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Those who disbelieve among the People of the Scripture, and the Polytheists, will be in the Fire of Hell, where they will abide forever. These are the worst of creatures.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Lo! those who disbelieve, among the People of the Scripture and the idolaters, will abide in fire of hell. They are the worst of createdbeings
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
Verily, those who disbelieve amongst the people of the Book and the idolaters shall be in the fire of hell, to dwell therein for aye; they are wretched creatures
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
But the unbelievers among the people of the Book, and among the Polytheists, shall go into the fire of Gehenna to abide therein for aye. Of all creatures are they the worst
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Verily those who believe not, among those who have received the scriptures, and among the idolaters, shall be cast into the fire of hell, to remain therein for ever. These are the worst of creatures
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
Me të vërtetë, ata që nuk besojnë nga ithtarët e Librit dhe idhujtarët do të jenë në zjarrin e Xhehenemit, ku do të qëndrojnë përgjithmonë. Pikërisht ata janë krijesat më të këqija.
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
নিশ্চয় আহলে কিতাব ও মুশরিকদের মধ্যে যারা কুফরী করেছে, তারা জাহান্নামের আগুনে চিরস্থায়ীভাবে থাকবে। তারাই হলো নিকৃষ্ট সৃষ্টি।
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
Oni sljedbenici Knjige koji ne vjeruju i višebošci, bit će, sigurno, u vatri džehennemskoj, u njoj će vječno ostati: oni su najgora stvorenja.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4
Hrvatski · Croatian
Oni sljedbenici Knjige koji ne vjeruju i mnogobošci, bit će, sigurno, u vatri paklenoj, u njoj će vječno ostati: oni su najgora stvorenja.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Fulfulde · Fulani
Pellet ɓeen he'eferɓe ummaade e joom defte en e sirkuɓe hina e jayngol jahatnama ɓe caasa toon ha pooma ko ɓeen ngoni ɓurɓe bon'de e tagoore he.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
ჭეშმარიტად, ისინი, ვინც ურწმუნონი გახდნენ წიგნის ხალხიდან და მრავალღმერთიანთაგან, იქნებიან ჯოჯოხეთის ცეცხლში, — დარჩებიან იქ მარადჟამს. ისინი არიან ქმნილებათა შორის ყველაზე უარესნი.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Wahrlich, diejenigen unter den Leuten der Schrift und den Götzendienern, die ungläubig sind, werden im Feuer der Hölle sein, (und) ewig verweilen sie darin. Jene sind die schlechtesten Geschöpfe.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Στ’ αλήθεια, όσοι από το λαό του Βιβλίου (Χριστιανούς και Εβραίους) αρνήθηκαν την πίστη (στον Προφήτη Μωχάμμαντ) καθώς και οι πολυθεϊστές, θα βρίσκονται (κατά τη Μέλλουσα Ζωή) στο Πυρ της Κολάσεως, όπου θα μείνουν εκεί μέσα για πάντα. Αυτοί είναι οι χειρότεροι των πλασμάτων.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
निःसंदेह किताब वालों और मुश्रिकों में से जो लोग काफ़िर हो गए, वे सदा जहन्नम की आग में रहने वाले हैं, वही लोग सबसे बुरे प्राणी हैं।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
In verità i miscredenti tra la gente del Libro, e gli idolatri, resteranno nel fuoco dell’Inferno in eterno: quelli sono il peggio del Creato.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
6. Iš tiesų, nepatikėjusieji (islamo religiją, Koraną ir Pranašą Muchammedą) iš Rašto žmonių (judėjų ir krikščionių) ir daugiadievių (Al-Mušrikūn) tarpo bus Pragaro Ugnyje, gyvendami tenais amžinai. Jie yra blogiausi iš kūrinių.
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.
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Русский · Russian
Воистину, те, которые отвергли веру, — из людей Писания и придающих Аллаху сотоварищей — окажутся в огне Геенны, пребывая там вечно. Такие и есть худшие из созданий.
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
Они следбеници Књиге који не верују и незнанобошци, биће, сигурно, у ватри Пакла, у њој ће вечно да остану: они су најгора створења.
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
Hakika waliokufuru miongoni mwa Watu wa Kitabu na washirikina wataingia katika Moto wa Jahannamu wadumu milele humo. Hao ndio viumbe waovu kabisa.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
De otrogna bland skriftens folk och avgudadyrkarna ska vistas i helvetets eld, och där ska de förbli; de är de värsta av alla skapelser.
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
Hiç şüphesiz kitap ehlinden ve müşriklerden küfre sapanlar, içinde sürekli kalıcılar olarak cehennem ateşindedirler. İşte onlar, yaratılmışların en kötüleridir.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
بیشک جو لوگ اہل کتاب میں کافر ہوئے اور مشرکین سب دوزخ کی آگ میں (جائیں گے) جہاں وه ہمیشہ (ہمیشہ) رہیں گے۔ یہ لوگ بدترین خلائق ہیں.[1]
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Talal Itani2012 They were commanded only to worship God, devoting their faith to Him alone, and to practice regular prayer, and to give alms. That is the upright religion.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And they are ordered naught else than to serve Allah, keeping religion pure for Him, as men by nature upright, and to establish worship and to pay the poor-due. That is true religion
Edward Henry Palmer1880 But they were not bidden aught but to worship God, being sincere in religion unto Him as Hanifs, and to be steadfast in prayer, and to give alms: for that is the standard religion
John Medows Rodwell1861 Yet was not aught enjoined on them but to worship God with sincere religion, sound in faith; and to observe prayer and pay the stated alms. For this is true religion
George Sale1734 And they were commanded no other in the scriptures than to worship God, exhibiting unto him the pure religion, and being orthodox; and to be constant at prayer, and to give alms: And this is the right religion
DIN 31635ǧazāʾuhum ʿinda rabbihim ǧannātu ʿadnin taǧrī min taḥtihā l-ʾanhāru ḫālidīna fīhā ʾabadan raḍiya llāhu ʿanhum waraḍū ʿanhu ḏālika liman ḫašiya rabbahu
Talal Itani2012 Their reward is with their Lord: Gardens of Eternity beneath which rivers flow, where they will abide forever. God is pleased with them, and they are pleased with Him. That is for whoever fears His Lord.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Their reward is with their Lord: Gardens of Eden underneath which rivers flow, wherein they dwell for ever. Allah hath pleasure in them and they have pleasure in Him. This is (in store) for him who feareth his Lord
Edward Henry Palmer1880 their reward with their Lord is gardens of Eden, beneath which rivers flow, to dwell therein for aye; God shall be well pleased with them, and they with Him! that is for him who fears his Lord
John Medows Rodwell1861 Their recompense with their Lord shall be gardens of Eden, 'neath which the rivers flow, in which they shall abide for evermore. God is well pleased in them and they in Him! This, for him who feareth his Lord
George Sale1734 Their reward with their Lord shall be gardens of perpetual abode, through which rivers flow; they shall remain therein for ever. God will be well pleased in them; and they shall be well pleased in him. This is prepared for him who shall fear his Lord
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Those who disbelieve among the people of the Scripture and idolaters will be in the fire of hell — the worst of creatures; wretched, in Palmer (1880).
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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
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.71
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.71
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.67
Talal Itani · George Sale0.66
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.66
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.61
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.60
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.59
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.57
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.37
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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.