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.
That is because when God alone was called upon, you disbelieved; but when others were associated with Him, you believed. Judgment rests with God the Sublime, the Majestic.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
(It is said unto them): This is (your plight) because, when Allah only was invoked, ye disbelieved, but when some partner was ascribed to Him ye were believing. But the command belongeth only to Allah, the Sublime, the Majestic
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
That is because when God alone was proclaimed ye did disbelieve; but when partners were joined to Him ye did believe; but judgment belongs to God, the high, the great
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
This hath befallen you, for that when One God was proclaimed to you, ye believed not: but when partners had been united with him, ye believed: But judgment belongeth unto God, the High, the Great
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And it shall be answered them, this hath befallen you, for that when one God was preached unto you, ye believed not; but if a plurality of gods had been associated with Him, ye had believed: And judgment belongeth unto the high, the great God
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
(Atyre do t'u thuhet): "Kjo është për shkak se, kur adhurohej vetëm Allahu, ju mohonit, por, kur i shoqërohej diçka në adhurim, ju besonit. Pra, gjykimi i takon Allahut, të Lartit e të Madhit.
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
(জবাবে তাদেরকে বলা হবে) এটা এ কারণে যে, যখন একমাত্র আল্লাহকে ডাকা হতো, তখন তোমরা কুফরি করতে; আর যখন তাঁর সঙ্গে শরিক করা হতো, তখন তোমরা তা বিশ্বাস করতে। অতএব ফয়সালা তো একমাত্র মহান, সর্বোচ্চ আল্লাহরই।
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
“To vam je zato što niste vjerovali kad se pozivalo Allahu Jedinom, a vjerovali ste ako bi Mu se neko drugi smatrao jednakim! Odluka pripada jedino Allahu, Uzvišenom i Velikom.”
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
“To vam je zato što niste vjerovali kad se pozivalo Allahu Jedinom, a vjerovali ste ako bi Mu se neko drugi smatrao jednakim! Odluka pripada jedino Allahu, Uzvišenom i Velikom.”
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
"Ɗuum mooɗon, ko tawde si Allah tan noddanooma, on njeddon; si O kafidaama, ngooŋɗinon. Ñaawoore nden ko Allah heeranii, Toowɗo, Mawɗo On".
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
ქართული · Georgian
ეს (სასჯელი) თქვენთვისაა (ო, ურწმუნოებო), რადგან როდესაც მოწოდება (ლოცვით) მხოლოდ ალლაჰისადმი იყო, თქვენ არ ირწმუნეთ [უარყავით მონოთეიზმი], ხოლო როდესაც მას თანაზიარები გაუჩინეს (თუ ალლაჰთან ერთად სხვასაც აღიარებენ ღვთაებად და თაყვანს სცემენ) თქვენ ირწმუნებთ (ეს ალლაჰისთვის მიუღებელია). გადაწყვეტილება (მხოლოდ) ალლაჰთან, უზენაესთან, დიდებულთან არის.
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 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
(Allah antwortet ihnen:) „Dies ist so, weil ihr, wenn (immer) Allah allein angerufen wurde, ungläubig bliebt, ihr aber, wenn Ihm (andere) beigesellt wurden, glaubtet. So gehört das Urteil Allah, dem Hohen und Großen.“
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
(Θα ειπωθεί σ' αυτούς): «Αυτό (το μαρτύριο) είναι επειδή όταν κάποιοι επικαλέστηκαν (και λάτρευαν) μόνο τον Αλλάχ, εσείς αρνηθήκατε την πίστη (και αποδίδατε εταίρους στον Αλλάχ στη λατρεία), αλλά και όταν κάποιοι άλλοι απέδιδαν εταίρους στον Αλλάχ στη λατρεία, εσείς πιστέψατε (στην απιστία τους). Η κρίση ανήκει μόνο στον Αλλάχ, τον Αλ-‘Αλέι (Ύψιστο), τον Αλ-Καμπείρ (Μέγα).»
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
तुम्हें यह (यातना) इस कारण है कि जब अकेले अल्लाह को पुकारा जाता था, तो तुम इनकार कर देते थे। और यदि उसके साथ साझी ठहराया जाता, तो तुम मान लेते थे। अतः अब फ़ैसला अल्लाह के अधिकार में है, जो सर्वोच्च, बड़ा महान है।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
»Ciò perché, quando s’invocava solo Allāh, Lo avete rinnegato, ma se Gli si assimilavano altri, Gli credevate. Il giudizio spetta ad Allāh, L’Altissimo, L’Immenso».
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
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
12. (Bus tarta): „Tai todėl, kad kai Allahas Vienintelis buvo šaukiamas (garbinime), jūs netikėjote (neigėte), tačiau kai Jam buvo priskirti partneriai, jūs tikėjote. Taigi teismas yra tik pas Allahą, Aukščiausiąjį, Didingiausiąjį.“
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 1.0.8
Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Kun waan isin yeroo Rabbiin kophaa Isaa waamamu kafartanii, yeroo Isatti qindeeffame immoo amantaniifi. Murtiin kan Rabbii ol ta’aa, guddaati.
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
«Это вам за то, что, когда призывался один лишь Аллах, вы отвергали, а когда Ему придавали сотоварищей — вы верили. Решение же — за Аллахом, Всевышним, Великим».
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
Српски · Serbian
„То вам је зато што нисте веровали када се позивало Аллаху Једином, а веровали сте ако би се нешто друго поред Њега обожавало! Суд припада једино Аллаху, Узвишеном и Великом.“
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 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Hayo ni hivyo kwa sababu mlikuwa akiombwa Mwenyezi Mungu peke yake mnakataa. Na akishirikishwa mnaamini. Basi hukumu ni ya Mwenyezi Mungu Mtukufu Mkuu.
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
[Svaret blir:] ”Så här blir det eftersom ni valde att förneka tron varje gång Gud ensam tillbads, medan ni valde att tro på de som sattes vid hans sida! Beslutet vilar hos Gud, den Höge, den Store.”
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
Türkçe · Turkish
"Bu (azap), bir olan Allah'a çağırıldığınız zaman küfre sapmanız ve O'na şirk koşulduğunda da (şirke) iman etmeniz sebebiyledir. Artık hüküm, yüce ve büyük olan Allah'ındır."
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 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
یہ (عذاب) تمہیں اس لیے ہے کہ جب صرف اکیلے اللہ کا ذکر کیا جاتا تو تم انکار کر جاتے تھے اور اگر اس کے ساتھ کسی کو شریک کیا جاتا تھا تو تم مان لیتے[1] تھے پس اب فیصلہ اللہ بلند و بزرگ ہی کا ہے.[2]
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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DIN 31635ʾinna llaḏīna kafarū yunādawna lamaqtu llāhi ʾakbaru min maqtikum ʾanfusakum ʾiḏ tudʿawna ʾilā l-ʾīmāni fatakfurūna
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 Those who disbelieved will be addressed, "The loathing of God is greater than your loathing of yourselves-for you were invited to the faith, but you refused."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Lo! (on that day) those who disbelieve are informed by proclamation: Verily Allah's abhorrence is more terrible than your abhorrence one of another, when ye were called unto the faith but did refuse
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Verily, those who misbelieve shall be cried out to, 'Surely, God's hatred is greater than your hatred of each other when ye were called unto the faith and misbelieved
John Medows Rodwell1861 But to the infidels shall a voice cry, "Surely the hatred of God is more grievous than your hatred of yourselves, when ye were called to the faith, and remained unbelievers
George Sale1734 But the infidels, at the day of judgment, shall hear a voice crying unto them, verily the hatred of God towards you is more grievous than your hatred towards yourselves: Since ye were called unto the faith, and would not believe
DIN 31635qālū rabbanā ʾamattanā ṯnatayni waʾaḥyaytanā ṯnatayni faʿtarafnā biḏunūbinā fahal ʾilā ḫurūǧin min sabīlin
Talal Itani2012 They will say, "Our Lord, you made us die twice, and twice you gave us life. Now we acknowledge our sins. Is there any way out?"
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 They say: Our Lord! Twice hast Thou made us die, and twice hast Thou made us live. Now we confess our sins. Is there any way to go out
Edward Henry Palmer1880 They shall say, 'Our Lord! Thou hast killed us twice, and Thou hast quickened us twice; and we do confess our sins: is there then a way for getting out
John Medows Rodwell1861 They shall say, "Twice, O our Lord, hast thou given us death, and twice hast thou given us life: and we acknowledge our sins: is there no way to escape
George Sale1734 They shall say, O Lord, Thou hast given us death twice, and Thou hast twice given us life; and we confess our sins: Is there therefore no way to get forth from this fire
Easy-read (simplified)huwa lladhee yureekum aayaatihi wayunazzilu lakum mina s-samaa'i rizqan wamaa yatadhakkaru illaa man yuneeb
DIN 31635huwa llaḏī yurīkum ʾāyātihi wayunazzilu lakum mina s-samāʾi rizqan wamā yataḏakkaru ʾillā man yunību
Talal Itani2012 It is He who shows you His wonders, and sends down sustenance from the sky for you. But none pays heed except the repentant.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 He it is Who showeth you His portents, and sendeth down for you provision from the sky. None payeth heed save him who turneth (unto Him) repentant
Edward Henry Palmer1880 He it is who shows you His signs, and sends down to you from heaven provision; but none is mindful except him who turns repentant
John Medows Rodwell1861 It is He who sheweth you his signs, and sendeth down supplies to you from Heaven: but none will receive warning save he who turneth to God
George Sale1734 It is He who sheweth you his signs, and sendeth down food unto you from heaven: But none will be admonished, except he who turneth himself unto God
DIN 31635fadʿū llāha muḫliṣīna lahu d-dīna walaw kariha l-kāfirūna
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 So call upon God, with sincere devotion to Him, even though the disbelievers resent it.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Therefor (O believers) pray unto Allah, making religion pure for Him (only), however much the disbelievers be averse
Edward Henry Palmer1880 then call on God, being sincere in your religion to Him, averse although the misbelievers be
John Medows Rodwell1861 Call then on God, offering him a pure worship, though the infidels abhor it
George Sale1734 Call therefore upon God, exhibiting your religion pure unto Him, although the infidels be averse thereto
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
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The cut
0.644
Share of measured verses above it
33%
Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.80
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.79
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.78
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.76
Talal Itani · George Sale0.75
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.73
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.72
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.65
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.62
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.41
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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.