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Talal Itani· published 2012
Nor on those who approach you, wishing to ride with you, and you said, "I have nothing to carry you on." So they went away, with their eyes overflowing with tears, sorrowing for not finding the means to spend.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Nor unto those whom, when they came to thee (asking) that thou shouldst mount them, thou didst tell: I cannot find whereon to mount you. They turned back with eyes flowing with tears, for sorrow that they could not find the means to spend
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
Nor against those to whom, when they came to thee that thou shouldst mount them, thou didst say, 'I cannot find wherewith to mount you,' turned their backs while their eyes pouredforth with tears, for grief that they could not find wherewith to expend
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Nor against those, to whom when they came to thee that thou shouldst mount them, thou didst say "I find not wherewith to mount you," and they turned away their eyes shedding floods of tears for grief, because they found no means to contribute
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Nor on those, unto whom, when they came unto thee, requesting that thou wouldestsupply them with necessaries for travelling, thou didst answer, I find not wherewith to supply you, returned, their eyes shedding tears for grief, that they found not wherewith to contribute to the expedition
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
Nuk ka gjynah as për ata që erdhën te ti duke të kërkuar ndonjë kafshë shalimi që t'i marrësh me vete, e ti u the: "Nuk mund t'ju gjej asnjë kafshë." Ata u larguan, ndërkohë që sytë u rridhnin lot nga pikëllimi që nuk gjenin asgjë për të shpenzuar.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
বাংলা · Bengali
আর তাদের ওপরও কোন দোষ নেই, যারা তোমার কাছে বাহনের জন্যে এসেছিল, আর তুমি বলেছিলে: ‘আমি তোমাদের জন্যে কোনো বাহন পাচ্ছি না।’ তখন তারা ফিরে গেলো, এমতাবস্থায় যে, তাদের চোখ অশ্রুতে ভেসে যাচ্ছে, এ দু:খে যে, তারা খরচ করার মত কিছুই পায়নি।
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.2
Bosanski · Bosnian
Ni onima kojima si rekao, kad su ti došli da im daš životinje za jahanje: “Ne mogu naći za vas životinje za jahanje” – pa su se vratili suznih očiju, tužni što ne nalaze ništa što bi za borbu utrošili.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4
Hrvatski · Croatian
Ni onima kojima si rekao, kad su ti došli da im daš životinje za jahanje: “Ne mogu naći za vas životinje za jahanje” – pa su se vratili suznih očiju, tužni što ne nalaze ništa što bi za borbu utrošili.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Fulfulde · Fulani
Wanaa kadi e ɓeen arooɓe ka maaɗa fii yo a waɗɗimɓe, mbi'aa : "mi heɓaali ko mi waɗɗina on." Ɓe kuccita hara gite maɓɓe no njuppa gonɗi suno fii ɓe heɓaali ko ɓe wintoo nafki.
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ქართული · Georgian
და არც იმათზე, რომლებიც შენთან მოვიდნენ, რათა ომში წასაყვანად პირუტყვი მიგეცა მათთვის, და შენ უთხარი: «არაფერი გამაჩნია, რომ წაგიყვანოთ», და მათი თვალები სავსე იყო ცრემლით სევდისაგან, რადგან ვერ იპოვეს, რომ დაეხარჯათ[1].
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
und (auch) nicht gegen diejenigen, die, als sie zu dir kamen, damit du sie mitreiten lässt, und du sagtest: „Ich finde nichts, worauf ich euch mitreiten lassen kann“, (sie) sich abkehrten, während ihre Augen von Tränen überflossen aus Traurigkeit darüber, dass sie nichts fanden, was sie ausgeben (konnten).
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Ούτε υπάρχει αμαρτία σ' εκείνους που ήρθαν σε σένα (ω, Προφήτη) ζητώντας να τους παρέχεις ζώα που να τα καβαλήσουν, και εσύ είπες: «Δε βρίσκω ζώα να σας παρέχω για να τα καβαλήσετε.», και έτσι, γύρισαν με πολλά δάκρυα στα μάτια από τη θλίψη ότι δε βρίσκουν τίποτα να ξοδέψουν (για να ετοιμαστούν για τη μάχη).
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
और न उन लोगों पर (कोई पाप है) कि जब वे आपके पास आए, ताकि आप उनके लिए सवारी की व्यवस्था कर दें, आपने कहा मैं वह चीज़ नहीं पाता जिसपर तुम्हें सवार करूँ, तो वे इस हाल में वापस हुए कि उनकी आँखें आँसुओं से बह रही थीं[42] इस शोक के कारण कि वे खर्च करने के लिए कुछ नहीं पाते।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Né sono colpevoli quelli che vengono da te per chiedere un mezzo di trasporto, e ai quali di’: “Io non ho niente su cui mettervi in sella; quelli tornano con gli occhi pieni di lacrime, tristi perché non hanno niente da offrire come aiuto”.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
92. Nei (yra kokia nors kaltė) tiems, kurie atėjo pas tave, kad suteiktum jojamuosius arklius. Kai tu atsakei: „Aš negaliu rasti jojamųjų arklių jums.“ jie apsigręžė, o jų akys plūdo sielvarto ašaromis dėl to, kad jie negalėjo rasti nieko, ką galėtų išleisti (džihadui).
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.8
Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Isaan (sanirras komiin hinjiru) kan akka waan yaabbatan isaaniif kennitu yeroo sitti dhufan, ati “waan yaabbattan isiniif hin argu” jetteen, waan sadaqatan dhabuu irraa gaddaan ijji isaanii imimmaan yaasaa deebi’an irras (komiin) hin jiru.
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Русский · Russian
И нет вины на тех, которые, когда пришли к тебе, чтобы ты посадил их [на верховых животных], ты сказал: «Я не нахожу того, на чём мог бы повезти вас», — они вернулись, а их глаза переполнялись слезами от печали из-за того, что им нечего было расходовать.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
Ни онима којима си казао, кад су ти дошли да им даш животиње за јахање: „Не могу да нађем за вас животиње за јахање“, па су се вратили сузних очију, тужни што немају ништа што би утрошили за борбу.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Wala wale wanaokujia ili uwape kipando, ukasema: Sina kipando cha kukubebeeni juu yake, kwa hivyo wanageuka kwenda huku macho yao yanamiminika machozi kwa huzuni ya kwamba hawatapata cha kutoa.
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Svenska · Swedish
Inte heller mot de som kom till dig för att du skulle utrusta dem och du sa: ”Jag har inget att utrusta er med” – de som vände sig bort med ögonen fulla av tårar av sorg över att de inte hade något att ge.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
Kendilerini bindirip (cepheye) sevk edesin diye sana geldikleri zaman, senin; “Sizi bindirebileceğim bir şey bulamıyorum.” dediğin, bu uğurda harcayacakları bir şey bulamadıklarından dolayı üzüntüden gözleri yaş döke döke geri dönen kimselere de bir sorumluluk yoktur.
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اردو · Urdu
ہاں ان پر بھی کوئی حرج نہیں جو آپ کے پاس آتے ہیں کہ آپ انہیں سواری مہیا کر دیں تو آپ جواب دیتے ہیں کہ میں تو تمہاری سواری کے لئے کچھ بھی نہیں پاتا، تو وه رنج وغم سے اپنی آنکھوں سے آنسو بہاتے ہوئے لوٹ جاتے ہیں کہ انہیں خرچ کرنے کے لئے کچھ بھی میسر نہیں۔[1]
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.3
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DIN 31635waǧāʾa l-muʿaḏḏirūna mina l-ʾaʿrābi liyuʾḏana lahum waqaʿada llaḏīna kaḏabū llāha warasūlahu sayuṣību llaḏīna kafarū minhum ʿaḏābun ʾalīmun
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Talal Itani2012 Some of the Desert-Arabs came to make excuses, asking to be granted exemption, while those who were untrue to God and His Messenger stayed behind. A painful punishment will afflict those among them who disbelieved.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And those among the wandering Arabs who had an excuse came in order that permission might be granted them. And those who lied to Allah and His messenger sat at home. A painful doom will fall on those of them who disbelieve
Edward Henry Palmer1880 There came certain desert Arabs that they might be excused; and those stayed behind who had called God and His Apostle liars. There shall befall those of them who misbelieved, a mighty woe
John Medows Rodwell1861 Some Arabs of the desert came with excuses, praying exemption; and they who had gainsaid God and His Apostle sat at home: a grievous punishment shall light on such of them as believe not
George Sale1734 And certain Arabs of the desert came to excuse themselves, praying that they might be permitted to stay behind; and they sat at home who had renounced God and his apostle. But a painful punishment shall be inflicted on such of them as believe not
Talal Itani2012 There is no blame on the weak, nor on the sick, nor on those who have nothing to give, provided they are true to God and His Messenger. In no way can the righteous be blamed. God is Forgiving and Merciful.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Not unto the weak nor unto the sick nor unto those who can find naught to spend is any fault (to be imputed though they stay at home) if they are true to Allah and His messenger. Not unto the good is there any road (of blame). Allah is Forgiving, Merciful
Edward Henry Palmer1880 For the weak, and the sick, and those who cannot find wherewith to expend in alms there is no hindrance, so they be only sincere towards God and His Apostle. There is no way against those who do well; for God is forgiving and merciful
John Medows Rodwell1861 It shall be no crime in the weak, and in the sick, and in those who find not the means of contributing, to stay at home, provided they are sincere with God and His Apostle. Against those who act virtuously, there is no cause of blame: and God is Gracious, Merciful
George Sale1734 In those who are weak, or are afflicted with sickness, or in those who find not wherewith to contribute to the war, it shall be no crime if they stay at home; provided they behave themselves faithfully towards God and his apostle. There is no room to lay blame on the righteous; for God is gracious and merciful
Talal Itani2012 But blame is on those who ask you for exemption, although they are rich. They are content to be with those who stay behind. God has sealed their hearts, so they do not know.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 The road (of blame) is only against those who ask for leave of thee (to stay at home) when they are rich. They are content to be with the useless. Allah hath sealed their hearts so that they know not
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Only is there a way against those who ask thee for leave, to stay at home while they are rich; content to be with those who are left behind; on whose hearts God has set a stamp, so that they should not know
John Medows Rodwell1861 Only is there cause of blame against those who, though they are rich, ask thee for exemption. They are pleased to be with those who stay behind; and God hath set a seal upon their hearts: they have no knowledge
George Sale1734 But there is reason to blame those who ask leave of thee to sit at home, when they are rich. They are pleased to be with those who stay behind, and God hath sealed up their hearts; wherefore they do not understand
DIN 31635yaʿtaḏirūna ʾilaykum ʾiḏā raǧaʿtum ʾilayhim qul lā taʿtaḏirū lan nuʾmina lakum qad nabbaʾanā llāhu min ʾaḫbārikum wasayarā llāhu ʿamalakum warasūluhu ṯumma turaddūna ʾilā ʿālimi l-ġaybi waš-šahādati fayunabbiʾukum bimā kuntum taʿmalūna
Talal Itani2012 They present excuses to you when you return to them. Say, "Do not offer excuses; we do not trust you; God has informed us of you. And God will watch your actions, and so will the Messenger; then you will be returned to the Knower of the Invisible and the Visible, and He will inform you of what you used to do."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 They will make excuse to you (Muslims) when ye return unto them. Say: Make no excuse, for we shall not believe you. Allah hath told us tidings of you. Allah and His messenger will see your conduct, and then ye will be brought back unto Him Who knoweth the Invisible as well as the Visible, and He will tell you what ye used to do
Edward Henry Palmer1880 They make excuses to you when ye return to them: say, 'Make no excuse, we believe you not; God has informed us concerning you. God sees your works and His Apostle too!' Then shall ye be brought back unto Him who knows the unseen and the seen; and He shall inform you of that which ye have done
John Medows Rodwell1861 They will excuse themselves to you when ye come back to them. SAY: Excuse yourselves not; we cannot believe you: now hath God informed us about you: God will behold your doings, and so will His Apostle: to Him who knoweth alike things hidden and things manifest shall ye hereafter be brought back: and He will tell you what ye have done
George Sale1734 They will excuse themselves unto you, when ye are returned unto them. Say, excuse not your selves; we will by no means believe you: God hath acquainted us with your behaviour; and God will observe your actions, and his apostle also: And hereafter shall ye be brought before Him who knoweth that which is hidden, and that which is manifest; and He will declare unto you that which ye have done
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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
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0.644
Share of measured verses above it
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Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.80
Talal Itani · George Sale0.74
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.74
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.73
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.57
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.56
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.53
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.49
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.49
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.45
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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.