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Talal Itani· published 2012
But if they turn away-We did not send you as a guardian over them. Your only duty is communication. Whenever We let man taste mercy from Us, he rejoices in it; but when misfortune befalls them, as a consequence of what their hands have perpetrated, man turns blasphemous.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
But if they are averse, We have not sent thee as a warder over them. Thine is only to convey (the message). And lo! when We cause man to taste of mercy from Us he exulteththerefor. And if some evil striketh them because of that which their own hands have sent before, then lo! man is an ingrate
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
But if they turn aside, we have not sent thee to them as a guardian, thou hast only thy message to preach. And, verily, when we have made man taste of mercy from us he rejoices therein; but if there befall them an evil for what their hands have done before - then, verily, man is ungrateful
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
But if they turn aside from thee, yet we have not sent thee to be their guardian. 'Tis thine but to preach. When we cause man to taste our gifts of mercy, he rejoiceth in it; but if for their by-gonehandy-work evil betide them, then lo! is man ungrateful
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
But if those to whom thou preachest turn aside from thy admonitions, verily We have not sent thee to be a guardian over them: Thy duty is preaching only. When We cause man to taste mercy from Us, he rejoiceth thereat: But if evil befall them, for that which their hands have formerlycommitted, verily man becometh ungrateful
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
Por, nëse ata kthejnë shpinën, Ne nuk të kemi dërguar ty si mbikëqyrës mbi ta. Detyrë jotja është vetëm kumtimi. Kur Ne ia mundësojmë njeriut të shijojë mëshirën Tonë, ai gëzohet me të e, kur e godet ndonjë e keqe për shkak të asaj që kanë bërë duart e tij, atëherë njeriu bëhet mosmirënjohës i madh.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
বাংলা · Bengali
আর তারা যদি মুখ ফিরিয়ে নেয়, তবে আমি তো তোমাকে তাদের রক্ষক হিসেবে প্রেরণ করিনি। (আল্লাহর নির্দেশিত) বাণী পৌঁছে দেয়াই তোমার দায়িত্ব। আর আমি যখন মানুষকে আমার রহমত আস্বাদন করাই তখন সে খুশি হয়। পক্ষান্তরে যখন তাদের কৃতকর্মের জন্য তাদের ওপর কোন বিপদ আসে তখন মানুষ বড়ই অকৃতজ্ঞ হয়ে পড়ে।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
A ako se okrenu – pa, Mi tebe nismo ni poslali da nad njima bdiješ, ti si dužan samo saopćiti. Kad čovjeku damo da milost Našu osjeti, on joj se obraduje, a kad ih zadesi kakva nesreća zbog onoga što su uradile ruke njihove, onda čovjek blagodati ne priznaje.
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Hrvatski · Croatian
A ako se okrenu – pa, Mi tebe nismo ni poslali da nad njima bdiješ, ti si dužan samo saopćiti. Kad čovjeku damo da milost Našu osjeti, on joj se obraduje, a kad ih zadesi kakva nesreća zbog onoga što su uradile ruke njihove, onda čovjek blagodati ne priznaje.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Si ɓe ɗuurnike non, haray min nuliraali ma, aynoowo ɓe: fawaaki ma, si wonaa joottingol. Si wonii Min meeɗiniri neɗɗanke on neema immorde e Amen, o wewlira mo; si ko bone non heɓi ɓe, sabu kon ko juuɗe maɓɓe ɗen ardiniri, a taway pellet, neɗɗo on ko jedduɗo sanne !
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ქართული · Georgian
მაგრამ თუ ისინი ზურგს შეგაქცევენ, მაშინ ჩვენ არ გაგაგზავნეთ შენ (ო, შუამავალო) მათ მეურვედ. შენი მოვალეობა მხოლოდ გზავნილის მიტანაა. და ჭეშმარიტად, როდესაც ჩვენ ადამიანს ჩვენი წყალობის გემოს ვასინჯავთ (სიმდიდრისა და სხვა სიკეთეების მინიჭებით), ის მასზე ხარობს, ხოლო თუ მას ზიანი [სიღარიბე, ავადმყოფობა და სხვა] შეემთხვევა იმის გამო, რაც მისმა ხელებმა მოიპოვა, მაშინ ადამიანი უმადურია.
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Deutsch · German
Wenn sie sich nun abwenden, so haben Wir dich nicht als Hüter über sie gesandt. Dir obliegt nur die Übermittlung (der Botschaft). Und wenn Wir den Menschen von Uns Barmherzigkeit kosten lassen, ist er froh darüber. Wenn sie aber etwas Schlechtes trifft für das, was ihre Hände vorausgeschickt haben, dann ist der Mensch wahrlich sehr undankbar.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Αλλά αν απομακρυνθούν (ω, Προφήτη, από την αλήθεια), τότε (άφησέ τους, πράγματι) δε σε στείλαμε ως παρατηρητή πάνω τους (για να καταγράψεις τις πράξεις τους, Εμείς τις καταγράφουμε και θα τους φέρουμε σε απολογισμό). Το καθήκον σου είναι μόνο να διαβιβάσεις (το μήνυμα με ξεκάθαρο τρόπο). Αν δώσουμε έλεος από Εμάς στον άνθρωπο (από πλούτη ή καλή υγεία κλπ.), χαίρεται γι' αυτό, αλλά αν τους πλήξει (τους αμαρτωλούς) μία συμφορά για ό,τι διέπραξαν τα χέρια τους, τότε ο άνθρωπος γίνεται πολύ αχάριστος (για τις χάρες του Αλλάχ σ' αυτόν και θυμάται μόνο τη συμφορά που τον έπληξε).
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
फिर यदि वे मुँह फेर लें, तो हमने आपको उनपर कोई संरक्षक बनाकर नहीं भेजा। आपका दायित्व तो केवल (संदेश) पहुँचा देना है। और निःसंदेह जब हम मनुष्य को अपनी ओर से कोई दया चखाते हैं, तो वह उससे खुश हो जाता है, और यदि उनपर उसके कारण कोई विपत्ति आ पड़ती है, जो उनके हाथों ने आगे भेजा है, तो निःसंदेह मनुष्य बड़ा नाशुक्रा है।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Se si oppongono, ricorda che non ti abbiamo inviato come loro custode: non devi fare altro che annunciare. E in verità se avessimo fatto assaggiare all’uomo una Nostra grazia, ne avrebbe gioito. E se gli prendesse un male per ciò che ha fatto con le proprie mani, in verità l’uomo è rinnegatore.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
48. Tačiau jei jie nusigręžia (Muchammedai ﷺ, nuo islamiškojo monoteizmo, kurį tu jiems atnešei). Mes nesiuntėme tavęs (Muchammedai ﷺ) kaip Hafiz (prižiūrėtojo, sargo) jiems (t. y. rūpintis jų veiksmais ir atlyginti jiems). Tavo pareiga yra perduoti (Žinią). Ir iš tikrųjų, kai Mes priverčiame žmogų paragauti mūsų Gailestingumo, jis džiaugiasi tuo, tačiau kai užklumpa juos kokia nors liga dėl veiksmų, kuriuos jų rankos sukėlė, tada tikrai, žmogus (tampa) nedėkingas.
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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Yoo (dhugaa irraa) garagalan, tiksaa goonee isaan irratti si hin ergine. Ergaa geessuu malee homaa sirra hinjiru. Nuti yeroo nama rahmata Nu biraa ta’e dhandhamsiifne isheetti gammada. Yoo hamtuun waan harkoowwan isaanii hojjatteef isaan tuqxe (abdii muratan), namni akkaan kafaraadha.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.0
Русский · Russian
Если они отвернутся, то ведь Мы не послали тебя хранителем над ними. На тебе — лишь доведение. И, воистину, когда Мы даём человеку вкусить от Нас милость, он радуется ей. А если его постигнет зло за то, что уготовили его руки, то, воистину, человек — неблагодарен.
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Српски · Serbian
А ако се окрену - па, Ми тебе нисмо ни послали да над њима надзиреш, ти си дужан само да доставиш посланицу. А када човеку дамо да осети Нашу милост, он јој се обрадује, а кад их задеси каква несрећа због онога што су урадиле њихове руке, онда човек не признаје благодати.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Na wakipuuza, basi Sisi hatukukupeleka ili uwe mwangalizi wao. Si juu yako ila kufikisha Ujumbe tu. Na hakika Sisi tukimwonjesha mtu rehema kutoka kwetu, huifurahia. Na akisibiwa na ovu kwa sababu ya iliyoyatanguliza mikono yao, basi hakika mtu huyu anakufuru.
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Svenska · Swedish
Om de vänder sig bort är det ju inte ditt ansvar att vaka över dem. Ditt uppdrag är bara att förmedla budskapet. När vi skänker människan vår nåd jublar hon men när hon drabbas av motgångar – till följd av sina egna handlingar – ja, då visar hon sitt otacksamma väsen.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
Eğer yüz çevirirlerse, seni onlar üzerine gözetleyici olarak göndermedik. Sana düşen ancak tebliğ etmektir. Biz insana kendimizden bir rahmet tattırdığımız zaman ona sevinir. Eğer kendi eliyle işledikleri sebebiyle bir kötülük dokunursa, insan hemen nankör kesilir.
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اردو · Urdu
اگر یہ منھ پھیرلیں تو ہم نے آپ کو ان پر نگہبان بنا کر نہیں بھیجا، آپ کے ذمہ تو صرف پیغام پہنچا دینا ہے[1] ، ہم جب کبھی انسان کو اپنی مہربانی کا مزه چکھاتے ہیں[2] تو وه اس پر اترا جاتا ہے[3] اور اگر انہیں ان کے اعمال کی وجہ سے کوئی مصیبت[4] پہنچتی ہے تو بےشک انسان بڑا ہی ناشکرا ہے.[5]
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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5 cleared translations, newest first, by year of publication, so the modern English comes before the historical ones. That is an ordering by date, not a judgement. Each is shown complete — this platform never excerpts a translation — and each renders under its translator's name. No translation here is marked as the correct one.
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Easy-read (simplified)wamaa kaana lahum min awliyaa'a yansuroonahum min dooni llaahi waman yudlili llaahu famaa lahu min sabeel
DIN 31635wamā kāna lahum min ʾawliyāʾa yanṣurūnahum min dūni llāhi waman yuḍlili llāhu famā lahu min sabīlin
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 They will have no allies to support them against God. Whomever God leaves astray has no way out.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And they will have no protecting friends to help them instead of Allah. He whom Allah sendeth astray, for him there is no road
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And they shall have no patrons to help them beside God, and whomsoever God leads astray, there is no way for him
John Medows Rodwell1861 And no other protectors shall there be to succour them than God; and no pathway for him whom God shall cause to err
George Sale1734 They shall have no protectors to defend them against God: And whom God shall cause to err, he shall find no way to the truth
Easy-read (simplified)istajeeboo lirabbikum min qabli an ya'tiya yawmun laa maradda lahu mina llaahi maa lakum min malja'in yawma'idhin wamaa lakum min nakeer
DIN 31635istaǧībū lirabbikum min qabli ʾan yaʾtiya yawmun lā maradda lahu mina llāhi mā lakum min malǧaʾin yawmaʾiḏin wamā lakum min nakīrin
Talal Itani2012 Respond to your Lord before there comes from God a Day that cannot be turned back. You will have no refuge on that Day, and no possibility of denial.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Answer the call of your Lord before there cometh unto you from Allah a Day which there is no averting. Ye have no refuge on that Day, nor have a ye any (power of) refusal
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Assent to your Lord before the day comes of which there is no averting from God; there is no refuge for you on that day; and for you there is no denial
John Medows Rodwell1861 Hearken then to your Lord ere the day come, which none can put back when God doth ordain its coming. No place of refuge for you on that day! no denying your own works
George Sale1734 Hearken unto your Lord, before the day come, which God will not keep back: Ye shall have no place of refuge on that day; neither shall ye be able to deny your sins
Easy-read (simplified)lillaahi mulku s-samaawaati wal-'ardi yakhluqu maa yashaa'u yahabu liman yashaa'u inaathan wayahabu liman yashaa'u dh-dhukoor
DIN 31635lillāhi mulku s-samāwāti wal-ʾarḍi yaḫluqu mā yašāʾu yahabu liman yašāʾu ʾināṯan wayahabu liman yašāʾu ḏ-ḏukūra
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 To God belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. He creates whatever He wills. He grants daughters to whomever He wills, and He grants sons to whomever He wills.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Unto Allah belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth. He createth what He will. He bestoweth female (offspring) upon whom He will, and bestoweth male (offspring) upon whom He will
Edward Henry Palmer1880 God's is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, He creates what He pleases, He grants to whom He pleases females, and He grants to whom He pleases males, or He gives them in pairs, males and females
John Medows Rodwell1861 God's, the kingdom of the Heavens and of the Earth! He createth what He will! and he giveth daughters to whom He will, and sons to whom He will
George Sale1734 Unto God appertaineth the kingdom of heaven and earth: He createth that which He pleaseth; He giveth females unto whom He pleaseth, and He giveth males unto whom He pleaseth
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 —
0.61 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 · John Medows Rodwell0.70
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.68
Talal Itani · George Sale0.68
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.64
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.62
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.62
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.59
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.57
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.54
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.51
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Method Wording differences — derived 13 September 2026
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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.