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If God bring thee back unto some of them, and they ask thee leave to go forth to war with thee, say, ye shall not go forth with me for the future, neither shall ye fight an enemy with me; ye were pleased with sitting at home the first time; sit ye at home therefore with those who stay behind
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
Compare translations (4)Talal Itani· published 2012
If God brings you back to a party of them, and they ask your permission to go out, say, "You will not go out with me, ever, nor will you ever fight an enemy with me. You were content to sit back the first time, so sit back with those who stay behind."
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
If Allah bring thee back (from the campaign) unto a party of them and they ask of thee leave to go out (to fight), then say unto them: Ye shall never more go out with me nor fight with me against a foe. Ye were content with sitting still the first time. So sit still, with the useless
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
But if God bring thee back to a sect of them, and they ask thee then for leave to sally forth; say, 'Ye shall by no means ever sally forth with me, nor shall ye ever fight a foe with me! verily, ye were content to sit at home the first time, sit ye then now with those who stay behind
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
If God bring thee back from the fight to some of them, and they ask thy leave to take the field, SAY: By no means shall ye ever take the field with me, and by no means shall ye fight an enemy with me: ye were well pleased to sit at home at the first crisis: sit ye at home, then, with those who lag behind
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Nëse Allahu të kthen te ndonjë grup prej tyre dhe ata të kërkojnë leje që të dalin me ty (në luftë), thuaju: "Kurrë nuk do të dilni me mua në luftë, as do të luftoni me mua kundër ndonjë armiku. Ju ishit të kënaqur që mbetët mbrapa herën e parë, kështu që rrini me ata që nuk dalin në luftë."
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
অতএব আল্লাহ যদি তোমাকে তাদের কোন দলের কাছে ফিরিয়ে আনেন এবং তারা তোমার কাছে যাওয়ার অনুমতি চায়, তবে তুমি তাদেরকে বলো: ‘তোমরা আমার সাথে কখনো বের হবে না এবং আমার সাথে কোন দুশমনের বিরুদ্ধে কখনও জিহাদও করবে না। নিশ্চয় তোমরা প্রথমবার বসে থাকাকেই পছন্দ করেছিলে। সুতরাং তোমরা পেছনে বসে থাকা 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
I ako te Allah ponovo vrati nekima od njih, pa te zamole da im dopustiš da pođu s tobom u boj, ti im reci: "Nikad sa mnom u boj nećete ići i nikada se sa mnom protiv neprijatelja nećete boriti! Bili ste zadovoljni što ste prvi put izostali, zato ostanite s onima koji ionako ne idu u boj."
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
I ako te Allah ponovo vrati nekima od njih, pa te zamole da im dopustiš da pođu s tobom u boj, ti im reci: "Nikad sa mnom u boj nećete ići i nikada se sa mnom protiv neprijatelja nećete boriti! Bili ste zadovoljni što ste prvi put izostali, zato ostanite s onima koji ionako ne idu u boj."
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
Si Alla ruttitii ma faade e fedde jeyaande e maɓɓe ɓe duŋinani maa yaltugol, maaku : "On njaltidataa e am poomaa, on kaɓidataa e am gaño. Onon on mbelaama jooɗagol ka laawol aranol, njooɗodee e lunndii ɓe ɓen".
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
თუ ალლაჰი დაგაბრუნებს მათგან რომელიმე ჯგუფთან და ისინი გთხოვენ ნებართვას (სალაშქროდ) წასასვლელად, უთხარი: «ვერასდროს წამოხვალთ ჩემთან ერთად და ვერასდროს იბრძოლებთ ჩემთან ერთად მტრის წინააღმდეგ, რადგან თქვენ პირველ ჯერზე სახლში დარჩენა არჩიეთ, ამიტომ დარჩით უკან დარჩენილებთან 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
Wenn Allah dich nun zu einem Teil von ihnen zurückkehren lässt und sie dich um Erlaubnis bitten, hinauszuziehen, dann sag: „Ihr werdet niemals mit mir hinausziehen, und ihr werdet mit mir gegen keinen Feind kämpfen. Ihr seid (ja) das erste Mal schon mit eurem Sitzenbleiben zufrieden gewesen. So bleibt nun (daheim) mit den Zurückgebliebenen!“
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
Εάν ο Αλλάχ σε επέστρεψε (ω, Προφήτη) σε μια ομάδα απ' εκείνους (τους υποκριτές) και ζητήσουν την άδειά σου να βγουν μαζί σου (σ' άλλη μάχη), πες (τους): «Δε θα βγείτε ποτέ μαζί μου, ούτε θα πολεμήσετε μαζί μου κανέναν εχθρό. Ήσασταν ικανοποιημένοι με το να μείνετε πίσω (στη Μαντίνα και να μη βγείτε) την πρώτη φορά (για τη μάχη της Ταμπούκ), έτσι, μείνετε μ' αυτούς που θα μείνουν πίσω (και δε θα βγουν για το Τζιχάντ).»
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
तो यदि अल्लाह आपको इन (मुनाफ़िक़ों) के किसी गिरोह की ओर वापस ले आए, फिर वे आपसे (युद्ध में) निकलने की अनुमति माँगें, तो आप कह दें : तुम मेरे साथ कभी नहीं निकलोगे और मेरे साथ मिलकर किसी शत्रु से नहीं लड़ोगे। निःसंदेह तुम प्रथम बार बैठे रहने पर प्रसन्न हुए, अतः पीछे रहने वालों के साथ बैठे रहो।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Se Allāh ti farà tornare indietro a una delle loro fazioni, e ti chiederanno di andare in guerra, di’: “Non verrete mai con me e non combatterete mai un nemico! Prima vi siete accontentati di restare a casa, e allora rimanete qui insieme a quelli che restano!”
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
83. Jei Allahas grąžins tave pas dalį jų (veidmainių) ir jie prašys tavęs leidimo eiti (kovoti), sakyk: „Niekada jūs neisite su manimi, nei kovosite su manimi su priešu. Jūs buvote patenkinti sėdėdami (neveiklūs) pirmąjį kartą, tai sėdėkite (dabar) su tais, kurie atsilieka.“
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 1.0.8
Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Yoo Rabbiin gara garee isaan irraa taateetti si deebisee, (duulaaf) bahuuf hayyama si gaafatan, jedhiin. “na wajjiin gonkumaa hin baatan; na wajjinis diinaan hin loltanu, Isin yeroo jalqabaa taa’umsa jaalattanii jirtu. warra (mana) taa’an wajjin taa’aa”(jedhiin). [26]
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
А если Аллах вернёт тебя к группе из них, и они попросят у тебя разрешения выйти, то скажи: «Вы никогда не выйдете со мной и никогда не будете сражаться со мной против врага! Воистину, вы предпочли отсидеться в первый раз; так отсиживайтесь же вместе с теми, кто остаётся позади».
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
И ако те Аллах поново врати некима од њих, па те замоле да им допустиш да пођу са тобом у бој, ти им реци: „Никад са мном у бој нећете да идете и никада са мном против непријатеља нећете да се борите! Били сте задовољни што сте први пут изостали, зато останите са онима који ионако не иду у бој.“
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
Basi Mwenyezi Mungu akikurudisha kwenye kikundi kimoja miongoni mwao - na wakakutaka idhini ya kutoka - basi sema: Nyinyi hamtatoka pamoja nami kabisa, wala hamtapigana na adui pamoja nami. Hakika nyinyi mliridhia kusalia nyuma mara ya kwanza, basi kaeni pamoja na hao waliosalia nyuma.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Om Gud återför dig till en grupp av dem och de ber om lov att dra ut, säg: ”Ni ska aldrig dra ut med mig och aldrig strida vid min sida mot någon fiende! Ni valde att stanna kvar första gången, så bli nu kvar tillsammans med alla andra som uteblev.”
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
Allah seni geri döndürüp, onlardan bir toplulukla karşılaştırdığı zaman, senden savaşa çıkmak için izin isterlerse de ki: "Benimle asla çıkamayacaksınız, benim yanımda hiçbir düşmanla savaşamayacaksınız. Çünkü siz baştan oturup kalmaya razı oldunuz. Artık geri kalanlarla beraber oturun!"
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
پس اگر اللہ تعالیٰ آپ کو ان کی کسی جماعت[1] کی طرف لوٹا کر واپس لے آئے پھر یہ آپ سے میدان جنگ میں نکلنے کی اجازت طلب کریں[2] تو آپ کہہ دیجئے کہ تم میرے ساتھ ہرگز چل نہیں سکتے اور نہ میرے ساتھ تم دشمنوں سے لڑائی کر سکتے ہو۔ تم نے پہلی مرتبہ ہی بیٹھ رہنے کو پسند کیا تھا[3] پس تم پیچھے ره جانے والوں میں ہی بیٹھے رہو۔[4]
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 stayed behind rejoiced at their staying behind the Messenger of God. And they hated to strive with their wealth and their lives in God's way. And they said, "Do not venture out in the heat." Say, "The Fire of Hell is much hotter, if they only understood."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Those who were left behind rejoiced at sitting still behind the messenger of Allah, and were averse to striving with their wealth and their lives in Allah's way. And they said: Go not forth in the heat! Say: The fire of hell is more intense of heat, if they but understood
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Those who were left behind rejoiced in staying behind the Apostle of God, and were averse from fighting strenuously with their wealth and their persons in God's way, and said, 'March not forth in the heat.' Say, 'The fire of hell is hotter still, if ye could but discern
John Medows Rodwell1861 They who were left at home were delighted to stay behind God's Apostle, and were averse from contending with their riches and their persons for the cause of God, and said, "March not out in the heat." SAY: A fiercer heat will be the fire of Hell." Would that they understood this
George Sale1734 They who were left at home in he expedition of Tabuc, were glad of their staying behind the apostle of God, and were unwilling to employ their substance and their persons for the advancement of God's true religion; and they said, go not forth in the heat. Say, the fire of hell will be hotter; if they understood this
Talal Itani2012 You are never to pray over anyone of them who dies, nor are you to stand at his graveside. They rejected God and His Messenger, and died while they were sinners.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And never (O Muhammad) pray for one of them who dieth, nor stand by his grave. Lo! they disbelieved in Allah and His messenger, and they died while they were evil-doers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Pray not for any one of them who dies, and stand not by his tomb; verily, they disbelieved in God and His Apostle and died workers of abomination
John Medows Rodwell1861 Never pray thou over anyone of them who dieth, or stand at his grave - because they believed not in God and His Apostle, and died in their wickedness
George Sale1734 Neither do thou ever pray over any of them who shall die, neither stand at his grave; for that they believed not in God and his apostle, and die in their wickedness
Talal Itani2012 Do not let their possessions and their children impress you. God desires to torment them through them in this world, and their souls expire while they are disbelievers.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Let not their wealth nor their children please thee! Allah purposeth only to punish them thereby in the world, and that their souls shall pass away while they are disbelievers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Let not their wealth and their children please you, God only wishes to torment them therewith in this world, and that their souls may pass away the while they misbelieve
John Medows Rodwell1861 Let not their riches or their children astonish thee: through these God is fain only to punish them in this world, and that their souls should depart while they are still infidels
George Sale1734 Let not their riches or their children cause thee to marvel: For God intendeth only to punish them therewith in this world; and that their souls may depart, while they are infidels
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Share of measured verses above it
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Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.62
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.60
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.58
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.56
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.55
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.55
Talal Itani · George Sale0.53
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.47
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.44
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.44
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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.