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Talal Itani· published 2012
Whoever makes a breach with the Messenger, after the guidance has becomeclear to him, and follows other than the path of the believers, We will direct him in the direction he has chosen, and commit him to Hell-what a terribledestination!
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
And whoso opposeth the messenger after the guidance (of Allah) hath been manifested unto him, and followeth other than the believer's way, We appoint for him that unto which he himself hath turned, and expose him unto hell - a haplessjourney'send
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
But he who severs himself from the prophet after that we have made manifest to him the guidance, and follows other than the way of the believers, we will turn our backs on him as he hath turned his back; and we will make him reach hell, and a bad journey shall it be
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
But whoso shall sever himself from the prophet after that "the guidance" hath been manifested to him, and shall follow any other path than that of the faithful, we will turn our back on him as he hath turned his back on us, and we will cast him into Hell; - an evil journey thither
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
But whoso separateth himself from the apostle, after true direction hath been manifested unto him, and followeth any other way, than that of the true believers, we will cause him to obtain that to which he is inclined, and will cast him to be burned in hell; and an unhappy journey shall it be thither
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
Ndërkaq, atë që i kundërvihet të Dërguarit, pasi t'i bëhet e qartë e vërteta dhe ndjek rrugë tjetër nga ajo e besimtarëve, do ta lëmë në rrugën që ka marrë dhe do ta fusim në Xhehenem. Eh, sa vendbanim i keq që është ai!
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
আর কারো নিকট হিদায়াত প্রকাশ পাওয়ার পরও সে যদি রাসূলের বিরুদ্ধাচরণ করে এবং মু’মিনদের পথ ছাড়া অন্য পথ অনুসরণ করে, তবে সে যেদিকে মুখ ফিরিয়েছে আমি তাকে সেদিকেই ফিরিয়ে দিবো এবং তাকে প্রবেশ করাবো জাহান্নামে। আর তা কতই না নিকৃষ্ট আবাসস্থল!
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
A onoga ko se suprotstavi Poslaniku, nakon što mu jasno bude pokazan Pravi put, i slijedi put koji nije put vjernika, pustit ćemo da čini što je naumio, i bacit ćemo ga u Džehennem, a loše je to konačno odredište!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4
Hrvatski · Croatian
A onoga tko se suprotstavi Poslaniku, nakon što mu jasno bude pokazan Pravi put, i slijedi put koji nije put vjernika, pustit ćemo da čini što je naumio, i bacit ćemo ga u Pakao, a loše je to konačno odredište!
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
Kala luutndiiɗo Nulaaɗo on ɓaawo nde paawal ngal ɓanngani mo, o jokki ko wanaa laawol gooŊɗinɓe ɓen, Men kuccintinay mo e kon ko o hucciti, min naatnɗum Jahannama, nge bonii ruttorde !
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
და ვინც შეეწინააღმდეგება შუამავალს მას შემდეგ, რაც მისთვის ცხადი გახდა (ჭეშმარიტი) გზა, და გაჰყვება არა მორწმუნეთა გზას, მას მივაბრუნებთ იმ გზაზე, რომელსაც თვითონ აირჩევს, და შევუძახებთ მას ჯოჯოხეთში. და რა ცუდი სამყოფელია იგი!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Und wer dem Gesandten entgegenwirkt, nachdem ihm die Rechtleitung klargeworden ist, und einem anderen Weg als dem der Gläubigen folgt, den werden Wir dem zukehren, dem er sich zugewandt hat, und ihn der Hölle aussetzen, und (wie) schlecht ist der Ausgang!
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
Και όποιος αντιτίθεται στον Αγγελιαφόρο (Μωχάμμαντ) αφού του έχει γίνει φανερή η καθοδήγηση (και ο ορθός δρόμος), και ακολουθεί άλλον δρόμο απ' αυτόν των πιστών, θα τον εγκαταλείψουμε στο δρόμο που διάλεξε, και θα τον εισάγουμε στην Κόλαση για να καεί μέσα της – τι άθλιος προορισμός είναι αυτός!
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
तथा जो व्यक्ति अपने सामने मार्गदर्शन स्पष्ट हो जाने के बाद रसूल का विरोध करे और ईमान वालों[77] के मार्ग के अलावा (किसी दूसरे मार्ग) पर चले, हम उसे उधर ही फेर देंगे[78], जिधर वह (स्वयं) फिर गया है और उसे नरक में झोंक देंगे। और वह बहुत बुरा ठिकाना है।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
E chi contesta il Messaggero dopo che gli è stata indicata la retta via, e segue una via diversa da quella dei fedeli, lo lasciamo là dove ha scelto di stare, e lo faremo entrare nell’Inferno: che infausto destino!
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
115. O kas prieštarauja ir priešinasi Pasiuntiniui (Muchammedui ﷺ ) po to, kai jam buvo aiškiai parodytas teisingas kelias, ir seka kitu nei tikinčiųjų keliu, Mes laikysim jį tame kelyje, kurį jis pasirinko, ir deginsim jį Pragare - kokia bloga paskyrimo vieta! [18]
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.8
Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Namni erga qajeelloon ifa isaaf ta’ee booda ergamicha faallesseefi karaa mu’umintootaa kantahin hordofe, waan inni moo'e (jallina) irratti isa moosifna; jahannamiin isa seensifna. Deebittiin waa fokkattee!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.0
Русский · Russian
Кто воспротивится Посланнику после того, как ему стало ясным верное руководство, и последует путём, отличным от пути верующих, того Мы обратим к тому, к чему он сам обратился, и введём его в Геенну. И сколь скверно это в качестве исхода!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
А онога ко се супротстави Посланику, након што му јасно буде показан Прави пут, и следи пут који није пут верника, пустићемо да чини шта је наумио, и бацићемо га у Пакао, а лоше је то коначно одредиште!
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
Na mwenye kumpinga Mtume baada ya kubainikiwa na uongofu, na akafuata njia isiyokuwa ya Waumini, tutamuelekeza alikoelekea, na tutamuingiza katika Jahannam. Na hayo ni marejeo maovu zaidi.
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Om någon motsätter sig sändebudet efter att vägledningen klargjorts för honom, och följer en väg annan än de troendes, låter vi honom fortsätta på vägen han valt och kastar honom sedan i helvetet – vilket eländigt slut!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
Kim, kendisine doğru yol apaçık belli olduktan sonra rasûle muhalefet eder ve Müminlerin yolundan başka bir yola uyarsa, onu girmiş olduğu bu yolda bırakır ve Cehennem'e atarız. O, ne kötü bir dönüş yeridir.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
جو شخص باوجود راه ہدایت کے واضح ہو جانے کے بھی رسول (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) کا خلاف کرے اور تمام مومنوں کی راه چھوڑ کر چلے، ہم اسے ادھر ہی متوجہ کردیں گے جدھر وه خود متوجہ ہو اور دوزخ میں ڈال دیں گے[1] ، وه پہنچنے کی بہت ہی بری جگہ 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 Were it not for God's grace towards you, and His mercy, a faction of them would have managed to mislead you. But they only mislead themselves, and they cannot harm you in any way. God has revealed to you the Scripture and wisdom, and has taught you what you did not know. God's goodness towards you is great.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 But for the grace of Allah upon thee (Muhammad), and His mercy, a party of them had resolved to mislead thee, but they will mislead only themselves and they will hurt thee not at all. Allah revealeth unto thee the Scripture and wisdom, and teacheth thee that which thou knewest not. The grace of Allah toward thee hath been infinite
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Were it not for God's grace upon thee, and His mercy, a party of them would have tried to lead thee astray; but they only lead themselves astray; they shall not hurt you in aught: for God hath sent down upon thee the Book and the wisdom, and taught thee what thou didst not know, for God's grace was mighty on thee
John Medows Rodwell1861 But for the grace and mercy of God upon thee, a party among them had resolved to mislead thee, but they shall only mislead themselves; nor in aught shall they harm thee. God hath caused the Book and the wisdom to descend upon thee: and what thou knowest not He hath caused thee to know: and the grace of God toward thee hath been great
George Sale1734 If the indulgence and mercy of God had not been upon thee, surely a part of them had studied to seduce thee; but they shall seduce themselves only, and shall not hurt thee at all. God hath sent down unto thee the book of the Koran and wisdom, and hath taught thee that which thou knewest not; for the favour of God hath been great towards thee
Easy-read (simplified)laa khayra fee katheerin min najwaahum illaa man amara bisadaqatin aw ma'roofin aw islaahin bayna n-naasi waman yaf'al dhaalika btighaa'a mardaati llaahi fasawfa nu'teehi ajran 'azeemaa
DIN 31635lā ḫayra fī kaṯīrin min naǧwāhum ʾillā man ʾamara biṣadaqatin ʾaw maʿrūfin ʾaw ʾiṣlāḥin bayna n-nāsi waman yafʿal ḏālika btiġāʾa marḍāti llāhi fasawfa nuʾtīhi ʾaǧran ʿaẓīman
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Talal Itani2012 There is no good in much of their private counsels, except for him who advocates charity, or kindness, or reconciliation between people. Whoever does that, seeking God's approval, We will give him a great compensation.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 There is no good in much of their secret conferences save (in) him who enjoineth almsgiving and kindness and peace-making among the people. Whoso doeth that, seeking the good pleasure of Allah, We shall bestow on him a vast reward
Edward Henry Palmer1880 There is no good in most of what they talk in private; save in his who bids almsgiving, or kindness, or reconciliation between men; and whoso does this, craving the good pleasure of God, we will give to him a mighty hire
John Medows Rodwell1861 In most of their secret talk is nothing good; but only in his who enjoineth almsgiving, or that which is right, or concord among men. Whoso doth this, out of desire to please God, we will give him at the last a great reward
George Sale1734 There is no good in the multitude of their private discourses, unless in the discourse of him who recommendeth alms, or that which is right, or agreement amongst men: Whoever doth this out of a desire to please God, We will surely give him a great reward
Talal Itani2012 God will not forgive that partners be associated with Him; but will forgive anything less than that, to whomever He wills. Anyone who ascribes partners to God has strayed into far error.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Lo! Allah pardoneth not that partners should be ascribed unto Him. He pardoneth all save that to whom He will. Whoso ascribeth partners unto Allah hath wandered far astray
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Verily, God forgives not associating aught with Him, but He pardons anything short of that, to whomsoever He will; but whoso associates aught with God, he hath erred a wide error
John Medows Rodwell1861 God truly will not forgive the joining other gods with Himself. Other sins He will forgive to whom He will: but he who joineth gods with God, hath erred with far-gone error
George Sale1734 Verily God will not pardon the giving Him a companion, but He will pardon any crime besides that, unto whom He pleaseth: And he who giveth a companion unto God, is surely led aside into a wide mistake
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Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.77
Talal Itani · George Sale0.76
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.75
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.73
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.71
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.68
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.65
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.64
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.57
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.51
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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.