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And know that among you is the Messenger of God. Had he obeyed you in many things, you would have sufferedhardship. But God has given you the love of faith, and adorned it in your hearts, and made disbelief, mischief, and rebellion hateful to you. These are the rightly guided.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Compare translations (4)Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
And know that the messenger of Allah is among you. If he were to obey you in much of the government, ye would surely be in trouble; but Allah hath endeared the faith to you and hath beautified it in your hearts, and hath made disbelief and lewdness and rebellion hateful unto you. Such are they who are the rightly guided
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 know that among you is the Apostle of God; if he should obey you in many a matter ye would commit a sin; God has made faith beloved by you, and has made it seemly in your hearts, and has made misbelief and iniquity and rebellion hateful to you.- These are the rightly directed
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And know that an Apostle of God is among you! should he give way to you in many matters ye would certainly become guilty of a crime. But God hath endeared the faith to you, and hath given it favour in your hearts, and hath made unbelief, and wickedness, and disobedience hateful to you. Such are they who pursue a right course
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And know that the apostle of God is among you: If he should obey you in many things, ye would certainly be guilty of a crime, in leading him into a mistake. But God hath made the faith amiable unto you, and hath prepared the same in your hearts; and hath renderedinfidelity, and iniquity, and disobedience hateful unto you. These are they who walk in the right way
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
Dhe ta dini se mes jush është i Dërguari i Allahut. Po t'ju bindej juve në shumë çështje, do të pësonit. Por, Allahu jua bëri të dashur besimin dhe e zbukuroi atë në zemrat tuaja, ndërsa jua bëri të urryer mosbesimin, mosbindjen dhe kundërshtimin. Mu këta janë të udhëzuarit.
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বাংলা · Bengali
আর তোমরা জেনে রেখো যে, তোমাদের মধ্যে আল্লাহর রাসূল রয়েছেন। সে যদি অধিকাংশ বিষয়ে তোমাদের কথা মেনে নিতো, তাহলে তোমরা অবশ্যই কষ্টে পতিত হতে। কিন্তু আল্লাহ তোমাদের কাছে ঈমানকে প্রিয় করে দিয়েছেন এবং তা তোমাদের অন্তরে সুশোভিত করেছেন। আর তোমাদের কাছে কুফরী, পাপাচার ও অবাধ্যতাকে অপছন্দনীয় করে দিয়েছেন। তারাই তো সত্য পথপ্রাপ্ত।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
I znajte da je među vama Allahov Poslanik – kad bi vas u mnogo čemu poslušao, doista biste nastradali – ali Allah je nekima od vas pravo vjerovanje omilio i u srcima ga vašim lijepim prikazao, a nezahvalnost i neposlušnost vam omrazio. Takvi su na Pravom putu,
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Hrvatski · Croatian
I znajte da je među vama Allahov Poslanik – kad bi vas u mnogo čemu poslušao, doista biste nastradali – ali Allah je nekima od vas pravo vjerovanje omilio i u srcima ga vašim lijepim prikazao, a nezahvalnost i neposlušnost vam omrazio. Takvi su na Pravom putu,
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Nganndee won'de Nulaaɗo Allah on hino hakkunde mon. Si o tewtino on e ko ɗuuɗi e fiyakuuji, on tampayno. Kono Allah yiɗini on gooŋɗinal, O suɗini ngal e ɓerɗe mon; O añini on ke'eferaaku, e faasiqaaku e jeddi. Ko ɓeen ngoni feewɓe ɓen,
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ქართული · Georgian
და იცოდეთ, რომ თქვენშია ალლაჰის შუამავალი. თუკი ის დაგემორჩილებოდათ ბევრ საქმეში, უთუოდ, გაგიჭირდებოდათ, მაგრამ ალლაჰმა შეგაყვარათ რწმენა და გაგილამაზათ იგი თქვენს გულებში, და შეგაძულათ ურწმუნოება, გარყვნილება და ურჩობა. აი, სწორედ ისინი არიან ჭეშმარიტ გზაზე მავალნი.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Und wisset, dass der Gesandte Allahs unter euch ist. Wenn er euch in vielen Angelegenheiten gehorchte, würdet ihr gewiss in Bedrängnis kommen. Aber Allah hat euch den Glauben lieb gemacht und in euren Herzen ausgeschmückt, und Er hat euch den Unglauben, den Frevel und den Ungehorsam verabscheuen lassen. Jene sind die Besonnenen.
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Ελληνικά · Greek
Να ξέρετε ότι ο Αγγελιαφόρος του Αλλάχ είναι ανάμεσά σας (γι' αυτό τιμήστε τον, υπακούστε τον και μην πείτε ψέματα ενώπιόν του, γιατί θα μάθει την αλήθεια με την αποκάλυψη). Αν εγκρίνει πολλά απ' αυτά που προτείνετε, πράγματι θα υποφέρετε (επειδή μπορεί να επιλέξετε από άγνοια αυτό που θα σας βλάψει). Αλλά ο Αλλάχ σάς έκανε να αγαπήσετε την πίστη και την έκανε ευχάριστη στις καρδιές σας, και έκανε μισητή για σας: την απιστία, την παρέκκλιση από την υπακοή (προς Αυτόν) και την ανυπακοή (προς Αυτόν). Τέτοιοι είναι οι ορθά καθοδηγούμενοι.
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हिन्दी · Hindi
तथा जान लो कि तुम्हारे बीच अल्लाह के रसूल मौजूद हैं। यदि वह बहुत-से विषयों में तुम्हारी बात मान लें, तो तुम कठिनाई में पड़ जाओ। परंतु अल्लाह ने तुम्हारे लिए ईमान को प्रिय बना दिया और उसे तुम्हारे दिलों में सुशोभित कर दिया तथा तुम्हारे लिए कुफ़्र और पाप और अवज्ञा को अप्रिय बना दिया, यही लोग हिदायत पर चलने वाले हैं।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
E sappiate che in verità tra voi c’è il Messaggero di Allāh che, se avesse accontentato molti dei vostri desideri, sareste caduti nel peccato; però Allāh vi ha fatto amare la fede e l’ha resa bene accetta nei vostri cuori, e vi ha fatto odiare la miscredenza, la malvagità e la disobbedienza: quelli sono in verità i ben guidati,
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
7. Ir žinokite, jog tarp jūsų yra Allaho Pasiuntinys (ﷺ). Jeigu jis jums paklustų (ir sektų jūsų nuomonėmis ir užgaidomis) daugumoje atvejų, iš tiesų jūs būtumėte bėdoje. Bet Allahas jums suteikė meilę tikėjimui ir padarė jį gražų jūsų širdyse, ir padarė netikėjimą, nedorybę, ir nepaklusnumą (Allahui ir Jo Pasiuntiniui ﷺ) jums nepakenčiamais. Tai tie, kurie eina teisingu (keliu).
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Русский · Russian
И знайте, что среди вас находится Посланник Аллаха. Если бы он подчинялся вам во многих делах, то вы непременно испытали бы тяготы. Однако Аллах сделал веру любимой для вас и украсил её в ваших сердцах, и сделал ненавистными вам неверие, нечестие и неповиновение. Такие — они и есть следующие верным путём.
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Српски · Serbian
И знајте да је међу вама Аллахов Посланик; кад би вас он у много чему послушао, заиста бисте настрадали, али Аллах је некима од вас право веровање омилио и у срцима га вашим лепим приказао, а незахвалност и непослушност вам омрзио. Такви су на Правом путу.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Na jueni kuwa Mtume wa Mwenyezi Mungu yuko nanyi. Lau angeliwatii katika mambo mengi, bila ya shaka mngelitaabika. Lakini Mwenyezi Mungu amewapendezea Imani, na akaipamba katika nyoyo zenu, na amewafanya muuchukie ukafiri, na upotovu, na uasi. Hao ndio walioongoka.
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Svenska · Swedish
Och var medvetna om att Guds sändebud finns bland er. Om han skulle rätta sig efter er i mycket av det ni föreslår, skulle det vålla svårigheter för er. Men Gud har ingjutit kärlek till tron i era hjärtan och förskönat den för er, medan han har gjort otro, trots och olydnad motbjudande för er. Dessa är de rätt vägledda.
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Türkçe · Turkish
Aranızda Allah’ın Rasûlünün bulunduğunu bilin. Eğer O, birçok işte size uymuş olsaydı, siz sıkıntıya düşerdiniz. Fakat Allah, size imanı sevdirmiş ve onu kalplerinizde süslemiştir. Size küfrü, fasıklığı ve isyanı ise kötü göstermiştir. İşte onlar, doğru yolu bulmuş olanlardır.
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اردو · Urdu
اور جان رکھو کہ تم میں اللہ کے رسول موجود ہیں[1] ، اگر وه تمہارا کہا کرتے رہے بہت امور میں، تو تم مشکل میں پڑجاؤ لیکن اللہ تعالیٰ نے ایمان کو تمہارے لئے محبوب بنا دیا ہے اور اسے تمہارے دلوں میں زینت دے رکھی ہے اور کفر کو اور گناه کو اور نافرمانی کو تمہارے نگاہوں میں ناپسندیده بنا دیا ہے، یہی لوگ راه یافتہ ہیں.
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Talal Itani2012 Had they remained patient until you came out to them, it would have been better for them. But God is Forgiving and Merciful.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And if they had had patience till thou camest forth unto them, it had been better for them. And Allah is Forgiving, Merciful
Edward Henry Palmer1880 but did they wait until thou come out to them, it were better for them;- but God is forgiving, merciful
John Medows Rodwell1861 But if they wait patiently till thou come forth to them, it were far better for them. But God is Indulgent, Merciful
George Sale1734 If they wait with patience, until thou come forth unto them, it will certainly be better for them: But God is inclined to forgive, and merciful
Talal Itani2012 O you who believe! If a troublemaker brings you any news, investigate, lest you harm people out of ignorance, and you become regretful for what you have done.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 O ye who believe! If an evil-liver bring you tidings, verify it, lest ye smite some folk in ignorance and afterward repent of what ye did
Edward Henry Palmer1880 O ye who believe! if there come to you a sinner with an information, then discriminate, lest ye fall upon a people in ignorance and on the morrow repent of what ye have done
John Medows Rodwell1861 O Believers! if any bad man come to you with news, clear it up at once, lest through ignorance ye harm others, and speedily have to repent of what ye have done
George Sale1734 O true believers, if a wicked man come unto you with a tale, inquire strictly into the truth thereof; lest ye hurt people through ignorance, and afterwards repent of what ye have done
Talal Itani2012 If two groups of believers fight each other, reconcile between them. But if one group aggresses against the other, fight the aggressing group until it complies with God's command. Once it has complied, reconcile between them with justice, and be equitable. God loves the equitable.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And if two parties of believers fall to fighting, then make peace between them. And if one party of them doeth wrong to the other, fight ye that which doeth wrong till it return unto the ordinance of Allah; then, if it return, make peace between them justly, and act equitably. Lo! Allah loveth the equitable
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And if the two parties of the believers quarrel, then make peace between them; and if one of the twain outrages the other, then fight the party that has committed the outrage until it return to God's bidding; and if it do return then make peace between them with equity, and be just; verily, God loves the just
John Medows Rodwell1861 If two bodies of the faithful are at war, then make ye peace between them: and if the one of them wrong the other, fight against that party which doth the wrong, until they come back to the precepts of God: if they come back, make peace between them with fairness, and act impartially; God loveth those who act with impartiality
George Sale1734 If two parties of the believers contend with one another, do ye endavour to compose the matter between them: And if the one of them offer an insult unto the other, fight against that party which offered the insult, until they return unto the judgment of God; and if they do return, make peace between them with equity: And act with justice; for God loveth those who act justly
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0.644
Share of measured verses above it
33%
Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Talal Itani · George Sale0.67
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.63
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.61
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.60
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.59
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.59
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.57
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.56
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.54
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.48
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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.