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Talal Itani· published 2012
God made them appear in your dream as few. Had He made them appear as many, you would have lostheart, and disputed in the matter. But God saved the situation. He knows what the heartscontain.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
When Allah showed them unto thee (OMuhammad) in thy dream as few in number, and if He had shown them to thee as many, ye (Muslims) would have faltered and would have quarrelled over the affair. But Allah saved (you). Lo! He knoweth what is in the breasts (of men)
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 God showed thee them in thy dream as though they were but few; but had He shown thee them as though they were many, ye would have been timid, and ye would have quarrelled about the matter;- but God preserved you; verily, He knows the nature of men's breasts
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Remember when God shewed them to thee in thy dream, as few: Had he shown them numerous, ye would certainly have becomefainthearted, and would certainly have disputed about the matter - But from this God kept you - He knoweth the very secrets of the breast
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
When thy Lordcaused the enemy to appear unto thee in thy sleep, few in number; and if He had caused them to appear numerous unto thee, ye would have been disheartened and would have disputed concerning the matter: But God preserved you from this; for He knoweth the innermostparts of the breasts of men
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
(Kujto) kur Allahu t'i tregoi ata në ëndërr pak në numër. Sikur t'jua tregonte ata shumë, ju do të humbisnit guximin e do të kundërshtoheshit lidhur me atë çështje, por Allahu ju ruajti. Pa dyshim, Allahu e di mirë çfarë ka në gjokse.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
বাংলা · Bengali
স্মরণ করো, আল্লাহ যখন তোমাকে স্বপ্নে তাদের সংখ্যায় কম দেখিয়েছিলেন । তিনি যদি তোমাকে তাদের সংখ্যা বেশি দেখাতেন, তাহলে অবশ্যই তোমরা সাহস হারিয়ে ফেলতে এবং যুদ্ধের বিষয়ে নিজেদের মধ্যে বিরোধ সৃষ্টি করতে। কিন্তু আল্লাহ তোমাদেরকে রক্ষা করেছেন। তিনি অবশ্যই অন্তরে যা আছে, সে সম্বন্ধে সবিশেষে অবগত।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
Kad ti je Allah u snu pokazao da je njih malo; a da ti je pokazao da ih je mnogo, vi biste duhom klonuli i o boju se raspravljali, ali je Allah spas ukazao. On, zaista, dobro zna šta svačije grudi kriju.
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Hrvatski · Croatian
Kad ti je Allah u snu pokazao da je njih malo; a da ti je pokazao da ih je mnogo, vi biste duhom klonuli i o boju se raspravljali, ali je Allah spas ukazao. On, zaista, dobro zna što svačije grudi kriju.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Tuma nde Alla hollayno maa ɓe ka ɗoyngol maaɗa ko ɓe seeɗaaɓe. Sinno O holluno ɓe ko ɓe ɗuuɗuɓe, on lo'ayno, on pooɗindiryno kadi e fiyaaku on. Kono Alla hisini. Pellet, Kaŋko ko o gannduɗo ko woni e ɓerɗe ɗeen.
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ქართული · Georgian
და გახსოვდეს (ო მოციქულო მუჰამმად), როგორ გიჩვენა შენ ალლაჰმა ისინი [შენი მტრები] შენს სიზმარში მცირერიცხოვნებად, (და როცა ეს აუწყე მორწმუნეებს, მათ გაბედულება და სიმტკიცე მიეცათ) ხოლო რომ ალლაჰს ეჩვენებინა ისინი შენთვის მრავლად, თქვენ ნამდვილად დაეცემოდით სულით და აუცილებლად დაიწყებდით ამ საქმეზე [ბრძოლაზე] კამათს. მაგრამ ალლაჰმა დაგიცვათ [მორალური სისუსტისგან] და გადაგარჩინათ ამის შედეგებს, რადგან ჭეშმარიტად, მან უწყის, რაც გულებშია.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
(Gedenke o Prophet,) als Allah sie dir in deinem Schlaf als wenige sehen ließ. Und wenn Er sie dir als viele gezeigt hätte, hättet ihr gewiss verzagt (und den Mut verloren) und über die Angelegenheit miteinander gestritten. Aber Allah hat (euch) bewahrt. Wahrlich, Er ist wissend über das Innerste der Brüste.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
(Ανάφερε, ω, Προφήτη, την χάρη του Αλλάχ σε σένα και στους πιστούς) όταν ο Αλλάχ σε έκανε να δεις εκείνους (τους ειδωλολάτρες) στο όνειρό σου ως λίγους (και έτσι πληροφόρησες τους πιστούς γι' αυτό το όνειρο ως χαρμόσυνα νέα για νίκη στη μάχη του Μπαντρ). Αν σε είχε κάνει να τους δεις ως πολλούς, εσείς (οι πιστοί) θα είχατε χάσει το θάρρος και θα διαφωνούσατε μεταξύ σας για το θέμα. Αλλά ο Αλλάχ σας έσωσε (απ' αυτό). Πράγματι, Αυτός είναι ο Παντογνώστης όσων υπάρχουν στις καρδιές.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
जब अल्लाह आपको आपके सपने[21] में उन्हें थोड़े दिखा रहा था, और यदि वह आपको उन्हें अधिक दिखाता, तो तुम अवश्य साहस खो देते और अवश्य इस मामले में आपस में झगड़ पड़ते। परंतु अल्लाह ने बचा लिया। निःसंदेह वह सीनों की बातों से भली-भाँति अवगत है।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Allāh te li ha fatti sembrare pochi nel tuo sonno, e se te li avesse fatti sembrare molti, vi sareste scoraggiati e avreste discusso sul da farsi; ma Allāh vi ha salvati. Lui è in verità a conoscenza di ciò che è nei petti.
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
43. (Ir atminkite), kai Allahas parodė juos jums kaip kelis tavo (t. y. Muchammedo ﷺ) sapne. Jei Jis būtų juos parodęs tau kaip daugybę, tau tikrai būtų dingusi drąsa ir tu tikrai būtum abejojęs dėl apsisprendimo. Tačiau, Allahas išgelbėjo (tave). Tikrai, Jis yra Visa Žinantis, kas yra krūtinėse.
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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Русский · Russian
Вот Аллах показал тебе их в твоём сне малочисленными. А если бы Он показал их тебе многочисленными, то вы бы ослабели [духом] и вступили бы в спор об этом деле, но Аллах уберёг. Воистину, Он — знающий то, что таится в сердцах.
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Српски · Serbian
Кад ти је Аллах у сну показао да је њих мало; а да ти је показао да их је много, ви бисте духом клонули и о борби се расправљали, али је Аллах указао спас. Он, заиста, добро зна шта скривају свачије груди.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Kumbuka Mwenyezi Mungu alipokuonyesha wao katika usingizi wako kwamba wao ni wachache, na lau angelikuonyesha kuwa ni wengi, basi mngeliingiwa na woga, na mngelizozana katika jambo hilo. Lakini Mwenyezi Mungu akawapa salama. Hakika Yeye ni Mwenye kuyajua vyema yaliyo vifuani.
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Svenska · Swedish
Gud visade dig dem i din dröm som få och hade han visat dem som många hade ni tappat modet och tvistat om saken, men Gud skonade er. Han vet vad som döljs i människans inre.
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Türkçe · Turkish
Hani Allah sana onları uykunda az gösteriyordu. Eğer sana onları çok gösterseydi elbette gevşerdiniz ve o iş hakkında birbirinizle çekişirdiniz. Fakat Allah (sizi bunlardan) kurtardı. Çünkü O, göğüslerin özünü (kalplerde olanı) hakkıyla bilendir.
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اردو · Urdu
جب کہ اللہ تعالیٰ نے تجھے تیرے خواب میں ان کی تعداد کم دکھائی، اگر ان کی زیادتی دکھاتا تو تم بزدل ہو جاتے اور اس کام کے بارے میں آپس میں اختلاف کرتے لیکن اللہ تعالیٰ نے بچا لیا، وه دلوں کے بھیدوں سے خوب آگاه ہے۔[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.
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Talal Itani2012 And know that whatever spoils you gain, to God belongs its fifth, and to the Messenger, and the relatives, and the orphans, and the poor, and to the wayfarer, provided you believe in God and in what We revealed to Our servant on the Day of Distinction, the day when the two armies met. God is Capable of everything.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And know that whatever ye take as spoils of war, lo! a fifth thereof is for Allah, and for the messenger and for the kinsman (who hath need) and orphans and the needy and the wayfarer, if ye believe in Allah and that which We revealed unto Our slave on the Day of Discrimination, the day when the two armies met. And Allah is Able to do all things
Edward Henry Palmer1880 and know that whenever ye seize anything as a spoil, to God belongs a fifth thereof, and to His Apostle, and to kindred and orphans, and the poor and the wayfarer; if ye believe in God and what we have revealed unto our servants on the day of the discrimination,- the day when the two parties met; and God is mighty over all
John Medows Rodwell1861 And know ye, that when ye have taken any booty, a fifth part belongeth to God and to the Apostle, and to the near of kin, and to orphans, and to the poor, and to the wayfarer, if ye believe in God, and in that which we have sent down to our servant on the day of the victory, the day of the meeting of the Hosts. Over all things is God potent
George Sale1734 And know that whenever ye gain any spoils, a fifth part thereof belongeth unto God, and to the apostle, and his kindred, and the orphans, and the poor, and the traveller; if ye believe in God, and that which we have sent down unto our servant on the day of distinction, on the day whereon the two armies met: And God is almighty
Talal Itani2012 Recall when you were on the nearer bank, and they were on the further bank, and the caravan was below you. Had you planned for this meeting, you would have disagreed on the timing, but God was to carry out a predetermined matter, so that those who perish would perish by clear evidence, and those who survive would survive by clear evidence. God is Hearing and Knowing.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 When ye were on the near bank (of the valley) and they were on the yonder bank, and the caravan was below you (on the coast plain). And had ye trysted to meet one another ye surely would have failed to keep the tryst, but (it happened, as it did, without the forethought of either of you) that Allah might conclude a thing that must be done; that he who perished (on that day) might perish by a clear proof (of His Sovereignty) and he who survived might survive by a clear proof (of His Sovereignty). Lo! Allah in truth is Hearer, Knower
Edward Henry Palmer1880 When ye were on the near side of the valley, and they were on the far side, and the camels were below you; had ye made an appointment then ye would have failed to keep your appointment - but it was that God might accomplish a thing that was as good as done! that he who was to perish might perish with a manifest sign; and that he who was to live might live with a manifest sign; for, verily, God hears and knows
John Medows Rodwell1861 When ye were encamped on the near side of the valley, and they were on the further side, and the caravan was below you, if ye had made an engagement to attack ye would have failed the engagement; but ye were led into action notwithstanding, that God might accomplish the thing destined to be done: That he who should perish might perish with a clear token before him, and that he who liveth might live with it. And verily, God Heareth, Knoweth
George Sale1734 When ye were incamped on the hithermost side of the valley, and they were incamped on the further side, and the caravan was below you; and if ye had mutually appointed to come to a battle, ye would certainly have declined the appointment; but ye were brought to an engagement without any previous appointment, that God might accomplish the thing which was decreed to be done, that he who perisheth hereafter may perish after demonstrative evidence, and that he who liveth may live by the same evidence God both heareth and knoweth
Talal Itani2012 When you met, He made them appear as few in your eyes, and made you appear fewer in their eyes, so that God may conclude a predetermined matter. To God all matters revert.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And when He made you (Muslims), when ye met (them), see them with your eyes as few, and lessened you in their eyes, (it was) that Allah might conclude a thing that must be done. Unto Allah all things are brought back
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And when He showed them to you, as ye encountered them, as few in your eyes; and made you seem few in their eyes; that God might accomplish a thing that was as good as done; for unto God do things return
John Medows Rodwell1861 And when, on your meeting, he made them to appear to your eyes as few, and diminished you in their eyes, that God might carry out the thing that was to be done. To God do all things return
George Sale1734 And when He caused them to appear unto you, when ye met, to be few in your eyes; and diminished your numbers in their eyes; that God might accomplish the thing which was decreed to be done: And unto God shall all things return
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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
0.63 on a scale
where 0 means identical wording and 1 means no shared words. It is
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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 · George Sale0.72
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.69
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.67
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.64
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.62
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.62
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.60
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.57
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.57
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.56
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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.