عَالَمِين AALAMIN Read the Qur'an in context Read the Qur'an

The verseSource fact

5:49

وَأَنِ ٱحْكُم بَيْنَهُم بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ وَلَا تَتَّبِعْ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ وَٱحْذَرْهُمْ أَن يَفْتِنُوكَ عَنۢ بَعْضِ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَيْكَ فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَٱعْلَمْ أَنَّمَا يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ أَن يُصِيبَهُم بِبَعْضِ ذُنُوبِهِمْ وَإِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَفَٰسِقُونَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)wa'ani hkum baynahum bimaa anzala llaahu walaa tattabi' ahwaa'ahum wahdharhum an yaftinooka 'an ba'di maa anzala llaahu ilayka fa'in tawallaw fa'lam annamaa yureedu llaahu an yuseebahum biba'di dhunoobihim wa'inna katheeran mina n-naasi lafaasiqoon

DIN 31635waʾani ḥkum baynahum bimā ʾanzala llāhu walā tattabiʿ ʾahwāʾahum waḥḏarhum ʾan yaftinūka ʿan baʿḍi mā ʾanzala llāhu ʾilayka faʾin tawallaw faʿlam ʾannamā yurīdu llāhu ʾan yuṣībahum bibaʿḍi ḏunūbihim waʾinna kaṯīran mina n-nāsi lafāsiqūna

EditionTanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

TranslationsSource fact

Marked words appear in this translation and in no other English translation of this verse. Common small words and older spellings are not marked. The marks show where the wording differs, not where the meaning does.

Talal Itani · published 2012

And judge between them according to what God revealed, and do not follow their desires. And beware of them, lest they lure you away from some of what God has revealed to you. But if they turn away, know that God intends to strike them with some of their sins. In fact, a great many people are corrupt.

Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

Talal Itani, ClearQuran ·ClearQuran, "God" edition, EPUB·Talal Itani / ClearQuran.com ·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International·retrieved 7 Sep 2026

Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com https://clearquran.com

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 1875–1936 · published 1930

So judge between them by that which Allah hath revealed, and follow not their desires, but beware of them lest they seduce thee from some part of that which Allah hath revealed unto thee. And if they turn away, then know that Allah's Will is to smite them for some sin of theirs. Lo! many of mankind are evil-livers

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 Palmer 1840–1882 · published 1880

Wherefore judge thou between them by what God has revealed, and follow not their lusts; but beware lest they mislead thee from part of what God has revealed to thee; yet if they turn back, then know that God wishes to fall on them for some sins of theirs, - verily, many men are evildoers

Sources

Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired

Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an ·1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

John Medows Rodwell 1808–1900 · published 1861

Wherefore do thou judge between them, by what God hath sent down, and follow not their wishes! but be on thy guard against them lest they beguile thee from any of those precepts which God hath sent down to thee; and if they turn back, then know thou that for some of their crimes doth God choose to punish them: for truly most men are perverse

Sources

Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired

John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an ·1861 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

George Sale 1697–1736 · published 1734

Wherefore do thou, O prophet, judge between them according to that which God hath revealed and follow not their desires; but beware of them, lest they cause thee to err from part of those precepts which God hath sent down unto thee; and if they turn back, know that God is pleased to punish them for some of their crimes; for a great number of men are transgressors

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

Pra, gjyko ndërmjet tyre me atë që ta ka shpallur Allahu dhe mos i ndiq dëshirat e tyre! Ki kujdes që ata të të mos shmangin nga një pjesë e asaj që ta ka shpallur Allahu! Nëse ata kthejnë shpinën, atëherë dije se Allahu dëshiron t'i ndëshkojë ata për disa gjynahe të tyre. Me të vërtetë, shumë njerëz janë të pabindur.

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

আর আল্লাহ যা নাযিল করেছেন, তুমি সে অনুযায়ী তাদের মধ্যে বিচার ফয়সালা করো এবং তাদের প্রবৃত্তির অনুসরণ করো না। আর তাদের ব্যাপারে সতর্ক থাকো, যাতে আল্লাহ তোমার প্রতি যা অবতীর্ণ করেছেন, তারা তার কিয়দংশ থেকে তোমাকে বিচ্যুত করতে না পারে। অতঃপর তারা যদি মুখ ফিরিয়ে নেয়, তাহলে জেনে রাখো, আল্লাহ তো কেবল তাদেরকে তাদের কিছু পাপের কারণেই শাস্তি দিতে চান। আর নিশ্চয় মানুষের মধ্যে অনেকেই তো ফাসিক।

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

I sudi im prema onome što Allah objavljuje i ne povodi se za prohtjevima njihovim, i čuvaj ih se da te ne odvrate od nečega što ti Allah objavljuje. A ako se okrenu, ti onda znaj da ih Allah želi zbog nekih grijeha njihovih kazniti. A mnogi ljudi su, zaista, buntovnici.

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 2.0.4

Hrvatski · Croatian

I sudi im prema onome što Allah objavljuje i ne povodi se za prohtjevima njihovim, i čuvaj ih se da te ne odvrate od nečega što ti Allah objavljuje. A ako se okrenu, ti onda znaj da ih Allah želi zbog nekih grijeha njihovih kazniti. A mnogi ljudi su, zaista, buntovnici.

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

Ñaawir hakkunde maɓɓe kon ko Alla Jippini, wata a jokku belaaɗeɗe maɓɓe ɗen, rento ɓe nde ɓe pitinintama ga e yoga e kon ko Alla Jippini e maaɗa. Si ɓe nduŋitima ,anndu si ko woni, Alla Faala nde O Meminta ɓe sabu yoga e junuubi maɓɓe. Pellet, ko heewi e yimɓe ɓen ko yatuɓee. ɗoftaare

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

ქართული · Georgian

და განსაჯე (ო, მოციქულო) მათ შორის [იუდეველებს შორის] იმით, რაც ალლაჰმა ჩამოავლინა (ყურანში), და ნუ გაჰყვები მათ სურვილებს. და უფრთხილდი მათ, რომ არ გადაგახვევინონ იმის რომელიმე ნაწილიდან, რაც ალლაჰმა ჩამოგივლინა. ხოლო თუ ისინი ზურგს აქცევენ (შენს გადაწყვეტილებას), მაშინ იცოდე, რომ ალლაჰს მხოლოდ ის სურს, რომ დასაჯოს ისინი მათი ზოგი ცოდვის გამო. და ჭეშმარიტად, ადამიანთა შორის მრავალი ნამდვილად ურჩია.

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 1.0.7

Deutsch · German

Und so richte zwischen ihnen nach dem, was Allah (als Offenbarung) hinabgesandt hat, und folge nicht ihren Neigungen, sondern nimm dich davor in Acht, dass sie dich nicht der Versuchung aussetzen (abzuweichen) von einem Teil dessen, was Allah zu dir (als Offenbarung) hinabgesandt hat! Doch wenn sie sich abkehren, so wisse, dass Allah sie für einen Teil ihrer Sünden treffen (und bestrafen) will. Und wahrlich, viele von den Menschen sind fürwahr Frevler.

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 1.0.15

Ελληνικά · Greek

Κρίνε, λοιπόν, (ω, Μωχάμμαντ) ανάμεσά τους μ’ αυτό που έστειλε ο Αλλάχ και μην ακολουθείς τους μάταιους πόθους τους. Και πρόσεξε απ' αυτούς να μη σε στρέψουν μακριά από κάποια απ’ αυτά που έστειλε ο Αλλάχ σ’ εσένα. Αν όμως απομακρυνθούν (απ' αυτά που έκρινες), τότε να ξέρεις ότι αυτό έγινε επειδή ο Αλλάχ θέλει να τους τιμωρήσει (δηλ. να τους απομακρύνει από την καθοδήγηση) για κάποιες από τις αμαρτίες τους. Και στ’ αλήθεια, πολύ άνθρωποι είναι ανυπάκουοι.

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

तथा (ऐ नबी!) आप उनके बीच उसी के अनुसार निर्णय करें, जो अल्लाह ने उतारा है, और उनकी इच्छाओं का पालन न करें, तथा उनसे सावधान रहें कि वे आपको किसी ऐसे हुक्म से बहका दें, जो अल्लाह ने आपकी ओर उतारा है। फिर यदि वे फिर जाएँ, तो जान लें कि अल्लाह यही चाहता है कि उन्हें उनके कुछ पापों का दंड पहुँचाए। और निःसंदेह बहुत-से लोग निश्चय उल्लंघनकारी हैं।

Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5

Italiano · Italian

E giudica tra loro con quello che ti ha fatto discendere Allāh, e non seguire i loro capricci, e stai attento che non ti deviino da parte di ciò che ti ha fatto scendere Allāh; ma se voltano le spalle, sappi che Allāh vuole ritorcere su di loro i loro peccati, e in verità molti uomini sono trasgressori.

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

Lietuvių · Lithuanian

49. Ir, taigi, teisk (tu, Muchammedai ﷺ) tarp jų pagal tai, ką Allahas apreiškė ir nesek jų tuščiais norais, tačiau saugokis jų, kad jie tavęs (Muchammedai ﷺ) nenugręžtų toli nuo to, ką Allahas nuleido tau. Ir jei jie nusigręžia, tada žinok, kad Allaho Noras yra nubausti juos už kai kurias jų nuodėmes. Ir iš tikrųjų, dauguma žmonių yra Fasikūn (maištingieji ir nepaklusnūs Allahui).

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 1.0.8

Afaan Oromoo · Oromo

"gidduu isaaniitti waan Rabbiin buuseen murteessi. Fedhiilee lubbuu isaanii hin hordofin. Garii waan Rabbiin gara keetti buusee irraas akka si hin deebifne isaan eeggadhu. " (jechuudhaan buufne). Yoo isaan (sirraa) gara galan, beeki Rabbiin garii badii isaaniitiin isaan tuquu (adabuu) barbaada. hedduun namoota irraa ta'e finciltoota.

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 1.0.0

Русский · Russian

Суди между ними согласно тому, что ниспослал Аллах, и не следуй их прихотям. Остерегайся их, дабы они не ввели тебя в искушение в чём-либо из того, что ниспослал тебе Аллах. Если же они отвернутся, то знай, воистину, Аллах лишь желает поразить их за часть их грехов. Воистину, многие из людей — нечестивцы.

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

И суди им према ономе што објављује Аллах и не поводи се за њиховим прохтевима, и причувај их се да те не одврате од нечега што ти Аллах објављује. А ако се окрену, ти онда знај да Аллах жели да их казни због неких њихових греха. А многи људи су, заиста, грешници.

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 1.0.4

Kiswahili · Swahili

Na hukumu baina yao kwa yale aliyoyateremsha Mwenyezi Mungu, wala usifuate matamanio yao. Na watahadhari wasije wakakutia majaribu ukaacha baadhi ya yale aliyokuteremshia Mwenyezi Mungu. Na wakigeuka, basi jua kwamba hakika Mwenyezi Mungu anataka kuwasibu kwa baadhi ya dhambi zao. Na hakika wengi miongoni mwa watu ni wenye kupita mipaka.

Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5

Svenska · Swedish

Döm mellan dem enligt det som Gud har uppenbarat, och följ inte deras begär. Var på din vakt så att de inte får dig att avvika från något av det som Gud har uppenbarat för dig. Om de ändå vänder sig bort, ska du veta att det är för att Gud vill straffa dem för några av deras synder. Många människor är verkligen trotsiga syndare.

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

Türkçe · Turkish

Şu halde, Allah’ın indirdiği (kitap) ile aralarında hükmet, onların arzularına uyma. Allah’ın sana indirdiği Kur’an’ın bir kısmından seni vazgeçirmelerinden sakın. Eğer yüz çevirirlerse bil ki, Allah bir kısım günahları yüzünden onları cezalandırmak istiyor. İnsanların çoğu gerçekten fasıktır.

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 1.0.4

اردو · Urdu

آپ ان کے معاملات میں خدا کی نازل کرده وحی کے مطابق ہی حکم کیا کیجیئے، ان کی خواہشوں کی تابعداری نہ کیجیئے اور ان سے ہوشیار رہیئے کہ کہیں یہ آپ کو اللہ کے اتارے ہوئے کسی حکم سے ادھر ادھر نہ کریں، اگر یہ لوگ منھ پھیر لیں تو یقین کریں کہ اللہ کا اراده یہی ہے کہ انہیں ان کے بعض گناہوں کی سزا دے ہی ڈالے اور اکثر لوگ نا فرمان ہی ہوتے ہیں۔

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.

Which translations appear here is set by copyright: they are the ones whose rights could be documented and cleared. The selection is not a judgement that these are the best.

About easy-read

Easy-read is a simplified pronunciation, not authoritative — a rule-by-rule romanisation, not a reading. Each verse ends in its pause form, as it is said when you stop there. Pauses inside a verse and other tajwid rules are not shown. It is derived from the Tanzil Simple edition, while the Arabic above is the Uthmani edition; both are cleared, but they are not the same edition and their orthography differs.

The verses around this oneSource fact

shown so it's never read alone

5:47

وَلْيَحْكُمْ أَهْلُ ٱلْإِنجِيلِ بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ فِيهِ وَمَن لَّمْ يَحْكُم بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْفَٰسِقُونَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)walyahkum ahlu l-'injeeli bimaa anzala llaahu feehi waman lam yahkum bimaa anzala llaahu fa'oolaa'ika humu l-faasiqoon

DIN 31635walyaḥkum ʾahlu l-ʾinǧīli bimā ʾanzala llāhu fīhi waman lam yaḥkum bimā ʾanzala llāhu faʾūlāʾika humu l-fāsiqūna

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 So let the people of the Gospel rule according to what God revealed in it. Those who do not rule according to what God revealed are the sinners.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Let the People of the Gospel judge by that which Allah hath revealed therein. Whoso judgeth not by that which Allah hath revealed: such are evil-livers

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Then let the people of the gospel judge by that which is revealed therein, for whoso will not judge by what God has revealed, these be the evildoers

John Medows Rodwell1861 And that the people of the Evangel may judge according to what God hath sent down therein. And whoso will not judge by what God hath sent down - such are the perverse

George Sale1734 That they who have received the gospel might judge according to what God hath revealed therein: And whoso judgeth not according to what God hath revealed, they are transgressors

5:48

وَأَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ بِٱلْحَقِّ مُصَدِّقًا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ مِنَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ وَمُهَيْمِنًا عَلَيْهِ فَٱحْكُم بَيْنَهُم بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ وَلَا تَتَّبِعْ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ عَمَّا جَآءَكَ مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ لِكُلٍّ جَعَلْنَا مِنكُمْ شِرْعَةً وَمِنْهَاجًا وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَجَعَلَكُمْ أُمَّةً وَٰحِدَةً وَلَٰكِن لِّيَبْلُوَكُمْ فِى مَآ ءَاتَىٰكُمْ فَٱسْتَبِقُوا۟ ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ مَرْجِعُكُمْ جَمِيعًا فَيُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ فِيهِ تَخْتَلِفُونَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)wa'anzalnaa ilayka l-kitaaba bil-haqqi musaddiqan limaa bayna yadayhi mina l-kitaabi wamuhayminan 'alayhi fahkum baynahum bimaa anzala llaahu walaa tattabi' ahwaa'ahum 'ammaa jaa'aka mina l-haqqi likullin ja'alnaa minkum shir'atan waminhaajan walaw shaa'a llaahu laja'alakum ummatan waahidatan walaakin liyabluwakum fee maa aataakum fastabiqoo l-khayraati ilaa llaahi marji'ukum jamee'an fayunabbi'ukum bimaa kuntum feehi takhtalifoon

DIN 31635waʾanzalnā ʾilayka l-kitāba bil-ḥaqqi muṣaddiqan limā bayna yadayhi mina l-kitābi wamuhayminan ʿalayhi faḥkum baynahum bimā ʾanzala llāhu walā tattabiʿ ʾahwāʾahum ʿammā ǧāʾaka mina l-ḥaqqi likullin ǧaʿalnā minkum širʿatan waminhāǧan walaw šāʾa llāhu laǧaʿalakum ʾummatan wāḥidatan walākin liyabluwakum fī mā ʾātākum fastabiqū l-ḫayrāti ʾilā llāhi marǧiʿukum ǧamīʿan fayunabbiʾukum bimā kuntum fīhi taḫtalifūna

Talal Itani2012 And We revealed to you the Book, with truth, confirming the Scripture that preceded it, and superseding it. So judge between them according to what God revealed, and do not follow their desires if they differ from the truth that has come to you. For each of you We have assigned a law and a method. Had God willed, He could have made you a single nation, but He tests you through what He has given you. So compete in righteousness. To God is your return, all of you; then He will inform you of what you had disputed.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And unto thee have We revealed the Scripture with the truth, confirming whatever Scripture was before it, and a watcher over it. So judge between them by that which Allah hath revealed, and follow not their desires away from the truth which hath come unto thee. For each We have appointed a divine law and a traced-out way. Had Allah willed He could have made you one community. But that He may try you by that which He hath given you (He hath made you as ye are). So vie one with another in good works. Unto Allah ye will all return, and He will then inform you of that wherein ye differ

Edward Henry Palmer1880 We have revealed to thee the Book in truth verifying what was before it, and preserving it; judge then between them by what God has revealed, and follow not their lusts, turning away from what is given to thee of the truth. For each one of you have we made a law and a pathway; and had God pleased He would have made you one nation, but He will surely try you concerning that which He has brought you. Be ye therefore emulous in good deeds; to God is your return altogether, and He will let you know concerning that wherein ye do dispute

John Medows Rodwell1861 And to thee we have sent down the Book of the Koran with truth, confirmatory of previous Scriptures, and their safeguard. Judge therefore between them by what God hath sent down, and follow not their desires by deserting the truth which hath come unto thee. To every one of you have we given a rule and a beaten track. And if God had pleased He had surely made you all one people; but He would test you by what He hath given to each. Be emulous, then, in good deeds. To God shall ye all return, and He will tell you concerning the subjects of your disputes

George Sale1734 We have also sent down unto thee the book of the Koran with truth, confirming that scripture which was revealed before it; and preserving the same safe from corruption. Judge therefore between them according to that which God hath revealed; and follow not their desires, by swerving from the truth which hath come unto thee. Unto every of you have we given a law, and an open path; and if God had pleased, he had surely made you one people; but he hath thought fit to give you different laws, that he might try you in that which he hath given you respectively. Therefore strive to excel each other in good works: Unto God shall ye all return, and then will he declare unto you that concerning which ye have disagreed

5:49 — the verse above

5:50

أَفَحُكْمَ ٱلْجَٰهِلِيَّةِ يَبْغُونَ وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ حُكْمًا لِّقَوْمٍ يُوقِنُونَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)afahukma l-jaahiliyyati yabghoona waman ahsanu mina llaahi hukman liqawmin yooqinoon

DIN 31635ʾafaḥukma l-ǧāhiliyyati yabġūna waman ʾaḥsanu mina llāhi ḥukman liqawmin yūqinūna

Talal Itani2012 Is it the laws of the time of ignorance that they desire? Who is better than God in judgment for people who are certain?

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Is it a judgment of the time of (pagan) ignorance that they are seeking? Who is better than Allah for judgment to a people who have certainty (in their belief)

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Is it the judgment of the Ignorance they crave? but who is better than God to judge for people who are sure

John Medows Rodwell1861 Desire they, therefore, the judgments of the times of(pagan) ignorance? But what better judge can there be than God for those who believe firmly

George Sale1734 Do they therefore desire the judgment of the time of ignorance? But who is better than God, to judge between people who reason aright

5:51

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَتَّخِذُوا۟ ٱلْيَهُودَ وَٱلنَّصَٰرَىٰٓ أَوْلِيَآءَ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءُ بَعْضٍ وَمَن يَتَوَلَّهُم مِّنكُمْ فَإِنَّهُۥ مِنْهُمْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)yaa ayyuhaa lladheena aamanoo laa tattakhidhoo l-yahooda wan-nasaaraa awliyaa'a ba'duhum awliyaa'u ba'din waman yatawallahum minkum fa'innahu minhum inna llaaha laa yahdee l-qawma z-zaalimeen

DIN 31635yā ʾayyuhā llaḏīna ʾāmanū lā tattaḫiḏū l-yahūda wan-naṣārā ʾawliyāʾa baʿḍuhum ʾawliyāʾu baʿḍin waman yatawallahum minkum faʾinnahu minhum ʾinna llāha lā yahdī l-qawma ẓ-ẓālimīna

Talal Itani2012 O you who believe! Do not take the Jews and the Christians as allies; some of them are allies of one another. Whoever of you allies himself with them is one of them. God does not guide the wrongdoing people.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 O ye who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians for friends. They are friends one to another. He among you who taketh them for friends is (one) of them. Lo! Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk

Edward Henry Palmer1880 O ye who believe! take not the Jews and Christians for your patrons : they are patrons of each other; but whoso amongst you takes them for patrons, verily, he is of them, and, verily, God guides not an unjust people

John Medows Rodwell1861 O Believers! take not the Jews or Christians as friends. They are but one another's friends. If any one of you taketh them for his friends, he surely is one of them! God will not guide the evil doers

George Sale1734 O true believers, take not the Jews, or Christians for your friends; they are friends the one to the other; but whoso among you taketh them for his friends, he is surely one of them: Verily God directeth not unjust people

Sources

EditionTanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) ·Uthmani, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

Parallel edition — Simple, Version 1.1

وَأَنِ احْكُم بَيْنَهُم بِمَا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ وَلَا تَتَّبِعْ أَهْوَاءَهُمْ وَاحْذَرْهُمْ أَن يَفْتِنُوكَ عَن بَعْضِ مَا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ إِلَيْكَ فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا فَاعْلَمْ أَنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ أَن يُصِيبَهُم بِبَعْضِ ذُنُوبِهِمْ وَإِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ النَّاسِ لَفَاسِقُونَ

EditionTanzil Qur'an text (Simple) ·Simple, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

Analysis detailsDerived

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 — 0.58 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 Rodwell 0.69
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell 0.65
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.61
Talal Itani · George Sale 0.58
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale 0.57
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale 0.56
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer 0.56
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.54
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell 0.52
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale 0.48

One bar per pair of renderings, longest bar for the pair sharing fewest words. Every pair is shown; none is singled out.

Method Wording differences — derived 13 September 2026
Method
Mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the lowercased word sets of the cleared translations of each verse. A verse is marked as worded differently when its score falls in the top third of the corpus — the cut set out in Analysis details.
As at
13 September 2026, 10:56 UTC
Gate
verify/divergence_gate.py re-derives and fails on drift

The platform does not say which is right, and does not characterise what the difference means. The renderings are placed together so the difference is visible; reading it is the reader's work.

Easy-read

SourceTanzil Qur'an text (Simple) ·Simple, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

SourceTanzil Qur'an text (Simple) ·Simple, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

ReceiptsSource fact

7 sources stand behind this page. Each is listed once, in the order the page first cites it, with the licence it was cleared under and what was actually read. Nothing on this page rests on a source that is not here.

Source Tanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) · Uthmani, Version 1.1
Edition
Uthmani, Version 1.1
Custodian
Tanzil Project
Layer
canonical text
Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
Licence URL
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Commercial use
yes
Modification
contradictory
Licence text
read verbatim
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
203f0f1bf3158b1e5be4ab9f8f6870e5…
Located at
https://tanzil.net/pub/download/index.php?quranType=uthmani&outType=xml
Convention
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.

Every source and rights decision →

Source Talal Itani, ClearQuran · ClearQuran, "God" edition, EPUB
Edition
ClearQuran, "God" edition, EPUB
Custodian
Talal Itani / ClearQuran.com
Layer
translation
Licence
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Licence URL
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/
Commercial use
yes
Modification
no
Licence text
terms page read
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
7 September 2026
Digest
70b0a8bb6f862f43670f7da1c0da59a4…
Located at
https://www.clearquran.com/downloads/quran-in-english-clearquran.epub
Convention
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.

Every source and rights decision →

Source Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran · 1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Edition
1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Custodian
None — public domain work
Layer
translation
Licence
Public domain — copyright term expired
Licence URL
— none published —
Commercial use
yes
Modification
yes
Licence text
not applicable — no licence exists
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
aaff752d4349005282d977eebb863982…
Located at
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fawazahmed0/quran-api@6be8e17f2a0c13b1f33b1c3057f73cb28d5e848e/editions/eng-mohammedmarmadu.json

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.

Every source and rights decision →

Source Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an · 1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Edition
1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Custodian
None — public domain work
Layer
translation
Licence
Public domain — copyright term expired
Licence URL
— none published —
Commercial use
yes
Modification
yes
Licence text
not applicable — no licence exists
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
32b2330e332339ace53509539efe9040…
Located at
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fawazahmed0/quran-api@6be8e17f2a0c13b1f33b1c3057f73cb28d5e848e/editions/eng-edwardhenrypalm.json
Convention
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.

Every source and rights decision →

Source John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an · 1861 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Edition
1861 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Custodian
None — public domain work
Layer
translation
Licence
Public domain — copyright term expired
Licence URL
— none published —
Commercial use
yes
Modification
yes
Licence text
not applicable — no licence exists
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
91423dea6a6dccc192457870ed2c08fb…
Located at
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fawazahmed0/quran-api@6be8e17f2a0c13b1f33b1c3057f73cb28d5e848e/editions/eng-johnmedowsrodwe.json
Convention
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.

Every source and rights decision →

Source George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an · 1734 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Edition
1734 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Custodian
None — public domain work
Layer
translation
Licence
Public domain — copyright term expired
Licence URL
— none published —
Commercial use
yes
Modification
yes
Licence text
not applicable — no licence exists
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
05b679f5df49b0579e65f4b83b4c7235…
Located at
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fawazahmed0/quran-api@6be8e17f2a0c13b1f33b1c3057f73cb28d5e848e/editions/eng-georgesale.json
Convention
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.

Every source and rights decision →

Source Tanzil Qur'an text (Simple) · Simple, Version 1.1
Edition
Simple, Version 1.1
Custodian
Tanzil Project
Layer
canonical text
Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
Licence URL
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Commercial use
yes
Modification
contradictory
Licence text
read verbatim
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
d9b5bad94e4725191aa8da9a0404bd8e…
Located at
https://tanzil.net/pub/download/index.php?quranType=simple&outType=xml
Convention
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.

Every source and rights decision →

Every source and rights decision →

How to read this page

Source fact Derived link Editorial
Source fact
Text as a named source gives it. The platform is transcribing, not speaking.
Derived link
Produced by a query over data we hold. Reproducible, and its method is stated.
Editorial
Written by a named editor. Not a translation and not a source. The only place this platform speaks in its own voice, and it is signed.

Qur'anic text from the Tanzil Project. Copyright (C) 2007-2026 Tanzil Project License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Source: tanzil.net · Updates: tanzil.net/updates/ https://tanzil.net/updates/