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Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Then are they restored unto Allah, their Lord, the Just. Surely His is the judgment. And He is the most swift of reckoners
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
and then are they returned to God, their true sovereign. Is not His the rule? but He is very quick at reckoning up
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Then they are returned to God, their true Lord. Surely, His is the judgment. And He is the Swiftest of reckoners
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
Pastaj ata do të kthehen tek Allahu, Mbrojtësi i tyre i vërtetë. Vini re! Vetëm Atij i takon gjykimi dhe Ai është llogaritësi më i shpejtë.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
বাংলা · Bengali
তারপর তাদেরকে তাদের সত্যিকার মালিক আল্লাহর দিকে প্রত্যাবর্তিত করা হবে। জেনে রেখো, সমস্ত হুকম তো তাঁরই এবং তিনি সবচেয়ে দ্রুত হিসেব গ্রহণকারী।
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
Oni će, poslije, Allahu biti vraćeni, svome istinskom Zaštitniku. Samo će se On pitati i On će najbrže obračun svidjeti.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4
Hrvatski · Croatian
Oni će, poslije, Allahu biti vraćeni, svome istinskom Zaštitniku. Samo će se On pitati i On će najbrže obračun svidjeti.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Refti ɓe ndutte ta Alla, giɗo maɓɓe goonga on. Faamee ko Kaŋko tan ñaawoore nden woodani, ko Kaŋko ɓuri yaawude ñaawooɓe.
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ქართული · Georgian
შემდეგ ისინი დაბრუნდებიან ალლაჰთან, მათ ჭეშმარიტ მფარველთან. დიახ, მას ეკუთვნის გადაწყვეტილება, და იგი — ყველაზე სწრაფია ანგარიშის მომკითხველთა შორის.
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Deutsch · German
Hierauf werden sie zu Allah, ihrem wahren Schutzherrn, zurückgebracht. Sicherlich, Sein ist das Urteil, und Er ist der schnellste Berechner.
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Ελληνικά · Greek
Έπειτα (όλοι εκείνοι των οποίων οι ψυχές αφαιρέθηκαν) θα επιστρέψουν στον Αλλάχ, τον Αληθινό Κύριο τους. Πράγματι, η κρίση ανήκει μόνο σ' Αυτόν, και Αυτός είναι ο Ταχύτερος απ' αυτούς που υπολογίζουν (στο να καταμετρήσει τις πράξεις σας και έπειτα είτε να σας τιμωρήσει, είτε να σας ανταμείψει γι' αυτές).
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हिन्दी · Hindi
फिर वे अल्लाह की ओर लौटाए जाएँगे, जो उनका वास्तविक स्वामी है। सावधान! उसी को निर्णय करने का अधिकार है और वही सब हिसाब लेने वालों से अधिक शीध्र हिसाब लेने वाला है।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
poi sono fatti tornare ad Allāh, il loro Sovrano, la Verità – non appartiene a Lui il Giudizio? – e Lui è il più rapido Calcolatore.
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
62. Tada jie grąžinami pas Allahą, jų Tikrąjį Maula [Tikrąjį Šeimininką (Dievą), Teisingąjį Viešpatį (kad jiems atlygintų)]. Iš tiesų, Jam priklauso sprendimas ir Jis yra Greičiausias atsiskaityti.
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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Ergasiis gara Gooftaa isaanii dhugaa ta'e, gara Rabbii deebifamu. Dhagayaa! murtiin kan Isaa qofa. Inni irra arifataa qorattootaati.
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Русский · Russian
Затем они будут возвращены к Аллаху, своему истинному Покровителю. Знайте: Ему принадлежит суд, и Он — самый скорый в расчёте.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
Они ће, после, Аллаху да буду враћени, своме истинском Заштитнику. Само Њему припада суд, и Он ће најбрже обрачун да сведе.
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Kisha watarudishwa kwa Mwenyezi Mungu, Mola wao wa Haki. Hakika, hukumu ni yake. Naye ni Mwepesi zaidi kuliko wote wanaohisabu.
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Svenska · Swedish
Därefter förs de tillbaka till Gud, deras sanne Herre. Det är hans dom som gäller, och han är den snabbaste att kalla till räkenskap.
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Türkçe · Turkish
Sonra gerçek mevlâları olan Allah’a döndürülürler. Dikkat edin, hüküm O’na aittir. O, hesap görenlerin en hızlısıdır.
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اردو · Urdu
پھر سب اپنے مالک حقیقی کے پاس ﻻئے جائیں گے[1] ۔ خوب سن لو فیصلہ اللہ ہی کا ہوگا اور وه بہت جلد حساب لے گا۔
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Talal Itani2012 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.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 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
Edward Henry Palmer1880 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
John Medows Rodwell1861 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
George Sale1734 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
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
Easy-read (simplified)qul man yunajjeekum min zulumaati l-barri wal-bahri tad'oonahu tadarru'an wakhufyatan la'in anjaanaa min haadhihi lanakoonanna mina sh-shaakireen
DIN 31635qul man yunaǧǧīkum min ẓulumāti l-barri wal-baḥri tadʿūnahu taḍarruʿan waḫufyatan laʾin ʾanǧānā min hāḏihi lanakūnanna mina š-šākirīna
Talal Itani2012 Say, "Who delivers you from the darkness of land and sea?" You call upon Him humbly and inwardly: "If He delivers us from this, We will surely be among the thankful."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Say: Who delivereth you from the darkness of the land and the sea? Ye call upon Him humbly and in secret, (saying): If we are delivered from this (fear) we truly will be of the thankful
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Say, 'Who rescues you from the darkness of the land and of the sea?' ye call upon Him in humility and in secret, 'Indeed, if He would rescue us from this, we will surely be of those who give Him thanks
John Medows Rodwell1861 SAY: Who rescueth you from the darkness of the land and of the sea, when humbly and secretly ye cry to Him - "If thou rescue us from this, we will surely be of the thankful
George Sale1734 Say, 'Who delivers you from the calamities of the land and the sea, when you call upon Him in humility and in secret, saying, 'If He deliver us from this, we will surely be of those who are grateful
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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
0.52 on a scale
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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 · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.73
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.63
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.60
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.57
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.57
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.54
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.48
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.44
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.33
Talal Itani · George Sale0.30
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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.