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Talal Itani· published 2012
O you who believe! The polytheists are polluted, so let them not approach the Sacred Mosque after this year of theirs. And if you fear poverty, God will enrich you from His grace, if He wills. God is Aware and Wise.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
O ye who believe! The idolaters only are unclean. So let them not come near the InviolablePlace of Worship after this their year. If ye fear poverty (from the loss of their merchandise) Allah shall preserve you of His bounty if He will. Lo! 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
O ye who believe! it is only the idolaters who are unclean; they shall not then approach the Sacred Mosque after this year. But if ye fear want then God will enrich you from His grace if He will; verily, God is knowing, wise
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
O Believers! only they who join gods with God are unclean! Let them not, therefore, after this their year, come near the sacred Temple. And if ye fear want, God, if He please, will enrich you of His abundance: for God is Knowing, Wise
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
O true believers, verily the idolaters are unclean; let them not therefore come near unto the holy temple after this year. And if ye fear want, by the cutting off trade and communication with them, God will enrich you of his abundance, if He pleaseth; for 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
O besimtarë! Idhujtarët, në të vërtetë, janë të papastër, prandaj mos i lini t'i afrohen Xhamisë së Shenjtë pas këtij viti. Nëse i frikësoheni varfërisë, nëse do Allahu, Ai do t'ju pasurojë me dhuntitë e Veta. Vërtet, Allahu është i Gjithëdijshëm, i Urtë.
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
হে মুমিনগণ! নিশ্চয় মুশরিকরা অপবিত্র। সুতরাং এ বছরের পর(১০) তারা যেন আলমসজিদুল হারামের নিকটবর্তী না হয়। আর তোমরা যদি দারিদ্র্যের আশঙ্কা করো(১১), তবে আল্লাহ ইচ্ছা করলে স্বীয় অনুগ্রহে তোমাদেরকে অভাবমুক্ত করবেন। নিশ্চয়ই আল্লাহ মহাজ্ঞানী, প্রজ্ঞাময়।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
O vjernici, višebošci su sama pogan, i neka se, nakon ove godine, više ne približuju Časnoj džamiji. A ako se bojite oskudice, pa Allah će vas, ako hoće, iz obilja Svoga imućnim učiniti. Allah je, zaista, Onaj Koji sve zna i mudar je.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4
Hrvatski · Croatian
O vjernici, mnogobošci su sama pogan, i neka se, nakon ove godine, više ne približavaju Časnoj džamiji. A ako se bojite oskudice, pa Allah će vas, ako hoće, iz obilja Svoga imućnim učiniti. Allah je, zaista, Onaj Koji sve zna i mudar je.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Eehey mon gooŋɗinɓe, ngnndee sirkooɓe ɓeen ko soɓɓe : wata ɓe ɓaɗto Juulirde hormanteere nden ɓaawo hitaande maɓɓe ndee ɗoo. Si on kulii baasal, arma Alla alɗinira on ɓural makko ngal, si on muuyii. Pellet, Alla ko gannduɗo Ñeeñuɗo.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
ჰეი, თქვენ, რომელთაც ირწმუნეთ! ჭეშმარიტად, მრავალღმერთიანები მხოლოდ სიბილწე არიან. ამიტომ, ამ წლის შემდეგ [ჰიჯრის მეცხრე წლის შემდეგ] აღარ მიუახლოვდნენ აკრძალულ მეჩეთს [ალ-ჰარამს მექქაში]. და თუ თქვენ, ო მორწმუნენო, სიღარიბის გეშინიათ[1], მაშინ ალლაჰი თავისი წყალობით გაგამდიდრებთ, თუ ინებებს. ჭეშმარიტად, ალლაჰი ყოვლისმცოდნე, ბრძენია!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
O die ihr glaubt, die Götzendiener sind gewiss (moralisch) unrein, so sollen sie sich der geschützten (Haram-)Moschee nach diesem ihrem Jahr nicht mehr nähern! Und wenn ihr (deshalb) Armut befürchtet, so wird Allah euch durch Seine Huld reich machen, wenn Er will. Wahrlich, Allah ist allwissend und allweise.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Ω, εσείς που πιστεύετε! Στ' αλήθεια, οι ειδωλολάτρες είναι ακάθαρτοι, γι' αυτό μην τους αφήσετε να πλησιάσουν το Ιερό Τζαμί μετά απ' αυτή τη χρονιά [την ένατη χρονιά μετά από τη μετανάστευση]. Αν φοβάστε τη φτώχεια (ω, πιστοί, λόγω του ότι δε θα έρθουν ξανά οι ειδωλολάτρες για προσκύνημα με τα εμπορικά καραβάνια τους), ο Αλλάχ θα σας παρέχει από τη γενναιοδωρία Του, αν θέλει. Πράγματι, ο Αλλάχ είναι ‘Αλείμ (Παντογνώστης) και Χακείμ (Πάνσοφος).
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
ऐ ईमान लाने वालो! निःसंदेह बहुदेववादी अशुद्ध हैं। अतः वे इस वर्ष[10] के बाद मस्जिद-ए-हराम के पास न आएँ। और यदि तुम किसी प्रकार की गरीबी से डरते[11] हो, तो अल्लाह जल्द ही तुम्हें अपनी कृपा से समृद्ध करेगा, यदि उसने चाहा। निःसंदेह अल्लाह सब कुछ जानने वाला, पूर्ण हिकमत वाला है।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
O credenti, in verità gli idolatri sono impuri: non fateli avvicinare alla Sacra Moschea ﴿الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ﴾ dopo quest’anno. Se temete di diventare poveri, Allāh vi arricchirà con la Sua bontà, se Lui vuole: in verità Allāh è Sapiente, Saggio.
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
28. O jūs, kurie tikite (Allaho Vienumą ir Jo Pasiuntinį Muchammedą ﷺ)! Iš tiesų, Mušrikūn (daugiadieviai, pagonys, stabmeldžiai, netikintieji Allaho Vienumą ir Muchammedo ﷺ Žinią) yra Nadžasun (nedori). [1] Taigi neleiskite jiems prisiartinti prie Al-Masdžid-Haram (Mekkoje) po šių metų. O jei jūs bijote skurdo, Allahas praturtins jus, jei Jis panorės, iš Savo Dosnumo. Iš tiesų, Allahas yra Visa Žinantis, Visa Išmanantis.
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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Isin Yaa warra amantan! Mushrikoonni najisa; waggaa isaanii kana booda masjiidicha kabajamatti akka hin dhiyaanne. Yoo hiyyummaa sodaattan Rabbiin yoo fedhe tola Isa irraa ta’een isin duroomsa. Dhugumatti, Rabbiin beekaa, ogeessa. [10]
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.0
Русский · Russian
О вы, которые уверовали! Воистину, лишь придающие Аллаху сотоварищей нечисты, так пусть же они не приближаются к Заповедной Мечети после этого года. А если вы испугались бедности, то Аллах обогатит вас от Своей щедрости, если пожелает. Воистину, Аллах — знающий, мудрый.
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
О ви који верујете, незнанобошци су сама поган и нека се, након ове године, више не приближују Часном храму Каби. А ако се бојите оскудице па Аллах ће да вас, ако хоће, учини богатим из Свога обиља. Аллах, заиста, све зна и мудар је.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Enyi mlioamini! Hakika washirikina ni najisi, kwa hivyo wasiukaribie Msikiti Mtakatifu baada ya mwaka wao huu. Na ikiwa mnahofia umasikini, basi Mwenyezi Mungu atakutajirisheni kutoka katika fadhila zake akitaka. Hakika Mwenyezi Mungu ni Mwenye kujua vyema, Mwenye hekima.
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
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Svenska · Swedish
Troende! Avgudadyrkarna är orena. Låt dem inte närma sig den heliga moskén efter detta år. Och fruktar ni fattigdom ska Gud förse er av sin godhet, om det är hans vilja. Gud är allvetande, vis.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
Ey İman edenler! Doğrusu müşrikler necistir. Bu sebeple bu yıldan sonra Mescid-i Haram’a yaklaşmasınlar. Eğer fakirlikten korkuyorsanız, dilerse Allah sizi ihsanı ile zengin kılacaktır. Şüphesiz Allah Alîm'dir, Hakîm'dir.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
اے ایمان والو! بے شک مشرک بالکل ہی ناپاک ہیں[1] وه اس سال کے بعد مسجد حرام کے پاس بھی نہ پھٹکنے پائیں[2] اگر تمہیں مفلسی کا خوف ہے تو اللہ تمہیں دولت مند کر دے گا اپنے فضل سے اگر چاہے[3] 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.
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Talal Itani2012 Then God sent down His serenity upon His Messenger, and upon the believers; and He sent down troops you did not see; and He punished those who disbelieved. Such is the recompense of the disbelievers.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Then Allah sent His peace of reassurance down upon His messenger and upon the believers, and sent down hosts ye could not see, and punished those who disbelieved. Such is the reward of disbelievers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 then God sent down His shechina upon His Apostle and upon the believers; and sent down armies which ye could not see, and punished those who misbelieved
John Medows Rodwell1861 Then did God send down His spirit of repose upon His Apostle, and upon the faithful, and He sent down the hosts which ye saw not, and He punished the Infidels: This, the Infidels' reward
George Sale1734 Afterwards God sent down his security upon his apostle and upon the faithful, and sent down troops of angels which ye saw not; and he punished those who disbelieved: And this was the reward of the unbelievers
Talal Itani2012 Fight those who do not believe in God, nor in the Last Day, nor forbid what God and His Messenger have forbidden, nor abide by the religion of truth-from among those who received the Scripture-until they pay the due tax, willingly or unwillingly.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Fight against such of those who have been given the Scripture as believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, and forbid not that which Allah hath forbidden by His messenger, and follow not the Religion of Truth, until they pay the tribute readily, being brought low
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Fight those who believe not in God and in the last day, and who forbid not what God and His Apostle have forbidden, and who do not practice the religion of truth from amongst those to whom the Book has been brought, until they pay the tribute by their hands and be as little ones
John Medows Rodwell1861 Make war upon such of those to whom the Scriptures have been given as believe not in God, or in the last day, and who forbid not that which God and His Apostle have forbidden, and who profess not the profession of the truth, until they pay tribute out of hand, and they be humbled
George Sale1734 Fight against them who believe not in God, nor in the last day, and forbid not that which God and his apostle have forbidden, and profess not the true religion, of those unto whom the scriptures have been delivered, until they pay tribute by right of subjection, and they be reduced low
Talal Itani2012 The Jews said, "Ezra is the son of God," and the Christians said, "The Messiah is the son of God." These are their statements, out of their mouths. They emulate the statements of those who blasphemed before. May God assail them! How deceived they are!
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And the Jews say: Ezra is the son of Allah, and the Christians say: The Messiah is the son of Allah. That is their saying with their mouths. They imitate the saying of those who disbelieved of old. Allah (Himself) fighteth against them. How perverse are they
Edward Henry Palmer1880 The Jews say Ezra is the son of God; and the Christians say that the Messiah is the son of God; that is what they say with their mouths, imitating the sayings of those who misbelieved before.- God fight them! how they lie
John Medows Rodwell1861 The Jews say, "Ezra (Ozair) is a son of God"; and the Christians say, "The Messiah is a son of God." Such the sayings in their mouths! They resemble the saying of the Infidels of old! God do battle with them! How are they misguided
George Sale1734 The Jews say, Ezra is the son of God: And the Christians say Christ is the son of God. They say this (only) with their mouths: They imitate the saying of those who were unbelievers in former times. May God curse them (literally: fight against them)! How can they be so infatuated
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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
0.55 on a scale
where 0 means identical wording and 1 means no shared words. It is
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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 Sale0.64
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.63
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.60
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.57
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.57
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.57
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.56
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.52
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.49
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.37
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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.