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Talal Itani· published 2012
"And I will mislead them, and I will entice them, and I will prompt them to slit the ears of cattle, and I will prompt them to alter the creation of God." Whoever takes Satan as a lord, instead of God, has surely suffered a profound loss.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
And surely I will lead them astray, and surely I will arouse desires in them, and surely I will command them and they will cut the cattle' ears, and surely I will command them and they will change Allah's creation. Whoso chooseth Satan for a patron instead of Allah is verily a loser and his loss is manifest
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
and I will lead them astray; and I will stir up vain desires within them; and I will order them and they shall surely crop the ears of cattle; and I will order them and they shall surely alter God's creation;' but he who takes the devil for his patron instead of God, he loses with a manifest loss
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
and will lead them astray, and will stir desires within them, and will command them and they shall cut the ears of animals; and I will command them, and they shall alter the creation of God." He who taketh Satan rather than God for his patron, is ruined with palpableruin
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
and I will seduce them, and will insinuate vain desires into them, and I will command them and they shall cut off the ears of cattle; and I will command them and they shall change God's creature. But whoever taketh Satan for his patron, besides God, shall surely perish with a manifest destruction
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
dhe me siguri do t'i shpie në humbje, do t'i josh me shpresa të kota, do t'i urdhëroj që t'ua presin veshët bagëtive dhe do t'i urdhëroj që të ndryshojnë krijesën e Allahut." E kush merr shejtanin për mbrojtës në vend të Allahut, me të vërtetë ka pësuar humbje të qartë.
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বাংলা · Bengali
আর আমি অবশ্যই তাদেরকে পথভ্রষ্ট করবো; মিথ্যা আশ্বাস দিবো (৪৭), আর অবশ্যই আমি তাদেরকে আদেশ করবো, ফলে তারা পশুর কান ছিদ্র করবে। আর অবশ্যই তাদেরকে নির্দেশ দিবো, ফলে তারা আল্লাহর সৃষ্টি বিকৃত করবে।’ আর যে ব্যক্তি আল্লাহর পরিবর্তে শয়তানকে অভিভাবকরূপে গ্রহণ করবে, সে স্পষ্টতই ক্ষতিগ্রস্ত হয়ে যাবে।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
I sigurno ću ih navoditi u zabludu, i sigurno ih lažnim nadama mamiti, i zapovjedit ću im, sigurno, da uši stoci režu, i sigurno ću im narediti da Allahovo stvaranje preinačavaju!" A ko šejtana, umjesto Allaha, za zaštitnika prihvati, on je na gubitku očitom.
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Hrvatski · Croatian
I sigurno ću ih navoditi u zabludu, i sigurno ih lažnim nadama mamiti, i zapovjedit ću im sigurno da uši stoci režu, i sigurno ću im narediti da Allahovo stvaranje preinačavaju!" A tko đavola, umjesto Allaha, za zaštitnika prihvati, on je na gubitku očitom.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
ma mi majjinɓe, ma mi yelinoyɓe, ma mi yamirɓe, ma ɓe taƴ noppi neemoraaɗi ɗin, ma mi yamirɓe, ma ɓe mbaylu tagoore Alla nde !". Kala jogitiiɗo seytaane giɗo ko woori Alla, gooŋɗii o perti perte ɓanngunde.
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ქართული · Georgian
და უეჭველად შევიყვან მათ შეცდომაში, და აუცილებლად აღვუძრავ მათ (ცრუ) ოცნებებს, და აუცილებლად ვუბრძანებ მათ, რომ პირუტყვს ყურები გადაუჭრან [რათა ამით მონიშნონ ის ცხოველები, რომლებიც თავიანთ კერპებს მიუძღვნეს], და უეჭველად ვუბრძანებ მათ, რომ შეცვალონ ალლაჰის ქმნილება!» და ვინც სატანას აირჩევს მფარველად ალლაჰის გარდა, მან აშკარა ზარალი განიცადა.
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Deutsch · German
und ich werde sie ganz gewiss in die Irre führen und ganz gewiss in ihnen Wünsche erwecken und ihnen ganz gewiss anordnen, und so werden sie ganz gewiss die Ohren des Viehs abschneiden; und ich werde ihnen ganz gewiss befehlen, und so werden sie ja die Schöpfung Allahs verändern.“ Und wer sich den Satan anstatt Allahs zum Schutzherrn nimmt, der hat gewiss einen offenkundigen Verlust erlitten.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Και θα τους παραπλανήσω, θα τους διεγείρω (ψεύτικες και παραπλανητικές) επιθυμίες (που θα τους οδηγούν μακριά από την υπακοή προς Εσένα), θα τους διατάξω να κόψουν (και να σχίσουν) τα αυτιά των βοοειδών και θα τους διατάξω να αλλάξουν τη δημιουργία του Αλλάχ (να αλλάξουν τη θρησκεία του Αλλάχ και τις μορφές και τις εμφανίσεις των δημιουργημάτων Του).» Όποιος παίρνει τον Σατανά ως κηδεμόνα αντί του Αλλάχ, πράγματι, έχει υποστεί μια φανερή απώλεια.
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हिन्दी · Hindi
और मैं उन्हें अवश्य पथभ्रष्ट करूँगा, और उन्हें अवश्य आशाएँ दिलाऊँगा और उन्हें अवश्य आदेश दूँगा तो वे पशुओं के कान चीरेंगे तथा निश्चय उन्हें आदेश दूँगा, तो वे अवश्य अल्लाह की रचना में परिवर्तन[80] करेंगे। तथा जो अल्लाह को छोड़कर शैतान को अपना मित्र बना ले, वह निश्चय खुले घाटे में पड़ गया।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
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Italiano · Italian
e li svierò, e li illuderò e li comanderò, così taglieranno le orecchie al bestiame e cambieranno la creazione di Allāh.” E chi si prende Satana come protettore all’infuori di Allāh, si è perso in una chiara perdizione:
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
119. Iš tiesų, aš paklaidinsiu juos ir tikrai sužadinsiu juose klaidingus troškimus, ir tikrai, liepsiu jiems prarėžti galvijų ausis, ir tikrai, liepsiu jiems pakeisti Allaho sukurtą gamtą.“ Ir kas laiko Šaitan (Šėtoną) Vali (globėju arba padėjėju) vietoje Allaho, tikrai patyrė aiškų nuostolį.
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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Isaanis nan jallisa; isaan (hawwii kijibaa) nan hawwisiisas; isaan nan ajajaa gurra beeyladaa ni tarsaasu; isaan nan ajajaa uumama Rabbii ni jijjiiru." Namni Rabbiin malee sheyxaana jaalallee godhate, inni dhugumatti hoongoo ifa ta’e hoonga’eera.
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Русский · Russian
и я непременно введу их в заблуждение, внушу им ложные надежды, непременно прикажу им обрезать уши у скота и прикажу им изменять творение Аллаха!» А кто берёт шайтана себе покровителем вместо Аллаха, тот уже потерпел явный убыток.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
И сигурно ћу да их наводим у заблуду, и сигурно ћу лажним надама да их мамим, и заповедићу им сигурно да уши стоци режу, и сигурно ћу да им наредим да Аллахова створења мењају!“ А ко Сотону, уместо Аллаха, прихвати за заштитника, он је на очигледном губитку.
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Na hakika nitawapoteza, na nitawatia matamanio, na nitawaamrisha, basi hakika watakata masikio ya wanyama, na nitawaamrisha, basi hakika watabadili aliyoumba Mwenyezi Mungu. Na mwenye kumfanya Shetani kuwa ni rafiki mwandani badala ya Mwenyezi Mungu, basi hakika amehasiri hasara ya dhahiri.
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Svenska · Swedish
och jag ska vilseleda dem, inge dem falska förhoppningar och befalla dem att skära öronen av boskapen och att vanställa Guds skapelse.” Den som underordnar sig Satan i stället för Gud har verkligen gjort en uppenbar förlust.
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Türkçe · Turkish
Ve onları saptıracağım, onları boş kuruntularla aldatacağım. Onlara emredeceğim de (putlara adak için) hayvanların kulaklarını yaracaklar. Onlara emredeceğim de Allah’ın yarattığını değiştirecekler. Kim Allah’ı bırakıp da Şeytan'ı veli edinirse, apaçık bir hüsrana uğramıştır.
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اردو · Urdu
اور انہیں راه سے بہکاتا رہوں گا اور باطل امیدیں دﻻتا رہوں گا[1] اور انہیں سکھاؤں گا کہ جانوروں کی کان چیر دیں[2]، اور ان سے کہوں گا کہ اللہ تعالیٰ کی بنائی ہوئی صورت کو بگاڑ دیں[3]، سنو! جو شخص اللہ کو چھوڑ کرشیطان کو اپنا رفیق بنائے گا وه صریح نقصان میں ڈوبے گا۔
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.3
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Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.78
Talal Itani · George Sale0.75
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.73
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.69
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.63
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.63
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.62
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.61
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.58
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.54
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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.
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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.
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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.