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.
O race of Djinn and men! came not apostles to you from among yourselves, rehearsing my signs to you, and warning you of the meeting of this your day? They shall say, "We bear witness against ourselves." This world's life deceived them; and they shall bear witness against themselves that they were infidels
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Compare translations (4)Talal Itani· published 2012
"O assembly of jinn and humans, did there not come to you messengers from among you, relating to you My revelations, and warning you of the meeting of this Day of yours?" They will say, "We testify against ourselves." The life of the world seduced them. They will testify against themselves that they were disbelievers.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
O ye assembly of the jinn and humankind! Came there not unto you messengers of your own who recounted unto you My tokens and warned you of the meeting of this your Day? They will say: We testify against ourselves. And the life of the world beguiled them. And they testify against themselves that they were disbelievers
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 assembly of ginns and men! did there not come to you apostles from among yourselves, relating to you our signs, and warning you of the meeting of this very day of yours? They say, 'We bear witness against ourselves.' The life of this world deceived them, and they bear witness against themselves that they were unbelievers
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
O company of genii and men, did not messengers from among your selves come unto you, rehearsing my signs unto you, and forewarning you of the meeting of this your day? They shall answer, we bear witness against our selves: The present life deceived them: And they shall bear witness against themselves that they were 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
O shoqëria e xhinëve dhe njerëzve, a nuk ju erdhën të dërguar nga mesi juaj për t'jua treguar ajetet e Mia dhe për t'ju paralajmëruar për takimin e kësaj dite? Ata do të thonë: "Ne dëshmojmë kundër vetvetes." Ata i mashtroi jeta e kësaj bote, kështu që ata do të dëshmojnë kundër vetes se ishin jobesimtarë.
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
হে জিন ও মানবজাতি, তোমাদের মধ্য থেকে কি তোমাদের নিকট রাসূলগণ আসেনি, যারা তোমাদের নিকট আমার আয়াতসমূহ বর্ণনা করত এবং তোমাদের এই দিনের সাক্ষাতের ব্যাপারে তোমাদেরকে সতর্ক করত?’ তারা বলবে: ‘আজ আমরা আমাদের নিজেদের বিরুদ্ধে সাক্ষ্য দিচ্ছি।’ আর দুনিয়ার জীবন তাদেরকে ধোঁকায় ফেলে দিয়েছে। আর তারা নিজেদের বিরুদ্ধে সাক্ষ্য দিবে যে, তারা ছিল কাফির।
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
"O skupe džinski i ljudski, zar vam iz redova vaših nisu dolazili poslanici koji su vam ajete Moje kazivali i upozoravali vas da ćete ovaj vaš dan dočekati?" Oni će reći: "Mi svjedočimo protiv sebe." Njih je život na Zemlji bio obmanuo i oni će sami protiv sebe posvjedočiti da su bili nevjernici.
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
O skupe džinski i ljudski, zar vam iz redova vaših nisu dolazili poslanici koji su vam ajete Moje kazivali i upozoravali vas da ćete ovaj vaš dan dočekati? Oni će reći: "Mi svjedočimo protiv sebe." Njih je život na Zemlji bio obmanuo i oni će sami protiv sebe posvjedočiti da su bili nevjernici.
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
Ko onon yo dental jinneeji e yimɓe, e araani e mo'on Nulaaɓe jeyaaɓe e mo'on, ɓe no pillanoo on Aayeeje Am ɗe, ɓe ndeentina on kawrugol ndee ɗoo Ñalaande mon? Ɓe mbi'a : "min seedike e hoore pittaali amen". Nguurndam aduna ɗam hodi ɓe ; ɓe ceeditii e hoore pittaali maɓɓe ɗin won de ɓe laatino heeferɓe.
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
ჰეი, ჯინთა და ადამიანთა კრებულო! განა არ მოდიოდნენ თქვენთან მოციქულები თქვენგანვე, რომლებიც გიკითხავდნენ ჩემს ნიშნებს (აიათებს) და გაფრთხილებდნენ ამ თქვენს შეხვედრის დღის შესახებ? (და) იტყვიან (მრავალღმერთიანები ჯინთა და ადამიანთა შორის): «ვმოწმობთ ჩვენ საკუთარი თავის წინააღმდეგ[1]». და მოხიბლა ისინი ამქვეყნიურმა ცხოვრებამ და თავადვე დაამოწმეს საკუთარი თავის წინააღმდეგ, რომ იყვნენ ურწმუნოები.
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
(Allah wird zu ihnen sagen:) „O Gesellschaft der Jinn und der Menschen, sind denn nicht zu euch Gesandte von euch (selbst) gekommen, die euch Meine Zeichen berichtet und euch vor dem Eintreffen dieses euren Tages gewarnt haben?“ Sie werden sagen: „(Doch,) wir bezeugen gegen uns selbst.“ So hat sie das diesseitige Leben getäuscht, und sie bezeugen gegen sich selbst, dass sie Ungläubige waren.
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
(Θα τους πούμε την Ημέρα της Κρίσεως): «Ω, τζινν και άνθρωποι! Δεν ήρθαν σ' εσάς Αγγελιαφόροι από ανάμεσά σας, οι οποίοι σας απήγγειλαν τα Εδάφιά Μου και σας προειδοποίησαν για τη συνάντηση αυτής της Ημέρας σας;» Θα πουν: «Μαρτυρούμε εναντίον του εαυτού μας.» Τους παραπλάνησε η εγκόσμια ζωή (με τις απολαύσεις και τα στολίδια της), και θα μαρτυρήσουν εναντίον του εαυτού τους, ότι ήταν (κατά την εγκόσμια ζωή) άπιστοι, (αλλά δεν θα τους ωφελήσει ούτε η μαρτυρία τους, ούτε το να πιστέψουν εκείνη την Ημέρα)!
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 अल्लाह कहेगा :) ऐ जिन्नों तथा मनुष्यों के समूह! क्या तुम्हारे पास तुममें से कोई रसूल नहीं आए[82], जो तुमपर मेरी आयतें बयान करते हों और तुम्हें तुम्हारे इस दिन की मुलाक़ात से डराते हों? वे कहेंगे : हम अपने आपपर गवाही देते हैं। तथा उन्हें सांसारिक जीवन ने धोखा दिया। और वे अपने आपपर गवाही देंगे कि निश्चय वे काफ़िर थे।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
»O demoni e umani, non vi sono arrivati dei profeti tra voi stessi che vi hanno raccontato dei Miei segni, avvertendovi di questo incontro, in questo vostro Giorno?” Dissero: «Testimoniamo in verità contro noi stessi!» Li ha sedotti questa vita terrena – e certo hanno testimoniato contro loro stessi di essere stati miscredenti.
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
130. Džinų ir žmonijos susirinkime! „Argi pas jus neatėjo Pasiuntiniai iš jūsų tarpo, recituojantys jums Mano Eilutes ir įspėjantys jus dėl jūsų susitikimo šią Dieną?“ Jie sakys: „Mes liudijame patys prieš save.“ Tai šis žemiškasis gyvenimas juos suklaidino. Ir jie liudys patys prieš save, kad jie buvo netikintieji.
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
"Yaa garee jinniifi namaa! Sila ergamtoonni isin irraa ta’an kan keeyyattoota kiyya isin irratti qara’aniifi qunnamtii guyyaa keessanii kana kan isin dinniinanu isinitti hin dhufnee?" (jedhamu). "Nuti lubbuulee keenya irratti ragaa baanee jirra" jedhan. Jireenyi addunyaa isaan gowwoomsite. isaan kaafiroota akka turan lubbuulee isaanii irratti ragaa ba’an.
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
О сборище джиннов и людей! Неужели не приходили к вам посланники из вас самих, которые рассказывали вам о Моих знамениях и предупреждали вас о встрече с этим днём? Они скажут: «Мы свидетельствуем против самих себя!» Их обольстила мирская жизнь, и они засвидетельствовали против самих себя, что были отвергшими веру.
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
О скупе џински и људски, зар вам из редова ваших нису долазили посланици који су вам речи и доказе Моје казивали и упозоравали вас да ћете да дочекате овај ваш дан? Они ће рећи: „Да, ми сведочимо против себе.“ Њих је живот на Земљи био обмануо и они ће сами против себе да посведоче да су били неверници.
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
Enyi kundi la majini na watu! Je, hawakuwajia Mitume kutokana na nyinyi wenyewe wakiwabainishia Aya zangu, na wakiwasimulia kukutana na Siku yenu hii? Nao watasema, “Tumeshuhudia juu ya nafsi zetu.” Na yaliwadanganya maisha ya dunia. Nao watashuhudia dhidi yao wenyewe ya kwamba walikuwa makafiri.
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
”Församlade jinner och människor! Kom det inte sändebud ur era egna led till er, som förkunnade mina tecken för er och varnade er för mötet med denna dag?” De ska svara: ”Vi vittnar mot oss själva.” Det jordiska livet bedrog dem, och de ska vittna mot sig själva att de var otrogna.
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
“Ey cin ve insan topluluğu! İçinizden size ayetlerimi anlatan ve bu günle karşılaşacağınıza dair, sizi uyaran rasûller gelmedi mi?” Onlar: "Biz kendi aleyhimize şahidiz" diyeceklerdir. Dünya hayatı onları aldattı da, kâfir olduklarına dair kendi aleyhlerine şahitlik ettiler.
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
اے جنات اور انسانوں کی جماعت! کیا تمہارے پاس تم میں سے ہی پیغمبر نہیں آئے تھے[1] ، جو تم سے میرے احکام بیان کرتے اور تم کو اس آج کے دن کی خبر دیتے؟ وه سب عرض کریں گے کہ ہم اپنے اوپر اقرار کرتے ہیں اور ان کو دنیاوی زندگی نے بھول میں ڈالے رکھا اور یہ لوگ اقرار کرنے والے ہوں گے کہ وه کافر تھے۔[2]
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
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.
Talal Itani2012 On the Day when He gathers them all together: "O assembly of jinn, you have exploited multitudes of humans." Their adherents among mankind will say, "Our Lord, we have profited from one another, but we have reached the term that you have assigned for us." He will say, "The Fire is your dwelling, wherein you will remain, except as God wills. Your Lord is Wise and Informed.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 In the day when He will gather them together (He will say): O ye assembly of the jinn! Many of humankind did ye seduce. And their adherents among humankind will say: Our Lord! We enjoyed one another, but now we have arrived at the appointed term which Thou appointedst for us. He will say: Fire is your home. Abide therein for ever, save him whom Allah willeth (to deliver). Lo! thy Lord is Wise, Aware
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And on the day when He shall gather them all together, 'O assembly of the ginns! ye have got much out of mankind.' And their clients from among mankind shall say, 'O our Lord! much advantage had we one from another;' but we reached our appointed time which thou hadst appointed for us. Says He, 'The fire is your resort, to dwell therein for aye! save what God pleases; verily, thy Lord is wise and knowing
John Medows Rodwell1861 On the day whereon God shall gather them all together . . . "O race of Djinn," will He say, "much did ye exact from mankind." And their votaries from among men shall say, "O our Lord! we rendered one another mutual services: but we have reached our set term, which thou hast set for us." He will say, "Your abode the fire! therein abide ye for ever: unless as God shall will." Verily, thy Lord is Wise, Knowing
George Sale1734 Think on the day whereon God shall gather them all together, and shall say, O company of genii, ye have been much concerned with mankind; and their friends from among mankind shall say, O Lord, the one of us hath received advantage from the other, and we are arrived at our limited term which Thou hast appointed us. God will say, hell fire shall be your habitation, therein shall ye remain for ever; unless as God shall please to mitigate your pains, for thy Lord is wise and knowing
Talal Itani2012 That is because your Lord would not destroy towns for injustice while their inhabitants are unaware.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 This is because thy Lord destroyeth not the townships arbitrarily while their people are unconscious (of the wrong they do)
Edward Henry Palmer1880 That is because thy Lord would never destroy towns unjustly while their people are careless
John Medows Rodwell1861 This, because thy Lord would not destroy the cities in their sin, while their people were yet careless
George Sale1734 This hath been the method of God's dealing with his creatures, because thy Lord would not destroy the cities in their iniquity, while their inhabitants were careless
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 —
0.53 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
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.65
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.64
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.61
Talal Itani · George Sale0.59
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.56
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.51
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.45
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.44
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.44
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.44
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.
Sources, editions and licences for everything above
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
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.