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12:23

وَرَٰوَدَتْهُ ٱلَّتِى هُوَ فِى بَيْتِهَا عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ وَغَلَّقَتِ ٱلْأَبْوَٰبَ وَقَالَتْ هَيْتَ لَكَ قَالَ مَعَاذَ ٱللَّهِ إِنَّهُۥ رَبِّىٓ أَحْسَنَ مَثْوَاىَ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُفْلِحُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)waraawadathu llatee huwa fee baytihaa 'an nafsihi waghallaqati l-'abwaaba waqaalat hayta laka qaala ma'aadha llaahi innahu rabbee ahsana mathwaaya innahu laa yuflihu z-zaalimoon

DIN 31635warāwadathu llatī huwa fī baytihā ʿan nafsihi waġallaqati l-ʾabwāba waqālat hayta laka qāla maʿāḏa llāhi ʾinnahu rabbī ʾaḥsana maṯwāya ʾinnahu lā yufliḥu ẓ-ẓālimūna

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Talal Itani · published 2012

She in whose house he was living tried to seduce him. She shut the doors, and said, "I am yours." He said, "God forbid! He is my Lord. He has given me a good home. Sinners never succeed."

Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

Talal Itani, ClearQuran ·ClearQuran, "God" edition, EPUB·Talal Itani / ClearQuran.com ·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International·retrieved 7 Sep 2026

Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com https://clearquran.com

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 1875–1936 · published 1930

And she, in whose house he was, asked of him an evil act. She bolted the doors and said: Come! He said: I seek refuge in Allah! Lo! he is my lord, who hath treated me honourably. Lo! wrong-doers never prosper

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 Palmer 1840–1882 · published 1880

And she in whose house he was desired him for his person; and she locked the doors and said, 'Come along with thee!' Said he, 'Refuge in God! verily, my Lord has made good my abiding here; verily, the wrong-doers shall not prosper

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Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired

Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an ·1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

John Medows Rodwell 1808–1900 · published 1861

And she in whose house he was conceived a passion for him, and she shut the doors and said, "Come hither." He said, "God keep me! Verily, my lord hath given me a good home: and the injurious shall not prosper

Sources

Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired

John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an ·1861 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

George Sale 1697–1736 · published 1734

And she, in whose house he was, desired him to lie with her; and she shut the doors and said, come hither. He answered, God forbid! Verily my lord hath made my dwelling with Him easy; and the ungrateful shall not prosper

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

Gruaja, në shtëpinë e së cilës ishte, u përpoq ta joshte atë, andaj i mbylli dyert dhe tha: "Eja tek unë!" Ai tha: "Allahu më ruajttë! Zotëria im më ka nderuar gjatë qëndrimit tim tek ai. Sigurisht që zullumqarët nuk do të kenë sukses."

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.

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বাংলা · Bengali

আর যে মহিলার ঘরে সে ছিল, সে তাকে ( অসৎ উদ্দেশ্যে) কুপ্ররোচনা দিলো এবং (একান্ত নির্জনতার জন্য) দরজাগুলো বন্ধ করে দিল। আর বললো, ‘এসো।’ সে বললো: ‘(তুমি আমাকে যে পথে আহ্বান করছ,) আমি তা থেকে আল্লাহর আশ্রয় চাই। নিশ্চয় তিনি (মিসরের অধিপতি) আমার মনিব, তিনি আমার থাকার সুব্যবস্থা করেছেন।(৫) নিশ্চয় যালিমগণ সফল হয় 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.

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Bosanski · Bosnian

I poče ga na grijeh navoditi ona u čijoj je kući bio, pa zaključa sva vrata i reče: "Hodi!" "Allahovu zaštitu tražim!", uzviknu on, "gospodar me moj lijepo pazi; a nepravedni neće nikad uspjeti."

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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Hrvatski · Croatian

I poče ga na grijeh navoditi ona u čijoj je kući bio, pa zaključa sva vrata i reče: "Dođi!" "Allahovu zaštitu tražim," uzviknu on, "gospodar me moj lijepo pazi; a nepravedni neće nikad uspjeti!"

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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Fulfulde · Fulani

OOn [debbo] mo on woni e suudu mun ɗaɓɓiri mo hoore-makko. O soki baafe ɗen o wi'i: "mi heblanii-mo-ma!" o maaki: "Moolaare Alla! Jeyɗo kam on moƴƴinii weerde am. Si ko woni, tooñooɓe ɓen maletaake".

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ქართული · Georgian

და ქალმა [ეგვიპტელი ვეზირის ცოლი], რომლის სახლშიც ის იყო, მისი ცდუნება განიზრახა, ჩაკეტა კარები და უთხრა: «მოდი ჩემთან (მე უკვე მოვემზადე შენთვის!)!» მან (იუსუფმა) უთხრა: «ღმერთს შევაფარებ თავს! ჭეშმარიტად ის ჩემი ბატონია, რომელმაც კეთილად მიმიღო. უსამართლონი ვერასდროს მიაღწევენ ბედნიერებას».

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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Deutsch · German

Und diejenige, in deren Haus er war, versuchte, ihn zu verführen. Sie schloß die Türen ab und sagte: „(Los,) komm zu mir.“ Er sagte: „(Ich suche) Schutz bei Allah (davor)! Er, mein Herr, hat mir ja eine schöne Bleibe bereitet. Wahrlich, den Ungerechten wird es nicht wohl ergehen.“

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

Όμως εκείνη, στο σπίτι της οποίας βρισκόταν (ο Ιωσήφ ως υπηρέτης), προσπάθησε να τον αποπλανήσει. Έκλεισε τις πόρτες και είπε: «Έλα εδώ σε μένα!» Αυτός είπε: «Αναζητώ καταφύγιο στον Αλλάχ! Στ’ αλήθεια, (ο σύζυγός σου) ο αφέντης μου μου φέρθηκε κάλλιστα στη διαμονή μου εδώ (και ποτέ δε θα τον προδώσω)! Στ’ αλήθεια, οι άδικοι δε θα επιτύχουν ποτέ.»

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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हिन्दी · Hindi

और उस स्त्री[6] ने उसके मन को रिझाया, जिसके घर में वह था। और द्वार बंद कर लिए और बोली : आ जाओ। उसने कहा : अल्लाह की पनाह! वह मेरा मालिक है। उसने मेरे निवास को अच्छा बनाया। वास्तव में, ज़ालिम लोग सफल नहीं होते।

Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari

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Italiano · Italian

E colei che era nella sua casa lo tentò. E chiuse le porte, e disse: «Affrettati e vieni!» Lui disse: «Io mi rifugio in Allāh! In verità Lui è il mio Dio, che mi ha dato una dimora dignitosa: in verità gli ingiusti non avranno successo!»

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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Lietuvių · Lithuanian

23. Ir ji, kurios namuose jis buvo, siekė suvilioti jį (atlikti blogą veiksmą) ir ji uždarė duris ir tarė: „Ei tu, ateik.“ Jis tarė: „Aš prašau Allaho prieglobsčio (arba sergėk, Allahai)! Iš tiesų, jis (tavo vyras) yra mano šeimininkas! Jis padarė mano gyvenimą patogiu! (Taigi, aš niekada jo neišduosiu). Iš tiesų, Zalimūn (nuodėmių ir bloga darytojai) niekada nebus sėkmingi.“

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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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo

Isheen inni mana ishee keessa jiru (qunnamtii saalaatiif) lubbuu isaa irraa isa abaabalte, Hulaalee ni cuccufte, nijette siif qophaa’eeraa kottu, nijedhe (yuusuf) Ani Rabbitti maganfadha! Inni (dhiirsi kee) gooftaa kiyya; jireenya koo naaf tolchee jira, Dhugumatti, miidhaa hojjattoonni hin milkaayanu”. [12]

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Русский · Russian

А та, в доме которой он жил, стала добиваться его; она наглухо заперла двери и сказала: «Иди ко мне!» Он сказал: «Упаси Аллах! Воистину, мой господин сделал достойным моё пребывание. Воистину, несправедливые не преуспеют».

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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Српски · Serbian

И поче да га наводи на грех она у чијој је кући био, па закључа сва врата и рече: „Приђи!“ „Аллахову заштиту тражим!“ Узвикну он, „Власник мој ме лепо пази; а неправедници никад неће успети.“

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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Kiswahili · Swahili

Na yule bibi wa nyumba aliyokuwamo Yusuf akamtamani kinyume cha nafsi yake, na akafungafunga milango. Akamwambia: "Njoo!" Yusuf akasema: Audhubillahi (ninajikinga kwa Mwenyezi Mungu)! Hakika Yeye ni bwana wangu, aliniweka maskani nzuri. Hakika madhalimu hawafaulu.

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Svenska · Swedish

Kvinnan i vars hus han bodde sökte [en dag] förföra honom. Hon låste alla dörrar och sa: ”Kom hit till mig!” Han sa: ”Jag söker Guds skydd! Min värd har varit så god mot mig under min vistelse. De orättfärdiga ska det inte gå väl.”

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Türkçe · Turkish

Evinde bulunduğu kadın (gönlünü ona kaptırıp) ondan arzuladığı şeyi elde etmek istedi ve kapıları kilitleyerek, “Haydi gelsene!” dedi. O ise, “Allah’a sığınırım, çünkü o (kocan) benim efendimdir, bana iyi baktı. Şüphesiz zalimler kurtuluşa eremezler.” dedi.

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اردو · Urdu

اس عورت نے جس کے گھر میں یوسف تھے، یوسف کو بہلانا پھسلانا شروع کیا کہ وه اپنے نفس کی نگرانی چھوڑ دے اور دروازے بند کرکے کہنے لگی لو آجاؤ یوسف نے کہا اللہ کی پناه! وه میرا رب ہے، مجھے اس نے بہت اچھی طرح رکھا ہے۔ بے انصافی کرنے والوں کا بھلا نہیں ہوتا.[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.

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12:21

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِى ٱشْتَرَىٰهُ مِن مِّصْرَ لِٱمْرَأَتِهِۦٓ أَكْرِمِى مَثْوَىٰهُ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَنفَعَنَآ أَوْ نَتَّخِذَهُۥ وَلَدًا وَكَذَٰلِكَ مَكَّنَّا لِيُوسُفَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلِنُعَلِّمَهُۥ مِن تَأْوِيلِ ٱلْأَحَادِيثِ وَٱللَّهُ غَالِبٌ عَلَىٰٓ أَمْرِهِۦ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)waqaala lladhee shtaraahu min misra limra'atihi akrimee mathwaahu 'asaa an yanfa'anaa aw nattakhidhahu waladan wakadhaalika makkannaa liyoosufa fee l-'ardi walinu'allimahu min ta'weeli l-'ahaadeethi wallaahu ghaalibun 'alaa amrihi walaakinna akthara n-naasi laa ya'lamoon

DIN 31635waqāla llaḏī štarāhu min miṣra limraʾatihi ʾakrimī maṯwāhu ʿasā ʾan yanfaʿanā ʾaw nattaḫiḏahu waladan wakaḏālika makkannā liyūsufa fī l-ʾarḍi walinuʿallimahu min taʾwīli l-ʾaḥādīṯi wallāhu ġālibun ʿalā ʾamrihi walākinna ʾakṯara n-nāsi lā yaʿlamūna

Talal Itani2012 The Egyptian who bought him said to his wife, "Take good care of him; he may be useful to us, or we may adopt him as a son." We thus established Joseph in the land, to teach him the interpretation of events. God has control over His affairs, but most people do not know.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And he of Egypt who purchased him said unto his wife: Receive him honourably. Perchance he may prove useful to us or we may adopt him as a son. Thus we established Joseph in the land that We might teach him the interpretation of events. And Allah was predominant in His career, but most of mankind know not

Edward Henry Palmer1880 And the man from Egypt who had bought him said to his wife, 'Honour his abiding here; it may be he will be of use to us, or we may adopt him as a son.' Thus did we establish Joseph in the land; and we did surely teach him the interpretation of sayings; for God can overcome His affairs, though most men do not know

John Medows Rodwell1861 And he who bought him - an Egyptian - said to his wife, "Treat him hospitably; haply he may be useful to us, or we may adopt him as a son." Thus did we settle Joseph in the land, and we instructed him in the interpretation of dark sayings, for God is equal to his purpose; but most men know it not

George Sale1734 And the Egyptian who bought him said to his wife, use him honourably; peradventure he may be serviceable to us, or we may adopt him for our son. Thus did we prepare an establishment for Joseph in the earth, and we taught him the interpretation of dark sayings: For God is well able to effect his purpose; but the greater part of men do not understand

12:22

وَلَمَّا بَلَغَ أَشُدَّهُۥٓ ءَاتَيْنَٰهُ حُكْمًا وَعِلْمًا وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)walammaa balagha ashuddahu aataynaahu hukman wa'ilman wakadhaalika najzee l-muhsineen

DIN 31635walammā balaġa ʾašuddahu ʾātaynāhu ḥukman waʿilman wakaḏālika naǧzī l-muḥsinīna

Talal Itani2012 When he reached his maturity, We gave him wisdom and knowledge. We thus reward the righteous.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And And when he reached his prime We gave him wisdom and knowledge. Thus We reward the good

Edward Henry Palmer1880 And when he had reached his strength we brought him judgment and knowledge, for thus do we reward those who do good

John Medows Rodwell1861 And when he had reached his age of strength we bestowed on him judgment and knowledge; for thus do we recompense the well doers

George Sale1734 And when he had attained his age of strength, we bestowed on him wisdom, and knowledge; for thus do we recompense the righteous

12:23 — the verse above

12:24

وَلَقَدْ هَمَّتْ بِهِۦ وَهَمَّ بِهَا لَوْلَآ أَن رَّءَا بُرْهَٰنَ رَبِّهِۦ كَذَٰلِكَ لِنَصْرِفَ عَنْهُ ٱلسُّوٓءَ وَٱلْفَحْشَآءَ إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)walaqad hammat bihi wahamma bihaa lawlaa an ra'aa burhaana rabbihi kadhaalika linasrifa 'anhu s-soo'a wal-fahshaa'a innahu min 'ibaadinaa l-mukhlaseen

DIN 31635walaqad hammat bihi wahamma bihā lawlā ʾan raʾā burhāna rabbihi kaḏālika linaṣrifa ʿanhu s-sūʾa wal-faḥšāʾa ʾinnahu min ʿibādinā l-muḫlaṣīna

Talal Itani2012 She desired him, and he desired her, had he not seen the proof of his Lord. It was thus that We diverted evil and indecency away from him. He was one of Our loyal servants.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 She verily desired him, and he would have desired her if it had not been that he saw the argument of his Lord. Thus it was, that We might ward off from him evil and lewdness. Lo! he was of Our chosen slaves

Edward Henry Palmer1880 And she was anxious for him, and he would have been anxious for her, had it not been that he saw the demonstration of his Lord; thus did we turn evil and fornication from him; verily, he was of our sincere servants

John Medows Rodwell1861 But she longed for him; and he had longed for her had he not seen a token from his lord. Thus we averted evil and defilement from him, for he was one of our sincere servants

George Sale1734 But she resolved within her self to enjoy him, and he would have resolved to enjoy her, had he not seen the evident demonstration of his Lord. So We turned away evil and filthiness from him, because he was one of our sincere servants

12:25

وَٱسْتَبَقَا ٱلْبَابَ وَقَدَّتْ قَمِيصَهُۥ مِن دُبُرٍ وَأَلْفَيَا سَيِّدَهَا لَدَا ٱلْبَابِ قَالَتْ مَا جَزَآءُ مَنْ أَرَادَ بِأَهْلِكَ سُوٓءًا إِلَّآ أَن يُسْجَنَ أَوْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)wastabaqaa l-baaba waqaddat qameesahu min duburin wa'alfayaa sayyidahaa ladaa l-baabi qaalat maa jazaa'u man araada bi'ahlika soo'an illaa an yusjana aw 'adhaabun aleem

DIN 31635wastabaqā l-bāba waqaddat qamīṣahu min duburin waʾalfayā sayyidahā ladā l-bābi qālat mā ǧazāʾu man ʾarāda biʾahlika sūʾan ʾillā ʾan yusǧana ʾaw ʿaḏābun ʾalīmun

Talal Itani2012 As they raced towards the door, she tore his shirt from behind. At the door, they ran into her husband. She said, "What is the penalty for him who desired to dishonor your wife, except imprisonment or a painful punishment?"

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And they raced with one another to the door, and she tore his shirt from behind, and they met her lord and master at the door. She said: What shall be his reward, who wisheth evil to thy folk, save prison or a painful doom

Edward Henry Palmer1880 And they raced to the door and she rent his shirt from behind; and they met her master at the door. Said she, 'What is the recompense of him who wishes evil for thy family, but that imprisonment or a grievous torment

John Medows Rodwell1861 And they both made for the door, and she rent his shirt behind; and at the door they met her lord. "What," said she, "shall be the recompense of him who would do evil to thy family, but a prison or a sore punishment

George Sale1734 And they ran to get one before the other to the door; and she rent his inner garment behind. And they met her lord at the door. She said, what shall be the reward of him who seeketh to commit evil in thy family, but imprisonment, and a painful punishment

Sources

EditionTanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) ·Uthmani, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

Parallel edition — Simple, Version 1.1

وَرَاوَدَتْهُ الَّتِي هُوَ فِي بَيْتِهَا عَن نَّفْسِهِ وَغَلَّقَتِ الْأَبْوَابَ وَقَالَتْ هَيْتَ لَكَ قَالَ مَعَاذَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهُ رَبِّي أَحْسَنَ مَثْوَايَ إِنَّهُ لَا يُفْلِحُ الظَّالِمُونَ

EditionTanzil Qur'an text (Simple) ·Simple, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

Analysis detailsDerived

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 — 0.63 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
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.71
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer 0.70
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale 0.69
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.67
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell 0.66
Talal Itani · George Sale 0.65
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell 0.58
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale 0.56
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell 0.56
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale 0.49

One bar per pair of renderings, longest bar for the pair sharing fewest words. Every pair is shown; none is singled out.

Method Wording differences — derived 13 September 2026
Method
Mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the lowercased word sets of the cleared translations of each verse. A verse is marked as worded differently when its score falls in the top third of the corpus — the cut set out in Analysis details.
As at
13 September 2026, 10:56 UTC
Gate
verify/divergence_gate.py re-derives and fails on drift

The platform does not say which is right, and does not characterise what the difference means. The renderings are placed together so the difference is visible; reading it is the reader's work.

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SourceTanzil Qur'an text (Simple) ·Simple, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

SourceTanzil Qur'an text (Simple) ·Simple, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

ReceiptsSource fact

7 sources stand behind this page. Each is listed once, in the order the page first cites it, with the licence it was cleared under and what was actually read. Nothing on this page rests on a source that is not here.

Source Tanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) · Uthmani, Version 1.1
Edition
Uthmani, Version 1.1
Custodian
Tanzil Project
Layer
canonical text
Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
Licence URL
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Commercial use
yes
Modification
contradictory
Licence text
read verbatim
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
203f0f1bf3158b1e5be4ab9f8f6870e5…
Located at
https://tanzil.net/pub/download/index.php?quranType=uthmani&outType=xml
Convention
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.

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Source Talal Itani, ClearQuran · ClearQuran, "God" edition, EPUB
Edition
ClearQuran, "God" edition, EPUB
Custodian
Talal Itani / ClearQuran.com
Layer
translation
Licence
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Licence URL
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/
Commercial use
yes
Modification
no
Licence text
terms page read
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
7 September 2026
Digest
70b0a8bb6f862f43670f7da1c0da59a4…
Located at
https://www.clearquran.com/downloads/quran-in-english-clearquran.epub
Convention
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.

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Source Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran · 1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Edition
1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Custodian
None — public domain work
Layer
translation
Licence
Public domain — copyright term expired
Licence URL
— none published —
Commercial use
yes
Modification
yes
Licence text
not applicable — no licence exists
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
aaff752d4349005282d977eebb863982…
Located at
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fawazahmed0/quran-api@6be8e17f2a0c13b1f33b1c3057f73cb28d5e848e/editions/eng-mohammedmarmadu.json

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.

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Source Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an · 1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Edition
1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Custodian
None — public domain work
Layer
translation
Licence
Public domain — copyright term expired
Licence URL
— none published —
Commercial use
yes
Modification
yes
Licence text
not applicable — no licence exists
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
32b2330e332339ace53509539efe9040…
Located at
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fawazahmed0/quran-api@6be8e17f2a0c13b1f33b1c3057f73cb28d5e848e/editions/eng-edwardhenrypalm.json
Convention
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.

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Source John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an · 1861 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Edition
1861 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Custodian
None — public domain work
Layer
translation
Licence
Public domain — copyright term expired
Licence URL
— none published —
Commercial use
yes
Modification
yes
Licence text
not applicable — no licence exists
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
91423dea6a6dccc192457870ed2c08fb…
Located at
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fawazahmed0/quran-api@6be8e17f2a0c13b1f33b1c3057f73cb28d5e848e/editions/eng-johnmedowsrodwe.json
Convention
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.

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Source George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an · 1734 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Edition
1734 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Custodian
None — public domain work
Layer
translation
Licence
Public domain — copyright term expired
Licence URL
— none published —
Commercial use
yes
Modification
yes
Licence text
not applicable — no licence exists
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
05b679f5df49b0579e65f4b83b4c7235…
Located at
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fawazahmed0/quran-api@6be8e17f2a0c13b1f33b1c3057f73cb28d5e848e/editions/eng-georgesale.json
Convention
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.

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Source Tanzil Qur'an text (Simple) · Simple, Version 1.1
Edition
Simple, Version 1.1
Custodian
Tanzil Project
Layer
canonical text
Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
Licence URL
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Commercial use
yes
Modification
contradictory
Licence text
read verbatim
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
d9b5bad94e4725191aa8da9a0404bd8e…
Located at
https://tanzil.net/pub/download/index.php?quranType=simple&outType=xml
Convention
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.

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