwaoa wake wa watoto wao wa kupanga watapokuwa wamekwisha timiza nao shuruti za talaka. Na amri ya Mwenyezi Mungu ni yenye kutekelezwa.
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Svenska · Swedish
Minns när du sa till honom som Gud hade visat godhet och som även du själv hade visat godhet: ”Behåll din hustru och frukta Gud”, samtidigt som du dolde i ditt inre vad Gud skulle avslöja. Och du fruktade människor, fastän Gud är mest värd din fruktan. När Zayd skilt sig från henne gav vi henne till dig som hustru för att visa att de troende kan gifta sig med sina adoptivsöners före detta hustrur. Guds befallning genomförs alltid.
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Türkçe · Turkish
(Rasûlüm!) Hani, Allah'ın nimet verdiği, senin de kendisine iyilik ettiğin kimseye: "Eşini yanında tut, Allah'tan sakın/kork!" diyordun. Allah'ın açığa vuracağı şeyi, insanlardan çekinerek içinde gizliyordun. Oysa asıl korkmana lâyık olan Allah'tır. Zeyd, o kadından ilişiğini kesince biz onu sana nikahladık ki evlâtlıkları, karılarıyla ilişkilerini kestiklerinde (o kadınlarla evlenmek isterlerse) Müminlere bir güçlük olmasın. Allah'ın emri yerine getirilmiştir.
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.
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اردو · Urdu
(یاد کرو) جب کہ تو اس شخص سے کہہ رہا تھا جس پر اللہ نے بھی انعام کیا اور تو نے بھی کہ تو اپنی بیوی کو اپنے پاس رکھ اور اللہ سے ڈر اور تو اپنے دل میں وه بات چھپائے ہوئے تھا جسے اللہ ﻇاہر کرنے واﻻ تھا اور تو لوگوں سے خوف کھاتا تھا، حاﻻنکہ اللہ تعالیٰ اس کا زیاده حق دار تھا کہ تو اس سے ڈرے[1] ، پس جب کہ زید نے اس عورت سے اپنی غرض پوری کرلی[2] ہم نے اسے تیرے نکاح میں دے دیا[3] تاکہ مسلمانوں پر اپنے لے پالکوں کی بیویوں کے بارے میں کسی طرح کی تنگی نہ رہے جب کہ وه اپنی غرض ان سے پوری کرلیں[4]، اللہ کا (یہ) حکم تو ہو کر ہی رہنے واﻻ تھا.[5]
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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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 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.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 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 verily goeth astray in error manifest
Edward Henry Palmer1880 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
John Medows Rodwell1861 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
George Sale1734 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
DIN 31635mā kāna ʿalā n-nabiyyi min ḥaraǧin fīmā faraḍa llāhu lahu sunnata llāhi fī llaḏīna ḫalaw min qablu wakāna ʾamru llāhi qadaran maqdūran
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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
Talal Itani2012 Those who deliver the messages of God, and fear Him, and never fear anyone except God. God is sufficient as a reckoner.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Who delivered the messages of Allah and feared Him, and feared none save Allah. Allah keepeth good account
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Those who preach God's messages and fear Him and fear not any one except God,- but God is good enough at reckoning up
John Medows Rodwell1861 Who fulfilled the mission with which God had charged them, and feared Him, and feared none but God. And God taketh a sufficient account
George Sale1734 who brought the messages of God, and feared him, and feared none besides God: And God is a sufficient accountant
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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
0.65 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 · John Medows Rodwell0.73
Talal Itani · George Sale0.73
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.70
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.70
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.66
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.64
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.62
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.60
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.60
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.