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Talal Itani· published 2012
It is they who say: "Do not spend anything on those who side with God's Messenger, unless they have dispersed." To God belong the treasures of the heavens and the earth, but the hypocrites do not understand.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
They it is who say: Spend not on behalf of those (who dwell) with Allah's messenger that they may disperse (and goaway from you); when Allah's are the treasures of the heavens and the earth; but the hypocrites comprehend not
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
They it is who say, 'Expend not in alms upon those who are with the Apostle of God, in order that they may desert him!' - but God's are the treasures of the heavens and the earth; but the hypocrites have no sense
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
These are they who say to you of Medina, "Spend not aught upon those who are with the Apostle of God, and they will be forced to quit him." Yet the treasures of the Heavens and of the Earth are God's! But the Hypocrites have no understanding
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
These are the men who say to the inhabitants of Medina, do not bestow any thing on the refugees who are with the apostle of God, that they may be obliged to separate from him. Whereas unto God belong the stores of heaven and earth: But the hypocrites do not understand
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
Janë pikërisht ata që thonë: "Mos u jepni atyre që janë pranë të Dërguarit të Allahut, në mënyrë që të largohen prej tij!" Ndërkohë, të Allahut janë thesaret e qiejve e të Tokës, por dyfytyrëshit nuk e kuptojnë.
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
তারাই (এসব মুনাফিকরাই) বলে: যারা আল্লাহর রাসূলের কাছে আছে, তোমরা তাদের জন্য খরচ করো না; যতক্ষণ না তারা তার কাছ থেকে সরে যায়। আর আসমানসমূহ ও জমিনের ধন-ভাণ্ডার তো আল্লাহরই; কিন্তু মুনাফিকরা তা বুঝে না।
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 govore: “Ne udjeljujte ništa onima koji su uz Allahova Poslanika da bi ga napustili!” A riznice nebesa i Zemlje Allahove su, ali licemjeri ne shvataju.
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
Oni govore: “Ne udjeljujte ništa onima koji su uz Allahova Poslanika da bi ga napustili!” A riznice nebesa i Zemlje Allahove su, ali licemjeri ne shvaćaju.
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
Ko ɓeen ngoni wiooɓe wote nafqee wonɓe e sera nelaaɗà haa ɓe ceerta na woodani Alla moftirɗi kammuuji e leydi kono tan naafiqeeɓe ɓe paamatah.
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
ისინი [თვალთმაქცები] არიან, ვინც ამბობენ (მედინის მცხოვრებლებს): «ნუ დახარჯავთ მათზე, ვინც ალლაჰის შუამავალთან არიან [მექქიდან მასთან გადასახლებულებზე], სანამ ისინი (მას) არ დატოვებენ!» მაგრამ ალლაჰს ეკუთვნის ცათა და მიწის საუნჯეები, თუმცა თვალთმაქცებს ეს არ ესმით.
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
Sie sind es, die sagen: „Gebt nicht aus für diejenigen, die beim Gesandten Allahs sind, bis sie auseinander(gehen) (und von ihm davon)laufen.“ Doch Allah gehören die Schatzkammern der Himmel und der Erde. Aber die Heuchler verstehen nicht.
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
Είναι αυτοί (οι υποκριτές) που λένε (στους κατοίκους της Μαντίνας, τους Αλ-Ανσάρ): «Μην ξοδεύετε γι’ αυτούς που είναι μαζί με τον Αγγελιαφόρο του Αλλάχ (που μετανάστευσαν από τη Μάκκα προς τη Μαντίνα), μέχρι να χωριστούν απ' αυτόν.» Και στον Αλλάχ ανήκουν τα θησαυροφυλάκια των ουρανών και της γης, μα οι υποκριτές δεν το καταλαβαίνουν.
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
ये वही लोग हैं, जो कहते हैं कि उन लोगों पर खर्च न करो, जो अल्लाह के रसूल के पास हैं, यहाँ तक कि वे तितर-बितर हो जाएँ। हालाँकि आकाशों और धरती के खज़ाने अल्लाह ही के हैं। परंतु मुनाफ़िक़ नहीं समझते।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Loro sono quelli che dicono: «Non spendete (aiutate economicamente) per quelli che seguono il Messaggero di Allāh, finché non lo abbandonano». Ma ad Allāh appartengono i tesori dei cieli e della terra, anche se gli ipocriti non lo capiscono.
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
7. Jie yra tie, kurie sako: „Neaukokite tiems, kurie yra su Allaho Pasiuntiniu, kol jie išsiskirstys.“ Ir Allahui priklauso dangų ir žemės lobynai, tačiau veidmainiai to nesuvokia.
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
Isaan warra "namoota Ergamaa Rabbii bira jiranirratti hin arjoominaa hanga isaan faffaca'anutti " jedhanuudha. Kuusaaleen samiileefi dachii kan Rabbiiti; garuu munaafiqoonni hin hubatanu.
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
Они и есть те, которые говорят: «Не расходуйте на тех, кто находится при Посланнике Аллаха, чтобы они разошлись», — тогда как Аллаху принадлежат сокровищницы небес и земли. Однако лицемеры не разумеют.
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
Они говоре: “Не удељујте ништа онима који су уз Аллаховог Посланика, не би ли га напустили!” А ризнице небеса и Земље су Аллахове, али лицемери не схватају.
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
Hao ndio wanaosema: Msitoe mali kwa ajili ya walioko kwa Mtume wa Mwenyezi Mungu, ili waondokelee mbali! Na Mwenyezi Mungu ndiye Mwenye hazina za mbingu na ardhi, lakini wanafiki hawafahamu.
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Det är de som säger: ”Spendera inte på de som följer Guds sändebud förrän de skingras [och överger honom].” Himlarnas och jordens skatter tillhör dock Gud – något dessa skenbart troende inte förstår.
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; "Allah’ın Rasûlünün yanındaki kimselere infakta bulunmayın ki dağılıp gitsinler." diyenlerdir. Oysa göklerin ve yerin hazineleri Allah’ındır. Fakat münafıklar anlayamazlar.
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
یہی وه ہیں جو کہتے ہیں کہ جو لوگ رسول اللہ کے پاس ہیں ان پر کچھ خرچ نہ کرو یہاں تک کہ وه ادھر ادھر ہو جائیں[1] اور آسمان وزمین کے کل خزانے اللہ تعالیٰ کی ملکیت ہیں[2] لیکن یہ منافق بے سمجھ ہیں.[3]
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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Talal Itani2012 And when it is said to them, "Come, the Messenger of God will ask forgiveness for you," they bend their heads, and you see them turning away arrogantly.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And when it is said unto them: Come! The messenger of Allah will ask forgiveness for you! they avert their faces and thou seest them turning away, disdainful
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And when it is said to them, 'Come, and the Apostle of God will ask forgiveness for you!' they turn away their heads, and thou mayest see them turning away since they are so big with pride
John Medows Rodwell1861 And when it is said to them, "Come, the Apostle of God will ask pardon for you," they turn their heads aside, and thou seest them withdraw in their pride
George Sale1734 And when it is said unto them, come, that the apostle of God may ask pardon for you; they turn away their heads, and thou seest them retire big with disdain
Easy-read (simplified)sawaa'un 'alayhim astaghfarta lahum am lam tastaghfir lahum lan yaghfira llaahu lahum inna llaaha laa yahdee l-qawma l-faasiqeen
DIN 31635sawāʾun ʿalayhim ʾastaġfarta lahum ʾam lam tastaġfir lahum lan yaġfira llāhu lahum ʾinna llāha lā yahdī l-qawma l-fāsiqīna
Talal Itani2012 It is the same for them, whether you ask forgiveness for them, or do not ask forgiveness for them; God will not forgive them. God does not guide the sinful people.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Whether thou ask forgiveness for them or ask not forgiveness for them is all one for them; Allah will not forgive them. Lo! Allah guideth not the evil-living folk
Edward Henry Palmer1880 It is the same to them whether thou dost ask forgiveness for them, or whether thou dost not ask forgiveness for them,- God will not forgive them; verily, God guides not a people who work abomination
John Medows Rodwell1861 Alike shall it be to them whether thou ask forgiveness for them, or ask it not. By no means will God forgive them: God hath no guidance for a perverse people
George Sale1734 It shall be equal unto them, whether thou ask pardon for them, or do not ask pardon for them; God will by no means forgive them: For God directeth not the prevaricating people
Talal Itani2012 They say, "If we return to the City, the more powerful therein will evict the weak." But power belongs to God, and His Messenger, and the believers; but the hypocrites do not know.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 They say: Surely, if we return to Al-Madinah the mightier will soon drive out the weaker; when might belongeth to Allah and to His messenger and to the believers; but the hypocrites know not
Edward Henry Palmer1880 They say, 'If we return to el Medinah, the mightier will surely drive out the meaner therefrom;' but to God belongs the might, and to His Apostle and to the believers; but the hypocrites do not know
John Medows Rodwell1861 They say: "If we return to the city, the mightier will assuredly drive out the weaker from it." But might is with God, and with the Apostle, and with the Faithful! Yet the Hypocrites understand not
George Sale1734 They say, verily, if we return to Medina, the worthier shall expel thence the meaner. Whereas superior worth belongeth unto God, and his apostle, and the true believers: But the hypocrites know it not
Talal Itani2012 O you who believe! Let neither your possessions nor your children distract you from the remembrance of God. Whoever does that-these are the losers.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 O ye who believe! Let not your wealth nor your children distract you from remembrance of Allah. Those who do so, they are the losers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 O ye who believe! let not your property nor your children divert you from the remembrance of God, - for whosoever does that, they are those who lose
John Medows Rodwell1861 O ye who believe! let not your wealth and your children delude you into forgetfulness of God. Whoever shall act thus, shall surely suffer loss
George Sale1734 O true believers, let not your riches or your children divert you from the remembrance of God: For whosoever doth this, they will surely be losers
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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
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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
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.70
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.69
Talal Itani · George Sale0.67
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.65
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.64
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.59
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.58
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.57
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.56
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.51
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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.