Marked words appear in this translation and in no other English translation of this verse. Common small words and older spellings are not marked. The marks show where the wording differs, not where the meaning does.
Talal Itani· published 2012
God does not forgive association with Him, but He forgives anything less than that to whomever He wills. Whoever associates anything with God has devised a monstrous sin.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Lo! Allah forgiveth not that a partner should be ascribed unto Him. He forgiveth (all) save that to whom He will. Whoso ascribethpartners to Allah, he hath indeedinvented a tremendous sin
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
Verily, God pardons not associating aught with Him, but He pardons anything short of that to whomsoever He pleases; but he who associates aught with God, he hath devised a mighty sin
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Verily, God will not forgive the union of other gods with Himself! But other than this will forgive to whom He pleaseth. And He who uniteth gods with God hath devised a great wickedness
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Surely God will not pardon the giving Him an equal; but will pardon any other sin, except that, to whom He pleaseth: And whoso giveth a companion unto God, hath devised a great wickedness
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
Pa dyshim, Allahu nuk fal që të adhurohet dikush a diçka tjetër përveç Tij, ndërsa gjynahet më të vogla ia fal kujt të dojë. Kush adhuron dikë a diçka tjetër përveç Allahut, vërtet ka bërë një gjynah të madh.
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
নিশ্চয় আল্লাহ তাঁর সাথে শরীক করাকে ক্ষমা করেন না (শিরক করা অবস্থায় মারা গেলে), এছাড়া অন্যান্য অপরাধসমূহ যাকে ইচ্ছে ক্ষমা করেন।(২২) আর যে আল্লাহর সাথে শরীক করে, সে অবশ্যই মহাপাপ রচনা করে।
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
Allah, doista, neće oprostiti da se Njemu išta u obožavanju pridružuje, a oprostit će sve mimo toga, kome On hoće! A onaj ko drugog Allahu u obožavanju pridružuje, taj čini potvoru i grijeh veliki.
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
Allah, doista, neće oprostiti da se Njemu išta u obožavanju pridružuje, a oprostit će sve mimo toga, kome On hoće! A onaj tko drugog Allahu u obožavanju pridružuje, taj čini potvoru i grijeh veliki.
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
Pellet, Alla yaafotaka kafidoowo Mo e goɗɗum, Himo Yaafo ko jaasi ɗum wonan de on Mo O Muuyi. Kala on kafiduɗo Alla e goɗɗum, gooŋɗii o fekandiima bakkaatu mawɗo.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
ჭეშმარიტად, ალლაჰი არ აპატიებს, როცა მას თანაზიარს უდგენენ. მაგრამ პატიობს იმას, რაც ამაზე ნაკლებია [სხვა ცოდვებს, მრავალღმერთიანობისა და ურწმუნოების გარდა], ვისაც ისურვებს. და ვინც ალლაჰს თანაზიარს დაუდგენს, მან მართლაც დიდი ცოდვა მოიგონა.
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
Wahrlich, Allah vergibt nicht, dass man Ihm (etwas) beigesellt. Doch was außer diesem ist, vergibt Er, wem Er will. Und wer Allah (etwas) beigesellt, der hat gewiss eine gewaltige Sünde ersonnen.
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
Στ’ αλήθεια, ο Αλλάχ δε συγχωρεί το να Του αποδίδονται εταίροι (στη λατρεία)• αλλά συγχωρεί οτιδήποτε άλλο εκτός απ’ αυτό γι' όποιον θέλει• και όποιος αποδίδει εταίρους στον Αλλάχ (στη λατρεία) έχει πράγματι μηχανευτεί μια τεράστια αμαρτία.
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
निःसंदेह, अल्लाह यह क्षमा नहीं करेगा कि उसका साझी बनाया जाए[40] और इसके सिवा जिसे चाहेगा, क्षमा कर देगा। और जिसने अल्लाह का साझी बनाया, उसने बहुत बड़ा पाप गढ़ लिया।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
In verità Allāh non perdona di essere paragonato ad altri, e perdona i peccati inferiori a chi Lui vuole. E chi paragona altri ad Allāh, compie in verità un grave peccato.
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
48. Iš tiesų, Allahas neatleidžia to, kad Jam būtų priskirti partneriai (garbinime), tačiau Jis atleidžia (visa kita), išskyrus tai, tiems, kam Jis nori. Ir kas priskiria Allahui partnerius garbinime, jis iš tikrųjų prasimanė siaubingą nuodėmę.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.8
Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Rabbiin Isatti waa qindeeffamuu gonkumaa hin araaramu. Waan sanaa gadii nama fedheef ni araarama. Namni Rabbitti qindeesse dhugumatti cubbuu guddaa kijibaan uumeera. [27]
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.0
Русский · Russian
Воистину, Аллах не прощает, когда Ему придают сотоварищей, и прощает то, что меньше этого, кому пожелает. Кто придаёт Аллаху сотоварищей, тот уже измыслил величайший грех.
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
Аллах, заиста, неће да опрости идолопоклонство, а опростиће све мимо тога, коме Он хоће! А онај ко другог поред Аллаха обожава, чини потвору и велики грех.
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
Hakika, Mwenyezi Mungu hafuti dhambi ya kushirikishwa, na hufuta dhambi ya yale yaliyo duni ya hilo kwa amtakaye. Na mwenye kumshirikisha Mwenyezi Mungu, basi hakika amezua dhambi kubwa.
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Gud förlåter inte att något dyrkas vid hans sida, men han förlåter den han vill för mindre än det. Den som dyrkar något vid Guds sida har sannerligen gjort sig skyldig till en oerhörd synd.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
Allah, kendisine şirk koşulmasını asla bağışlamaz, bunun dışındakilerden dilediğini bağışlar. Kim, Allah’a şirk koşarsa büyük bir günahla iftira etmiş olur.
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
یقیناً اللہ تعالیٰ اپنے ساتھ شریک کئے جانے کو نہیں بخشتا اور اس کے سوا جسے چاہے بخش دیتا ہے[1] اور جو اللہ تعالیٰ کے ساتھ شریک مقرر کرے اس نے بہت بڑا گناه اور بہتان باندھا۔[2]
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 Among the Jews are some who take words out of context, and say, "We hear and we disobey", and "Hear without listening", and "Observe us," twisting with their tongues and slandering the religion. Had they said, "We hear and we obey", and "Listen", and "Give us your attention," it would have been better for them, and more upright. But God has cursed them for their disbelief; they do not believe except a little.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Some of those who are Jews change words from their context and say: "We hear and disobey; hear thou as one who heareth not" and "Listen to us!" distorting with their tongues and slandering religion. If they had said: "We hear and we obey: hear thou, and look at us" it had been better for them, and more upright. But Allah hath cursed them for their disbelief, so they believe not, save a few
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And those who are Jews, and those who pervert the words from their places, and say, 'We hear but we rebel, and do thou listen without hearing,' and (who say) 'rahina,' distorting it with their tongues and taunting about religion., But had they said, 'We hear and we obey, so listen and look upon us,' it would have been better for them and more upright; - but may God curse them in their misbelief, for they will not believe except a few
John Medows Rodwell1861 Among the Jews are those who displace the words of their Scriptures, and say, "We have heard, and we have not obeyed. Hear thou, but as one that heareth not; and LOOK AT US;" perplexing with their tongues, and wounding the Faith by their revilings. But if they would say, "We have heard, and we obey; hear thou, and REGARD US;" it were better for them, and more right. But God hath cursed them for their unbelief. Few only of them are believers
George Sale1734 Of the Jews there are some who pervert words from their places; and say, we have heard, and have disobeyed; and do thou hear without understanding our meaning, and look upon us: Perplexing with their tongues, and reviling the true religion. But if they had said, we have heard, and do obey; and do thou hear, and regard us: Certainly it were better for them, and more right. But God hath cursed them by reason of their infidelity; therefore a few of them only shall believe
Talal Itani2012 O you who were given the Book! Believe in what We sent down, confirming what you have, before We obliterate faces and turn them inside out, or curse them as We cursed the Sabbath-breakers. The command of God is always done.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 O ye unto whom the Scripture hath been given! Believe in what We have revealed confirming that which ye possess, before We destroy countenances so as to confound them, or curse them as We cursed the Sabbath-breakers (of old time). The commandment of Allah is always executed
Edward Henry Palmer1880 O ye who have been given the Book! believe in what we have revealed, confirming what ye had before; ere we deface your faces and turn them into hinder parts, or curse you as we cursed the fellows of the Sabbath when God's command was done
John Medows Rodwell1861 O ye to whom the Scriptures have been given! believe in what we have sent down confirmatory of the Scripture which is in your hands, ere we efface your features, and twist your head round backward, or curse you as we cursed the sabbath-breakers: and the command of God was carried into effect
George Sale1734 O ye to whom the scriptures have been given, believe in the revelation which we have sent down, confirming that which is with you; before we deface your countenances, and render them as the back parts thereof; or curse them, as we cursed those who transgressed on the sabbath day; and the command of God was fulfilled
Easy-read (simplified)alam tara ilaa lladheena yuzakkoona anfusahum bali llaahu yuzakkee man yashaa'u walaa yuzlamoona fateelaa
DIN 31635ʾalam tara ʾilā llaḏīna yuzakkūna ʾanfusahum bali llāhu yuzakkī man yašāʾu walā yuẓlamūna fatīlan
Talal Itani2012 Have you not considered those who claim purity for themselves? Rather, God purifies whom He wills, and they will not be wronged a whit.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Hast thou not seen those who praise themselves for purity? Nay, Allah purifieth whom He will, and they will not be wronged even the hair upon a date-stone
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Do ye not see those who purify themselves? nay, God purifies whom He will, and they shall not be wronged a straw
John Medows Rodwell1861 Hast thou not marked those who hold themselves to be righteous? But God holdeth righteous whom He will; and they shall not be wronged the husk of a date stone
George Sale1734 Hast thou not observed those who justify themselves? But God justifieth whomsoever He pleaseth, nor shall they be wronged a hair
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 —
0.74 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 Rodwell0.85
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.84
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.81
Talal Itani · George Sale0.77
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.76
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.74
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.73
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.69
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.63
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.61
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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.