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Who took their religion for a sport and pastime, and whom the life of the world beguiled. So this day We have forgotten them even as they forgot the meeting of this their Day and as they used to deny Our tokens
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
Compare translations (4)Talal Itani· published 2012
Those who took their religion lightly, and in jest, and whom the worldly life deceived. Today We will ignore them, as they ignored the meeting on this Day of theirs, and they used to deny Our revelations.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
who took their religion for a sport and a play; whom the life of the world beguiled.' - Today do we forget them as they forgot the meeting of this day, and for that they did deny our signs
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Who made their religion a sport and pastime, and whom the life of the world hath deceived." This day therefore will we forget them, as they forgot the meeting of this their day, and as they did deny our signs
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
who made a laughing-stock and a sport of their religion, and whom the life of the world hath deceived: Therefore this day will we forget them, as they did forget the meeting of this day, and for that they denied our signs to be from God
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
të cilët e morën fenë për tallje e lojë dhe u mashtruan nga jeta e kësaj bote." Prandaj, sot Ne do t'i harrojmë ata, ashtu siç e harruan ata takimin e kësaj Dite dhe për shkak se kundërshtuan ajetet Tona.
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
যারা তাদের দীনকে ঠাট্টার পাত্র ও খেল-তামাশা হিসেবে গ্রহণ করেছিল। আর দুনিয়ার জীবনের চাকচিক্য ও সৌন্দর্য যাদেরকে ধোঁকায় ফেলে দিয়েছিল। কাজেই আজ আমি তাদেরকে ভুলে যাবো, যেমনিভাবে তারা তাদের এ দিনের সাক্ষাতকে ভুলে গিয়েছিলো। উপরন্তু তারা আমার আয়াতসমূহ অস্বীকার করেছিল।
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.2
Bosanski · Bosnian
onima kojima su vjeru svoju za zabavu i igru držali i koje je život na Zemlji bio obmanuo." Zato ćemo danas Mi njih zaboraviti, kao što su zaboravljali da će na ovaj Dan pred Nama stajati i zato što su ajete i znakove Naše poricali.
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.
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Hrvatski · Croatian
onima kojima su vjeru svoju za zabavu i igru držali i koje je život na Zemlji bio obmanuo. Zato ćemo danas Mi njih zaboraviti, kao što su zaboravljali da će na ovaj Dan pred Nama stajati i zato što su ajete i znakove Naše poricali.
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
Ɓeen jogitoriiɓe diine mum kan belaaɗe e fijindaaru, nguurndam aduna hodi ɓe. hannde min njejjitiray ɓe no ɓe njejjitirnoo hawrugol Ñalaande maɓɓe ndee, e kon ko ɓe njeddiranoo Aayeeje amen ɗen.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
რომლებმაც თავიანთი სარწმუნოება გასართობად და თამაშად აქციეს და რომლებიც ამქვეყნიურმა ცხოვრებამ მოატყუა. დღეს ჩვენ დავივიწყებთ მათ, ისევე როგორც მათ დაივიწყეს ამ დღის შეხვედრა და უარყოფდნენ ჩვენს აიათებს (მტკიცებულებებს)!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
die ihre Religion zum Gegenstand der Zerstreuung und des Spiels genommen haben und die das diesseitige Leben getäuscht hat.“ So werden Wir sie heute vergessen, so wie sie die Begegnung mit diesem ihrem Tag vergaßen und wie sie Unsere Zeichen zu verleugnen pflegten.
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
Οι οποίοι (οι άπιστοι) είναι εκείνοι που πήραν τη θρησκεία τους ως διασκέδαση και παιχνίδι, και τους εξαπάτησε η εγκόσμια ζωή (με τις απολαύσεις και τα στολίδια της). Σήμερα θα τους αγνοήσουμε (αφήνοντάς τους να υποφέρουν στο μαρτύριο) όπως αγνόησαν τη συνάντηση αυτής της Ημέρα τους, και επειδή αρνήθηκαν τα Εδάφιά Μας.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
जिन्होंने अपने धर्म को तमाशा और खेल बना लिया तथा उन्हें सांसारिक जीवन ने धोखे में डाल रखा था। अतः आज हम उन्हें वैसे ही भुला देंगे, जैसे वे आज के दिन की मुलाकात को भूल गए[21] और जैसे वे हमारे प्रमाणों का इनकार किया करते थे।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
quelli che si sono presi la loro religione per distrazione e gioco, ed erano illusi dalla vita terrena”; Noi oggi li dimentichiamo, come dimenticarono l’incontro di questo Giorno, e poiché erano negatori dei Nostri Segni.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
51. „Kurie laikė savo tikėjimą linksmybėmis ir žaidimu, ir žemiškasis gyvenimas apgavo juos.“ Taigi, šią Dieną Mes pamiršime juos, kaip jie pamiršo savo susitikimą su šia Diena, ir kaip jie atmesdavo Mūsų Ajat (įrodymus, įkalčius, eilutes, pamokas, ženklus, apreiškimus).
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
Тех, которые приняли свою религию за забаву и игру и которых обольстила мирская жизнь, — сегодня Мы забудем их, подобно тому, как они забыли о встрече с этим своим Днём, и упорно отвергали Наши знамения.
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
онима којима су веру своју за забаву и игру узели и које је живот на Земљи био обмануо. Зато ћемо данас Ми њих да заборавимо, као што су заборављали да ће на овај Дан пред Нама стати и зато што су Наше речи и доказе порицали.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Ambao waliifanya dini yao kuwa ni pumbao na mchezo, na maisha ya dunia yakawadanganya. Basi leo sisi tunawasahau kama walivyousahau mkutano wa Siku yao hii, na kwa sababu ya kule kuzikataa Ishara zetu.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
de som tog sin tro som lek och tidsfördriv och som lät sig bedras av det jordiska livet.” I dag ska vi lämna dem, så som de lämnade [förberedelserna] för sitt möte denna dag, och för att de brukade avvisa våra tecken.”
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
Onlar dinlerini oyun ve eğlence edinmişler ve dünya hayatı da kendilerini aldatmıştı. İşte onlar bu günlerine kavuşacaklarını nasıl unuttular ve âyetlerimizi nasıl inkâr edip durdularsa, biz de onları bugün öyle unuturuz.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
جنہوں نے دنیا میں اپنے دین کو لہو ولعب بنا رکھا تھا اور جن کو دنیاوی زندگی نے دھوکہ میں ڈال رکھا تھا۔ سو ہم (بھی) آج کے روز ان کا نام بھول جائیں گے جیسا کہ وه اس دن کو بھول گئے[1] اور جیسا یہ ہماری آیتوں کا انکار کرتے تھے۔
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 "Are these the ones you swore God will not touch with mercy?" "Enter the Garden; you have nothing to fear, and you will not grieve."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Are these they of whom ye swore that Allah would not show them mercy? (Unto them it hath been said): Enter the Garden. No fear shall come upon you nor is it ye who will grieve
Edward Henry Palmer1880 are these those ye swore that God would not extend mercy to? Enter ye Paradise; there is no fear for you, nor shall ye be grieved
John Medows Rodwell1861 Are these they on whom ye sware God would not bestow mercy? Enter ye into Paradise! where no fear shall be upon you, neither shall ye be put to grief
George Sale1734 Are these the men on whom ye sware that God would not bestow mercy? Enter ye into paradise; there shall come no fear on you, neither shall ye be grieved
Talal Itani2012 The inmates of the Fire will call on the inhabitants of the Garden, "Pour some water over us, or some of what God has provided for you." They will say, "God has forbidden them for the disbelievers."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And the dwellers of the Fire cry out unto the dwellers of the Garden: Pour on us some water or some wherewith Allah hath provided you. They say: Lo! Allah hath forbidden both to disbelievers (in His guidance)
Edward Henry Palmer1880 But the fellows of the Fire shall cry out to the fellows of Paradise, 'Pour out upon us water, or something of what God has provided you with.' They will say, 'God has prohibited them both to those who misbelieve
John Medows Rodwell1861 And the inmates of the fire shall cry to the inmates of Paradise: "Pour upon us some water, or of the refreshments God hath given you?" They shall say, "Truly God hath forbidden both to unbelievers
George Sale1734 And the inhabitants of hell fire shall call unto the inhabitants of paradise, saying, pour upon us some water, or of those refreshments which God hath bestowed on you. They shall answer, verily God hath forbidden them unto the unbelievers
Talal Itani2012 We have given them a Scripture, which We detailed with knowledge-guidance and mercy for people who believe.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Verily We have brought them a Scripture which We expounded with knowledge, a guidance and a mercy for a people who believe
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Now we have brought them a book explaining it in knowledge, a guidance and a mercy to a people who believe
John Medows Rodwell1861 And now have we brought them the Book: with knowledge have we explained it; a guidance and a mercy to them that believe
George Sale1734 And now have we brought unto those of Mecca a book of divine revelations: We have explained it with knowledge; a direction and mercy unto people who shall believe
Easy-read (simplified)hal yanzuroona illaa ta'weelahu yawma ya'tee ta'weeluhu yaqoolu lladheena nasoohu min qablu qad jaa'at rusulu rabbinaa bil-haqqi fahal lanaa min shufa'aa'a fayashfa'oo lanaa aw nuraddu fana'mala ghayra lladhee kunnaa na'malu qad khasiroo anfusahum wadalla 'anhum maa kaanoo yaftaroon
DIN 31635hal yanẓurūna ʾillā taʾwīlahu yawma yaʾtī taʾwīluhu yaqūlu llaḏīna nasūhu min qablu qad ǧāʾat rusulu rabbinā bil-ḥaqqi fahal lanā min šufaʿāʾa fayašfaʿū lanā ʾaw nuraddu fanaʿmala ġayra llaḏī kunnā naʿmalu qad ḫasirū ʾanfusahum waḍalla ʿanhum mā kānū yaftarūna
Talal Itani2012 Are they waiting for anything but its fulfillment? The Day its fulfillment comes true, those who disregarded it before will say, "The messengers of our Lord did come with the truth. Have we any intercessors to intercede for us? Or, could we be sent back, to behave differently from the way we behaved before?" They ruined their souls, and what they used to invent has failed them.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Await they aught save the fulfilment thereof? On the day when the fulfilment thereof cometh, those who were before forgetful thereof will say: The messengers of our Lord did bring the Truth! Have we any intercessors, that they may intercede for us? Or can we be returned (to life on earth), that we may act otherwise than we used to act? They have lost their souls, and that which they devised hath failed them
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Do they wait now for aught but its interpretation?- on the day when its interpretation shall come, those who forgot it before will say, There did come to us the apostles of our Lord in truth, have we intercessors to intercede for us? or, could we return, we would do otherwise than we did.' They have lost themselves, and that which they devised has strayed away from them
John Medows Rodwell1861 What have they to wait for now but its interpretation? When its interpretation shall come, they who aforetime were oblivious of it shall say, "The Prophets of our Lord did indeed bring the truth; shall we have any intercessor to intercede for us? or could we not be sent back? Then would we act otherwise than we have acted." But they have ruined themselves; and the deities of their own devising have fled from them
George Sale1734 Do they wait for any other than the interpretation thereof? On the day whereon the interpretation thereof shall come, they who had forgotten the same before, shall say, now are we convinced by demonstration that the messengers of our Lord came unto us with truth: Shall we therefore have any intercessors, who will intercede for us? Or shall we be sent back into the world, that we may do other works than what we did in our life-time? But now have they lost their souls; and that which they impiously imagined, hath fled from them
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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 · George Sale0.62
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.59
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.57
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.56
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.55
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.45
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.45
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.40
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.37
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.31
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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.