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He only shall tendAllah'ssanctuaries who believeth in Allah and the Last Day and observeth proper worship and payeth the poor-due and feareth none saveAllah. For such (only) is it possible that they can be of the rightly guided
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
Compare translations (4)Talal Itani· published 2012
The only people to attendGod'splaces of worship are those who believe in God and the Last Day, and prayregularly, and practiceregularcharity, and fear none but God. These are most likely to be guided.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
He only shall repair to the mosques of God who believes in God and the last day, and is steadfast in prayer, and gives the alms, and fears only God;- it may be that these will be of those who are guided
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
He only should visit the temples of God who believeth in God and the last day, and observeth prayer, and payeth the legal alms, and dreadeth none but God. These haply will be among the rightly guided
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
But he only shall visit the temples of God, who believeth in God and the last day, and is constant at prayer, and payeth the legal alms, and feareth God alone. These perhaps may become of the number of those who are rightly directed
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
Mirëmbajtja e xhamive të Allahut u takon vetëm atyre që besojnë Allahun e Ditën e Fundit, që e falin namazin, e japin zekatin dhe nuk i frikësohen askujt përveç Allahut. Vërtet, këta janë të udhëzuar në rrugë të drejtë.
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
তারাই তো আল্লাহর মসজিদ আবাদ করবে, যারা ঈমান আনে আল্লাহ ও আখিরাতের প্রতি, সালাত কায়িম করে, যাকাত দেয় এবং আল্লাহ ছাড়া অন্য কাউকে ভয় করে না। অতএব আশা করা যায়, তারা সৎপথ প্রাপ্তদের অন্তর্ভুক্ত হবে।
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
Allahove džamije održavaju oni koji u Allaha i u onaj svijet vjeruju i koji namaz obavljaju i zekat daju i koji se nikoga osim Allaha ne boje, oni su na Pravom putu.
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
Allahove džamije održavaju oni koji u Allaha i u onaj svijet vjeruju i koji klanjaju i zekat daju i koji se nikoga osim Allaha ne boje, oni su na Pravom putu.
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
Nganndee ko wuurnitata Juulirɗe Alla ɗen : ko on gooŋɗinɗo Alla e ñalaande Sakkitiinde nden, o ñiiɓni juulde nde, o totti zakka on hara kadi o kulaani ko wanaa Alla. Hino tijjaa ka ɓen ɗon ngodata e feewuɓe ɓeen.
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
ალლაჰის მეჩეთებს აცოცხლებს [იმყოფება მათში და ზრუნავს მათზე] მხოლოდ ის, ვინც ირწმუნა ალლაჰი და დღე უკანასკნელი, აღასრულებდა ლოცვას, გასცემდა სავალდებულო მოწყალებას [ზაქათს] და არ ეშინოდა (არავის), გარდა ალლაჰისა. და სწორედ ასეთნი იქნებიან ჭეშმარიტ გზაზე მდგომთა შორის!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Wahrlich, die Gebetsstätten Allahs bevölkert nur, wer an Allah und den Jüngsten Tag glaubt, das Gebet verrichtet, die Pflichtabgabe entrichtet und niemanden außer Allah fürchtet. So werden jene vielleicht (hier: gewiss) zu den Rechtgeleiteten gehören.
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
Πράγματι, εκείνοι που μπορούν να υπηρετούν (και να φροντίζουν) τα Τζαμιά του Αλλάχ είναι μόνο αυτοί που πιστεύουν στον Αλλάχ και την Έσχατη Ημέρα, τελούν την προσευχή, δίνουν τη Ζακά (ετήσια υποχρεωτική ελεημοσύνη) και δε φοβούνται παρά μόνο τον Αλλάχ. Εκείνοι ίσως να είναι από τους πραγματικά καθοδηγημένους.
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
अल्लाह की मस्जिदें तो वही आबाद करता है, जो अल्लाह पर और अंतिम दिन (क़ियामत) पर ईमान लाया, तथा उसने नमाज़ क़ायम की और ज़कात दी और अल्लाह के सिवा किसी से नहीं डरा। तो ये लोग आशा है कि मार्ग दर्शन पाने वालों में से होंगे।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
In verità chi popola i Masajid di Allāh è colui che ha creduto in Allāh e nell’Ultimo Giorno, che pratica la preghiera con devozione e osserva la Zekēt, e non teme nulla all’infuori di Allāh: forse quelli saranno tra i ben guidati.
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
18. Allaho mečetės bus prižiūrimos tik tų, kurie tiki Allahą ir Paskutiniąją dieną, atlieka As-Salat (Ikamat-as-Salat) ir duoda Zakat, ir nieko nebijo, tik Allaho. Tai jie, kurie yra teisingai vedami.
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
Masjiidota Rabbii kan jiraachisu nama Rabbiifi Guyyaa Qiyaamaatti amane, kan salaata gadi dhaabe, zakaa kenneefi Rabbiin malee homaa hin sodaanne qofa, Warri kun qajeelfamtootarraa tahuun mirkana’eera. [6]
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
Воистину, оживляет мечети Аллаха [поклонением] лишь тот, кто уверовал в Аллаха и в Последний день, выстаивал молитву, выплачивал закят и не боялся никого, кроме Аллаха. И возможно, такие окажутся из следующих верным путём.
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
Аллахове куће одржавају они који у Аллаха и у Будући свет верују и који обављају молитву и дају обавезну милостињу и који се не боје никога осим Аллаха, они су на Правом путу.
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
Hakika anayeimarisha tu misikiti ya Mwenyezi Mungu ni yule anayemwamini Mwenyezi Mungu, na Siku ya Mwisho, na akasimamisha Sala, na akatoa Zaka, na wala hakumnyenyekea isipokuwa Mwenyezi Mungu. Basi huenda hao wakawa katika waongofu.
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Guds moskéer förvaltas endast av de som tror på Gud och den yttersta dagen, förrättar bönen, ger den obligatoriska allmosan och inte fruktar någon utom Gud. Dessa kan hoppas höra till de vägledda.
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
Allah’ın mescitlerini sadece Allah’a ve ahiret gününe iman eden, namazı ikame eden, zekâtı veren ve ancak Allah’tan başkasından korkmayanlar imar eder. İşte onlar doğru yolda olanlardır.
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
اللہ کی مسجدوں کی رونق وآبادی تو ان کے حصے میں ہے جو اللہ پر اور قیامت کے دن پر ایمان رکھتے ہوں، نمازوں کے پابند ہوں، زکوٰة دیتے ہوں، اللہ کے سوا کسی سے نہ ڈرتے ہوں، توقع ہے کہ یہی لوگ یقیناً ہدایت یافتہ ہیں۔[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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Talal Itani2012 Or do you think that you will be left alone, without God identifying which of you will strive, and take no supporters apart from God, His Messenger, and the believers? God is well Aware of what you do.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Or deemed ye that ye would be left (in peace) when Allah yet knoweth not those of you who strive, choosing for familiar none save Allah and His messenger and the believers? Allah is Informed of what ye do
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Did ye reckon that ye would be left, when God knows not as yet those of you who fought strenuously, and who did not take other than God and His Apostle, and the believers for an intimate friend? for God is well aware of what ye do
John Medows Rodwell1861 Think ye that ye shall be forsaken as if God did not yet know those among you who do valiantly, and take none for their friends beside God, and His Apostle, and the faithful? God is well apprised of your doings
George Sale1734 Did ye imagine that ye should be abandoned, whereas God did not yet know those among you who fought for his religion, and took not any besides God, and his apostle, and the faithful for their friends? God is well acquainted with that which ye do
Talal Itani2012 It is not for the polytheists to attend God's places of worship while professing their disbelief. These-their works are in vain, and in the Fire they will abide.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 It is not for the idolaters to tend Allah's sanctuaries, bearing witness against themselves of disbelief. As for such, their works are vain and in the Fire they will abide
Edward Henry Palmer1880 It is not for idolaters to repair to the mosques of God, bearing witness against themselves to unbelief; they it is whose works are vain, and in the Fire shall they dwell for, aye
John Medows Rodwell1861 It is not for the votaries of other gods with God, witnesses against themselves of infidelity, to visit the temples of God. These! vain their works: and in the fire shall they abide for ever
George Sale1734 It is not fitting that the idolaters should visit the temples of God, being witnesses against their own souls of their infidelity. The works of these men are vain; and they shall remain in hell fire for ever
Talal Itani2012 Do you consider giving water to pilgrims and maintaining the Sacred Mosque the same as believing in God and the Last Day and striving in God's path? They are not equal in God's sight. God does not guide the unjust people.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Count ye the slaking of a pilgrim's thirst and tendance of the Inviolable Place of Worship as (equal to the worth of) him who believeth in Allah and the Last Day, and striveth in the way of Allah? They are not equal in the sight of Allah. Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Have ye made out the giving drink to the pilgrims and the repairing to the Sacred Mosque to be like being one who believes in God and in the last day, and is strenuous in the way of God?- they are not equal in God's sight, and God guides not an unjust people
John Medows Rodwell1861 Do ye place the giving drink to the pilgrims, and the visitation of the sacred temple, on the same level with him who believeth in God and the last day, and fighteth on the way of God? They shall not be held equal by God: and God guideth not the unrighteous
George Sale1734 Do ye reckon the giving drink to the pilgrims, and the visiting of the holy temple to be actions as meritorious as those performed by him who believeth in God and the last day, and fighteth for the religion of God? They shall not be held equal with God: For God directeth not the unrighteous people
Talal Itani2012 Those who believe, and emigrate, and strive in God's path with their possessions and their persons, are of a higher rank with God. These are the winners.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Those who believe, and have left their homes and striven with their wealth and their lives in Allah's way are of much greater worth in Allah's sight. These are they who are triumphant
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Those who believe and who have fled and been strenuous in the way of God, with their wealth and with their persons, are highest in rank with God, and these it is who are happy
John Medows Rodwell1861 They who have believed, and fled their homes, and striven with their substance and with their persons on the path of God, shall be of highest grade with God: and these are they who shall be happy
George Sale1734 They who have believed, and fled their country, and employed their substance and their persons in the defence of God's true religion, shall be in the highest degree of honour with God; and these are they who shall be happy
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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
0.67 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 · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.78
Talal Itani · George Sale0.75
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.72
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.70
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.70
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.67
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.67
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.63
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.60
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.52
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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.