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It was not you who killed them, but it was God who killed them. And it was not you who launched when you launched, but it was God who launched. That He may bestow upon the believers an excellentreward. God is Hearing and Knowing.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Ye (Muslims) slew them not, but Allah slew them. And thou (Muhammad) threwest not when thou didst throw, but Allah threw, that He might test the believers by a fairtest from Him. Lo! Allah is Hearer, Knower
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
Ye did not slay them, but it was God who slew them; nor didst thou shoot when thou didst shoot, but God did shoot, to try the believers from Himself with a goodly trial; verily, God both hears and knows
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
So it was not ye who slew them, but God slew them; and those shafts were God's, not thine! He would make trial of the faithful by a gracious trial from Himself: Verily, God Heareth, Knoweth
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
So you slew them not; but it was God Who slew them. And thou threwest not when thou didst throw, but it was God Who threw, that He might overthrow the disbelievers and that He might confer on the believers a greatfavour from Himself. Surely, God is All-Hearing, All-Knowing
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
Nuk ishit ju që i vratë ata, por ishte Allahu Ai që i vrau, as ishe ti (o Muhamed) ai që i gjuajti, por ishte Allahu Ai që gjuante, me qëllim që t'i sprovonte besimtarët me një dhuratë të mirë. Allahu është Gjithëdëgjues, i Gjithëdijshëm.
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
সুতরাং তোমরা তাদেরকে (মুশরিকদেরকে) হত্যা করোনি; বরং আল্লাহই তাদেরকে হত্যা করেছেন। আর তুমি (মুশরিকদের দিকে ধূলি) নিক্ষেপ করোনি, যখন তুমি নিক্ষেপ করেছিলে; বরং আল্লাহই নিক্ষেপ করেছেন। আর তিনি তা এ জন্য করেছেন, যাতে তিনি তাঁর পক্ষ থেকে মু’মিনদেরকে উত্তমভাবে পরীক্ষা করতে পারেন। নিশ্চয় আল্লাহ সর্বশ্রোতা, সর্বজ্ঞ।
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
Njih niste ubijali vi, nego Allah; i nisi ti bacio, kad si bacio, nego je Allah bacio, da bi vjernike lijepom kušnjom iskušao – Allah je, zaista, Onaj Koji sve čuje i Onaj Koji sve zna.
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
Njih niste ubijali vi, nego Allah; i nisi ti bacio, kad si bacio, nego je Allah bacio, da bi vjernike lijepom kušnjom iskušao – Allah je, zaista, Onaj Koji sve čuje i Onaj Koji sve zna.
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
On mbaraano ɓe : Ko Allaahu On wari ɓe. A werninooki tuma mberniɗaa : Ko Allaahu On wernii, e fii yo O jarribor gooŋɗinɓe ɓeen immorde ka makko jarrabuyee moƴƴuɗo. Pellet, Alla ko Nanoowo gannduɗo.
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
თქვენ არ მოგიკლავთ ისინი [მრავალღმერთიანები] (ბადრის ბრძოლაში), არამედ ალლაჰმა მოკლა ისინი; და არც შენ (ო, მოციქულო) ისროლე (ქვიშის მუჭა მრავალღმერთიანებისკენ), როცა ისროლე, არამედ ალლაჰმა ისროლა[1], რათა გამოეცადა მორწმუნენი მისგან მომდინარე კარგი გამოცდით. ჭეშმარიტად, ალლაჰი ყოვლისმსმენი, ყოვლისმცოდნეა.
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
So habt nicht ihr sie getötet, sondern Allah hat sie getötet. Und nicht du hast geworfen, als du geworfen hast, sondern Allah hat geworfen, und damit Er die Gläubigen einer schönen Prüfung von Ihm unterziehe. Wahrlich, Allah ist allhörend und allwissend.
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, πιστοί) δεν τους σκοτώσατε (τους άπιστους κατά τη μάχη του Μπαντρ με τη δύναμη σας), αλλά ήταν ο Αλλάχ που τους σκότωσε (όταν σας υποστήριξε σ' αυτό). Και δεν έριξες (ω, Προφήτη) όταν έριξες, αλλά ήταν ο Αλλάχ που έριξε (όταν έκανε αυτό που έριξες να τους φτάσει). Και (ο Αλλάχ έκανε αυτά στους άπιστους) για να χαρίσει στους πιστούς μεγάλη εύνοια απ' Αυτόν (νίκη, υποστήριξη και αμοιβή). Πράγματι, ο Αλλάχ είναι Σαμεί‘ (Αυτός που ακούει τα πάντα) και ‘Αλείμ (Παντογνώστης).
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
अतः (रणक्षेत्र में) तुमने उन्हें क़त्ल नहीं किया, परंतु अल्लाह ने उन्हें क़त्ल किया। और (ऐ नबी!) आपने नहीं फेंका जब आपने फेंका, परंतु अल्लाह ने फेंका। और (यह इसलिए हुआ) ताकि वह इसके द्वारा ईमान वालों को अच्छी तरह आज़माए। निःसंदेह अल्लाह सब कुछ सुनने वाला, सब कुछ जानने वाला है।[6]
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Non li avete uccisi voi, ma Allāh li ha uccisi! E non hai scagliato tu le frecce, ma è stato Allāh a scagliarle. Ed era per sottomettere i credenti a una giusta prova. In verità Allāh è Ascoltatore, Sapiente.
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
17. Tu jų nenužudei, tai Allahas juos nužudė. Ir kai tu (Muchammedai ﷺ) metei (saują žemių), tai ne tu metei, o Allahas metė, tam, kad Jis išbandytų tikinčiuosius teisingu išbandymu nuo savęs. Iš tiesų, Allahas yra Visa Girdintis, Visa Žinantis.
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
Isin isaan hin ajjeefne Garuu Rabbitu isaan ajjeese. Ati hin darbanne Yeroo darbatte Garuu Rabbiitu darbate. Mu’uminootaafis tola gaarii isa biraa ta’e akka kennuuf (kana hojjate). Rabbiin dhagahaa, beekaadha. [5]
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
И не вы убивали их, но Аллах убивал их. И не ты бросил, когда бросал, но Аллах бросил, чтобы подвергнуть верующих благому испытанию от Себя. Воистину, Аллах — слышащий, знающий.
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
Њих нисте ви убијали, него Аллах; и ниси ти гађао, кад си гађао, него је Аллах гађао, да би вернике лепом кушњом искушао - Аллах, заиста, све чује и све зна.
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
Kwa hivyo, hamkuwaua nyinyi, lakini Mwenyezi Mungu ndiye aliyewaua. Nawe hukutupa ulipotupa, lakini Mwenyezi Mungu ndiye aliyetupa, na ili awajaribu Waumini majaribio mazuri kutoka kwake. Hakika Mwenyezi Mungu ni Mwenye kusikia vyema, Mwenye kujua yote.
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Det var inte ni som dödade dem – det var Gud som dödade dem. Och det var inte du som kastade när du kastade – det var Gud som kastade. Det var för att pröva de troende med en god prövning från honom. Gud hör allt, vet allt.
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
(Bedir'de) onları siz öldürmediniz, fakat onları Allah öldürdü. Attığında da sen atmadın, fakat Allah attı. Müminleri güzel bir imtihanla denemek için (böyle yaptı). Şüphesiz Allah her şeyi işitendir, her şeyi bilendir.
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
سو تم نے انہیں قتل نہیں کیا لیکن اللہ تعالیٰ نے ان کو قتل کیا[1] ۔ اور آپ نے خاک کی مٹھی نہیں پھینکی بلکہ اللہ تعالیٰ نے وه پھینکی[2] اور تاکہ مسلمانوں کو اپنی طرف سے ان کی محنت کا خوب عوض دے[3] بلاشبہ اللہ تعالیٰ خوب سننے واﻻ خوب جاننے واﻻ ہے۔
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 Anyone who turns his back on them on that Day, except while maneuvering for battle, or to join another group, has incurred wrath from God, and his abode is Hell-what a miserable destination!
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Whoso on that day turneth his back to them, unless manoeuvring for battle or intent to join a company, he truly hath incurred wrath from Allah, and his habitation will be hell, a hapless journey's end
Edward Henry Palmer1880 for he who turns to them that day his hinder parts, save turning to fight or rallying to a troop, brings down upon himself wrath from God, and his resort is hell, and an ill journey shall it be
John Medows Rodwell1861 Whoso shall turn his back to them on that day, unless he turn aside to fight, or to rally to some other troop, shall incur wrath from God: Hell shall be his abode and wretched the journey thither
George Sale1734 And whoso turns his back to them on such a day, unless manoeuvring for battle or turning to join another company, he indeed draws upon himself the wrath of God, and Hell shall be his abode. And an evil resort it is
Talal Itani2012 If you desire a verdict, the verdict has come to you. And if you desist, it would be best for you. And if you return, We will return; and your troops, however numerous, will not benefit you. God is with the believers.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 (O Qureysh!) If ye sought a judgment, now hath the judgment come unto you. And if ye cease (from persecuting the believers) it will be better for you, but if ye return (to the attack) We also shall return. And your host will avail you naught, however numerous it be, and (know) that Allah is with the believers (in His Guidance)
Edward Henry Palmer1880 If ye wish the matter to be decided, a decision has now come to you; but if ye desist, it is better for you; and if ye turn back we will turn too, and your troop shall avail nothing, great in number though it be, since God is with the believers
John Medows Rodwell1861 O Meccans! if ye desired a decision, now hath the decision come to you. It will be better for you if ye give over the struggle. If ye return to it, we will return; and your forces, though they be many, shall never avail you aught, for God is with the faithful
George Sale1734 If you, O disbelievers, sort a judgment, then judgment has indeed come to you. And if you desist, it will be better for you; but if you return to mischief, We too will return to punishment. And your party shall be of no avail to you, however numerous it be, and know that God is with the believers
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 —
0.71 on a scale
where 0 means identical wording and 1 means no shared words. It is
computed, not judged.
The page says a verse is worded differently only above the cut below. The cut is a stated convention, not a property of the text, and it can be changed.
The cut
0.644
Share of measured verses above it
33%
Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.78
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.78
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.78
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.76
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.73
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.71
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.66
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.65
Talal Itani · George Sale0.61
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.60
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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.