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Talal Itani· published 2012
But if they intend to betray you, they have already betrayed God, and He has overpowered them. God is Knowing and Wise.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
And if they would betray thee, they betrayed Allah before, and He gave (thee) power over them. Allah is Knower, Wise
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
But if they desire to betray thee,- they have betrayed God before! but He hath given you power over them; for God is knowing, wise
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
But if they seek to dealtreacherously with you - they have already dealttreacherously with God before! Therefore hath He given you power over them. God is Knowing, Wise
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
But if they seek to deceive thee, verily they have deceived God before; wherefore He hath given thee power over them: And God is knowing and wise
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
Por, nëse ata duan të të tradhtojnë, ata e kanë tradhtuar Allahun më parë dhe Allahu ta mundësoi të ngadhënjesh kundër tyre. Allahu është i Gjithëdijshëm dhe i Urtë.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
বাংলা · Bengali
আর যদি তারা তোমার সাথে বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা করার ইচ্ছা করে, তাহলে ইতঃপূর্বে তারা তো আল্লাহর সাথেও বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা করেছে। অতঃপর তিনি তাদের ওপর তোমাকে শক্তিশালী করেছেন। আর আল্লাহ সর্বজ্ঞ, প্রজ্ঞাময়।
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.2
Bosanski · Bosnian
A ako htjednu da te prevare, pa - oni su i prije Allaha nastojali varati i zato ti je On omogućio da ih pobijediš; a Allah je Onaj Koji sve zna i mudar je.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4
Hrvatski · Croatian
A ako htjednu da te prevare, pa – oni su i prije Allaha nastojali varati i zato ti je On omogućio da ih pobijediš; a Allah je Onaj Koji sve zna i mudar je.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Fulfulde · Fulani
Si ɓe paalaamo jamfagol ma, gooŋɗii ɓe jamfinooma Alla ko adii; O newinan (maa) e mabɓe. Alla ko gannduɗo Ñeeñuɗo.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
და თუ ისინი [ბადრის დროს აყვანილი ტყვეები] მოისურვებენ შენს ღალატს (ო, მოციქულო)[1], მაშინ მანამდეც უღალატეს ალლაჰს [როდესაც მისი სარწმუნოების წინააღმდეგ ომში გამოვიდნენ]. ამიტომ ალლაჰმა ისინი მორწმუნეთა ხელში ჩააგდო. და ალლაჰი ყოვლისმცოდნე, ბრძენია!
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Deutsch · German
Und wenn sie deinen Verrat wollen, so haben sie schon zuvor Allah verraten, und dann hat Er (euch) Macht über sie gegeben. Und Allah ist allwissend und allweise.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Αλλά αν σκοπεύουν (ω, Προφήτη) να σε προδώσουν (λέγοντας κάτι αντίθετο μ' αυτό που υπάρχει στις καρδιές τους), έχουν ήδη προδώσει τον Αλλάχ πριν (με την απιστία τους), και έτσι σας έδωσε δύναμη πάνω τους (κατά τη μάχη του Μπαντρ). Πράγματι, ο Αλλάχ είναι ‘Αλείμ (Παντογνώστης) και Χακείμ (Πάνσοφος).
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
और यदि वे आपके साथ विश्वासघात करना चाहें, तो निःसंदेह वे इससे पहले अल्लाह के साथ विश्वासघात कर चुके हैं। तो उसने (आपको) उनपर नियंत्रण दे दिया। तथा अल्लाह सब कुछ जानने वाला, पूर्ण हिकमत वाला है।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
E se volessero tradirti, hanno già tradito Allāh in precedenza, e così li ha puniti. E Allāh è Sapiente, Saggio.
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
71. Tačiau, jei jie ketina išduoti tave (Muchammedai ﷺ), jie iš tiesų prieš tai jau išdavė Allahą. Taigi, Jis suteikė (tau) valdžią virš jų. Ir Allahas yra Visa Žinantis, Visa Išmanantis.
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Русский · Russian
А если они захотят предать тебя, то ведь они уже предали Аллаха прежде, и [за это] Он дал тебе власть над ними, и Аллах — знающий, мудрый.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
А ако желе да те преваре, па они су и пре настојали Аллаха да варају и зато ти је Он омогућио да их победиш; а Аллах све зна и мудар је.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Na ikiwa wanataka kukufanyia hiana, basi hakika walikwishamfanyia hiana Mwenyezi Mungu kabla, naye akawawezesha nyinyi kuwashinda. Na Mwenyezi Mungu ni Mwenye kujua vyema, Mwenye hekima.
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Svenska · Swedish
Men om de vill förråda dig har de tidigare även sökt förråda Gud, och han gav dig då seger mot dem. Gud är allvetande, vis.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
Eğer sana hainlik etmek isterlerse, (bil ki) onlar daha önce Allah’a da hainlik etmişlerdi de, Allah onlara karşı (sana) imkân (kudret) vermişti. Allah, hakkıyla bilendir, hüküm ve hikmet sahibidir.
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اردو · Urdu
اور اگر وه تجھ سے خیانت کا خیال کریں گے تو یہ تو اس سے پہلے خود اللہ کی خیانت کر چکے ہیں آخر اس نے انہیں گرفتار کرا دیا[1] ، اور اللہ علم وحکمت 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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Easy-read (simplified)yaa ayyuhaa n-nabiyyu qul liman fee aydeekum mina l-'asraa in ya'lami llaahu fee quloobikum khayran yu'tikum khayran mimmaa ukhidha minkum wayaghfir lakum wallaahu ghafoorun raheem
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Talal Itani2012 O prophet! Say to those you hold prisoners, "If God finds any good in your hearts, He will give you better than what was taken from you, and He will forgive you. God is Forgiving and Merciful."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 O Prophet! Say unto those captives who are in your hands: If Allah knoweth any good in your hearts He will give you better than that which hath been taken from you, and will forgive you. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful
Edward Henry Palmer1880 O thou prophet! say to such of the captives as are in your hands, 'If God knows of any good in your hearts, he will give you better than that which is taken from you, and will forgive you; for God is forgiving and merciful
John Medows Rodwell1861 O prophet! say to the captives who are in your hands, "If God shall know good to be in your hearts, He will give you good beyond all that hath been taken from you, and will forgive you: for God is Forgiving, Merciful
George Sale1734 O prophet, say unto the captives who are in your hands, if God shall know any good to be in your hearts, He will give you better than what hath been taken from you; and He will forgive you, for God is gracious and merciful
Talal Itani2012 Those who believed, and emigrated, and struggled in God's cause with their possessions and their persons, and those who provided shelter and support-these are allies of one another. As for those who believed, but did not emigrate, you owe them no protection, until they have emigrated. But if they ask you for help in religion, you must come to their aid, except against a people with whom you have a treaty. God is Seeing of what you do.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Lo! those who believed and left their homes and strove with their wealth and their lives for the cause of Allah, and those who took them in and helped them: these are protecting friends one of another. And those who believed but did not leave their homes, ye have no duty to protect them till they leave their homes; but if they seek help from you in the matter of religion then it is your duty to help (them) except against a folk between whom and you there is a treaty. Allah is Seer of what ye do
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Verily, those who believe and have fled and fought strenuously with their wealth and persons in God's way, and those who have given refuge and help, these shall be next of kin to each other. But those who believe, but have not fled, ye have naught to do with their claims of kindred, until they flee as well. But if they ask you for aid for religion's sake, then help is due from you, except against a people between whom and you there is an alliance; for God on what ye do doth look
John Medows Rodwell1861 Verily, they who have believed and fled their homes and spent their substance for the cause of God, and they who have taken in the prophet and been helpful to him, shall be near of kin the one to the other. And they who have believed, but have not fled their homes, shall have no rights of kindred with you at all, until they too fly their country. Yet if they seek aid from you on account of the faith, your part it is to give them aid, except against a people between whom and yourselves there shall be a treaty. And God beholdeth your actions
George Sale1734 Moreover they who have believed, and have fled their country, and employed their substance and their persons in fighting for the religion of God, and they who have given the prophet a refuge among them, and have assisted him, these shall be deemed the one nearest of kin to the other. But they who have believed, but have not fled their country, shall have no right of kindred at all with you, until they also fly. Yet if they ask assistance of you on account of religion, it belongeth unto you to give them assistance; except against a people between whom and yourselves there shall be a league subsisting: And God seeth that which ye do
Talal Itani2012 As for those who disbelieve, they are allies of one another. Unless you do this, there will be turmoil in the land, and much corruption.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And those who disbelieve are protectors one of another - If ye do not so, there will be confusion in the land, and great corruption
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And those who misbelieve, some of them are next of kin to others - unless ye act the same there will be sedition in the land, and great corruption
John Medows Rodwell1861 The infidels lend one another mutual help. Unless ye do the same, there will be discord in the land and great corruption
George Sale1734 And as to the infidels, let them be deemed of kin the one to the other. Unless ye do this, there will be a sedition in the earth, and grievous corruption
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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
0.54 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
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.72
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.67
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.62
Talal Itani · George Sale0.60
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.57
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.56
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.48
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.43
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.41
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.39
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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.