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16:71

وَٱللَّهُ فَضَّلَ بَعْضَكُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ فِى ٱلرِّزْقِ فَمَا ٱلَّذِينَ فُضِّلُوا۟ بِرَآدِّى رِزْقِهِمْ عَلَىٰ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَٰنُهُمْ فَهُمْ فِيهِ سَوَآءٌ أَفَبِنِعْمَةِ ٱللَّهِ يَجْحَدُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)wallaahu faddala ba'dakum 'alaa ba'din fee r-rizqi famaa lladheena fuddiloo biraaddee rizqihim 'alaa maa malakat aymaanuhum fahum feehi sawaa'un afabini'mati llaahi yajhadoon

DIN 31635wallāhu faḍḍala baʿḍakum ʿalā baʿḍin fī r-rizqi famā llaḏīna fuḍḍilū birāddī rizqihim ʿalā mā malakat ʾaymānuhum fahum fīhi sawāʾun ʾafabiniʿmati llāhi yaǧḥadūna

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Talal Itani · published 2012

God has favored some of you over others in livelihood. Those who are favored would not give their properties to their servants, to the extent of making them partners in it. Will they then renounce God's blessings?

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 Allah hath favoured some of you above others in provision. Now those who are more favoured will by no means hand over their provision to those (slaves) whom their right hands possess, so that they may be equal with them in respect thereof. Is it then the grace of Allah that they deny

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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 God has preferred some of you over others in providing for you; but those who have been preferred will not restore their provision to those whom their right hands possess that they may share equally therein:- is it God's favours they gainsay

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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 God hath abounded to some of you more than to others in the supplies of life; yet they to whom He hath abounded, impart not thereof to the slaves whom their right hands possess, so that they may share alike. What! will they deny, then, that these boons are from God

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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

God causeth some of you to excel others in worldly possessions: Yet they who are caused to excel, do not give their wealth unto the slaves whom their right hands possess, that they may become equal sharers therein. Do they therefore deny the beneficence of God

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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

Allahu ka dalluar disa prej jush mbi të tjerët në furnizim. Por, ata që janë dalluar nuk e ndajnë furnizimin me robërit e tyre, në mënyrë që të jenë të barabartë me ta. Atëherë, si i mohojnë dhuntitë e Allahut?!

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বাংলা · Bengali

আর আল্লাহ রিযক দেয়ার ক্ষেত্রে তোমাদের কাউকে কারো ওপর প্রাধান্য দিয়েছেন; কিন্তু যাদেরকে প্রাধান্য দেয়া হয়েছে, তারা তাদের রিযক অধীনস্থ দাসদাসীদেরকে এমনভাবে ফিরিয়ে দেয় না যে, তারা তাতে (মালিকানায়) তাদের সমান হয়ে যাবে।(২২) তবে তারা কি (আল্লাহর জন্য তাঁরই বান্দাদের মধ্য থেকে শরিক সাব্যস্ত করে) আল্লাহর নি‘আমতকে অস্বীকার করছে?

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

Allah opskrbljujući vas daje jednima više nego drugima. Ali oni kojima je dato više ne daju onima koji su u njihovoj vlasti, a potrebe su im jednake. Zašto nisu na Allahovim blagodatima zahvalni!

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Hrvatski · Croatian

Allah opskrbljujući vas daje jednima više nego drugima. Ali oni kojima je dato više ne daju onima koji su u njihovoj vlasti, a potrebe su im jednake. Zašto nisu na Allahovim blagodatima zahvalni!

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Fulfulde · Fulani

Alla ɓurnii yoga mon e dow yoga ka arsike. Ɓurnaaɓe ɓen ngonaani ruttirooɓe arsike maɓɓe on e ɓeen ɓe jeytiri ñaame maɓɓe ɗen haa ɓe pota e mayri. E ko dokke Alla on ɓe njeddata?

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ქართული · Georgian

და ალლაჰმა მიანიჭა უპირატესობა ზოგიერთ თქვენგანს სხვებზე (სასიცოცხლო) საზრდოში [ზოგი გაამდიდრა, ხოლო სხვები გააღარიბა; ზოგი მფლობელი გახადა, ხოლო სხვები მონებად აქცია]. და სწორედ ისინი, ვისაც უპირატესობა მიენიჭათ, არ აბრუნებენ საკუთარ საზრდოს [არ აძლევენ იმას, რაც ალლაჰმა უბოძა მათ] მათ, ვინც დაიპყრო მათმა მარჯვენაა [საკუთარ მონებს], რომ ისინი (შემდეგ) ამაში გათანაბრებულიყვნენ [სიმდიდრეში]. ნუთუ ისინი უარყოფენ ალლაჰის [მათთვის ნაბოძებ] წყალობას?

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Deutsch · German

Und Allah hat die einen von euch gegenüber den anderen in der Versorgung bevorzugt. Doch geben diejenigen, die bevorzugt werden, ihre Versorgung nicht an diejenigen zurück, die ihre rechte Hand besitzt, so dass sie darin gleich wären. Wollen sie denn die Gunst Allahs verleugnen?

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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15

Ελληνικά · Greek

Ο Αλλάχ έκανε μερικούς από σας να υπερέχουν από τους άλλους στα μέσα βιοπορισμού (και έτσι υπάρχουν πλούσιοι και φτωχοί, και αφεντικά και υπηρέτες). Όσοι υπερέχουν δε θα δώσουν από τα αγαθά τους στους υπηρέτες τους (το ποσό) που να τους κάνει ίσους συνεταίρους σ' αυτά (τα αγαθά) [πώς λοιπόν ισχυρίζονται οι άπιστοι ότι ο Αλλάχ έχει εταίρους από τους δούλους Του, ενώ αυτοί αρνούνται να έχουν συνεταίρους από τους υπηρέτες τους;]. Είναι αχάριστοι για τις χάρες του Αλλάχ (αποδίδοντας σ' Αυτόν εταίρους στη λατρεία);

Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2

हिन्दी · Hindi

और अल्लाह ने तुममें से कुछ को, कुछ पर जीविका में श्रेष्ठता प्रदान की है। तो वे लोग जिन्हें श्रेष्ठता प्रदान की गई है, किसी तरह अपनी जीविका अपने दासों की ओर फेरने वाले नहीं कि वे उसमें बराबर हो जाएँ। तो क्या वे अल्लाह के उपकारों का इनकार करते हैं?[27]

Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari

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Italiano · Italian

E Allāh vi ha privilegiati gli uni sugli altri negli averi, ma quelli che sono privilegiati non donano i loro averi ai loro schiavi, poiché diventerebbero uguali. Nascondono la grazia di Allāh?

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Lietuvių · Lithuanian

71. Ir Allahas iškėlė kai kuriuos iš jūsų aukščiau kitų turte ir nuosavybėse. Tad, tie, kurie iškelti, jokiu būdu neatiduos savo turto ir nuosavybių tiems (vergams), kuriuos valdo jų dešinės rankos tam, kad šie būtų lygūs su jais tame. [4] Argi jie neigia Allaho Malones?

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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo

Rabbiin hiree keessatti garii keessan garii irra caalchiseera. Isaan caalchifaman qabeenya isaanii gara waan (gabroota) harki isaanii dhuunfattee deebisanii isaanis isa keessati kan wal qixxaatanu hin taane. Sila qananii Rabbii mormuu?

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Русский · Russian

Аллах дал одним из вас преимущество перед другими в уделе. Но те, кому было дано преимущество, вовсе не отдают свой удел тем, кем овладели их десницы, так что они были бы с ними равны в этом. Неужели они отрицают милость Аллаха?

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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1

Српски · Serbian

Аллах опскрбљујући вас даје једнима више него другима. Али они којима је дато више не дају онима који су у њиховој власти, а потребе су им једнаке. Зашто нису на Аллаховим благодатима захвални?!

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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4

Kiswahili · Swahili

Na Mwenyezi Mungu amewaboresha baadhi yenu kuliko wengine katika riziki. Na wale walioboreshwa hawarudishi riziki zao kwa wale iliowamiliki mikono yao ya kulia ili wawe sawa katika riziki hiyo. Basi je, wanazikataa neema za Mwenyezi Mungu?

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Svenska · Swedish

Gud har också skänkt vissa av er en större försörjning än andra. De som har fått mer delar inte sitt överflöd med sina tjänare så att alla har lika mycket. Hur kan de då [likställa andra med Gud och] vara otacksamma för hans välsignelser?

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Türkçe · Turkish

Allah, rızık konusunda kiminizi kiminizden üstün kıldı. Üstün kılınanlar, rızıklarını ellerinin altındakilere (köle ve cariyelerine) vermezler ki rızıkta hep eşit olsunlar. Şimdi Allah’ın nimetini mi inkâr ediyorlar?

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اردو · Urdu

اللہ تعالیٰ ہی نے تم میں سے ایک کو دوسرے پر روزی میں زیادتی دے رکھی ہے، پس جنہیں زیادتی دی گئی ہے وه اپنی روزی اپنے ماتحت غلاموں کو نہیں دیتے کہ وه اور یہ اس میں برابر ہو جائیں[1] ، تو کیا یہ لوگ اللہ کی نعمتوں کے منکر ہو رہے ہیں؟[2]

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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16:69

ثُمَّ كُلِى مِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ فَٱسْلُكِى سُبُلَ رَبِّكِ ذُلُلًا يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بُطُونِهَا شَرَابٌ مُّخْتَلِفٌ أَلْوَٰنُهُۥ فِيهِ شِفَآءٌ لِّلنَّاسِ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)thumma kulee min kulli th-thamaraati faslukee subula rabbiki dhululan yakhruju min butoonihaa sharaabun mukhtalifun alwaanuhu feehi shifaa'un lilnnaasi inna fee dhaalika la'aayatan liqawmin yatafakkaroon

DIN 31635ṯumma kulī min kulli ṯ-ṯamarāti faslukī subula rabbiki ḏululan yaḫruǧu min buṭūnihā šarābun muḫtalifun ʾalwānuhu fīhi šifāʾun lilnnāsi ʾinna fī ḏālika laʾāyatan liqawmin yatafakkarūna

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 Then eat of all the fruits, and go along the pathways of your Lord, with precision. From their bellies emerges a fluid of diverse colors, containing healing for the people. Surely in this is a sign for people who reflect.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Then eat of all fruits, and follow the ways of thy Lord, made smooth (for thee). There cometh forth from their bellies a drink divers of hues, wherein is healing for mankind. Lo! herein is indeed a portent for people who reflect

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Then eat from every fruit, and walk in the beaten paths of thy Lord;' there cometh forth from her body a draught varying in hue, in which is a cure for men; verily, in that are signs unto a people who reflect

John Medows Rodwell1861 Feed, moreover, on every kind of fruit, and walk the beaten paths of thy Lord." From its belly cometh forth a fluid of varying hues, which yieldeth medicine to man. Verily in this is a sign for those who consider

George Sale1734 Then eat of every kind of fruit, and walk in the beaten paths of thy Lord. There proceedeth from their bellies a liquor of various colour; wherein is a medicine for men. Verily herein is a sign unto people who consider

16:70

وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمْ ثُمَّ يَتَوَفَّىٰكُمْ وَمِنكُم مَّن يُرَدُّ إِلَىٰٓ أَرْذَلِ ٱلْعُمُرِ لِكَىْ لَا يَعْلَمَ بَعْدَ عِلْمٍ شَيْـًٔا إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ قَدِيرٌ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)wallaahu khalaqakum thumma yatawaffaakum waminkum man yuraddu ilaa ardhali l-'umuri likay laa ya'lama ba'da 'ilmin shay'an inna llaaha 'aleemun qadeer

DIN 31635wallāhu ḫalaqakum ṯumma yatawaffākum waminkum man yuraddu ʾilā ʾarḏali l-ʿumuri likay lā yaʿlama baʿda ʿilmin šayʾan ʾinna llāha ʿalīmun qadīrun

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 God created you; then He takes you away. Some of you will be brought back to the worst age, so that he will no longer know anything, after having acquired knowledge. God is Omniscient and Omnipotent.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And Allah createth you, then causeth you to die, and among you is he who is brought back to the most abject stage of life, so that he knoweth nothing after (having had) knowledge. Lo! Allah is Knower, Powerful

Edward Henry Palmer1880 God created you; then He will take you to Himself; but amongst you are some whom He will thrust into the most decrepit age; so that he may not know aught that once he knew. Verily, God is knowing, powerful

John Medows Rodwell1861 And God hath created you; by and bye will he take you to himself; and some among you will he carry on to abject old age, when all that once was known is known no longer. Aye, God is Knowing, Powerful

George Sale1734 God hath created you, and He will hereafter cause you to die: And some of you shall have his life prolonged to a decrepit age, so that he shall forget whatever he knew; for God is wise and powerful

16:71 — the verse above

16:72

وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنْ أَزْوَٰجِكُم بَنِينَ وَحَفَدَةً وَرَزَقَكُم مِّنَ ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِ أَفَبِٱلْبَٰطِلِ يُؤْمِنُونَ وَبِنِعْمَتِ ٱللَّهِ هُمْ يَكْفُرُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)wallaahu ja'ala lakum min anfusikum azwaajan waja'ala lakum min azwaajikum baneena wahafadatan warazaqakum mina t-tayyibaati afabilbaatili yu'minoona wabini'mati llaahi hum yakfuroon

DIN 31635wallāhu ǧaʿala lakum min ʾanfusikum ʾazwāǧan waǧaʿala lakum min ʾazwāǧikum banīna waḥafadatan warazaqakum mina ṭ-ṭayyibāti ʾafabilbāṭili yuʾminūna wabiniʿmati llāhi hum yakfurūna

Talal Itani2012 God has given you mates from among yourselves; and has produced for you, from your mates, children and grandchildren; and has provided you with good things. Will they then believe in falsehood, and refuse God's favors?

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And Allah hath given you wives of your own kind, and hath given you, from your wives, sons and grandsons, and hath made provision of good things for you. Is it then in vanity that they believe and in the grace of Allah that they disbelieve

Edward Henry Palmer1880 And God has made for you from amongst yourselves wives, and has made for you from your wives sons and grandchildren; and has provided you with good things;- is it in vanity that they believe, while for God's favour they are ungrateful

John Medows Rodwell1861 God, too, hath given you wives of your own race, and from your wives hath He given you sons and grandsons, and with good things hath he supplied you. What, will they then believe in vain idols? For God's boons they are ungrateful

George Sale1734 God hath ordained you wives from among yourselves, and of your wives hath granted you children and grandchildren; and hath bestowed on you good things for food. Will they therefore believe in that which is vain, and ungratefully deny the goodness of God

16:73

وَيَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَمْلِكُ لَهُمْ رِزْقًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)waya'budoona min dooni llaahi maa laa yamliku lahum rizqan mina s-samaawaati wal-'ardi shay'an walaa yastatee'oon

DIN 31635wayaʿbudūna min dūni llāhi mā lā yamliku lahum rizqan mina s-samāwāti wal-ʾarḍi šayʾan walā yastaṭīʿūna

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 And yet they serve besides God what possesses no provisions for them in the heavens, nor on earth, nor are they capable.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And they worship beside Allah that which owneth no provision whatsoever for them from the heavens or the earth, nor have they (whom they worship) any power

Edward Henry Palmer1880 And they serve beside God what cannot control for them any provision from the heavens or the earth, and have no power at all

John Medows Rodwell1861 And they worship beside God those who neither out of the Heavens or Earth can provide them a particle of food, and have no power in themselves

George Sale1734 They worship, besides God, idols which possess nothing wherewith to sustain them, either in heaven, or on earth; and have no power

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

وَاللَّهُ فَضَّلَ بَعْضَكُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ فِي الرِّزْقِ فَمَا الَّذِينَ فُضِّلُوا بِرَادِّي رِزْقِهِمْ عَلَىٰ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ فَهُمْ فِيهِ سَوَاءٌ أَفَبِنِعْمَةِ اللَّهِ يَجْحَدُونَ

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 — 0.68 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
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell 0.76
Talal Itani · George Sale 0.75
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.72
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale 0.68
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer 0.68
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell 0.68
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale 0.68
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.64
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale 0.62
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell 0.58

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.

Easy-read

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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