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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
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
Compare translations (4)Talal Itani· published 2012
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.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
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 firmassurance
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
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
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Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
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
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
Nëse Ne do t'i urdhëronim ata: "Vritni njëri-tjetrin!" ose "Dilni nga vendbanimi juaj!", ata nuk do ta bënin atë, përveç një pakice prej tyre. E, sikur të vepronin ashtu siç këshilloheshin, do të ishte më mirë për ta dhe do të ishin më të fortë në besim.
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বাংলা · Bengali
আর যদি আমি তাদেরকে আদেশ দিতাম যে, তোমরা নিজেদেরকে হত্যা করো বা নিজেদের গৃহ ত্যাগ করো, তাহলে তাদের অল্প সংখ্যকই তা করতো।(২৯) তাদেরকে যে উপদেশ দেয়া হয়েছিল তারা তা করলে তাদের জন্যে ভালো হতো এবং তাদের ঈমানের স্থিরতায় সুদৃঢ় হতো।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
I da smo Mi njima propisali: "Sami sebe poubijajte!" ili "Iselite iz svog zavičaja!", malo ko od njih bi to učinio. A kada bi onako kako im se savjetuje postupili, bilo bi im bolje i u vjeri čvršće.
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Hrvatski · Croatian
I da smo Mi njima propisali "da sami sebe poubijate!" ili "da se iselite iz svoga zavičaja!" malo tko od njih bi to učinio! A kada bi onako kako im se savjetuje postupili, bilo bi im bolje i u vjeri čvršće.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
So tawno min parluno e maɓɓe won de : "mbaree pittaali mon ɗin", maa "njalton e galleeji mon", ɓe mbɗataano ɗum si wanaa seeɗaa e maɓɓe. Sinno kamɓe ɓe mbaɗno kon ko ɓe mbaajoranoo, ɗum laatotono moƴƴere wonan de ɓe, ɓura tiiɗude kadi tabital :
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ქართული · Georgian
და ჩვენ რომ დაგვედგინა მათთვის: «მოკალით თქვენი თავები [უდანაშაულოებმა მოკლან დამნაშავეები]!» — ან «გამოდით თქვენი სახლებიდან [დატოვეთ ისინი]!» — ამას მათგან მხოლოდ მცირენი შეასრულებდნენ. ხოლო მათ რომ გაეკეთებინათ ის, რითაც მათ შაეგონებენ, ეს უეჭველად უკეთესი იქნებოდა მათთვის და უფრო განმამტკიცებელი მათ (რწმენის) გასაძლიერებლად.
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Deutsch · German
Und wenn Wir ihnen vorschreiben würden: „Tötet euch selbst oder zieht aus euren Wohnstätten aus“, würden sie dies nicht tun, bis auf wenige von ihnen. Würden sie nun tun, wozu sie ermahnt werden, wäre es gewiss besser für sie und eine größere Stärkung (im Glauben).
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Ελληνικά · Greek
Αν τους είχαμε προστάξει: «Σκοτώστε τον εαυτό σας.», ή «Βγείτε από τα σπίτια σας.», δε θα το έκαναν παρά μόνο λίγοι απ' αυτούς (γι' αυτό ας δοξάζουν τον Αλλάχ που δεν τους διέταξε κάτι πέραν των δυνατοτήτων τους). Αλλά αν είχαν κάνει αυτό που διατάχθηκαν (από καλές πράξεις), θα ήταν καλύτερο γι' αυτούς και πιο σταθερό (για την πίστη τους),
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हिन्दी · Hindi
और यदि हम उनपर[48] अनिवार्य कर देते कि अपने आपको को क़त्ल करो या अपने घरों से निकल जाओ, तो उनमें से कुछ लोगों के सिवा कोई भी ऐसा नहीं करता। और यदि वे लोग उसका पालन करते जिसकी उन्हें नसीहत की जाती है, तो यह उनके लिए बेहतर और (सच्चे रास्ते पर) अधिक दृढ़ता का कारण होता।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
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Italiano · Italian
Se avessimo ordinato loro: «Uccidetevi!”, o: “Uscite dalle vostre case!», non l’avrebbero fatto, tranne pochi di loro. E se avessero fatto ciò che è stato loro consigliato, sarebbe stato meglio per loro, e migliore mezzo alla fermezza.
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
66. Ir jei Mes būtume įsakę jiems (sakydami): „Nusižudykite (t. y. nekaltieji lai nužudo kaltuosius) arba palikite savus namus.“ Nedaugelis iš jų būtų tai padarę. Tačiau jei jie būtų padarę tai, kas jiems nurodyta, jiems tai būtų buvę geriau ir būtų sustiprinę jų (Tikėjimą).
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Русский · Russian
Если бы Мы предписали им: «Убейте самих себя» или «Покиньте свои жилища», — они не сделали бы этого, кроме как лишь немногие из них. Но если бы они сделали то, к чему их призывают, это было бы лучше для них и укрепило бы их ещё сильнее,
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Српски · Serbian
И да смо Ми њима прописали: „Да сами себе поубијају!“ Или: „Да се иселе из свога завичаја!“ Мало ко од њих би то учинио! А када би поступили онако како им се саветује, било би им боље и у вери чвршће.
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Na lau kuwa tuliwaandikia kuwa: 'Jiueni, au tokeni majumbani mwenu', wasingeliyafanya hayo isipokuwa wachache tu miongoni mwao. Na lau kama wangeliyafanya yale wanayowaidhiwa kwayo, ingelikuwa bora kwao na uthibitisho wa nguvu zaidi.
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Svenska · Swedish
Om vi hade föreskrivit för dem att ta livet av varandra eller att lämna sina hem, skulle endast ett fåtal av dem ha gjort det. Men ifall de hade gjort vad de förmanats till hade det varit bättre för dem, och det hade stärkt dem ytterligare.
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Türkçe · Turkish
Eğer gerçekten biz, onlara; “Kendinizi öldürün veya yurtlarınızdan çıkın!” diye emretmiş olsaydık, onlardan pek azı dışında çoğu bunu yapmazdı. Onlar kendilerine verilen öğüdü yerine getirselerdi, bu onlar için daha hayırlı ve daha sağlam olurdu.
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اردو · Urdu
اور اگر ہم ان پر یہ فرض کر دیتے کہ اپنی جانوں کو قتل کر ڈالو! یا اپنے گھروں سے نکل جاؤ! تو اسے ان میں سے بہت ہی کم لوگ بجا ﻻتے اور اگر یہ وہی کریں جس کی انہیں نصیحت کی جاتی ہے تو یقیناً یہی ان کے لئے بہتر اور بہت زیاده مضبوطی واﻻ ہے۔[1]
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Talal Itani2012 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.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 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 Allah Forgiving, Merciful
Edward Henry Palmer1880 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
John Medows Rodwell1861 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
George Sale1734 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
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
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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
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.65
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.63
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.62
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.62
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.59
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.57
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.57
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.56
Talal Itani · George Sale0.55
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.50
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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.