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17:41

وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا فِى هَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ لِيَذَّكَّرُوا۟ وَمَا يَزِيدُهُمْ إِلَّا نُفُورًا

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)walaqad sarrafnaa fee haadhaa l-qur'aani liyadhdhakkaroo wamaa yazeeduhum illaa nufooraa

DIN 31635walaqad ṣarrafnā fī hāḏā l-qurʾāni liyaḏḏakkarū wamā yazīduhum ʾillā nufūran

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

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Source Tanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) · Uthmani, Version 1.1
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Tanzil Project
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yes
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contradictory
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cleared
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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
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ClearQuran, "God" edition, EPUB
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translation
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yes
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no
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cleared
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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.

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Source Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran · 1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
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1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
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None — public domain work
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yes
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yes
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not applicable — no licence exists
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cleared
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Source Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an · 1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
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1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
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None — public domain work
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translation
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Public domain — copyright term expired
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— none published —
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yes
Modification
yes
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not applicable — no licence exists
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cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
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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.

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Source John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an · 1861 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
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1861 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
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None — public domain work
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translation
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Public domain — copyright term expired
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— none published —
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yes
Modification
yes
Licence text
not applicable — no licence exists
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cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
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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
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1734 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
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None — public domain work
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translation
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Public domain — copyright term expired
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— none published —
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yes
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yes
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not applicable — no licence exists
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cleared
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24 August 2026
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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
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Simple, Version 1.1
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Tanzil Project
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canonical text
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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yes
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contradictory
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read verbatim
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cleared
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24 August 2026
Digest
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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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TranslationsSource fact

The translators word this verse differently

Marked words appear in this translation and in no other English translation of this verse. Common small words and older spellings are not marked. The marks show where the wording differs, not where the meaning does.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 1875–1936 · published 1930

We verily have displayed (Our warnings) in this Qur'an that they may take heed, but it increaseth them in naught save aversion

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

Now have we turned it in various ways in this Qur'an, so let them bear in mind; but it will only increase them in aversion

Sources

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

Moreover, for man's warning have we varied this Koran: Yet it only increaseth their flight from it

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 now have we used various arguments and repetitions in this Koran, that they may be warned; yet it only rendereth them more disposed to fly from the truth

Sources

Translation George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired

George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an ·1734 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

Other languages (18)
Shqip · Albanian

Ne kemi bërë shpjegime të hollësishme në këtë Kuran, në mënyrë që ata të marrin mësim. Megjithatë, kjo vetëm ua shtoi largimin.

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

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5

বাংলা · Bengali

আর অবশ্যই আমি এ কুরআনে (মানুষের জন্য বিভিন্ন বিধান, উপদেশ ও দৃষ্টান্তের) বিস্তারিত ব্যাখ্যা দিয়েছি, যাতে তারা উপদেশ গ্রহণ করে; কিন্তু তা কেবল তাদের বিমুখতাই বৃদ্ধি করে।

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

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.2

Bosanski · Bosnian

Mi u ovom Kur’anu objašnjavamo da bi oni pouku izvukli, ali ih on sve više otuđuje.

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 2.0.4

Hrvatski · Croatian

Mi u ovom Kuranu objašnjavamo da bi oni pouku izvukli, ali ih on sve više otuđuje.

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 1.0.1

Fulfulde · Fulani

Gooŋɗii min fensitii e nder ndee Alqur'aanaare fii yo ɓe mbaactor, ɗum ɓeydaani ɓe si wonaa woɗɗitagol.

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

ქართული · Georgian

ჩვენ უკვე განვმარტეთ ამ ყურანში (დადგენილებები, მაგალითები და შეგონებები), რათა მათ [ადამიანებმა] შეგონება მიიღონ, მაგრამ მხოლოდ კიდევ უფრო ზრდის მათ ზიზღს (რწმენისადმი).

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 1.0.7

Deutsch · German

Und Wir haben ja bereits in diesem Quran (vieles) verdeutlicht, damit sie bedenken. Aber das mehrt in ihnen nur die Abneigung.

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

Πράγματι, εξηγούμε σ' αυτό το Κορ’άν (τους κανόνες, τις νουθεσίες και τα παραδείγματα) για να λάβουν νουθεσία (οι άνθρωποι), αλλά αυτή (η εξήγηση και η διασαφήνιση) δεν τους αυξάνει (τους άπιστους) παρά σε φυγή (από την αλήθεια).

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 हमने इस क़ुरआन में विभिन्न प्रकार से (तथ्यों का) वर्णन किया है, ताकि लोग शिक्षा ग्रहण करें, परन्तु इससे उनकी घृणा (सत्य से दूरी) ही में वृद्धि होती है।

Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5

Italiano · Italian

E abbiamo chiarito in questo Corano affinché ricordino, ma non aumenterà se non il loro rifiuto.

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

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2

Lietuvių · Lithuanian

41. Ir iš tiesų, Mes išaiškinome [Mūsų Pažadus, Įspėjimus ir (pateikėme daugybę) pavyzdžių] šiame Korane, kad jie (netikintieji) atkreiptų dėmėsį, tačiau tai padidina juose nieko vertą pasibjaurėjimą.

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

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.8

Afaan Oromoo · Oromo

Dhugumatti, Nuti Qur’aana kana keessatti akka (isaan) gorfamaniif (gorsa) ifa goonee jirra. Dheefa malee homaa isaaniif hin dabalu.

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 1.0.0

Русский · Russian

Действительно, Мы разъяснили в этом Коране [истину] разными способами, чтобы они вняли напоминанию, но это лишь усиливает в них отвращение.

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 1.0.1

Српски · Serbian

У Кур'ану смо мноштво опомена навели да би они поуку извукли, али њима Кур'ан само одбојност повећава.

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

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4

Kiswahili · Swahili

Na tumekwishabainisha katika Qur'ani hii ili wapate kukumbuka. Lakini haikuwazidisha ila kuwa mbali nayo.

Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5

Svenska · Swedish

Vi har varierat [budskapet] i denna Koran så att de ska ta det till sig, men det ökar bara deras avoghet.

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

Türkçe · Turkish

Bu Kur’an’da, öğüt alsınlar diye ayrıntılı olarak açıklamalar yaptık. Fakat, bu onların sadece kaçışlarını artırdı.

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

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4

اردو · Urdu

ہم نے تو اس قرآن میں ہر ہر طرح بیان[1] فرما دیا کہ لوگ سمجھ جائیں لیکن اس سے انہیں تو نفرت ہی بڑھتی ہے.

Translated by Muhammad Ibrahim Junagarhi, developed under the supervision of the Rowwad Translation Center. The original translation is available for the purpose of expressing opinion, evaluation, and continuous development.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.3

About these translations

5 cleared translations, newest first, by year of publication, so the modern English comes before the historical ones. That is an ordering by date, not a judgement. Each is shown complete — this platform never excerpts a translation — and each renders under its translator's name. No translation here is marked as the correct one.

Which translations appear here is set by copyright: they are the ones whose rights could be documented and cleared. The selection is not a judgement that these are the best.

About easy-read

Easy-read is a simplified pronunciation, not authoritative — a rule-by-rule romanisation, not a reading. Each verse ends in its pause form, as it is said when you stop there. Pauses inside a verse and other tajwid rules are not shown. It is derived from the Tanzil Simple edition, while the Arabic above is the Uthmani edition; both are cleared, but they are not the same edition and their orthography differs.

The verses around this oneSource fact

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17:39

ذَٰلِكَ مِمَّآ أَوْحَىٰٓ إِلَيْكَ رَبُّكَ مِنَ ٱلْحِكْمَةِ وَلَا تَجْعَلْ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتُلْقَىٰ فِى جَهَنَّمَ مَلُومًا مَّدْحُورًا

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)dhaalika mimmaa awhaa ilayka rabbuka mina l-hikmati walaa taj'al ma'a llaahi ilaahan aakhara fatulqaa fee jahannama malooman madhooraa

DIN 31635ḏālika mimmā ʾawḥā ʾilayka rabbuka mina l-ḥikmati walā taǧʿal maʿa llāhi ʾilāhan ʾāḫara fatulqā fī ǧahannama malūman madḥūran

Talal Itani2012 That is some of the wisdom your Lord has revealed to you. Do not set up with God another god, or else you will be thrown in Hell, rebuked and banished.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 This is (part) of that wisdom wherewith thy Lord hath inspired thee (O Muhammad). And set not up with Allah any other god, lest thou be cast into hell, reproved, abandoned

Edward Henry Palmer1880 That is something of what thy Lord has inspired thee with of wisdom; do not then put with God other gods, or thou wilt be thrown into hell reproached and outcast

John Medows Rodwell1861 This is a part of the wisdom which thy Lord hath revealed to thee. Set not up any other god with God, lest thou be cast into Hell, rebuked, cast away

George Sale1734 These precepts are a part of the wisdom which thy Lord hath revealed unto thee. Set not up any other god as equal unto God, lest thou be cast into hell, reproved and rejected

17:40

أَفَأَصْفَىٰكُمْ رَبُّكُم بِٱلْبَنِينَ وَٱتَّخَذَ مِنَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنَٰثًا إِنَّكُمْ لَتَقُولُونَ قَوْلًا عَظِيمًا

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)afa'asfaakum rabbukum bil-baneena waattakhadha mina l-malaa'ikati inaathan innakum lataqooloona qawlan 'azeemaa

DIN 31635ʾafaʾaṣfākum rabbukum bil-banīna wāttaḫaḏa mina l-malāʾikati ʾināṯan ʾinnakum lataqūlūna qawlan ʿaẓīman

Talal Itani2012 Has your Lord favored you with sons, while choosing for Himself daughters from among the angels? You are indeed saying a terrible thing.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Hath your Lord then distinguished you (O men of Makka) by giving you sons, and hath chosen for Himself females from among the angels? Lo! verily ye speak an awful word

Edward Henry Palmer1880 What! has your Lord chosen to give you sons, and shall He take for Himself females from among the angels? verily, ye are speaking a mighty speech

John Medows Rodwell1861 What! hath your Lord prepared sons for you, and taken for himself daughters from among the angels? Indeed, ye say a dreadful saying

George Sale1734 Hath your Lord preferably granted unto you sons, and taken for himself daughters from among the angels? Verily in asserting this ye utter a grievous saying

17:41 — the verse above

17:42

قُل لَّوْ كَانَ مَعَهُۥٓ ءَالِهَةٌ كَمَا يَقُولُونَ إِذًا لَّٱبْتَغَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ سَبِيلًا

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)qul law kaana ma'ahu aalihatun kamaa yaqooloona idhan llabtaghaw ilaa dhee l-'arshi sabeelaa

DIN 31635qul law kāna maʿahu ʾālihatun kamā yaqūlūna ʾiḏan llabtaġaw ʾilā ḏī l-ʿarši sabīlan

Talal Itani2012 Say, "If there were other gods with Him, as they say, they would have sought a way to the Lord of the Throne."

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Say (O Muhammad, to the disbelievers): If there were other gods along with Him, as they say, then had they sought a way against the Lord of the Throne

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Say, 'Were there with Him other gods, as ye say, then would they seek a way against the Lord of the throne

John Medows Rodwell1861 SAY: If, as ye affirm, there were other gods with Him, they would in that case seek occasion against the occupant of the throne

George Sale1734 Say unto the idolaters, if there were other gods with him, as ye say, they would surely seek an occasion of making some attempt against the possessor of the throne

17:43

سُبْحَٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يَقُولُونَ عُلُوًّا كَبِيرًا

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Easy-read (simplified)subhaanahu wata'aalaa 'ammaa yaqooloona 'uluwwan kabeeraa

DIN 31635subḥānahu wataʿālā ʿammā yaqūlūna ʿuluwwan kabīran

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 Be He glorified. He is exalted, far above what they say.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Glorified is He, and High Exalted above what they say

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Celebrated be His praises, and exalted be He above what they say with a great exaltation

John Medows Rodwell1861 Glory to Him! Immensely high is He exalted above their blasphemies

George Sale1734 God forbid! And far, very far, be that from Him which they utter

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

وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا فِي هَٰذَا الْقُرْآنِ لِيَذَّكَّرُوا وَمَا يَزِيدُهُمْ إِلَّا نُفُورًا

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 — 0.76 on a scale where 0 means identical wording and 1 means no shared words. It is computed, not judged.

The page says a verse is worded differently only above the cut below. The cut is a stated convention, not a property of the text, and it can be changed.

The cut
0.644
Share of measured verses above it
33%
Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell 0.84
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell 0.84
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell 0.79
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale 0.78
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale 0.78
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale 0.77
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.72
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.71
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer 0.70
Talal Itani · George Sale 0.69

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

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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

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