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12:40

مَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَسْمَآءً سَمَّيْتُمُوهَآ أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُم مَّآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَٰنٍ إِنِ ٱلْحُكْمُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِ أَمَرَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِيَّاهُ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلدِّينُ ٱلْقَيِّمُ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)maa ta'budoona min doonihi illaa asmaa'an sammaytumoohaa antum wa'aabaa'ukum maa anzala llaahu bihaa min sultaanin ini l-hukmu illaa lillaahi amara allaa ta'budoo illaa iyyaahu dhaalika d-deenu l-qayyimu walaakinna akthara n-naasi laa ya'lamoon

DIN 31635mā taʿbudūna min dūnihi ʾillā ʾasmāʾan sammaytumūhā ʾantum waʾābāʾukum mā ʾanzala llāhu bihā min sulṭānin ʾini l-ḥukmu ʾillā lillāhi ʾamara ʾallā taʿbudū ʾillā ʾiyyāhu ḏālika d-dīnu l-qayyimu walākinna ʾakṯara n-nāsi lā yaʿlamūna

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Talal Itani · published 2012

"You do not worship, besides Him, except names you have named, you and your ancestors, for which God has sent down no authority. Judgment belongs to none but God. He has commanded that you worship none but Him. This is the right religion, but most people do not know.

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

Those whom ye worship beside Him are but names which ye have named, ye and your fathers. Allah hath revealed no sanction for them. The decision rests with Allah only, Who hath commanded you that ye worship none save Him. This is the right religion, but most men 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 Palmer 1840–1882 · published 1880

What ye worship beside Him are naught but names which ye have named, ye and your fathers, for which God has sent down no authority. Judgment is only God's; He bids you worship only Him. That is the standard of religion,- but most men do not know

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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

Ye worship beside him mere names which ye have named, ye and your fathers, for which God hath not sent down any warranty. Judgment belongeth to God alone. He hath bidden you worship none but Him. This is the right faith: but most men know it not

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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

Ye worship not, besides Him, other than the names which ye have named, ye and your fathers, concerning which God hath sent down no authoritative proof: Yet judgment belongeth unto God alone; who hath commanded that ye worship none besides Him. This is the right religion; but the greater part of men know it 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

Ju nuk adhuroni përveç Allahut asgjë tjetër, përveç emra (idhujsh) të cilët ua keni vënë vetë ju dhe etërit tuaj, gjë për të cilën nuk ju ka sjellë Allahu kurrfarë dëshmie. Vendimi i takon vetëm Allahut. Ai ka urdhëruar që ta adhuroni vetëm Atë. Kjo është feja e drejtë, por shumica e njerëzve nuk e dinë.

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বাংলা · Bengali

‘তোমরা আল্লাহকে বাদ দিয়ে নিছক কতগুলো নামের ইবাদাত করছো, যাদের নামকরণ তোমরা ও তোমাদের পিতৃপুরুষরা করেছো, যাদের (উপাস্য হওয়ার) ব্যাপারে আল্লাহ কোন প্রমাণ নাযিল করেননি। বিধান দেয়ার অধিকার শুধু আল্লাহরই। তিনি নির্দেশ দিয়েছেন যে, ‘তাঁকে ছাড়া আর কারো ইবাদাত করো না।’ এটিই সরল সঠিক দীন; কিন্তু অধিকাংশ লোক তা জানে না।’

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Bosanski · Bosnian

Oni koje, mimo Njega, obožavate – samo su imena koja ste im nadjenuli vi i preci vaši – Allah o njima nikakva dokaza nije objavio. Sud pripada jedino Allahu, a On je naredio da samo Njemu u ibadetu budete. To je jedino prava vjera, ali većina ljudi ne zna.

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Hrvatski · Croatian

Oni koje, mimo Njega, obožavate – samo su imena koja ste im nadjenuli vi i predci vaši – Allah o njima nikakva dokaza nije objavio. Sud pripada jedino Allahu, a On je naredio da samo Njemu u obožavanju budete. To je jedino prava vjera, ali većina ljudi ne zna.

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Fulfulde · Fulani

On ndewani gah mum, si wonah inɗe ɗe innuɗon ɗum, onon e baabiraaɓe mon, Alla jippinanaani ɗen hujja. Ñaawoore ndeen alanah si wanaa Alla. O yamirii wota on ndw si wanaa Kaŋko. Ko ɗuum woni diina ñiiɓuka kan; kono ko ɓuri ɗuuɗude e yimɓe ɓen ɓe nganndaa.

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ქართული · Georgian

თქვენ კი მის გარდა [ალლაჰის გარდა] მხოლოდ სახელებს სცემთ თაყვანს (გამოგონილ "ღმერთებს"), რომლითაც თქვენ და თქვენი მამები უწოდებთ მათ. ალლაჰს არ გამოუგზავნია მათზე არანაირი მტკიცებულება (რომ მათ უნდა ეწოდოს ღმერთები და მათ უნდა ემსახურებოდეთ). განკარგულება ეკუთვნის მხოლოდ ალლაჰს [მხოლოდ ის წყვეტს, ვის უნდა ეთაყვანონ]. მან ბრძანა, რომ არ ეთაყვანოთ არავის, მის გარდა. ეს არის სწორი რწმენა (და სწორი გზა), მაგრამ ადამიანთა უმეტესობამ ეს არ იცის.

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Deutsch · German

Ihr dient außer Ihm nur Namen, die ihr genannt habt, ihr und eure Väter, für die Allah (jedoch) keine Ermächtigung hinabgesandt hat. Das Urteil gehört ja (nur) Allah allein. Er hat befohlen, dass ihr nur Ihm dienen sollt. Dies ist die richtige Religion. Aber die meisten Menschen wissen nicht.

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Ελληνικά · Greek

(Εσείς) δε λατρεύετε εκτός Αυτού (του Αλλάχ) παρά μόνο ονόματα, τα οποία εσείς και οι πρόγονοί σας (επινοήσατε και) δώσατε σ' αυτά (τα είδωλα)! Για τα οποία ο Αλλάχ δεν έχει στείλει καμία απόδειξη (ούτε εξουσία ότι θα πρέπει να λατρεύονται μαζί Του). Στ’ αλήθεια, η εντολή ανήκει μόνο στον Αλλάχ. Διέταξε να μη λατρεύετε κανέναν άλλον εκτός απ' Αυτόν. Αυτή είναι η ορθή θρησκεία, αλλά οι περισσότεροι άνθρωποι δε γνωρίζουν.

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हिन्दी · Hindi

तुम अल्लाह के सिवा जिनकी इबादत (पूजा) करते हो, वे केवल नाम हैं, जो तुमने और तुम्हारे बाप-दादा ने रख लिए हैं। अल्लाह ने उनका कोई प्रमाण नहीं उतारा है। आदेश तो केवल अल्लाह का चलता है। उसने आदेश दिया है कि तुम एकमात्र उसी की इबादत (उपासना) करो। यही सीधा धर्म है। परन्तु अधिकतर लोग नहीं जानते।

Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari

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Italiano · Italian

Le divinità che adorate all’infuori di Lui sono solo nomi creati da voi e dai vostri antenati, ai quali Allāh non ha dato alcuna autorità. La Legge è solo di Allāh. Lui ha ordinato di non adorare altri se non Lui: quella è la giusta religione! Ma la maggior parte degli uomini non lo sa.

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Lietuvių · Lithuanian

40. Jūs negarbinate šalia Jo (nieko kito) tik vardus, kuriuos jūs suteikėte (suklastojote) – jūs ir jūsų tėvai – dėl kurių Allahas nenuleido jokių įgaliojimų. Įsakymas (arba sprendimas) yra niekam kitam tik Allahui. Jis įsakė jums negarbinti nieko kito, tik Jį (t. y. Jo monoteizmas). Tai (teisinga) aiški religija, tačiau dauguma žmonių nežino.

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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo

Maqoota isiniifi abbootiin keessan moggaaftan (taabota) malee Rabbii gaditti waan biraa gabbaraa hin jirtan. Rabbiin ishee (gabbaruu) tti ragaa tokkos hin buufne; murtiin Rabbiif malee hintaane. Isa malee akka hin gabbarre ajajeera. Kun amantii qajeelaadha. Garuu irra hedduun namaa hin beekanu.

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Русский · Russian

То, чему вы поклоняетесь помимо Него, — всего лишь названия, которые вы сами дали им — вы и ваши отцы, — и о которых Аллах не ниспослал никакого довода. Воистину, решение принадлежит только Аллаху. Он повелел вам не поклоняться никому, кроме Него. Это и есть истинная религия, однако большинство людей не знает.

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Српски · Serbian

Они које, мимо Њега, обожавате - само су имена којима сте их насловили ви и ваши преци - Аллах о њима није објавио никакав доказ. Суд припада једино Аллаху, а Он је наредио да само Њега обожавате. То је једино права вера, али већина људи не зна.

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Kiswahili · Swahili

Hamuabudu badala yake isipokuwa majina tu mliyowaita nyinyi na baba zenu. Mwenyezi Mungu hakuyateremshia hayo uthibitisho wowote. Hakuna hukumu isipokuwa ya Mwenyezi Mungu tu. Yeye ameamrisha msimuabudu yeyote isipokuwa Yeye tu. Hiyo ndiyo Dini iliyonyooka. Lakini wengi wa watu hawajui.

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Svenska · Swedish

Vad ni dyrkar vid hans sida är bara namn som ni och era förfäder har hittat på; Gud har inte gett er befogenhet till det. Beslutet är enbart Guds, och han befaller er att inte dyrka någon annan än honom. Detta är den rätta tron, men de flesta människor vet det inte.

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Türkçe · Turkish

“Allah'ı bırakıp da taptıklarınız, sizin ve atalarınızın taktığı birtakım isimlerden başka bir şey değildir. Allah onlar hakkında herhangi bir delil indirmemiştir. Hüküm ancak Allah’a aittir. O size kendisinden başkasına ibadet etmemenizi emretmiştir. İşte en doğru din budur. Fakat insanların çoğu bilmezler.”

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اردو · Urdu

اس کے سوا تم جن کی پوجا پاٹ کر رہے ہو وه سب نام ہی نام ہیں جو تم نے اور تمہارے باپ دادوں نے خود ہی گھڑ لئے ہیں۔ اللہ تعالیٰ نے ان کی کوئی دلیل نازل نہیں فرمائی[1] ، فرمانروائی صرف اللہ تعالیٰ ہی کی ہے، اس کا فرمان ہے کہ تم سب سوائے اس کے کسی اور کی عبادت نہ کرو، یہی دین درست [2]ہے لیکن اکثر لوگ نہیں جانتے.[3]

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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The verses around this oneSource fact

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12:38

وَٱتَّبَعْتُ مِلَّةَ ءَابَآءِىٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَإِسْحَٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ مَا كَانَ لَنَآ أَن نُّشْرِكَ بِٱللَّهِ مِن شَىْءٍ ذَٰلِكَ مِن فَضْلِ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَشْكُرُونَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)waattaba'tu millata aabaa'ee ibraaheema wa'ishaaqa waya'qooba maa kaana lanaa an nushrika billaahi min shay'in dhaalika min fadli llaahi 'alaynaa wa'alaa n-naasi walaakinna akthara n-naasi laa yashkuroon

DIN 31635wāttabaʿtu millata ʾābāʾī ʾibrāhīma waʾisḥāqa wayaʿqūba mā kāna lanā ʾan nušrika billāhi min šayʾin ḏālika min faḍli llāhi ʿalaynā waʿalā n-nāsi walākinna ʾakṯara n-nāsi lā yaškurūna

Talal Itani2012 "And I have followed the faith of my forefathers, Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob. It is not for us to associate anything with God. This is by virtue of God's grace upon us and upon the people, but most people do not give thanks.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And I have followed the religion of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac and Jacob. It never was for us to attribute aught as partner to Allah. This is of the bounty of Allah unto us (the seed of Abraham) and unto mankind; but most men give not thanks

Edward Henry Palmer1880 And I have followed the faith of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac and Jacob; we could not associate aught with God; that is from God's grace upon us and upon men: but most men give not thanks

John Medows Rodwell1861 And I follow the religion of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac and Jacob. We may not associate aught with God. This is of God's bounty towards us and towards mankind: but the greater part of mankind are not thankful

George Sale1734 and I follow the religion of my fathers, Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob. It is not lawful for us to associate any thing with God. This knowledge of the divine unity hath been given us of the bounty of God towards us, and towards mankind; but the greater part of men are not thankful

12:39

يَٰصَٰحِبَىِ ٱلسِّجْنِ ءَأَرْبَابٌ مُّتَفَرِّقُونَ خَيْرٌ أَمِ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْوَٰحِدُ ٱلْقَهَّارُ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)yaa saahibayi s-sijni a'arbaabun mutafarriqoona khayrun ami llaahu l-waahidu l-qahhaar

DIN 31635yā ṣāḥibayi s-siǧni ʾaʾarbābun mutafarriqūna ḫayrun ʾami llāhu l-wāḥidu l-qahhāru

Talal Itani2012 "O My fellow inmates, are diverse lords better, or God, the One, the Supreme?"

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 O my fellow-prisoners! Are divers lords better, or Allah the One, Almighty

Edward Henry Palmer1880 O ye twain fellow-prisoners! Are manifold lords better, or God, the one, the dominant

John Medows Rodwell1861 O my two fellow prisoners! are sundry lords best, or God, the One, the Mighty

George Sale1734 O my fellow-prisoners, are sundry lords better, or the only true and mighty God

12:40 — the verse above

12:41

يَٰصَٰحِبَىِ ٱلسِّجْنِ أَمَّآ أَحَدُكُمَا فَيَسْقِى رَبَّهُۥ خَمْرًا وَأَمَّا ٱلْـَٔاخَرُ فَيُصْلَبُ فَتَأْكُلُ ٱلطَّيْرُ مِن رَّأْسِهِۦ قُضِىَ ٱلْأَمْرُ ٱلَّذِى فِيهِ تَسْتَفْتِيَانِ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)yaa saahibayi s-sijni ammaa ahadukumaa fayasqee rabbahu khamran wa'ammaa l-'aakharu fayuslabu fata'kulu t-tayru min ra'sihi qudiya l-'amru lladhee feehi tastaftiyaan

DIN 31635yā ṣāḥibayi s-siǧni ʾammā ʾaḥadukumā fayasqī rabbahu ḫamran waʾammā l-ʾāḫaru fayuṣlabu fataʾkulu ṭ-ṭayru min raʾsihi quḍiya l-ʾamru llaḏī fīhi tastaftiyāni

Talal Itani2012 "O my fellow inmates! One of you will serve his master wine; while the other will be crucified, and the birds will eat from his head. Thus the matter you are inquiring about is settled."

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 O my two fellow-prisoners! As for one of you, he will pour out wine for his lord to drink; and as for the other, he will be crucified so that the birds will eat from his head. Thus is the case judged concerning which ye did inquire

Edward Henry Palmer1880 O ye twain fellow-prisoners! as for one of you, he shall pour out wine for his lord: and as for the other, he shall be crucified, and the birds shall eat of his head. The matter is decreed whereon ye asked me for a decision

John Medows Rodwell1861 O my two fellow prisoners! as to one of you, he will serve wine unto his Lord: but as to the other, he will be crucified and the birds shall eat from off his head. The matter is decreed concerning which ye enquire

George Sale1734 O my fellow-prisoners, verily the one of you shall serve wine unto his lord, as formerly; but the other shall be crucified, and the birds shall eat from off his head. The matter is decreed concerning which ye seek to be informed

12:42

وَقَالَ لِلَّذِى ظَنَّ أَنَّهُۥ نَاجٍ مِّنْهُمَا ٱذْكُرْنِى عِندَ رَبِّكَ فَأَنسَىٰهُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ ذِكْرَ رَبِّهِۦ فَلَبِثَ فِى ٱلسِّجْنِ بِضْعَ سِنِينَ

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Easy-read (simplified)waqaala lilladhee zanna annahu naajin minhumaa dhkurnee 'inda rabbika fa'ansaahu sh-shaytaanu dhikra rabbihi falabitha fee s-sijni bid'a sineen

DIN 31635waqāla lillaḏī ẓanna ʾannahu nāǧin minhumā ḏkurnī ʿinda rabbika faʾansāhu š-šayṭānu ḏikra rabbihi falabiṯa fī s-siǧni biḍʿa sinīna

Talal Itani2012 And he said to the one he thought would be released, "Mention me to your master." But Satan caused him to forget mentioning him to his master, so he remained in prison for several years.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And he said unto him of the twain who he knew would be released: Mention me in the presence of thy lord. But Satan caused him to forget to mention it to his lord, so he (Joseph) stayed in prison for some years

Edward Henry Palmer1880 And he said to him whom he thought would escape of those two, 'Remember me with thy lord!' But Satan made him forget the remembrance of his lord, so he tarried in prison a few years

John Medows Rodwell1861 And he said unto him who he judged would be set at large, "Remember me with thy lord." But Satan caused him to forget the remembrance of his Lord, so he remained some years in prison

George Sale1734 And Joseph said unto him whom he judged to be the person who should escape of the two, remember me in the presence of thy lord. But the devil caused him to forget to make mention of Joseph unto his lord; wherefore he remained in the prison some years

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

مَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِهِ إِلَّا أَسْمَاءً سَمَّيْتُمُوهَا أَنتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُم مَّا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَانٍ إِنِ الْحُكْمُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِ أَمَرَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوا إِلَّا إِيَّاهُ ذَٰلِكَ الدِّينُ الْقَيِّمُ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

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 — 0.54 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 · George Sale 0.59
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.58
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale 0.58
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell 0.56
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.55
Talal Itani · George Sale 0.55
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell 0.52
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale 0.50
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell 0.50
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer 0.45

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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