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Talal Itani· published 2012
That is the good news God gives to His servants who believe and do good deeds. Say, "I ask of you no wage for it, except affection among the near of kin." Whoever does a good deed, We will increase its goodness for him. God is Forgiving and Appreciative.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
This it is which Allah announceth unto His bondmen who believe and do good works. Say (OMuhammad, unto mankind): I ask of you no feetherefor, save lovingkindness among kinsfolk. And whoso scoreth a good deed We add unto its good for him. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Responsive
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 what God gives gladtidings of to His servants who believe and do righteousacts. Say, 'I do not ask for it a hire - only the love of my kinsfolk.' And he who gains a good action we will increase good for him thereby; verily, God is forgiving and grateful
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
This is what God announceth to his servants who believe and do the things that are right. SAY: For this ask I no wage of you, save the love of my kin. And whoever shall have won the merit of a good deed, we will increase good to him therewith; for God is forgiving, grateful
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
This is what God promiseth unto his servants who believe and do good works. Say, I ask not of you, for this my preaching, any reward, except the love of my relations: And whoever shall have deservedwell by one good action, unto him will we add the merit of another action thereto; for God is inclined to forgive, and ready to reward
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
Kjo është ajo me të cilën Allahu përgëzon robërit e Tij që besojnë dhe bëjnë vepra të mira. Thuaj: "Unë nuk po ju kërkoj kurrfarë shpërblimi, përveç dashurisë për hir të farefisnisë." Kush bën një vepër të mirë, Ne do t'ia shtojmë shpërblimin. Vërtet, Allahu është Falës i Madh dhe Mirënjohës.
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বাংলা · Bengali
এটা হলো তা-ই, যার সুসংবাদ আল্লাহ তার সেসব বান্দাদেরকে দিয়ে থাকেন যারা ঈমান আনে ও সৎকর্ম করে। হে রাসূল! তুমি বলো: ‘আমি আমার দাওয়াতের জন্যে তোমাদের কাছে আত্মীয়তার সৌহার্দ্য ছাড়া অন্য কোন (জাগতিক) প্রতিদান চাই না।’ আর যে উত্তম কাজ করে, আমি তার জন্য তাতে কল্যাণ বাড়িয়ে দেই। নিশ্চয় আল্লাহ অতি ক্ষমাশীল, উত্তম আমলকারীদের গুণগ্রাহী।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
To je ono čime Allah obveseljava Svoje robove koji vjeruju i čine dobra djela. Reci: “Ne tražim ja za ovo nikakvu nagradu od vas, osim što tražim pažnju rodbinsku.” A ko učini dobro, Mi ćemo njemu za to povećati dobro. Doista je Allah Onaj Koji oprašta grijehe i zahvalan je.
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Hrvatski · Croatian
To je ono čime Allah obveseljava Svoje robove koji vjeruju i čine dobra djela. Reci: “Ne tražim ja za ovo nikakvu nagradu od vas, osim što tražim pažnju rodbinsku.” A tko učini dobro, Mi ćemo njemu za to povećati dobro. Doista je Allah Onaj Koji oprašta grijehe i zahvalan je.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Ko ɗuum woni ko Allah wewlinirta jiyaaɓe makko gooŋɗiiɓe ɓen, ɓe ngolli golle moƴƴe. Maaku: "Mi lamndaaki on njoɓdi e ɗum, si wonaa tun giggol enɗam ɗam". Kala paggitiiɗo moƴƴere, Min ɓeydanay mo moƴƴere e hoore mayre. Pellet, Allah ko kaforoowo, mantoowo.
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ქართული · Georgian
ეს არის ის, რითაც ახარებს ალლაჰი თავის მონებს, რომელთაც ირწმუნეს და კეთილი საქმეები აკეთეს. უთხარი: «მე არ გთხოვთ ამისთვის საზღაურს, გარდა სიყვარულისა ახლობლების მიმართ». და ვინც სიკეთეს ჩაიდენს, ჩვენ მას სიკეთეს გავუმრავლებთ. ჭეშმარიტად, ალლაჰი მიმტევებელი, მადლიერია.
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Deutsch · German
Dies ist die frohe Botschaft, die Allah Seinen Dienern, die glauben und rechtschaffene Taten verrichten, verkündet. Sag: „Ich verlange von euch keinen Lohn dafür, außer die Liebe wie zu den Verwandten.“ Und wer etwas Gutes tut, dem schenken Wir dafür noch mehr Gutes. Wahrlich, Allah ist allvergebend und stets zu Dank bereit.
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Ελληνικά · Greek
Αυτά είναι τα χαρμόσυνα νέα που δίνει ο Αλλάχ στους δούλους Του που πιστεύουν και κάνουν ενάρετες πράξεις. Πες (ω, Προφήτη, στον λαό σου): «Δε σας ζητώ καμία ανταμοιβή γι' αυτό (που μεταφέρω σε σας από το Μήνυμα του Αλλάχ), παρά μόνο την καλοσύνη λόγω της συγγένειάς μας.» Όποιος κάνει μία καλή πράξη, θα του αυξήσουμε την ανταμοιβή της (καταγράφοντάς την ως δέκα ή περισσότερες). Πράγματι, ο Αλλάχ είναι Γαφούρ (Αυτός που συγχωρεί τα πάντα) και Σακούρ (Ευγνώμων για τους υπάκουους και τους ανταμείβει γι' αυτό).
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हिन्दी · Hindi
यही वह चीज़ है, जिसकी शुभ-सूचना अल्लाह अपने उन बंदों को देता है, जो ईमान लाए और उन्होंने अच्छे कार्य किए। आप कह दें : मैं इसपर तुमसे कोई पारिश्रमिक नहीं माँगता, रिश्तेदारी के कारण प्रेम-भाव के सिवा।[21] और जो कोई नेकी कमाएगा, हम उसके लिए उसमें अच्छाई की अभिवृद्धि करेंगे। निश्चय अल्लाह अत्यंत क्षमाशील, अति गुण-ग्राहक है।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
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Italiano · Italian
Quello è il Buon annuncio di Allāh ai Suoi fedeli, coloro che hanno creduto e hanno fatto il bene. Di’: “Non vi chiedo per ciò ricompensa, se non l’affetto verso i parenti”, e a chi fa opere buone, aumenteremo la ricompensa: In verità Allāh è Perdonatore, Riconoscente!
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
23. Tai yra (Rojus), apie kurį Allahas suteikia geras žinias Savo vergams, kurie tiki (Allaho Vienumą – islamiškąjį monoteizmą) ir daro teisingus gerus dabrus. Sakyk (Muchammedai ﷺ): „Neprašau aš iš jūsų jokio atlygio už tai, išskyrus būti man maloniems dėl mano giminystės su jumis.“ Ir kas įgyja gerą teisingą darbą, Mes suteiksime jam padidinimą gero dėl to. Iš tiesų, Allahas yra Visa Atleidžiantis, Labiausiai Pasiruošęs įvertinti (tų, kurie yra paklusnūs Jam, veiksmus).
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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Kun isa Rabbiin gabroota Isaa isaan amananii, toltuu hojjatan ittiin gammachiisuudha. “Isa (Qur’aana) irratti jaalala firummaa malee mindaa isin hin gaafadhu
Nama toltuu hojjate ishee (toltuu) keessatti gaarii isaaf daballa. Rabbiin araaramaa, galateeffataadha.
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Русский · Russian
Это — то, чем Аллах радует Своих рабов, которые уверовали и совершали праведные деяния. Скажи: «Я не прошу у вас за это никакой награды, кроме любви к моим близким». А кто совершит благое, — тому Мы приумножим в нём благо. Воистину, Аллах — прощающий, благодарный.
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Српски · Serbian
То је оно чиме Аллах радује Своје слуге који верују и раде добра дела. Реци: „Не тражим ја за ово никакву награду од вас, осим родбинске пажње.“ А ко учини добро, Ми ћемо њему за то да повећамо добро. Заиста Аллах опрашта грехе и захвалан је.
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Hayo ndiyo aliyowabashiria Mwenyezi Mungu waja wake walioamini na wakatenda mema. Sema: 'Sikuombeni malipo yoyote juu yake ila mapenzi katika kujikurubisha. Na anayefanya wema, tutamzidishia wema. Hakika Mwenyezi Mungu ni Msamehevu mno, Mwenye shukrani sana.'
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Svenska · Swedish
Så lyder det glädjande budskapet som Gud ger sina tjänare som tror och handlar rättfärdigt. Säg: ”Jag begär ingen ersättning av er för detta, utan endast ett kärleksfullt bemötande för våra gemensamma släktbands skull.” Den som gör en god handling ska vi belöna med gott i en ännu större omfattning. Gud är ständigt förlåtande och högst uppskattande [för varje god gärning].
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Türkçe · Turkish
İşte bu Allah'ın, iman edip salih ameller işleyen kullarını müjdelediği şeydir. De ki: "Ben buna karşılık sizden akrabalık sevgisinden başka bir ücret istemiyorum." Kim bir iyilik işlerse, ona iyiliği artırırız. Gerçekten Allah, çokça mağfiret edendir, Şekûr'dur (karşılıklarını bol bol verir).
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اردو · Urdu
یہی وه ہے جس کی بشارت اللہ تعالیٰ اپنے ان بندوں کو دے رہا ہے جو ایمان ﻻئے اور (سنت کے مطابق) نیک عمل کیے تو کہہ دیجئے! کہ میں اس پر تم سے کوئی بدلہ نہیں چاہتا مگر محبت رشتہ داری کی[1] ، جو شخص کوئی نیکی کرے ہم اس کے لیے اس کی نیکی میں اور نیکی بڑھا دیں گے[2]۔ بیشک اللہ تعالیٰ بخشنے واﻻ (اور) بہت قدر دان ہے.[3]
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Talal Itani2012 Or is it that they have partners who litigate for them religious laws never authorized by God? Were it not for the conclusive decision, it would have been settled between them. The wicked will have a painful punishment.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Or have they partners (of Allah) who have made lawful for them in religion that which Allah allowed not? And but for a decisive word (gone forth already), it would have been judged between them. Lo! for wrong-doers is a painful doom
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Have they associates who have enjoined any religion on them which God permits not?- but were it not for the word of decision it would have been decreed to them. Verily, the unjust,- for them is grievous woe
John Medows Rodwell1861 Is it that they have gods who have sanctioned for them aught in the matter of religion which God hath not allowed? But had it not been for a decree of respite till the day of severance, judgment had ere now taken place among them; and assuredly the impious shall undergo a painful torment
George Sale1734 Have the idolaters deities which ordain them a religion which God hath not allowed? But had it not been for the decree of respiting their punishment to the day of separating the infidels from the true believers, judgment had been already given between them: For the unjust shall surely suffer a painful torment
Talal Itani2012 You will see the unjust terrified of what they have earned, and it will befall them. As for those who believe and do good deeds, they will be in the Meadows of the Gardens; they will have whatever they please in the presence of their Lord; that is the supreme blessing.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Thou seest the wrong-doers fearful of that which they have earned, and it will surely befall them, while those who believe and do good works (will be) in flowering meadows of the Gardens, having what they wish from their Lord. This is the great preferment
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Thou shalt see the unjust shrink with terror from what they have gained as it falls upon them; and those who believe and do right, in meads of Paradise, they shall have what they please with their Lord;- that is great grace
John Medows Rodwell1861 On that day thou shalt see the impious alarmed at their own works, and the consequence thereof shall fall upon them: but they who believe and do the things that are right, shall dwell in the meadows of paradise: whatever they shall desire awaiteth them with their Lord. This, the greatest boon
George Sale1734 On that day thou shalt see the unjust in great terror, because of their demerits; and the penalty thereof shall fall upon them: But they who believe and do good works, shall dwell in the delightful meadows of paradise; they shall obtain whatever they shalt desire, with their Lord. This is the greatest acquisition
Talal Itani2012 Or do they say, "He forged a lie about God." If God so willed, He could have sealed your heart. But God obliterates the false, and confirm the true by His Words. He knows what is in the hearts.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Or say they: He hath invented a lie concerning Allah? If Allah willed, He could have sealed thy heart (against them). And Allah will wipe out the lie and will vindicate the truth by His words. Lo! He is Aware of what is hidden in the breasts (of men)
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Or will they say he has forged against God a lie? But if God pleased He could set a seal upon thy heart; but God will blot out falsehood and verify truth by His word; verily, He knows the nature of men's breasts
John Medows Rodwell1861 Will they say he hath forged a lie of God? If God pleased, He could then seal up thy very heart. But God will bring untruth to nought, and will make good the truth by his word: for He knoweth the very secrets of the breast
George Sale1734 Do they say, Mohammed hath blasphemously forged a lie concerning God? If God pleaseth, he will seal up thy heart: And God will absolutely abolish vanity, and will establish the truth in his words; for He knoweth the innermost parts of men's breasts
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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
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where 0 means identical wording and 1 means no shared words. It is
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0.644
Share of measured verses above it
33%
Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.75
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.73
Talal Itani · George Sale0.67
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.66
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.66
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.64
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.60
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.57
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.56
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.48
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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.