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Talal Itani· published 2012
Have they not journeyed through the earth and seen the consequences for those before them? God poured destruction upon them, and for the unbelievers is somethingcomparable.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Have they not travelled in the land to see the nature of the consequence for those who were before them? Allahwiped them out. And for the disbelievers there will be the like thereof
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
Have they not journeyed through the land and seen how was the end of those before them? God destroyed them; and for the misbelievers is the like thereof
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Have they not journeyed through the land, and seen what hath been the end of those who flourished before them? God brought destruction on them: and the like of this doth await the infidels
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Do they not travel through the earth, and see what hath been the end of those who were before them? God utterly destroyed them: And the like catastrophe awaiteth the unbelievers
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 nuk kanë udhëtuar ata nëpër tokë për të parë se si ka qenë fundi i atyre që ishin para tyre?! Allahu i shkatërroi ata tërësisht. Jobesimtarët i pret fat i ngjashëm.
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
তবে কি তারা জমিনে ভ্রমণ করে দেখেনি যে, যারা তাদের পূর্বে (মিথ্যারোপকারী) ছিল তাদের পরিণাম কেমন হয়েছিল? আল্লাহ তাদেরকে ধ্বংস করে দিয়েছেন। আর কাফিরদের জন্য রয়েছে অনুরূপ (শাস্তির) পরিণাম।
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
Zašto oni ne idu po svijetu da vide kakav je bio kraj onih prije njih? Njih je Allah istrijebio, a to čeka i ostale nevjernike.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4
Hrvatski · Croatian
Zašto oni ne idu po svijetu da vide kakav je bio kraj onih prije njih? Njih je Allah istrijebio, a to čeka i ostale nevjernike.
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
E ɓee njiilaaki e leydi ndin, ɓe teskoo ko honno battane adinooɓe ɓeen wa'unoo? Allah halkuno fii maɓɓe. sugu mum kadi hino woodani yedduɓe ɓeen.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
ნუთუ ისინი არ მოგზაურობდნენ დედამიწაზე და არ უნახავთ, როგორი იყო მათზე ადრე მცხოვრები ხალხების აღსასრული? ალლაჰმა დაღუპა ისინი, და ურწმუნოებს მსგავსი სასჯელი ელით.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Sind sie denn nicht auf der Erde umhergereist, sodass sie schauen (konnten), wie das Ende derjenigen vor ihnen war? Allah hat über sie Zerstörung gebracht. Und für die Ungläubigen wird es etwas dergleichen geben.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Δεν ταξίδεψαν (οι άπιστοι) στη γη για να δουν πώς ήταν το τέλος εκείνων (των άπιστων) που ήταν πριν απ' αυτούς; Ο Αλλάχ τους κατέστρεψε, και για τους άπιστους (σε κάθε τόπο και εποχή) θα υπάρχουν παρόμοιες (τιμωρίες).
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
तो क्या ये लोग धरती में चले-फिरे नहीं कि देखते कि उन लोगों का कैसा परिणाम हुआ जो इनसे पहले थे? अल्लाह ने उन्हें नष्ट कर दिया और इन काफ़िरों के लिए भी इसी के समान (यातनाएँ) हैं।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Non hanno forse percorso la terra per vedere come fu la fine di quelli che li precedettero? Allāh li ha distrutti: altrettanto aspetta i miscredenti!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
10. Argi jie nekeliavo žeme ir nematė kokios pabaigos sulaukė tie, kurie buvo prieš juos? Allahas juos sunaikino, ir netikintieji sulauks panašaus likimo.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.8
Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Sila dachii keessa deemanii hin ilaallee booddeen warra isaan duraa akkam akka ta’e? Rabbiin isaan barbadeesse. Kaafirootaaf fakkaattuun ishee taatuudha.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.0
Русский · Russian
Неужели они не странствовали по земле и не видели, каков был итог тех, которые были до них? Аллах уничтожил их. А для отвергших веру — подобное этому.
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
Зашто они не иду по Земљи да виде какав је био крај оних пре њих? Њих је Аллах уништио, а то очекује и остале невернике.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Kwani hawakutembea katika ardhi wakaona ulikuwaje mwisho wa wale waliokuwa kabla yao? Mwenyezi Mungu aliwaangamiza, na kwa makafiri hawa itakuwa mifano ya hayo.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Har de inte färdats på jorden och sett hur det slutade för de som levde förr? Gud utplånade dem fullständigt och ett liknande öde väntar de otrogna.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
Yeryüzünde dolaşıp da, kendilerinden öncekilerin sonlarının nasıl olduğuna bakmadılar mı? Allah onları yerle bir etti. O kâfirler için de bunun bir benzeri vardır.
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اردو · Urdu
کیا ان لوگوں نے زمین میں چل پھر کر اس کا معائنہ نہیں کیا کہ ان سے پہلے کے لوگوں کا نتیجہ کیا ہوا[1] ؟ اللہ نے انہیں ہلاک کر دیا اور کافروں کے لئے اسی طرح کی سزائیں ہیں.[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
About these translations
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)dhaalika bi'annahum karihoo maa anzala llaahu fa'ahbata a'maalahum
DIN 31635ḏālika biʾannahum karihū mā ʾanzala llāhu faʾaḥbaṭa ʾaʿmālahum
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 That is because they hated what God revealed, so He nullified their deeds.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 That is because they are averse to that which Allah hath revealed, therefor maketh He their actions fruitless
Edward Henry Palmer1880 That is because they were averse from what God has revealed; but their works shall be void
John Medows Rodwell1861 This - because they were averse from the command which God sent down; Fruitless, therefore, shall their works become
George Sale1734 This shall befall them, because they have rejected with abhorrence that which God hath revealed: Wherefore their works shall become of no avail
Talal Itani2012 God will admit those who believe and do good deeds into gardens beneath which rivers flow. As for those who disbelieve, they enjoy themselves, and eat as cattle eat, and the Fire will be their dwelling.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Lo! Allah will cause those who believe and do good works to enter Gardens underneath which rivers flow; while those who disbelieve take their comfort in this life and eat even as the cattle eat, and the Fire is their habitation
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Verily, God causes those who believe and do right to enter into gardens beneath which rivers flow; but those who misbelieve enjoy themselves and eat as the cattle eat; but the fire is the resort for them
John Medows Rodwell1861 Verily God will bring those who believe, and do the things that are right, into the Gardens, beneath whose shades the rivers flow: but they who believe not, take their fill, and eat as the beasts eat! And their dwelling-place the fire
George Sale1734 Verily God will introduce those who believe, and do good works, into gardens beneath which rivers flow: But the unbelievers indulge themselves in pleasures, and eat as beasts eat; and their abode shall be hell fire
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 —
0.65 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 · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.78
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.73
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.71
Talal Itani · George Sale0.70
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.66
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.65
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.64
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.58
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.55
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.54
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Method Wording differences — derived 13 September 2026
Method
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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.