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They disbelieve those who say, "God is the third of three." But there is no deity except the One God. If they do not refrain from what they say, a painful torment will befall those among them who disbelieve.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
They surely disbelieve who say: Lo! Allah is the third of three; when there is no Allahsave the One Allah. If they desist not from so saying a painful doom will fall on those of them who disbelieve
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
They misbelieve who say, 'Verily, God is the third of three;' for there is no God but one, and if they do not desist from what they say, there shall touch those who misbelieve amongst them grievous woe
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
They surely are Infidels who say, "God is the third of three:" for there is no God but one God: and if they refrain not from what they say, a grievous chastisement shall light on such of them as are Infidels
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
They are certainly infidels, who say, God is the third of three: For there is no God, besides one God; and if they refrain not from what they say, a painful torment shall surely be inflicted on such of them as are 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
Sigurisht, janë jobesimtarë ata që thonë: "Allahu është njëri prej trinisë!" Nuk ka zot përveç një Zoti të Vetëm (të Vërtetë)! Nëse ata nuk ndalen nga ajo që thonë, patjetër që jobesimtarët nga mesi i tyre do t'i kapë një dënim i dhembshëm.
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
অবশ্যই তারা কুফরী করেছে, যারা বলে: ‘নিশ্চয় আল্লাহ তিন জনের মধ্যে তৃতীয়জন।’(১৫) যদিও এক ইলাহ ছাড়া কোন (সত্য) ইলাহ নেই। আর যদি তারা যা বলছে, তা থেকে বিরত না হয়, তবে অবশ্যই তাদের মধ্য থেকে কাফিরদেরকে যন্ত্রণাদায়ক শাস্তি স্পর্শ করবে।
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.2
Bosanski · Bosnian
Nevjernici su oni koji govore: "Allah je, zaista, jedan od trojice!" A samo je jedan Bog! I ako se ne okane onoga što govore, nesnosna patnja će, zaista, stići svakog od njih koji nevjernik ostane.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4
Hrvatski · Croatian
Nevjernici su oni koji govore: "Allah je, zaista, jedan od trojice!" A samo je jedan Bog! I ako se ne okane onoga što govore, nesnosna patnja će, zaista, stići svakog od njih koji nevjernik ostane.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Willagi yeddii ɓeen wi'uɓe : "Alla ko tatɓitɗo (Allaji)tato Alaa deweteeɗo si wanaa deweteeɗo gooto. Si ɓe kaɗitaaki gaa e ko ɓe wowlata, ko maa mema ɓeen yedduɓe e maɓɓe lepte muusuɗe.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
უკვე ურწმუნონი გახდნენ ისინი, ვინც თქვეს: «ალლაჰი არის მესამე სამიდან», მაშინ როცა არ არსებობს სხვა ღმერთი, გარდა მხოლოდ ერთი ღმერთისა (და ეს ალლაჰია). და თუ ისინი [ვინც ამას ამბობენ] არ შეწყვეტენ იმას, რასაც ამბობენ, მაშინ მათგან იმათ, ვინც ურწმუნონი გახდნენ, აუცილებლად შეეხებათ მტანჯველი სასჯელი.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Diejenigen sind fürwahr ungläubig, die sagen: „Wahrlich, Allah besteht aus (diesen) dreien (dem Vater, dem Sohn und dem heiligen Geist).“ Und es gibt ja keinen Anbetungswürdigen außer dem Einen (und) Einzigen. Und wenn sie mit dem, was sie sagen, nicht aufhören, wird denjenigen von ihnen, die ungläubig sind, ganz gewiss schmerzhafte Strafe erfassen.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Πράγματι, αποστάτησαν εκείνοι που λένε: «Ο Αλλάχ είναι ένας εκ των τριών (Αγία Τριάδα: ο πατέρας είναι θεός, ο γιος είναι θεός και το άγιο πνεύμα είναι θεός).» Μα δεν υπάρχει άλλος θεός (που αξίζει να λατρεύεται), παρά μόνον Ένας Θεός. Και αν δεν πάψουν απ' αυτά που λένε, πράγματι, ένα επώδυνο μαρτύριο θα επέλθει στους άπιστους ανάμεσά τους.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
निःसंदेह उन लोगों ने कुफ़्र किया, जिन्होंने कहा : निःसंदेह अल्लाह तीन में से तीसरा है! हालाँकि कोई भी पूज्य नहीं है, परंतु एक पूज्य। और यदि वे उससे नहीं रुके जो वे कहते हैं, तो निश्चय उनमें से जिन लोगों ने कुफ़्र किया, उन्हें अवश्य दर्दनाक यातना पहुँचेगी।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Sono miscredenti quelli che dissero: “In verità Allāh è il terzo di una trinità.” Non c’è divinità all’infuori del Dio Unico! E se non smetteranno di ripetere ciò che dicono, toccherà una dura punizione ai miscredenti tra di loro!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
73. Tikrai, netikintieji yra tie, kurie sakė: „Allahas yra trečias iš trijų (Trejybėje).“ Tačiau nėra Ilah (dievo) (niekas neturi teisės būti garbinamas) tik Vienintelis Ilah (Dievas – Allahas). Ir jei jie nesiliauja to sakę, iš tiesų, skausminga kančia ištiks netikinčiuosius jų tarpe.
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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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.0
Русский · Russian
Действительно, отвергли веру те, которые сказали: «Воистину, Аллах — третий из трёх», тогда как нет никакого божества, кроме единственного бога. Если они не откажутся от того, что говорят, то тех из них, которые отвергли веру, непременно коснётся мучительное наказание.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
Неверници су они који говоре: „Аллах је, заиста, један од тројице!“ А само је један Бог! И ако се не окане онога што говоре, несносна патња ће, заиста, да стигне сваког од њих који остане неверник.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Hakika, wamekufuru wale waliosema: 'Mwenyezi Mungu ni wa tatu wa watatu.' Hali hakuna mungu isipokuwa Mungu Mmoja tu. Na ikiwa hawayaachi hayo wanayoyasema, basi kwa yakini itawagusa wale waliokufuru miongoni mwao adhabu chungu.
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Svenska · Swedish
De som säger: ”Gud är en del av tre” har sannerligen förkastat tron. Det finns ingen [sann] gudom utom en enda. Om de inte upphör med vad de säger, kommer de otrogna bland dem att drabbas av ett plågsamt straff.
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Türkçe · Turkish
Şüphesiz, Allah, üçün üçüncüsüdür, diyenler kâfir olmuştur. Halbuki (ibadete layık) tek (hak) olan ilahtan başka bir (hak) ilah yoktur. Söylediklerinden vazgeçmezlerse elbette küfredenlere acıklı bir azap dokunacaktır.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
وه لوگ بھی قطعاً کافر ہوگئے جنہوں نے کہا، اللہ تین میں کا تیسرا ہے[1] ، دراصل سوا اللہ تعالیٰ کے کوئی معبود نہیں۔ اگر یہ لوگ اپنے اس قول سے باز نہ رہے تو ان میں سے جو کفر پر رہیں گے، انہیں المناک عذاب ضرور پہنچے گا۔
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
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Talal Itani2012 They assumed there would be no punishment, so they turned blind and deaf. Then God redeemed them, but then again many of them turned blind and deaf. But God is Seeing of what they do.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 They thought no harm would come of it, so they were wilfully blind and deaf. And afterward Allah turned (in mercy) toward them. Now (even after that) are many of them wilfully blind and deaf. Allah is Seer of what they do
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And they reckoned that there would be no disturbance; but they were blind and deaf! and then God turned again towards them: and then many amongst them were blind and deaf! but God saw what they did
John Medows Rodwell1861 And they reckoned that no harm would come of it: - but they became blind and deaf! Then was God turned unto them: then many of them again became blind and deaf! but God beheld what they did
George Sale1734 And they imagined that there should be no punishment for those crimes, and they became blind, and deaf. Then was God turned unto them; afterwards many of them again became blind and deaf; but God saw what they did
DIN 31635laqad kafara llaḏīna qālū ʾinna llāha huwa l-masīḥu bnu maryama waqāla l-masīḥu yā banī ʾisrāʾīla ʿbudū llāha rabbī warabbakum ʾinnahu man yušrik billāhi faqad ḥarrama llāhu ʿalayhi l-ǧannata wamaʾwāhu n-nāru wamā lilẓẓālimīna min ʾanṣārin
Talal Itani2012 They disbelieve those who say, "God is the Messiah the son of Mary." But the Messiah himself said, "O Children of Israel, worship God, my Lord and your Lord. Whoever associates others with God, God has forbidden him Paradise, and his dwelling is the Fire. The wrongdoers have no saviors."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 They surely disbelieve who say: Lo! Allah is the Messiah, son of Mary. The Messiah (himself) said: O Children of Israel, worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord. Lo! whoso ascribeth partners unto Allah, for him Allah hath forbidden paradise. His abode is the Fire. For evil-doers there will be no helpers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 They misbelieve who say, 'Verily, God is the Messiah the son of Mary;' but the Messiah said, 'O children of Israel! worship God, my Lord and your Lord;' verily, he who associates aught with God, God hath forbidden him Paradise, and his resort is the Fire, and the unjust shall have none to help them
John Medows Rodwell1861 Infidels now are they who say, "God is the Messiah, Son of Mary;" for the Messiah said, "O children of Israel! worship God, my Lord and your Lord." Whoever shall join other gods with God, God shall forbid him the Garden, and his abode shall be the Fire; and the wicked shall have no helpers
George Sale1734 They are surely infidels, who say, verily God is Christ the son of Mary; since Christ said, O children of Israel, serve God, my Lord and your Lord; whoever shall give a companion unto God, God shall exclude him from paradise, and his habitation shall be hell fire; and the ungodly shall have none to help them
DIN 31635mā l-masīḥu bnu maryama ʾillā rasūlun qad ḫalat min qablihi r-rusulu waʾummuhu ṣiddīqatun kānā yaʾkulāni ṭ-ṭaʿāma nẓur kayfa nubayyinu lahumu l-ʾāyāti ṯumma nẓur ʾannā yuʾfakūna
Talal Itani2012 The Messiah son of Mary was only a messenger, before whom other Messengers had passed away, and his mother was a woman of truth. They both used to eat food. Note how We make clear the revelations to them; then note how deluded they are.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 The Messiah, son of Mary, was no other than a messenger, messengers (the like of whom) had passed away before him. And his mother was a saintly woman. And they both used to eat (earthly) food. See how We make the revelations clear for them, and see how they are turned away
Edward Henry Palmer1880 The Messiah the son of Mary is only a prophet: prophets before him have passed away; and his mother was a confessor; they used both to eat food. - See how we explain to them the signs, yet see how they turn aside
John Medows Rodwell1861 The Messiah, Son of Mary, is but an Apostle; other Apostles have flourished before him; and his mother was a just person: they both ate food. Behold! how we make clear to them the signs! then behold how they turn aside
George Sale1734 Christ, the son of Mary, is no more than an apostle; other apostles have preceded him; and his mother was a woman of veracity: They both eat food. Behold, how we declare unto them the signs of God's unity; and then behold, how they turn aside from the truth
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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
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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
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.62
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.60
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.60
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.57
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.52
Talal Itani · George Sale0.52
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.51
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.51
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.46
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.28
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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.