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We did not send any messenger except to be obeyed by God's leave. Had they, when they wronged themselves, come to you, and prayed for God's forgiveness, and the Messenger had prayed for their forgiveness, they would have found God Relenting and Merciful.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Compare translations (4)Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
We sent no messenger save that he should be obeyed by Allah's leave. And if, when they had wronged themselves, they had but come unto thee and asked forgiveness of Allah, and asked forgiveness of the messenger, they would have found AllahForgiving, 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
We have never sent an apostle save that he should be obeyed by the permission of God; and if they, when they have wronged themselves, come to thee and ask pardon of God, and the Apostle asks pardon for them, then they will find God easy to be turned, compassionate
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Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
We have not sent any apostle but to be obeyed, it God so will: but if they, after they have sinned to their own hurt by unbelief, come to thee and ask pardon of God, and the apostle ask pardon for them, they shall surely find that God is He who turneth unto man, Merciful
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
We have not sent any apostle, but that he might be obeyed by the permission of God: But if they, after they have injured their own souls, come unto thee, and ask pardon of God, and the apostle ask pardon for them, they shall surely find God easy to be reconciled 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
Other languages (18)Shqip · Albanian
Çdo të dërguar e kemi çuar vetëm që, me lejen e Allahut, t'i binden njerëzit. Në qoftë se ata, kur i bëjnë padrejtësi vetvetes (duke mëkatuar), do të vinin tek i Dërguari për t'i kërkuar falje Allahut dhe të kërkonte i Dërguari falje për ta, do të shihnin se Allahu është Pranues i pendimit e Mëshirëplotë.
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
আর আমি যে কোন রাসূল প্রেরণ করেছি তা কেবল এ জন্য, যেন আল্লাহর অনুমতিক্রমে তাঁর আনুগত্য করা হয়। আর তারা যখন নিজেদের প্রতি যুলম করেছিল, তখন যদি তোমার কাছে আসত, অতঃপর আল্লাহর কাছে ক্ষমা চাইত এবং রাসূলও তাদের জন্য ক্ষমা চাইত তাহলে অবশ্যই তারা আল্লাহকে তাওবা কবুলকারী, পরম দয়ালুরূপে পেত।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
A mi nismo nijednog poslanika poslali, osim da bi mu se pokoravali uz Allahovo odobrenje. A da ti oni dođu kada sami sebi nepravdu učine i zamole Allaha da im oprosti, pa da i Poslanik zamoli da im se oprosti, oni bi vidjeli da Allah, doista, prima pokajanje i da je milostiv.
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Hrvatski · Croatian
A mi nismo nijednog poslanika poslali, osim da bi mu se pokoravalo uz Allahovo odobrenje. A da ti oni dođu kada sami sebi nepravdu učine i zamole Allaha da im oprosti, pa da i Poslanik zamoli da im se oprosti, oni bi vidjeli da Allah, doista, prima pokajanje i da je milostiv.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Min Nuliraali Nulaaɗo [woo] si wanaa fii yo o ɗofte e e sakkiroore Alla. Hara nun tuma ɓe tooñunoo pittaali maɓɓe ɗin, ɓe ngarno ema ɓe imsinii e Alla, Nulaaɗo on imsinanii ɓe, ɓe tawayno Alla ko Jaɓoowo tuubuubuyee, jurmotoodo.
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ქართული · Georgian
და ყოველი შუამავალი ჩვენ გავაგზავნეთ მხოლოდ იმისთვის, რომ მას დამორჩილებოდნენ ალლაჰის ნებით [და ბრძანებით]. ხოლო რომ მათ, როცა საკუთარ თავს უსამართლობა მიაყენეს (როცა განსასჯელად ცრუ კანონს მიმართეს), მოსულიყვნენ შენთან (ო, მოციქულო) და ეთხოვათ მიტევება ალლაჰისგან, და ეთხოვა მათთვის მიტევება შუამავალს, ისინი უეჭველად ჰპოვებდნენ ალლაჰს მპატიებელს, შემწყალებელს.
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Deutsch · German
Und Wir haben keinen Gesandten geschickt, ohne dass ihm - mit der Erlaubnis Allahs - gehorcht wurde. Und wenn sie, wo sie sich selbst Unrecht zugefügt haben, zu dir kämen und dann Allah um Vergebung bäten, und der Gesandte für sie um Vergebung bäte, würden sie gewiss Allah Reue-Annehmend und barmherzig finden.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Δεν στείλαμε κανέναν Αγγελιαφόρο παρά μόνο για να τον υπακούσουν με την άδεια του Αλλάχ. Και αν όταν αδικούσαν τον εαυτό τους (με τις αμαρτίες τους) ερχόντουσαν σ' εσένα (ω, Μωχάμμαντ) και ζητούσαν συγχώρεση από τον Αλλάχ, και ζητούσε ο Αγγελιαφόρος (από τον Αλλάχ) συγχώρεση γι' αυτούς, θα έβρισκαν τον Αλλάχ Ταουάμπ (Αυτόν που αποδέχεται τη μεταμέλεια) και Ραχείμ (Πολυεύσπλαχνο).
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हिन्दी · Hindi
और हमने जो भी रसूल भेजा, वह इसलिए (भेजा) कि अल्लाह की अनुमति से उसका आज्ञापालन किया जाए। और यदि वे लोग, जब उन्हों ने अपनी जानों पर अत्याचार किया था, आपके पास आते, फिर अल्लाह से क्षमा याचना करते और रसूल भी उनके लिए क्षमा याचना करते, तो वे अवश्य अल्लाह को बहुत तौबा क़बूल करने वाला, अत्यन्त दयावान पाते।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
E noi non inviammo un Messaggero se non perché gli si obbedisse, col permesso di Allāh. E se, dopo aver fatto un torto a sé stessi, fossero venuti da te a supplicare il perdono di Allāh, e il Messaggero avesse supplicato per loro, avrebbero trovato Allāh, in verità, Colui che accoglie il pentimento, il Misericordioso.
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
64. Mes nesiuntėme nė vieno Pasiuntinio, išskyrus tam, kad jiems būtų paklūstama Allaho Leidimu. Jei jie (veidmainiai), po to kai buvo neteisingi sau, būtų atėję pas tave (Muchammedai ﷺ) ir maldavę Allaho Atleidimo, ir Pasiuntinys būtų maldavęs atleidimo jiems – iš tiesų, jie būtų pamatę, kad Allahas yra Visa Atleidžiantis (Tas, Kuris atleidžia ir priima atgailą), Gailestingiausiasis.
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Русский · Russian
Мы не посылали ни одного посланника иначе, как для того, чтобы ему повиновались с дозволения Аллаха. Если бы они, когда поступили несправедливо с самими собой, пришли к тебе, попросили прощения у Аллаха, и если бы Посланник попросил прощения для них, они бы непременно нашли Аллаха принимающим покаяние, милующим.
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Српски · Serbian
А ми нисмо ниједног посланика послали, осим да би му се покоравало уз Аллахово одобрење. А да ти они дођу када сами себи учине неправду и замоле Аллаха да им опрости, па да и Посланик замоли да им се опрости, они би видели да Аллах, заиста, прима покајање и да је милостив.
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Na hatukumtuma Mtume yeyote isipokuwa atiiwe kwa idhini ya Mwenyezi Mungu. Na lau pale walipozidhulumu nafsi zao, wangelikujia, wakamwomba Mwenyezi Mungu kuwafutia dhambi, na Mtume akawaombea kufutiwa dhambi, basi bila ya shaka wangelimkuta Mwenyezi Mungu ni Mwenye kupokea toba, Mwenye kurehemu.
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Svenska · Swedish
Vi har inte sänt något sändebud annat än för att han, med Gud vilja, ska bli åtlydd. Om de, efter att ha gjort sig själva orätt, hade kommit till dig och bett Gud om förlåtelse, och sändebudet hade bett om förlåtelse för dem, skulle de ha funnit att Gud ständigt godtar ånger och ständigt är barmhärtig.
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Türkçe · Turkish
Biz, her bir peygamberi ancak, Allah’ın izniyle kendilerine itaat edilsin diye gönderdik. Eğer onlar, nefislerine zulmettikleri zaman, sana gelip Allah’tan bağışlanma dilemiş olsalardı, Peygamber de onlar için bağışlanma dileseydi, elbette Allah’ı tövbeleri kabul eden ve çok merhametli olarak bulurlardı.
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اردو · Urdu
ہم نے ہر ہر رسول کو صرف اسی لئے بھیجا کہ اللہ تعالیٰ کے حکم سے اس کی فرمانبرداری کی جائے اور اگر یہ لوگ جب انہوں نے اپنی جانوں پر ﻇلم کیا تھا، تیرے پاس آ جاتے اور اللہ تعالیٰ سے استغفار کرتے اور رسول بھی ان کے لئے استغفار کرتے[1] ، تو یقیناً یہ لوگ اللہ تعالیٰ کو معاف کرنے واﻻ مہربان پاتے۔
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.
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Talal Itani2012 How about when a disaster strikes them because what their hands have put forward, and then they come to you swearing by God: "We only intended goodwill and reconciliation"?
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 How would it be if a misfortune smote them because of that which their own hands have sent before (them)? Then would they come unto thee, swearing by Allah that they were seeking naught but harmony and kindness
Edward Henry Palmer1880 How then when there befalls them a mischance through what their hands have sent on before? then will they come to you, and swear by God, 'We meant naught but good and concord
John Medows Rodwell1861 But how, when some misfortune shall fortune them, for their previous handywork? Then will they come to thee, swearing by God, "We desire nothing but to promote good and concord
George Sale1734 But how will they behave when a misfortune shall befall them, for that which their hands have sent before them? Then will they come unto thee, and swear by God, saying, if we intended any other, than to do good, and to reconcile the parties
Talal Itani2012 They are those whom God knows what is in their hearts. So ignore them, and admonish them, and say to them concerning themselves penetrating words.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Those are they, the secrets of whose hearts Allah knoweth. So oppose them and admonish them, and address them in plain terms about their souls
Edward Henry Palmer1880 These, God knows what is in their hearts. Turn thou away from them and admonish them, and speak to them into their souls with a searching word
John Medows Rodwell1861 These are they whose hearts God knoweth. Therefore break off from them, and warn them, speak words that may penetrate their souls
George Sale1734 God knoweth what is in the hearts of these men; therefore let them alone, and admonish them, and speak unto them a word which may affect their souls
Talal Itani2012 But no, by your Lord, they will not believe until they call you to arbitrate in their disputes, and then find within themselves no resentment regarding your decisions, and submit themselves completely.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 But nay, by thy Lord, they will not believe (in truth) until they make thee judge of what is in dispute between them and find within themselves no dislike of that which thou decidest, and submit with full submission
Edward Henry Palmer1880 But no! by thy Lord! they will not believe, until they have made thee judge of what they differ on; then they will not find in themselves aught to hinder what thou hast decreed, and they will submit with submission
John Medows Rodwell1861 And they will not - I swear by thy Lord - they will not believe, until they have set thee up as judge between them on points where they differ. Then shall they not find in their own minds any difficulty in thy decisions, and shall submit with entire submission
George Sale1734 And by thy Lord they will not perfectly believe, until they make thee judge of their controversies; and shall not afterwards find in their own minds any hardship in what thou shalt determine, but shall acquiesce therein with entire submission
Talal Itani2012 Had We decreed for them: "Kill yourselves," or "Leave your homes," they would not have done it, except for a few of them. But had they done what they were instructed to do, it would have been better for them, and a firmer confirmation.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And if We had decreed for them: Lay down your lives or go forth from your dwellings, but few of them would have done it; though if they did what they are exhorted to do it would be better for them, and more strengthening
Edward Henry Palmer1880 But had we prescribed for them, 'Kill yourselves, or go ye forth out of your houses,' they would not have done it, save only a few of them; but had they done what they are admonished, then it would have been better for them, and a more firm assurance
John Medows Rodwell1861 Had we laid down such a law for them as "Kill yourselves, or abandon your dwellings," but few of them would have done it. But had they done that to which they were exhorted, better and it been for them, and stronger for the confirmation of their faith
George Sale1734 And if we had commanded them, saying, slay your selves, or depart from your houses; they would not have done it, except a few of them. And if they had done what they were admonished, it would certainly have been better for them, and more efficacious for confirming their faith
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0.644
Share of measured verses above it
33%
Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.73
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.72
Talal Itani · George Sale0.71
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.69
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.67
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.61
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.60
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.57
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.51
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.33
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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.