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Your Lord inspired the angels: "I am with you, so support those who believe. I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. So strike above the necks, and strike off every fingertip of theirs."
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
When thy Lord inspired the angels, (saying): I am with you. So make those who believe stand firm. I will throwfear into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Then smite the necks and smite of them each finger
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
When your Lord inspired the angels - 'Verily, I am with you; make ye firm then those who believe; I will cast dread into the hearts of those who misbelieve,- strike off their necks then, and strike off from them every finger tip
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
When thy Lord spake unto the angels, "I will be with you: therefore stablish ye the faithful. I will cast a dread into the hearts of the infidels." Strike off their heads then, and strike off from them every finger-tip
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
When thy Lord revealed to the angels, saying, 'I am with you; so make firm those who believe. I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Smite them above their necks, and smite off all finger-tips
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
Kur Zoti yt i frymëzoi melekët: "Unë jam me ju, andaj forconi ata që besojnë. Unë do të shtie tmerrin në zemrat e jobesimtarëve, prandaj goditini në qafa dhe goditini në të gjithë gishtërinjtë."
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
স্মরণ করো, যখন তোমার রব ফিরিশতাদের প্রতি ওহী প্রেরণ করেন যে, ‘নিশ্চয় আমি তোমাদের সাথে আছি। সুতরাং তোমরা মু’মিনদের মনোবলকে অবিচল রাখো।’ যারা কুফরি করেছে অচিরেই আমি তাদের অন্তরে ভীতির সঞ্চার করবো। কাজেই তোমরা আঘাত করো তাদের ঘাড়ের ওপরে এবং আঘাত করো তাদের গিরায় গিরায়।(৪)
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
Kad je Gospodar tvoj nadahnuo meleke: "Ja sam s vama, pa učvrstite one koji vjeruju! U srca nevjernika Ja ću strah uliti, pa ih vi po šijama udarite, i udarite ih po svim udovima."
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
Kad je Gospodar tvoj nadahnuo anđele: "Ja sam s vama, pa učvrstite one koji vjeruju! U srca nevjernika Ja ću strah uliti, pa ih vi po šijama udarite, i udarite ih po svim udovima."
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
Tuma nde Joomi maa wahyinaynoo e maleykaajiɗi : "Min miɗo won di e mo'on : tabintinee gooŋɗinɓe ɓen. Arma Mi bugoo ɗenƴere(kulol ) e ɓerɗe heeferɓe ɓen. Tappee dow daaɗe ɗeen tappon e maɓɓe kala wunnjere.(jokkule)
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
აი, შთააგონებს შენი უფალი ანგელოზებს (რომლებიც გაგზავნა მორწმუნეთა დასახმარებლად ბადრის ბრძოლაში): «მე თქვენთან ვარ; მაშ, გაამტკიცეთ ისინი, ვინც ირწმუნეს! მე ჩავაგდებ შიშს მათ გულებში, ვინც ურწმუნონი გახდნენ; ამიტომ დაჰკარით მათ კისრებზე და დაჰკარით მათ ყველა თითსა და კიდურზე!»
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Als dein Herr den Engeln eingab: „Wahrlich, Ich bin mit euch. So festigt diejenigen, die glauben! Ich werde in die Herzen derer, die ungläubig sind, Schrecken einjagen. So schlagt oberhalb der Nacken und schlagt von ihnen jeden Finger!“
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
(Και ανάφερε, ω, Μωχάμμαντ) όταν ο Κύριός σου ενέπνευσε στους αγγέλους: «Είμαι μαζί σας, γι' αυτό σταθεροποιήστε τους πιστούς. Θα ρίξω τρόμο στις καρδιές των άπιστων. Χτυπήστε, λοιπόν (ω, πιστοί), το λαιμό τους και χτυπήστε τα άκρα τους (για να μην σας πολεμήσουν).»
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
जब आपका पालनहार फ़रिश्तों की ओर वह़्य कर रहा था कि निःसंदेह मैं तुम्हारे साथ हूँ। अतः तुम ईमान वालों को स्थिर रखो। शीघ्र ही मैं काफ़िरों के दिलों में भय डाल दूँगा। तो (ऐ मुसलमानों!) तुम उनकी गरदनों के ऊपर मारो तथा उनके पोर-पोर पर आघात पहुँचाओ।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
E quando il tuo Dio ispirò agli angeli: «Io sono con voi! Rafforzate quelli che hanno creduto! Getterò nel cuore dei miscredenti il terrore: colpiteli sulla nuca e colpite le loro parti superiori!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
12. (Atminkite) kai jūsų Viešpats apreiškė angelams: „Iš tiesų, Aš esu su jumis, taigi laikykite tvirtai tuos, kurie patikėjo. Aš sukelsiu siaubą širdyse tų, kurie nepatikėjo, taigi smokite jiems per kaklus ir trenkite per jų visus rankų ir kojų pirštus.“
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
Вот твой Господь внушил ангелам: «Я — с вами. Укрепите же тех, которые уверовали! Я вселю ужас в сердца тех, которые отвергли веру. Бейте же их по шеям и по каждому их пальцу!»
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
Кад је Господ твој надахнуо анђеле: „Ја сам са вама, па учврстите оне који верују! У срца неверника Ја ћу да улијем страх, па их ви по потиљцима ударите, и ударите их по свим деловима тела.“
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
Mola wako Mlezi alipowafunulia Malaika: Hakika Mimi niko pamoja nanyi, basi watieni nguvu wale walioamini. Nitatupa woga katika nyoyo za wale waliokufuru. Basi wapigeni juu ya shingo na wapigeni kwenye kila ncha za vidole.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Kom ihåg när din Herre ingav änglarna: ”Jag är med er, så stärk de troende!” Jag ska kasta skräck i de otrognas hjärtan. Hugg dem då i deras nackar och hugg mot varje lem!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
O an Rabbin meleklere şöyle vahyediyordu: "Ben sizinle beraberim, iman edenlere sebat verin! Ben kâfirlerin kalbine korku salacağım. Artık onların boyunlarının üstüne de vurun, onların her parmağına da vurun.”
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
اس وقت کو یاد کرو جب کہ آپ کا رب فرشتوں کو حکم دیتا تھا کہ میں تمہارا ساتھی ہوں سو تم ایمان والوں کی ہمت بڑھاؤ میں ابھی کفار کے قلوب میں رعب ڈالے دیتا ہوں[1] ، سو تم گردنوں پر مارو اور ان کے پور پور کو مارو۔[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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DIN 31635wamā ǧaʿalahu llāhu ʾillā bušrā walitaṭmaʾinna bihi qulūbukum wamā n-naṣru ʾillā min ʿindi llāhi ʾinna llāha ʿazīzun ḥakīmun
Talal Itani2012 God only made it a message of hope, and to set your hearts at rest. Victory comes only from God. God is Mighty and Wise.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Allah appointed it only as good tidings, and that your hearts thereby might be at rest. Victory cometh only by the help of Allah. Lo! Allah is Mighty, Wise
Edward Henry Palmer1880 God made it only glad tidings to quiet your hearts therewith; for victory is only from God! verily, God is mighty and wise
John Medows Rodwell1861 And God made this promise as pure good tidings, and to assure your hearts by it: for succour cometh from God alone! Verily God is Mighty, Wise
George Sale1734 And God made it only as a glad tidings so that your hearts might be at rest. But help comes from God alone; surely God is Mighty, Wise
Talal Itani2012 He made drowsiness overcome you, as a security from Him. And He sent down upon you water from the sky, to cleanse you with it, and to rid you of Satan's pollution, and to fortify your hearts, and to strengthen your foothold.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 When He made the slumber fall upon you as a reassurance from him and sent down water from the sky upon you, that thereby He might purify you, and remove from you the fear of Satan, and make strong your hearts and firm (your) feet thereby
Edward Henry Palmer1880 When drowsiness covered you as a security from Him, and He sent down upon you from the heavens water to purify you withal, and to take away from you the plague of Satan, and to tie up your hearts and to make firm your footsteps
John Medows Rodwell1861 Recollect when sleep, a sign of security from Him, fell upon you, and he sent down upon you water from Heaven that he might thereby cleanse you, and cause the pollution of Satan to pass from you, and that he might gird up your hearts, and stablish your feet by it
George Sale1734 And when He caused sleep to come upon you as a sign of security from Him, and He sent down water upon you from the clouds, that thereby He might purify you, and remove from you the uncleanliness of Satan, and that He might strengthen your hearts and make your steps firm therewith
Talal Itani2012 That is because they opposed God and His Messenger. Whoever opposes God and His Messenger-God is severe in retribution.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 That is because they opposed Allah and His messenger. Whoso opposeth Allah and His messenger, (for him) lo! Allah is severe in punishment
Edward Henry Palmer1880 That is, because they went into opposition against God and His Apostle; for he who goes into opposition against God and His Apostle - verily, God is keen to punish
John Medows Rodwell1861 This, because they have opposed God and his apostle: And whoso shall oppose God and his apostle. . . . Verily, God will be severe in punishment
George Sale1734 That is because they have opposed God and His Messenger. And whoso opposes God and His Messenger, Then God is surely Severe in retribution
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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 · John Medows Rodwell0.69
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.68
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.65
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.55
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.49
Talal Itani · George Sale0.49
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.48
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.48
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.47
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.38
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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.