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Talal Itani· published 2012
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.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
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
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
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
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
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
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
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 lastday
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
Mesihu kurrë nuk do ta përbuzte që të ishte rob i Allahut e as melekët më të afërm. Ata që e përbuzin adhurimin ndaj Allahut dhe tregohen mendjemëdhenj, Ai do t'i tubojë të gjithë para Tij.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
বাংলা · Bengali
মসীহ কখনো আল্লাহর বান্দা হতে হেয় মনে করে না এবং ঘনিষ্ঠ ফিরিশতাগণও করে না।(৬২) আর যারা তাঁর ইবাদাতকে হেয় জ্ঞান করে এবং অহংকার করে, তবে তিনি অচিরেই তাদের সবাইকে তাঁর কাছে একত্র করবেন(৬৩)।
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.2
Bosanski · Bosnian
Mesih se neće sustezati da bude Allahov rob, pa ni meleki, Njemu bliski. A one koji se budu sustezali da Njemu ibadet čine, i one koji se budu oholili, Allah će pred Sobom sakupiti.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4
Hrvatski · Croatian
Mesija se neće ustezati da bude Allahov rob, pa ni anđeli, Njemu bliski. A one koji se budu ustezali da Njega obožavaju, i one koji se budu oholili, Allah će pred Sobom sakupiti.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Fulfulde · Fulani
Mema-sella on mawnitaaki nde o laatotoo jeyaaɗa Alla, wanaa maleykaajiɗi ɓattinaaɗiɗi . Kala ɓurnitiiɗo gaa e dewugol Mo o mawnintinii, ma O Mooɓitoyɓe fa'ade ka Makko ɓe denndaangal.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
არასოდეს ჩათვლის მესია — 'ისა, მარიამის ძე — დამამცირებლად იმას, რომ იყოს ალლაჰის მონა; არც მისი დაახლოებული ანგელოზები. ხოლო ვინც დამამცირებლად მიიჩნევს მის მსახურებასა და თაყვანისცემას და იჩენს ქედმაღლობას — მათ ყველას შეკრებს იგი თავისთან (აღდგომის დღეს).
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Al-Masih wird es nicht von sich weisen (und hochmütig sein), ein Diener Allahs zu sein, auch nicht die (Allah) nahegestellten Engel. Und wer es von sich weist, Ihm zu dienen, und sich hochmütig verhält, so wird Er sie alle zu Sich versammeln.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Ποτέ ο Μεσσίας δε θα απέρριπτε από υπεροψία ή αλαζονεία να είναι δούλος του Αλλάχ, ούτε οι άγγελοι που είναι κοντά (στον Αλλάχ). Και όποιος απορρίπτει τη λατρεία Του από υπεροψία και είναι αλαζόνας, τότε Αυτός θα τους συγκεντρώσει όλους μαζί προς Αυτόν.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
मसीह़ हरगिज़ इससे तिरस्कार महसूस नहीं करेगा कि वह अल्लाह का बंदा हो और न निकटवर्ती फ़रिश्ते ही, और जो भी उसकी बंदगी से तिरस्कार महसूस करे और अभिमान करे, तो वह (अल्लाह) उन सभी को अपने पास एकत्र करेगा।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Il Messīħ non negherà mai di essere servo di Allāh ﴿لَنْ يَسْتَنْكِفَ الْمَسِيحُ أَنْ يَكُونَ عَبْدًا لِلَّهِ﴾, né gli angeli più vicini a Lui. Quelli che disdegnano di adorarLo e s’insuperbiscono, sappiano che saranno fatti tornare a Lui un giorno, tutti insieme.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
172. Mesijas niekada nesididžiuos, jei bus nelaikomas Allaho vergu, anei angelai, kurie yra (Allahui) artimi. Ir kas atmeta Jo garbinimą ir yra išdidus, tada Jis surinks juos visus kartu pas Save.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.8
Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Masiih Rabbiif gabricha ta’uu irraa hin nuffu; Malaa’ikoonni dhihoonis (hin nuffanu). Namni Isa gabbaruu irraa nuffeefi boone, Inni hunda isaanii gara Isaatti walitti isaan qaba.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.0
Русский · Russian
Мессия никогда не сочтёт зазорным быть рабом Аллаха, как и приближенные ангелы. Кто посчитает зазорным поклоняться Ему и превознесётся — тех Он всех соберёт к Себе.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
Месија се неће устегнути да призна да је Аллахов слуга, па ни анђели, Њему блиски. А оне који се буду устезали да само Њега обожавају, и оне који се буду охолили, Аллах ће да сакупи пред Собом...
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Masihi hatajiinua juu zaidi kuwa mja wa Mwenyezi Mungu, wala Malaika waliowekwa karibu. Na mwenye kujiinua juu zaidi ya kumuabudu Yeye Mwenyezi Mungu na akafanya kiburi, basi atawakusanya wote kwake.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Messias skulle aldrig se ner på att vara Guds tjänare, och inte heller de änglar som står honom närmast. De som ser ner på att dyrka Gud och som uppträder högmodigt ska allesamman kallas inför honom.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
Mesih, Allah’a kul olmaktan asla büyüklenip çekinmemiştir. Yakın melekler de (kulluktan çekinmezler). Kim Allah’a kulluktan çekinir ve büyüklük taslarsa; bilsin ki Allah, herkesi huzurunda toplayacaktır.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
مسیح (علیہ السلام) کو اللہ کا بنده ہونے میں کوئی ننگ و عار یا تکبر وانکار ہرگز ہو ہی نہیں سکتا اور نہ مقرب فرشتوں کو[1] ، اس کی بندگی سے جو بھی دل چرائے اور تکبر و انکار کرے، اللہ تعالیٰ ان سب کو اکٹھا اپنی طرف جمع کرے گا۔
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)yaa ayyuhaa n-naasu qad jaa'akumu r-rasoolu bil-haqqi min rabbikum fa'aaminoo khayran lakum wa'in takfuroo fa'inna lillaahi maa fee s-samaawaati wal-'ardi wakaana llaahu 'aleeman hakeemaa
DIN 31635yā ʾayyuhā n-nāsu qad ǧāʾakumu r-rasūlu bil-ḥaqqi min rabbikum faʾāminū ḫayran lakum waʾin takfurū faʾinna lillāhi mā fī s-samāwāti wal-ʾarḍi wakāna llāhu ʿalīman ḥakīman
Talal Itani2012 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.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 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
Edward Henry Palmer1880 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
John Medows Rodwell1861 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
George Sale1734 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
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
DIN 31635faʾammā llaḏīna ʾāmanū waʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti fayuwaffīhim ʾuǧūrahum wayazīduhum min faḍlihi waʾammā llaḏīna stankafū wastakbarū fayuʿaḏḏibuhum ʿaḏāban ʾalīman walā yaǧidūna lahum min dūni llāhi waliyyan walā naṣīran
Talal Itani2012 But as for those who believe and do good works, He will pay them their wages in full, and will increase His grace for them. But as for those who disdain and are too proud, He will punish them with an agonizing punishment. And they will find for themselves, apart from God, no lord and no savior.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Then, as for those who believed and did good works, unto them will He pay their wages in full, adding unto them of His bounty; and as for those who were scornful and proud, them will He punish with a painful doom. And they will not find for them, against Allah, any protecting friend or helper
Edward Henry Palmer1880 But as for those who believe and do what is right, He will pay their hire and will give increase to them of His grace. But as for those who disdain and are too proud, He will punish them with a grievous woe, and they shall not find for them other than God a patron or a help
John Medows Rodwell1861 And to those who believe and do the things that are right, will He pay them their due recompense, and out of His bounty will He increase them: but as for those who are disdainful and proud, with a grievous chastisement will He chastise them; And none beside God shall they find to protect or to help them
George Sale1734 Unto those who believe, and do that which is right, He shall give their rewards, and shall superabundantly add unto them of his liberality: But those who are disdainful and proud, He will punish with a grievous punishment; and they shall not find any to protect or to help them, besides God
These figures count the words the translations share. They measure wording, not meaning, and they do not say which translation is right.
Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
0.60 on a scale
where 0 means identical wording and 1 means no shared words. It is
computed, not judged.
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
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.76
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.73
Talal Itani · George Sale0.71
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.66
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.65
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.61
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.58
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.51
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.42
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.40
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Method Wording differences — derived 13 September 2026
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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.