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O people! The Messenger has come to you with the truth from your Lord, so believe-that is best for you. But if you disbelieve, to God belongs everything in the heavens and the earth. God is Omniscient and Wise.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
O mankind! The messenger hath come unto you with the Truth from your Lord. Therefor believe; (it is) better for you. But if ye disbelieve, still, lo! unto Allah belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth. Allah is ever Knower, 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
O ye folk! the Apostle has come to you with truth from your Lord: believe then, for it is better for you. But if ye misbelieve, then God's is what is in the heavens and the earth, and God is knowing, wise
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
O men! now hath an apostle come to you with truth from your Lord. Believe then, it will be better for you. But if ye believe not, then, all that is in the Heavens and the Earth is God's; and God is Knowing, Wise
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
O men, now is the apostle come unto you, with truth from your Lord; believe therefore, it will be better for you. But if ye disbelieve, verily unto God belongeth whatsoever is in heaven and on earth; and God is knowing and 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
O njerëz! Tashmë ju erdhi i Dërguari me të vërtetën nga Zoti juaj, prandaj besoni, sepse është më mirë për ju! E, po qe se mohoni, ta dini se Allahut i përket gjithçka që gjendet në qiej dhe gjithçka që gjendet në Tokë. Allahu është i Gjithëdijshëm dhe i Urtë.
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 মানবজাতি! অবশ্যই রাসূল তোমাদের রবের কাছ থেকে সত্য (দীন) নিয়ে এসেছে। সুতরাং তোমরা ঈমান আনো, এটাই হবে তোমাদের জন্য কল্যাণকর। আর যদি তোমরা কুফরী করো, তবে আসমানসমূহে ও জমিনে যা কিছু আছে তা সবই আল্লাহর। আর আল্লাহ মহাজ্ঞানী, 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
O ljudi, Poslanik vam je već donio istinu od Gospodara vašeg; zato, vjerujte – bolje vam je! A ako ne budete vjerovali – pa zaista je Allahovo sve što je na nebesima i na Zemlji. Allah je Onaj Koji sve zna i mudar je.
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
O ljudi, Poslanik vam je već donio Istinu od Gospodara vašeg; zato, vjerujte – bolje vam je! A ako ne budete vjerovali – pa zaista je Allahovo sve što je na nebesima i na Zemlji. Allah je Onaj Koji sve zna i mudar je.
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
Ko onon yo yimɓe ! Gooŋɗii Nulaaɗo on ardirii e mon goonga immorde e Joomi mon, ngooŋɗinee ko moƴƴere mon. Si on njddii, pellet, ko Alla Woodani kala ko woni kammuuli e ka leydi. Alla seeraani gannduɗo, Ñeeñuɗo.
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
ქართული · Georgian
ო, ადამიანებო! უკვე მოვიდა თქვენთან შუამავალი ჭეშმარიტებით თქვენი უფლისგან. მაშ, ირწმუნეთ, რადგან ეს [რწმენა] თქვენთვის უკეთესია. ხოლო თუ ურწმუნოებად დარჩებით, ჭეშმარიტად ალლაჰს ეკუთვნის ყველაფერი, რაც ცაშია და რაც მიწაზეა. და ალლაჰი ყოვლისმცოდნე, ბრძენია.
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
O ihr Menschen, der Gesandte ist bereits mit der Wahrheit von eurem Herrn zu euch gekommen. So glaubt (an ihn), (denn) das ist besser für euch. Wenn ihr aber ungläubig seid, so gehört fürwahr Allah (alles), was in den Himmeln und was auf der Erde ist. Und Allah ist allwissend und 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
Ω, άνθρωποι! Πράγματι ήρθε σ' εσάς ο Αγγελιαφόρος με την αλήθεια από τον Κύριό σας, γι' αυτό πιστέψτε επειδή είναι το καλύτερο για σας. Αλλά αν αρνείστε την πίστη, (να ξέρετε ότι) πράγματι στον Αλλάχ ανήκει ό,τι υπάρχει στους ουρανούς και στη Γη. Πράγματι, ο Αλλάχ είναι ‘Αλείμ (Παντογνώστης) και Χακείμ (Πάνσοφος).
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 लोगो! निःसंदेह तुम्हारे पास यह रसूल सत्य के साथ[104] तुम्हारे पालनहार की ओर से आए हैं। अतः तुम ईमान ले आओ, तुम्हारे लिए बेहतर होगा। तथा यदि इनकार करो, तो (याद रखो कि) निःसंदेह अल्लाह ही का है जो कुछ आकाशों और धरती में है और अल्लाह सदा से सब कुछ जानने वाला, पूर्ण हिकमत वाला है।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
O uomini, è arrivato a voi il Messaggero con la verità dal vostro Dio! Credete, ciò è meglio per voi! Se invece negate, in verità ad Allāh appartiene ciò che è in cielo e in terra, e Allāh è Sapiente, 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
170. Žmonės, iš tiesų, pas jus atėjo Pasiuntinys (Muchammedas ﷺ ) su tiesa iš savo Viešpaties. Taigi tikėkite juo, tai geriau jums. Tačiau, jei jūs netikite, tada be abejonės Allahui priklauso visa, kas yra danguose ir žemėje. Ir Allahas yra Visada Visa Žinantis, Visa Išmanantis.
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.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.0
Русский · Russian
О люди! К вам уже пришёл Посланник с истиной от вашего Господа, уверуйте же — [это будет] благом для вас. И если вы отвергнете веру, то, воистину, Аллаху принадлежит всё, что в небесах и на земле. Аллах всегда был [и пребудет] знающим, мудрым.
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
О људи, Посланик вам је већ донео Истину од вашег Господара; зато, верујте - боље вам је! А ако не будете веровали - па заиста је Аллахово све што је на небесима и на Земљи. Аллах све зна и мудар је.
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
Enyi Watu! Hakika, amekwishawajia Mtume huyu kwa haki kutoka kwa Mola wenu Mlezi. Basi aminini, ndiyo heri kwenu. Na mkikufuru, basi hakika ni vya Mwenyezi Mungu vilivyo katika mbingu na ardhi. Na hakika Mwenyezi Mungu ni Mwenye kujua, Mwenye hekima.
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Människor! Sändebudet har nu kommit till er med sanningen från er Herre; anta därför tron för ert eget bästa! Men om ni framhärdar i er otro tillhör förvisso allt i himlarna och på jorden Gud. Gud är allvetande, vis.
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
Ey insanlar! Şüphesiz Rasûl size Rabbinizden hak olan şey ile geldi. Öyleyse iman etmeniz sizin için hayırlıdır. Eğer inkâr ederseniz, göklerde ve yerde olanlar Allah’ındır. Allah Alim'dir, Hakim'dir.
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
اے لوگو! تمہارے پاس تمہارے رب کی طرف حق لے کر رسول آگیا ہے، پس تم ایمان ﻻؤ تاکہ تمہارے لئے بہتری ہو اور اگر تم کافر ہوگئے تو اللہ ہی کی ہے ہر وه چیز جو آسمانوں اور زمین میں ہے[1] ، اور اللہ دانا ہے 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 Those who disbelieve and transgress; God is not about to forgive them, nor will He guide them to any path.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Lo! those who disbelieve and deal in wrong, Allah will never forgive them, neither will He guide them unto a road
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Verily those who misbelieve and are unjust, God will not pardon them, nor will He guide them on the road
John Medows Rodwell1861 Verily, those who believe not, and act wrongfully, God will never pardon, and never will he guide them on path
George Sale1734 Verily those who believe not, and act unjustly, God will by no means forgive, neither will He direct them into any other way
Talal Itani2012 O People of the Scripture! Do not exaggerate in your religion, and do not say about God except the truth. The Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, is the Messenger of God, and His Word that He conveyed to Mary, and a Spirit from Him. So believe in God and His messengers, and do not say, "Three." Refrain-it is better for you. God is only one God. Glory be to Him-that He should have a son. To Him belongs everything in the heavens and the earth, and God is a sufficient Protector.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 O People of the Scripture! Do not exaggerate in your religion nor utter aught concerning Allah save the truth. The Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, was only a messenger of Allah, and His word which He conveyed unto Mary, and a spirit from Him. So believe in Allah and His messengers, and say not "Three" - Cease! (it is) better for you! - Allah is only One Allah. Far is it removed from His Transcendent Majesty that He should have a son. His is all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth. And Allah is sufficient as Defender
Edward Henry Palmer1880 O ye people of the Book! do not exceed in your religion, nor say against God aught save the truth. The Messiah, Jesus the son of Mary, is but the apostle of God and His Word, which He cast into Mary and a spirit from Him; believe then in God and His apostles, and say not 'Three.' Have done! it were better for you. God is only one God, celebrated be His praise that He should beget a Son! His is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth; and God sufficeth for a guardian
John Medows Rodwell1861 O ye people of the Book! overstep not bounds in your religion; and of God, speak only truth. The Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, is only an apostle of God, and his Word which he conveyed into Mary, and a Spirit proceeding from himself. Believe therefore in God and his apostles, and say not, "Three:" (there is a Trinity) - Forbear - it will be better for you. God is only one God! Far be it from His glory that He should have a son! His, whatever is in the Heavens, and whatever is in the Earth! And God is a sufficient Guardian
George Sale1734 O ye who have received the scriptures, exceed not the just bounds in your religion, neither say of God any other than the truth. Verily Christ Jesus the son of Mary is the apostle of God, and his word, which he conveyed into Mary, and a spirit proceeding from him. Believe therefore in God, and his apostles, and say not, there are three Gods; forbear this; it will be better for you. God is but one God. Far be it from Him that He should have a son! Unto Him belongeth whatsoever is in heaven and on earth; and God is a sufficient protector
Talal Itani2012 The Messiah does not disdain to be a servant of God, nor do the favored angels. Whoever disdains His worship, and is too arrogant-He will round them up to Himself altogether.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 The Messiah will never scorn to be a slave unto Allah, nor will the favoured angels. Whoso scorneth His service and is proud, all such will He assemble unto Him
Edward Henry Palmer1880 The Messiah doth surely not disdain to be a servant of God, nor do the angels who are nigh to Him; and whosoever disdains His service and is too proud, He will gather them altogether to Himself
John Medows Rodwell1861 The Messiah disdaineth not to be a servant of God, nor do the angels who are nigh unto Him. And whoso disdaineth His service, and is filled with pride, God will gather them all to Himself
George Sale1734 Christ doth not proudly disdain to be a servant unto God; neither the angles who approach near to his presence: And whoso disdaineth his service, and is puffed up with pride, God will gather them all to Himself, on the last day
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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
0.47 on a scale
where 0 means identical wording and 1 means no shared words. It is
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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 Sale0.57
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.53
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.53
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.52
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.51
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.46
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.46
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.45
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.38
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.32
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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.