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nor is intercession of any avail with Him, except for him whom He permits; so that when fright is removed from their hearts they say, 'What is it that your Lord says?' they say, 'The truth; for He is the high, the great
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Compare translations (4)Talal Itani· published 2012
Intercession with Him is of no value, except for someone He has permitted. Until, when fear has subsided from their hearts, they will say, "What did your Lord say?" They will say, "The truth, and He is the High, the Great."
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
No intercession availeth with Him save for him whom He permitteth. Yet, when fear is banished from their hearts, they say: What was it that your Lord said? They say: The Truth. And He is the Sublime, the Great
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
John Medows Rodwell1808–1900 · published 1861
No intercession shall avail with Him but that which He shall Himself allow. Until when at last their hearts shall be relieved from terror, they shall say, "What saith your Lord?" they shall say, "The Truth; and He is the High, the Great
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
No intercession will be of service in his presence, except the intercession of him to whom he shall grantpermission to intercede for others: And they shall wait in suspense until, when the terror shall be taken off from their hearts, they shall say to one another, what doth your Lord say? They shall answer, that which is just: And He is the high, the great 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
Asnjë ndërmjetësim nuk bën dobi para Tij, përveçse për atë që Ai jep leje. Kur zemrat e tyre (melekëve) të çlirohen nga frika, do të thonë: "Çfarë tha Zoti juaj?" e do të përgjigjen: "Të vërtetën! Ai është i Larti, i Madhi."
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বাংলা · Bengali
আর আল্লাহ যাকে অনুমতি দিবেন সে ছাড়া তাঁর কাছে কোন সুপারিশ কারো উপকার করবে না। অবশেষে যখন তাদের অন্তর থেকে ভীতি দূর করা হবে, তখন তারা বলবে, ‘তোমাদের রব কী বলেছেন?’ তারা (ফিরিশতাগণ) বলবে, ‘তিনি সত্যই বলেছেন।’ আর তিনি সর্বোচ্চ, সুমহান।(৮)
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Bosanski · Bosnian
Kod Njega će se moći zauzimati za nekog samo onaj kome On dopusti. I kad iz srca njihovih nestane straha, oni upitaju: “Šta je to rekao Gospodar vaš?” “Istinu. On je Uzvišeni i Veliki”, odgovore.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4
Hrvatski · Croatian
Kod Njega će se moći zauzimati za nekog samo onaj kome On dopusti. I kad iz srca njihovih nestane straha, oni upitaju: “Što je to rekao Gospodar vaš?” “Istinu. On je Uzvišeni i Veliki”, odgovore.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Fulfulde · Fulani
Tefoore nafataa ka makko, si wonaa on Mo O duŋanii. Haa si ɗenƴere nden yaltinaama e ɓerɗe maɓɓe ɗen, ɓe mbi'a: "Ko holɗum Joomi mon daali?" Ɓe mb'a: "Ko goonga kan; ko Kaŋko woni Toowɗo, Mawɗo On".
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ქართული · Georgian
და არავის [არავითარი] შუამდგომლობა არ გამოადგება მის წინაშე, გარდა იმათისა, ვისაც ნებას დართავს იგი. ხოლო როცა შიში მოეხსნებათ მათ გულებს, ისინი [ანგელოზები] იტყვიან ერთმანეთში: «რა თქვა თქვენმა უფალმა?» ამბობენ: «ჭეშმარიტება, და იგია უზენაესი, დიადი».
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Auch nützt bei Ihm die Fürsprache nicht - außer, wem Er es erlaubt. Wenn dann der Schrecken von ihren Herzen genommen ist, sagen sie: „Was hat euer Herr gesagt?“ Sie sagen: „Die Wahrheit“, und Er ist der (hoch) Erhobene und der Große.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Καμία μεσολάβηση δε θα ωφελήσει ενώπιόν Του, εκτός απ' εκείνον που του το επέτρεψε. [Από τη μεγαλοπρέπειά Του, είναι ότι όταν μιλάει ή κρίνει κάτι στους ουρανούς, οι Άγγελοι χτυπούν τα φτερά τους με απόλυτη υποταγή και υπακοή προς Αυτόν], και όταν ο φόβος φεύγει από τις καρδιές τους, λένε (ο ένας στον άλλον): «Τι είπε ο Κύριός σας;» Απαντούν: «Την Αλήθεια, και Αυτός είναι ο Αλ-‘Αλέι (Ύψιστος), ο Αλ-Καμπείρ (Μέγας).»
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
और उसके यहाँ केवल उस व्यक्ति की सिफ़ारिश लाभ देगी, जिसे अल्लाह अनुमति देगा।[22] यहाँ तक कि जब उनके दिलों से घबराहट दूर कर दी जाती है, तो वे (फ़रिश्ते) कहते हैं : तुम्हारे पालनहार ने क्या कहा? वे कहते हैं : सत्य (कहा) तथा वह सर्वोच्च, बहुत महान है।[23]
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
E non è utile da Lui l’intercessione, all’infuori di colui che Lui ha autorizzato». Ma quando il terrore nei loro cuori si spense, dissero: «Cosa ha detto il vostro Dio?» Dissero: «La Verità», e Lui è l’Immenso, il Grande.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
23. Tarpininkavimas su Juo neduoda naudos, išskyrus tam, kuriam Jis leidžia. Tiek daug, kad kai baimė išvijama iš jų (angelų) širdžių, jie (angelai) sako: „Kas yra tai, ką jūsų Viešpats sakė?“ Jie sako: „Tiesa. Ir Jis yra Aukščiausiasis, Didžiausiasis.“
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.8
Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Manguddummaan Isa (Rabbiin) biratti nama Inni isaaf hayyame malee hin fayyaddu. Yeroo onneewwan isaanii (malaykota) irraa sodaan deeme “Rabbiin keessan maal jedhe?” jedhanii (gaafatu). “Dhugaa (jedhe); Innis ol ta’aa, guddaadha” jedhu.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.0
Русский · Russian
Заступничество перед Ним не принесёт пользы никому, кроме того, кому Он позволит. И когда страх будет удалён из их сердец, они скажут: «Что сказал ваш Господь?» Они скажут: «Истину». И Он — Возвышенный, Великий».
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
Код Њега ће моћи да се заузима само онај коме Он допусти. И кад из њихових срца нестане страха, они ће да упитају: „Шта је то рекао ваш Господар?“ „Истину!“ Одговориће, Он је Узвишени и Велики.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Wala uombezi mbele yake hautafaa kitu, isipokuwa kwa aliyempa idhini. Hata itakapoondolewa hofu kwenye nyoyo zao, watasema: "Mola wenu Mlezi amesema nini?" Watasema: "Yaliyo kweli! Na Yeye ndiye Aliye juu, Mkubwa."
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Svenska · Swedish
Ingen förbön är till någon nytta hos honom utom från den han har gett tillåtelse. När bävan släpper från [änglarnas] hjärtan frågar de: ”Vad förkunnade er Herre?” och de svarar: ”Sanningen; han är den Höge, den Store.”
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
Allah’ın huzurunda, kendisinin izin verdiği kimselerden başkasının şefaati fayda vermez. Nihayet onların yüreklerinden korku giderilince: "Rabbiniz ne buyurdu?" derler. Onlar da: "Hak olanı buyurdu." derler. O; yüksektir/yücedir, büyüktür.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
شفاعت (سفارش) بھی اس کے پاس کچھ نفع نہیں دیتی بجز ان کے جن کے لئے اجازت ہوجائے[1] ۔ یہاں تک کہ جب ان کے دلوں سے گھبراہٹ دور کردی جاتی ہے تو پوچھتے ہیں تمہارے پرودگار نے کیا فرمایا؟ جواب دیتے ہیں کہ حق فرمایا [2]اور وه بلند وباﻻ اور بہت بڑا ہے.
Translated by Muhammad Ibrahim Junagarhi, developed under the supervision of the Rowwad Translation Center. The original translation is available for the purpose of expressing opinion, evaluation, and continuous development.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.3
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Easy-read (simplified)wamaa kaana lahu 'alayhim min sultaanin illaa lina'lama man yu'minu bil-'aakhirati mimman huwa minhaa fee shakkin warabbuka 'alaa kulli shay'in hafeez
DIN 31635wamā kāna lahu ʿalayhim min sulṭānin ʾillā linaʿlama man yuʾminu bil-ʾāḫirati mimman huwa minhā fī šakkin warabbuka ʿalā kulli šayʾin ḥafīẓun
Talal Itani2012 He had no authority over them; except that We willed to distinguish him who believes in the Hereafter, from him who is doubtful about it. Your Lord is Guardian over all things.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And he had no warrant whatsoever against them, save that We would know him who believeth in the Hereafter from him who is in doubt thereof; and thy Lord (O Muhammad) taketh note of all things
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Yet had he no authority over them, save that we might know who it was that believed in the hereafter from him who amongst them was in doubt; for thy Lord guards everything
John Medows Rodwell1861 Yet no power had he over them. Only we would discern him who believed in the life to come, from him who doubted of it; for thy Lord watcheth all things
George Sale1734 And he had no power over them, unless to tempt them, that We might know him who believed in the life to come, from him who doubted thereof. Thy Lord observeth all things
Easy-read (simplified)quli d'oo lladheena za'amtum min dooni llaahi laa yamlikoona mithqaala dharratin fee s-samaawaati walaa fee l-'ardi wamaa lahum feehimaa min shirkin wamaa lahu minhum min zaheer
DIN 31635quli dʿū llaḏīna zaʿamtum min dūni llāhi lā yamlikūna miṯqāla ḏarratin fī s-samāwāti walā fī l-ʾarḍi wamā lahum fīhimā min širkin wamā lahu minhum min ẓahīrin
Talal Itani2012 Say, "Call upon those whom you claim besides God. They possess not an atom's weight in the heavens or the earth, and they possess no share of either, and He has no backers from among them."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Say (O Muhammad): Call upon those whom ye set up beside Allah! They possess not an atom's weight either in the heavens or in the earth, nor have they any share in either, nor hath He an auxiliary among them
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Say, 'Call on those whom ye pretend beside God;' they cannot control the weight of an atom in the heavens or in the earth; nor have they any partnership in either; nor has He amongst them any supporter
John Medows Rodwell1861 SAY: Call ye upon those whom ye deem gods, beside God: their power in the Heavens and in the Earth is not the weight of an atom - neither have they any share in either; nor hath He a helper from among them
George Sale1734 Say unto the idolaters, call upon those whom ye imagine to be gods, besides God: They are not masters of the weight of an ant in heaven or on earth, neither have they any share in the creation or government of the same; nor is any of them assistant to him therein
Easy-read (simplified)qul man yarzuqukum mina s-samaawaati wal-'ardi quli llaahu wa'innaa aw iyyaakum la'alaa hudan aw fee dalaalin mubeen
DIN 31635qul man yarzuqukum mina s-samāwāti wal-ʾarḍi quli llāhu waʾinnā ʾaw ʾiyyākum laʿalā hudan ʾaw fī ḍalālin mubīnin
Talal Itani2012 Say, "Who provides for you from the heavens and the earth?" Say, "God. And Either you, or we, are rightly guided, or in evident error."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Say: Who giveth you provision from the sky and the earth? Say: Allah, Lo! we or you assuredly are rightly guided or in error manifest
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Say, 'Who provides from the heavens and the earth?' Say, 'God.' And, verily, we or ye are surely in guidance or in an obvious error
John Medows Rodwell1861 SAY: Who supplieth you out of the Heavens and the Earth? SAY: God. And either we or ye have guidance, or are in palpable error
George Sale1734 Say, who provideth food for you from heaven and earth? Answer, God: And either we, or ye, follow the true direction, or are in a manifest error
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0.644
Share of measured verses above it
33%
Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.68
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.67
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.61
Talal Itani · George Sale0.60
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.59
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.57
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.57
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.57
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.53
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.51
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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.