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Talal Itani· published 2012
It is He Who takes you by night, and He knows what you earn by day. Then He raises you up in it, until a fixed term is fulfilled. Then to Him is your return, then He will inform you of what you used to do.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
He it is Who gathereth you at night and knoweth that which ye commit by day. Then He raiseth you again to life therein, that the term appointed (for you) may be accomplished. And afterward unto Him is your return. Then He will proclaim unto you what ye used to do
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
He it is who takes you to Himself at night, and knows what ye have gained in the day; then He raises you up again, that your appointed time may be fulfilled; then unto Him is your return, and then will He inform you of what ye have done
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
It is He who taketh your souls at night, and knoweth what ye have merited in the day: then he awaketh you therein, that the set life-term may be fulfilled: then unto Him shall ye return; and then shall be declare to you that which ye have wrought
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And He it is who takes your soul by night and knows what you do by day, then He raises you up again therein, that the appointed term may be completed. Then to Him is your return. Then will He inform you of what you used to do
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
Është Ai që jua merr shpirtrat natën (duke qenë në gjumë) dhe e di se çfarë keni bërë ditën. Pastaj ju zgjon për të përmbushur afatin e caktuar. Më pas, tek Ai do të ktheheni e mandej Ai do t'ju njoftojë për atë që keni punuar.
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
আর তিনিই রাতে তোমাদেরকে মৃত্যু দেন এবং দিনে তোমরা যা উপার্জ ন করো তিনি তা জানেন। তারপর তিনি তোমাদেরকে দিনে পুনরায় জাগিয়ে তুলেন, যাতে নির্দিষ্ট মেয়াদ পূর্ণ করা হয়। তারপর তাঁর দিকেই তোমাদের প্রত্যাবর্তন। তারপর তোমরা যা যা করতে, তিনি তোমাদেরকে সে বিষয়ে অবহিত করবেন।
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.2
Bosanski · Bosnian
On vas noću umrtvljuje – a zna i šta ste preko dana uradili – zatim vas danju budi, kako bi rok koji je svakome određen prošao. Na kraju, Njemu ćete se vratiti i On će vas o onome što ste radili obavijestiti.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4
Hrvatski · Croatian
On vas noću umrtvljuje – a zna i što ste preko dana uradili – zatim vas danju budi, kako bi rok koji je svakome određen, prošao. Na kraju, Njemu ćete se vratiti i On će vas o onome što ste radili obavijestiti.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Fulfulde · Fulani
Ko Kaŋko woni ƴettitoowo on jemma, homo Anndi ko faggitiɗon ñalawma. refti o Immintina on ontuma fii timmine lajal innaangal. refti ko ka makko woni ruttorde mon, refti o yeetitoo on kon ko ngollaynoɗon.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
და (მხოლოდ) იგია, ვინც გაძინებთ ღამით, და იცის, რას იძენთ დღის განმავლობაში. შემდეგ იგი გაცოცხლებთ მასში, რათა შესრულდეს დანიშნული ვადა[1]. შემდეგ მისკენ იქნება თქვენი დაბრუნება, და შემდეგ იგი გაუწყებთ, რასაც აკეთებდით.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Und Er ist es, Der euch bei Nacht sterben lässt und weiß, was ihr bei Tag begangen habt, und euch hierauf an ihm auferweckt, damit eine festgesetzte Frist erfüllt wird. Dann wird eure Rückkehr zu Ihm sein, und hierauf wird Er euch kundtun, was ihr zu tun pflegtet.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Είναι Αυτός που παίρνει τις ψυχές σας τη νύχτα (προσωρινά) [ο μικρός θάνατος -Αλ-Μάουτα Ασ-Σούγρα-] και γνωρίζει ό,τι κάνετε την ημέρα, έπειτα σας ανασταίνει την ημέρα (αφού έχει πάρει τις ψυχές σας τη νύχτα, ώστε να σηκωθείτε για τις πράξεις σας), μέχρι να εκπληρωθεί ένας ορισμένος χρόνος (ζωής σας). Έπειτα, προς Αυτόν θα είναι η επιστροφή σας και έπειτα θα σας ενημερώσει για ό,τι κάνατε.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
और वही है, जो रात को तुम्हारी रूह़ क़ब्ज़ कर लेता है तथा जानता है जो कुछ तुमने दिन में कमाया। फिर वह तुम्हें उस (दिन) में उठा देता है, ताकि निर्धारित अवधि[46] पूरी की जाए। फिर उसी की ओर तुम्हारा लौटना है, फिर वह तुम्हें बताएगा जो कुछ तुम किया करते थे।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
E Lui è Colui che vi fa morire di notte e sa cosa avete fatto di giorno; poi vi risuscita in questo mondo, perché si compia un termine prescritto, poi a Lui sarà il vostro ritorno, poi vi informerà di ciò che avete fatto.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
60. Tai Jis, Kuris paima jūsų sielas naktį (kai jūs miegate), ir turi žinias apie viską, ką jūs darėte dieną, tada Jis pakelia (pažadina) jus vėl, kad būtų išpildytas nustatytas terminas (jūsų gyvenimas), tada (pabaigoje) pas Jį bus jūsų sugrįžimas. Tada Jis praneš jums apie tai, ką jūs darydavote.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.8
Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Inni Isa halkan isin ajjeesuudha (isin raffisuudha); Waan isin guyyaa carraaqxanis ni beeka. Ergasiisa (guyyaa) keessa isin kaasa akka beellamni murtaa'aan dhumuuf. Ergasii deebiin keessan gara Isaati. Ergasii waan isin hojjachaa turtan isinitti hima.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.0
Русский · Russian
Он — Тот, Кто забирает ваши души ночью и знает, что вы обретаете днём; затем Он пробуждает вас в нём, чтобы завершился назначенный срок. Затем к Нему ваше возвращение, затем Он поведает вам о том, что вы совершали.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
Он вас ноћу умртвљује, а зна и шта сте преко дана урадили, затим вас дању буди, како би рок који је свакоме одређен, прошао. На крају, Њему ћете да се вратите и Он ће да вас обавести о ономе шта сте радили.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Naye ndiye anayewafisha usiku, na anakijua mlichokifanya mchana. Kisha Yeye huwafufua humo mchana ili muda uliowekwa utimizwe. Kisha kwake Yeye ndiyo marejeo yenu, kisha atawaambia yale mliyokuwa mkiyafanya.
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Svenska · Swedish
Det är han som tar era själar under natten och han vet vad ni har gjort under dagen. Sedan väcker han er, så att er fastställda tid fullbordas. Därefter ska ni återvända till honom, och han ska då underrätta er om vad ni brukade göra.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
O, geceleyin sizi öldüren (ölümü andıran bir halde uyutan), gündüz de ne işlediğinizi bilendir. Sonra belirlenmiş ecel tamamlansın diye gündüzün sizi dirilten (uyandıran) O'dur. Sonra dönüşünüz yine O'nadır. Sonunda O, yaptıklarınızı size haber verecektir.
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اردو · Urdu
اور وه ایسا ہے کہ رات میں تمہاری روح کو (ایک گونہ) قبض کردیتا ہے[1] اور جو کچھ تم دن میں کرتے ہو اس کو جانتا ہے پھر تم کو جگا اٹھاتا ہے[2] تاکہ میعاد معین تمام کر دی جائے[3] پھر اسی کی طرف تم کو جانا ہے[4] پھر تم کو بتلائے گا جو کچھ تم کیا کرتے تھے۔
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.
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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
Talal Itani2012 He is the Conqueror over His servants, and He sends guardians over you, until, when death overtakes one of you, Our envoys take him away, and they never fail.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 He is the Omnipotent over His slaves. He sendeth guardians over you until, when death cometh unto one of you, Our messengers receive him, and they neglect not
Edward Henry Palmer1880 He triumphs over His servants; He sends to them guardian angels, until, when death comes to any one of you, our messengers take him away; they pass not over any one
John Medows Rodwell1861 Supreme over his servants, He sendeth forth guardians who watch over you, until, when death overtaketh any one of you, our messengers take his soul, and fail not
George Sale1734 And He is Supreme over His servants, and He sends guardians to watch over you, until, when death comes to anyone of you, Our Messengers take his soul, and they fail not
Talal Itani2012 Then they are brought back to God, their True Master. Unquestionably, His is the judgment, and He is the Swiftest of reckoners.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Then are they restored unto Allah, their Lord, the Just. Surely His is the judgment. And He is the most swift of reckoners
Edward Henry Palmer1880 and then are they returned to God, their true sovereign. Is not His the rule? but He is very quick at reckoning up
John Medows Rodwell1861 Then are they returned to God their Lord, the True. Is not judgment His? Swiftest He, of those who take account
George Sale1734 Then they are returned to God, their true Lord. Surely, His is the judgment. And He is the Swiftest of reckoners
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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
33%
Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.67
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.63
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.61
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.54
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.52
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.49
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.48
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.45
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.39
Talal Itani · George Sale0.38
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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.