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Talal Itani· published 2012
O you who believe! God will test you with something of the game your hands and spears obtain, that God may know who fears Him at heart. Whoever commitsaggression after that will have a painful punishment.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
O ye who believe! Allah will surely try you somewhat (in the matter) of the game which ye take with your hands and your spears, that Allah may know him who feareth Him in secret. Whoso transgresseth after this, for him there is a painful doom
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
O ye who believe! God will try you with something of the game that your hands and your lances take, that God may know who fears Him in secret; and whoso transgresses after that, for him is grievous woe
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
O ye who believe! God will surely maketrial of you with such game as ye may take with your hands, or your lances, that God may know who feareth him in secret: and whoever after this transgresseth, shall suffer a grievous chastisement
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
O ye who believe! God will surely try you in a little matter: the game which your hands and lances can reach, so that God may cause to be known those who fear Him in secret. Whoso, therefore, will transgress after this, shall have a grievous punishment
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
O besimtarë! Njëmend, Allahu do t’ju sprovojë me diçka nga gjahu që mund ta arrijnë duart dhe shtizat tuaja[9], në mënyrë që Allahu të njohë atë që i frikësohet Atij pa e parë. Kushdo që më pas bën shkelje, do të ketë dënim të dhembshëm.
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বাংলা · Bengali
হে তোমরা যারা ঈমান এনেছো! আল্লাহ অবশ্যই তোমাদেরকে পরীক্ষা করবেন শিকারের এমন বস্তু দ্বারা, যা তোমাদের হাত ও বর্শা নাগাল পায়, যাতে আল্লাহ জেনে নেন কে তাঁকে না দেখেও ভয় করে। সুতরাং এরপর যে সীমালঙ্ঘন করবে(২৩) তার জন্য রয়েছে যন্ত্রণাদায়ক শাস্তি।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
O vi koji vjerujete, Allah će vas dovoditi u iskušenje sa divljači koja će biti nadohvat ruku vaših i kopalja vaših – da bi Allah znao onoga koji Ga se boji kad ga niko ne vidi. A onoga ko i poslije toga nasilje učini, bolna patnja čeka.
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Hrvatski · Croatian
O vi koji vjerujete, Allah će vas dovoditi u iskušenje sa divljači koja će biti nadohvat ruku vaših i kopalja vaših – da bi Allah znao onoga koji Ga se boji kad ga nitko ne vidi. A onoga tko i poslije toga nasilje učini, bolna patnja čeka.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Eehey mon gooŋɗinɓe, ma Alla Jarribor on huunde e mbaroodi=raddo, hiɗon nanngira ɗum juuɗe mon ɗen e gaawe mon ɗen ; fii no Alla Anndira on kuloowo Mo e birnal. Kala jaggituɗo (jawtuɗo keerolo) ɓawa ɗuum, hino woodani mo lepte muusuɗe.
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ქართული · Georgian
ჰეი, თქვენ, რომელთაც ირწმუნეთ! ალლაჰი უეჭველად გამოგცდით ნადირის საშუალებით მაშინ, როცა იჰრამის მდგომარეობაში იქნებით — იმ ნადავლით, რომელსაც თქვენი ხელები მისწვდება და თქვენი შუბები, რათა ალლაჰმა გამოამჟღავნოს, ვის ეშინია მისი ფარულად. ხოლო ვინც ამის შემდეგაც გადააჭარბებს, მას ელოდება მტკივნეული სასჯელი.
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Deutsch · German
O die ihr glaubt, Allah wird euch ganz gewiss mit (etwas von) dem Jagdwild prüfen, das eure Hände und Lanzen erreichen (können), damit Allah denjenigen kenne, der Ihn im Verborgenen fürchtet. Wer nun danach eine Übertretung begeht, für den gibt es schmerzhafte Strafe.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Ω, εσείς που πιστεύετε! Πράγματι, ο Αλλάχ θα σας δοκιμάσει με κάτι από θηράματα που τα φτάνουν τα χέρια σας και τα δόρατά σας (ενώ είστε σε κατάσταση Ιχράμ τελώντας προσκύνημα), για να ξέρει ο Αλλάχ (-αυτό που ήδη ξέρει- δηλ. να εμφανιστεί σε σας και να διαχωρίσει) αυτούς που Τον φοβούνται αόρατα (και απέχουν από το να κυνηγήσουν ενώ τελούν προσκύνημα). Όποιος μετά απ' αυτό παραβιάζει (και κυνηγάει ενώ βρίσκεται σε κατάσταση Ιχράμ), θα έχει οδυνηρό μαρτύριο (επειδή παραβίασε την εντολή του Αλλάχ).
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हिन्दी · Hindi
ऐ ईमान वालो! निश्चय अल्लाह शिकार में से किसी चीज़ के साथ तुम्हारी अवश्य परीक्षा लेगा, जिसपर तुम्हारे हाथ तथा भाले पहुँचते होंगे, ताकि अल्लाह जान ले कि कौन उससे बिन देखे डरता है। फिर जो उसके पश्चात सीमा से बढ़े, तो उसके लिए दर्दनाक यातना है।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
O credenti, Allāh vi metterà alla prova con della cacciagione, che le vostre mani e le vostre frecce raggiungeranno, così che Allāh possa distinguere chi Lo teme, nell’Ignoto. E chi trasgredirà dopo di questo, avrà una dura punizione!
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
94. O jūs, kurie tikite! Allahas tikrai išbandys jus kuo nors (iš) medžiojamųjų paukščių ir žvėrių, kurie yra lengvai pasiekiami jums jūsų ranka ir jūsų žeberklais, kad Allahas galėtų išmėginti tą, kuris bijo Jo nematydamas. Taigi, kas po to peržengia ribas, jam – skausminga kančia.
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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Yaa warra amantan! Rabbiin waan adamsoo irraa harkoowwan keessaniifi waraanneen keessan argatteen isin mokkora. nama ghaybiitti Isa sodaatu mul’isuuf jecha. Namni kana booda daangaa dabre isaaf adabbii laalessaatu jira. [39]
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Русский · Russian
О вы, которые уверовали! Аллах непременно испытает вас чем-либо из добычи, которой достигнут ваши руки и ваши копья, чтобы Аллах узнал тех, кто боится Его втайне. Кто преступит пределы после этого, тому — мучительное наказание.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
О ви који верујете, Аллах ће да вас доводи у искушење са дивљачи која ће да буде надохват ваших руку и ваших копаља, да Аллах укаже на оног који Га се боји кад га нико не види. А онога ко и после тога учини насиље, чека болна патња.
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Enyi mlioamini! Hakika Mwenyezi Mungu atawajaribu kwa kitu kidogo katika mawindo inayowafikia mikono yenu na mikuki yenu, ili Mwenyezi Mungu amjue mwenye kumhofu katika ghaibu. Kwa hivyo, mwenye kuvuka mipaka baada ya hayo, basi ana adhabu chungu.
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Svenska · Swedish
Troende! Gud ska helt visst pröva er genom vilt som kommer inom räckhåll för era händer och era spjut. På så sätt gör Gud tydligt vilka som fruktar honom utan att kunna se honom. Men den som därefter överträder [förbudet] ska få ett smärtsamt straff.
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Türkçe · Turkish
Ey iman edenler! Andolsun Allah sizleri, ellerinizin ve mızraklarınızın erişebileceği av(lar) ile elbette imtihan edecek ki, görmediği halde kendisinden korkanı ayırıp meydana çıkarsın. Bu (uyarıdan) sonra kim sınırı aşarsa, onun için elem dolu bir azap vardır.
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اردو · Urdu
اے ایمان والو! اللہ تعالیٰ قدرے شکار سے تمہارا امتحان کرے گا[1] جن تک تمہارے ہاتھ اور تمہارے نیزے پہنچ سکیں گے[2] تاکہ اللہ تعالیٰ معلوم کرلے کہ کون شخص اس سے بن دیکھے ڈرتا ہے سو جو شخص اس کے بعد حد سے نکلے گا اس کے واسطے دردناک سزا ہے۔
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Talal Itani2012 Obey God and obey the Messenger, and be cautious. If you turn away-know that the duty of Our Messenger is clear communication.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Obey Allah and obey the messenger, and beware! But if ye turn away, then know that the duty of Our messenger is only plain conveyance (of the message)
Edward Henry Palmer1880 and obey God, and obey the apostles, and beware, for if ye turn back then know that our Apostle has only his message to preach
John Medows Rodwell1861 Obey God and obey the Apostle, and be on your guard: but if ye turn back, know that our Apostle is only bound to deliver a plain announcement
George Sale1734 And obey God and obey the Messenger, and be on your guard. But if you turn away, then know that on Our Messenger lies only the clear conveyance of the Message
Talal Itani2012 Those who believe and do righteous deeds will not be blamed for what they may have eaten, provided they obey, and believe, and do good deeds, then maintain piety and faith, then remain righteous and charitable. God loves the charitable.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 There shall be no sin (imputed) unto those who believe and do good works for what they may have eaten (in the past). So be mindful of your duty (to Allah), and believe, and do good works; and again: be mindful of your duty, and believe; and once again: be mindful of your duty, and do right. Allah loveth the good
Edward Henry Palmer1880 There is no crime in those who believe and do right, for having tasted food, when they fear God, and believe, and do what is right, and then fear Him, and believe, and then fear, and do good, for God loves those who do good
John Medows Rodwell1861 No blame shall attach to those who believe and do good works, in regard to any food they have taken, in case they fear God and believe, and do the things that are right, and shall still fear God and believe, and shall still fear him, and do good; for God loveth those who do good
George Sale1734 On those who believe and do good works there shall be no sin for what they eat, provided they fear God and believe and do good works, and again fear God and believe, yet again fear God and do good. And God loves those who do good
Talal Itani2012 O you who believe! do not kill game while you are in pilgrim sanctity. Whoever of you kills any intentionally, its penalty shall be a domestic animal comparable to what he killed, as determined by two honest persons among you-an offering delivered to the Kaabah. Or he may atone by feeding the needy, or its equivalent in fasting, so that he may taste the consequences of his conduct. God forgives what is past. But whoever repeats, God will take revenge on him. God is Almighty, Avenger.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 O ye who believe! Kill no wild game while ye are on the pilgrimage. Whoso of you killeth it of set purpose he shall pay its forfeit in the equivalent of that which he hath killed, of domestic animals, the judge to be two men among you known for justice, (the forfeit) to be brought as an offering to the Ka'bah; or, for expiation, he shall feed poor persons, or the equivalent thereof in fasting, that he may taste the evil consequences of his deed. Allah forgiveth whatever (of this kind) may have happened in the past, but whoso relapseth, Allah will take retribution from him. Allah is Mighty, Able to Requite (the wrong)
Edward Henry Palmer1880 O ye who believe! kill not game while ye are on pilgrimage. But he amongst you who kills it purposely, his compensation is the like of that which he has killed, in sheep -- of which two equitable persons amongst you shall be judge -- an offering brought to the Kaabah; or as an expiation, the food of poor persons, or an equivalent thereof in fasting, that he may taste the evil result of his deed. God pardons bygones; but whoso returns, God will take vengeance on him, for God is mighty and the avenger
John Medows Rodwell1861 O believers! kill no game while ye are on pilgrimage. Whosoever among you shall purposely kill it, shall comsent pensate for it in domestic animals of equal value (according to the judgment of two just persons among you), to be brought as an offering to the Caaba; or in expiation thereof shall feed the poor; or as the equivalent of this shall fast, that he may taste the ill consequence of his deed. God forgiveth what is past; but whoever doth it again, God will take vengeance on him; for God is mighty and vengeance is His
George Sale1734 O ye who believe! kill not game while you are in a state of Pilgrimage. And whoso among you kills it intentionally, its compensation is a quadruped like unto that which he has killed, as determined by two just men from among you, the same to be bought as an offering to the Ka'bah; or as an expiation he shall feed a number of poor persons, or fast an equivalent number of days, so that he may taste the penalty of his deed. As for the past, God forgives it; but whoso reverts to it, God will punish him for his offence. And God is the Lord of retribution
Talal Itani2012 Permitted for you is the catch of sea, and its food-as sustenance for you and for travelers. But forbidden for you is the game of land while you are in pilgrim sanctity. And fear God, to whom you will be gathered.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 To hunt and to eat the fish of the sea is made lawful for you, a provision for you and for seafarers; but to hunt on land is forbidden you so long as ye are on the pilgrimage. Be mindful of your duty to Allah, unto Whom ye will be gathered
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Lawful for you is the game of the sea, and to eat thereof; a provision for you and for travellers; but forbidden you is the game of the land while ye are on pilgrimage; so fear God to whom ye shall be gathered
John Medows Rodwell1861 It is lawful for you to fish in the sea, and to eat fish, as provision for you and for those who travel; but it is unlawful for you to hunt by land while ye are still on pilgrimage: fear ye God, therefore, before whom ye shall be assembled
George Sale1734 The game of the sea and the eating thereof is made lawful for you as a provision for you and the travelers; but forbidden to you is the game of the land as long as you are in the state of Pilgrimage. And fear God to whom you shall be gathered
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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
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where 0 means identical wording and 1 means no shared words. It is
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0.644
Share of measured verses above it
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Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Talal Itani · George Sale0.68
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.62
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.60
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.59
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.58
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.57
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.55
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.50
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.50
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.44
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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.