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Talal Itani· published 2012
Your allies are God, and His Messenger, and those who believe-those who prayregularly, and give charity, and bow down.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Your guardian can be only Allah; and His messenger and those who believe, who establish worship and pay the poordue, and bow down (in prayer)
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
God only is your patron, and His Apostle and those who believe, who are steadfast in prayer and give alms, bowing down
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Verily your protector is God, and his apostle, and those who believe, who observe the statedtimes of prayer, and give alms, and who bow down to worship
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
Në të vërtetë, miqtë dhe mbrojtësit tuaj janë Allahu, i Dërguari i Tij dhe besimtarët, të cilët e falin namazin, e japin zekatin dhe janë të përulur (ndaj Allahut).
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
তোমাদের বন্ধু কেবল আল্লাহ, তাঁর রাসূল ও মু’মিনগণ- যারা সালাত কায়িম করে, যাকাত প্রদান করে এবং তারা সদা বিনীত।
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
Vaši su zaštitnici samo Allah i Poslanik Njegov i vjernici koji namaz obavljaju i zekat daju, bivajući ponizni.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4
Hrvatski · Croatian
Vaši su zaštitnici samo Allah i Poslanik Njegov i vjernici koji molitvu obavljaju i zekat daju, bivajući ponizni.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Fulfulde · Fulani
Ngandee giɗo mon on ko Alla e Nulaaɗo Makko on e ɓeen gooŋɗinɓe : tottirooɓe juulde, ɓe totta asakal, hara kamɓe ko ɓe gooŋɗinɓe.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
თქვენი მეგობარი [მოკავშირე] მხოლოდ ალლაჰია,
მისი მოციქული და ისინი, ვინც ირწმუნეს, რომლებიც ასრულებენ (სავალდებულო) ლოცვას სათანადოდ, და გასცემენ სავალდებულო მოწყალებას [ზაქათს], და ისინი ქედს იხრიან ალლაჰის წინაშე (თავიანთ ლოცვებში).
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Wahrlich, euer Schutzherr ist (allein) Allah und (auch) Sein Gesandter und diejenigen, die glauben, die das Gebet verrichten, die Pflichtabgabe entrichten und zu den sich Verbeugenden gehören.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Οι κηδεμόνες (και οι υποστηρικτές) σας δεν είναι παρά μόνο ο Αλλάχ, ο Αγγελιαφόρος Του, και οι πιστοί που τελούν την προσευχή και δίνουν τη Ζάκα (ετήσια υποχρεωτική ελεημοσύνη) και είναι υποταγμένοι (στον Αλλάχ).
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हिन्दी · Hindi
तुम्हारे मित्र तो केवल अल्लाह और उसका रसूल तथा वे लोग हैं जो ईमान लाए, जो नमाज़ क़ायम करते और ज़कात देते हैं और वे (अल्लाह के आगे) झुकने वाले हैं।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
In verità, i vostri sostenitori sono Allāh, il Suo Profeta e quelli che hanno creduto; quelli che praticano la preghiera con devozione e osservano la «Zekēt», e che sono inchinati[51].
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
55. Iš tiesų, jūsų Vali (Globėjas arba Padėjėjas) yra niekas kitas, tik Allahas, Jo Pasiuntinys ir tikintieji – tie, kurie atlieka As-Salat (Ikamat-as-Salat), ir duoda Zakat ir jie yra Rakiun (tie, kurie lenkiasi arba nuolankiai paklūsta Allahui maldoje).
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.
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Русский · Russian
Воистину, ваш покровитель — только Аллах, а также Его Посланник и те, которые уверовали: те, которые выстаивают молитву, выплачивают закят и склоняются в поясном поклоне.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
Ваши су заштитници само Аллах и Његов Посланик и верници који понизно обављају молитву и дају обавезну милостињу.
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
Hakika rafiki yenu mwandani ni Mwenyezi Mungu na Mtume wake na wale walioamini, ambao husimamisha Swala na hutoa Zaka, nao wanarukuu.
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Svenska · Swedish
Era allierade är endast Gud, hans sändebud och de troende – de som förrättar bönen och ger allmosan och är undergivna Gud.
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Türkçe · Turkish
Sizin veliniz/yardımcınız ancak Allah’tır, Rasûlüdür ve Allah’ın emirlerine boyun eğerek namazı kılan, zekâtı veren Müminlerdir.
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اردو · Urdu
(مسلمانو)! تمہارا دوست خود اللہ ہے اور اس کا رسول ہے اور ایمان والے ہیں[1] جو نمازوں کی پابندی کرتے ہیں اور زکوٰة ادا کرتے ہیں اور وه رکوع (خشوع وخضوع) کرنے والے ہیں۔
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Talal Itani2012 Those who believe will say, "Are these the ones who swore by God with their strongest oaths that they are with you?" Their works have failed, so they became losers.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Then will the believers say (unto the people of the Scripture): are these they who swore by Allah their most binding oaths that they were surely with you? Their works have failed, and they have become the losers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Those who believe say, 'Are these they who swore by God with their most strenuous oath that they were surely with you?' - their works are in vain and they shall wake the losers
John Medows Rodwell1861 Then will the faithful say, "What! are these they who swore, by their most solemn oath, that they were surely with you?" Vain their works; and themselves shall come to ruin
George Sale1734 And they who believe will say, are these the men who have sworn by God, with a most firm oath, that they surely held with you? Their works are become vain, and they are of those who perish
Talal Itani2012 O you who believe! Whoever of you goes back on his religion-God will bring a people whom He loves and who love Him, kind towards the believers, stern with the disbelievers. They strive in the way of God, and do not fear the blame of the critic. That is the grace of God; He bestows it upon whomever He wills. God is Embracing and Knowing.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 O ye who believe! Whoso of you becometh a renegade from his religion, (know that in his stead) Allah will bring a people whom He loveth and who love Him, humble toward believers, stern toward disbelievers, striving in the way of Allah, and fearing not the blame of any blamer. Such is the grace of Allah which He giveth unto whom He will. Allah is All-Embracing, All-Knowing
Edward Henry Palmer1880 O ye who believe! whoso is turned away from his religion - God will bring (instead) a people whom He loves and who love Him, lowly to believers, lofty to unbelievers, strenuous in the way of God, fearing not the blame of him who blames. That is God's grace! He gives it unto whom He pleases, for God both comprehends and knows
John Medows Rodwell1861 O ye who believe! should any of you desert His religion, God will then raise up a people loved by Him, and loving Him, lowly towards the faithful, haughty towards the Infidels. For the cause of God will they contend, and not fear the blame of the blamer. This is the Grace of God! On whom He will He bestoweth it! God is Vast, Omniscient
George Sale1734 O true believers, whoever of you apostatizeth from his religion, God will certainly bring other people to supply his place, whom He will love, and who will love Him; who shall be humble towards the believers, but severe to the unbelievers: They shall fight for the religion of God, and shall not fear the obloquy of the detracter. This is the bounty of God, He bestoweth it on whom He pleaseth: God is extensive and wise
Talal Itani2012 Whoever allies himself with God, and His Messenger, and those who believe-surely the Party of God is the victorious.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And whoso taketh Allah and His messenger and those who believe for guardian (will know that), lo! the party of Allah, they are the victorious
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Whoso taketh as patrons God and His apostles and those who believe; - verily, God's crew, they are victorious
John Medows Rodwell1861 And whoso take God and His Apostle, and those who believe for friends, they truly are the people of God; they shall have the upper hand
George Sale1734 And whoso taketh God, and his apostle, and the believers for his friends, they are the party of God, and they shall be victorious
Easy-read (simplified)yaa ayyuhaa lladheena aamanoo laa tattakhidhoo lladheena takhadhoo deenakum huzuwan wala'iban mina lladheena ootoo l-kitaaba min qablikum wal-kuffaara awliyaa'a waattaqoo llaaha in kuntum mu'mineen
DIN 31635yā ʾayyuhā llaḏīna ʾāmanū lā tattaḫiḏū llaḏīna taḫaḏū dīnakum huzuwan walaʿiban mina llaḏīna ʾūtū l-kitāba min qablikum wal-kuffāra ʾawliyāʾa wāttaqū llāha ʾin kuntum muʾminīna
Talal Itani2012 O you who believe! Do not befriend those who take your religion in mockery and as a sport, be they from among those who were given the Scripture before you, or the disbelievers. And obey God, if you are believers.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 O Ye who believe! Choose not for guardians such of those who received the Scripture before you, and of the disbelievers, as make a jest and sport of your religion. But keep your duty to Allah if ye are true believers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 O ye who believe! take not for patrons those who take your religion for a jest or a sport, from amongst those who have been given the Book before and the misbelievers; but fear God if ye be believers
John Medows Rodwell1861 O ye who believe! take not such of those who have received the Scriptures before you, as scoff and jest at your religion, or the Infidels, for your friends, but fear God if ye are believers
George Sale1734 O true believers, take not such of those to whom the scriptures were delivered before you, or of the infidels, for your friends, who make a laughingstock, and a jest of your religion; but fear God, if ye be true believers
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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
0.60 on a scale
where 0 means identical wording and 1 means no shared words. It is
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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 Rodwell0.72
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.68
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.67
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.67
Talal Itani · George Sale0.66
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.60
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.60
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.57
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.55
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.31
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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.