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16:81

وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّمَّا خَلَقَ ظِلَٰلًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ أَكْنَٰنًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ سَرَٰبِيلَ تَقِيكُمُ ٱلْحَرَّ وَسَرَٰبِيلَ تَقِيكُم بَأْسَكُمْ كَذَٰلِكَ يُتِمُّ نِعْمَتَهُۥ عَلَيْكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُسْلِمُونَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)wallaahu ja'ala lakum mimmaa khalaqa zilaalan waja'ala lakum mina l-jibaali aknaanan waja'ala lakum saraabeela taqeekumu l-harra wasaraabeela taqeekum ba'sakum kadhaalika yutimmu ni'matahu 'alaykum la'allakum tuslimoon

DIN 31635wallāhu ǧaʿala lakum mimmā ḫalaqa ẓilālan waǧaʿala lakum mina l-ǧibāli ʾaknānan waǧaʿala lakum sarābīla taqīkumu l-ḥarra wasarābīla taqīkum baʾsakum kaḏālika yutimmu niʿmatahu ʿalaykum laʿallakum tuslimūna

EditionTanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

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Talal Itani · published 2012

And God has made for you shade out of what He has created, and has given you resorts in the mountains, and has given you garments to protect you from the heat, and garments to protect you from your violence. Thus He completes His blessings upon you, so that you may submit.

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 given you, of that which He hath created, shelter from the sun; and hath given you places of refuge in the mountains, and hath given you coats to ward off the heat from you, and coats (of armour) to save you from your own foolhardiness. Thus doth He perfect His favour unto you, in order that ye may surrender (unto Him)

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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 made for you, of what He has created, shades; and has made for you shelters in the mountains; and He has made for you shirts to keep you from the heat, and shirts to keep you from each other's violence:- thus does He fulfill His favours towards you,- haply ye yet may be resigned

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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 from the things which He hath created, hath God provided shade for you, and hath given you the mountains for places of shelter, and hath given you garments to defend you from the heat, and garments to defend you in your wars. Thus doth He fill up the measure of His goodness towards you, that you may resign yourselves to Him

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 God hath provided for you, of that which He hath created, conveniences to shade you from the sun, and He hath also provided you places of retreat in the mountains, and He hath given you garments to defend you from the heat, and coats of mail to defend you in your wars. Thus doth He accomplish his favour towards you, that ye may resign your selves unto Him

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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 ju ka bërë hije nga ajo që ka krijuar dhe ka bërë për ju strehë në male. Ai ka bërë për ju rroba që ju mbrojnë nga nxehtësia dhe parzmore që ju mbrojnë në betejë. Kështu, Ai i plotëson dhuntitë e Tij ndaj jush, që t'i nënshtroheni Atij.

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বাংলা · Bengali

আর আল্লাহ (গাছপালা ও ঘরবাড়ি) যা সৃষ্টি করেছেন, তা থেকে তোমাদের জন্য ছায়ার ব্যবস্থা করেছেন এবং পাহাড়ের মাঝে (সুড়ঙ্গ পথ, গর্ত ও গুহা তৈরি করে) তোমাদের জন্য আশ্রয়স্থল বানিয়েছেন। আর ব্যবস্থা করেছেন পোশাকের, যা তোমাদেরকে গরম থেকে রক্ষা করে এবং বর্মেরও ব্যবস্থা করেছেন যা তোমাদেরকে তোমাদের যুদ্ধের সময় রক্ষা করে। এভাবেই তিনি তোমাদের ওপর তার নি‘আমতকে পূর্ণ করেন, যাতে তোমরা অনুগত হও।

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Bosanski · Bosnian

Od onog što je stvorio – Allah vam daje hlad i skloništa u brdima, i odjeću koja vas čuva od vrućine; daje vam i oklope koji vas u borbi štite; i tako vam upotpunjava blagodat Svoju da biste bili poslušni.

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Hrvatski · Croatian

Od onog što je stvorio – Allah vam daje hlad i skloništa u brdima, i odjeću koja vas čuva od vrućine; daje vam i oklope koji vas u borbi štite; i tako vam upotpunjava blagodat Svoju da biste bili poslušni.

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Fulfulde · Fulani

Alla waɗanii on e ko o tagi kon ɗowɗe. O waɗani on e pelle ɗeen cuuɗorɗe. O waɗani on comci daɗndayɗi on nguleendi, e conci daɗndayɗi on e hare mon. Ko wano nii o timminirta dokke makko ɗeen e dow mon, mbelejo'o on njebbiloto.

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ქართული · Georgian

და ალლაჰმა გაგიჩინათ ჩრდილები იმისგან, რაც შექმნა [ხეებიდან, მთებიდან..], და გაგიჩინათ მთებში თავშესაფრები, და გაგიჩინათ სამოსელი, რომელიც გიცავთ სიცხისგან და მოგიმზადათ თქვენთვის სამოსელი [სამხედრო ჯავშნები], რომელიც გიცავთ თქვენივე [ადამიანური] რისხვისგან. ამგვარად სრულყოფს იგი თავის წყალობას თქვენადმი, ეგების თქვენ დაემორჩილოთ.

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Deutsch · German

Und Allah hat euch aus dem, was Er erschaffen hat, schattenspendende Dinge gemacht. Und Er hat euch in den Bergen Gruften gemacht. Und Er hat euch Gewänder gemacht, die euch vor der Hitze schützen, und Gewänder, die euch vor eurer Schlagkraft (gegeneinander) schützen. Auf diese Weise vollendet Er Seine Gunstgabe an euch, auf dass ihr (Ihm) ergebene (Muslime) sein möget.

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Ελληνικά · Greek

Ο Αλλάχ έκανε για σας σκίες απ' αυτά που δημιούργησε (όπως τα δέντρα), και έκανε για σας στα βουνά καταφύγια (και σπηλιές που σας προστατεύουν από τον καιρό και τον εχθρό), και έκανε για σας ενδύματα που (τα φτιάχνετε από βαμβάκι και μαλλί κλπ., τα οποία) σας προστατεύουν από τη ζέστη (και το κρύο), και ενδύματα (πανοπλίες που φτιάχνετε από σίδερα) που σας προστατεύουν στη μάχη σας. Έτσι, τελειοποιεί τη χάρη Του σε σας, ίσως και υποταχθείτε (στη Βούλησή Του).

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हिन्दी · Hindi

और अल्लाह ही ने तुम्हारे लिए अपनी पैदा की हुई चीज़ों की छाया बनाई, और तुम्हारे लिए पर्वतों में छिपने के स्थान बनाए, और तुम्हारे लिए ऐसे वस्त्र बनाए, जो तुम्हें गरमी से बचाते हैं, और ऐसे वस्त्र बनाए जो तुम्हें तुम्हारी लड़ाई में बचाते[36] हैं। इसी प्रकार, वह तुमपर अपनी नेमत पूरी करता है, ताकि तुम आज्ञाकारी बनो।

Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari

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Italiano · Italian

E Allāh vi ha concesso da ciò che ha creato delle ombre, e rifugi nei monti, e vi ha provvisto di abiti per proteggervi dal caldo, e altri a difesa dei colpi reciproci: è così che Lui completa la Sua grazia su di voi, affinché vi sottomettiate.

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Lietuvių · Lithuanian

81. Ir Allahas padarė jums iš to, ką jis sukūrė, šešėlius ir padarė jums prieglobsčio vietas kalnuose, ir padarė jums aprangą, kad apsaugotų jus nuo karščio (ir šalčio), ir šarvus, kad apsaugotų jus nuo jūsų (abipusio) smurto. Taip Jis ištobulino Savo Malones jums, kad jūs nusižemintumėte Jo Valiai (islame).

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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo

Rabbiin wantoota uume irraa gaaddisawwan isiniif godhe. Gaarreen irraas iddoo dhokannaa (isinii godhe). Uffatowwan ho’aa (fi qorra) isin irraa dhorgitus isiniif godhe; uffatawwan lola keessan irraa isin tiksitus, akka kanatti (Rabbiin) tola Isaa isin irratti guuta Akka isin (isaaf) ajajamtaniif.

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Русский · Russian

И Аллах сделал для вас из того, что сотворил, тени, и сделал для вас в горах убежища, и даровал вам одеяния, которые оберегают вас от жары, и одеяния, которые оберегают вас в бою. Так Он завершает Свою милость к вам, — быть может, вы покоритесь.

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Српски · Serbian

Аллах вам у ономе што је створио даје хлад, и даје вам склоништа у брдима, и даје вам одећу која вас чува од врућине, даје вам и оклопе који вас у борби штите - тако вам употпуњава Своју благодат да бисте били Њему предани.

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Kiswahili · Swahili

Na Mwenyezi Mungu amewafanyia vivuli katika vitu alivyoviumba, na amewafanyia maskani milimani, na amewafanyia nguo za kuwakinga kutokana na joto, na nguo za kuwakinga katika vita vyenu. Ndivyo hivyo anavyowatimizia neema zake ili mpate kujisalimisha kwake.

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Svenska · Swedish

Gud har gett er skugga genom de ting han har skapat, och gjort grottor i bergen för er. Och han har gett er kläder som skydd mot hetta samt rustningar som skyddar er i strid. På detta sätt fullbordar han sin välsignelse över er, så att ni kan underkasta er honom.

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Türkçe · Turkish

Allah yarattığı şeylerden sizin için gölgeler yaydı ve dağlarda da sizin için barınaklar var etti. Sizi sıcaktan koruyacak elbiseler ve savaşta sizi koruyacak zırhlar verdi. Böylece Allah, itaat ederek teslim olasınız diye üzerinizde olan nimetini tamamlıyor.

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اردو · Urdu

اللہ ہی نے تمہارے لیے اپنی پیدا کرده چیزوں میں سے سائے بنائے ہیں[1] اور اسی نے تمہارے لیے پہاڑوں میں غار بنائے ہیں اور اسی نے تمہارے لیے کرتے بنائے ہیں جو تمہیں گرمی سے بچائیں اور ایسے کرتے بھی جو تمہیں لڑائی کے وقت کام آئیں[2]۔ وه اسی طرح اپنی پوری پوری نعمتیں دے رہا ہے کہ تم حکم بردار بن جاؤ.

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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16:79

أَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَى ٱلطَّيْرِ مُسَخَّرَٰتٍ فِى جَوِّ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَا يُمْسِكُهُنَّ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)alam yaraw ilaa t-tayri musakhkharaatin fee jawwi s-samaa'i maa yumsikuhunna illaa llaahu inna fee dhaalika la'aayaatin liqawmin yu'minoon

DIN 31635ʾalam yaraw ʾilā ṭ-ṭayri musaḫḫarātin fī ǧawwi s-samāʾi mā yumsikuhunna ʾillā llāhu ʾinna fī ḏālika laʾāyātin liqawmin yuʾminūna

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 Have they not seen the birds, flying in the midst of the sky? None sustains them except God. In this are signs for people who believe.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Have they not seen the birds obedient in mid-air? None holdeth them save Allah. Lo! herein, verily, are portents for a people who believe

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Do they not see the birds subjected in the vault of the sky?- none holds them in but God: verily, in that is a sign unto a people who believe

John Medows Rodwell1861 Have they never looked up at the birds subjected to Him in Heaven's vault? None holdeth them in hand but God! In this are signs for those who believe

George Sale1734 Do they not behold the fowls which are enabled to fly in the open firmament of heaven? None supporteth them except God. Verily herein are signs unto people who believe

16:80

وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنۢ بُيُوتِكُمْ سَكَنًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُم مِّن جُلُودِ ٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ بُيُوتًا تَسْتَخِفُّونَهَا يَوْمَ ظَعْنِكُمْ وَيَوْمَ إِقَامَتِكُمْ وَمِنْ أَصْوَافِهَا وَأَوْبَارِهَا وَأَشْعَارِهَآ أَثَٰثًا وَمَتَٰعًا إِلَىٰ حِينٍ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)wallaahu ja'ala lakum min buyootikum sakanan waja'ala lakum min juloodi l-'an'aami buyootan tastakhiffoonahaa yawma za'nikum wayawma iqaamatikum wamin aswaafihaa wa'awbaarihaa wa'ash'aarihaa athaathan wamataa'an ilaa heen

DIN 31635wallāhu ǧaʿala lakum min buyūtikum sakanan waǧaʿala lakum min ǧulūdi l-ʾanʿāmi buyūtan tastaḫiffūnahā yawma ẓaʿnikum wayawma ʾiqāmatikum wamin ʾaṣwāfihā waʾawbārihā waʾašʿārihā ʾaṯāṯan wamatāʿan ʾilā ḥīnin

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 And God has given you in your homes habitats for you, and has provided for you out of the hides of livestock portable homes for you, so you can use them when you travel, and when you camp; and from their wool, and fur, and hair, furnishings and comfort for a while.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And Allah hath given you in your houses an abode, and hath given you (also), of the hides of cattle, houses which ye find light (to carry) on the day of migration and on the day of pitching camp; and of their wool and their fur and their hair, caparison and comfort for a while

Edward Henry Palmer1880 God made for you in your houses a repose; and made for you, of the skins of cattle, houses, that ye may find them light, on the day ye move your quarters and the day when ye abide; and from their wool, and from their fur, and from their hair come furniture and chattels for a season

John Medows Rodwell1861 And God hath given you tents to dwell in: and He hath given you the skins of beasts for tents, that ye may find them light when ye shift your quarters, or when ye halt; and from their wool and soft fur and hair, hath He supplied you with furniture and goods for temporary use

George Sale1734 God hath also provided you houses for habitations for you; and hath also provided you tents of the skins of cattle, which ye find light to be removed on the day of your departure to new quarters, and easy to be pitched on the day of your sitting down therein: And of their wool, and their fur, and their hair hath He supplied you with furniture and household-stuff for a season

16:81 — the verse above

16:82

فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْكَ ٱلْبَلَٰغُ ٱلْمُبِينُ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)fa'in tawallaw fa'innamaa 'alayka l-balaaghu l-mubeen

DIN 31635faʾin tawallaw faʾinnamā ʿalayka l-balāġu l-mubīnu

Talal Itani2012 But if they turn away, your only duty is clear communication.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Then, if they turn away, thy duty (O Muhammad) is but plain conveyance (of the message)

Edward Henry Palmer1880 But if they turn their backs,- thine is only to preach thy plain message

John Medows Rodwell1861 But if they turn their backs, still thy office is only plain spoken preaching

George Sale1734 But if they turn back; verily thy duty is public preaching only

16:83

يَعْرِفُونَ نِعْمَتَ ٱللَّهِ ثُمَّ يُنكِرُونَهَا وَأَكْثَرُهُمُ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)ya'rifoona ni'mata llaahi thumma yunkiroonahaa wa'aktharuhumu l-kaafiroon

DIN 31635yaʿrifūna niʿmata llāhi ṯumma yunkirūnahā waʾakṯaruhumu l-kāfirūna

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 They recognize God's blessing, but then deny it, as most of them are ungrateful.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 They know the favour of Allah and then deny it. Most of them are ingrates

Edward Henry Palmer1880 They recognise the favours of God, and yet they deny them, for most men are ungrateful

John Medows Rodwell1861 They own the goodness of God - then they disown it - and most of them are infidels

George Sale1734 They acknowledge the goodness of God, and afterwards they deny the same; but the greater part of them are unbelievers

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 جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّمَّا خَلَقَ ظِلَالًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ الْجِبَالِ أَكْنَانًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ سَرَابِيلَ تَقِيكُمُ الْحَرَّ وَسَرَابِيلَ تَقِيكُم بَأْسَكُمْ كَذَٰلِكَ يُتِمُّ نِعْمَتَهُ عَلَيْكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُسْلِمُونَ

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 — 0.60 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 0.75
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell 0.70
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale 0.69
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.69
Talal Itani · George Sale 0.61
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer 0.58
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell 0.58
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell 0.57
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale 0.50
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale 0.37

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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