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Say, "Work. God will see your work, and so will His Messenger, and the believers. Then you will be returned to the Knower of secrets and declarations, and He will inform you of what you used to do."
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
And say (unto them): Act! Allah will behold your actions, and (so will) His messenger and the believers, and ye will be brought back to the Knower of the Invisible and the Visible, and He will tell you what ye used to do
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
And say, ' Act ye;' and God and His Apostle and the believers shall see your acts, and ye shall be brought back to Him who knows the seen and the unseen, and He shall inform you of that which ye have done
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
SAY: Work ye: but God will behold your work, and so will His Apostle, and the faithful: and ye shall be brought before Him who knoweth alike the Hidden and the Manifest, and He will tell you of all your works
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Say unto them, work as ye will; but God will behold your work, and his apostle also, and the true believers: And ye shall be brought before Him who knoweth that which is kept secret, and that which is madepublic; and He will declare unto you whatever ye have done
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
Thuaju: "Punoni, sepse Allahu do ta shohë punën tuaj, e edhe i Dërguari i Tij dhe besimtarët. Pastaj do të ktheheni tek Ai që e di të fshehtën e të dukshmen, e mandej Ai do t'ju njoftojë për atë që keni punuar."
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
আর (হে রাসূল!) তুমি তাদেরকে বলো: ‘তোমরা আমল করতে থাকো। অতএব, অচিরেই আল্লাহ তোমাদের আমল দেখবেন এবং তাঁর রাসূল ও মু’মিনগণও। আর অচিরেই তোমাদেরকে ফিরিয়ে নেয়া হবে, অপ্রকাশ্য ও প্রকাশ্যের জ্ঞানীর নিকট। অতঃপর তিনি তোমাদেরকে তোমাদের (দুনিয়ার) কৃতকর্ম সম্পর্কে জানিয়ে দিবেন।
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
l reci: "Trudite se! Allah će trud vaš vidjeti, a i Poslanik Njegov i vjernici, i vi ćete biti vraćeni Onome Koji zna ono što je čulima nedokučivo i ono što je pojavno, pa će vas o onome što ste radili obavijestiti."
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
l reci: "Trudite se! Allah će trud vaš vidjeti, a i Poslanik Njegov i vjernici, i vi ćete biti vraćeni Onome Koji zna ono što je čulima nedokučivo i ono što je pojavno, pa će vas o onome što ste radili obavijestiti."
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
Maaku : "ngollee, arma Alla yi'a golle mon ɗeen, e nulaaɗo makko on e gooŋɗinɓe ɓeen. Aray ruttita-ɗon ka gannduɗo ko wirni eko feeñi ɗin, O humpita on ko ngollaynoɗon".
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
და უთხარი (ო, მოციქულო) მათ [ვინც დარჩნენ და არ გავიდნენ ლაშქრობაზე]: «აკეთეთ (საქმეები), რომლებიც ალლაჰის კმაყოფილებამდე მიგიყვანთ და ალლაჰი, მისი მოციქული და მორწმუნენი იხილავენ თქვენს ქმედებებს! და მალე დაბრუნდებით მასთან, ვინც იცის ფარული და აშკარა [ალლაჰთან], და ის გაცნობებთ იმის შესახებ, რასაც აკეთებდით».
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
Und sag: „Handelt (und verrichtet Taten)!“ Allah wird eure Handlung sehen, und (auch) Sein Gesandter und die Gläubigen. Und ihr werdet zum Kenner des Verborgenen und des Offenbaren zurückgebracht werden, und dann wird Er euch kundtun, was ihr zu tun pflegtet.
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 πες (ω, Προφήτη, σ' εκείνους που στράφηκαν με μεταμέλεια): «Κάντε (καλές πράξεις), και ο Αλλάχ θα δει τις πράξεις σας, επίσης και ο Αγγελιαφόρος Του και οι πιστοί (θα τις δουν). Και έπειτα θα επιστρέψετε στον Παντογνώστη του αόρατου και του ορατού, και θα σας ενημερώσει για όσα κάνατε.»
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
और कह दीजिए : तुम कर्म किए जाओ। जल्द ही अल्लाह तुम्हारे कर्मों को देखेगा, और उसके रसूल और ईमान वाले भी। और जल्द ही तुम हर परोक्ष और प्रत्यक्ष बात को जानने वाले की ओर लौटाए जाओगे। फिर वह तुम्हें बताएगा जो कुछ तुम किया करते थे
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
E di’: “Fate, Allāh osserverà ciò che fate, e il Suo Messaggero e i credenti, poi sarete ricondotti a Colui che conosce l’Ignoto e l’Evidente, e che vi informerà di ciò che facevate.”
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
105. Ir sakyk (Muchammedai ﷺ): „Darykite darbus! Allahas matys jūsų darbus ir (taip pat matys) Jo Pasiuntinys ir tikintieji. Ir jūs būsite grąžinti pas Visa Žinantįjį apie nematomą ir matomą. Tada Jis praneš jums apie tai, ką jūs darydavote.“
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
Hojjadhaa jedhiin, Rabbiin, ergamaan Isaatiifi mu’umintoonnis dalagaa keessan ni argu, Gara beekaa wantoota fagoofii wantoota mul’ataniis fuula dura ni deebitu, Waan isin dalagaa turtanis isinitti odeessa.
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
Скажи: «Действуйте, и Аллах увидит ваши деяния, и Его Посланник, и верующие! И вы будете возвращены к Знающему сокровенное и явное, и Он возвестит вам о том, что вы совершали».
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
И реци: „Трудите се! Аллах ће да види ваш труд, а и Његов Посланик и верници, и ви ћете да будете враћени Ономе Који зна невидљиви и видљиви свет, па ће да вас обавести о ономе што сте радили.“
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
Na sema: Tendeni matendo. Na Mwenyezi Mungu atayaona matendo yenu, na Mtume wake, na Waumini. Na mtarudishwa kwa Mwenye kujua siri na dhahiri; basi naye atawaambia yale mliyokuwa mkiyatenda.
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Säg: ”Handla ni! Gud, hans sändebud och de troende kommer att bevittna era handlingar. Sedan återförs ni till den som känner väl till det som är fördolt och det som är synligt, och han ska berätta för er vad ni brukade göra.”
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
De ki: (Yapacağınız amelleri) yapın, Allah yaptıklarınızı görecektir. Rasûlü ve Müminler de. Gaybı ve görüleni bilen Allah’a döndürüleceksiniz. O size yapmakta olduğunuz amellerinizi haber verecektir.
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
کہہ دیجئے کہ تم عمل کیے جاؤ تمہارے عمل اللہ خود دیکھ لے گا اور اس کا رسول اور ایمان والے (بھی دیکھ لیں گے) اور ضرور تم کو ایسے کے پاس جانا ہے جو تمام چھپی اور کھلی چیزوں کا جاننے واﻻ ہے۔ سو وه تم کو تمہارا سب کیا ہوا بتلا دے گا۔[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.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.3
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DIN 31635ḫuḏ min ʾamwālihim ṣadaqatan tuṭahhiruhum watuzakkīhim bihā waṣalli ʿalayhim ʾinna ṣalātaka sakanun lahum wallāhu samīʿun ʿalīmun
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 Receive contributions from their wealth, to purify them and sanctify them with it; and pray for them. Your prayer is comfort for them. God is Hearing and Knowing.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Take alms of their wealth, wherewith thou mayst purify them and mayst make them grow, and pray for them. Lo! thy prayer is an assuagement for them. Allah is Hearer, Knower
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Take from their wealth alms to cleanse and purify them thereby; and pray for them; verily, thy prayer is a repose for them; for God both hears and knows
John Medows Rodwell1861 Take alms of their substance, that thou mayst cleanse and purify them thereby, and pray for them; for thy prayers shall assure their minds: and God Heareth, Knoweth
George Sale1734 Take alms of their substance, that thou mayest cleanse them, and purify them thereby; and pray for them; For thy prayers shall be a security of mind unto them; and God both heareth and knoweth
Easy-read (simplified)alam ya'lamoo anna llaaha huwa yaqbalu t-tawbata 'an 'ibaadihi waya'khudhu s-sadaqaati wa'anna llaaha huwa t-tawwaabu r-raheem
DIN 31635ʾalam yaʿlamū ʾanna llāha huwa yaqbalu t-tawbata ʿan ʿibādihi wayaʾḫuḏu ṣ-ṣadaqāti waʾanna llāha huwa t-tawwābu r-raḥīmu
Talal Itani2012 Do they not know that God accepts the repentance of His servants, and that He receives the contributions, and that God is the Acceptor of Repentance, the Merciful?
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Know they not that Allah is He Who accepteth repentance from His bondmen and taketh the alms, and that Allah is He Who is the Relenting, the Merciful
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Do they not know that God accepts repentance from His servants, and takes alms; and that God is He who is easily turned and merciful
John Medows Rodwell1861 Know they not that when his servants turn to Him with repentance, God accepteth it, and that He accepteth alms, and that God is He who turneth, the Merciful
George Sale1734 Do they not know that God accepteth repentance from his servants, and accepteth alms; and that God is easy to be reconciled, and merciful
Talal Itani2012 Others are held in suspense, awaiting God's decree, as to whether He will punish them, or accept their repentance. God is Aware and Wise.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And (there are) others who await Allah's decree, whether He will punish them or will forgive them. Allah is Knower, Wise
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And others are in hopes of God's bidding; whether He will torment them, or whether He turn again towards them; for God is knowing, wise
John Medows Rodwell1861 And others await the decision of God; whether He will punish them, or whether He will be turned unto them: but God is Knowing, Wise
George Sale1734 And there are others who wait with suspense the decree of God; whether He will punish them, or whether He will be turned unto them: But God is knowing and wise
Easy-read (simplified)walladheena takhadhoo masjidan diraaran wakufran watafreeqan bayna l-mu'mineena wa'irsaadan liman haaraba llaaha warasoolahu min qablu walayahlifunna in aradnaa illaa l-husnaa wallaahu yashhadu innahum lakaadhiboon
DIN 31635wallaḏīna taḫaḏū masǧidan ḍirāran wakufran watafrīqan bayna l-muʾminīna waʾirṣādan liman ḥāraba llāha warasūlahu min qablu walayaḥlifunna ʾin ʾaradnā ʾillā l-ḥusnā wallāhu yašhadu ʾinnahum lakāḏibūna
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 Then there are those who establish a mosque to cause harm, and disbelief, and disunity among the believers, and as an outpost for those who fight God and His Messenger. They will swear: "Our intentions are nothing but good." But God bears witness that they are liars.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And as for those who chose a place of worship out of opposition and disbelief, and in order to cause dissent among the believers, and as an outpost for those who warred against Allah and His messenger aforetime, they will surely swear: We purposed naught save good. Allah beareth witness that they verily are liars
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And there are those who have taken to a mosque for mischief, and for misbelief, and to make a breach amongst the believers, and for an ambush for him who made war against God and His Apostle before; they surely swear, 'We only wished for what was good;' but God bears witness that they are liars
John Medows Rodwell1861 There are some who have built a Mosque for mischief and for infidelity, and to disunite the faithful, and in expectation of him who, in time past, warred against God and His Apostle. They will surely swear, "Our aim was only good:" but God is witness that they are liars
George Sale1734 There are some who have built a temple to hurt the faithful, and to propagate infidelity, and to foment division among the true believers, and for a lurking place for him who hath fought against God and his apostle in time past; and they swear, saying, verily we intended no other than to do for the best: But God is witness that they do certainly lie
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 —
0.65 on a scale
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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 Sale0.77
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.72
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.70
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.67
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.67
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.67
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.64
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.59
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.55
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.53
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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.