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Talal Itani· published 2012
Is not to God that sincere faith is due? As for those who take guardians besides Him, "We only worship them that they may bring us nearer to God." God will judge between them regarding their differences. God does not guide the lyingblasphemer.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Surely pure religion is for Allah only. And those who chooseprotectingfriends beside Him (say): We worship them only that they may bring us near unto Allah. Lo! Allah will judge between them concerning that wherein they differ. Lo! Allah guideth not him who is a liar, an ingrate
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
Aye! God's is the sincere religion: and those who take beside Him patrons - 'We do not serve them save that they may bring us near to God - 'Verily, God will judge between them concerning that whereon they do dispute. Verily, God guides not him who is a misbelieving liar
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Is not a sincere worship due to God? But they who take others beside him as lords saying, "We serve them only that they may bring us near to God" - God will judge between them and the faithful, concerning that wherein they are at variance. Verily God will not guide him who is a liar, an infidel
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Ought not the pure religion to be exhibited unto God? But as to those who take other patrons besides Him, saying, we worship them only that they may bring us nearer unto God; verily God will judge between them concerning that wherein they disagree. Surely God will not direct him who is a liar, or ungrateful
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
Vërtet, vetëm Allahut i takon adhurimi i çiltër. Ndërkaq, ata që marrin për mbrojtës të tjerë pos Tij, duke thënë: "Ne i adhurojmë ata vetëm që të na afrojnë me Allahun", (le ta dinë se) Allahu do të gjykojë mes tyre lidhur me atë për të cilën kundërshtoheshin. Allahu nuk e udhëzon atë që është gënjeshtar dhe tepër mohues.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
বাংলা · Bengali
জেনে রেখো, (শিরকমুক্ত) বিশুদ্ধ ইবাদাত-আনুগত্য আল্লাহর জন্যই। আর যারা আল্লাহর পরিবর্তে অন্যদেরকে (২) অভিভাবকরূপে গ্রহণ করে, তারা বলে: ‘আমরা কেবল এজন্যই তাদের ‘ইবাদাত করি যে, তারা আমাদেরকে আল্লাহর নৈকট্য অর্জন করিয়ে দিবে।’ যে বিষয়ে তারা মতভেদ করছে আল্লাহ নিশ্চয় সে ব্যাপারে তাদের মধ্যে ফয়সালা করে দিবেন। নিশ্চয় আল্লাহ চরম মিথ্যাবাদী ও কাফিরকে হিদায়াত দেন না।
(২) তারা মূর্তি, দেবতা ও তাগূতকে অভিভাবক মনে করে।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
Iskreno ispovijedanje vjere dug je prema Allahu! A oni koji pored Njega uzimaju zaštitnike govoreći: "Mi ih obožavamo samo zato da bi nas što više Allahu približili", Allah će njima, zaista, presuditi o onome u čemu su se oni razilazili. Allah nikako neće uputiti na Pravi put onoga ko je lažljivac i nevjernik.
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Hrvatski · Croatian
Iskreno ispovijedanje vjere dug je prema Allahu! A oni koji pored Njega uzimaju zaštitnike govoreći: "Mi ih obožavamo samo zato da bi nas što više Allahu približili", Allah će njima, zaista, presuditi o onome u čemu su se oni razilazili. Allah nikako neće uputiti na Pravi put onoga tko je lažljivac i nevjernik.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Ngaanndee, ko Allah woodani diina laaɓuka kan. Ɓeen non ɓe ɓeya nogitori yiɗɓe ga makko (hara hiɓe wi'a): "Min ngaalaa rewirde ɗi, si wonaa tun no ɗi ɓannira min ka Allah, ɓadal". Pellet, Allah Ñaawoyat hakkunde maɓɓe, e kon ko ɓe woni lurrude e mun. Pellet, Allah feewnata on gonɗo fewnoowo, ɗuuɗuɗo jeddugol.
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ქართული · Georgian
ჭეშმარიტად, სუფთა (მრავალღმერთიანობისგან თავისუფალი) რწმენა ალლაჰისაა! ისინი კი, რომელთაც აიყვანეს მის გარდა მფარველები (ამბობენ): «არ ვეთაყვანებით მათ, თუ არა მხოლოდ იმიტომ, რომ დაგვაახლოვონ ალლაჰთან უფრო მეტად». ჭეშმარიტად, ალლაჰი განსჯის მათ შორის იმას, რაშიც ვერ თანხმდებოდნენ. ალლაჰი არ დაადგენს სწორ გზაზე იმას, ვინც მატყუარა, უმადურია.
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Deutsch · German
Sicherlich, Allah gehört die aufrichtige Religion. Diejenigen aber, die sich anstatt Seiner Schutzherren nehmen (, sagen:) „Wir dienen ihnen nur, damit sie uns Zutritt in Allahs Nähe verschaffen“ -, wahrlich, Allah wird zwischen ihnen richten über das, worüber sie uneinig sind. Wahrlich, Allah leitet nicht recht, wer ein Lügner und beharrlicher Ungläubiger ist.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Πράγματι, στον Αλλάχ και μόνο ανήκει η αγνή θρησκεία (η πλήρης υπακοή και η λατρεία). Όσο γι' εκείνους που παίρνουν άλλους ως κύριους (και θεούς) εκτός από Αυτόν, [λέγοντας], «Δεν τους λατρεύουμε παρά μόνο για να μας φέρουν πιο κοντά στον Αλλάχ», πράγματι, ο Αλλάχ θα κρίνει μεταξύ τους σ' αυτό στο οποίο διαφωνούν. Πράγματι, ο Αλλάχ δεν καθοδηγεί κανέναν που είναι ψεύτης και επίμονος άπιστος.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
सुन लो! ख़ालिस (विशुद्ध) धर्म केवल अल्लाह ही के लिए है। तथा जिन लोगों ने अल्लाह के सिवा अन्य संरक्षक बना रखे हैं (वे कहते हैं कि) हम उनकी पूजा केवल इसलिए करते हैं कि वे हमें अल्लाह से क़रीब[1] कर दें। निश्चय अल्लाह उनके बीच उसके बारे में निर्णय करेगा, जिसमें वे मतभेद कर रहे हैं। निःसंदेह अल्लाह उसे मार्गदर्शन नहीं करता, जो झूठा, बड़ा नाशुक्रा हो।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Non è ad Allāh la fede sincera? E quelli che hanno protettori all’infuori di Lui dicono: «Li adoriamo solo perché ci avvicinino ad Allāh». In verità Allāh giudicherà tra loro riguardo ciò su cui sono discordi. In verità Allāh non guida chi è bugiardo e miscredente.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
3. Tikrai religija (t. y. garbinimas ir paklusimas) yra vien tik dėl Allaho. O tie, kurie priskiria Aulija (saugotojus, padėjėjus, ponus, dievybes) Jam (sako): „Mes garbiname juos tik dėl to, kad jie priartintų mus prie Allaho.“ Iš tiesų, Allahas teis juos pagal tai, dėl ko jie ginčijosi. Tikrai, Allahas neveda to, kuris yra melagis, ir netikintysis.
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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Dhaga’aa! Amantiin qulqulluun kan Allaah qofa. Warri Isa malee gargaartota godhatan “gara Rabbiitti akka sirritti nu dhiheessaniif malee isaan hin gabbarru” (jedhu). Rabbiin waan isaan isa keessatti wal dhabaa turan gidduu isaaniitti ni murteessa. Rabbiin nama kijibaa, akkaan kafaraa ta’e hin qajeelchu. [2]
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Русский · Russian
Знайте: Аллаху принадлежит чистая религия! А те, которые избрали себе покровителей помимо Него, [говорят]: «Мы поклоняемся им лишь для того, чтобы они приблизили нас к Аллаху как можно ближе». Воистину, Аллах рассудит между ними в том, в чём они пребывают в разногласиях. Воистину, Аллах не наставляет того, кто лжив и упорно неблагодарен.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
А зар чисто веровање не припада само Аллаху? А они који поред Њега узимају заштитнике говоре: „Ми их обожавамо само зато да би нас што више приближили Аллаху.“ Аллах ће њима, заиста, да пресуди о ономе у чему су се они разилазили. Аллах никако неће да упути на Прави пут онога ко је лажљивац и неверник.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Hakika Dini Safi ni ya Mwenyezi Mungu tu. Na wale wanaowafanya wenginewe kuwa ni walinzi wakisema: Sisi hatuwaabudu ila wapate kutujongeza tu kumkaribia Mwenyezi Mungu - Hakika Mwenyezi Mungu atahukumu baina yao katika wanayohitalifiana. Hakika Mwenyezi Mungu hamwongoi aliye mwongo kafiri.
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Svenska · Swedish
Ja, all dyrkan tillkommer enbart Gud. Ändå finns de som dyrkar andra vid hans sida [och påstår]: ”Vi dyrkar dem bara för att de ska föra oss närmare Gud.” Gud ska förvisso döma mellan dem i deras tvist. Han vägleder inte den inbitne lögnaren och den som envist förkastar tron.
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Türkçe · Turkish
İyi bilin ki, halis din yalnız Allah’ındır. O’ndan başka veliler edinenler, : “Biz bunlara ancak bizleri Allah’a yaklaştırsınlar diye ibadet ediyoruz” (derler.) Şüphesiz Allah, ayrılığa düştükleri şeyler konusunda aralarında hüküm verecektir. Şüphesiz Allah, yalancı ve nankör olanları doğru yola iletmez.
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اردو · Urdu
خبردار! اللہ تعالیٰ ہی کے لئے خالص عبادت کرنا ہے[1] اور جن لوگوں نے اس کے سوا اولیا بنا رکھے ہیں (اور کہتے ہیں) کہ ہم ان کی عبادت صرف اس لئے کرتے ہیں کہ یہ (بزرگ) اللہ کی نزدیکی کے مرتبہ تک ہماری رسائی کرا دیں[2]، یہ لوگ جس بارے میں اختلاف کر رہے ہیں اس کا (سچا) فیصلہ اللہ (خود) کرے گا[3]۔ جھوٹے اور ناشکرے (لوگوں) کو اللہ تعالیٰ راه نہیں دکھاتا.[4]
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Talal Itani2012 We sent down to you the Book with the truth, so serve God, devoting your religion to Him.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Lo! We have revealed the Scripture unto thee (Muhammad) with truth; so worship Allah, making religion pure for Him (only)
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Verily, we have sent down to thee the Book in truth, then serve God, being sincere in religion unto Him
John Medows Rodwell1861 We have sent down the Book to thee with the truth: serve thou God then, and be sincere in thy worship
George Sale1734 Verily We have revealed this book unto thee with truth: Wherefore serve God, exhibiting the pure religion unto Him
Easy-read (simplified)law araada llaahu an yattakhidha waladan llastafaa mimmaa yakhluqu maa yashaa'u subhaanahu huwa llaahu l-waahidu l-qahhaar
DIN 31635law ʾarāda llāhu ʾan yattaḫiḏa waladan llaṣṭafā mimmā yaḫluqu mā yašāʾu subḥānahu huwa llāhu l-wāḥidu l-qahhāru
Talal Itani2012 If God wanted to have a son, He could have selected from His creation at will. Glory be to Him. He is God, the One, the Prevailing.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 If Allah had willed to choose a son, He could have chosen what He would of that which He hath created. Be He Glorified! He is Allah, the One, the Absolute
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Had God wished to take to Himself a child, He would have chosen what He pleased from what He creates;- celebrated be His praises! He is God, the one, the victorious
John Medows Rodwell1861 Had God desired to have had a son, he had surely chosen what he pleased out of his own creation. But praise be to Him! He is God, the One, the Almighty
George Sale1734 If God had been minded to have had a son, He had surely chosen what He pleased out of that which He hath created. But far be such a thing from Him! He is the sole, the almighty God
Talal Itani2012 He created the heavens and the earth with reason. He wraps the night around the day, and He wraps the day around the night. And He regulates the sun and the moon, each running along a specific course. He is indeed the Almighty, the Forgiver.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 He hath created the heavens and the earth with truth. He maketh night to succeed day, and He maketh day to succeed night, and He constraineth the sun and the moon to give service, each running on for an appointed term. Is not He the Mighty, the Forgiver
Edward Henry Palmer1880 He created the heavens and the earth in truth! It is He who clothes the day with night; and clothes the night with day; and subjects the sun and the moon, each one runs on to an appointed time; aye! He is the mighty, the forgiving
John Medows Rodwell1861 For truth hath he created the Heavens and the Earth: It is of Him that the night returneth upon the day and that the day returneth upon the night: and He controlleth the sun and the moon so that each speedeth to an appointed goal. Is He not the Mighty, the Gracious
George Sale1734 He hath created the heavens and the earth with truth: He causeth the night to succeed the day, and He causeth the day to succeed the night, and He obligeth the sun and the moon to perform their services; each of them hasteneth to an appointed period. Is not He the mighty, the forgiver of sins
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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
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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 · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.68
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.66
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.63
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.59
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.59
Talal Itani · George Sale0.57
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.57
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.56
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.54
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.53
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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.