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Whatever mercy God unfolds for the people, none can withhold it. And if He withholds it, none can release it thereafter. He is the Exalted in Power, Full of Wisdom.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
That which Allah openeth unto mankind of mercy none can withhold it; and that which He withholdeth none can release thereafter. He is the Mighty, the Wise
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
What God opens to men of His mercy there is none to withhold; and what He withholds, there is none can send it forth after Him; for He is the mighty, the wise
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
The mercy which God layeth open for man, no one can keepback; and what He shall keepback, none can afterwards send forth. And He is the Mighty, the Wise
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
The mercy which God shall freelybestow on mankind, there is none who can with-hold; and what He shall with-hold, there is none who can bestow, besides Him: And He is the mighty, the wise
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
Të mirat që Allahu ua jep njerëzve nga mëshira e Tij, nuk ka kush që mund t'i pengojë, kurse ato që Ai i pengon, askush nuk mund t'i japë pos Tij. Ai është i Gjithëfuqishmi, i Urti.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
বাংলা · Bengali
আল্লাহ মানুষের জন্য যে রহমত উন্মুক্ত করে দেন, তা আটকে রাখার কেউ নেই। আর তিনি যা আটকে রাখেন, তার উন্মুক্তকারী নেই। আর তিনি পরাক্রমশালী, প্রজ্ঞাময়।
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
Milost koju Allah podari ljudima niko ne može uskratiti, a ono što On uskrati niko ne može, poslije Njega, dati; On je silan i mudar.
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
Milost koju Allah podari ljudima nitko ne može uskratiti, a ono što On uskrati nitko ne može, poslije Njega, dati; On je silan i mudar.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Fulfulde · Fulani
Kala yurmeende nde Alla udditani yimɓe ɓen, jogitotooɗo nde alaa; kala kadi ko o jogitii, gaccitoowo ɗum alaa ɓaawo (jogitagol) makko. Ko Kaŋko woni pooluɗo, ñeeñɗo.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
რასაც ალლაჰი გაუხსნის ადამიანებს თავისი წყალობიდან [მისცემს საზრდოს, წვიმას, ჯანმრთელობას, ცოდნას…] — მისთვის არ იქნება შემაკავებელი, ხოლო რასაც შეაკავებს, — მის შემდეგ არავინ იქნება მომნიჭებელი. იგია ყოვლად დიდებული, ყოვლად ბრძენი.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Was Allah den Menschen an Barmherzigkeit auftut, so gibt es keinen Zurückhalter dafür. Und was Er zurückhält, so gibt es keinen Freigeber dafür. Und Er ist der Allmächtige und der Allweise.
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
Ό,τι ανοίγει ο Αλλάχ από έλεος (πλούτη, καθοδήγηση ή ευτυχία) για τους ανθρώπους, κανείς δεν μπορεί να το εμποδίσει, και ό,τι συγκρατά, κανείς δεν μπορεί μετά απ' αυτό να το στείλει. Πράγματι, Αυτός είναι ο Αλ-‘Αζείζ (Παντοδύναμος, Ανίκητος), ο Αλ-Χακείμ (Πάνσοφος).
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
अल्लाह लोगों के लिए जो दया[2] खोल दे, उसे कोई रोकने वाला नहीं। तथा जिसे रोक ले, तो उसके बाद, उसे कोई भेजने (खोलने) वाला नहीं। तथा वही सब पर प्रभुत्ववशाली, पूर्ण हिकमत वाला है।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Le Grazie che Allāh dona agli uomini non possono essere trattenute da nessuno. E se lui gliene priva, nessun altro può donarle dopo di Lui. Ed è Lui il Potente, il Saggio.
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
2. Ką iš gailestingumo (t. y. gėrio) Allahas gali suteikti žmonijai, niekas negali to sulaikyti; o ką Jis gali sulaikyti, niekas po to negali to suteikti. Ir Jis yra Visa Galingas, Visa Išmintingas.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.8
Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Rahmata irraa wanta Rabbiin namaaf bane wanti ishee dhorgu hin jiru. Wanta Inni dhorge Isa boodaan wanti ishee gadi dhiisu (ergu) hin jiru. Inni injifataa, ogeessa.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.0
Русский · Russian
То, что Аллах откроет людям из Своей милости, никто не удержит. А то, что Он удержит, никто после Него не пошлёт. Он — Могущественный, Мудрый.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
Милост коју Аллах подари људима - нико не може да ускрати, а оно што Он ускрати - нико не може, после Њега, да подари; Он је Силни и Мудри.
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
Rehema ambayo Mwenyezi Mungu anawafungulia watu, hapana wa kuizuia. Na anayoizuia, hapana wa kuiachilia isipokuwa Yeye. Naye ndiye Mwenye nguvu, Mwenye hekima.
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Ingen kan hålla tillbaka den nåd Gud skänker människorna, och det han väljer att hålla tillbaka kan ingen annan skänka. Han är den Allsmäktige, den Vise.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
Allah'ın insanlara açtığı rahmeti tutacak yoktur. O'nun tuttuğunu da ondan sonra salacak yoktur. O; mutlak güç sahibidir, hüküm ve hikmet sahibidir.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
اللہ تعالیٰ جو رحمت لوگوں کے لئے کھول دے سو اس کا کوئی بند کرنے واﻻ نہیں اور جس کو بند کردے سو اس کے بعد اس کا کوئی جاری کرنے واﻻ نہیں[1] اور وہی غالب حکمت واﻻ 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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Talal Itani2012 Praise be to God, Originator of the heavens and the earth, Maker of the angels messengers with wings-double, triple, and quadruple. He adds to creation as He wills. God is Able to do all things.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Praise be to Allah, the Creator of the heavens and the earth, Who appointeth the angels messengers having wings two, three and four. He multiplieth in creation what He will. Lo! Allah is Able to do all things
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Praise belongs to God, the originator of the heavens and the earth; who makes the angels His messengers, endued with wings in pairs, or threes or fours; He adds to creation what He Pleases; verily, God is mighty over all
John Medows Rodwell1861 PRAISE be to God, Maker of the Heavens and of the Earth! Who employeth the ANGELS as envoys, with pairs of wings, two, three, and four: He addeth to his creature what He will! Truly God hath power for all things
George Sale1734 Praise be unto God, the creator of heaven and earth; who maketh the angels his messengers, furnished with two, and three, and four pair of wings: God maketh what addition He pleaseth unto his creatures; for God is almighty
Easy-read (simplified)yaa ayyuhaa n-naasu dhkuroo ni'mata llaahi 'alaykum hal min khaaliqin ghayru llaahi yarzuqukum mina s-samaa'i wal-'ardi laa ilaaha illaa huwa fa'annaa tu'fakoon
DIN 31635yā ʾayyuhā n-nāsu ḏkurū niʿmata llāhi ʿalaykum hal min ḫāliqin ġayru llāhi yarzuqukum mina s-samāʾi wal-ʾarḍi lā ʾilāha ʾillā huwa faʾannā tuʾfakūna
Talal Itani2012 O people! Remember God's blessings upon you. Is there a creator other than God who provides for you from the heaven and the earth? There is no god but He. So how are you misled?
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 O mankind! Remember Allah's grace toward you! Is there any creator other than Allah who provideth for you from the sky and the earth? There is no Allah save Him. Whither then are ye turned
Edward Henry Palmer1880 O ye folk! remember the favours of God towards you; is there a creator beside God, who provides you from the heavens and from the earth? There is no god but He; how then can ye lie
John Medows Rodwell1861 O men! bear in mind the favour of God towards you. Is there a creator other than God, who nourisheth you with the gifts of heaven and earth? There is no God but He! How then are ye turned aside from Him
George Sale1734 O men, remember the favour of God towards you: Is there any creator, besides God, who provideth food for you from heaven and earth? There is no God but He: How therefore are ye turned aside from acknowledging his unity
DIN 31635waʾin yukaḏḏibūka faqad kuḏḏibat rusulun min qablika waʾilā llāhi turǧaʿu l-ʾumūru
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 If they reject you, messengers before you were also rejected. To God all matters are returned.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And if they deny thee, (O Muhammad), messengers (of Allah) were denied before thee. Unto Allah all things are brought back
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And if they call thee liar, apostles were called liars before thee, and unto God affairs return
John Medows Rodwell1861 If they treat thee as an impostor, then before thee have apostles been treated as impostors. But to God shall all things return
George Sale1734 If they accuse thee of imposture, apostles before thee have also been accused of imposture: And unto God shall all things return
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 —
0.67 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 · George Sale0.79
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.77
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.71
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.67
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.65
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.64
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.64
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.63
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.62
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.60
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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.