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Talal Itani· published 2012
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.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
There is no reproach for the Prophet in that which Allahmaketh his due. That was Allah's way with those who passed away of old - and the commandment of Allah is certaindestiny
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
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
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
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
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
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
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 ka asnjë faj për Pejgamberin kur bën atë që ia ka lejuar Allahu. Ky është ligji i Allahut edhe për ata (pejgamberët) që ishin më parë, – urdhri i Allahut është vendim i detyrueshëm, –
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
বাংলা · Bengali
নবীর কোনো অসুবিধা হবে না, আল্লাহ তার জন্য যা নির্ধারণ করেছেন তা করলে(২১); পূর্বে যেসব নবী অতিবাহিত হয়েছে তাদের ব্যাপারে এটিই ছিল আল্লাহর বিধান। আর আল্লাহর বিধান সুনির্ধারিত, অবশ্যম্ভাবী।
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.2
Bosanski · Bosnian
Vjerovjesniku nije grijeh učiniti ono što mu Allah naloži, jer takav je bio Allahov propis i za one koji su prije bili i nestali – a Allahova zapovijed je odredba konačna –
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From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4
Hrvatski · Croatian
Vjerovjesniku nije grijeh učiniti ono što mu Allah naloži, jer takav je bio Allahov propis i za one koji su prije bili i nestali – a Allahova zapovijed je odredba konačna –
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Fulfulde · Fulani
Feloore alanaa annabiijo o, e ko Alla daginani mo, ɗum ko ñaawoore Alla e ɓeen feƴƴuɓe ado makko. Ñaawoore Alla nde wonii eɓɓaande hoddiraande.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
არ არის შუამავლისთვის [მუჰამმადისთვის] ცოდვა იმაში, რაც ალლაჰმა დაუდგინა მას [იმაში, რომ მან იქორწინა შვილად აყვანილის ყოფილ ცოლზე]. ეს არის ალლაჰის დადგენილი წესი წინამორბედ წინასწარმეტყველთა შესახებაც [ასევე ნებადართული იყო მათთვის]. ხოლო ალლაჰის ბრძანება არის წინასწარ განსაზღვრული გადაწყვეტილება.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Es besteht für den Propheten kein Grund zur Bedrängnis in dem, was Allah für ihn angeordnet hat. So war die Gesetzmäßigkeit Allahs mit denjenigen, die zuvor dahingegangen sind - und der Befehl Allahs ist ein fest gefasster Beschluss -,
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Δεν υπάρχει αμαρτία στον Προφήτη για ό,τι του επέτρεψε ο Αλλάχ (και τον διέταξε να το κάνει, το να παντρευτεί τη διαζευγμένη γυναίκα τού υιοθετημένου υιού του). Αυτός ήταν ο επαναλαμβανόμενος τρόπος του Αλλάχ μ' εκείνους τους (Προφήτες) που ήταν πριν (ότι δεν υπάρχει αμαρτία για ό,τι τους επέτρεψε). Πράγματι, η εντολή του Αλλάχ είναι ένα διάταγμα που οπωσδήποτε θα εκπληρωθεί.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
नबी पर उस कार्य में कोई तंगी (पाप) नहीं है, जो अल्लाह ने उसके लिए निर्धारित किया है।[26] अल्लाह का यही नियम रहा है उन लोगों के बारे में भी जो पहले गुज़र चुके हैं। तथा अल्लाह का आदेश एक निश्चित निर्णय होता है।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Non si può biasimare il Profeta per quanto gli ha concesso Allāh: questa è la legge di Allāh applicata ai suoi predecessori, e la volontà di Allāh è un ordine irrevocabile –
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
38. Nėra kaltės Pranašui ( ﷺ) tame, ką Allahas jam leido. Tai yra Allaho nustatytas kelias su tais (iš Pranašų), kurie buvo anksčiau. Ir Allaho Įsakymas yra nulemtas nurodymas.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.8
Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Waan Rabbiin isaaf murteesse (hayyame) keessatti nabiyyicha (Muhammad) irra badiin (dhiphinni) tokkoyyuu hin jiru. Sun karaa Rabbii kan warra dur dabran keessatti (raawwatamaa) tureedha. Ajajni Rabbii murtee murteeffamaa ta’eedha.
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
Нет на Пророке никакого стеснения в том, что Аллах вменил ему в обязанность. Таково установление Аллаха для тех, которые были прежде. И веление Аллаха есть предопределённая мера.
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
Веровеснику није грех да чини оно што му Аллах нареди јер такав је био Аллахов пропис и за оне који су били пре и нестали, а Аллахова одредба је неминовна.
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
Hapana ubaya kwa Nabii kufanya aliyomhalalishia Mwenyezi Mungu. Huo ndio mwendo wa Mwenyezi Mungu kwa wale waliopita zamani. Na amri ya Mwenyezi Mungu ni mipango iliyokwisha pangwa.
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Profeten begår ingen synd när han gör det som Gud har tillåtit honom. Så har Guds ordning varit med föregående [sändebud] – Guds beslut står fast –
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
Allah'ın, peygambere farz kıldığı şeylerde ona bir güçlük yoktur. Bu, Allah'ın önceden geçmişler hakkındaki sünnetidir. Allah’ın emri, kesinleşmiş bir takdirdir/hükümdür.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
جو چیزیں اللہ تعالیٰ نے اپنے نبی کے لئے مقرر کی ہیں ان میں نبی پر کوئی حرج نہیں[1] ، (یہی) اللہ کا دستور ان میں بھی رہا جو پہلے ہوئے[2] اور اللہ تعالیٰ کے کام اندازے پر مقرر کئے ہوئے ہیں.[3]
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 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
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
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
DIN 31635mā kāna muḥammadun ʾabā ʾaḥadin min riǧālikum walākin rasūla llāhi waḫātama n-nabiyyīna wakāna llāhu bikulli šayʾin ʿalīman
Talal Itani2012 Muhammad is not the father of any of your men; but he is the Messenger of God, and the seal of the prophets. God is Cognizant of everything.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Muhammad is not the father of any man among you, but he is the messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets; and Allah is ever Aware of all things
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Mohammed is not the father of any of your men, but the Apostle of God, and the Seal of the Prophets; for God all things doth know
John Medows Rodwell1861 Muhammad is not the father of any man among you, but he is the Apostle of God, and the seal of the prophets: and God knoweth all things
George Sale1734 Mohammed is not the father of any man among you; but the apostle of God, and the seal of the prophets: And God knoweth all things
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 —
0.68 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 Sale0.81
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.77
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.77
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.69
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.67
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.66
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.65
Talal Itani · George Sale0.65
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.58
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.54
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Method Wording differences — derived 13 September 2026
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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.