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Talal Itani· published 2012
Say, "I stand on clear evidence from my Lord, and you have rejected Him. I do not possess what you seek me to hasten; the decision belongssolely to God. He states the truth, and He is the Best of Judges."
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Say: I am (relying) on clear proof from my Lord, while ye deny Him. I have not that for which ye are impatient. The decision is for Allah only. He telleth the truth and He is the Best of Deciders
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
Say, 'I stand on a manifestation from my Lord, which ye call a lie. I have not with me what ye fain would hasten on, ???MISSING
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
SAY: I act upon proofs from my Lord, but ye treat them as falsehoods. That punishment which ye desire to be hastened is not in my power; judgment is with God only: He will declare the truth; and He is the best settler of disputes
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Say, 'I take my stand on a clear evidence from my Lord and you reject it. That which you desire to be hastened is not in my power. The decision rest with God alone. He explains the truth and He is the Best of Judges
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: "Unë jam në një udhëzim të qartë nga Zoti im, ndërsa ju e përgënjeshtroni atë. Nuk është në dorën time ajo që e kërkoni me ngut. Vendimi i takon vetëm Allahut. Ai e thotë të vërtetën dhe Ai është Gjykuesi më i mirë."
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
বলো: ‘নিশ্চয় আমি আমার রবের পক্ষ থেকে সুস্পষ্ট প্রমাণের ওপর আছি ; অথচ তোমরা তা অস্বীকার করছো। তোমরা যা নিয়ে তাড়াহুড়া করছো, তা আমার কাছে নেই। হুকম কেবল আল্লাহরই । তিনি সত্য বর্ণনা করেন এবং তিনি সর্বোত্তম ফয়সালাকারী।’
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
Reci: "Ja sam zaista na jasnoj uputi moga Gospodara, a vi je poričete. Nije u mojoj vlasti ono što vi požurujete; pita se samo Allah, On sudi po pravdi i On je Sudija najbolji."
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
Reci: "Ja sam zaista na jasnoj uputi moga Gospodara, a vi je poričete. Nije u mojoj vlasti ono što vi požurujete; pita se samo Allah, On sudi po pravdi i On je Sudija najbolji."
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
Maaku : "Min miɗo e ɓanngannduyee immorde ka Joomi am, on njeddi ɗum. Mi alaa ko kawjanton kon. Ñaawoore nden ko Alla woodani : Himo Fillo goonga, ko Kaŋko ɓuri moƴƴude e fensitooɓe (seerndooɓe)goona e fenaande.
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
თქვი (ო, მოციქულო): «ჭეშმარიტად, მე ვეყრდნობი ნათელ ნიშანს [მტკიცებულებას] ჩემი უფლისგან, ხოლო თქვენ ამას სიცრუედ მიიჩნევთ. არ მაქვს მე ის, რასაც თქვენ აჩქარებთ. გადაწყვეტილება მხოლოდ ალლაჰს ეკუთვნის: ის ჰყვება ჭეშმარიტებას, და იგი — საუკეთესოა განმმარტებელთაგან».
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
Sag: „Wahrlich, ich habe einen klaren Beweis von meinem Herrn, während ihr Ihn der Lüge bezichtigt. Ich verfüge nicht über das, was ihr zu beschleunigen wünscht. Das Urteil gehört (nur) allein Allah. Er berichtet die Wahrheit, und Er ist der Beste derer, die entscheiden.“
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): «Στέκομαι σε ξεκάθαρες αποδείξεις από τον Κύριό μου, αλλά εσείς το διαψεύσατε (αυτό που μου αποκαλύφθηκε από τον Αλλάχ). Δεν έχω αυτό (το μαρτύριο) που ζητάτε ανυπόμονα. Η απόφαση ανήκει μόνο στον Αλλάχ. Λέει την αλήθεια και είναι ο Καλύτερος από τους κριτές (που διαχωρίζουν την αλήθεια από το ψέμα, και διαχωρίζουν αυτόν που έχει δίκιο απ' αυτόν που έχει άδικο).»
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
आप कह दें कि मैं अपने पालनहार की ओर से एक स्पष्ट प्रमाण पर क़ायम[43] हूँ और तुमने उसे झुठला दिया है। मेरे पास वह चीज़ नहीं है जिसके लिए तुम जल्दी मचा रहे हो। निर्णय अल्लाह के सिवा किसी के अधिकार में नहीं। वह सत्य का वर्णन करता है और वही निर्णय करने वालों में सबसे बेहतर है।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Di’: «Io sono consapevole del mio Dio, ma voi Lo negate! Non possiedo ciò su cui siete impazienti, in verità il giudizio spetta ad Allāh: Lui mostra la verità e Lui è il migliore dei Giudici!»
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
57. Sakyk (Muchammedai ﷺ ): „Aš esu aiškus savo Viešpaties (islamiškojo monoteizmo) įrodymas, tačiau jūs tai neigiate (tiesą, kuri atėjo man iš Allaho). Aš neatnešiau to, ko jūs nekantraudami prašotės (kančios). Sprendimas priklauso tik Allahui, Jis paskelbia tiesą, ir Jis yra Geriausias iš Teisėjų.“
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
Jedhi: "Ani ragaa ifa ta’e kan Gooftaa kiyya irraa tahe irran jira. Isin isa kijibsiiftani. Wanti isin jarjarfattan ana bira hin jiru. Murtiin Rabbiif malee hin taane. Inni dhugaa murteessa. Inni irra caalaa murteessitootaati."
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: «Воистину, я следую ясному доказательству от моего Господа, а вы сочли это ложью. Нет у меня того, с чем вы торопите. Воистину, решение принадлежит не иначе как Аллаху. Он изрекает истину, и Он — лучший из выносящих решение».
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
Реци: „Ја сам заиста на јасној упути мог Господара, а ви је поричете. Није у мојој власти оно што ви пожурујете; пита се само Аллах, Он суди по правди и Он је Судија најбољи.“
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
Sema: Mimi nipo kwenye sheria iliyo wazi itokayo kwa Mola wangu Mlezi, nanyi mnaikanusha. Mimi sina hicho (adhabu) mnachotaka kije haraka. Hakuna hukumu ila ya Mwenyezi Mungu. Yeye anasimulia yaliyo kweli; naye ni Mbora wa kuhukumu kuliko wote.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Säg: ”Jag stödjer mig på ett klart bevis från min Herre, men ni avvisar det. Det som ni vill påskynda ligger inte i min hand; avgörandet tillhör endast Gud. Han berättar sanningen, och han är den bäste att avgöra.”
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
De ki: “Şüphesiz ben Rabbimden gelmiş apaçık bir delil üzerindeyim. Siz ise onu yalanladınız. Sizin acele gelmesini istediğiniz şey (azap), benim yanımda değildir. Hüküm yalnız Allah’a aittir. O, hakkı haber verir. O, (hakkı batıldan) ayırt edenlerin en hayırlısıdır.”
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
آپ کہہ دیجئے کہ میرے پاس تو ایک دلیل ہے میرے رب کی طرف سے[1] اور تم اس کی تکذیب کرتے ہو، جس چیز کی تم جلدبازی کر رہے ہو وه میرے پاس نہیں۔ حکم کسی کا نہیں بجز اللہ تعالیٰ کے[2] اللہ تعالیٰ واقعی بات کو بتلا دیتا ہے[3] اور سب سے اچھا فیصلہ کرنے واﻻ وہی ہے۔
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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Easy-read (simplified)qul innee nuheetu an a'buda lladheena tad'oona min dooni llaahi qul laa attabi'u ahwaa'akum qad dalaltu idhan wamaa anaa mina l-muhtadeen
DIN 31635qul ʾinnī nuhītu ʾan ʾaʿbuda llaḏīna tadʿūna min dūni llāhi qul lā ʾattabiʿu ʾahwāʾakum qad ḍalaltu ʾiḏan wamā ʾanā mina l-muhtadīna
Talal Itani2012 Say, "I am forbidden from worshiping those you pray to besides God." Say, "I will not follow your desires; else I would be lost and not be of those guided."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Say: I am forbidden to worship those on whom ye call instead of Allah. Say: I will not follow your desires, for then should I go astray and I should not be of the rightly guided
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Say, 'I am forbidden to worship those ye call upon beside God;' say, 'I will not follow your lusts, for then should I err and not be of the guided
John Medows Rodwell1861 SAY: Forbidden am I to worship those whom ye call on beside God. SAY: I will not follow your wishes; for then should I have gone astray, and should not be of the guided
George Sale1734 Say, 'I am forbidden to worship those on whom you call besides God.' Say, 'I will not follow your low desires. In that case, I shall have gone astray and I shall not be of the rightly guided
Easy-read (simplified)qul law anna 'indee maa tasta'jiloona bihi laqudiya l-'amru baynee wabaynakum wallaahu a'lamu biz-zaalimeen
DIN 31635qul law ʾanna ʿindī mā tastaʿǧilūna bihi laquḍiya l-ʾamru baynī wabaynakum wallāhu ʾaʿlamu biẓ-ẓālimīna
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 Say, "If I possessed what you seek me to hasten, the matter between you and me would have been settled. God is well aware of the unjust."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Say: If I had that for which ye are impatient, then would the case (ere this) have been decided between me and you. Allah is Best Aware of the wrong-doers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Missing??? that the matter might be settled between me and you; but God knows best who are the unjust
John Medows Rodwell1861 SAY: If what ye would hasten on, were in my power, the matter between me and you had been decided: but God best knoweth the impious
George Sale1734 Say, 'If that which you desire to be hastened were in my power, surely the matter would have been decided between me and you. And God knows best the unjust
Talal Itani2012 With Him are the keys of the unseen; none knows them except He. And He knows everything on land and in the sea. Not a leaf falls but He knows it; and there is not a single grain in the darkness of earth, nor is there anything wet or dry, but is in a clear record.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And with Him are the keys of the Invisible. None but He knoweth them. And He knoweth what is in the land and the sea. Not a leaf falleth but He knoweth it, not a grain amid the darkness of the earth, naught of wet or dry but (it is noted) in a clear record
Edward Henry Palmer1880 With Him are the keys of the unseen. None knows them save He; He knows what is in the land and in the sea; and there falls not a leaf save that He knows it; nor a grain in the darkness of the earth, nor aught that is moist, nor aught that is dry, save that is in His perspicuous Book
John Medows Rodwell1861 And with Him are the keys of the secret things; none knoweth them but He: He knoweth whatever is on the land and in the sea; and no leaf falleth but He knoweth it; neither is there a grain in the darknesses of the earth, nor a thing green or sere, but it is noted in a distinct writing
George Sale1734 And with Him are the keys of the unseen; none knows them but He. And He knows whatsoever is in the land and in the sea. And there falls not a leaf but He knows it; nor is there a grain in the deep darkness of the earth, nor anything green or dry, but it is recorded in a clear book
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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
0.70 on a scale
where 0 means identical wording and 1 means no shared words. It is
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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 · John Medows Rodwell0.83
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.78
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.78
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.74
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.73
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.69
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.68
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.63
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.59
Talal Itani · George Sale0.58
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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.