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"Shall I seek a judge other than God, when He is the One who revealed to you the Book, explained in detail?" Those to whom We gave the Book know that it is the truth revealed from your Lord. So do not be of those who doubt.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Shall I seek other than Allah for judge, when He it is Who hath revealed unto you (this) Scripture, fully explained? Those unto whom We gave the Scripture (aforetime) know that it is revealed from thy Lord in truth. So be not thou (OMuhammad) of the waverers
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
Of other than God shall I crave a decree, when it is He who has sent down to you the Book in detail, and those to whom we gave the Book know that it is sent down from thy Lord, in truth? be thou not then of those who doubt
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
What! shall I seek other judge than God, when it is He who hath sent down to you the distinguishing Book? They to whom we have given the Book know that it is sent down from thy Lord with truth. Be not thou then of those who doubt
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Shall I seek after any other judge besides God to judge between us? It is He who hath sent down unto you the book of the Koran distinguishing between good and evil; and they to whom We gave the scripture know that it is sent down from thy Lord, with truth. Be not therefore one of those who doubt thereof
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
(Thuaj:) "Vallë, a të kërkoj ndonjë gjykatës tjetër përveç Allahut, kur Ai është i Cili jua ka zbritur Librin e shpjeguar hollësisht?" Ata të cilëve u dhamë Librat[5], e dinë se ai është shpallur nga Zoti yt me të vërtetën, prandaj mos u bëj prej atyre që dyshojnë.
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
আমি কি আল্লাহ ছাড়া অন্য কাউকে বিচারক হিসেবে মেনে নিবো? অথচ তিনিই তোমাদের প্রতি প্রত্যেক জিনিসের পরিপূর্ণ বর্ণনাকারী হিসেবে কিতাব নাযিল করেছেন। আর যাদেরকে আমি কিতাব দিয়েছিলাম তারা জানত যে, তা (আল-কুরআন) তোমার রবের পক্ষ থেকে যথাযথভাবে নাযিলকৃত। সুতরাং তুমি কখনো সন্দেহ পোষণকারীদের অন্তর্ভুক্ত হয়ো না।
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
Zar da pored Allaha tražim drugog sudiju, kad vam On objavljuje Knjigu potanko?! A oni kojima smo Mi dali knjigu dobro znaju da Kur'an objavljuje Gospodar tvoj s Istinom, zato ti ne sumnjaj nikako!
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
Zar da pored Allaha tražim drugog sudca, kad vam On objavljuje Knjigu potanko?! A oni kojima smo Mi dali knjigu dobro znaju da Kur'an objavljuje Gospodar tvoj s Istinom, zato ti ne sumnjaj nikako!
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
E ko ko woori Alla mi ɗaɓɓata ñaawoowo, ko Kaŋko woni Jippinɗo e mo'on ndee deftere fensitaande? Ɓeen ɓe min ngokki defte ɓeen, heɓe anndi won de ko nde Jippinaande immorde ka Joomi maaɗa goonga. Wata a jeye e sikkitiiɓe ɓen.
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
(უთხარი, ო მოციქულო): «ნუთუ ვინმე სხვას, ალლაჰის გარდა, ვისურვებ მსაჯულად[1], მაშინ როცა იგი არის ის, ვინც ჩამოგიგზავნათ თქვენ წიგნი [ყურანი], დეტალურად განმარტებული? და ისინი, ვისაც ჩვენ მივეცით წერილი [თორა და სახარება], იციან, რომ იგი [ყურანი] ჩამოგზავნილია შენი უფლისგან ჭეშმარიტებით. და ნუ იქნები (ო, მოციქულო) ეჭვის მქონე!»
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
Soll ich denn einen anderen (Schieds)richter als Allah begehren, wo Er es doch ist, Der das Buch, ausführlich dargelegt, zu euch hinabgesandt hat? Und diejenigen, denen Wir die Schrift gaben, wissen, dass es von deinem Herrn mit der Wahrheit hinabgesandt wurde. So gehöre ja nicht zu den Zweiflern.
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
(Πες, ω, Προφήτη, στους ειδωλολάτρες): «Είναι δυνατόν να αναζητήσω άλλον κριτή εκτός από τον Αλλάχ, όταν Αυτός είναι που σας έστειλε το Βιβλίο (το Κορ’άν) που εξηγείται λεπτομερώς (και περιέχει την κρίση στο θέμα μεταξύ μας);» Εκείνοι (οι Εβραίοι και οι Χριστιανοί) στους οποίους δώσαμε το Βιβλίο (την Τορά και το Ιν-τζήλ -το πρωτότυπο Ευαγγέλιο του Ιησού-) ξέρουν (από τις αποδείξεις στις γραφές τους) ότι (αυτό το Κορ’άν) έχει σταλεί από τον Κύριό σου με την αλήθεια. Έτσι, μην είσαι ποτέ ανάμεσα σ' αυτούς που αμφιβάλλουν (σε οτιδήποτε αποκαλύφθηκε σ' εσένα).
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
तो क्या मैं अल्लाह के सिवा कोई और न्यायकर्ता तलाश करूँ, हालाँकि उसी ने तुम्हारी ओर यह विस्तारपूर्ण पुस्तक उतारी[71] है? तथा जिन लोगों को हमने पुस्तक[72] प्रदान की है, वे जानते हैं कि निश्चय यह आपके पालनहार की ओर से सत्य के साथ अवतरित की गई है। अतः आप हरगिज़ संदेह करने वालों में से न हों।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
»Devo forse accettare un giudice all’infuori di Allāh, e Lui è Colui che fece scendere su di voi il Libro dettagliato? E quelli a cui Noi abbiamo dato il Libro sanno che è stato fatto scendere da parte del tuo Dio con la Verità: non essere tra i dubbiosi!”
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
114. [Sakyk (Muchammedai ﷺ ):] „Ar turėčiau ieškoti kito teisėjo nei Allahas, kai Jis yra Tas, Kuris nuleido jums Knygą (Koraną), detaliai išaiškintą.“ Tie, kuriems Mes davėme Raštą [Tauratą (Torą) ir Indžylį (Evangeliją)] žino, kad tai apreikšta iš jūsų Viešpaties teisingai. Taigi, nebūkite iš tų, kurie abejoja.
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
" si ani Rabbiin malee murteessaa barbaaddadhaa? innni isaa kitaaba adda babaafamaa gara keessanitti buuse " (jedhi). Warri kitaaba isaaniif kennine akka inni dhugaan Gooftaa kee irraa buufame ni beeku. Warra maman irraa hin ta’in.
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
[Скажи:] «И неужели я стану искать иного судью, помимо Аллаха, тогда как Он — Тот, Кто ниспослал вам подробно разъяснённое Писание?» Те, кому Мы даровали Писание, знают, что [Коран] ниспослан от твоего Господа с истиной. Так не будь же ни в коем случае из числа сомневающихся.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
Зар да поред Аллаха тражим другог судију, кад вам Он подробно објављује Књигу?! А они којима смо дали Књигу добро знају да Кур'ан објављује твој Господар са истином, зато ти никако не сумњај!
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
Je, nimtafute hakimu asiyekuwa Mwenyezi Mungu, naye ndiye aliyewateremshia Kitabu hiki kilichoelezwa kwa kina? Na wale tuliowapa Kitabu wanajua ya kwamba kimeteremshwa kutoka kwa Mola wako Mlezi kwa Haki. Basi kamwe usiwe katika wale wanaotia shaka.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
[Säg:] ”Ska jag söka en annan domare än Gud, när det är han som har uppenbarat skriften till er med allt klargjort?” De som vi tidigare har gett skriften vet att den är uppenbarad från din Herre, med sanningen. Hys därför aldrig det minsta tvivel!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
“O, size kitabı ayrıntılı olarak indirmişken, Allah’tan başka bir hakem mi arayayım?” Kendilerine kitap verdiğimiz kimseler, onun Rabbin tarafından hak olarak indirilmiş olduğunu kesinlikle bilirler. Sakın sen de şüphe edenlerden olma!
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
تو کیا اللہ کے سوا کسی اور فیصلہ کرنے والے کو تلاش کروں حاﻻنکہ وه ایسا ہے کہ اس نے ایک کتاب کامل تمہارے پاس بھیج دی ہے، اس کے مضامین خوب صاف صاف بیان کئے گئے ہیں اور جن لوگوں کو ہم نے کتاب دی ہے وه اس بات کو یقین کے ساتھ جانتے ہیں کہ یہ آپ کے رب کی طرف سے حق کے ساتھ بھیجی گئی ہے، سو آپ شبہ کرنے والوں میں سے نہ ہوں۔[1]
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 Likewise, We have assigned for every prophet an enemy-human and jinn devils-inspiring one another with fancy words in order to deceive. But had your Lord willed, they would not have done it. So leave them to their fabrications.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Thus have We appointed unto every prophet an adversary - devils of humankind and jinn who inspire in one another plausible discourse through guile. If thy Lord willed, they would not do so; so leave them alone with their devising
Edward Henry Palmer1880 So have we made for every prophet an enemy,- devils of men and ginns; some of them inspire others with specious speech to lead astray; but had thy Lord pleased they would not have done it; so leave them with what they do devise
John Medows Rodwell1861 Thus have we given an enemy to every prophet Satans among men and among Djinn: tinsel discourses do they suggest the one to the other, in order to deceive: and had thy Lord willed it, they would not have done it. Therefore, leave them and their vain imaginings
George Sale1734 Thus have We appointed unto every prophet an enemy; the devils of men, and of genii: Who privately suggest the one to the other specious discourses to deceive; but if thy Lord pleased, they would not have done it. Therefore leave them, and that which they have falsely imagined
Talal Itani2012 So that the hearts of those who do not believe in the Hereafter may incline to it, and be content with it, and that they may perpetrate whatever they perpetrate.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 That the hearts of those who believe not in the Hereafter may incline thereto, and that they may take pleasure therein, and that they may earn what they are earning
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And let the hearts of those who believe not in the hereafter listen to it; and let them be well pleased with it; and let them gain what they may gain
John Medows Rodwell1861 And let the hearts of those who believe not in the life to come incline thereto, and let them find their content in this, and let them gain what they are gaining
George Sale1734 and let the hearts of those be inclined thereto, who believe not in the life to come; and let them please themselves therein, and let them gain that which they are gaining
Talal Itani2012 The Word of your Lord has been completed, in truth and justice. There is no changing to His words. He is the Hearer, the Knower.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Perfected is the Word of thy Lord in truth and justice. There is naught that can change His words. He is the Hearer, the Knower
Edward Henry Palmer1880 The words of thy Lord are fulfilled in truth and justice; there is none to change His words, for He both hears and knows
John Medows Rodwell1861 And the words of thy Lord are perfect in truth and in justice: none can change his words: He is the Hearing, Knowing
George Sale1734 The words of thy Lord are perfect, in truth and justice; there is none who can change his words: He both heareth and knoweth
Easy-read (simplified)wa'in tuti' akthara man fee l-'ardi yudillooka 'an sabeeli llaahi in yattabi'oona illaa z-zanna wa'in hum illaa yakhrusoon
DIN 31635waʾin tuṭiʿ ʾakṯara man fī l-ʾarḍi yuḍillūka ʿan sabīli llāhi ʾin yattabiʿūna ʾillā ẓ-ẓanna waʾin hum ʾillā yaḫruṣūna
Talal Itani2012 If you were to obey most of those on earth, they would divert you from God's path. They follow nothing but assumptions, and they only conjecture.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 If thou obeyedst most of those on earth they would mislead thee far from Allah's way. They follow naught but an opinion, and they do but guess
Edward Henry Palmer1880 But if thou followest most of those who are in the land, they will lead thee astray from the path of God; they only follow suspicion and they only (rest on) conjecture
John Medows Rodwell1861 But if thou obey most men in this land, from the path of God will they mislead thee: they follow but a conceit, and they are only liars
George Sale1734 But if thou obey the greater part of them who are in the earth, they will lead thee aside from the path of God: They follow an uncertain opinion only, and speak nothing but lies
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0.644
Share of measured verses above it
33%
Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.57
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.53
Talal Itani · George Sale0.52
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.51
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.50
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.44
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.43
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.40
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.36
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.35
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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.