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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.
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, "O people, the truth has come to you from your Lord. Whoever accepts guidance is guided for his own soul; and whoever strays only strays to its detriment. I am not a guardian over you."
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Say: O mankind! Now hath the Truth from your Lord come unto you. So whosoever is guided, is guided only for (the good of) his soul, and whosoever erreth erreth only against it. And I am not a warder over 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, 'O ye people! there has come to you the truth from your Lord, and he who is guided, his guidance is only for his soul; and he who errs, errs only against it; and I am not a guardian over you
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
SAY: O men! now hath the truth come unto you from your Lord. He therefore who will be guided, will be guided only for his own behoof: but he who shall err will err only against it; and I am not your guardian
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Say, O men, now hath the truth come unto you from your Lord. He therefore who shall be directed, will be directed to the advantage of his own soul: But he who shall err, will err only against the same. I am no guardian over 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: "O njerëz! Tashmë ju erdhi e vërteta nga Zoti juaj. Kushdo që udhëzohet në rrugë të drejtë, është udhëzuar vetëm për të mirën e vetvetes dhe kushdo që humbet, humbet në dëm të vetvetes, e unë nuk jam mbikëqyrës juaji."
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
(হে রাসূল! তুমি) বলো: ‘হে মানুষ! তোমাদের রবের পক্ষ থেকে তোমাদের কাছে সত্য (আল-কুরআন) এসেছে। সুতরাং যে হিদায়াত গ্রহণ করবে, সে নিজের জন্যই হিদায়াত গ্রহণ করবে। আর যে পথভ্রষ্ট হবে, সে নিজের ক্ষতির জন্য পথভ্রষ্ট হবে। আর আমি তোমাদের অভিভাবক (সংরক্ষক) নই।’
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: “O ljudi, Istina vam je došla od Gospodara vašeg, i onaj ko se uputi Pravim putem – uputio se za svoje dobro, a onaj ko krene stranputicom, krenuo je na svoju štetu, a ja nisam zadužen da vam Uputu dam.”
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: “O ljudi, Istina vam je došla od Gospodara vašeg, i onaj tko se uputi Pravim putem – uputio se za svoje dobro, a onaj tko krene stranputicom, krenuo je na svoju štetu, a ja nisam zadužen da vam Uputu dam.”
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 : "Eehey mon yimɓe, gooŋɗii goonga ka arii mon immorde ka Joomi mon. Kala peewuɗo, e haray ko hoore-makko o feewani; kala kaadi majju- ɗo, haray ko e makko defii. min wonaani pawaaɗo e hoore-mon.
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: «ჰეი ადამიანებო! თქვენთან მოვიდა ჭეშმარიტება (ყურანი) თქვენი ღმერთისგან. და ვინც სწორ გზას დაადგება, თავის სასარგებლოდ დაადგება, და ვინც გზას ასცდება, მხოლოდ თავის საზიანოდ ასცდება. და მე არ ვარ თქვენზე პასუხისმგებელი.
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: „O ihr Menschen! Zu euch ist nunmehr die Wahrheit von eurem Herrn gekommen. Wer sich nun rechtleiten lässt, der ist nur zu seinem eigenen Vorteil rechtgeleitet. Und wer irregeht, der geht nur zu seinem Nachteil irre. Und ich bin nicht euer Sachwalter.“
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): «Ω, άνθρωποι! Πράγματι, ήρθε σε σας η αλήθεια (το Κορ’άν) από τον Κύριό σας. Όποιος λοιπόν καθοδηγείται (και πιστεύει), το όφελος της καθοδήγησής του είναι μόνο για τον εαυτό του, και όποιος παραστρατήσει, θα είναι εις βάρος του. Δεν είμαι κηδεμόνας σε σας (αλλά είμαι μόνο ένας προειδοποιητής).»
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
(ऐ नबी!) आप कह दें : ऐ लोगो! निःसंदेह तुम्हारे पालनहार की ओर से तुम्हारे पास सत्य[30] आ गया है। तो जो सीधे मार्ग पर आया, तो वह अपने आप ही के लिए मार्ग पर आता है और जो पथभ्रष्ट हुआ, तो वह अपने आप ही पर पथभ्रष्ट होता है और मैं तुमपर हरगिज़ कोई निरीक्षक नहीं हूँ।[31]
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Di’: «O gente, la Verità è venuta a voi dal vostro Dio. Chi segue la retta via lo fa per se stesso e chi ne devia lo fa contro se stesso, e io non sono il vostro responsabile».
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
108. Sakyk: „O žmonija, dabar tiesa (t. y. Koranas ir Pranašas Muchammedas ﷺ) atėjo pas jus nuo jūsų Viešpaties. Taigi, tas, kuris yra teisingai vedamas, jis daro tai dėl savo paties gero, o tas, kuris nuklysta, jis daro tai dėl savo paties praradimo. Ir aš nesu (paskirtas) jums Vakil (reikalų tvarkytojas, priverčiantis jus sekti teisingu vedimu).“
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
Jedhi “Yaa ilmaan namaa! Dhugumatti Gooftaa keessan irraa dhugaan (qur'aanni) isinitti dhufee jira. namni qajeele, kan inni qajeelu lubbuma isaatiifi. Namni jallates, kan inni jallatu ishee irratti. Ani isin irratti ramadamaa miti”.
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: «О люди! К вам уже пришла истина от вашего Господа. Кто последовал верным путём, тот следует ему лишь во благо своей собственной душе, а кто сбился с пути, тот сбивается во вред ей самой. Я над вами вовсе не попечитель».
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: „О људи, Истина вам је дошла од вашег Господара, и онај ко се упути Правим путем - упутио се за своје добро, а онај ко крене странпутицом, кренуо је на своју штету, а ја нисам задужен да се бринем о вашим делима.“
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: Enyi watu! Haki imekwishawajia kutoka kwa Mola wenu Mlezi. Kwa hivyo, anayeongoka, basi anaongoka kwa faida ya nafsi yake, na anayepotea, basi anapotea kwa hasara ya nafsi yake. Na mimi si mwakilishi juu yenu.
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Säg: ”Människor! Sanningen har kommit till er från er Herre. Den som tar emot vägledningen gör det för sin egen skull, och den som går vilse skadar bara sig själv. Jag är inte satt att vaka över 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: "Ey insanlar, size Rabbinizden gerçek (Kur’an) gelmiştir. Artık kim doğru yola girerse, ancak kendisi için girer. Kim de saparsa ancak kendi aleyhine sapar. Ben sizden sorumlu değilim.''
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
آپ کہہ دیجئے کہ اے لوگو! تمہارے پاس حق تمہارے رب کی طرف سے پہنچ چکا ہے[1] ، اس لیے جو شخص راه راست پر آجائے سو وه اپنے واسطے راه راست پر آئے گا [2]اور جو شخص بے راه رہے گا تو اس کا بے راه ہونا اسی پر پڑے گا[3] اور میں تم پر مسلط نہیں کیا گیا.[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
About these translations
5 cleared translations, newest first, by year of publication, so the modern English comes before the historical ones. That is an ordering by date, not a judgement. Each is shown complete — this platform never excerpts a translation — and each renders under its translator's name. No translation here is marked as the correct one.
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Each verse ends in its pause form, as it is said when you stop there. Pauses inside a verse and other tajwid rules are not shown. It is derived from the Tanzil
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Easy-read (simplified)walaa tad'u min dooni llaahi maa laa yanfa'uka walaa yadurruka fa'in fa'alta fa'innaka idhan mina z-zaalimeen
DIN 31635walā tadʿu min dūni llāhi mā lā yanfaʿuka walā yaḍurruka faʾin faʿalta faʾinnaka ʾiḏan mina ẓ-ẓālimīna
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 And do not call, apart from God, on what neither benefits you nor harms you. If you do, you are then one of the wrongdoers.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And cry not, beside Allah, unto that which cannot profit thee nor hurt thee, for if thou didst so then wert thou of the wrong-doers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 and call not besides God on what can neither profit thee nor harm thee; for if thou dost, verily, thou art then of the unjust
John Medows Rodwell1861 Neither invoke beside God that which can neither help nor hurt thee: for if thou do, thou wilt certainly then be one of those who act unjustly
George Sale1734 neither invoke, besides God, that which can neither profit thee nor hurt thee: For if thou do, thou wilt then certainly become one of the unjust
Easy-read (simplified)wa'in yamsaska llaahu bidurrin falaa kaashifa lahu illaa huwa wa'in yuridka bikhayrin falaa raadda lifadlihi yuseebu bihi man yashaa'u min 'ibaadihi wahuwa l-ghafooru r-raheem
DIN 31635waʾin yamsaska llāhu biḍurrin falā kāšifa lahu ʾillā huwa waʾin yuridka biḫayrin falā rādda lifaḍlihi yuṣību bihi man yašāʾu min ʿibādihi wahuwa l-ġafūru r-raḥīmu
Talal Itani2012 If God afflicts you with harm, none can remove it except He. And if He wants good for you, none can repel His grace. He makes it reach whomever He wills of His servants. He is the Forgiver, the Merciful.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 If Allah afflicteth thee with some hurt, there is none who can remove it save Him; and if He desireth good for thee, there is none who can repel His bounty. He striketh with it whom He will of his bondmen. He is the Forgiving, the Merciful
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And should God touch thee with harm, there is none to remove it save He; and if He wish thee well, there is none to repel His grace; He makes it fall on whom He will of His servants; for He is pardoning and merciful
John Medows Rodwell1861 And if God lay the touch of trouble on thee, none can deliver thee from it but He: and if He will thee any good, none can keep back his boons. He will confer them on such of his servants as he chooseth: and He is the Gracious, the Merciful
George Sale1734 If God afflict thee with hurt, there is none who can relieve thee from it, except He; and if He willeth thee any good, there is none who can keep back his bounty: He will confer it on such of his servants as He pleaseth; and He is gracious and merciful
Talal Itani2012 And follow what is revealed to you, and be patient until God issues His judgment, for He is the Best of judges.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And (O Muhammad) follow that which is inspired in thee, and forbear until Allah give judgment. And He is the Best of Judges
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Follow what is revealed to thee, and be patient until God judges, for He is the best of judges
John Medows Rodwell1861 And follow what is revealed to thee: and persevere steadfastly till God shall judge, for He is the best of Judges
George Sale1734 Do thou, O prophet, follow that which is revealed unto thee: And persevere with patience, until God shall judge; for He is the best judge
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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
33%
Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Talal Itani · George Sale0.64
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.62
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.60
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.59
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.54
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.52
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.51
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.50
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.38
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.33
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