Marked words appear in this translation and in no other English translation of this verse. Common small words and older spellings are not marked. The marks show where the wording differs, not where the meaning does.
Talal Itani· published 2012
Say, "Are you expecting for us anything other than one of the two excellences? As for us: we are expecting that God will afflict you with a punishment from Himself, or at our hands. So wait, we are waiting with you."
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Say: Can ye await for us aught save one of two good things (death or victory in Allah'sway)? while we await for you that Allah will afflict you with a doom from Him or at our hands. Await then! Lo! We are awaiting with you
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
Say, 'Do ye await for us aught but one of the two best things?' we too await for you that God will inflict on you torment from Himself, or by our hands. Wait then; and we with you are waiting too
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
SAY: Await ye for us, other than one of the two best things? But we await for you the infliction of a chastisement by God, from himself, or at our hands. Wait ye then; we verily will wait with you
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Say, do ye expect any other should befall us, than one of the two most excellent things; either victory or martyrdom? But we expect concerning you, that God inflict a punishment on you, either from himslef, or by our hands. Wait therefore to see what will be the end of both; for we will wait with you
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
Thuaj: "Çfarë pritni të na ndodhë, përveçse njërës prej dy të mirave (fitores ose shehidllëkut)? Ndërkaq, ne presim që Allahu t'ju godasë me dënim nga Ai Vetë ose me duart tona. Pritni pra, se edhe ne po presim me ju."
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
বলো: ‘তোমরা কেবল আমাদের জন্য দু’টি কল্যাণের একটির অপেক্ষা করছো(২১), আর আমরাও তোমাদের জন্য অপেক্ষা করছি যে, আল্লাহ নিজের পক্ষ থেকে শাস্তি অবতীর্ণ করবেন অথবা আমাদের হাত দ্বারা তোমাদেরকে শাস্তি দিবেন। অতএব তোমরা অপেক্ষা করো, নিশ্চয় আমরাও তোমাদের সাথে অপেক্ষায় থাকবো।’
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
Reci: “Očekujete li za nas šta drugo već jedno od dva dobra?” A mi očekujemo da vas Allah kaznom od Sebe pogodi ili da vas rukama našim kazni. Pa iščekujte! Mi ćemo, zaista, s vama čekati.
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
Reci: “Očekujete li za nas išta drugo već jedno od dva dobra? A mi očekujemo da vas Allah kaznom od Sebe pogodi ili da vas rukama našim kazni. Pa iščekujte! Mi ćemo, zaista, s vama čekati."
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
Maaku : "Hara hoɗon kabbitori amen si wanaa gootel e moƴƴereeji ɗin ɗiɗi? minen kadi miɗen paditii e mon, nde Alla meminirta on lepte immorde ka makko, maa e juuɗe amen. Padee! minnen miɗen padi e mooɗon.
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
უთხარი (ო, მოციქულო) (ამ ორპირებს): «ნუთუ თქვენ ელით, რომ ჩვენზე მოხდება მხოლოდ ორი სიკეთეთაგან (ერთ-ერთი ან ალლაჰის დახმარება, ან სიკვდილი ალლაჰის გზაზე?) ხოლო ჩვენ ველით, (რომ თქვენ ორპირებს) ალლაჰი დაგსჯით თვითონ, ან ჩვენი ხელებით. დაელოდეთ, და ჩვენც თქვენთან ერთად დაველოდებით».
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
Sag: „Erwartet ihr für uns etwas (anderes) als eines der beiden schönsten Dinge? Und wir erwarten für euch, dass Allah euch mit einer Strafe von Ihm trifft oder durch unsere Hände. So wartet nur ab! Wahrlich, Wir warten mit euch ab.“
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
Πες (ω, Προφήτη, στους υποκριτές): «Περιμένετε να μας συμβεί κάτι άλλο, εκτός ένα από τα δύο καλά (νίκη ή να είμαστε μάρτυρες); Αλλά εμείς περιμένουμε να σας πλήξει ο Αλλάχ με μία τιμωρία απ' Αυτόν ή με τα χέρια μας. Περιμένετε λοιπόν, κι εμείς περιμένουμε μαζί σας.»
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
आप कह दें : तुम हमारे बारे में दो भलाइयों[23] में से किसी एक के सिवा किसकी प्रतीक्षा कर रहे हो और हम तुम्हारे बारे में यह प्रतीक्षा कर रहे हैं कि अल्लाह तुम्हें अपने पास से यातना दे, या हमारे हाथों से। तो तुम प्रतीक्षा करो, निःसंदेह हम (भी) तुम्हारे साथ प्रतीक्षा करने वाले हैं।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Di’: “Vi aspettate per noi altro che le due cose migliori[60]? Noi ci aspettiamo che Allāh vi punisca, da Lui, o dalle nostre mani. Quindi aspettate; in verità noi aspettiamo con voi”
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
52. Sakyk: „Ar jūs laukiate mums (bet ko), išskyrus vieno iš dviejų geriausių dalykų (kankinystės arba pergalės), kol mes laukiame jums arba kad Allahas suteiktų jums bausmę Pats arba mūsų rankomis. Taigi laukite, mes taip pat laukiame su jumis.“
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
Скажи: «Разве выжидаете вы для нас что-либо, кроме одного из двух благ? Мы же выжидаем, что Аллах поразит вас наказанием от Себя или нашими руками. Так выжидайте же! Воистину, мы вместе с вами выжидаем».
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
Реци: „Очекујете ли за нас шта друго већ једно од два добра?“ А ми очекујемо да вас Аллах Својом казном погоди, или да вас рукама нашим казни. Па чекајте! И ми ћемо, заиста, са вама да чекамо.
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
Sema: Hivyo mnatutazamia litupate lolote isipokuwa moja katika mazuri mawili? Na sisi tunawatazamia kuwa Mwenyezi Mungu atawasibu kwa adhabu kutoka kwake, au kwa mikono yetu. Basi tazamieni, nasi hakika tunatazamia pamoja nanyi.
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Säg: ”Väntar ni er något annat för oss än ett av två goda utfall? Vi väntar på att Gud ska straffa er direkt, från sig själv, eller genom våra händer. Men vänta ni – vi väntar med er!”
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
De ki: "Bize iki iyiden (şehadet ya da zaferden) başka bir şeyin gelmesini mi bekliyorsunuz? Oysa biz, Allah’ın kendi katından veya bizim elimizle sizi bir azaba uğratmasını bekliyoruz. Bekleyin siz, biz de sizinle bekleyenleriz!"
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
کہہ دیجئے کہ تم ہمارے بارے میں جس چیز کا انتظار کر رہے ہو وه دو بھلائیوں میں سے ایک ہے[1] اور ہم تمہارے حق میں اس کا انتظار کرتے ہیں کہ یا تو اللہ تعالیٰ اپنے پاس سے کوئی سزا تمہیں دے یا ہمارے ہاتھوں سے[2]، پس ایک طرف تم منتظر رہو دوسری جانب تمہارے ساتھ ہم بھی منتظر ہیں۔
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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Easy-read (simplified)in tusibka hasanatun tasu'hum wa'in tusibka museebatun yaqooloo qad akhadhnaa amranaa min qablu wayatawallaw wahum farihoon
DIN 31635ʾin tuṣibka ḥasanatun tasuʾhum waʾin tuṣibka muṣībatun yaqūlū qad ʾaḫaḏnā ʾamranā min qablu wayatawallaw wahum fariḥūna
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 If something good happens to you, it upsets them; and if a calamity befalls you, they say, "We took our precautions in advance," and they depart, happy.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 If good befalleth thee (O Muhammad) it afflicteth them, and if calamity befalleth thee, they say: We took precaution, and they turn away well pleased
Edward Henry Palmer1880 If good befall thee it seems ill to them; but if a calamity befall thee they say, 'We had taken care for our affair before;' and they turn their backs and they are glad
John Medows Rodwell1861 If a success betide thee, it annoyeth them: but if a reverse betide thee, they say, "We took our own measures before:" and they turn their backs and are glad
George Sale1734 If good happen unto thee, it grieveth them: But if a misfortune befall thee, they say, we ordered our business before; and they turn their backs, and rejoice at thy mishap
Easy-read (simplified)qul lan yuseebanaa illaa maa kataba llaahu lanaa huwa mawlaanaa wa'alaa llaahi falyatawakkali l-mu'minoon
DIN 31635qul lan yuṣībanā ʾillā mā kataba llāhu lanā huwa mawlānā waʿalā llāhi falyatawakkali l-muʾminūna
Talal Itani2012 Say, "Nothing will happen to us except what God has ordained for us; He is our Protector." In God let the faithful put their trust.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Say: Naught befalleth us save that which Allah hath decreed for us. He is our Protecting Friend. In Allah let believers put their trust
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Say, 'Nought shall befall us save what God has written down for us; He is our Lord, and upon God believers do rely
John Medows Rodwell1861 SAY: Nothing can befall us but what God hath destined for us. Our liege - lord is He; and on God let the faithful trust
George Sale1734 Say, nothing shall befall us, but what God hath decreed for us: He is our patron; and on God let the faithful trust
Easy-read (simplified)qul anfiqoo taw'an aw karhan lan yutaqabbala minkum innakum kuntum qawman faasiqeen
DIN 31635qul ʾanfiqū ṭawʿan ʾaw karhan lan yutaqabbala minkum ʾinnakum kuntum qawman fāsiqīna
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 Say, "Whether you spend willingly or unwillingly, it will not be accepted from you. You are evil people."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Say: Pay (your contribution), willingly or unwillingly, it will not be accepted from you. Lo! ye were ever froward folk
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Say, 'Expend ye in alms, whether ye will or no, it shall not be accepted from you; verily, ye are a people who do work abomination
John Medows Rodwell1861 SAY: Make ye your offerings willingly or by constraint; it cannot be accepted from you, because ye are a wicked people
George Sale1734 Say, expend your money in pious uses, either voluntarily, or by constraint, it shall not be accepted of you; because ye are wicked people
Talal Itani2012 What prevents the acceptance of their contributions is nothing but the fact that they disbelieved in God and His Messenger, and that they do not approach the prayer except lazily, and that they do not spend except grudgingly.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And naught preventeth that their contributions should be accepted from them save that they have disbelieved in Allah and in His messenger, and they come not to worship save as idlers, and pay not (their contribution) save reluctantly
Edward Henry Palmer1880 But nought hinders their alms-giving from being accepted save that they misbelieve in God and His Apostle, and perform not prayer save lazily, and expend not in alms save reluctantly
John Medows Rodwell1861 And nothing hindreth the acceptance of their offerings, but that they believe not in God and His Apostle, and discharge not the duty of prayer but with sluggishness, and make not offerings but with reluctance
George Sale1734 And nothing hindreth their contributions from being accepted of them, but that they believe not in God and his apostle, and perform not the duty of prayer, otherwise than sluggishly; and expend not their money for God's service, otherwise than unwillingly
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 —
0.58 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 Sale0.71
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.63
Talal Itani · George Sale0.61
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.60
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.60
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.59
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.56
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.55
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.48
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.42
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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.