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Talal Itani· published 2012
Say, "O My devotees who have believed, keep your duty to your Lord. For those who do good in this world, is goodness. And God's earth is vast. The steadfast will be paid their wages in full, without reckoning."
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Say: O My bondmen who believe! Observe your duty to your Lord. For those who do good in this world there is good, and Allah's earth is spacious. Verily the steadfast will be paid their wages without stint
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
Say, 'O my servants who believe! fear your Lord! for those who do well in this world is good, and God's earth is spacious; verily, the patient shall be paid their hire without count
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
SAY: O my believing servants, fear your Lord. For those who do good in this world there is good: and broad is God's earth - verily those who endure with patience shall be repaid: their reward shall not be by measure
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Say, O my servants who believe, fear your Lord. They who do good in this world, shall obtain good in the next; and God's earth is spacious: Verily those who persevere with patience shall receive their recompense without measure
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
Thuaj: "O robërit e Mi që besoni, frikësojuni Zotit tuaj! Për ata që bëjnë mirë në këtë botë do të ketë të mira. Ndërkohë, toka e Allahut është e gjerë. Njëmend, durimtarët do të shpërblehen pa masë."
Translated by the team of 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 1.0.5
বাংলা · Bengali
হে রাসূল! তুমি বলো: ‘হে আমার মু’মিন বান্দারা! যারা ঈমান এনেছ, তোমরা তোমাদের রবকে ভয় করো। যারা এ দুনিয়ায় ভালো কাজ করে, তাদের জন্য রয়েছে কল্যাণ।(১০) আর আল্লাহর জমিন প্রশস্ত।(১১) নিশ্চয় ধৈর্যশীলদেরকে (পরকালে) বিনা হিসেবে পূর্ণরূপে তাদের প্রতিদান দেয়া হবে।’
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.
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Bosanski · Bosnian
Reci: “O robovi Moji koji vjerujete, bojte se Gospodara svog! One koji na ovom svijetu dobra djela budu činili čeka nagrada, a Allahova zemlja je prostrana – samo oni koji budu strpljivi bit će bez obračuna nagrađeni.”
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
Reci: “O robovi Moji koji vjerujete, bojte se Gospodara svog! One koji na ovom svijetu dobra djela budu činili čeka nagrada, a Allahova zemlja je prostrana – samo oni koji budu strpljivi bit će bez obračuna nagrađeni.”
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
Fulfulde · Fulani
Maaku: "eey mon yo jiyaaɓe Am gooŋɗinɓe, kulee Joomi mon". Hino woodani moƴƴimɓe (golle) ɓen e oo aduna, mbarjaari. Leydi Allah ndin ko yaajundi. Nganndee muññiiɓe ɓeen timminirante njoɓdi maɓɓe ndin, ko aldaa e limoore.
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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ქართული · Georgian
თქვი (ო, მოციქულო): «ო, ჩემო მონებო, რომლებმაც ირწმუნეთ, გეშინოდეთ თქვენი უფლის (სასჯელის)! მათ, ვინც ამ წუთისოფელში სიკეთეს აკეთებდნენ, სიკეთე ექნებათ (ასევე მომავალ ცხოვრებაშიც). და (ჭეშმარიტად) ალლაჰის მიწა განიერია (და შესაძლებელია გადასახლება იქ, სადაც თავისუფლად შეიძლება ალლაჰზე თაყვანისცემა). ჭეშმარიტად, მომთმენთ მიეცემათ მათი საზღაური უსაზღვროდ!»
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 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Sag: O Meine Diener, die ihr gläubig seid: „Fürchtet euren Herrn.“ Für diejenigen, die Gutes tun, gibt es hier im Diesseits Gutes. Und Allahs Erde ist weit. Wahrlich, den Geduldigen wird ihr Lohn ohne Berechnung in vollem Maß zukommen.
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
Πες (ω, Προφήτη, μεταφέροντας τα Λόγια Μου): «Ω, δούλοι Μου που πιστεύετε! Φυλαχθείτε από την τιμωρία του Κυρίου σας (τηρώντας τις εντολές Του). Όσοι κάνουν καλές πράξεις σ' αυτή την εγκόσμια ζωή, θα λάβουν μία καλή ανταμοιβή (στην εγκόσμια ζωή και στη Μέλλουσα Ζωή). Πράγματι, η γη του Αλλάχ είναι ευρύχωρη (για να μεταναστέψετε, ώστε να μπορείτε να λατρέψετε τον Αλλάχ, αν αντιμετωπίζετε διωγμούς λόγω της θρησκείας σας). Πράγματι, οι υπομονετικοί θα λάβουν την ανταμοιβή τους χωρίς λογαριασμό (απεριόριστα).»
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
हिन्दी · Hindi
(ऐ रसूल!) आप कह दें : ऐ मेरे बंदो, जो ईमान लाए हो! अपने पालनहार से डरो। उन लोगों के लिए जिन्होंने इस दुनिया में अच्छे कार्य किए, बड़ी भलाई है। तथा अल्लाह की धरती विस्तृत है। केवल सब्र करने वालों ही को उनका बदला बिना किसी हिसाब (शुमार) के दिया जाएगा।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Di’: «O servi Miei, credenti, temete il vostro Dio. Per quelli che hanno fatto il bene in questo mondo c’è una ricompensa, e la terra di Allāh è vasta». In verità ai pazienti sarà aumentata la ricompensa, senza limiti.
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
10. Sakyk (Muchammedai ﷺ): „O Mano vergai, kurie tikite (Allaho Vienumą – islamiškąjį monoteizmą), bijokite savo Viešpaties (Allaho) ir atlikite savo pareigą Jam. Geras (atlygis) yra tiems, kurie daro gerą šiame pasaulyje. Ir Allaho žemė yra plati (taigi jei negalite garbinti Allaho vienoje vietoje, eikite į kitą). Tik tie, kurie kantrūs, gaus savo pilną atlygį, be atsiskaitymo.“
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.
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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Русский · Russian
Скажи: «О Мои рабы, которые уверовали! Бойтесь вашего Господа. Тем, кто был добродетелен в этом мире — благо. А земля Аллаха — обширна. Воистину, терпеливые получат свою награду сполна — без счёта».
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
Реци: „О слуге Моје који верујете, бојте се свога Господара! Они који на овом свету буду радили добра дела имаће добро, а Аллахова је Земља пространа; само ће они који буду стрпљиви бити награђени без обрачуна.“
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
Sema: Enyi waja wangu mlioamini! Mcheni Mola wenu Mlezi. Wale wafanyao wema katika dunia hii watapata wema. Na ardhi ya Mwenyezi Mungu ni kunjufu. Hakika wenye subira watapewa ujira wao bila ya hisabu.
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Svenska · Swedish
Säg: ”Mina troende tjänare, frukta er Herre! De som gör gott i detta liv ska få gott tillbaka, och Guds jord är vidsträckt. Endast de sant tålmodiga ska belönas utan gräns.”
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
De ki: “Ey iman eden kullarım! Rabbinizden korkup sakının. Bu dünyada iyilik etmekte olanlar için bir iyilik vardır. Allah'ın arzı geniştir. Ancak sabredenlere ecirleri hesapsızca ödenir.”
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
اردو · Urdu
کہہ دو کہ اے میرے ایمان والے بندو! اپنے رب سے ڈرتے رہو[1] ، جو اس دنیا میں نیکی کرتے ہیں ان کے لئے نیک بدلہ ہے[2] اور اللہ تعالیٰ کی زمین بہت کشاده ہے[3] صبر کرنے والوں ہی کو ان کا پورا پورا بےشمار اجر دیا جاتا ہے.[4]
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)wa'idhaa massa l-'insaana durrun da'aa rabbahu muneeban ilayhi thumma idhaa khawwalahu ni'matan minhu nasiya maa kaana yad'oo ilayhi min qablu waja'ala lillaahi andaadan liyudilla 'an sabeelihi qul tamatta' bikufrika qaleelan innaka min ashaabi n-naar
DIN 31635waʾiḏā massa l-ʾinsāna ḍurrun daʿā rabbahu munīban ʾilayhi ṯumma ʾiḏā ḫawwalahu niʿmatan minhu nasiya mā kāna yadʿū ʾilayhi min qablu waǧaʿala lillāhi ʾandādan liyuḍilla ʿan sabīlihi qul tamattaʿ bikufrika qalīlan ʾinnaka min ʾaṣḥābi n-nāri
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 When some adversity touches the human being, he prays to his Lord, repenting to Him. But then, when He confers on him a grace of His, he forgets what he was praying for before, and he attributes rivals to God, in order to lead astray from His way. Say, "Enjoy your disbelief for a little while; you will be among the inmates of the Fire."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And when some hurt toucheth man, he crieth unto his Lord, turning unto Him (repentant). Then, when He granteth him a boon from Him he forgetteth that for which he cried unto Him before, and setteth up rivals to Allah that he may beguile (men) from his way. Say (O Muhammad, unto such an one): Take pleasure in thy disbelief a while. Lo! thou art of the owners of the Fire
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And when distress touches a man he calls his Lord, turning repentant to Him; then when He confers on him a favour from Himself he forgets what he had called upon Him for before, and makes peers for God to lead astray from His way! Say, 'Enjoy thyself in thy misbelief a little, verily, thou art of the fellows of the Fire
John Medows Rodwell1861 When some trouble toucheth a man, he turneth to his Lord and calleth on him: yet no sooner hath He enriched him with his favour than he forgetteth Him on whom he before had called, and setteth up peers with God, that he may beguile others from His way. SAY: Enjoy thou thyself yet a little in thine ingratitude! but thou shalt surely be one of the inmates of the fire
George Sale1734 When harm befalleth a man, he calleth upon his Lord, and turneth unto Him: Yet afterwards, when God hath bestowed on him favour from himself, he forgetteth that being which he invoked before, and setteth up equals unto God, that he may seduce men from his way. Say unto such a man, enjoy this life in thy infidelity for a little while: But hereafter shalt thou surely be one of the inhabitants of hell fire
DIN 31635ʾamman huwa qānitun ʾānāʾa llayli sāǧidan waqāʾiman yaḥḏaru l-ʾāḫirata wayarǧū raḥmata rabbihi qul hal yastawī llaḏīna yaʿlamūna wallaḏīna lā yaʿlamūna ʾinnamā yataḏakkaru ʾūlū l-ʾalbābi
Talal Itani2012 Is he who worships devoutly during the watches of the night, prostrating himself and standing up, mindful of the Hereafter, and placing his hope in the mercy of his Lord? Say, "Are those who know and those who do not know equal?" Only those possessed of reason will remember.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Is he who payeth adoration in the watches of the night, prostrate and standing, bewaring of the Hereafter and hoping for the mercy of his Lord, (to be accounted equal with a disbeliever)? Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Are those who know equal with those who know not? But only men of understanding will pay heed
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Shall he who is devout throughout the night, adoring and standing, cautious concerning the hereafter, and hoping for the mercy of his Lord . . . ? Say, 'Shall those who know be deemed equal with those who know not? only those will remember, who are endowed with minds
John Medows Rodwell1861 Shall he who observeth the hours of the night, prostrate or standing in devotion, heedful of the life to come, and hoping for the mercy of his Lord . . .? SAY: Shall they who have knowledge and they who have it not, be treated alike? In sooth, men of understanding only will take the warning
George Sale1734 Shall he who giveth himself up to prayer in the hours of the night, prostrate, and standing, and who taketh heed as to the life to come, and hopeth for the mercy of his Lord, be dealt with as the wicked unbeliever? Say, shall they who know their duty, and they who know it not, be held equal? Verily the men of understanding only will be warned
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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
0.52 on a scale
where 0 means identical wording and 1 means no shared words. It is
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The cut
0.644
Share of measured verses above it
33%
Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Talal Itani · George Sale0.62
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.62
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.58
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.55
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.54
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.50
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.47
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.45
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.43
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.40
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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.