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.
O Children of Adam! When messengers from among you come to you, relating to you My revelations-whoever practicespiety and reforms-upon them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
O Children of Adam! When messengers of your own come unto you who narrate unto you My revelations, then whosoever refraineth from evil and amendeth - there shall no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve
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 sons of Adam! verily, there will come to you apostles from amongst you, narrating unto you my signs; then whoso fears God and does what is right, there is no fear for them, nor shall they grieve
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
O children of Adam! there shall come to you Apostles from among yourselves, rehearsing my signs to you; and whoso shall fear God and do goodworks, no fear shall be upon them, neither shall they be put to grief
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
O children of Adam, verily apostles from among you shall come unto you, who shall expound my signs unto you: Whosoever therefore shall fear God and amend, there shall come no fear on them, neither shall they be grieved
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 bijtë e Ademit, kur t'ju vijnë të dërguar nga mesi juaj që t'jua lexojnë ajetet e Mia, ata që i frikësohen Allahut dhe i përmirësojnë punët e veta, as do të kenë frikë, as do të pikëllohen.
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 আদম সন্তান! যখন তোমাদের নিকট তোমাদের মধ্য থেকে রাসূলগণ এসে আমার আয়াতসমূহ তোমাদের কাছে বর্ণনা করবে(৮), তখন যারা তাঁকে ভয় করবে এবং নিজেদেরকে সংশোধন করবে, (কিয়ামতের দিন) তাদের কোনো ভয় থাকবে না এবং তারা চিন্তিতও হবে না।
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.2
Bosanski · Bosnian
O sinovi Ademovi, kad vam između vas budu dolazili poslanici koji vam kazuju ajete Moje – onda za one koji budu bogobojazni i dobra djela činili nema straha niti će za bilo čim tugovati.
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 sinovi Adamovi, kad vam između vas budu dolazili poslanici koji vam kazuju ajete Moje – onda za one koji budu bogobojazni i dobra djela činili nema straha niti će za bilo čim tugovati.
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 ɓiɗɓe Aadama! Si aroyii e mon Nulaaɓe jeyaaɓe e mo'on, ɓe no fillanoo on Aayeeje Am, kala kulɗo [Alla] o moƴƴini [golle], kulol alanaa ɓen ɗon, wanaa kamɓe kadi ɓe cunoytaako.
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
ო, ადამის ძენო! თუ მოვლენ თქვენთან მოციქულები თქვენგანვე, რომლებიც გიკითხავენ ჩემს აიათებს, მაშინ ვინც იქნებიან ღვთისმოშიშნი და მართალნი, მათზე არ იქნება შიში (განკითხვის დღეს) და არც დამწუხრდებიან!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
O Kinder Adams, immer, wenn Gesandte von euch (selbst) zu euch kommen, die euch Meine Zeichen berichten - wer dann (Allah) fürchtet und Besserung bringt, über die soll keine Furcht kommen, noch sollen sie traurig 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
Ω, παιδιά του Αδάμ! Όταν σας έρθουν Αγγελιαφόροι από ανάμεσά σας, που σας απαγγέλλουν τα Εδάφιά Μου, (υπακούστε τους). Έτσι, όποιοι φυλάσσονται από την τιμωρία του Αλλάχ (τηρώντας τις εντολές Του) και διορθώνουν τις πράξεις τους, δε θα υπάρξει φόβος γι' αυτούς (για την τιμωρία του Αλλάχ την Ημέρα της Κρίσεως), ούτε θα λυπηθούν (για οτιδήποτε παραμέλησαν από τις εγκόσμιες απολαύσεις).
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
ऐ आदम की संतान! जब तुम्हारे पास तुम्हीं में से रसूल आएँ, जो तुम्हें मेरी आयतें सुनाएँ, तो जो कोई डरा और अपना सुधार कर लिया, तो उनके लिए न तो कोई भय होगा और न वे शोक करेंगे।[14]
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
O figli d’Ǣdem ( آدَم ), se vi arrivano dei Messaggeri tra voi stessi, recitandovi i Miei Segni, sappiate che per quelli che sono stati devoti e hanno fatto il bene, non ci sarà niente da temere e non saranno tristi.
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
35. Adamo (Adomo) vaikai, jei ateina pas jus Pasiuntiniai iš jūsų pačių tarpo, recituodami jums Mano Eilutes, tada kas tampa dievobaimingaisiais ir teisingaisiais, nebus jiems baimės, anei jie liūdės.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.8
Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Yaa ilmaan Aadam! Yoo ergamtoonni isin irraa ta’an isinitti dhufan kan keeyyattoota kiyya isin irratti qara’an (itti amanaa jala deemaa). namni (Rabbiin) sodaatee hojii tolche, sodaan isaan irra hin jiru; isaan hin gaddanus.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.0
Русский · Russian
О сыны Адама! Если к вам явятся посланники из вас самих, которые рассказывают вам Мои знамения, то те, кто проявит богобоязненность и будет творить добро, — не будет над ними страха, и они не опечалятся.
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 синови Адамови, кад вам између вас буду долазили посланици који вам казују речи Моје - онда за оне који се буду чували и чинили добра дела нема страха нити ће за било чим да тугују.
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 wanadamu! Watakapowajia Mitume miongoni mwenu wakiwasimulia Ishara zangu, basi mwenye kumcha Mungu na akatengenea, haitakuwa hofu kwao, wala wao hawatahuzunika.
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Adams avkomlingar! När sändebud kommer till er ur era egna led och berättar för er om mina budskap, behöver de som visat gudsfruktan och förbättring varken känna rädsla eller tyngas av sorg.
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 Âdemoğlu! Size, içinizden ayetlerimi okuyan peygamberler geldiğinde, kim sakınıp takvalı olur ve kendini düzeltirse; artık onlar için bir korku yoktur. Onlar üzülecek de değillerdir.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
اے اوﻻد آدم! اگر تمہارے پاس پیغمبر آئیں جو تم ہی میں سے ہوں جو میرے احکام تم سے بیان کریں تو جو شخص تقویٰ اختیار کرے اور درستی کرے سو ان لوگوں پر نہ کچھ اندیشہ ہے اور نہ وه غمگین ہوں گے۔[1]
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 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
Talal Itani2012 But as for those who reject Our revelations, and are too proud to accept them-these are the inmates of the Fire, where they will remain forever.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 But they who deny Our revelations and scorn them - each are rightful owners of the Fire; they will abide therein
Edward Henry Palmer1880 But those who say my signs are lies, and who are too big with pride for them, these are the fellows of the Fire, they shall dwell therein for aye
John Medows Rodwell1861 But they who charge our signs with falsehood, and turn away from them in their pride, shall be inmates of the fire: for ever shall they abide therein
George Sale1734 But they who shall accuse our signs of falsehood, and shall proudly reject them, they shall be the companions of hell fire; they shall remain therein for ever
Talal Itani2012 Who does greater wrong than he who invents lies about God, or denies His revelations? These-their share of the decree will reach them. Until, when Our envoys come to them, to take their souls away, they will say, "Where are they whom you used to pray to besides God?" They will say, "They have abandoned us," and they will testify against themselves that they were faithless.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Who doeth greater wrong than he who inventeth a lie concerning Allah or denieth Our tokens. (For such) their appointed portion of the Book (of destiny) reacheth them till, when Our messengers come to gather them, they say: Where (now) is that to which ye cried beside Allah? They say: They have departed from us. And they testify against themselves that they were disbelievers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Who is more unjust than he who devises against God a lie, or says His signs are lies? These, their portion of the Book shall reach them, until when our messengers come to take their souls away, and say, 'Where is what ye used to call upon instead of God?' they say, 'They have strayed away from us;' and they shall bear witness against themselves that they have been misbelievers
John Medows Rodwell1861 And who is worse than he who deviseth a lie of God, or treateth our signs as lies? To them shall a portion here below be assigned in accordance with the Book of our decrees, until the time when our messengers, as they receive their souls, shall say, "Where are they on whom ye called beside God?" They shall say: "Gone from us." And they shall witness against themselves that they were infidels
George Sale1734 And who is more unjust than he who deviseth a lie concerning God, or accuseth his signs of imposture? Unto these shall be given their portion of worldly happiness, according to what is written in the book of God's decrees, until our messengers come unto them, and shall cause them to die; saying, where are the idols which ye called upon, besides God? They shall answer, they have disappeared from us. And they shall bear witness against themselves, that they were unbelievers
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 —
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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 · Edward Henry Palmer0.65
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.65
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.62
Talal Itani · George Sale0.62
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.59
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.58
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.56
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.55
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.53
John Medows Rodwell · 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.