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Talal Itani· published 2012
Whatever good happens to you is from God, and whatever bad happens to you is from your own self. We sent you to humanity as a messenger, and God is Witness enough.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Whatever of good befalleth thee (O man) it is from Allah, and whatever of ill befalleth thee it is from thyself. We have sent thee (Muhammad) as a messenger unto mankind and Allah is sufficient as Witness
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
What befalls thee of good it is from God; and what befalls thee of bad it is from thyself. We have sent thee to mankind as an apostle, and God sufficeth for a witness
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Whatever good betideth thee is from God, and whatever betideth thee of evil is from thyself; and we have sent thee to mankind as an apostle: God is thy sufficing witness
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Whatever good befalleth thee, O man it is from God; and whatever evil befalleth thee, it is from thy self. We have sent thee an apostle unto men, and God is a sufficient witness thereof
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 e mirë që të vjen është prej Allahut, kurse çdo e keqe që të godet është prej vetes sate. Ne të dërguam ty (o Muhamed) të dërguar për njerëzimin, e mjafton Allahu si Dëshmitar.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
বাংলা · Bengali
তোমার যা কিছু কল্যাণ হয়, তা আল্লাহর কাছ থেকে এবং তোমার যা কিছু অকল্যাণ হয়, তা তোমার নিজের কারণে। আমি তোমাকে মানুষের জন্য রাসূলরূপে পাঠিয়েছি; আর সাক্ষী হিসেবে আল্লাহই যথেষ্ট।
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.2
Bosanski · Bosnian
Dobro koje te zadesi, to je od Allaha, a zlo koje te zadesi, to je od tebe. Mi smo te kao poslanika ljudima poslali, a Allah je dovoljan svjedok.
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Hrvatski · Croatian
Dobro koje te zadesi, to je od Allaha, a zlo koje te zadesi, to je od tebe. Mi smo te kao poslanika ljudima poslali, a Allah je dovoljan svjedok.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Fulfulde · Fulani
Huunde fofko heɓmaa e moƴƴere ko immorde ka Alla, huunde fofko heɓmaa e bone ko immorde e woŋkii maa kin. Mon Nulii ma wonan de yimɓe ɓe Nulaaɗo. Alla Yonii Seede.
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ქართული · Georgian
რაც შეგემთხვა შენ (ო, ადამიანო) სიკეთიდან — ეს არის ალლაჰისგან [მისი წყალობითა და კეთილმოქმედებით], ხოლო რაც შეგემთხვა ცუდიდან — ეს არის შენი საკუთარი თავისგან [შენი ცოდვების გამო]. და ჩვენ გამოგგზავნეთ შენ (ო, მოციქულო) ადამიანთა მიმართ [მთელი კაცობრიობისთვის] მოციქულად, და საკმარისია ალლაჰი მოწმედ.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Was dich an Gutem trifft, so ist dies von Allah, und was dich an Schlechtem trifft, so ist das von dir selbst. Und Wir schickten dich als Gesandten für die Menschen. Und Allah genügt als Zeuge.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Ό,τι καλό σου συμβαίνει (ω, άνθρωπε) είναι από τον Αλλάχ, αλλά ό,τι κακό σου συμβαίνει είναι από τον εαυτό σου (εξαιτίας των αμαρτιών σου). Πράγματι, σε στείλαμε (ω, Μωχάμμαντ) ως Αγγελιαφόρο στην ανθρωπότητα, και αρκεί ο Αλλάχ ως Μάρτυρας.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
तुझे जो भलाई पहुँचती है, वह अल्लाह की ओर से है तथा जो बुराई पहुँचती है, वह ख़ुद तुम्हारे (बुरे कर्मों के) कारण है और हमने आप को सभी लोगों के लिए रसूल (संदेष्टा) बनाकर भेजा[55] है और (इस बात के लिए) अल्लाह की गवाही काफ़ी है।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Ciò che ti tocca di bene è da Allāh, e ciò che ti prende di male viene da te, e ti abbiamo inviato agli uomini come Messaggero, ed è sufficiente Allāh come testimone!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
79. Visa, kas gera pasiekia jus, yra iš Allaho, tačiau visa, kas bloga ištinka jus, - tai iš jūsų pačių. Ir Mes siuntėme tave (Muchammedai ﷺ) kaip Pasiuntinį žmonijai ir Allahas yra Pakankamas kaip Liudytojas.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.8
Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Toltuu irraa wanti si tuqe kamillee Rabbirraayyi. Hamtuu irraa wanti si tuqe kamillee lubbuu tee irraayi. ilma namaatiif ergamaa taasifneetiin si ergine. Ragummaaf Rabbiin qofti ga’adha.
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Русский · Russian
Что бы ни постигло тебя из блага — от Аллаха, а что бы ни постигло тебя из зла — от тебя самого. Мы послали тебя к людям посланником, и достаточно Аллаха как свидетеля.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
Добро које те човече задеси, то је од Аллаха, а зло које те задеси, то је од тебе. А Ми смо те Мухаммеде као посланика послали људима, а Аллах је довољан сведок.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Yaliyokupata katika mazuri, basi ni kutokana na Mwenyezi Mungu. Na yaliyokusibu katika maovu, basi ni kutokana na nafsi yako. Nasi tumekutuma kwa watu uwe ni Mtume. Na Mwenyezi Mungu anatosha kuwa Shahidi.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Det goda du [människa] får ta del av kommer från Gud, och det onda som drabbar dig är från dig själv. Och vi har sänt dig [Muhammed] som ett sändebud till människorna, och Gud är tillräcklig som vittne.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
Sana gelen her iyilik Allah’tandır. Kötülük olarak gelenler de kendi nefsindendir. Biz, seni insanlara elçi olarak gönderdik. Şahit olarak Allah yeter.
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اردو · Urdu
تجھے جو بھلائی ملتی ہے وه اللہ تعالیٰ کی طرف سے ہے[1] اور جو برائی پہنچتی ہے وه تیرے اپنے نفس کی طرف سے ہے[2]، ہم نے تجھے تمام لوگوں کو پیغام پہنچانے واﻻ بنا کر بھیجا ہے اور اللہ تعالیٰ گواه کافی 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.
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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
Talal Itani2012 Whoever obeys the Messenger is obeying God. And whoever turns away-We did not send you as a watcher over them.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Whoso obeyeth the messenger hath obeyed Allah, and whoso turneth away: We have not sent thee as a warder over them
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Whoso obeys the prophet he has obeyed God; and he who turns back - we have not sent thee to watch over them
John Medows Rodwell1861 Whoso obeyeth the Apostle, in so doing obeyeth God: and as to those who turn back from thee, we have not sent thee to be their keeper
George Sale1734 Whoever obeyeth the apostle, obeyeth God; and whoever turneth back, we have not sent thee to be a keeper over them
Talal Itani2012 They profess obedience, but when they leave your presence, some of them conspire something contrary to what you said. But God writes down what they conspire. So avoid them, and put your trust in God. God is Guardian enough.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And they say: (It is) obedience; but when they have gone forth from thee a party of them spend the night in planning other than what thou sayest. Allah recordeth what they plan by night. So oppose them and put thy trust in Allah. Allah is sufficient as Trustee
Edward Henry Palmer1880 They say, 'Obedience!' but when they sally forth from you, a company of them brood by night over something else than that which thou hast said; but God writes down that over which they brood. Turn then from them and rely on God, for God sufficeth for a guardian
John Medows Rodwell1861 Moreover, they say: "Obedience!" but when they come forth from thy presence, a party of them brood by night over other than thy words; but God writeth down what they brood over: therefore separate thyself from them, and put thou thy trust in God. is a sufficient protector
George Sale1734 They say, obedience: Yet when they go forth from thee, part of them meditate by night a matter different from what thou speakest; but God shall write down what they meditate by night: Therefore let them alone, and trust in God, for God is a sufficient protector
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 —
0.58 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
Talal Itani · George Sale0.69
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.69
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.66
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.64
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.60
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.58
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.56
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.53
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.48
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.41
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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.