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Talal Itani· published 2012
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.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
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
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
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
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
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
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
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
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
O ju që besoni! Ruani veten dhe familjet tuaja nga një Zjarr, lëndë djegëse e të cilit janë njerëzit dhe gurët! Atë e mbikëqyrin melekë të ashpër e të fuqishëm, që nuk i kundërshtojnë urdhrat e Allahut dhe bëjnë gjithçka që u urdhërohet.
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
হে তোমরা যারা ঈমান এনেছ! তোমরা নিজেদেরকে ও তোমাদের পরিবার-পরিজনকে জাহান্নামের সেই আগুন থেকে বাঁচাও, যার জ্বালানি হবে মানুষ ও পাথর। এ আগুনের দায়িত্বে নিয়োজিত রয়েছে এমন ফিরিশতারা যারা নির্মম ও কঠোর, আল্লাহ তাদেরকে যে নির্দেশ দেন তারা সে ব্যাপারে তাঁর অবাধ্য হয় না। আর তারা তা-ই করে, যা তাদেরকে আদেশ করা হয়।
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
O vi koji vjerujete, sebe i porodice svoje čuvajte od Vatre, kojoj su ljudi i kamenje gorivo, o kojoj se meleki strogi i snažni brinu, koji se onome što im Allah zapovjedi ne opiru, i koji ono što im se naredi izvršavaju.
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
O vi koji vjerujete, sebe i porodice svoje čuvajte od Vatre, kojoj su ljudi i kamenje gorivo, o kojoj se anđeli strogi i snažni brinu, koji se onome što im Allah zapovjedi ne opiru, i koji ono što im se naredi izvršavaju.
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
Ehey mon gooŋɗinɓe ndeene ko'e mon e koreeji mon e yiite docate mannge ko yimɓe e kaaƴe ina e dow henge maleykaaji tekkuɗi cattuɗi ɗi ngoopata ko Alla yamariɗi te hoɗi ngolla ko Alla yamiriɗi.
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
ჰეი, თქვენ, რომელთაც ირწმუნეთ! დაიცავით თქვენი თავი და თქვენი ოჯახები ცეცხლისგან, რომლის საწვავიც ადამიანები და ქვებია. მასზე დაყენებულნი არიან ანგელოზები, სასტიკნი და მკაცრნი, რომლებიც არ ეურჩებიან ალლაჰს იმაში, რასაც ის უბრძანებს მათ, და ასრულებენ იმას, რაც ებრძანებათ.
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
O die ihr glaubt, bewahrt euch selbst und (auch) eure Angehörigen vor einem Feuer, dessen Brennstoff Menschen und Steine sind, über das hartherzige, strenge Engel (gesetzt) sind, die sich Allah nicht widersetzen in dem, was Er ihnen befiehlt, sondern (alles) tun, was ihnen angeordnet wird.
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
Ω, εσείς που πιστεύετε! Φυλάξτε τον εαυτό σας και τις οικογένειές σας (μέσω της υπακοής προς τον Αλλάχ) από ένα Πυρ, του οποίου το καύσιμο είναι άνθρωποι και πέτρες. Πάνω από το οποίο θα βρίσκονται άγγελοι αυστηροί και ισχυροί (των οποίων η δουλειά είναι να βασανίζουν τους κατοίκους του Πυρός), οι οποίοι (άγγελοι) δε δείχνουν ποτέ ανυπακοή προς τον Αλλάχ σε ό,τι τους διατάζει, και κάνουν ό,τι διατάζονται.
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
ऐ ईमान वालो! अपने आपको और अपने घर वालों को उस आग से बचाओ[5] जिसका ईंधन मनुष्य और पत्थर हैं। जिसपर कठोर दिल, बलशाली फ़रिश्ते नियुक्त हैं। जो अल्लाह उन्हें आदेश दे, उसकी अवज्ञा नहीं करते तथा वे वही करते हैं, जिसका उन्हें आदेश दिया जाता है।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
O credenti! Proteggete voi stessi e i vostri familiari da un Fuoco che ha per combustibile la gente e i sassi, presidiato da angeli severi e bruschi che non disobbediscono ad Allāh in ciò che Lui ha ordinato loro, e che fanno ciò che viene loro ordinato.
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
6. O jūs, kurie patikėjote! Saugokite save ir savo šeimas nuo Ugnies, kurios kuras yra žmonės ir akmenys, virš kurios yra (paskirti) angelai, rūstūs ir griežti. Jie nesipriešina Allahui dėl to, ką Jis įsako jiems, ir daro tai, kas jiems įsakyta.
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
Yaa warra amantan! Lubbuulee teessaniifi maatiiwwan keessan ibidda (jahannam) tan qabsiisaan isii namootaafi dhagaalee ta'e, irraa eegaa. Isirra maleeykota gara jabeeyyii, ciccimoo ta'antu jiru. Waan Rabbiin isaan ajaje hin faallessanu, waan ajajaman ni hojjatu. [4]
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
О вы, которые уверовали! Защищайте себя и свои семьи от адского огня, растопкой которого будут люди и камни. Над ним — ангелы суровые и сильные, которые не ослушаются Аллаха в том, что Он повелел им, и делают именно то, что им приказано.
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
О ви који верујете, себе и своје породице чувајте од Ватре којој су гориво људи и камење, о којој се брину анђели строги и снажни, који се ономе што им Аллах заповеди не опиру, и који оно што им се нареди извршавају.
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
Enyi mlioamini! Jilindeni nafsi zenu na ahali zenu kutokana na Moto ambao kuni zake ni watu na mawe. Wanausimamia Malaika wakali, wenye nguvu, hawamuasi Mwenyezi Mungu kwa anayowaamrisha, na wanatenda wanayoamrishwa.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Troende! Skydda er själva och era familjer från en eld vars bränsle är människor och stenar. Den övervakas av stränga, kraftfulla änglar som aldrig trotsar Guds befallningar utan alltid gör vad de blir tillsagda.
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
Ey iman edenler! Kendinizi ve ailelerinizi yakıtı insanlar ve taşlar olan ateşten koruyun. Onun başında gayet haşin, sert; Allah'ın kendilerine emrettiğine karşı gelmeyen ve kendilerine emredileni yapan melekler vardır.
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
اے ایمان والو! تم اپنے آپ کو اور اپنے گھر والوں کو اس آگ سے بچاؤ[1] جس کا ایندھن انسان ہیں اور پتھر جس پر سخت دل مضبوط فرشتے مقرر ہیں جنہیں جو حکم اللہ تعالیٰ دیتا ہے اس کی نافرمانی نہیں کرتے بلکہ جو حکم دیا جائے بجا ﻻتے ہیں.
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 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 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 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
Talal Itani2012 O you who believe! Repent to God with sincere repentance. Perhaps your Lord will remit your sins, and admit you into gardens beneath which rivers flow, on the Day when God will not disappoint the Prophet and those who believed with him. Their light streaming before them, and to their right, they will say, "Our Lord, complete our light for us, and forgive us; You are capable of all things."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 O ye who believe! Turn unto Allah in sincere repentance! It may be that your Lord will remit from you your evil deeds and bring you into Gardens underneath which rivers flow, on the day when Allah will not abase the Prophet and those who believe with him. Their light will run before them and on their right hands; they will say: Our Lord! Perfect our light for us, and forgive us! Lo! Thou art Able to do all things
Edward Henry Palmer1880 O ye who believe! turn repentant to God with sincere repentance; it may be that thy Lord will cover for you your offences and will bring you into gardens beneath which rivers flow!- the day God will not disgrace the Prophet nor those who believe with him; their light shall run on before them, and at their right hands! they shall say, 'Our Lord! perfect for us our light and forgive us; verily, Thou art mighty over all
John Medows Rodwell1861 O Believers! turn to God with the turning of true penitence; haply your Lord will cancel your evil deeds, and will bring you into the gardens 'neath which the rivers flow, on the day when God will not shame the Prophet, nor those who have shared his faith: their light shall run before them, and on their right hands! they shall say, "Lord perfect our light, and pardon us: for thou hast power over all things
George Sale1734 O true believers, turn unto God with a sincere repentance: Peradventure your Lord will do away from you your evil deeds, and will admit you into gardens, through which rivers flow; on the day whereon God will not put to shame the prophet, or those who believe with him: Their light shall run before them, and on their right hands, and they shall say, Lord, make our light perfect, and forgive us; for thou art almighty
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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
0.49 on a scale
where 0 means identical wording and 1 means no shared words. It is
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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 · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.60
Talal Itani · George Sale0.58
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.56
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.54
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.52
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.52
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.48
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.45
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.42
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.28
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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.