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Source Tanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) · Uthmani, Version 1.1
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Talal Itani· published 2012
And We drape veils over their hearts, preventing them from understanding it, and heaviness in their ears. And when you mention your Lord alone in the Quran, they turn their backs in aversion.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
And We place upon their hearts veils lest they should understand it, and in their ears a deafness; and when thou makest mention of thy Lord alone in the Qur'an, they turn their backs in 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 Palmer1840–1882 · published 1880
And we place covers upon their hearts, lest they should understand, and dulness in their ears. And when thou dost mention in the Qur'an thy Lord by Himself they turn their backs in aversion
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And we put coverings over their hearts lest they should understand it, and in their ears a heaviness; And when in the Koran thou namest thy One Lord, they turn their backs in flight
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
and we put coverings over their hearts, lest they should understand it, and in their ears thickness of hearing. And when thou makest mention, in repeating the Koran, of thy Lord only, they turn their backs, flying the doctrine of his unity
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 vënë mbulesë në zemrat e tyre që ata të mos e kuptojnë atë (Kuranin) dhe ua kemi shurdhuar veshët. Kur ti përmend Zotin tënd në Kuran si një Zot të Vetëm (duke mos i përmendur idhujt e tyre), ata largohen me neveri.
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 আমি তাদের (কাফিরদের) অন্তরের ওপর আবরণ সৃষ্টি করে দিয়েছি, যাতে তারা কুরআন বুঝতে না পারে এবং তাদের কানে দিয়েছি বধিরতা।(১৯) আর তুমি যখন আলকুরআনে তোমার রব এক হওয়ার কথা উল্লেখ করো, তখন তারা পৃষ্ঠপ্রদর্শন করে পালায়।
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
a na srca njihova pokrivače da ga ne bi razumjeli, i gluhim ih učinimo. I kad ti spomeneš Gospodara svoga u Kur’anu, Njega jedinog, oni se preplašeni daju u bijeg.
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
a na srca njihova pokrivače da ga ne bi razumjeli, i gluhim ih učinimo. I kad ti spomeneš Gospodara svoga u Kuranu, Njega jedinog, oni se preplašeni daju u bijeg.
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
Min mbaɗi aɗi e dow ɓerɗe maɓɓe ɗeen cokooɗe fii wata ɓe paamu nde [Alqur'aanaare nden] e ka noppi maɓɓe kadi teddeele, si a jaŋtike Joomi maaɗa ka ndeer Alqur'aanaare Kaŋko Tun ɓe huccinay ɓabbe maɓɓe ɗen ko ɓe dogooɓe.
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
და ჩვენ დავფარეთ მათი გულები საფარით, რათა ვერ გაეგოთ იგი [ყურანი], და მათ ყურებში სიყრუე. და როდესაც შენს უფალს ახსენებ ყურანში, შენი ღმერთის ერთადერთობას [როდესაც ამბობ, რომ ღმერთი მხოლოდ ალლაჰია] ისინი ზიზღით ზურგს იბრუნებენ.
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 legen auf ihre Herzen Hüllen, so dass sie ihn nicht begreifen, und in ihre Ohren Schwerhörigkeit. Und wenn du im Quran deinen Herrn allein (ohne ihre Gottheiten) erwähnst, kehren sie aus Abneigung den Rücken.
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
Και βάζουμε πάνω στις καρδιές τους καλύμματα, για να μην το καταλαβαίνουν (το Κορ’άν), και κώφωση στα αυτιά τους. Όταν αναφέρεις τον Κύριό σου και μόνο Αυτόν στο Κορ’άν (και δε σε ακούν οι ειδωλολάτρες να αναφέρεις τους λεγόμενους θεούς τους), γυρίζουν την πλάτη τους με αντιπάθεια και φυγή.
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
तथा हमने उनके दिलों पर ऐसे खोल चढ़ा दिए हैं कि उसे न समझ सकें तथा उनके कानों में भारीपन (पैदा कर दिए हैं)। और जब आप क़ुरआन में अपने अकेले पालनहार की चर्चा करते हैं, तो वे घृणा से पीठ फेर लेते हैं।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
E abbiamo posto sui loro cuori dei sigilli perché non lo capiscano, e nelle loro orecchie sordità. E quando nomini solo il tuo Dio nel Corano, ritornano sui loro passi, allontanandosi﴾ dalla verità﴿.
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
46. Ir Mes užklojome apdangalus virš jų širdžių, kad jie nesuprastų jo (Korano), ir jų ausyse – kurtumas. Ir kai jūs minite savo Viešpatį Vienintelį [La ilaha illallah (niekas kitas neturi teisės būti garbinamas, tik Allahas) – islamiškasis monoteizmas ] Korane, jie atsuka savo nugaras, bėgdami iš didžios antipatijos.
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.
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
Мы наложили на их сердца покровы, чтобы они не постигли его, а в их ушах — тяжесть. Когда же ты поминаешь в Коране своего Господа Единым, они отворачиваются с отвращением.
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
а на њихова срца покриваче да га не би разумели, и учинимо их глувим. И када ти у Кур'ану споменеш свога Господара да је Једини, они из одбојности окрену леђа.
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 tunaweka vifuniko juu ya nyoyo zao wasije wakaifahamu, na tunaweka kwenye masikio yao uziwi. Na unapomtaja katika Qur-ani Mola wako Mlezi peke yake, basi wao hugeuka nyuma wakaenda zao.
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Och vi har täckt över deras hjärtan så att de inte förstår den, och förseglat deras öron från att höra. När du förkunnar din Herres enhet i Koranen, vänder de ryggen och flyr.
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
Onu anlarlar diye kalplerine örtüler, kulaklarına da ağırlık koyduk. Kur’an’da Rabbini bir tek olarak andığın zaman kaçarak ardlarına dönüp giderler.
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
اور ان کے دلوں پر ہم نے پردے ڈال دیئے ہیں کہ وه اسے سمجھیں اور ان کے کانوں میں بوجھ اور جب تو صرف اللہ ہی کا ذکر اس کی توحید کے ساتھ، اس قرآن میں کرتا ہے تو وه روگردانی کرتے پیٹھ پھیر کر بھاگ کھڑے ہوتے ہیں.[1]
Translated by Muhammad Ibrahim Junagarhi, developed under the supervision of the Rowwad Translation Center. The original translation is available for the purpose of expressing opinion, evaluation, and continuous development.
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.
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Easy-read is a simplified pronunciation,
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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
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same edition and their orthography differs.
Talal Itani2012 Praising Him are the seven heavens, and the earth, and everyone in them. There is not a thing that does not glorify Him with praise, but you do not understand their praises. He is indeed Forbearing and Forgiving.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 The seven heavens and the earth and all that is therein praise Him, and there is not a thing but hymneth His praise; but ye understand not their praise. Lo! He is ever Clement, Forgiving
Edward Henry Palmer1880 The seven heavens and the earth celebrate His praises, and all who therein are; nor is there aught, but what celebrates His praise: but ye cannot understand their celebration;- verily, He is clement and forgiving
John Medows Rodwell1861 The seven heavens praise him, and the earth, and all who are therein; neither is there aught which doth not celebrate his praise; but their utterances of praise ye understand not. He is kind, indulgent
George Sale1734 The seven heavens praise Him, and the earth, and all who are therein: Neither is there any thing which doth not celebrate his praise; but ye understand not their celebration thereof: He is gracious and merciful
Talal Itani2012 When you read the Quran, We place between you and those who do not believe in the Hereafter an invisible barrier.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And when thou recitest the Qur'an we place between thee and those who believe not in the Hereafter a hidden barrier
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And when thou readest the Qur'an we place between thee and those who believe not in the hereafter a covering veil
John Medows Rodwell1861 When thou recitest the Koran we place between thee and those who believe not in the life to come, a dark veil
George Sale1734 When thou readest the Koran, We place between thee and those who believe not in the life to come, a dark vail
Talal Itani2012 We know well what they listen to, when they listen to you, as they conspire, when the wrongdoers say, "You only follow a man bewitched."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 We are Best Aware of what they wish to hear when they give ear to thee and when they take secret counsel, when the evil-doers say: Ye follow but a man bewitched
Edward Henry Palmer1880 We know best for what they listen when they listen to thee; and when they whisper apart - when the wrongdoers say, 'Ye only follow a man enchanted
John Medows Rodwell1861 We well know why they hearken, when they hearken unto thee, and when they whisper apart; when the wicked say, "Ye follow no other than a man enchanted
George Sale1734 We well know with what design they hearken, when they hearken unto thee, and when they privately discourse together: When the ungodly say, ye follow no other than a mad-man
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
Talal Itani · George Sale0.67
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.65
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.62
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.57
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.56
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.54
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.49
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.49
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.42
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.35
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.
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13 September 2026, 10:56 UTC
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