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Talal Itani· published 2012
Those who believe fight in the cause of God, while those who disbelieve fight in the cause of Evil. So fight the allies of the Devil. Surely the strategy of the Devil is weak.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Those who believe do battle for the cause of Allah; and those who disbelieve do battle for the cause of idols. So fight the minions of the devil. Lo! the devil's strategy is ever weak
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
Those who believe fight in the way of God; and those who disbelieve fight in the way of Taghut; fight ye then against the friends of Satan, verily, Satan'stricks are weak
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
They who believe, fight on the path of God; and they who believe not, fight on the path of Thagout: Fight therefore against the friends of Satan. Verily craft of Satan shall be powerless
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
They who believe fight for the religion of God; but they who believe not fight for the religion of Taghut. Fight therefore against the friends of Satan, for the stratagem of Satan is weak
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
Besimtarët luftojnë në rrugën e Allahut, kurse jobesimtarët luftojnë në rrugën e tagutit[12]. Pra, luftoni ithtarët e shejtanit, sepse vërtet kurthi i shejtanit është i dobët!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
বাংলা · Bengali
যারা ঈমান এনেছে, তারা আল্লাহর পথে লড়াই করে। আর যারা কাফির তারা তাগূতের পথে লড়াই করে। কাজেই তোমরা শয়তানের বন্ধুদেরবিরুদ্ধে লড়াই করো। অবশ্যই শয়তানের চক্রান্ত দুর্বল।
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.2
Bosanski · Bosnian
Oni koji vjeruju bore se na Allahovom putu, a oni koji ne vjeruju bore se na putu taguta – šejtana. Zato se borite protiv štićenika šejtanovih, a šejtanovo lukavstvo, doista, je slabo.
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Hrvatski · Croatian
Oni koji vjeruju bore se na Allahovom putu, a oni koji ne vjeruju bore se na putu taguta [2]. Zato se borite protiv štićenika sotoninih, a sotonino lukavstvo, doista, je slabo.
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ქართული · Georgian
ისინი, ვინც ირწმუნეს, იბრძვიან ალლაჰის გზაზე, ხოლო ისინი, ვინც ურწმუნონი გახდნენ, იბრძვიან ტაღუთის (ცრუ ღვთაების) გზაზე. ამიტომ იბრძოლეთ (ო, მორწმუნენო) ეშმაკის თანამზრახველთა წინააღმდეგ. ჭეშმარიტად, ეშმაკის ხრიკები სუსტია.
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Deutsch · German
Diejenigen, die glauben, kämpfen auf dem Weg Allahs, und diejenigen, die ungläubig sind, kämpfen auf dem Weg des Taghuts (also der falschen Gottheiten). So kämpft gegen die Gefolgsleute des Satans! Wahrlich, die List des Satans ist schwach.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Οι πιστοί πολεμούν στο δρόμο του Αλλάχ, ενώ οι άπιστοι πολεμούν στο δρόμο των ψεύτικων θεών (τους). Πολεμήστε, λοιπόν, τους συμμάχους του Σατανά. Πράγματι, το σχέδιο του Σατανά είναι πάντα αδύναμο.
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हिन्दी · Hindi
जो लोग ईमान लाए, वे अल्लाह के मार्ग में युद्ध करते हैं और जो काफ़िर हैं, वे ताग़ूत (शैतान) के मार्ग में युद्ध करते हैं। अतः तुम शैतान के मित्रों से युद्ध करो। निःसंदेह शैतान की चाल कमज़ोर होती है।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Quelli che credono, in verità combattono per la causa di Allāh, ma i miscredenti combattono per la causa di false divinità. Combattete i sostenitori di Satana: in verità il piano di Satana è debole!
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
76. Tie, kurie tiki, kovoja vardan Allaho, o tie, kurie netiki, kovoja vardan Taghūt (Šėtono) [15]. Taigi kovokite jūs prieš Šaitan (Šėtono) draugus. Visada prastas iš tiesų yra Šaitan (Šėtono) planas.
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Русский · Russian
Те, которые уверовали, сражаются на пути Аллаха, а те, которые отвергли веру, сражаются на пути тагута. Так сражайтесь же с приспешниками шайтана! Воистину, козни шайтана слабы.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
Они који верују боре се на Аллаховом путу, а они који не верују боре се на ђавољем путу. Зато се борите против ђавољевих штићеника, а ђавоље лукавство, заиста, је слабо.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Wale walioamini wanapigana vita katika Njia ya Mwenyezi Mungu, na wale waliokufuru wanapigana vita katika njia ya Twaghut. Basi piganeni na marafiki wa Shetani. Hakika, hila ya Shetani ni dhaifu.
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Svenska · Swedish
De troende strider för Guds sak, medan de otrogna strider i lydnad till Satan. Strid därför mot Satans bundsförvanter! Satans komplott är förvisso svag.
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Türkçe · Turkish
İman edenler, Allah yolunda savaşırlar. Kâfirler de tâğût yolunda savaşırlar. O halde, siz Şeytan'ın dostlarına karşı savaşın. Şüphesiz Şeytan'ın hilesi zayıftır.
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اردو · Urdu
جو لوگ ایمان ﻻئے ہیں وه تو اللہ تعالیٰ کی راه میں جہاد کرتے ہیں اور جن لوگوں نے کفر کیا ہے، وه اللہ تعالیٰ کے سوا اوروں کی راه میں لڑتے ہیں[1] پس تم شیطان کے دوستوں سے جنگ کرو! یقین مانو کہ شیطانی حیلہ (بالکل بودا اور) سخت کمزور ہے۔[2]
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.3
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Talal Itani2012 Let those who sell the life of this world for the Hereafter fight in the cause of God. Whoever fights in the cause of God, and then is killed, or achieves victory, We will grant him a great compensation.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Let those fight in the way of Allah who sell the life of this world for the other. Whoso fighteth in the way of Allah, be he slain or be he victorious, on him We shall bestow a vast reward
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Let those then fight in God's way who sell this life of the world for the next; and whoso fights in God's way, then, be he killed or be he victorious, we will give him a mighty hire
John Medows Rodwell1861 Let those then fight on the path of God, who barter this present life for that which is to come; for whoever fighteth on God's path, whether he be slain or conquer, we will in the end give him a great reward
George Sale1734 Let them therefore fight for the religion of God, who part with the present life in exchange for that which is to come; for whosoever fighteth for the religion of God, whether he be slain, or be victorious, we will surely give him a great reward
Easy-read (simplified)wamaa lakum laa tuqaatiloona fee sabeeli llaahi wal-mustad'afeena mina r-rijaali wan-nisaa'i wal-wildaani lladheena yaqooloona rabbanaa akhrijnaa min haadhihi l-qaryati z-zaalimi ahluhaa waj'al lanaa min ladunka waliyyan waj'al lanaa min ladunka naseeraa
DIN 31635wamā lakum lā tuqātilūna fī sabīli llāhi wal-mustaḍʿafīna mina r-riǧāli wan-nisāʾi wal-wildāni llaḏīna yaqūlūna rabbanā ʾaḫriǧnā min hāḏihi l-qaryati ẓ-ẓālimi ʾahluhā waǧʿal lanā min ladunka waliyyan waǧʿal lanā min ladunka naṣīran
Talal Itani2012 And why would you not fight in the cause of God, and the helpless men, and women, and children, cry out, "Our Lord, deliver us from this town whose people are oppressive, and appoint for us from Your Presence a Protector, and appoint for us from Your Presence a Victor."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 How should ye not fight for the cause of Allah and of the feeble among men and of the women and the children who are crying: Our Lord! Bring us forth from out this town of which the people are oppressors! Oh, give us from thy presence some protecting friend! Oh, give us from Thy presence some defender
Edward Henry Palmer1880 What ails you that ye do not fight in God's way, and for the weak men and women and children, who say, 'Lord, bring us out of this town of oppressive folk, and make for us from Thee a patron, and make for us from Thee a help
John Medows Rodwell1861 But what hath come to you that ye fight not on the path of God, and for the weak among men, women and children, who say, "O our Lord! bring us forth from this city whose inhabitants are oppressors; give us a champion from thy presence; and give us from thy presence a defender
George Sale1734 And what ails you, that ye fight not for God's true religion, and in defence of the weak among men, women, and children, who say, O Lord, bring us forth from this city, whose inhabitants are wicked; grant us from before thee a protector, and grant us from before thee a defender
Talal Itani2012 Have you not considered those who were told, "Restrain your hands, and perform your prayers, and spend in regular charity"? But when fighting was ordained for them, a faction of them feared the people as God is ought to be feared, or even more. And they said, "Our Lord, why did You ordain fighting for us? If only You would postpone it for us for a short while." Say, "The enjoyments of this life are brief, but the Hereafter is better for the righteous, and you will not be wronged one bit."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Hast thou not seen those unto whom it was said: Withhold your hands, establish worship and pay the poordue, but when fighting was prescribed for them behold! a party of them fear mankind even as their fear of Allah or with greater fear, and say: Our Lord! Why hast Thou ordained fighting for us? If only Thou wouldst give us respite yet a while! Say (unto them, O Muhammad): The comfort of this world is scant; the Hereafter will be better for him who wardeth off (evil); and ye will not be wronged the down upon a date-stone
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Do ye not see those to whom it is said, 'Restrain your hands, and be steadfast in prayer and give alms;' and when it is prescribed for them to fight then a band of them fear men, as though it were the fear of God or a still stronger fear, and they say, 'O our Lord! why hast thou prescribed for us to fight, couldst thou not let us abide till our near appointed time?' Say, 'The enjoyment of this world is but slight, and the next is better for him who fears:- but they shall not be wronged a straw
John Medows Rodwell1861 Hast thou not marked those to whom it was said, "Withhold your hands awhile from war; and observe prayer, and pay the stated alms." But when war is commanded them, lo! a portion of them fear men as with the fear of God, or with a yet greater fear, and say: "O our Lord! why hast thou commanded us war? Couldst thou not have given us respite till our not distant end?" SAY: Small the fruition of this world; but the next life is the true good for him who feareth God! and ye shall not be wronged so much as the skin of a date stone
George Sale1734 Hast thou not observed those unto whom it was said, withhold your hands from war, and be constant at prayers, and pay the legal alms? But when war is commanded them, behold, a part of them fear men as they should fear God, or with a greater fear, and say, O Lord, wherefore hast thou commanded us to go to war, and hast not suffered us to wait our approaching end? Say unto them, The provision of this life is but small; but the future shall be better for him who feareth God; and ye shall not be in the least injured at the day of judgment
DIN 31635ʾaynamā takūnū yudrikkumu l-mawtu walaw kuntum fī burūǧin mušayyadatin waʾin tuṣibhum ḥasanatun yaqūlū hāḏihi min ʿindi llāhi waʾin tuṣibhum sayyiʾatun yaqūlū hāḏihi min ʿindika qul kullun min ʿindi llāhi famāli hāʾulāʾi l-qawmi lā yakādūna yafqahūna ḥadīṯan
Talal Itani2012 Wherever you may be, death will catch up with you, even if you were in fortified towers. When a good fortune comes their way, they say, "This is from God." But when a misfortune befalls them, they say, "This is from you." Say, "All is from God." So what is the matter with these people, that they hardly understand a thing?
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Wheresoever ye may be, death will overtake you, even though ye were in lofty towers. Yet if a happy thing befalleth them they say: This is from Allah; and if an evil thing befalleth them they say: This is of thy doing (O Muhammad). Say (unto them): All is from Allah. What is amiss with these people that they come not nigh to understand a happening
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Wheresoe'er ye be death will overtake you, though ye were in lofty towers. And if a good thing befall them, they say, 'This is from God,' but if a bad thing, they say, 'This is from thee.' Say, 'It is all from God.' What ails these people? they can hardly understand a tale
John Medows Rodwell1861 Wherever ye be, death will overtake you - although ye be in lofty towers! If good fortune betide them, they say, "This is from God;" and if evil betide them, they say, "This is from thee." SAY: All is from God: But what hath come to these people that they are not near to understanding what is told them
George Sale1734 Wheresoever ye be, death will overtake you, although ye be in lofty towers. If good befall them, they say, this is from God; but if evil befall them, they say, this is from thee, O Mohammed: Say, all is from God; and what aileth these people, that they are so far from understanding what is said unto them
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 —
0.70 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 Rodwell0.84
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.82
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.76
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.75
Talal Itani · George Sale0.73
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.68
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.66
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.63
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.57
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.55
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Method Wording differences — derived 13 September 2026
Method
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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.