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.
Talal Itani· published 2012
Joseph had come to you with clear revelations, but you continued to doubt what he came to you with. Until, when he perished, you said, "God will never send a messenger after him." Thus God leads astray the outrageousskeptic.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
And verily Joseph brought you of old clear proofs, yet ye ceased not to be in doubt concerning what he brought you till, when he died, ye said: Allah will not send any messenger after him. Thus Allahdeceiveth him who is a prodigal, a doubter
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
And Joseph came to you before with manifest signs, but ye ceased not to doubt concerning what he brought you, until, when he perished, ye said, "God will not send after him an apostle;" thus does God lead astray him who is extravagant, a doubter
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Moreover, Joseph had come to you before with clear tokens, but ye ceased not to doubt of the message with which he came to you, until when he died, ye said, 'God will by no means raise up an apostle after him.' " Thus God misleadeth him who is the transgressor, the doubter
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Joseph came unto you, before Moses, with evident signs; but ye ceased not to doubt of the religion which he preached unto you, until, when he died, ye said, God will by no means send another apostle, after him. Thus doth God cause him to err, who is a transgressor, and a sceptic
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
Në të vërtetë, juve ju erdhi më parë Jusufi me prova të qarta, por ju ende jeni në mëdyshje lidhur me atë që jua solli, derisa, kur ai vdiq, thatë: "Allahu nuk do të dërgojë pas tij asnjë të dërguar." Kështu Allahu shpie në humbje këdo që e tepron dhe dyshon.
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বাংলা · Bengali
আর অবশ্যই ইতঃপূর্বে ইউসুফ তোমাদের কাছে সুস্পষ্ট প্রমাণাদিসহ এসেছিল। সে যা নিয়ে তোমাদের কাছে এসেছিল তা নিয়ে তোমরা শুধু সন্দেহ পোষণ করেছিলে; এমনকি যখন সে মারা গেল তখন তোমরা বললে: ‘আল্লাহ তার পরে কখনো কোন রাসূল পাঠাবেন না।’ এভাবেই আল্লাহ সীমালঙ্ঘনকারী, (তাঁর একত্ববাদে) সংশয়বাদীদের পথভ্রষ্ট করেন।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
Jusuf vam je, još davno, donio jasne dokaze, ali ste vi stalno sumnjali u ono što vam je donio. A kad je on umro, vi ste rekli: ‘Allah više neće poslije njega poslati poslanika!’ Eto tako Allah odvodi u zabludu svakog ko u zlu pretjeruje i sumnja,
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Hrvatski · Croatian
Josip vam je, još davno, donio jasne dokaze, ali ste vi stalno sumnjali u ono što vam je donio. A kad je on umro, vi ste rekli: ‘Allah više neće poslije njega poslati poslanika!’ Eto tako Allah odvodi u zabludu svakoga tko u zlu pretjeruje i sumnja,
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Gooŋɗii Yuusufu ardanii on e ɓannganduyeeji, ko adii, on seeraani e sikkitagol kon ko o addani on. Haa nde o faatinoo, mbiuɗon: "Allah nultataa Nulaaɗo goo, ɓaawo makko". Ko non majjinirta kala gonɗo fantinoowo cikkitiiɗo.
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ქართული · Georgian
უეჭველად, თქვენთან იუსუფი მოვიდა უწინ ცხადი მტკიცებულებებით, მაგრამ თქვენ ეჭვქვეშ აყენებდით იმას, რაც მან მოგიტანათ, სანამ არ გარდაიცვალა. და მაშინ კი თქვით: «ალლაჰი მის შემდეგ მოციქულს არ გამოგზავნის!» ასე აცდენს გზას ალლაჰი მათ, ვინც ზღვარგადასული (და) ეჭვებშია!
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Deutsch · German
Bereits zuvor kam Yusuf zu euch mit den klaren Beweisen. Ihr aber bliebt weiterhin im Zweifel über das, was er euch gebracht hatte. Als er dann gestorben war, sagtet ihr: ,Allah wird nach ihm keinen Gesandten mehr erstehen lassen.‘ Auf diese Weise lässt Allah in die Irre gehen, wer maßlos und voller Zweifel ist.“
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Πράγματι, ο Ιωσήφ ήρθε σε σας πριν (από τον Μωυσή) με τις ξεκάθαρες αποδείξεις, αλλά συνεχίσατε (κατά τη ζωή του) να έχετε αμφιβολία για ό,τι έφερε σε σας (από την αλήθεια). Ώσπου όταν πέθανε, (αυξήθηκε η αμφιβολία σας και) είπατε: «Ο Αλλάχ δε θα στείλει μετά απ' αυτόν κανέναν άλλον Αγγελιαφόρο.» Έτσι ο Αλλάχ κάνει να παραστρατήσει όποιον είναι παραβάτης (που παραβίασε τα όρια στην πλάνη) και που αμφιβάλλει πολύ (για τον Αλλάχ).»
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
तथा इससे पूर्व यूसुफ़ तुम्हारे पास स्पष्ट प्रमाणों के साथ आए, तो तुम उस चीज़ के बारे में बराबर संदेह में पड़े रहे, जो वह तुम्हारे पास लेकर आए। यहाँ तक कि जब वह मर गए, तो तुमने कहा कि अल्लाह उनके पश्चात् कोई रसूल[10] हरगिज़ नहीं भेजेगा। इसी प्रकार अल्लाह उसे राह से भटका देता है, जो हद से बढ़ने वाला, संदेह करने वाला हो।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
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Italiano · Italian
E prima era venuto a voi Yūsuf con le Evidenze, ma eravate in dubbio su ciò che vi portò finché, morto lui, avete detto: «Allāh non invierà nessun Messaggero dopo di lui!» E Allāh svia chi è ribelle e incerto,
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
34. Ir iš tiesų Jusufas (Juozapas) atėjo pas jus, praėjusiais laikais, su aiškiais ženklais, tačiau jūs nesiliovėte abejoti tuo, ką jis atnešė jums tiek, kad jam mirus, jūs sakėte: „Jokio Pasiuntinio Allahas nebesiųs po jo.“ Tad Allahas palieka paklydusį tą, kuris yra musrif (daugiadievis, engėjas, nusikaltėlis, nuodėmiautojas, kuris daro didžiąsias nuodėmes) ir murtab (tas, kuris abejoja Allaho Perspėjimu ir Jo Vienumu).
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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Yuusuf kana dura ragaawwan ifa ta’aniin isinitti dhufee ture. Isin waan inni isinittiin dhufe irraa shakkii keessa ta’uu irraa hin deemne. hanga inni du’etti “Rabbiin isa booda ergamaa hin ergu” jettan. Akka kanatti Rabbiin nama daangaa dabraa, shakkaa ta’e jallisa.
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Русский · Russian
И действительно, Юсуф приходил к вам прежде с ясными знамениями, но вы не переставали сомневаться в том, с чем он пришёл. А когда он умер, вы сказали: «Аллах никогда не пошлёт после него посланника». Так Аллах вводит в заблуждение того, кто преступает всякую меру, сомневающегося.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
Јосиф вам је, још давно, донео јасне доказе, али ви сте стално сумњали у оно шта вам је донео. А кад је он умро, рекли сте: „Аллах више неће после њега да пошаље посланика!“ Ето, тако Аллах оставља у заблуди сваког ко у злу претерује и сумња.
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Na alikwisha wajieni Yusuf zamani kwa dalili zilizo wazi, lakini nyinyi mliendelea katika shaka kwa yale aliyokuleteeni; mpaka alipokufa, mkasema: Mwenyezi Mungu hataleta kabisa Mtume baada yake. Kama hivyo Mwenyezi Mungu humwacha kupotea anayepindukia mipaka katika maasi anayejitia shaka.
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Svenska · Swedish
Tidigare kom Josef till er med klara bevis, men ni fortsatte att tvivla på det han förmedlade fram till hans död, och då sa ni: ”Gud kommer aldrig att skicka något sändebud efter honom!” Så vilseleder Gud de som överträder alla gränser och ständigt tvivlar.
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Türkçe · Turkish
Andolsun, daha önce Yusuf da size apaçık deliller getirmişti de, onun size getirdikleri hakkında şüphe edip durmuştunuz. Daha sonra o ölünce de, “Allah, ondan sonra asla peygamber göndermez.” demiştiniz. İşte Allah, aşırı giden şüpheci kimseleri böyle saptırır.
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اردو · Urdu
اور اس سے پہلے تمہارے پاس (حضرت) یوسف دلیلیں لے کر آئے[1] ، پھر بھی تم ان کی ﻻئی ہوئی (دلیل) میں شک و شبہ ہی کرتے رہے[2] یہاں تک کہ جب ان کی وفات[3] ہو گئی تو کہنے لگے ان کے بعد تو اللہ کسی رسول کو بھیجے گا ہی نہیں[4] اسی طرح اللہ گمراه کرتا ہے ہر اس شخص کو جو حد سے بڑھ جانے واﻻ شک و شبہ کرنے واﻻ ہو.[5]
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Easy-read (simplified)yawma tuwalloona mudbireena maa lakum mina llaahi min 'aasimin waman yudlili llaahu famaa lahu min haad
DIN 31635yawma tuwallūna mudbirīna mā lakum mina llāhi min ʿāṣimin waman yuḍlili llāhu famā lahu min hādin
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 The Day when you will turn and flee, having no defender against God. Whomever God misguides has no guide."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 A day when ye will turn to flee, having no preserver from Allah: and he whom Allah sendeth astray, for him there is no guide
Edward Henry Palmer1880 the day when ye shall turn your backs, fleeing, with no defender for you against God; for he whom God leads astray, for him there is no guide
John Medows Rodwell1861 The day when ye shall be turned back from the Judgment into hell. No protector shall ye have then against God. And he whom God shall mislead no guide shall there be for him
George Sale1734 the day whereon ye shall be turned back from the tribunal, and driven to hell: Then shall ye have none to protect you against God. And he whom God shall cause to err, shall have no director
Talal Itani2012 Those who argue against God's revelations, without any proof having come to them-a heinous sin in the sight of God, and of those who believe. Thus God seals the heart of every proud bully.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Those who wrangle concerning the revelations of Allah without any warrant that hath come unto them, it is greatly hateful in the sight of Allah and in the sight of those who believe. Thus doth Allah print on every arrogant, disdainful heart
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Those who wrangle concerning the signs of God without authority having come to them are greatly hated by God and by those who believe; thus does God set a stamp upon the heart of every tyrant too big with pride
John Medows Rodwell1861 They who gainsay the signs of God without authority having come to them, are greatly hated by God and by those who believe. Thus God sealeth up every proud, contumacious heart
George Sale1734 They who dispute against the signs of God, without any authority which hath come unto them, are in great abomination with God, and with those who believe. Thus doth God seal up every proud and stubborn heart
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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
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0.644
Share of measured verses above it
33%
Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.70
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.68
Talal Itani · George Sale0.67
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.66
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.64
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.57
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.57
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.56
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.52
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.47
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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.