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.
God instructs you to give back thingsentrusted to you to their owners. And when you judge between people, judge with justice. God'sinstructions to you are excellent. God is All-Hearing, All-Seeing.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Lo! Allah commandeth you that ye restore deposits to their owners, and, if ye judge between mankind, that ye judge justly. Lo! comely is this which Allah admonisheth you. Lo! Allah is ever Hearer, Seer
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 bids you pay your trusts to their owners, and when ye judge between men to judge with justice. Verily, God, excellent is what He admonishes you with; verily, God both hears and sees
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Verily, God enjoineth you to give back your trusts to their owners, and when ye judge between men, to judge with fairness. Excellent is the practice to which God exhorteth you. God Heareth, Beholdeth
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Moreover God commandeth you to restore what ye are trusted with, to the owners; and when ye judge between men, that ye judge according to equity: And surely an excellent virtue it is to which God exhorteth you; for God both heareth and seeth
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
Allahu ju urdhëron që t'ua ktheni amanetet atyre që u takojnë dhe, kur të gjykoni mes njerëzve, të gjykoni me drejtësi. Sa e shkëlqyeshme është ajo me të cilën ju këshillon Allahu! Në të vërtetë, Allahu dëgjon dhe sheh çdo gjë.
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 আমানতসমূহ তার হকদারদের কাছে পৌঁছে দিতে তোমাদেরকে আদেশ দিচ্ছেন। আর যখন তোমরা মানুষের মধ্যে বিচারকার্য পরিচালনা করবে তখন ন্যায়পরায়ণতার সাথে বিচার করবে। নিশ্চয় আল্লাহ তোমাদেরকে কতই না উত্তম উপদেশ দিচ্ছেন! নিশ্চয় আল্লাহ সর্বশ্রোতা, সর্বদ্রষ্টা।
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 vam, doista, naređuje da emanete date onima kojima pripadaju, a kada ljudima sudite – da pravedno sudite. Savjet Allahov je, uistinu, divan i Allah je, doista, Onaj Koji sve čuje i Onaj Koji sve vidi.
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 vam, doista, naređuje da poslove od povjerenja date onima kojima pripadaju, a kada ljudima sudite – da pravedno sudite. Savjet Allahov je, uistinu, divan i Allah je, doista, Onaj Koji sve čuje i Onaj Koji sve vidi.
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 no Yamira on tottoton koolaaje ɗen faade e joom ma je ɓen, e si on ñaaway hakkunde yimɓe ɓen nde ñaawirton nunɗal. Pellet, ko Alla Waajorta on kon labaama. Pellet, Alla Laatike Nanoowo, Yi'oowo.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
ჭეშმარიტად, ალლაჰი გიბრძანებთ, რომ ნდობით ჩაბარებული ქონება დაუბრუნოთ მის მფლობელებს და, ასევე, როცა ადამიანებს შორის განსჯით, განსაჯოთ სამართლიანად. რაოდენ მშვენიერია ის, რითაც ალლაჰი შეგაგონებთ! ჭეშმარიტად, ალლაჰი ყოვლისმსმენი, ყოვლისმხედველია.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Wahrlich, Allah befiehlt euch, die anvertrauten Güter ihren Eigentümern (wieder) auszuhändigen und wenn ihr zwischen den Menschen richtet, in Gerechtigkeit zu richten. Wie trefflich ist das, womit Allah euch ermahnt! Wahrlich, Allah ist allhörend und allsehend.
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 σας διατάζει να επιστρέψετε τα καταπιστεύματα στους δικαιούχους τους• και όταν κρίνετε μεταξύ των ανθρώπων να κρίνετε με δικαιοσύνη. Πράγματι, πολύ εξαιρετικό είναι αυτό που σας διατάζει ο Αλλάχ! Πράγματι, ο Αλλάχ είναι Σαμεί‘ (Αυτός που ακούει τα πάντα) και Μπασείρ (Αυτός που βλέπει τα πάντα).
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
अल्लाह[44] तुम्हें आदेश देता है कि अमानतों को उनके मालिकों के हवाले कर दो और जब तुम लोगों के बीच फैसला करो, तो न्याय के साथ फैसला करो। निश्चय अल्लाह तुम्हें कितनी अच्छी नसीहत करता है। निःसंदेह अल्लाह सब कुछ सुनने, सब कुछ देखने वाला है।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
In verità Allāh vi ordina di restituire i depositi ai proprietari, e, se giudicate tra gli uomini, fatelo con giustizia. In verità Allāh vi consiglia il meglio: in verità Allāh è l’Ascoltatore, l’Osservatore.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
58. Iš tiesų, Allahas įsako jums atiduoti skolas tiems, kam jos priklauso, ir teisiant tarp žmonių – teisti teisingai. Iš tiesų, koks nuostabus yra mokymas, kurį Jis (Allahas) suteikia jums! Iš tiesų, Allahas yra Visada Visa Girdintis, Visa Matantis.
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
Воистину, Аллах велит вам возвращать доверенное его владельцам, а когда вы судите между людьми — судить по справедливости. Воистину, как прекрасно то, чем увещевает вас Аллах! Воистину, Аллах всегда был [и пребудет] слышащим, видящим.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
Аллах вам, заиста, наређује да послове од поверења дате онима којима заслужују, а када људима судите - да праведно судите. Савет Аллахов је, уистину, диван и Аллах је, заиста, Свечујући и Свевидећи.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Hakika Mwenyezi Mungu anawaamrisha kwamba mzirudishe amana kwa wenyewe. Na mnapohukumu baina ya watu mhukumu kwa uadilifu. Hakika haya anayowawaidhi kwayo Mwenyezi Mungu ndiyo mazuri sana. Hakika Mwenyezi Mungu ndiye Mwenye kusikia, Mwenye kuona.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Gud befaller er att återlämna det som anförtrotts er till dess rättmätiga ägare, och att döma rättvist när ni dömer mellan människor. Utmärkt är det Gud förmanar er till! Gud hör allt, ser allt.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
Şüphesiz Allah sizlere, emanetleri ehline teslim etmenizi ve insanlar arasında hükmettiğiniz zaman adaletle hükmetmenizi emrediyor. Bununla, Allah size ne güzel bir öğüt veriyor. Doğrusu Allah işitendir, görendir.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
اللہ تعالیٰ تمہیں تاکیدی حکم دیتا ہے کہ امانت والوں کی امانتیں انہیں پہنچاؤ![1] اور جب لوگوں کا فیصلہ کرو تو عدل وانصاف سے فیصلہ کرو![2] یقیناً وه بہتر چیز ہے جس کی نصیحت تمہیں اللہ تعالیٰ کر رہا ہے[3]۔ بے شک اللہ تعالیٰ سنتا ہے، دیکھتا 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 reject Our revelations-We will scorch them in a Fire. Every time their skins are cooked, We will replace them with other skins, so they will experience the suffering. God is Most Powerful, Most Wise.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Lo! Those who disbelieve Our revelations, We shall expose them to the Fire. As often as their skins are consumed We shall exchange them for fresh skins that they may taste the torment. Lo! Allah is ever Mighty, Wise
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Verily, those who disbelieve in our signs, we will broil them with fire; whenever their skins are well done, then we will change them for other skins, that they may taste the torment. Verily, God is glorious and wise
John Medows Rodwell1861 Those who disbelieve our signs we will in the end cast into the fire: so oft as their skins shall be well burnt, we will change them for fresh skins, that they may taste the torment. Verily God is Mighty, Wise
George Sale1734 Verily those who disbelieve our signs, we will surely cast to be broiled in hell fire; so often as their skins shall be well burned, we will give them other skins in exchange, that they may taste the sharper torment; for God is mighty and wise
Talal Itani2012 As for those who believe and do good deeds, We will admit them into Gardens beneath which rivers flow, abiding therein forever. They will have purified spouses therein, and We will admit them into a shady shade.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And as for those who believe and do good works, We shall make them enter Gardens underneath which rivers flow - to dwell therein for ever; there for them are pure companions - and We shall make them enter plenteous shade
Edward Henry Palmer1880 But those who believe and do aright, we will make them enter gardens beneath which rivers flow, and they shall dwell therein for ever and aye, for them therein are pure wives, and we will make them enter into a shady shade
John Medows Rodwell1861 But as for those who have believed, and done the things that are right, we will bring being them into gardens 'neath which the rivers flow therein to abide eternally; - therein shall they have wives of stainless purity: and we will bring them into aye - shadowing shades
George Sale1734 But those who believe and do that which is right, we will bring into gardens watered by rivers, therein shall they remain for ever, and there shall they enjoy wives free from all impurity; and we will lead them into perpetual shades
Talal Itani2012 O you who believe! Obey God and obey the Messenger and those in authority among you. And if you dispute over anything, refer it to God and the Messenger, if you believe in God and the Last Day. That is best, and a most excellent determination.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 O ye who believe! Obey Allah, and obey the messenger and those of you who are in authority; and if ye have a dispute concerning any matter, refer it to Allah and the messenger if ye are (in truth) believers in Allah and the Last Day. That is better and more seemly in the end
Edward Henry Palmer1880 O ye who believe! obey God, and obey the Apostle and those in authority amongst you; and if ye quarrel about anything, refer to God and the Apostle, if ye believe in God and the last day; that is better and fairer as a settlement
John Medows Rodwell1861 O ye who believe! obey God and obey the apostle, and those among you invested with authority; and if in aught ye differ, bring it before God and the apostle, if ye believe in God and in the latter day. This is the best and fairest way of settlement
George Sale1734 O true believers, obey God, and obey the apostle, and those who are in authority among you, and if ye differ in any thing, refer it unto God and the apostle, if ye believe in God, and the last day: This is better, and a fairer method of determination
Talal Itani2012 Have you not observed those who claim that they believe in what was revealed to you, and in what was revealed before you, yet they seek Satanic sources for legislation, in spite of being commanded to reject them? Satan means to mislead them far away.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Hast thou not seen those who pretend that they believe in that which is revealed unto thee and that which was revealed before thee, how they would go for judgment (in their disputes) to false deities when they have been ordered to abjure them? Satan would mislead them far astray
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Do ye not see those who pretend that they believe in what has been revealed to them, and what was revealed before thee; they wish to refer their judgment to Taghut, but they are bidden to disbelieve therein, and Satan wishes to lead them into a remote error
John Medows Rodwell1861 Hast thou not marked those who profess that they believe in what hath been sent down to thee, and what hath been sent down before thee? Fain would they be judged before Thagout, though commanded not to believe in him; and fain would Satan make them wander with wanderings wide of truth
George Sale1734 Hast thou not observed those who pretend they believe in what hath been revealed unto thee, and what been revealed before thee? They desire to go to judgment before Taghut, although they have been commanded not to believe in him; and Satan desireth to seduce them into a wide error
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 —
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The cut
0.644
Share of measured verses above it
33%
Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.81
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.79
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.76
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.74
Talal Itani · George Sale0.74
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.66
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.66
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.63
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.60
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.53
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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.