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One row, two verses
Rodwell prints canon verses
96 and 97 as a single row,
numbered 97 in his edition. The same row is shown at
both, under his name. It is one rendering standing where his printing put
it, not a rendering of this verse alone.
Of old sent we Moses with our signs and with incontestable power to Pharaoh, and to his nobles - who followed the behests of Pharaoh, and, unrighteous were Pharaoh'sbehests
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
And verily We sent Moses with Our revelations and a clear warrant
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
And we sent Moses with our signs and with obvious power
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And we formerly sent Moses with our signs, and manifest power
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
Ne e dërguam Musain me shenjat (mrekullitë) Tona dhe me dëshmi të qartë
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
আর আমি মূসাকে আমার আয়াতসমূহ ও সুস্পষ্ট প্রমাণসহ পাঠিয়েছি।
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 Musaa smo poslali sa znakovima Našim i dokazom jasnim,
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From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4
Hrvatski · Croatian
I Mojsija smo poslali sa znakovima Našim i dokazom jasnim,
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Fulfulde · Fulani
Gooŋɗii Men Nulirii Muusaa Aayeeje amen ɗeen e hujja ɓannguɗo.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
და ვფიცავ, ჩვენ წარვგზავნეთ მუსა ჩვენი სასწაულებითა[1] და ცხადი ხელმწიფებით
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Und Wir sandten bereits Musa mit Unseren Zeichen und mit einer deutlichen Ermächtigung
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Πράγματι, στείλαμε τον Μωυσή με τα Σημάδιά Μας και τις ξεκάθαρες αποδείξεις,
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
और हमने मूसा को अपनी निशानियों (चमत्कार) तथा स्पष्ट प्रमाण के साथ भेजा।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
E inviammo Mūsā coi Nostri Segni e con una prova evidente
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
96. Ir iš tiesų, Mes siuntėme Mūsą (Mozę) su Mūsų Ajat (įrodymais, įkalčiais, eilutėmis, pamokomis, - ženklais, apreiškimais ir t.t.) ir aiškiais įgaliojimais.
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
Dhugumatti, Muusaa mallattoota keenyaafi ragaa ifa ta’een erginee jirra.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.0
Русский · Russian
Действительно, Мы послали Мусу с Нашими знамениями и явным доводом
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
И Мојсија смо послали са Нашим знаковима и доказом јасним,
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
Na hakika tulimtuma Musa pamoja na Ishara zetu na uthibitisho ulio wazi.
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Vi sände Mose med våra tecken och ett klart belägg [för sitt profetskap]
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
Mûsâ’yı da ayetlerimizle ve açık bir delil ile göndermiştik.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
اور یقیناً ہم نے ہی موسیٰ کو اپنی آیات اور روشن دلیلوں کے ساتھ بھیجا تھا.[1]
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 And when Our command came, We saved Shuaib and those who believed with him, by mercy from Us, and the Blast struck the wrongdoers, and they became motionless bodies in their homes.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And when Our commandment came to pass We saved Shu'eyb and those who believed with him by a mercy from Us; and the (Awful) Cry seized those who did injustice, and morning found them prostrate in their dwellings
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And when our bidding came we saved Sho'haib, and those who believed with him, by our mercy; and the noise caught those who had done wrong, and on the morrow they were in their houses prone
John Medows Rodwell1861 And when our decree came to pass, we delivered Shoaib and his companions in faith, by our mercy: And a violent tempest overtook the wicked, and in the morning they were found prostrate in their houses
George Sale1734 Wherefore when our decree came to be executed, we delivered Shoaib and those who believed with him, through our mercy: And a terrible noise from heaven assailed those who had acted unjustly; and in the morning they were found in their houses lying dead and prostrate
Talal Itani2012 To Pharaoh and his nobles, but they followed the command of Pharaoh, and the command of Pharaoh was not wise.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Unto Pharaoh and his chiefs, but they did follow the command of Pharaoh, and the command of Pharaoh was no right guide
Edward Henry Palmer1880 unto Pharaoh and his chiefs; but they followed Pharaoh's bidding, and Pharaoh's bidding was not straightforward
John Medows Rodwell1861 Of old sent we Moses with our signs and with incontestable power to Pharaoh, and to his nobles - who followed the behests of Pharaoh, and, unrighteous were Pharaoh's behests
George Sale1734 unto Pharaoh and his princes: But they followed the command of Pharaoh; although the command of Pharaoh did not direct them aright
DIN 31635yaqdumu qawmahu yawma l-qiyāmati faʾawradahumu n-nāra wabiʾsa l-wirdu l-mawrūdu
Talal Itani2012 He will precede his people on the Day of Resurrection, and will lead them into the Fire. Miserable is the place he placed them in.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 He will go before his people on the Day of Resurrection and will lead them to the Fire for watering-place. Ah, hapless is the watering-place (whither they are) led
Edward Henry Palmer1880 He shall approach his people on the resurrection day, and take them down to water at the Fire,- an evil watering-place to water at
John Medows Rodwell1861 He shall head his people on the day of the Resurrection and cause them to descend into the fire: and wretched the descent by which they shall descend
George Sale1734 Pharaoh shall precede his people on the day of resurrection, and he shall lead them into hell fire; an unhappy way shall it be which they shall be led
These figures count the words the translations share. They measure wording, not meaning, and they do not say which translation is right.
Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
0.55 on a scale
where 0 means identical wording and 1 means no shared words. It is
computed, not judged.
The page says a verse is worded differently only above the cut below. The cut is a stated convention, not a property of the text, and it can be changed.
The cut
0.644
Share of measured verses above it
33%
Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.78
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.72
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.67
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.65
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.60
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.57
Talal Itani · George Sale0.46
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.42
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.38
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.27
One bar per pair of renderings, longest bar for the pair
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Method Wording differences — derived 13 September 2026
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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.