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Talal Itani· published 2012
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.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
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)
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
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
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Will they say he hath forged a lie of God? If God pleased, He could then seal up thy very heart. But God will bringuntruth to nought, and will makegood the truth by his word: for He knoweth the very secrets of the breast
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Do they say, Mohammed hath blasphemously forged a lie concerning God? If God pleaseth, he will seal up thy heart: And God will absolutelyabolishvanity, and will establish the truth in his words; for He knoweth the innermostparts of men's breasts
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
A mos thonë ata: "Ai po trillon gënjeshtra për Allahun"?! Po sikur të donte Allahu, do të ta vuloste zemrën e do ta zhdukte të pavërtetën dhe do ta jetësonte të vërtetën me fjalët e Tij! Pa dyshim, Ai e di mirë çfarë ka në zemra.
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বাংলা · Bengali
নাকি তারা বলে, ‘সে আল্লাহর বিরুদ্ধে মিথ্যা রটনা করেছে?’ আল্লাহ ইচ্ছা করলে তোমার অন্তরে মোহর মেরে দিতেন।(৭) আর আল্লাহ মিথ্যাকে মুছে দেন এবং নিজ বাণীসমূহের মাধ্যমে সত্যকে প্রতিষ্ঠিত করেন। নিশ্চয় তিনি অন্তরের গোপন বিষয়সমূহ সম্পর্কে সর্বজ্ঞ।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
Zar oni da govore: “On izmišlja o Allahu laži!” A ako hoće, Allah će tvoje srce zapečatiti! Allah poništava neistinu i utvrđuje Istinu riječima Svojim; On dobro zna šta se u grudima krije.
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Hrvatski · Croatian
Zar oni da govore: “On izmišlja o Allahu laži!” A ako hoće, Allah će tvoje srce zapečatiti! Allah poništava neistinu i utvrđuje Istinu riječima Svojim; On dobro zna što se u grudima krije.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Kaa ɓe mbi'ay o fefindor nde e hoore Allah fenaande. Si Allah haajuno, O notatno e ɓernda maa nden. Alla no meha meere nden, O tabintinira goonga kan Daalol makko ngol. Pellet, ko O gannduɗo gunndooji ɓerɗe ɗeen.
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ქართული · Georgian
ან ისინი იტყვიან: «მან [მუჰამმადმა] ალლაჰის შესახებ სიცრუე შეთხზა!» ალლაჰს რომ ენება, შენს გულს დაგილუქავდა, და ალლაჰი გაანადგურებდა სიცრუეს და თავისი სიტყვებით დაადასტურებდა ჭეშმარიტებას. ჭეშმარიტად, მან იცის, რა არის (მისი) ქმნილებების გულებში!
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Deutsch · German
Oder sagen sie etwa: „Er hat eine Lüge gegen Allah ersonnen?“ Wenn nun Allah will, kann Er dir das Herz versiegeln. Und Allah löscht die Falschheit aus und setzt die Wahrheit mit Seinen Worten durch. Wahrlich, Allah ist wissend über das Innerste der Brüste.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Ή λένε (οι ειδωλολάτρες): «(Ο Μωχάμμαντ) έχει επινοήσει ψέματα για τον Αλλάχ (αποδίδοντας ψευδώς το Κορ’άν στον Αλλάχ)»; Αν ήθελε ο Αλλάχ, θα είχε σφραγίσει την καρδιά σου (αν έκανες κάτι τέτοιο). Ο Αλλάχ εξαλείφει το ψεύδος και επιβεβαιώνει την αλήθεια με τα Λόγια Του. Πράγματι, Αυτός είναι ο Παντογνώστης όσων υπάρχουν στα στήθη (των ανθρώπων).
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
या वे कहते हैं कि उसने अल्लाह पर झूठ गढ़ लिया है? तो यदि अल्लाह चाहे, तो आपके दिल पर मुहर लगा दे।[22] और अल्लाह असत्य को मिटा देता है और सत्य को अपने शब्दों (प्रमाणों) द्वारा साबित कर देता है। निश्चय वह सीनों (दिलों) की बातों को ख़ूब जानने वाला है।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
O dicono: «Ha inventato su Allāh delle menzogne?» Se vuole, Allāh sigilla il tuo cuore e cancella il falso e conferma la verità con la Sua Parola: In verità Lui è Conoscitore di ciò che è nei petti.
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
24. Arba jie sako: „Ar jis sukūrė melą apie Allahą?“ Jei Allahas panorėtų Jis galėtų užantspauduoti jūsų širdis (kad jūs pamirštumėte viską, ką žinote iš Korano). Ir Allahas panaikina melagystes ir įkuria tiesą (islamą) Savo Žodžiu (šiuo Koranu). Iš tiesų, Jis gerai žino, kokios (paslaptys) yra (žmonijos) krūtinėse.
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Русский · Russian
Или же они говорят: «Он измыслил на Аллаха ложь»? Если Аллах пожелает, Он запечатает твоё сердце. Своими Словами Аллах стирает ложь и утверждает истину. Воистину, Он — знающий то, что таится в сердцах.
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Српски · Serbian
Зар они да говоре: „Он измишља лажи о Аллаху!“ А ако хоће, Аллах ће да запечати твоје срце! Аллах поништава неистину и утврђује Истину Својим речима; Он добро зна шта се крије у грудима.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Ati wanasema Amemzulia Mwenyezi Mungu uongo? Mwenyezi Mungu akipenda ataziba moyo wako. Na Mwenyezi Mungu anaufuta upotovu na anaithibitisha Haki kwa maneno yake. Hakika Yeye anayajua yaliyomo vifuani.
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Svenska · Swedish
Och de säger: ”Han har diktat ihop en lögn om Gud”. Men om Gud ville skulle han ha kunnat försegla ditt hjärta. Gud utplånar det falska och befäster sanningen genom sina ord. Han vet vad som döljs i människans inre.
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Türkçe · Turkish
Yoksa onlar: "(Senin hakkında) Allah'a karşı yalan uyduruyor mu?” diyorlar. Eğer Allah dilerse, kalbini mühürler. Allah batılı yok eder, hakkı sözleriyle gerçekleştirir. Çünkü O, kalplerde olanı çok iyi bilendir.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
کیا یہ کہتے ہیں کہ (پیغمبر نے) اللہ پر جھوٹ باندھا ہے، اگر اللہ تعالیٰ چاہے تو آپ کے دل پر مہر لگادے[1] اور اللہ تعالیٰ اپنی باتوں سے جھوٹ کو مٹا دیتا ہے[2] اور سچ کو ﺛابت رکھتا ہے۔ وه سینے کی باتوں کو جاننے واﻻ 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 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 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.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 This it is which Allah announceth unto His bondmen who believe and do good works. Say (O Muhammad, unto mankind): I ask of you no fee therefor, save lovingkindness among kinsfolk. And whoso scoreth a good deed We add unto its good for him. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Responsive
Edward Henry Palmer1880 That is what God gives glad tidings of to His servants who believe and do righteous acts. 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
John Medows Rodwell1861 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
George Sale1734 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 deserved well 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
DIN 31635wayastaǧību llaḏīna ʾāmanū waʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti wayazīduhum min faḍlihi wal-kāfirūna lahum ʿaḏābun šadīdun
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Talal Itani2012 And He answers those who believe and do good deeds, and He increases them of His grace. But the disbelievers will suffer a terrible punishment.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And accepteth those who do good works, and giveth increase unto them of His bounty. And as for disbelievers, theirs will be an awful doom
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And He answers the prayer of those who believe and do right, and gives them increase of His grace; but the misbelievers,- for them is keen torment
John Medows Rodwell1861 And to those who believe and do the things that are right will he hearken, and augment his bounties to them: but the unbelievers doth a terrible punishment await
George Sale1734 He will incline his ear unto those who believe and work righteousness, and will add unto them above what they shall ask or deserve, of his bounty: But the unbelievers shall suffer a severe punishment
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Share of measured verses above it
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Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Talal Itani · George Sale0.72
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.72
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.70
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.67
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.65
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.64
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.63
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.61
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.59
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.56
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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.