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Talal Itani· published 2012
Perhaps, if he divorces you, his Lord will give him in exchange wives better than you: submissive, believing, obedient, penitent, devout, fasting-previouslymarried, or virgins.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
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
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
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
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
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
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
If he divorce you, his Lord can easily give him in exchange other wives better than you, womenresigned unto God, true believers, devout, penitent, obedient, given to fasting, both such as have been known by other men, and virgins
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 ai ju lëshon, Zoti i tij mund t'ju zëvendësojë me gra më të mira se ju: muslimane, besimtare, të përkushtuara, të penduara, adhuruese, agjëruese dhe të martuara më parë e të virgjra.
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
নবী যদি তোমাদের সকলকে তালাক দেয়, তবে আশা করা যায় তার রব তোমাদের পরিবর্তে তোমাদের চাইতে উত্তম স্ত্রী তাকে দিবেন, যারা মুসলিমা, মু’মিনা, আনুগত্যকারী, তাওবাকারী, ‘ইবাদতকারী, সিয়াম পালনকারী, অকুমারী ও কুমারী।
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.2
Bosanski · Bosnian
Ako vas on pusti, Gospodar njegov će mu dati, umjesto vas, bolje supruge; muslimanke, mu’minke, pokorne Allahu, pokajnice, pobožne, koje poste, i udavane i djevice.
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 on pusti, Gospodar njegov će mu dati, umjesto vas, bolje supruge; muslimanke, vjernice, pokorne Allahu, pokajnice, pobožne, koje poste, i udavane i djevice.
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
Yaama de joom makko si o ceeriiɓe nde o wostantoo mbo ɓurɓe mon moƴƴude juulɓe gooŋɗinɓe ɗoftiiɓe tuubooɓe rewooɓe Alla hoorooɓe Seemedɓe e boomi.
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
შესაძლოა, მისმა უფალმა, თუ ის [მოციქული] თქვენთან განქორწინდება, მას თქვენზე უკეთესი ცოლებით ჩაანაცვლოს — სრულად ერთგულებით (ალლაჰზე), მორწმუნეებით, მორჩილებით, მომნანიებლებით, ბევრ თაყვანისმცემლებით, მარხულებით — როგორც უკვე გათხოვილებით, ასევე ქალწულებით.
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
Vielleicht wird sein Herr ihm, wenn er sich von euch (allen) scheidet, zum Tausch (andere) Gattinnen geben, (die) besser (sind) als ihr: (nämlich) muslimische, gläubige, demütig ergebene, in Reue umkehrende, (Allah) dienende und umherziehende, früher verheiratete (Frauen) oder Jungfrauen.
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
Ίσως, αν (ο Προφήτης) σάς δώσει (σε όλες) διαζύγιο, ο Κύριός του να του δώσει (αντί για σας) άλλες συζύγους καλύτερες απ' εσάς – υποταγμένες (στον Αλλάχ), πιστές, ευλαβικά υπάκουες (προς τον Αλλάχ), που στρέφονται με μεταμέλεια προς τον Αλλάχ, λάτρεις (προς τον Αλλάχ) και που νηστεύουν (για χάρη του Αλλάχ), οι οποίες είτε θα έχουν παντρευτεί προηγουμένως, είτε θα είναι παρθένες.
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
यदि वह (नबी) तुम्हें तलाक़ दे दें, तो निकट है कि उनका पालनहार तुम्हारे बदले में उन्हें तुमसे बेहतर पत्नियाँ प्रदान कर दे, जो इस्लाम वालियाँ, ईमान वालियाँ, आज्ञापालन करने वालियाँ, तौबा करने वालियाँ, इबादत करने वालियाँ, रोज़ा रखने वालियाँ, पहले से शादीशुदा तथा कुँवारियाँ हों।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Se divorziate, forse il suo Dio gli darà in cambio mogli migliori di voi, musulmane, credenti, pie, penitenti, devote, digiunanti, sia sposate in precedenza, sia pure.
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
5. Galbūt jo Viešpats, jei jis išsiskirtų su (visomis) jumis, pakeistų jam žmonas į geresnes nei jūs – nuolankias (Allahui), tikinčias, nuoširdžiai paklusnias, atgailaujančias, garbinančias ir pasninkaujančias – (tokias) anksčiau ištekėjusias ir tyras.
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
Yoo inni isin hiike, Gooftaan isaa niitolee kan isin irra caalan bakka isaaf buusuun ni kajeelama. (dubartoota) Muslimoota, mu’uminoota, ajajamtoota, toobbattoota, (Rabbiin) gabbartoota, soomantoota, kan beeraa fi dubra ta'an.
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
Может быть, его Господь, если он даст вам развод, заменит ему жёнами, лучшими, чем вы: покорными [Аллаху], верующими, смиренными, кающимися, поклоняющимися, постящимися, — как ранее бывшими замужем, так и девственницами.
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
Ако вас он разведе, његов Господар ће да му подари, уместо вас, боље супруге; муслиманке, вернице, покорне Аллаху, покајнице, побожне, које посте, и удаване и девице.
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
Asaa Mola wake Mlezi, akikupeni talaka, akampa wake wengine badala yenu nyinyi, walio bora kuliko nyinyi, wanyenyekevu, Waumini, watawa, waliotubu, wenye kushika ibada, wafanyao heri, waliowahi kuoleka na wale ambao hawajawahi kuoleka.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Om han skulle skilja sig från er, kan det hända att hans Herre ger honom bättre hustrur i ert ställe – muslimska, troende kvinnor som är hängivna, botfärdiga och fromma i sin dyrkan; fastande kvinnor – såväl tidigare gifta som jungfrur.
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
Eğer o sizi boşarsa, Rabbi ona sizden daha hayırlı, Müslüman, inanan, sebatla itaat eden, tövbe eden, ibadet eden, oruç tutan, dul ve bakire eşler verebilir.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
اگر وه (پیغمبر) تمہیں طلاق دے دیں تو بہت جلد انہیں ان کا رب! تمہارے بدلے تم سے بہتر بیویاں عنایت فرمائے گا[1] ، جو اسلام والیاں، ایمان والیاں اللہ کے حضور جھکنے والیاں توبہ کرنے والیاں، عبادت بجا ﻻنے والیاں روزے رکھنے والیاں ہوں گی بیوه اور کنواریاں.[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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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 If you repent to God, then your hearts have listened. But if you band together against him, then God is his Ally, as is Gabriel, and the righteous believers. In addition, the angels will assist him.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 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 Protecting Friend, and Gabriel and the righteous among the believers; and furthermore the angels are his helpers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 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
John Medows Rodwell1861 If ye both be turned to God in penitence, for now have your hearts gone astray . . . . 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
George Sale1734 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
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
Talal Itani2012 O you who disbelieved! Make no excuses today. You are being repaid for what you used to do.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 (Then it will be said): O ye who disbelieve! Make no excuses for yourselves this day. Ye are only being paid for what ye used to do
Edward Henry Palmer1880 O ye who disbelieve! excuse not yourselves today;- ye shall only be rewarded for that which ye have done
John Medows Rodwell1861 O ye Infidels! make no excuses for yourselves this day; ye shall surely be recompensed according to your works
George Sale1734 O unbelievers, excuse not yourselves this day; ye shall surely be rewarded for what ye have done
These figures count the words the translations share. They measure wording, not meaning, and they do not say which translation is right.
Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
0.57 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
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.67
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.64
Talal Itani · George Sale0.63
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.63
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.56
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.56
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.51
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.51
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.49
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.47
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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.