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It is to these we give the Book and judgment and prophecy; and if these disbelieve therein we have given them in charge to a people who shall not disbelieve
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Those are they unto whom We gave the Scripture and command and prophethood. But if these disbelieve therein, then indeed We shall entrust it to a people who will not be disbelievers therein
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
John Medows Rodwell1808–1900 · published 1861
These are they to whom we gave the Scripture and Wisdom and Prophecy: but if these their posteritybelieve not therein, we will entrust these gifts to a people who will not disbelieve therein
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
It is to these whom We gave the Book and dominion and Prophethood. But if they are ungrateful for these favours it matters not, for We have now entrusted them to a people who are not ungrateful for them
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
Këta janë ata të cilëve ua kemi dhënë Librin, Urtësinë dhe pejgamberinë. Nëse ata i mohojnë këto, atëherë ne do t'ia besojmë ato një populli që nuk do t'i mohojë.
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
এরাই তারা (সেসব নবীগণ), যাদেরকে আমি কিতাব, হিকমাত ও নবুওয়্যাত দান করেছি। অতএব তারা (তোমার সম্প্রদায়) যদি (উপরিউক্ত তিনটি বিষয়) এর সাথে কুফরী করে, তবে (কোনো পরওয়া নেই, কারণ) আমি এগুলোর তত্ত্বাবধায়ক এমন সম্প্রদায়কে করেছি, যারা এগুলোর অস্বীকারকারী (কাফির) নয়।(১৫)
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
To su oni kojima smo Mi Knjigu i mudrost i vjerovjesništvo dali. Pa ako oni u to ne vjeruju, Mi smo to povjerili ljudima koji to ne niječu.
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
To su oni kojima smo Mi Knjigu i mudrost i vjerovjesništvo dali. Pa ako oni u to ne vjeruju, Mi smo to povjerili ljudima koji to ne niječu.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Fulfulde · Fulani
Ko ɓeen woni ɓe min ngokki deftere nden e Ñeñƴal ngal e Annabaaku nguu. Si ɓee jeddii ɗin, gooŋɗii Min pawii ɗi yimɓe, ɓe laataaki yeddooɓe ɗi.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
ესენი არიან ისინი, ვისაც ჩვენ ვუწყალობეთ წიგნი, სიბრძნე [ცოდნა და შარიათის გაგება] და წინასწარმეტყველება. ხოლო თუ ესენი [მექქელები და სხვები] არ ირწმუნებენ მას [ყურანის აიათებს], მაშინ ჩვენ მას ვანდობთ იმ ხალხს, რომლებიც არ უარყოფენ მას[1].
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
Jene sind es, denen Wir die Schrift, das Urteil und das Prophetentum gegeben haben. Wenn aber diese es verleugnen, so haben Wir damit schon (andere) Leute betraut, die dem gegenüber nicht ungläubig sind.
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
Εκείνοι (οι προφήτες) είναι αυτοί που τους δώσαμε το Βιβλίο και τη σοφία (την κατανόηση της θρησκείας) και τους κάναμε προφήτες. Αλλά εάν αυτοί (οι ειδωλολάτρες από τον λαό σου, ω, Μωχάμμαντ) αρνούνται να πιστέψουν σ' αυτά (δηλ, το Βιβλίο, τη σοφία και την αποστολή σου ως Προφήτη), πράγματι, τα έχουμε εμπιστευτεί σ' άλλους που δεν τα αρνούνται (δηλ. στους συντρόφους σου από τους Αλ-Μουχατζιρείν -οι μετανάστες από τη Μάκκα- και τους Αλ-Ανσάρ -οι κάτοικοι της Μαντίνας- και τους πιστούς Μουσουλμάνους μέχρι την Ημέρα της Κρίσεως).
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
यही वे लोग हैं जिन्हें हमने पुस्तक, हिकमत एवं नुबुव्वत प्रदान की। फिर यदि ये (मुश्रिक) इन बातों का इनकार करें, तो हमने इन (बातों) के लिए ऐसे लोग नियत किए हैं, जो इनका इनकार करने वाले नहीं।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Sono quelli a cui Noi abbiamo dato il Libro, il Giudizio e la Profezia; se loro dovessero poi negarle, sappi che li abbiamo affidati a un popolo che non le negherà.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
89. Jie yra tie, kuriems Mes suteikėme Knygą, Al-Hukm (tikėjimo normų supratimą) ir Pranašavimą. Tačiau, jei jie tuo netiki (Knygą, Al-Hukm ir Pranašavimą), tada iš tiesų, Mes patikėjome tai žmonėms (tokiems kaip Pranašo Muchammedo ﷺ kompanjonai), kurie nėra netikintys tuo.
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.
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
Такие — те, кому Мы даровали Писание, мудрость и пророчество. Если они отвергнут это, то Мы уже поручили это людям, которые никогда не отвергнут этого.
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
То су они којима смо Ми дали Књигу и мудрост и веровесништво. Па ако они у то не верују, Ми смо то поверили људима који то не негирају.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Hao ndio tuliowapa Kitabu, na hukumu, na Unabii. Kwa hivyo, ikiwa hawa (makafiri) watayakufuru, basi hakika tumekwishayawakilisha kwa kaumu wasioyakufuru.
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Dessa är de som vi gav skriften, visdomen och profetskapet. Om dessa [bland ditt folk] förkastar tron på detta har vi redan anförtrott det åt ett folk som inte kommer att förkasta tron på det.
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
Onlar, kendilerine kitap, hikmet ve nübüvvet verdiğimiz kimselerdir. Şimdi bunlar (Kureyşliler) onları inkâr edip, küfre sapıyorlarsa biz de yerlerine onları inkâr edip, küfre sapmayan bir topluluğu onlara vekil kılarız.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
یہ لوگ ایسے تھے کہ ہم نے ان کو کتاب اور حکمت اور نبوت عطا کی تھی سو اگر یہ لوگ نبوت کا انکار کریں[1] تو ہم نے اس کے لئے ایسے بہت سے لوگ مقرر کردیئے ہیں جو اس کے منکر نہیں ہیں۔[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
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DIN 31635wamin ʾābāʾihim waḏurriyyātihim waʾiḫwānihim waǧtabaynāhum wahadaynāhum ʾilā ṣirāṭin mustaqīmin
Talal Itani2012 And of their ancestors, and their descendants, and their siblings-We chose them, and guided them to a straight path.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 With some of their forefathers and their offspring and their brethren; and We chose them and guided them unto a straight path
Edward Henry Palmer1880 and of their fathers and their seed and brethren; we have chosen them and guided them into a right way
John Medows Rodwell1861 And some of their fathers, and of their offspring, and of their brethren: and we chose them, and guided them into the straight way
George Sale1734 And We exalted some of their fathers and their children and their brethren, and We chose them and We guided them in the straight path
Easy-read (simplified)dhaalika hudaa llaahi yahdee bihi man yashaa'u min 'ibaadihi walaw ashrakoo lahabita 'anhum maa kaanoo ya'maloon
DIN 31635ḏālika hudā llāhi yahdī bihi man yašāʾu min ʿibādihi walaw ʾašrakū laḥabiṭa ʿanhum mā kānū yaʿmalūna
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 Such is God's guidance. He guides with it whomever He wills of His servants. Had they associated, their deeds would have gone in vain.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Such is the guidance of Allah wherewith He guideth whom He will of His bondmen. But if they had set up (for worship) aught beside Him, (all) that they did would have been vain
Edward Henry Palmer1880 That is God's guidance; He guides those whom He will of His servants; and if they associate aught with Him,- vain is that which they have worked
John Medows Rodwell1861 This is God's guidance: He guideth by it such of his servants as he will: But if they join others god with Him, vain assuredly shall be all their works
George Sale1734 That is the guidance of God. He guides thereby those of His servants whom He pleases. And if they had worshiped aught beside Him, surely all they did would have been of no avail to them
Easy-read (simplified)oolaa'ika lladheena hadaa llaahu fabihudaahumu qtadih qul laa as'alukum 'alayhi ajran in huwa illaa dhikraa lil'aalameen
DIN 31635ʾūlāʾika llaḏīna hadā llāhu fabihudāhumu qtadih qul lā ʾasʾalukum ʿalayhi ʾaǧran ʾin huwa ʾillā ḏikrā lilʿālamīna
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 Those are they whom God has guided, so follow their guidance. Say, "I ask of you no compensation for it; it is just a reminder for all mankind."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Those are they whom Allah guideth, so follow their guidance. Say (O Muhammad, unto mankind): I ask of you no fee for it. Lo! it is naught but a Reminder to (His) creatures
Edward Henry Palmer1880 It is these that God hath guided, and by their guidance be thou led. Say, 'I will not ask you for it a hire: it is naught save a reminder to the worlds
John Medows Rodwell1861 These are they whom God hath guided: follow therefore their guidance. SAY: No pay do I ask of you for this: Verily it is no other than the teaching for all creatures
George Sale1734 These it is whom God guide aright, so follow thou their guidance. Say, 'I ask not of you any reward for it. This is naught but an admonition for all mankind
Talal Itani2012 They do not value God as He should be valued, when they say, "God did not reveal anything to any human being." Say, "Who revealed the Scripture which Moses brought-a light and guidance for humanity?" You put it on scrolls, displaying them, yet concealing much. And you were taught what you did not know-neither you, nor your ancestors. Say, "God;" then leave them toying away in their speculation.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And they measure not the power of Allah its true measure when they say: Allah hath naught revealed unto a human being. Say (unto the Jews who speak thus): Who revealed the Book which Moses brought, a light and guidance for mankind, which ye have put on parchments which ye show, but ye hide much (thereof), and (by which) ye were taught that which ye knew not yourselves nor (did) your fathers (know it)? Say: Allah. Then leave them to their play of cavilling
Edward Henry Palmer1880 They do not prize God at His true worth when they say, 'God has never revealed to mortal anything.' Say, 'Who revealed the Book wherewith Moses came, a light and a guidance unto men? Ye put it on papers which ye show, though ye hide much; and ye are taught what ye knew not, neither you nor your fathers.' Say, 'God,' then leave them in their discussion to play
John Medows Rodwell1861 No just estimate do they form of God when they say, "Nothing hath God sent down to man." SAY: Who sent down the Book which Moses brought, a light and guidance to man, which ye set down on paper, publishing part, but concealing most: though ye have now been taught that which neither ye nor your fathers knew? SAY: It is God: then leave them in their pastime of cavillings
George Sale1734 And they do not make a just estimate of the attributes of God, when they say, 'God has not revealed anything to any man. Say, 'Who revealed the Book which Moses brought, a light and a guidance for the people -- though you treat it as scrapes of paper, some of which you show while you hide much thereof and you have been taught that which neither you nor your fathers knew?' Say, 'God.' Then leave them to amuse themselves with idle talk
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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
0.60 on a scale
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The cut
0.644
Share of measured verses above it
33%
Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.69
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.65
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.65
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.63
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.63
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.62
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.59
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.59
Talal Itani · George Sale0.48
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.44
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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.