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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
And they said, "God has taken a son." Be He glorified. He is the Self-Sufficient. His is everything in the heavens and everything on earth. Do you have any proof for this? Or are you saying about God what you do not know?
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
They say: Allah hath taken (unto Him) a son - Glorified be He! He hath no needs! His is all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth. Ye have no warrant for this. Tell ye concerningAllah that which ye know not
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
They say, 'God has taken to Himself a son.'Celebrated be His praises! He is the rich one! His is whatever is in the heavens, and whatever is in the earth. Ye have no authority for this! will ye say against God, that which ye do not know
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
They say, "God hath begotten children." No! by his glory! He is the self-sufficient. All that is in the Heavens and all that is in the Earth is His! Have ye warranty for that assertion? What! speak ye of God that which ye know not
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
They say, God hath begotten children: God forbid! He is self-sufficient. Unto Him belongethwhatsoever is in heaven and on earth: Ye have no demonstrative proof of this. Do ye speak of God that which ye know not
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
Ata thonë: "Allahu ka fëmijë." I Patëmeta është Ai! Ai është i Panevojë. E Tija është gjithçka që gjendet në qiej e në Tokë. Ju nuk keni asnjë dëshmi për këtë. Përse thoni për Allahun diçka që nuk dini?!
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
তারা (মুশরিকদের একদল) বলে: ‘আল্লাহ (ফিরিশতাদেরকে মেয়ে হিসেবে) সন্তান গ্রহণ করেছেন।’ তিনি (এমন জঘন্য কথা থেকে) পবিত্র মহান! তিনি অভাবমুক্ত! যা কিছু আছে আসমানসমূহে ও যা কিছু আছে জমিনে, তা (সবকিছুর মালিকানা) তাঁরই। তোমাদের কাছে এ ব্যাপারে (আল্লাহ সন্তান গ্রহণের প্রসঙ্গে) কোনো প্রমাণ নেই। তোমরা কি আল্লাহর ব্যাপারে (দলিলবিহীন) এমন কিছু বলছ, যা তোমরা জান না?
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
Neki govore: "Allah je Sebi uzeo dijete!" Uzvišen je On! On ni o kom ovisan nije! Sve što je na nebesima i na Zemlji Njegovo je! Vi za to nikakva dokaza nemate. Zašto o Allahu govorite ono što ne znate?
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
Neki govore: "Allah je Sebi uzeo dijete!" Uzvišen je On! On ni o kome ovisan nije! Sve što je na nebesima i na Zemlji Njegovo je! Vi za to nikakva dokaza nemate. Zašto o Allahu govorite ono što ne znate?
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
Ɓe mbi'i : "Alla jogitike ɓiɗɗo". Senaade woodanii mo! Ko Kaŋko woni galo jon diɗiiɗo on. Hino woodani mo ɗuum ko woni ka kammuuli e ɗuum ko woni ka leydi; alanah on cemmbe e ɗuum. E on wowlay Alla ko on nganndaa?
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
ისინი [მრავალღმერთიანები] ამბობენ: «ალლაჰმა შვილი აიყვანა[1]. ის დიდებულია და წმინდაა ყოველგვარი ნაკლისგან! ის — უმდიდრესია და არაფერში არ საჭიროებს ვინმეს! მას ეკუთვნის ყველაფერი, რაც ცათა შინაა და მიწაზეა. თქვენ არ გაქვთ ამაზე არანაირი მტკიცებულება! ნუთუ ალლაჰზე ამბობთ იმას, რაც არ იცით?
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
Sie sagen: „Allah hat Sich ein Kind genommen.“ Gepriesen sei Er! Er ist der Unbedürftige. Ihm gehört, was in den Himmeln und was auf der Erde ist. Keine Ermächtigung habt ihr dafür. Wollt ihr über Allah etwas sagen, was ihr nicht wisst?
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
Λένε: «Ο Αλλάχ απέκτησε έναν γιο.» [Οι ειδωλολάτρες ισχυρίστηκαν ότι οι άγγελοι είναι οι κόρες του Αλλάχ, και οι Χριστιανοί ισχυρίστηκαν ότι ο Ιησούς είναι ο γιος του Αλλάχ]. Δόξα σ' Αυτόν! Είναι ο Αλ-Γανέι (ο Πλούσιος, ο Ελεύθερος από κάθε ανάγκη). Σ' Αυτόν ανήκουν ό,τι βρίσκεται στους ουρανούς και ό,τι βρίσκεται στη Γη. Δεν έχετε καμία απόδειξη γι' αυτό (που ισχυρίζεστε ψευδώς). Λέτε για τον Αλλάχ αυτά που δε γνωρίζετε;
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
उन्होंने कहा कि अल्लाह ने कोई औलाद बना रखी है। वह पवित्र है, वह निस्पृह है। जो कुछ आकाशों में है और जो कुछ धरती में है, उसी का है।तुम्हारे पास इसका कोई प्रमाण नहीं है। क्या तुम अल्लाह के विषय में ऐसी बात कहते हो, जिसे तुम नहीं जानते?
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Dissero che Allāh si è preso un figlio: gloria Sua! Lui è Sufficiente a Se Stesso; tutto nei cieli e sulla terra appartiene a Lui. Avete una prova per dire questo, o dite cose su Allāh senza averne conoscenza?
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
68. Jie (judėjai, krikščionys ir pagonys) sako : „Allahas pagimdė sūnų (vaikus).“ Garbė Jam! Jis yra Turtingas (Laisvas nuo bet kokių poreikių). Jo yra viskas, kas yra danguose, ir viskas, kas yra žemėje. Neturite jūs tam jokios teisės. Argi jūs sakote apie Allahą tai, ko nežinote?
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
“Rabbiin ilma godhate” jedhan. Inni (kana) irraa qulqullaa’ee jira. Inni durreessa, Wanti samiilee keessa jiruufi wanti dachii keessa jiru kan Isaati, Kanatti ragaa homaatuu hin qabdan. Sila waan hin beekne Rabbi irratti jettuu?
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.0
Русский · Russian
Они сказали: «Аллах взял Себе дитя». Пречист Он! Он — Богатый, Ему принадлежит всё, что в небесах, и всё, что на земле. Нет у вас на это никаких доказательств. Неужели вы говорите об Аллахе то, чего не знаете?
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
Неки говоре: „Аллах је Себи узео дете!“ Узвишен је Он! Он ни од кога није зависан! Све што је на небесима и на Земљи Његово је! Ви за то никакав доказ немате. Зар о Аллаху да говорите оно што не знате?
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
Walisema, "Mwenyezi Mungu alijifanyia mwana." Ametakasika! Yeye ndiye asiyehitajia kitu. Ni vyake vilivyo katika mbingu na katika ardhi. Nyinyi hamna uthibitisho wowote wa haya! Je, mnamzulia Mwenyezi Mungu msiyoyajua?
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
De säger att Gud har en son. Upphöjd är han! Han är den Oberoende. Allt i himlarna och på jorden tillhör honom. Ni har inga belägg för detta. Säger ni om Gud det ni inte vet?
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
(Müşrikler) “Allah bir çocuk edindi.” dediler. Subhânallah! O, bundan münezzehtir, mustağnidir. Göklerde ve yerde olan her şey O’nundur. Bu hususta bir deliliniz de yoktur. O halde Allah hakkında bilmediğiniz bir şeyi mi söylüyorsunuz?
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
وه کہتے ہیں کہ اللہ اوﻻد رکھتا ہے۔ سبحان اللہ! وه تو کسی کا محتاج نہیں [1] اسی کی ملکیت ہے جو کچھ آسمانوں میں ہے اور جو کچھ زمین میں ہے[2]۔ تمہارے پاس اس پر کوئی دلیل نہیں۔ کیا اللہ کے ذمہ ایسی بات لگاتے ہو جس کا تم علم نہیں رکھتے.
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)alaa inna lillaahi man fee s-samaawaati waman fee l-'ardi wamaa yattabi'u lladheena yad'oona min dooni llaahi shurakaa'a in yattabi'oona illaa z-zanna wa'in hum illaa yakhrusoon
DIN 31635ʾalā ʾinna lillāhi man fī s-samāwāti waman fī l-ʾarḍi wamā yattabiʿu llaḏīna yadʿūna min dūni llāhi šurakāʾa ʾin yattabiʿūna ʾillā ẓ-ẓanna waʾin hum ʾillā yaḫruṣūna
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 Certainly, to God belongs everyone in the heavens and everyone on earth. Those who invoke other than God do not follow partners; they follow only assumptions, and they only guess.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Lo! is it not unto Allah that belongeth whosoever is in the heavens and whosoever is in the earth? Those who follow aught instead of Allah follow not (His) partners. They follow only a conjecture, and they do but guess
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Is not, verily, whoever is in the heavens and whoever is in the earth God's? What then do they follow who call on associates other than God? Verily, they follow nothing but suspicion, and verily, they are telling naught but lies
John Medows Rodwell1861 Is not whoever is in the Heavens and the Earth subject to God? What then do they follow who, beside God, call upon deities they have joined with Him? They follow but a conceit, and they are but liars
George Sale1734 Is not whoever dwelleth in heaven and on earth, subject unto God? What therefore do they follow, who invoke idols, besides God? They follow nothing but a vain opinion; and they only utter lies
Talal Itani2012 It is He who made the night for your rest, and the daylight for visibility. Surely in that are signs for people who listen.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 He it is Who hath appointed for you the night that ye should rest therein and the day giving sight. Lo! herein verily are portents for a folk that heed
Edward Henry Palmer1880 He it is who made for you the night, that ye might rest therein, and the day to see therein; verily, in that are signs unto a people who can hear
John Medows Rodwell1861 It is He who hath ordained for you the night wherein to rest, and the lightsome day. Verily in this are signs for those who hearken
George Sale1734 It is He who hath ordained the night for you, that ye may take your rest therein, and the clear day for labour: Verily herein are signs unto people who hearken
Talal Itani2012 Some enjoyment in this world; then to Us is their return; then We will make them taste the severe punishment on account of their disbelief.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 This world's portion (will be theirs), then unto Us is their return. Then We make them taste a dreadful doom because they used to disbelieve
Edward Henry Palmer1880 A provision in this world - then unto us is their return! then we will make them taste keen torment for that they misbelieved
John Medows Rodwell1861 A portion have they in this world! Then to us they return! Then make we them to taste the vehement torment, for that they were unbelievers
George Sale1734 They may enjoy a provision in this world; but afterwards unto Us shall they return, and We will then cause them to taste a grievous punishment, for that they were unbelievers
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Talal Itani · George Sale0.69
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.69
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.66
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.63
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.62
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.61
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.60
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.56
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.52
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.49
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