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Whoso among you hath not means sufficient that he may marry free women, who are believers, let him marry with such of your maid-servants whom your right hands possess, as are truebelievers; for God well knoweth your faith. Ye are the one from the other: Therefore marry them with the consent of their masters; and give them their dower according to justice; such as are modest, not guilty of whoredom, nor entertaining lovers. And when they are married, if they be guilty of adultery, they shall suffer half the punishment which is appointed for the free women. This is allowed unto him among you, who feareth to sin by marrying free women; but if ye abstain from marrying slaves, it will be better for you; God is gracious and merciful
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
Compare translations (4)Talal Itani· published 2012
If any of you lack the means to marry free believing women, he may marry one of the believing maids under your control. God is well aware of your faith. You are from one another. Marry them with the permission of their guardians, and give them their recompensefairly-to be protected-neither committing adultery, nor takingsecret lovers. When they are married, if they commit adultery, their punishment shall be half that of free women. That is for those among you who fear falling into decadence. But to practiceself-restraint is better for you. God is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
And whoso is not able to afford to marry free, believing women, let them marry from the believing maids whom your right hands possess. Allah knoweth best (concerning) your faith. Ye (proceed) one from another; so wed them by permission of their folk, and give unto them their portions in kindness, they being honest, not debauched nor of looseconduct. And if when they are honourably married they commit lewdness they shall incur the half of the punishment (prescribed) for free women (in that case). This is for him among you who feareth to commit sin. But to have patience would be better for you. Allah is Forgiving, Merciful
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 whosoever of you cannot go the length of marrying marriageable women who believe, then take of what your right hands possess, of your maidens who believe;- though God knows best about your faith. Ye come one from the other; then marry them with the permission of their people, and give them their hire in reason, they being chaste and not fornicating, and not receivers of paramours. But when they are married, if they commit fornication, then inflict upon them half the penalty for married women; that is for whomsoever of you fears wrong; but that ye should have patience is better for you, and God is forgiving and merciful
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Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And whoever of you is not richenough to marry free believing women, then let him marry such of your believing maidens as have fallen into your hands as slaves; God well knoweth your faith. Ye are sprung the one from the other. Marry them, then, with the leave of their masters, and give them a fair dower: but let them be chaste and free from fornication, and not entertainers of lovers
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Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Ai që nuk ka mundësi materiale që të martohet me gra të lira besimtare, le të martohet me ndonjë nga vajzat besimtare që janë në pronësinë tuaj (robëreshat). Allahu e di më së miri besimin tuaj. Ju jeni nga njëri-tjetri. Martohuni me to me lejen e kujdestarëve të tyre dhe jepuani mehrin ashtu siç kërkohet. Ato le të jenë të ndershme e jo të përdala e që kanë dashnorë. Nëse, pasi të martohen, bëjnë kurvëri, atëherë ndëshkimi për to është sa gjysma e ndëshkimit të përcaktuar për gra të lira. Kjo është për ata që kanë frikë nga rënia në kurvëri. Mirëpo, të bëni durim është më mirë për ju. Allahu është Falës i Madh e Mëshirëplotë.
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বাংলা · Bengali
আর তোমাদের মধ্যে কারো স্বাধীন ঈমানদার নারীকে বিয়ের সামর্থ্য না থাকলে, তোমরা তোমাদের অধিকারভুক্ত (ঈমানদার দাসী বিয়ে করবে। আল্লাহ তোমাদের ঈমান সম্পর্কে পুরোপুরি অবহিত। মূলত তোমরা একে অপরের সমান। কাজেই তোমরা তাদেরকে বিয়ে করবে তাদের মালিকের অনুমতিক্রমে এবং তাদেরকে তাদের মোহরানা ন্যায়সংগতভাবে দিবে। তারা হবে সচ্চরিত্রা, ব্যভিচারিণী নয় ও উপপতি গ্রহণকারিণীও নয়। অতঃপর বিবাহিতা হওয়ার পর যদি তারা ব্যভিচার করে, তবে তাদের শাস্তি স্বাধীন নারীর অর্ধেক (১৪)। উক্ত বিধান তাদের জন্যে, তোমাদের মধ্যে যারা ব্যভিচারে লিপ্ত হওয়ার আশঙ্কা করে এবং স্বাধীন নারীদেরকে বিবাহে অক্ষম। আর তোমাদের জন্যে ধৈর্যধারণ করা উত্তম। (১৫) আর আল্লাহ পরম ক্ষমাশীল, অতি দয়ালু।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
A onaj među vama koji nije dovoljno imućan da se oženi slobodnom vjernicom – eto mu one vjernice koje su u vašem vlasništvu – a Allah najbolje zna vjerovanje vaše – jedni ste od drugih. I ženite se njima uz odobrenje vlasnika njihovih, i dajte im vjenčane darove kako je lijepo i uobičajeno, ako su čedne, a nisu preljubnice, niti tajne ljubavnice. A ako one budu udate, pa počine razvrat, neka budu kažnjene polovinom kazne propisane za slobodne žene. To je za onoga od vas koji se boji razvrata, a bolje vam je da se uzdržite, a Allah je Onaj Koji oprašta grijehe i milostiv je.
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Hrvatski · Croatian
A onaj među vama koji nije dovoljno imućan da se oženi slobodnom vjernicom – eto mu one vjernice koje su u vašem vlasništvu – a Allah najbolje zna vjerovanje vaše – jedni ste od drugih. I ženite se njima uz odobrenje vlasnika njihovih, i dajte im vjenčane darove kako je lijepo i uobičajeno, ako su čedne, a nisu preljubnice, niti tajne ljubavnice. A ako one budu udane, pa počine razvrat, neka budu kažnjene polovinom kazne propisane za slobodne žene. To je za onoga od vas koji se boji razvrata, a bolje vam je da se uzdržite, a Allah je Onaj Koji oprašta grijehe i milostiv je.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Kala e mooɗon mo hattaaaki feere resde saŋiiɓe gooŋɗinɓe, ko [resugol] ɓen ɓe njeyirɗon ñaame mon, immorde e boomi mon gooŋɗinɓe. Alla no Anndi gooŋɗinal mon ngal. Yoga e mon ko e yoga ndesireeɓe yamiroore yimɓe maɓɓe ɓen, njonniron ɓe teŋe maɓɓe ɗen no moƴƴiri. Saŋiiɓe hara wanaa jinndooɓe njaatoo. Si ɓe saŋiike ɓe ngaddii paŋkare, no fawii emaɓɓe feccere ko fawii dow saŋiiɓe rimɓe ɓen e lepte. Ɗum, ko fii on kulɗo e mo'on yanugol e jinaa. Ko nde muññotoɗon ɓuri moƴƴannde on. Alla jaafotooɗo jurmtooɗo.
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ქართული · Georgian
და ვინც თქვენგან არ ფლობს საკმარის შესაძლებლობას, რომ დაქორწინდეს თავისუფალ, უბიწო მორწმუნე ქალებზე [არ აქვს შესაძლებლობა მისცეს საქორწინო ძღვენი თავისუფალ ქალებს], მაშინ (დაქორწინდეს) იმათზე, ვინც თქვენი მარჯვენა ხელის საკუთრებაშია — თქვენი მორწმუნე მხევლებისგან. და ალლაჰმა უკეთ იცის თქვენი რწმენა. თქვენ ერთმანეთისგან ხართ. დაქორწინდით მათზე მათი ოჯახების ნებართვით და მიეცით მათ მათი საზღაური [საქორწინო ძღვენი] ღირსეულად, — უბიწონი, არა გარყვნილნი და არა საიდუმლო მეგობრების შემყვანნი. და თუ ისინი [მხევლები] იქორწინებენ და შემდეგ ჩაიდენენ სისაძაგლეს [მრუშობას], მაშინ მათთვის არის ნახევარი იმ სასჯელისა, რაც ეკუთვნის თავისუფალ ქალებს. ეს არის მათთვის, ვისაც ეშინია სიძნელისა. ხოლო თუ მოითმენთ (და არ დაქორწინდებით მხევლებზე), ეს უკეთესია თქვენთვის. და ალლაჰი მიმტევებელი, შემწყალებელია.
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Deutsch · German
Und wer von euch nicht so vermögend ist, dass er ehrbare, gläubige Frauen zu heiraten vermag, der (soll) von den gläubigen Mädchen (heiraten), die eure rechte Hand besitzt. Und Allah weiß sehr wohl über euren Glauben Bescheid; die einen von euch sind von den anderen. So heiratet sie mit der Erlaubnis ihrer Familien und gebt ihnen ihren Lohn in rechtlicher Weise, wenn sie ehrbar sind, nicht solche, die Unzucht treiben und sich Liebhaber halten! Wenn sie nun (durch die Heirat) ehrbare Frauen geworden sind und dann eine Schandtat begehen, soll ihnen (nur) die Hälfte der Strafe zukommen, die ehrbaren Frauen zukommt. Dies gilt für denjenigen von euch, der (in) Bedrängnis (zu kommen) fürchtet. Doch dass ihr Geduld übt, ist besser für euch. Und Allah ist allvergebend und barmherzig.
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Ελληνικά · Greek
Και όποιος απ' εσάς δεν έχει την πολυτέλεια να παντρευτεί ελεύθερες πιστές γυναίκες, μπορεί να παντρευτεί από τις πιστές δούλες που έχετε στην κατοχή σας. Ο Αλλάχ ξέρει καλύτερα για την πίστη σας. Εσείς (οι άνδρες και οι γυναίκες) είστε ο ένας από τον άλλο (δηλ. είστε ίσοι στη θρησκεία και στην ανθρωπότητα, γι' αυτό μην ντρέπεστε να παντρευτείτε τις πιστές δούλες). Παντρευτείτε τους με την άδεια των κυρίων τους και δώστε τους την προίκα τους δίκαια (χωρίς μείωση ή καθυστέρηση) – με την προϋπόθεση ότι είναι αγνές και δεν διαπράττουν μοιχεία, ούτε έχουν φίλους κρυφά για πορνεία. Αν παντρευτούν, και έπειτα διαπράξουν μοιχεία, τότε η τιμωρία τους είναι η μισή της τιμωρίας των ελευθέρων γυναικών. Αυτό είναι γι' όποιον από σας φοβάται να πέσει σε μοιχεία, και το να κάνετε υπομονή είναι καλύτερο για σας. Και ο Αλλάχ είναι Γαφούρ (Αυτός που συγχωρεί τα πάντα) και Ραχείμ (Πολυεύσπλαχνος).
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हिन्दी · Hindi
और तुममें से जो व्यक्ति ईमान वाली आज़ाद स्त्रियों से विवाह करने की क्षमता न रखे, वह तुम्हारे हाथों में आई हुई तुम्हारी ईमान वाली दासियों से विवाह कर ले। अल्लाह तुम्हारे ईमान को भली-भाँति जानता है। तुम सब परस्पर एक ही हो।[23] अतः तुम उनके मालिकों की अनुमति से उन (दासियों) से विवाह कर लो और नियमानुसार उन्हें उनका महर चुका दो। जबकि वे सतीत्व की रक्षा करने वाली हों, खुल्लम खुल्ला व्यभिचार करने वाली न हों, तथा गुप्त रूप से व्यभिचार के लिए मित्र रखने वाली न हों। फिर यदि वे विवाहित हो जाने के बाद व्यभिचार करें, तो उनपर आज़ाद स्त्रियों का आधा[24] दंड है। यह (दासियों से विवाह की अनुमति) तुममें से उसके लिए है, जिसे व्यभिचार में पड़ने का डर हो, और तुम्हारा धैर्य से काम लेना तुम्हारे लिए बेहतर है और अल्लाह अत्यंत क्षमाशील, बड़ा दयावान् है।
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Italiano · Italian
Quelli tra voi che non hanno mezzi per sposare delle libere credenti, che sposino delle ancelle credenti, tra quelle che sono nelle mani dei credenti. E Allāh conosce in verità la vostra fede: discendete gli uni dagli altri. E sposatele con il permesso dei loro famigliari e offrite loro le doti come si deve, essendo oneste e non peccatrici, né cercatrici di amanti. Se, una volta sposate, commettono una nefandezza, a loro spetta metà della punizione prevista per le donne libere. Ciò è per chi tra voi teme di fare peccato; ma se pazienterete, sarà meglio per voi, e certo Allāh è Perdonatore, Misericordioso.
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
25. O jei kas iš jūsų neturi lėšų vesti laisvas, tikinčias moteris, jie gali vesti tikinčias merginas iš tų (vergių), kurias jų dešinės rankos valdo. Ir Allahas turi visas žinias apie jūsų Tikėjimą. Jūs esate vieni iš kitų. Veskite jas, gavę jų žmonių (globėjų, Aulija arba šeimininkų) leidimą ir duokite joms jų Mahr, atsižvelgiant į tai, kas pagrįsta. Jos (minėtos belaisvės arba vergės) turi būti skaisčios, neturėjusios neteisėtų lytinių santykių, nei meilužių. Ir po to, kai jos paimamos į santuoką, jei jos turi neteisėtų lytinių santykių, jų bausmė yra lygi pusei laisvos (neištekėjusios) moters bausmės. [4] Tai tam iš jūsų, kuris baiminasi pakenkti savo tikėjimui arba savo kūnui. Tačiau geriau jums, kad susilaikytumėte, ir Allahas yra Dažnai Atleidžiantis, Gailestingiausiasis.
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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Isin irraa namni (dubartoota) tikfamoo mu’umina ta’an fuuchuu qabeenyaan hin danda’in, shamarran keessan kan mu’uminaa kan harki keessan dhuunfatte (gabroottan) irraa (haa fuudhanu). Rabbiin iimaana keessan beekaadha. Gariin keessan garii irraayyi. hayyama warra isaaniitiin isaan fuudhaa. Mahrii isaanii haala gaarii ta’een isaaniif kennaa. Tikfamtoota ta'anii, sagaagalummaa kan hin raawwanneefi kan hiriyaa dhiiraa hin qabne ta'anii (fuudhaa). Yoo yeroo heeruman hojii fokkataa (sagaggaalummaa) raawwatan, adabbii irraa walakkaa kan isaan walaba ta’an irra jiruutu isaan irra jira. Kun isin irraa nama zinaa sodaateefi; obsuutu immoo isiniif caala. Rabbiin araaramaa, rahmata godhaadha. [15]
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Русский · Russian
Тот из вас, кто не обладает достатком, чтобы жениться на целомудренных верующих женщинах, пусть женится на верующих девушках из числа тех, которыми овладели ваши десницы. А Аллах лучше знает о вашей вере. Одни из вас от других. Так женитесь же на них с дозволения их хозяев и давайте им установленный брачный дар согласно одобряемому, если они целомудренны, не распутничают и не заводят себе любовников. А если они вышли замуж, а затем совершили явную мерзость, то им — половина того, что полагается свободным из наказания. Это — для тех из вас, кто боится впасть в грех. А если вы проявите терпение, то это лучше для вас. Аллах — прощающий, милующий.
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Српски · Serbian
А онај међу вама који није довољно имућан да се ожени слободном верницом - ето му оне вернице које су у вашем власништву - а Аллах најбоље зна веровање ваше - једни сте од других. И жените се њима уз одобрење њихових власника, и дајте им венчане дарове како је лепо и уобичајено, ако су чедне, а нису прељубнице, нити тајне љубавнице. А ако оне буду удате, па почине разврат, нека буду кажњене половином казне прописане за слободне жене. То је за онога од вас који се боји разврата, а боље вам је да се суздржите, а Аллах грехе опрашта и милостив је.
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Na asiyeweza kati yenu kupata mali ya kuolea wanawake wa kiungwana Waumini, basi na aoe katika vijakazi Waumini iliowamiliki mikono yenu ya kulia. Na Mwenyezi Mungu anajua vyema imani yenu. Nyinyi mmetokana wenyewe kwa wenyewe. Basi waoeni kwa idhini ya watu wao, na wapeni mahari yao kulingana na ada, wawe wanawake wema, si makahaba wala si mahawara. Na wanapoolewa kisha wakafanya uchafu, basi adhabu yao itakuwa ni nusu ya adhabu waliyowekewa waungwana. Hayo ni kwa yule miongoni mwenu anayeogopa kuingia katika zinaa. Na mkisubiri, ndiyo bora kwenu. Na Mwenyezi Mungu ni Mwenye kufuta dhambi, Mwenye kurehemu.
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Svenska · Swedish
De av er som inte har råd att gifta sig med fria troende kvinnor kan gifta sig med troende slavinnor som ni rättmätigt förfogar över. Gud känner mycket väl till er tro; ni hör alla samman. Gift er därför med dem med deras ägares samtycke och ge dem deras brudgåva enligt god sed, under förutsättning att de lever kyskt, utan att vara lösaktiga och utan att ta sig hemliga älskare. Om de, efter att ha ingått äktenskap, gör sig skyldiga till otukt, ska deras straff vara hälften av det som gäller för fria kvinnor. Detta är för dem av er som fruktar att falla i frestelse, men att visa tålamod är bättre för er. Gud är ständigt förlåtande, barmhärtig.
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
Sizden, hür Mümin kadınlarla evlenmeye maddi açıdan güç yetiremeyen kimse, ellerinizin altında olan Mümin cariyelerinizden alsın. Allah sizin imanınızı çok iyi bilir. Bazınız bazınızdansınız (hepiniz birsiniz). Onlarla, zinadan kaçınmaları, iffetli olmaları ve gizli dost tutmamış olmaları halinde velilerinin izniyle evlenin ve örfe uygun bir şekilde mehirlerini verin. Evlendiklerinde zina edecek olurlarsa, onlara, hür kadınlara edilen azabın yarısı edilir. (Başkasına ait cariye ile evlenme hususundaki) Bu (izin) içinizden, günaha girme korkusu olanlaradır. Sabretmeniz (başkasına ait cariyelerle evlenmemeniz) sizin için daha hayırlıdır. Allah çok bağışlayıcıdır, çok merhamet edicidir.
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
اور تم میں سے جس کسی کو آزاد مسلمان عورتوں سے نکاح کرنے کی پوری وسعت وطاقت نہ ہو تو وه مسلمان لونڈیوں سے جن کے تم مالک ہو (اپنا نکاح کر لے) اللہ تمہارے اعمال کو بخوبی جاننے واﻻ ہے، تم سب آپس میں ایک ہی تو ہو، اس لئے ان کے مالکوں کی اجازت سے ان سے نکاح کر لو[1] ، اور قاعده کے مطالق ان کے مہر ان کو دو، وه پاک دامن ہوں نہ کہ علانیہ بدکاری کرنے والیاں، نہ خفیہ آشنائی کرنے والیاں، پس جب یہ لونڈیاں نکاح میں آجائیں پھر اگر وه بے حیائی کا کام کریں تو انہیں آدھی سزا ہے اس سزا سے جو آزاد عورتوں کی ہے[2]۔ کنیزوں سے نکاح کا یہ حکم تم میں سے ان لوگوں کے لئے ہے جنہیں گناه اور تکلیف کا اندیشہ ہو اور تمہارا ضبط کرنا بہت بہتر ہے اور اللہ تعالیٰ بڑا بخشنے واﻻ اور بڑی رحمت واﻻ ہے۔[3]
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 Forbidden for you are your mothers, your daughters, your sisters, your paternal aunts, your maternal aunts, your brother's daughters, your sister's daughters, your foster-mothers who nursed you, your sisters through nursing, your wives' mothers, and your stepdaughters in your guardianship-born of wives you have gone into-but if you have not gone into them, there is no blame on you. And the wives of your genetic sons, and marrying two sisters simultaneously. Except what is past. God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Forbidden unto you are your mothers, and your daughters, and your sisters, and your father's sisters, and your mother's sisters, and your brother's daughters and your sister's daughters, and your foster-mothers, and your foster-sisters, and your mothers-in-law, and your step-daughters who are under your protection (born) of your women unto whom ye have gone in - but if ye have not gone in unto them, then it is no sin for you (to marry their daughters) - and the wives of your sons who (spring) from your own loins. And (it is forbidden unto you) that ye should have two sisters together, except what hath already happened (of that nature) in the past. Lo! Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful
Edward Henry Palmer1880 unlawful for you are your mothers, and your daughters, and your sisters, and your paternal aunts and maternal aunts, and your brother's daughters, and your sister's daughters, and your foster mothers, and your foster sisters, and your wives' mothers, and your step daughters who are your wards, born of your wives to whom ye have gone in; but if ye have not gone in unto them, then it is no crime in you; and the lawful spouses of your sons from your own loins, and that ye form a connexion between two sisters,- except bygones,- verily, God is forgiving, merciful
John Medows Rodwell1861 Forbidden to you are your mothers, and your daughters, and your sisters, and your aunts, both on the father and mother's side, and your nieces on the brother and sister's side, and your foster-mothers, and your foster-sisters, and the mothers of your wives, and your step-daughters who are your wards, born of your wives to whom ye have gone in: (but if ye have not gone in unto them, it shall be no sin in you to marry them;) and the wives of your sons who proceed out of your loins; and ye may not have two sisters; except where it is already done. Verily, God is Indulgent, Merciful
George Sale1734 Ye are forbidden to marry your mothers, and your daughters, and your sisters, and your aunts both on the fathers and on the mothers side, and your brothers daughters, and your sisters daughters, and your mothers who have given you suck, and your foster-sisters, and your wives mothers, and your daughters-in-law which are under your tuition, born of your wives unto whom ye have gone in, -- but if ye have not gone in unto them, it shall be no sin in you to marry them, -- and the wives of your sons who proceed out of your loins; and ye are also forbidden to take to wife two sisters; except what is already past: For God is gracious and merciful
Talal Itani2012 And all married women, except those you rightfully possess. This is God's decree, binding upon you. Permitted for you are those that lie outside these limits, provided you seek them in legal marriage, with gifts from your property, seeking wedlock, not prostitution. If you wish to enjoy them, then give them their dowry-a legal obligation. You commit no error by agreeing to any change to the dowry. God is All-Knowing, Most Wise.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And all married women (are forbidden unto you) save those (captives) whom your right hands possess. It is a decree of Allah for you. Lawful unto you are all beyond those mentioned, so that ye seek them with your wealth in honest wedlock, not debauchery. And those of whom ye seek content (by marrying them), give unto them their portions as a duty. And there is no sin for you in what ye do by mutual agreement after the duty (hath been done). Lo! Allah is ever Knower, Wise
Edward Henry Palmer1880 and married women, save such as your right hands possess,- God's Book against you! - but lawful for you is all besides this, for you to seek them with your wealth, marrying them and not fornicating; but such of them as ye have enjoyed, give them their hire as a lawful due; for there is no crime in you about what ye agree between you after such lawful due, verily, God is knowing and wise
John Medows Rodwell1861 Forbidden to you also are married women, except those who are in your hands as slaves: This is the law of God for you. And it is allowed you, beside this, to seek out wives by means of your wealth, with modest conduct, and without fornication. And give those with whom ye have cohabited their dowry. This is the law. But it shall be no crime in you to make agreements over and above the law. Verily, God is Knowing, Wise
George Sale1734 Ye are also forbidden to take to wife free women who are married, except those women whom your right hands shall possess as slaves. This is ordained you from God. Whatever is beside this, is allowed you; that ye may with your substance provide wives for your selves, acting that which is right, and avoiding whoredom. And for the advantage which ye receive from them, give them their reward, according to what is ordained: But it shall be no crime in you to make any other agreement among your selves, after the ordinance shall be complied with; for God is knowing and wise
DIN 31635yurīdu llāhu liyubayyina lakum wayahdiyakum sunana llaḏīna min qablikum wayatūba ʿalaykum wallāhu ʿalīmun ḥakīmun
Talal Itani2012 God intends to make things clear to you, and to guide you in the ways of those before you, and to redeem you. God is Most Knowing, Most Wise.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Allah would explain to you and guide you by the examples of those who were before you, and would turn to you in mercy. Allah is Knower, Wise
Edward Henry Palmer1880 God wishes to explain to you and to guide you into the ordinances of those who were before you, and to turn towards you, for God is knowing, wise
John Medows Rodwell1861 God desireth to make this known to you, and to guide you into the ways of those who have been before you, and to turn Him unto you in mercy. And God is Knowing, Wise
George Sale1734 God is willing to declare these things unto you and to direct you according to the ordinances of those who have gone before you, and to be merciful unto you. God is knowing and wise
Talal Itani2012 God intends to redeem you, but those who follow their desires want you to turn away utterly.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And Allah would turn to you in mercy; but those who follow vain desires would have you go tremendously astray
Edward Henry Palmer1880 God wishes to turn towards you, but those who follow their lusts wish that ye should swerve with a mighty swerving
John Medows Rodwell1861 God desireth thus to turn him unto you: but they who follow their own lusts, desire that with great swerving should ye swerve! God desireth to make your burden light: for man hath been created weak
George Sale1734 God desireth to be gracious unto you; but they who follow their lusts, desire that ye should turn aside from the truth with great deviation
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 —
0.68 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 · John Medows Rodwell0.74
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.74
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.72
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.72
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.71
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.65
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.65
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.64
Talal Itani · George Sale0.64
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.59
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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.