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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
On the Day when He will say, "Call on My partners whom you have claimed." They will call on them, but they will not answer them. And We will place between them a barrier.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
And (be mindful of) the Day when He will say: Call those partners of Mine whom ye pretended. Then they will cry unto them, but they will not hear their prayer, and We shall set a gulf of doom between them
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
On the day when He shall say, 'Call ye my partners whom ye pretend:' and they shall call on them, but they shall not answer them; and we will set the vale of perdition between them
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
On a certain day, God shall say, "Call ye on the companions ye joined with me, deeming them to be gods:" and they shall call on them, but they shall not answer them: then will we place a valley of perdition between them
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
On a certain day, God shall say unto the idolaters, call those whom ye imagined to be my companions, to protect you: And they shall call them, but they shall not answer them; and We will place a valley of destruction between them
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
(Kujto) Ditën kur Ai do të thotë: "Thirrni tashmë ata që i quanit ortakë të Mi." Ata do t'i thërrasin, por nuk do t'u përgjigjen. Ne kemi caktuar për ta një vendshkatërrim.
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 যেদিন তিনি বলবেন: ‘তোমরা ডাকো আমার শরীকদের, যাদেরকে তোমরা (শরীক) মনে করতে।’ তখন তারা তাদেরকে ডাকবে; কিন্তু তারা তাদের ডাকে সাড়া দেবে না। আর আমি তাদের উভয়ের মধ্যে এক ধ্বংসগহ্বর (জাহান্নাম) স্থাপন করব।
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
I na Dan kada On rekne: "Pozovite one za koje ste tvrdili da su ortaci Moji", i kad ih pozovu, oni im se neće odazvati, a između njih ćemo mjesto propasti postaviti.
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
I na Dan kada On rekne: "Pozovite one za koje ste tvrdili da su ortaci Moji", i kad ih pozovu, oni im se neće odazvati, a između njih ćemo mjesto propasti postaviti.
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
E ñannde O Daalata: "Noddee kafidaaɓe Am ɓe, ɓen ɓe ngaaƴiɗon, ɓe nodda ɓe, ɓe njaabotaako ɓe min n mbaɗi hakkunde maɓɓe halkorde".
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 იმ დღეს [განკითხვის დღეს] ალლაჰი უზენაესი იტყვის: «მოუხმეთ ჩემს თანაზიართ, რომელთაც თქვენ ამტკიცებდით (რომ თაყვანისცემის ღირსნი იყვნენ)». მაშინ ისინი მოუხმობენ მათ (დასახმარებლად), მაგრამ ის ცრუ ღვთაებები პასუხს არ გასცემენ. და ჩვენ მათ შორის დავადგენთ დამღუპველ გამყოფს (ჯოჯოხეთში).
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 (erinnere sie) an den Tag, da Er sagen wird: „Ruft Meine Teilhaber, die ihr angegeben habt!“ Sie rufen sie dann an, doch werden sie ihnen nicht antworten. Und Wir werden zwischen ihnen einen Ort der Vernichtung einrichten.
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
(Ανάφερε, ω, Προφήτη, για) την Ημέρα που θα πει (ο Αλλάχ σ' εκείνους που Του απέδιδαν εταίρους στη λατρεία): «Καλέστε αυτούς που ισχυριστήκατε ότι είναι εταίροι Μου!» Έτσι θα τους καλέσουν, αλλά δε θα ανταποκριθούν σ' αυτούς, και θα κάνουμε ανάμεσά τους καταστροφή (τη Φωτιά όπου θα καταστραφούν όλοι τους).
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 जिस दिन वह (अल्लाह) कहेगा : मेरे उन साझियों को पुकारो, जिनका तुम दावा करते थे। तो ये उन्हें पुकारेंगे, पर वे इन्हें कोई उत्तर नहीं देंगे। और हम उनके बीच एक विनाश का स्थान बना देंगे।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
E il giorno che Egli ha detto: «Invocate quelli che pretendete siano Miei simili!” Li hanno invocati, ma non hanno risposto, e abbiamo messo tra di loro un baratro,
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
52. Ir (Atmink) Tą Dieną Jis sakys: „Kvieskite tuos (taip vadinamus) Mano partnerius, kuriuos jūs laikėte.“ Tada jie verks jiems, tačiau šie jiems neatsakys, ir Mes pastatysime Maubik (barjerą) [2] tarp jų.
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
Guyyaa Inni “(warra) shariikota Kiyya kan kijibaan dubbattan san waamaa” jedhu (yaadadhu). Isaanis ni waamanii, garuu isaaniif hin owwaatan. gidduu isaaniitti hallayyaa (jahannam) taasifne.
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
В тот День Он скажет: «Позовите Моих сотоварищей, о которых вы утверждали!» — и они позовут их, но те не откликнутся им; и Мы сделали между ними пропасть погибели.
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 Судњем дану када каже: “Позовите оне за које сте тврдили да су божанства поред Мене!” – И кад их позову, они им се неће одазвати, и Ми ћемо их све увести у ватру Пакла.
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 siku atakaposema (Mwenyezi Mungu): Waiteni hao mliodai kuwa ni washirika wangu. Basi watawaita, na wao hawatawaitikia. Nasi tutaweka baina yao maangamio.
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Påminn även om en dag då han ska säga: ”Anropa de gudar ni påstod fanns vid min sida!” Och de ska kalla på dem, men de kommer inte att svara dem, och vi ska låta ett avgrundsdjup skilja dem åt.
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
O gün: "Benim ortaklarım olduklarını sandıklarınızı çağırın" diye buyurur. Onları çağırırlar ama cevap vermezler. Biz aralarına bir uçurum koyarız.
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 جس دن وه فرمائے گا کہ تمہارے خیال میں جو میرے شریک تھے انہیں پکارو! یہ پکاریں گے لیکن ان میں سے کوئی بھی جواب نہ دے گا ہم ان کے درمیان ہلاکت کا سامان کردیں گے.[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
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DIN 31635waʾiḏ qulnā lilmalāʾikati sǧudū liʾādama fasaǧadū ʾillā ʾiblīsa kāna mina l-ǧinni fafasaqa ʿan ʾamri rabbihi ʾafatattaḫiḏūnahu waḏurriyyatahu ʾawliyāʾa min dūnī wahum lakum ʿaduwwun biʾsa lilẓẓālimīna badalan
Talal Itani2012 We said to the angels, "Bow down to Adam." So they bowed down, except for Satan. He was of the jinn, and he defied the command of his Lord. Will you take him and his offspring as lords instead of Me, when they are an enemy to you? Evil is the exchange for the wrongdoers.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And (remember) when We said unto the angels: Fall prostrate before Adam, and they fell prostrate, all save Iblis. He was of the jinn, so he rebelled against his Lord's command. Will ye choose him and his seed for your protecting friends instead of Me, when they are an enemy unto you? Calamitous is the exchange for evil-doers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And when we said to the angels, ' Adore Adam,' they adored him, save only Iblis, who was of the ginn, who revolted from the bidding of his Lord. 'What! will ye then take him and his seed as patrons, rather than me, when they are foes of yours? bad for the wrong-doers is the exchange
John Medows Rodwell1861 When we said to the angels, "Prostrate yourselves before Adam," they all prostrated them save Eblis, who was of the Djinn, and revolted from his Lord's behest. behest. - What! will ye then take him and his offspring as patrons rather than Me? and they your enemies? Sad exchange for the ungodly
George Sale1734 Remember when We said unto the angels, worship ye Adam: And they all worshipped him, except Eblis, who was one of the genii, and departed from the command of his Lord. Will ye therefore take him and his offspring for your patrons besides Me, notwithstanding they are your enemies? Miserable shall such a change be to the ungodly
Talal Itani2012 I did not call them to witness the creation of the heavens and the earth, nor their own creation; and I do not take the misleaders for assistants.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 I made them not to witness the creation of the heavens and the earth, nor their own creation; nor choose I misleaders for (My) helpers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 I did not make them witnesses of the creation of the heavens and the earth, nor of the creation of themselves, nor did I take those who lead astray for my supporters
John Medows Rodwell1861 I made them not witnesses of the creation of the Heavens and of the Earth, nor of their own creation, neither did I take seducers as my helpers
George Sale1734 I called not them to be present at the creation of the heavens and of the earth, nor at the creation of themselves, neither did I take those seducers for my assistants
Talal Itani2012 And the sinners will see the Fire, and will realize that they will tumble into it. They will find no deliverance from it.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And the guilty behold the Fire and know that they are about to fall therein, and they find no way of escape thence
Edward Henry Palmer1880 and the sinners shall see the fire, and shall think that they are going to fall therein, and shall find no escape therefrom
John Medows Rodwell1861 And the wicked shall see the fire, and shall have a foreboding that they shall be flung into it, and they shall find no escape from it
George Sale1734 And the wicked shall see hell fire; and they shall know that they shall be thrown into the same, and they shall find no way to avoid it
DIN 31635walaqad ṣarrafnā fī hāḏā l-qurʾāni lilnnāsi min kulli maṯalin wakāna l-ʾinsānu ʾakṯara šayʾin ǧadalan
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 We have elaborated in this Quran for the people every kind of example, but the human being is a most argumentative being.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And verily We have displayed for mankind in this Qur'an all manner of similitudes, but man is more than anything contentious
Edward Henry Palmer1880 We have turned about in this Qur'an for men every parable; but man is ever at most things a caviller
John Medows Rodwell1861 And now in this Koran we have presented to man similitudes of every kind: but, at most things is man a caviller
George Sale1734 And now have We variously propounded unto men, in this Koran, a parable of every kind; but man cavilleth at most things therein
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
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.62
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.61
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.60
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.58
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.57
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.56
Talal Itani · George Sale0.53
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.52
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.44
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.39
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