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Talal Itani· published 2012
O you who believe! What is the matter with you, when it is said to you, "Mobilize in the cause of God," you cling heavily to the earth? Do you prefer the present life to the Hereafter? The enjoyment of the present life, compared to the Hereafter, is only a little.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
O ye who believe! What aileth you that when it is said unto you: Go forth in the way of Allah, ye are bowed down to the ground with heaviness. Take ye pleasure in the life of the world rather than in the Hereafter? The comfort of the life of the world is but little in the Hereafter
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! what ailed you when ye were told to march forth in God's way, that ye sank down heavily upon the earth? were ye content with the life of this world instead of the next? but the provision of this world's life is but a little to the next
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
O Believers! what possessed you, that when it was said to you, "March forth on the Way of God," ye sank heavily earthwards? What! prefer ye the life of this world to the next? But the fruition of this mundane life, in respect of that which is to come, is but little
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
O true believers, what ailed you, that, when it was said unto you, go forth to fight for the religion of God, ye inclined heavily towards the earth? Do ye prefer the present life to that which is to come? But the provision of this life, in respect of that which is to come, is but slender
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 ju që besoni! Ç'është me ju që, kur ju kërkohet të dilni në luftë në rrugën e Allahut, ju kapeni fort për toke? A jeni të kënaqur me jetën e kësaj bote në vend të botës tjetër? Kënaqësia e jetës së kësaj bote në krahasim me atë të botës tjetër është tepër e vogël.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
বাংলা · Bengali
হে তোমরা যারা ঈমান এনেছ! তোমাদের কী হলো, যখন তোমাদেরকে আল্লাহর রাস্তায় বের হতে বলা হয়, তখন তোমরা জমিনের প্রতি প্রবলভাবে ঝুঁকে পড়? তবে তোমরা কি আখিরাতের পরিবর্তে দুনিয়ার জীবন (এর অস্থায়ী ভোগ-বিলাস) পছন্দ করে নিয়েছো? অথচ আখিরাতের তুলনায় দুনিয়ার জীবনের ভোগ-সামগ্রী একেবারেই নগণ্য।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
O vi koji vjerujete, zašto su neki od vas oklijevali kad vam je bilo rečeno: "Krenite u borbu na Allahovu putu!", kao da ste za zemlju prikovani? Zar vam je draži život na ovome svijetu od onoga svijeta? A uživanje na ovome svijetu prema onome neznatno je.
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Hrvatski · Croatian
O vi koji vjerujete, zašto su neki od vas oklijevali kad vam je bilo rečeno: "Krenite u borbu na Allahovu putu!" kao da ste za zemlju prikovani? Zar vam je draži život na ovome svijetu od onoga svijeta? A uživanje na ovome svijetu prema onome neznatno je.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Eeymon gooŋɗinɓe, ko heɓi on, si on mbianaama : "njaltee fii laawol Alla"; teddintinoɗo ka leydi? E on wela nguurndam aduna e diini laakara? dakamme aduna ɗam wonaani ka laakara si wanaa seeɗa!
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ქართული · Georgian
ჰეი, თქვენ, რომელთაც ირწმუნეთ! რა გემართებათ, როცა გეუბნებიან: «გამოდით ალლაჰის გზაზე». რატო ეკვრებით მიწას? ნუთუ ამქვეყნიური ცხოვრება არჩიეთ იმქვეყნიურს? ამქვეყნიური ცხოვრების სიამე ხომ მცირედია იმქვეყნიურთან შედარებით.
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Deutsch · German
O die ihr glaubt, was ist mit euch, dass, wenn zu euch gesagt wird: „Rückt aus auf dem Weg Allahs!“, ihr euch schwer zur Erde sinken lasst? Seid ihr (denn) mit dem diesseitigen Leben mehr zufrieden als mit dem Jenseits? So ist der Genuss des diesseitigen Lebens zum (Vergleich mit dem) Jenseits nur gering.
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Ελληνικά · Greek
Ω, εσείς που πιστεύετε! Τι συμβαίνει με σας, που όταν σας ειπωθεί: «Βγείτε για να αγωνιστείτε στο δρόμο του Αλλάχ.», καθυστερείτε και προσκολλάτε στα σπίτια σας; Είστε περισσότερο ικανοποιημένοι με την εγκόσμια ζωή προτιμώντας την από τη Μέλλουσα Ζωή; Πράγματι, οι απολαύσεις της εγκόσμιας ζωής είναι πολύ λιγότερες σε σύγκριση με τις απολαύσεις της Μέλλουσας Ζωής.
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हिन्दी · Hindi
ऐ ईमान वालो! तुम्हें क्या हो गया है कि जब तुमसे कहा जाता है कि अल्लाह की राह में निकलो, तो तुम धरती की ओर बहुत बोझल हो जाते हो? क्या तुम आख़िरत (परलोक) की तुलना में दुनिया के जीवन से खुश हो गए हो? तो दुनिया के जीवन का सामान आख़िरत के मुकाबले में बहुत थोड़ा है।[19]
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
O credenti, perché se vi si dice: “Andate e combattete sulla strada di Allāh” vi sentite appesantiti a terra? Preferite questa vita terrena a quella dell’Aldilà? I beni di questa vita terrena, in confronto alla vita dell’Aldilà, non sono che poco!
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
38. O jūs, kurie tikite! Kas jums yra, kad jūsų paprašius žygiuoti vardan Allaho (t.y. džihad), jūs tvirtai įsitveriate žemės? Ar jūs patenkinti šiuo žemiškuoju gyvenimu labiau nei Amžinuoju? Tačiau, maža malonumo yra šiame žemiškajame gyvenime, lyginant su Amžinuoju.
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Русский · Russian
О вы, которые уверовали! Что с вами? Почему, когда вам говорится: «Выступайте на пути Аллаха!», вы отяжелели и приникли к земле? Неужели вы довольствовались мирской жизнью вместо Последней? Ведь пользование [благами] мирской жизни в сравнении с Последней жизнью — лишь малость.
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Српски · Serbian
О ви који верујете, зашто су неки од вас оклевали кад вам је било речено: „Крените у борбу на Аллаховом путу!“ Као да сте за земљу приковани? Зар вам је дражи живот на овом свету од оног света? А уживање на овом свету према оном свету је незнатно.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Enyi mlioamini! Mna nini mnapoambiwa: Nendeni katika Njia ya Mwenyezi Mungu, mnajitia uzito katika ardhi? Je, mmeridhia maisha ya dunia kuliko ya Akhera? Lakini starehe za maisha ya dunia kwa kulinganisha na Akhera siyo isipokuwa chache.
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Svenska · Swedish
Troende! Vad är det med er? När det sägs: ”Gå ut i strid för Guds sak!” klamrar ni er fast vid era hem. Nöjer ni er med detta liv framför det kommande? Njutningen i detta liv är ringa jämfört med det kommande.
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Türkçe · Turkish
Ey İman edenler! Size ne oluyor da; "Allah yolunda savaşa çıkın!" dendiği zaman yere çöküp kaldınız? Ahireti bırakıp dünya hayatına mı razı oldunuz? Oysa dünya hayatının metası ahirete göre pek azdır.
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اردو · Urdu
اے ایمان والو! تمہیں کیا ہو گیا ہے کہ جب تم سے کہا جاتا ہے کہ چلو اللہ کے راستے میں کوچ کرو تو تم زمین سے لگے جاتے ہو۔ کیا تم آخرت کے عوض دنیا کی زندگانی پر ہی ریجھ گئے ہو۔ سنو! دنیا کی زندگی تو آخرت کے مقابلے میں کچھ یونہی سی ہے۔
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Talal Itani2012 The number of months, according to God, is twelve months-in the decree of God-since the Day He created the heavens and the earth, of which four are sacred. This is the correct religion. So do not wrong yourselves during them. And fight the polytheists collectively, as they fight you collectively, and know that God is with the righteous.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Lo! the number of the months with Allah is twelve months by Allah's ordinance in the day that He created the heavens and the earth. Four of them are sacred: that is the right religion. So wrong not yourselves in them. And wage war on all of the idolaters as they are waging war on all of you. And know that Allah is with those who keep their duty (unto Him)
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Verily, the number of months with God is twelve months in God's Book, on the day when He created the heavens and the earth; of these are four that are sacred; that is the subsisting religion. Then do not wrong yourselves therein, but fight the idolaters, one and all, as they fight you one and all, and know that God is with those who fear
John Medows Rodwell1861 Twelve months is the number of months with God, according to God's book, since the day when He created the Heavens and the Earth: of these four are sacred: this is the right usage: But wrong not yourselves therein; attack those who join gods with God in all, as they attack you in all: and know that God is with those who fear Him
George Sale1734 Moreover, the complete number of months with God, is twelve months, which were ordained in the book of God, on the day whereon He created the heavens and the earth: Of these, four are sacred. This is the right religion: Therefore deal not unjustly with your selves therein. But attack the idolaters in all the months, as they attack you in all; and know that God is with those who fear Him
Talal Itani2012 Postponement is an increase in disbelief-by which those who disbelieve are led astray. They allow it one year, and forbid it another year, in order to conform to the number made sacred by God, thus permitting what God has forbidden. The evil of their deeds seems good to them. God does not guide the disbelieving people.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Postponement (of a sacred month) is only an excess of disbelief whereby those who disbelieve are misled; they allow it one year and forbid it (another) year, that they may make up the number of the months which Allah hath hallowed, so that they allow that which Allah hath forbidden. The evil of their deeds is made fairseeming unto them. Allah guideth not the disbelieving folk
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Verily, putting off is but an increase in misbelief to lead astray therewith those who misbelieve. They make it lawful one year, but they make it unlawful another year, that they may come to an understanding as to the number which God has made sacred, and make lawful what God has prohibited. Seemly to them are their evil works, but God guides not a misbelieving people
John Medows Rodwell1861 To carry over a sacred month to another, is only a growth of infidelity. The Infidels are led into error by it. They allow it one year, and forbid it another, that they may make good the number of months which God hath hallowed, and they allow that which God hath prohibited. The evil of their deeds hath been prepared for them by Satan: for God guideth not the people who do not believe
George Sale1734 Verily the transferring of a sacred month to another month, is an additional infidelity. The unbelievers are led into an error thereby: They allow a month to be violated one year, and declare it sacred another year, that they may agree in the number of months which God hath commanded to be kept sacred; and they allow that which God hath forbidden. The evil of their actions hath been prepared for them: For God directeth not the unbelieving people
Talal Itani2012 Unless you mobilize, He will punish you most painfully, and will replace you with another people, and you will not harm Him at all. God has power over all things.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 If ye go not forth He will afflict you with a painful doom, and will choose instead of you a folk other than you. Ye cannot harm Him at all. Allah is Able to do all things
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Unless ye march forth He will punish you with grievous woe, and will put in your stead a people other than you! ye cannot hurt Him at all, for God is mighty over all
John Medows Rodwell1861 Unless ye march forth, with a grievous chastisement will He chastise you; and He will place another people in your stead, and ye shall in no way harm Him: for over everything is God potent
George Sale1734 Unless ye go forth when ye are summoned to war, God will punish you with a grievous punishment; and He will place another people in your stead, and ye shall not hurt him at all; for God is almighty
Talal Itani2012 If you do not help him, God has already helped him, when those who disbelieved expelled him, and he was the second of two in the cave. He said to his friend, "Do not worry, God is with us." And God made His tranquility descend upon him, and supported him with forces you did not see, and made the word of those who disbelieved the lowest, while the Word of God is the Highest. God is Mighty and Wise.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 If ye help him not, still Allah helped him when those who disbelieve drove him forth, the second of two; when they two were in the cave, when he said unto his comrade: Grieve not. Lo! Allah is with us. Then Allah caused His peace of reassurance to descend upon him and supported him with hosts ye cannot see, and made the word of those who disbelieved the nethermost, while Allah's Word it was that became the uppermost. Allah is Mighty, Wise
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Unless ye help him - and God did help him, when those who misbelieved drove him forth the second of two. When they twain were in the cave; when he said to his comrade, 'Grieve not, verily, God is with us;' and God sent down His shechina upon him, and aided him with hosts ye could not see, and made the word of those who misbelieved inferior, and the word of God superior; for God is mighty and wise
John Medows Rodwell1861 If ye assist not your Prophet . . . God assisted him formerly, when the unbelievers drove him forth, in company with a second only! when they two were in the cave; when the Prophet said to his companion, "Be not distressed; verily, God is with us." And God sent down His tranquillity upon him, and strengthened him with hosts ye saw not, and made the word of those who believed not the abased, and the word of God was the exalted: for God is Mighty, Wise
George Sale1734 If ye assist not the prophet, verily God will assist him, as he assisted him formerly, when the unbelievers drove him out of Mecca, the second of two: When they were both in the cave; when he said unto his companion, be not grieved, for God is with us. And God sent down his security upon him, and strenghtened him with armies of angels, whom ye saw not. And He made the word of those who believed not, to be abased, and the word of God was exalted; for God is mighty and wise
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 —
0.64 on a scale
where 0 means identical wording and 1 means no shared words. It is
computed, not judged.
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 · George Sale0.69
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.69
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.67
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.67
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.67
Talal Itani · George Sale0.65
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.65
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.60
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.57
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.50
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Method Wording differences — derived 13 September 2026
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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.