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Talal Itani· published 2012
Had they wanted to mobilize, they would have made preparations for it; but God disliked their participation, so he held them back, and it was said, "Staybehind with those who staybehind."
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
And if they had wished to go forth they would assuredly have made ready some equipment, but Allah was averse to their being sent forth and held them back and it was said (unto them): Sit ye with the sedentary
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
Had they wished to go forth, they would have prepared for it a preparation; but God was averse from their starting off, and made them halt, and they were told to sit with those who sit
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Moreover, had they been desirous to take the field, they would have got ready for that purpose the munitions of war. But God was averse to their marching forth, and made them laggards; and it was said, "Sit ye at home with those who sit
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
If they had been willing to go forth with thee, they had certainly prepared for that purpose a provision of arms and necessaries: But God was averse to their going forth; wherefore He rendered them slothful, and it was said unto them, sit ye still with those who sit still
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 ata do të kishin synuar vërtet të dilnin në luftë, do të kishin bërë përgatitjet e nevojshme për të. Por, Allahu nuk e pëlqeu daljen e tyre, prandaj ua bëri të rëndë dhe u tha: "Rrini me ata (të paaftë) që nuk luftojnë!"
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 যদি তারা সত্যিই বের হওয়ার ইচ্ছা করত, তবে তারা সে জন্য সরঞ্জাম প্রস্তুত করত। কিন্তু আল্লাহ স্বয়ং তাদের বের হওয়াকে অপছন্দ করলেন। ফলে তিনি তাদেরকে যুদ্ধে বের হওয়ার কাজটি কঠিন করে দিলেন। আর বলা হলো: ‘তোমরা বাড়িঘরে বসে পড়া লোকদের সাথে বসে থাকো।’
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
Da su imali namjeru poći, sigurno bi za to pripremili ono što je potrebno, ali Allah nije volio da idu, pa ih je zadržao. I bi im rečeno: “Sjedite s onima koji sjede!”
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
Da su imali namjeru poći, sigurno bi za to pripremili ono što je potrebno, ali Allah nije volio da idu, pa ih je zadržao. I bi im rečeno: “Sjedite s onima koji sjede!”
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
Sinno ɓe paalano yaltugol, ɓe kebilanayno ngol hebilaare. Kono Alla añii jaltugol ɓe ngol; O aamini ɓe. Ɓe mb'anaa : "njooɗodee e jooɗiiɓe ɓen".
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 რომ გასვლა ნდომებოდათ, უთუოდ, მოემზადებოდნენ ამისთვის, მაგრამ ალლაჰმა არ ისურვა მათი წასვლა და შეაჩერა ისინი, და ეთქვათ: «დაჯექით მჯდომიარებთან ერთად!»
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 wenn sie (wirklich) das Hinausziehen gewollt hätten, hätten sie ja Vorbereitungen dazu getroffen. Aber Allah war ihr Ausziehen zuwider, und so erschwerte Er es ihnen (, auszuziehen und hielt sie zurück). Und es wurde gesagt: „Bleibt (daheim) mit den Sitzengebliebenen!“
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
Αν ήθελαν πραγματικά να βγουν (για να αγωνιστούν στο δρόμο του Αλλάχ), θα είχαν κάνει τις απαραίτητες προετοιμασίες γι' αυτό. Αλλά ο Αλλάχ μισούσε το να βγουν (μαζί σου στη μάχη), και έτσι τους έκανε να αισθάνονται βαριά το να βγουν. Και τους ειπώθηκε: «Μείνετε πίσω μ' αυτούς που θα μείνουν πίσω (από τους αρρώστους, τους αδύναμους, τις γυναίκες και τα παιδιά.).»
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
यदि वे निकलने का इरादा रखते, तो उसके लिए कुछ सामान अवश्य तैयार करते। लेकिन अल्लाह ने उनके उठने को नापसंद किया, तो उसने उन्हें रोक दिया। तथा कह दिया गया कि बैठने वालों के साथ बैठे रहो।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Se loro avessero davvero voluto partire con te, si sarebbero preparati, ma Allāh rifiutò di farli partire e li fece indietreggiare. È stato detto loro: “State con quelli che restano indietro”.
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
46. O jei jie būtų ketinę išžygiuoti, iš tiesų, jie būtų kažkiek pasiruošę tam. Tačiau, Allahas buvo priešiškas tam, kad jie būtų išsiųsti, taigi Jis privertė juos atsilikti, ir (jiems) buvo pasakyta: „Sėdėkite jūs tarp tų, kurie sėdi (namie).“
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.
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
И если бы они хотели выступить, то непременно приготовили бы для этого снаряжение, но Аллаху было ненавистно их выступление, и Он удержал их, и было сказано: «Оставайтесь вместе с остающимися».
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
Да су имали намеру да пођу, сигурно би за то припремили оно што је потребно, али Аллах није волео да у борбу пођу, па их је задржао и би им речено: „Останите са онима који остају.“
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 wangelitaka kweli kutoka, basi bila ya shaka wangeliliandalia hilo maandalizi ya sawasawa. Lakini Mwenyezi Mungu alichukia kutoka kwao, kwa hivyo akawazuia na ikasemwa: Kaeni pamoja na wanaokaa!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Om de verkligen hade velat dra ut hade de förberett sig, men Gud ogillade att de deltog så han höll dem tillbaka, och det sades: ”Stanna ni med de som stannar kvar!”
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
Eğer savaşa çıkmak isteselerdi bir hazırlık yaparlardı. Fakat Allah, onların davranışlarını kerih gördü de onları alıkoydu. "Geride kalanlarla (acizlerle) beraber oturun!" denildi.
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
اگر ان کا اراده جہاد کے لئے نکلنے کا ہوتا تو وه اس سفر کے لئے سامان کی تیاری کر رکھتے[1] لیکن اللہ کو ان کا اٹھنا پسند ہی نہ تھا اس لئے انہیں حرکت سے ہی روک دیا[2] اور کہہ دیا گیا کہ تم بیٹھنے والوں کے ساتھ بیٹھے ہی رہو۔[3]
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 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
Talal Itani2012 Only those who do not believe in God and the Last Day ask you for exemption. Their hearts are full of doubts, so they waver in their doubts.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 They alone ask leave of thee who believe not in Allah and the Last Day, and whose hearts feel doubt, so in their doubt they waver
Edward Henry Palmer1880 It is only those who believe not in God and in the last day who beg off from thee, and those whose hearts are in doubt, and in their doubt do hesitate
John Medows Rodwell1861 They only will ask thy leave who believe not in God and the last day, and whose hearts are full of doubts, and who are tossed up and down in their doubtings
George Sale1734 Verily they only will ask leave of thee to stay behind, who believe not in God and the last day, and whose hearts doubt concerning the faith: Wherefore they are tossed to and fro in their doubting
Talal Itani2012 Had they mobilized with you, they would have added only to your difficulties, and they would have spread rumors in your midst, trying to sow discord among you. Some of you are avid listeners to them. God is Aware of the wrongdoers.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Had they gone forth among you they had added to you naught save trouble and had hurried to and fro among you, seeking to cause sedition among you; and among you there are some who would have listened to them. Allah is Aware of evil-doers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Had they gone forth with you they would but have made you more trouble, and they would have hurried about amongst you craving a sedition; amongst you are some who would have listened to them; but God knows those who are unjust
John Medows Rodwell1861 Had they taken the field with you, they would only have added a burden to you, and have hurried about among you, stirring you up to sedition; and some there are among you who would have listened to them: and God knoweth the evil doers
George Sale1734 If they had gone forth with you, they had only been a burden unto you, and had run to and fro between you, stirring you up to sedition; and there would have been some among you, who would have given ear unto them: An God knoweth the wicked
DIN 31635laqadi btaġawu l-fitnata min qablu waqallabū laka l-ʾumūra ḥattā ǧāʾa l-ḥaqqu waẓahara ʾamru llāhi wahum kārihūna
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 They tried to cause conflict before, and they hatched plots against you, until the truth prevailed, and the command of God became evident-in spite of their dislike.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Aforetime they sought to cause sedition and raised difficulties for thee till the Truth came and the decree of Allah was made manifest, though they were loth
Edward Henry Palmer1880 They used to crave sedition before and upset thy affairs; until the truth came, and God's bidding was made manifest, averse although they were
John Medows Rodwell1861 Of old aimed they at sedition, and deranged thy affairs, until the truth arrived, and the behest of God became apparent, averse from it though they were
George Sale1734 They formerly sought to raise a sedition, and they disturbed thy affairs, until the truth came, and the decree of God was made manifest; although they were averse thereto
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 —
0.63 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
Talal Itani · George Sale0.70
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.67
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.65
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.64
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.62
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.61
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.61
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.60
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.60
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.59
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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.