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Talal Itani· published 2012
If you repent to God, then your hearts have listened. But if you bandtogether against him, then God is his Ally, as is Gabriel, and the righteous believers. In addition, the angels will assist him.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
If ye twain turn unto Allah repentant, (ye have cause to do so) for your hearts desired (the ban); and if ye aid one another against him (Muhammad) then lo! Allah, even He, is his ProtectingFriend, and Gabriel and the righteous among the believers; and furthermore the angels are his helpers
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
If ye both turn repentant unto God, - for your hearts have swerved! - but if ye back each other up against him,- verily, God, He is the sovereign; and Gabriel and the righteous of the believers, and the angels after that, will back him up
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
If ye both be turned to God in penitence, for now have your hearts goneastray . . . . but if ye conspire against the Prophet, then know that God is his Protector, and Gabriel, and every just man among the faithful; and the angels are his helpers besides
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
If ye both be turned unto God -- for your hearts have swerved -- it is well: But if ye join against him, verily God is his patron; and Gabriel, and the good man among the faithful, and the angels also are his assistants
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
Nëse ju të dyja pendoheni tek Allahu, bëni gjënë e duhur, sepse zemrat tuaja tashmë kishin anuar[1]; e, nëse ju bashkoheni kundër tij, atëherë ta dini se Allahu është Mbrojtës i tij, e edhe Xhibrili dhe besimtarët e mirë, e pastaj edhe melekët e mbështesin atë.
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
যদি তোমরা (২ উভয়ে আল্লাহর কাছে তাওবা করো । কারণ তোমাদের উভয়ের অন্তর বাঁকা হয়েছে। আর যদি তোমরা তার (নবীর) বিরুদ্ধে পরস্পরকে সাহায্য করো, তবে আল্লাহই তার অভিভাবক এবং জিবরীল ও সৎকর্মশীল মু’মিনরাও (তার বন্ধু ও সাহায্যকারী)। তাছাড়া অন্যান্য ফিরিশতারাও তার সাহায্যকারী।
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
Ako vas dvije učinite pokajanje Allahu, pa, vi ste bile učinile ono zbog čega je trebalo da se pokajete. A ako se protiv njega udružite, pa, Allah je zaštitnik njegov, i Džibril, i čestiti vjernici; najposlije, i svi meleki će mu podrška biti.
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
Ako vas dvije učinite pokajanje Allahu, pa, vi ste bile učinile ono zbog čega ste se i trebale pokajati. A ako se protiv njega udružite, pa, Allah je zaštitnik njegov, i Gabrijel, i čestiti vjernici; najposlije, i svi anđeli će mu podrška biti.
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
Si on tuubi fa'ade e Alla sabu ɓerɗe mon ɗe ooñinooma si on mballandirii e dow makko, ko Alla woni ballo makko e jIbriil e gooŋɗinɓe moƴƴuɓe e Malaeyka en caggal ɗuum koɗi ballooji.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
თუ თქვენ ორივე — ჰაფსა და ‘აიშა — ალლაჰს მიმართავთ სინანულით, მაშინ (ეს აუცილებელია), რადგან თქვენი გულები გადაიხარა (იმ საქმისკენ), რაც ალლაჰის მოციქულს არ სურდა. ხოლო თუ თქვენ ერთმანეთს მხარს დაუჭერთ მის წინააღმდეგ — მაშინ უეჭველად ალლაჰია მისი მფარველი, ასევე (ანგელოზი) ჯიბრილი და მართალი მორწმუნეები. და ამის შემდეგ ანგელოზებიც ეხმარებიან მას [მოციქულს] მათ წინააღმდეგ, ვინც მას აწყენინებს და მტრობენ.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Wenn ihr beide(n Frauen) euch in Reue Allah zuwendet, so werden eure Herzen sich ja (der Aufrichtigkeit) zuneigen. Und wenn ihr beide einander gegen ihn (also den Propheten) beisteht, so ist Allah fürwahr sein Schutzherr; und Jibril, die Rechtschaffenen von den Gläubigen und die Engel werden darüber hinaus Beistand (für ihn) sein.
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
Αν εσείς οι δύο (σύζυγοι του Προφήτη, η Αΐσα και η Χάφσα), στραφείτε με μεταμέλεια στον Αλλάχ (γι’ αυτό που κάνατε, αυτό θα είναι καλύτερο για σας), επειδή οι καρδιές σας έκλιναν (προς κάτι που δεν άρεσε στον Προφήτη)· και αν συνεργαστείτε εναντίον του (Μωχάμμαντ), τότε, στ’ αλήθεια ο Αλλάχ είναι ο Υποστηρικτής του, και επίσης ο Τζιμπρείλ (Γαβριήλ) και οι ενάρετοι πιστοί· και οι άγγελοι μετά απ' αυτό είναι (επίσης) υποστηρικτές και βοηθοί (του Προφήτη).
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
यदि तुम दोनों[4] अल्लाह के समक्ष तौबा करो, क्योंकि निश्चय तुम दोनों के दिल झुक गए हैं। और यदि तुम उनके विरुद्ध एक-दूसरे की सहायता करोगी, तो निःसंदेह अल्लाह उनका सहायक है तथा जिब्रील और सदाचारी ईमान वाले और इसके बाद समस्त फ़रिश्ते (उनके) सहायक हैं।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Se tornate pentiti ad Allāh, i vostri cuori saranno tornati sulla Retta Via. Se invece tramerete contro di lui, in verità Allāh è il suo protettore, e Jibrīl, e i pii tra i credenti, e gli angeli dopo di loro, sono suoi sostenitori.
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
4. Jei jūs abi (žmonos) atgailausite Allahui, (tai geriausia), nes jūsų širdys nuklydo. Tačiau jei jūs padėsite viena kitai prieš jį (Muchammedą ﷺ ), tada tikrai Allahas yra jo Globėjas ir Džibrilis (Gabrielius), ir teisingi tikintieji, ir angelai, be to, yra (jo) padėjėjai.
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
Если вы обе покаетесь пред Аллахом, [то это — лучше для вас], ведь ваши сердца уже уклонились. А если вы будете поддерживать друг друга против него, то, воистину, Аллах — его Покровитель, а также Джибриль и праведные из верующих, и ангелы после этого — [его] помощники.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
Ако се вас две покајете Аллаху, па, ви сте биле учиниле оно због чега је требало да се покајете. А ако се против њега удружите, па, Аллах је заштитник његов, и анђео Гаврило, и честити верници; на крају, и сви анђели ће му подршка бити.
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
Kama nyinyi wawili hamtatubia kwa Mwenyezi Mungu, basi nyoyo zenu zimekwishaelekea huko. Na mkisaidiana dhidi yake (Mtume), basi hakika Mwenyezi Mungu ndiye kipenzi chake, na Jibrili, na Waumini wema, na zaidi ya hayo Malaika pia watasaidia.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Ni båda [hustrur] bör ångra er inför Gud, då era hjärtan har avvikit [från det rätta]. Men om ni samarbetar mot honom, är Gud förvisso hans stöd, liksom Gabriel, och de rättfärdiga troende – i tillägg till änglarna som också är honom till hjälp.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
Eğer sizler (iki hanımı) Allah'a tevbe ederseniz (ne iyi); çünkü kalpleriniz eğrilik gösterdi. Eğer ona karşı birbirinize arka çıkarsanız, kuşkusuz onun velisi Allah’tır. Cebrâîl, salih Müminler ve melekler de bundan sonra ona yardımcılardır.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
(اے نبی کی دونوں بیویو!) اگر تم دونوں اللہ کے سامنے توبہ کرلو (تو بہت بہتر ہے[1] ) یقیناً تمہارے دل جھک پڑے ہیں[2] اور اگر تم نبی کے خلاف ایک دوسرے کی مدد کرو گی پس یقیناً اس کا کارساز اللہ ہے اور جبریل ہیں اور نیک اہل ایمان اور ان کے علاوه فرشتے بھی مدد کرنے والے 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 God has decreed for you the dissolution of your oaths. God is your Master. He is the All-Knowing, the Most Wise.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Allah hath made lawful for you (Muslims) absolution from your oaths (of such a kind), and Allah is your Protector. He is the Knower, the Wise
Edward Henry Palmer1880 God has allowed you to expiate your oaths; for God is your sovereign, and He is the knowing, the wise
John Medows Rodwell1861 God hath allowed you release from your oaths; and God is your master: and He is the Knowing, Wise
George Sale1734 God hath allowed you the dissolution of your oaths: And God is your master; and He is knowing and wise
Talal Itani2012 The Prophet told something in confidence to one of his wives. But when she disclosed it, and God made it known to him; he communicated part of it, and he avoided another part. Then, when he informed her of it, she said, "Who informed you of this?" He said, "The All-Knowing, the All-Informed, informed me."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 When the Prophet confided a fact unto one of his wives and when she afterward divulged it and Allah apprised him thereof, he made known (to her) part thereof and passed over part. And when he told it her she said: Who hath told thee? He said: The Knower, the Aware hath told me
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And when the prophet told as a secret to one of his wives a recent event, and when she gave information thereof and exposed it, he acquainted her with some of it and avoided part of it. But when he informed her of it, she said, 'Who told thee this?' he said, 'The wise one, the well-aware informed me
John Medows Rodwell1861 When the prophet told a recent occurrence as a secret to one of his wives, and when she divulged it and God informed him of this, he acquainted her with part and withheld part. And when he had told her of it, she said, "Who told thee this?" He said, "The Knowing, the Sage hath told it me
George Sale1734 When the prophet intrusted as a secret unto one of his wives a certain accident; and when she disclosed the same, and God made it known unto him; he acquainted her with part of what she had done, and forbore to upbraid her with the other part thereof. And when he had acquainted her therewith, she said, who hath discovered this unto thee? He answered, the knowing, the sagacious God hath discovered it unto me
Talal Itani2012 Perhaps, if he divorces you, his Lord will give him in exchange wives better than you: submissive, believing, obedient, penitent, devout, fasting-previously married, or virgins.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 It may happen that his Lord, if he divorce you, will give him in your stead wives better than you, submissive (to Allah), believing, pious, penitent, devout, inclined to fasting, widows and maids
Edward Henry Palmer1880 It may be that his Lord if he divorce you will give him in exchange wives better than you, Muslims, believers, devout, repentant, worshipping, given to fasting - such as have known men and virgins too
John Medows Rodwell1861 Haply if he put you both away, his Lord will give him in exchange other wives better than you, Muslims, believers, devout, penitent, obedient, observant of fasting, both known of men and virgins
George Sale1734 If he divorce you, his Lord can easily give him in exchange other wives better than you, women resigned unto God, true believers, devout, penitent, obedient, given to fasting, both such as have been known by other men, and virgins
Talal Itani2012 O you who believe! Protect yourselves and your families from a Fire, whose fuel is people and stones. Over it are angels, fierce and powerful. They never disobey God in anything He commands them, and they carry out whatever they are commanded.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 O ye who believe! Ward off from yourselves and your families a Fire whereof the fuel is men and stones, over which are set angels strong, severe, who resist not Allah in that which He commandeth them, but do that which they are commanded
Edward Henry Palmer1880 O ye who believe! save yourselves and your families from the fire, whose fuel is men and stones;- over it are angels stout and stern; they disobey not God in what He bids them, but they do what they are bidden
John Medows Rodwell1861 O Believers! save yourselves and your families from the fire whose fuel is men and stones, over which are set angels fierce and mighty: they disobey not God in what He hath commanded them, but execute His behests
George Sale1734 O true believers, save your souls, and those of your families, from the fire whose fuel is men and stones, over which are set angels fierce and terrible; who disobey not God in what He hath commanded them, but perform what they are commanded
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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
0.67 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 Rodwell0.71
Talal Itani · George Sale0.71
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.70
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.70
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.70
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.69
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.65
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.65
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.60
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.55
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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.