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Talal Itani· published 2012
Likewise, their idolsentice many idolaters to kill their children, in order to lead them to their ruin, and confuse them in their religion. Had God willed, they would not have done it; so leave them to their fraud.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Thus have their (so-called) partners (of Allah) made the killing of their children to seemfair unto many of the idolaters, that they may ruin them and make their faith obscure for them. Had Allah willed (it otherwise), they had not done so. So leave them alone with their devices
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
Thus too have their associates made seemly to many of the idolaters the killing of their children, to destroy them, and to obscure for them their religion; but had God pleased they would not have done it, leave them alone and that which they have forged
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Thus have the companion-gods induced many of these, who join them with God, to slay their children, that they might ruin them, and throw the cloak of confusion over their religion. But if God had pleased, they had not done this. Therefore, leave them and their devices
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
In likemanner have their companions induced many of the idolaters to slay their children, that they might bring them to perdition, and that they might render their religion obscure and confused unto them. But if God had pleased, they had not done this: Therefore leave them, and that which they falselyimagine
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
Po kështu, shumë idhujtarëve bashkëpunëtorët e tyre ua hijeshuan vrasjen e fëmijëve të tyre për t'i shkatërruar dhe për t'ua ngatërruar fenë. Po të kishte dashur Allahu, ata nuk do ta kishin bërë këtë. Prandaj, lërini ata dhe trillimet e tyre.
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বাংলা · Bengali
আর এভাবে তাদের শরিক শয়তানরা বহু মুশরিকদের নিকট তাদের সন্তানদের হত্যাকে সুশোভিত করেছে , তাদের ধ্বংসের উদ্দেশ্যে এবং তাদের দীন সম্বন্ধে তাদের বিভ্রান্তি সৃষ্টির জন্যে। আর আল্লাহ ইচ্ছে করলে, তারা এসব করতে পারতো না। কাজেই তাদেরকে তাদের মিথ্যা রটনা নিয়েই থাকতে দাও।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
Mnogim su mušricima isto tako šejtani njihovi ubijanje vlastite djece lijepim prikazali, da bi ih upropastili i da bi ih u vjeri njihovoj zbunili. A da je Allah htio, oni to ne bi činili. Zato, i njih i njihove izmišljotine ostavi!
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Hrvatski · Croatian
Mnogim su mnogobošcima isto tako vragovi njihovi ubijanje vlastite djece lijepim prikazali, da bi ih upropastili i da bi ih u vjeri njihovoj zbunili. A da je Allah htio, oni to ne bi činili. Zato, i njih i njihove izmišljotine ostavi!
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Ko wano non kafidiiɗi ko heewi e sirkooɓe ɓen cuɗirani ɓe bargol ɓiɗɓe maɓɓe, fii yo ɗi halkuɓe e fii yo ɓe njiiɓ diine maɓɓe kan. Sinno Alla Muuyuno, ɓe mbaɗataano ɗum. Tertodu ɓe e ko ɓe pekintoo.
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ქართული · Georgian
და ასე გაუმშვენეს მათ თანამოზიარეებმა [სატანებმა] ბევრ მრავალღმერთიანს საკუთარი შვილების მოკვლა, რათა დაღუპონ ისინი და დაუბნელონ მათთვის მათი სარწმუნოება.
და რომ ალლაჰს ენება, ისინი ამას ვერ გააკეთებდნენ. მაშ, დატოვე ისინი და ის, რასაც ისინი იგონებენ!
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Deutsch · German
Und auf diese Weise haben vielen der Götzendiener ihre Teilhaber das Töten ihrer Kinder ausgeschmückt, um sie ins Verderben zu stürzen und um ihnen ihre Religion zu verdecken. Wenn jedoch Allah wollte, hätten sie es nicht getan. So lasse sie (allein) mit dem, was sie an Lügen ersinnen!
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Ελληνικά · Greek
Επίσης, οι εταίροι (οι διάβολοί) τους (των ειδωλολατρών) έκαναν να φανεί καλό στα μάτια των ειδωλολατρών η δολοφονία των παιδιών τους (από φόβο για τη φτώχεια ή την ατίμωση), για να τους καταστρέψουν (με το να διαπράξουν αυτό το έγκλημα που απαγόρεψε ο Αλλάχ) και να τους μπερδέψουν στη θρησκεία τους (και να μην ξέρουν τι επιτρέπεται και τι απαγορεύεται). Αν ήθελε ο Αλλάχ, δε θα το έκαναν, γι' αυτό άφησέ τους λοιπόν και ό,τι ψέματα επινοούν.
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हिन्दी · Hindi
और इसी प्रकार, बहुत-से मुश्रिकों के लिए, उनके बनाए हुए साझियों ने, उनकी अपनी संतान की हत्या[86] को सुंदर बना दिया है, ताकि उनका विनाश कर दें और ताकि उनके धर्म को उनपर संदिग्ध कर दें। और यदि अल्लाह चाहता, तो वे ऐसा न करते। अतः आप उन्हें छोड़ दें तथा उनकी बनाई हुई बातों को।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
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Italiano · Italian
Ed è così che è stata abbellita a molti degli idolatri l’uccisione dei loro figli, da parte dei loro demoni, per sviarli e confondere la loro religione. E se Allāh avesse voluto, quelli non l’avrebbero mai fatto, quindi lasciali nelle loro menzogne.
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
137. Ir tokiu būdu daugybei Mušrikūn (daugiadievių – žr. ają 2:105) jų (taip vadinami Allaho) „partneriai“ padarė atrodant teisingą savo vaikų žudymą tam, kad nuvestų juos į savo pačių susinaikinimą ir supainiotų jų tikėjime. Ir jei Allahas būtų panorėjęs, jie nebūtų taip pasielgę. Taigi, palikite juos vienus su savo prasimanymais.
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Русский · Russian
Так их сотоварищи многим из придающих Аллаху сотоварищей приукрасили убийство их собственных детей, чтобы погубить их и запутать им их религию. Если бы Аллах пожелал, этого бы они не совершили. Так оставь же их и то, что они измышляют!
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Српски · Serbian
Многим незнанобошцима су исто тако њихови ђаволи убијање властите деце лепим приказали, да би их упропастили и да би их у вери њиховој збунили. А да је Аллах хтео, они то не би чинили. Зато, остави и њих и њихове измишљотине!
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Na kadhalika hao washirika wao wamewapambia wengi katika washirikina kuwaua watoto wao ili kuwaangamiza na kuwachanganyia dini yao. Na lau kuwa Mwenyezi Mungu angelipenda, wasingelifanya hayo. Basi waache na hayo wanayozua ya uongo.
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Svenska · Swedish
På samma sätt förskönade även deras medhjälpare [bland djävlarna] för många av avgudadyrkarna [sedvanan] att döda sina barn, i syfte att fördärva dem och förvränga deras religion för dem. Om Gud hade velat hade de inte gjort det, så lämna dem med deras påhitt.
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Türkçe · Turkish
Böylece onların ortakları, müşriklerden bir çoğuna evlatlarını öldürmeyi de hoş göstermiştir. Hem onları helâk etmek için, hem de dinlerini kendilerine karma karışık etmek için. Eğer Allah dileseydi bunu yapamazlardı. Öyleyse onları uydurduklarıyla baş başa bırak!
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اردو · Urdu
اور اسی طرح بہت سے مشرکین کے خیال میں ان کے معبودوں نے ان کی اوﻻد کے قتل کرنے کو مستحسن بنا رکھا ہے[1] تاکہ وه ان کو برباد کریں اور تاکہ ان کے دین کو ان پر مشتبہ کردیں[2] اور اگر اللہ کو منظور ہوتا تو یہ ایسا کام نہ کرتے[3] تو آپ ان کو اور جو کچھ یہ غلط باتیں بنا رہے ہیں یونہی رہنے دیجئے۔
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DIN 31635qul yā qawmi ʿmalū ʿalā makānatikum ʾinnī ʿāmilun fasawfa taʿlamūna man takūnu lahu ʿāqibatu d-dāri ʾinnahu lā yufliḥu ẓ-ẓālimūna
Talal Itani2012 Say, "O my people! Work according to your ability, and so will I." You will come to know to whom will belong the sequel of the abode." The wrongdoers will not prevail.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Say (O Muhammad): O my people! Work according to your power. Lo! I too am working. Thus ye will come to know for which of us will be the happy sequel. Lo! the wrong-doers will not be successful
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Say, 'O my people! act according to your power, verily, I am acting too; and soon shall ye know whose is the future of the abode!' verily, the unjust shall not prosper
John Medows Rodwell1861 SAY: O my people! Act as ye best can: I verily will act my part, and hereafter shall ye know Whose will be the recompense of the abode! Verily, the ungodly shall not prosper
George Sale1734 Say unto those of Mecca, O my people, act according to your power; verily I will act according to my duty: And hereafter shall ye know whose will be the reward of paradise. The ungodly shall not prosper
Talal Itani2012 And they set aside for God a share of the crops and the livestock He created, and they say, "This is for God," according to their claim, "and this is for our idols." But the share of their idols does not reach God, yet the share of God reaches their idols. Evil is their judgment.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 They assign unto Allah, of the crops and cattle which He created, a portion, and they say: "This is Allah's" - in their make-believe - "and this is for (His) partners in regard to us." Thus that which (they assign) unto His partners in them reacheth not Allah and that which (they assign) unto Allah goeth to their (so-called) partners. Evil is their ordinance
Edward Henry Palmer1880 They set apart for God, from what He raises of tilth and of cattle, a portion, and they say, 'This is God's;' - as they pretend - ' and this is for our associates;' but that which is for their associates reaches not to God, and that which was for God does reach to their associates;- evil is it what they judge
John Medows Rodwell1861 Moreover, they set apart a portion of the fruits and cattle which he hath produced, and say, "This for God" - so deem they - "And this for his companions, whom we associate with Him." But that which is for these companions of theirs, cometh not to God; yet that which is for God, cometh to the companions! Ill do they judge
George Sale1734 Those of Mecca set apart unto God a portion of that which he hath produced of the fruits of the earth, and of cattle; and say, this belongeth unto God, -- according to their imaginations, -- and this unto our companions. And that which is destined for their companions cometh not unto God; yet that which is set apart unto God cometh unto their companions. How ill do they judge
DIN 31635waqālū hāḏihi ʾanʿāmun waḥarṯun ḥiǧrun lā yaṭʿamuhā ʾillā man našāʾu bizaʿmihim waʾanʿāmun ḥurrimat ẓuhūruhā waʾanʿāmun lā yaḏkurūna sma llāhi ʿalayhā ftirāʾan ʿalayhi sayaǧzīhim bimā kānū yaftarūna
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Talal Itani2012 And they say, "These animals and crops are restricted; none may eat them except those we permit," by their claims, and animals whose backs are forbidden, and animals over which they do not pronounce the name of God-fabricating lies against Him. He will repay them for what they used to invent.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And they say: Such cattle and crops are forbidden. No-one is to eat of them save whom we will - in their make-believe - cattle whose backs are forbidden, cattle over which they mention not the name of Allah. (All that is) a lie against Him. He will repay them for that which they invent
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And they say, 'These cattle and tilth are inviolable; none shall taste thereof, save such as we please' - as they pretend - and there are cattle whose backs are prohibited, and cattle over whom God's name is not pronounced,- forging a lie against Him! He shall reward them for what they have forged
John Medows Rodwell1861 They also say, "These cattle and fruits are sacred: none may taste them but whom we please:" so deem they - "And there are cattle, whose backs should be exempt from labour." And there are cattle over which they do not pronounce the name of God: inventing in all this a lie against Him. For their inventions shall He reward them
George Sale1734 They also say, these cattle and fruits of the earth are sacred; none shall eat thereof but who we please, -- according to their imagination; -- and there are cattle whose backs are forbidden to be rode on, or loaden with burdens; and there are cattle on which they commemorate not the name of God when they slay them, devising a lie against him: God shall reward them for that which they falsely devise
Talal Itani2012 And they say, "What lies in the wombs of these animals is exclusively for our males, and prohibited to our wives." But if it is stillborn, they can share in it. He will surely punish them for their allegations. He is Wise and Knowing.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And they say: That which is in the bellies of such cattle is reserved for our males and is forbidden to our wives; but if it be born dead, then they (all) may be partakers thereof. He will reward them for their attribution (of such ordinances unto Him). Lo, He is Wise, Aware
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And they say, 'What is in the wombs of these cattle is unlawful for our wives, but if it be (born) dead, then are they partners therein.' He will reward them for their attribution; verily, He is wise and knowing
John Medows Rodwell1861 And they say, "That which is in the wombs of these cattle is allowed to our males, and forbidden to our wives;" but if it prove abortive, both partake of it. God shall reward them for their distinctions! Knowing, Wise is He
George Sale1734 And they say, that which is in the bellies of these cattle, is allowed our males to eat, and is forbidden to our wives: But if it prove abortive, then they are both partakers thereof. God shall give them the reward of their attributing these things to him: He is knowing and wise
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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
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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 · John Medows Rodwell0.71
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.69
Talal Itani · George Sale0.69
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.67
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.66
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.63
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.62
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.57
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.53
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.52
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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.