Marked words appear in this translation and in no other English translation of this verse. Common small words and older spellings are not marked. The marks show where the wording differs, not where the meaning does.
Say, "Who forbade God's finery which He has produced for His servants, and the delights of livelihood?" Say, "They are for those who believe, in this present world, but exclusively theirs on the Day of Resurrection." We thus detail the revelations for people who know.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Compare translations (4)Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Say: Who hath forbidden the adornment of Allah which He hath brought forth for His bondmen, and the good things of His providing? Say: Such, on the Day of Resurrection, will be only for those who believed during the life of the world. Thus do we detail Our revelations for people who have knowledge
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
Say, 'Who has prohibited the ornaments of God which He brought forth for His servants, and the good things of His providing?' say, 'On the day of judgment they shall only be for those who believed when in the life of this world.' Thus do we detail the signs unto a people that do know
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
SAY: Who hath prohibited God's goodlyraiment, and the healthfulviands which He hath provided for his servants? SAY: These are for the faithful in this present life, but above all on the day of the resurrection. Thus make we our signs plain for people of knowledge
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Say, who hath forbidden the decentapparel of God, which He hath produced for his servants, and the good things which He hath provided for food? Say, these things are for those who believe, in this present life, but peculiarly on the day of resurrection. Thus do We distinctlyexplain our signs unto people who 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
Thuaj: "Kush i ka ndaluar stolitë dhe ushqimet e mira që i ka krijuar Allahu për robërit e Vet?" Thuaj: "Ato janë për besimtarët në jetën e kësaj bote dhe do të jenë vetëm për ta në Ditën e Kiametit. Kështu ua sqarojmë ajetet njerëzve që dinë."
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.
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বাংলা · Bengali
বলো: ‘আল্লাহ তাঁর বান্দাহদের জন্যে যেসব সৌন্দর্য সামগ্রী এবং পবিত্র রিযক সৃষ্টি করেছেন, সেগুলো কে হারাম করেছে?’ তুমি বলো: ‘দুনিয়ার জীবনে এসব জিনিস ঈমানদারদের জন্যে (যদিও কাফিররা তাতে অংশীদার হয়), তবে তা কিয়ামতের দিন তাদের জন্যেই নির্দিষ্ট থাকবে।’ এভাবেই আমি জ্ঞানী সম্প্রদায়ের জন্য আয়াতসমূহ বিস্তারিত বর্ণনা করি।’
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.
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Bosanski · Bosnian
Reci: "Ko je zabranio Allahove ukrase koje je On za robove Svoje stvorio, i ukusna jela?" Reci: "To je za vjernike na ovome svijetu, a i na onome svijetu jesu samo za njih." Eto, tako Mi podrobno izlažemo ajete ljudima koji znaju.
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Hrvatski · Croatian
Reci: "Tko je zabranio Allahove ukrase koje je On za robove Svoje stvorio, i ukusna jela?" Reci: "To je za vjernike na ovome svijetu, a i na onome svijetu jesu samo za njih." Eto, tako Mi podrobno izlažemo ajete ljudima koji znaju.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Maaku : "Ko hommbo harmini cuɗaari Alla ndi O Yaltinani jeyaaɓe Makko ɓeen, e laaɓuɗi ɗin ka arsikeeji?" Maaku : "Ɗin ɓen gooŋɗiinɓe ka nguurndam aduna woodani, heeraniiɗi [ɓe] Ñande Darngal". Ko wano non min pirtirta Aayeeje ɗen, wonan de yimɓe anndooɓe.
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ქართული · Georgian
უთხარი (ო, მოციქულო): «ვინ აკრძალა ალლაჰის მორთულობა [ლამაზი სამოსი], რომელიც მან უბოძა თავის მონებს, და კეთილი [ჰალალი] სარჩო?» უთხარი: «ეს მათთვისაა, ვინც ირწმუნა (და სხვებისთვისაც) ამქვეყნიურ ცხოვრებაში, ხოლო განკითხვის დღეს — მხოლოდ მორწმუნეთათვის». ასე განვმარტავთ აიათებს იმ ხალხს, ვინც იცის.
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Deutsch · German
Sag: „Wer hat den Schmuck Allahs verboten, den Er für Seine Diener hervorgebracht hat, und (auch) die guten Dinge (aus) der Versorgung (Allahs)?“ Sag: „Sie sind im diesseitigen Leben für diejenigen (bestimmt), die glauben, und am Tag der Auferstehung (ihnen) vorbehalten.“ Auf diese Weise legen Wir die Zeichen ausführlich dar für Leute, die Bescheid wissen.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Πες (ω Μωχάμμαντ, στους ειδωλολάτρες που περιφέρονται γυμνοί γύρω από την Κά‘μπα, και απαγορεύουν τα καλά αγαθά που τα επέτρεψε ο Αλλάχ): «Ποιος απαγόρεψε (σε σας) τα καλά ενδύματα που παρέχει ο Αλλάχ στους δούλους Του ως στολίδια, και τα καλά αγαθά;» Πες: «Αυτά είναι για τους πιστούς στην εγκόσμια ζωή (ακόμα κι αν τα μοιραστούν μαζί τους οι άπιστοι), αλλά θα είναι αποκλειστικά γι’ αυτούς (τους πιστούς) την Ημέρα της Ανάστασης (αφού ο Παράδεισος θα είναι απαγορευμένος στους άπιστους).» Έτσι διασαφηνίζουμε τα Εδάφια με λεπτομέρεια γι' εκείνους που γνωρίζουν (και κατανοούν).
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
(ऐ नबी!) कह दें : किसने अल्लाह की उस शोभा को, जिसे उसने अपने बंदों के लिए पैदा किया है तथा खाने-पीने की पवित्र चीज़ों को हराम किया है?[11] आप कह दें : ये चीज़ें सांसारिक जीवन में (भी) ईमान वालों के लिए हैं, जबकि क़ियामत के दिन केवल उन्हीं के लिए विशिष्ट[12] होंगी। इसी तरह, हम निशानियों को उन लोगों के लिए खोल-खोलकर बयान करते हैं, जो जानते हैं।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Di’: “Chi ha proibito gli ornamenti di Allāh, che Lui ha creato per i Suoi servi, e le cose buone del Suo sostentamento?” Di’: “Tutto ciò è per i credenti in questa vita, ed è solo per loro nel Giorno della Resurrezione”. È così che chiariamo i Nostri segni a gente sapiente.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
32. Sakyk (Muchammedai ﷺ ): „Kas uždraudė puošimąsi apdarais, suteiktais Allaho, kuriuos Jis pagamino Savo vergams, ir At-Taijibat [visų rūšių Halal (leistini) dalykai] iš maisto?“ Sakyk: „Jie yra šiame žemiškajame gyvenime tiems, kurie tiki, (ir) išskirtinai tiems (tikintiesiems) Prikėlimo Dieną (netikintieji nesidalins tuo).“ Taip Mes detaliai išaiškiname Ajat (islamiškąją teisę) žmonėms, kurie turi išmanymą.“
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Русский · Russian
Скажи: «Кто запретил украшение Аллаха, которое Он явил для Своих рабов, и благие виды пропитания?» Скажи: «Они в мирской жизни — для тех, которые уверовали, а в День воскресения — исключительно для них». Так Мы подробно разъясняем знамения для людей, которые знают.
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Српски · Serbian
Реци: „Ко је забранио Аллахове украсе које је Он за слуге Своје створио, и укусна јела?“ Реци: „То је за вернике на овом свету, а на оном свету су само за њих.“ Ето, тако Ми темељно излажемо доказе људима који знају.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Sema: Ni nani aliyeharamisha pambo la Mwenyezi Mungu alilowatolea waja wake, na vile vilivyo vizuri katika riziki? Sema: Hivyo ni kwa wale walioamini katika uhai wa duniani, na Siku ya Kiyama vitakuwa vyao wao tu. Namna hivyo ndivyo tunavyowaelezea Ishara kaumu wanaojua.
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Svenska · Swedish
Säg: ”Vem har förbjudit den prydnad Gud har gett sina tjänare, och det goda han försörjt dem med?” Säg: ”Det tillkommer de troende i detta liv, och är uteslutande deras på uppståndelsens dag.” Så klargör vi tecknen för människor som förstår.
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Türkçe · Turkish
De ki: “Allah’ın kulları için çıkardığı zineti, temiz ve hoş rızıkları kim haram kılmıştır?” De ki: “Onlar, dünya hayatında iman edenler içindir. Kıyamet gününde de yalnız onlara mahsustur.” Bilen bir toplum için ayetleri işte böyle açıklıyoruz.
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اردو · Urdu
آپ فرمائیے کہ اللہ تعالیٰ کے پیدا کئے ہوئے اسباب زینت کو، جن کو اس نے اپنے بندوں کے واسطے بنایا ہے اور کھانے پینے کی حلال چیزوں کو کس شخص نے حرام کیا ہے؟ آپ کہہ دیجئے کہ یہ اشیا اس طور پر کہ قیامت کے روز خالص ہوں گی اہل ایمان کے لئے، دنیوی زندگی میں مومنوں کے لئے بھی ہیں[1] ۔ ہم اسی طرح تمام آیات کو سمجھ داروں کے واسطے صاف صاف بیان کرتے ہیں۔
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DIN 31635farīqan hadā wafarīqan ḥaqqa ʿalayhimu ḍ-ḍalālatu ʾinnahumu taḫaḏū š-šayāṭīna ʾawliyāʾa min dūni llāhi wayaḥsabūna ʾannahum muhtadūna
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 Some He has guided, and some have deserved misguidance. They have adopted the devils for patrons rather than God, and they assume that they are guided.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 A party hath He led aright, while error hath just hold over (another) party, for lo! they choose the devils for protecting supporters instead of Allah and deem that they are rightly guided
Edward Henry Palmer1880 A sect He guides, and for a sect of them was error due; verily, they did take the devils for their patrons instead of God, and they did count that they were guided
John Medows Rodwell1861 some hath he guided, and some hath he justly left in error, because they have taken the Satans as their tutelars beside God, and have deemed that they were guided aright
George Sale1734 A part of mankind hath He directed; and a part hath been justly led into error, because they have taken the devils for their patrons besides God, and imagine that they are rightly directed
Talal Itani2012 O Children of Adam! Dress properly at every place of worship, and eat and drink, but do not be excessive. He does not love the excessive.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 O Children of Adam! Look to your adornment at every place of worship, and eat and drink, but be not prodigal. Lo! He loveth not the prodigals
Edward Henry Palmer1880 O sons of Adam! take your ornaments to every mosque; and eat and drink, but do not be extravagant, for He loves not the extravagant
John Medows Rodwell1861 O children of Adam! wear your goodly apparel when ye repair to any mosque, and eat ye and drink; but exceed not, for He loveth not those who exceed
George Sale1734 O children of Adam, take your decent apparel at every place of worship, and eat and drink, but be not guilty of excess; for He loveth not those who are guilty of excess
Talal Itani2012 Say, "My Lord has forbidden immoralities-both open and secret-and sin, and unjustified aggression, and that you associate with God anything for which He revealed no sanction, and that you say about God what you do not know."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Say: My Lord forbiddeth only indecencies, such of them as are apparent and such as are within, and sin and wrongful oppression, and that ye associate with Allah that for which no warrant hath been revealed, and that ye tell concerning Allah that which ye know not
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Say, 'My Lord has rely prohibited abominable deeds, the apparent thereof and the concealed thereof, and sin, and greed for that which is not right, and associating with God what He has sent down no power for, and saying against God that which ye do not know
John Medows Rodwell1861 SAY: Truly my Lord hath forbidden filthy actions whether open or secret, and iniquity, and unjust violence, and to associate with God that for which He hath sent down no warranty, and to speak of God that ye know not
George Sale1734 Say, verily my Lord hath forbidden filthy actions, both that which is discovered thereof, and that which is concealed, and also iniquity, and unjust violence; and hath forbidden you to associate with God that concerning which he hath sent you down no authority, or to speak of God that which ye know not
Talal Itani2012 For every nation is an appointed time. When their time has come, they cannot delay it by one hour, nor can they advance it.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And every nation hath its term, and when its term cometh, they cannot put it off an hour nor yet advance (it)
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Every nation has its appointed time, and when their appointed time comes they cannot keep it back an hour, nor can they bring it on
John Medows Rodwell1861 Every nation hath its set time. And when their time is come, they shall not retard it an hour; and they shall not advance it
George Sale1734 Unto every nation there is a predixed term; therefore when their term is expired, they shall not have respite for an hour, neither shall they be anticipated
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0.644
Share of measured verses above it
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Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.71
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.68
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.67
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.63
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.62
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.62
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.59
Talal Itani · George Sale0.57
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.56
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.51
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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.