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Talal Itani· published 2012
Had the gain been immediate, and the journey shorter, they would have followed you; but the distance seemed too long for them. Still they swear by God: "Had we been able, we would have marched out with you." They damn their own souls, and God knows that they are lying.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Had it been a near adventure and an easy journey they had followed thee, but the distance seemed too far for them. Yet will they swear by Allah (saying): If we had been able we would surely have set out with you. They destroy their souls, and Allah knoweth that they verily are liars
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
Were there goodsnigh at hand, and a moderate journey, they would have followed you; but the distance was too far for them; they will swear by God, 'If we could, we would have gone forth with you.' They destroy themselves, but God knows that they lie
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Had there been a near advantage and a short journey, they would certainly have followed thee; but the way seemed long to them. Yet will they swear by God, "Had we been able, we had surely gone forth with you:" they are self-destroyers! And God knoweth that they are surely liars
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
If it had been a near advantage, and a moderate journey, they had surely followed thee; but the way seemed tedious unto them: And yet they will swear by God, saying, if we had been able, we had surely gone forth with you. They destroy their own souls; for God knoweth that they are liars
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
Nëse do të kishte qenë një fitore e lehtë dhe një udhëtim i shkurtër, ata (dyfytyrëshit) do të të kishin ndjekur, por rruga u dukej shumë e largët. Ata do të betohen në Allahun: "Sikur të kishim mundësi, do të dilnim (në luftë) bashkë me ju." Ata shkatërrojnë kështu vetveten. Allahu e di se ata janë gënjeshtarë.
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বাংলা · Bengali
যদি সহজে (গনীমতের) সম্পদ লাভের আশা থাকতো আর সফর যদি সহজতর হতো, তবে তারা অবশ্যই তোমার অনুসরণ করতো; কিন্তু তাদের কাছে দীর্ঘ পথ পাড়ি দেওয়া কষ্টকর মনে হলো। আর অচিরেই তারা আল্লাহর শপথ করে বলবে: ‘আমরা যদি সক্ষম হতাম, তাহলে অবশ্যই তোমাদের সাথে বের হতাম।’ তারা তাদের নিজেদেরকেই ধ্বংস করে।(১৭) আর আল্লাহ ভালো করেই জানেন, নিশ্চয় তারা মিথ্যাবাদী।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
Da se radilo o plijenu nadohvat ruke i ne toliko dalekom pohodu, dvoličnjaci bi te slijedili, ali im je put izgledao dalek. I oni će se zaklinjati Allahom: “Da smo mogli, doista bismo s vama pošli” – i tako upropastiti sami sebe, a Allah zna da su oni lažljivci.
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Hrvatski · Croatian
Da se radilo o plijenu nadohvat ruke i ne toliko dalekom pohodu, dvoličnjaci bi te slijedili, ali im je put izgledao dalek. I oni će se zaklinjati Allahom: “Da smo mogli, doista bismo s vama pošli” – i tako upropastiti sami sebe, a Allah zna da su oni lažljivci.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Sinno ɗuum laatino weeɓitannde (konhoyri) ɓadiindi e setewu =ɗatngal daɓɓiɗngal= juutaani, ɓe njokketeno; kono saɗteende (yahdu ndun) woɗɗanii ɓe. Aray ka ɓe ngɗoondira Alla: "Sinno min kattanno, min jaltidayno e mo'on".Heɓe kalka woŋkiiji maɓɓe. Alla no anndi pellet, ko ɓe fenooɓe.
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ქართული · Georgian
თუ ის ლაშქრობა, რომელზეც შენ მოუწოდებ მათ, ახლო იქნებოდა და ნადავლი — ადვილად მისაღწევი,
მაშინ ისინი [ორპირები] უეჭველად გამოგყვებოდნენ შენ (ო, მოციქულო), მაგრამ მათ ეს გზა შორად მოეჩვენათ, და როცა თქვენ დაბრუნდებით ამ ლაშქრობიდან, ისინი ალლაჰით დაიფიცებენ, და იტყვიან: «თუ შეგვეძლებოდა, აუცილებლად გამოვიდოდით თქვენთან ერთად!» თუმცა ისინი თვითონვე ღუპავენ საკუთარ თავს [თავიანთი სიცრუითა და ორპირობით], და ალლაჰმა უწყის, რომ ისინი ნამდვილად მატყუარნი არიან.
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Deutsch · German
Wenn es um nahe Glücksgüter und eine mäßige Reise ginge, würden sie dir gewiss folgen. Aber die Entfernung ist ihnen zu weit. Und sie werden bei Allah schwören: „Wenn wir (es) könnten, würden wir gewiss mit euch hinausziehen.“ Sie stürzen sich dabei selbst ins Verderben. Und Allah weiß, dass sie ja lügen.
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Ελληνικά · Greek
(Όσο γι' εκείνους τους υποκριτές που σου ζήτησαν, ω, Προφήτη, την άδεια για να μη βγουν για τη Μάχη της Ταμπούκ), αν ήταν (να βγουν για) εύκολα λάφυρα και ένα σύντομο ταξίδι, θα σε ακολουθούσαν! Αλλά η απόσταση γι' αυτούς ήταν μακριά και με κακουχίες (και έτσι τεμπέλιασαν να βγουν για τη μάχη). Θα ορκιστούν στον Αλλάχ: «Αν μπορούσαμε, σίγουρα θα είχαμε βγει μαζί σας.» Καταστρέφουν τους εαυτούς τους (με τους ψεύτικους όρκους τους), και ο Αλλάχ ξέρει ότι είναι ψεύτες!
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हिन्दी · Hindi
यदि शीघ्र मिलने वाल सामान और मध्यम यात्रा होती, तो वे अवश्य आपके पीछे चल पड़ते, लेकिन फ़ासला उनपर दूर पड़ गया। और जल्द ही वे अल्लाह की क़समें खाएँगे कि अगर हमारे पास ताकत होती, तो हम तुम्हारे साथ अवश्य निकलते। वे अपने आपको नष्ट कर रहे हैं और अल्लाह जानता है कि वे निश्चित रूप से झूठे हैं।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
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Italiano · Italian
Loro ti avrebbero di certo seguito se il vantaggio fosse stato chiaro e il viaggio breve, ma la distanza era molto impegnativa per loro. Loro giureranno su Allāh: “Se potessimo, di sicuro usciremmo in battaglia con voi”, ma fanno un torto a se stessi: Allāh sa che stanno mentendo.
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
42. Jei tai būtų buvęs greitas pasipelnymas (karo grobis priešais juos) ir lengva kelionė, jie būtų sekę tave, tačiau atstumas (žygio į Tabuk) buvo ilgas jiems ir jie prisiekinėjo Allahu: „Jei tik mes galėtume, mes tikrai būtume išėję su tavimi.“ Jie naikina patys save, ir Allahas žino, kad jie yra melagiai.
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Русский · Russian
Если бы это была близкая выгода и умеренный путь, они непременно последовали бы за тобой, но путь показался им слишком дальним. Они будут клясться Аллахом: «Если бы мы могли, то непременно вышли бы вместе с вами». Они губят самих себя, а Аллах знает, что они — лжецы.
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Српски · Serbian
Да се радило о плену надохват руке и не толико далеком походу, лицемери би те сигурно следили, али им је пут изгледао далек. И они ће се Аллахом заклињати: „Да смо могли, заиста бисмо са вама пошли.“ Они упропаштавају сами себе, а Аллах, заиста, зна да су они лажљивци.
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Lau ingelikuwa ipo faida ya papo kwa hapo, na safari fupi, basi hakika wangelikufuata. Lakini waliona kwamba ni mbali na kuna ugumu. Nao wataapa kwa Mwenyezi Mungu: 'Tungeliweza, basi bila ya shaka tungelitoka pamoja nanyi.' Wanaziangamiza nafsi zao. Na Mwenyezi Mungu anajua kuwa hakika hao ni waongo.
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Svenska · Swedish
Hade krigsbytet varit lättåtkomligt och resan enkel skulle de utan tvekan ha anslutit sig till dig, men resan blev dem för mödosam. De kommer att svära vid Gud: ”Om vi kunnat hade vi gått ut med er!” De förgör sig själva, och Gud vet att de ljuger.
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Türkçe · Turkish
Kolay elde edilen kazanç, yakın bir yolculuk olsaydı (Tebuk'ta) sana uyarlardı. Fakat, meşakkat (mesafe) onlara uzak geldi. "Gücümüz yetseydi sizinle beraber çıkardık." diye Allah’a yemin edeceklerdir. Kendilerini helâk ediyorlar. Allah, gerçekten onların yalancı olduğunu biliyor.
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اردو · Urdu
اگر جلد وصول ہونے واﻻ مال واسباب ہوتا[1] اور ہلکا سفر ہوتا تو یہ ضرور آپ کے پیچھے ہو لیتے[2] لیکن ان پر تو دوری اور دراز کی مشکل پڑ گئی۔ اب تو یہ اللہ کی قسمیں کھائیں گے کہ اگر ہم میں قوت وطاقت ہوتی تو ہم یقیناً آپ کے ساتھ نکلتے، یہ اپنی جانوں کو خود ہی ہلاکت میں ڈال رہے ہیں[3] ان کے جھوٹا ہونے کا سچا علم اللہ کو ہے۔
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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
Talal Itani2012 Mobilize, light or heavy, and strive with your possessions and your lives in the cause of God. That is better for you, if you only knew.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Go forth, light-armed and heavy-armed, and strive with your wealth and your lives in the way of Allah! That is best for you if ye but knew
Edward Henry Palmer1880 March ye then, light and heavy, and fight strenuously with your wealth and persons in God's way; that is better for you if ye did but know
John Medows Rodwell1861 March ye forth the light and heavy armed, and contend with your substance and your persons on the Way of God. This, if ye know it, will be better for you
George Sale1734 Go forth to battle, both light, and heavy, and employ your substance and your persons for the advancement of God's religion. This will be better for you; if ye know it
DIN 31635ʿafā llāhu ʿanka lima ʾaḏinta lahum ḥattā yatabayyana laka llaḏīna ṣadaqū wataʿlama l-kāḏibīna
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Talal Itani2012 May God pardon you! Why did you give them permission before it became clear to you who are the truthful ones, and who are the liars?
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Allah forgive thee (O Muhammad)! Wherefor didst thou grant them leave ere those who told the truth were manifest to thee and thou didst know the liars
Edward Henry Palmer1880 God forgive thee; why didst thou give them leave (to stay) until it was made manifest to thee who spake the truth - until thou mightest know the liars
John Medows Rodwell1861 God forgive thee! Why didst thou give them leave to stay behind, ere they who make true excuses had become known to thee, and thou hadst known the liars
George Sale1734 God forgive thee! Why didst thou give them leave to stay at home, until they who speak the truth, when they excuse themselves, had become manifested unto thee, and thou hadst known the liars
Talal Itani2012 Those who believe in God and the Last Day do not ask you for exemption from striving with their possessions and their lives. God is fully aware of the righteous.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Those who believe in Allah and the Last Day ask no leave of thee lest they should strive with their wealth and their lives. Allah is Aware of those who keep their duty (unto Him)
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Those who believe in God and in the last day will not beg off from fighting strenuously with their wealth and their persons; but God knows those who fear
John Medows Rodwell1861 They who believe in God and in the last day will not ask leave of thee to be exempt from contending with their substance and their persons. But God knoweth those who fear Him
George Sale1734 They who believe in God and the last day, will not ask leave of thee, to be excused from employing their substance and their persons for the advancement of God's true religion; and God knoweth those who fear him
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Share of measured verses above it
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Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.65
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.65
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.64
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.64
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.60
Talal Itani · George Sale0.59
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.54
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.51
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.39
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · 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.