وَٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ءَالِهَةً لِّيَكُونُوا۟ لَهُمْ عِزًّا
Easy-read (simplified)waattakhadhoo min dooni llaahi aalihatan liyakoonoo lahum 'izzaa
DIN 31635wāttaḫaḏū min dūni llāhi ʾālihatan liyakūnū lahum ʿizzan
EditionTanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
And they took, besides God, other gods, to be for them a source of strength.
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
And they have chosen (other) gods beside Allah that they may be a power for them
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
They take other gods besides God to be their glory
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
They have taken other gods beside God to be their help
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
They have taken other gods, besides God, that they may be a glory unto them
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
Ata kanë marrë zota të tjerë në vend të Allahut, që të jenë ndihmës të tyre.
আর তারা (মুশরিকরা) আল্লাহ ছাড়া নিজেদের জন্যে বহু ‘ইলাহ’ গ্রহণ করেছে, যাতে ওরা তাদের সাহায্যকারী হতে পারে।
Oni kao zagovornike nekakva božanstva, a ne Allaha, uzimaju.
Oni kao zagovornike nekakva božanstva, a ne Allaha, uzimaju.
Ɓe njogitii ga Alla deweteeɗi fii yo ɗi laatano ɓe semmbe.
და მათ [მრავალღმერთიანებმა] ალლაჰის გარდა სხვა ღვთაებები დაიდგინეს, რათა ისინი მათთვის ძალისა და დიდების წყარო ყოფილიყვნენ [მრავალღმერთიანები კერპებში ეძებენ ძალასა და დიდებას, იმ იმედით, რომ ისინი ალლაჰის წინაშე მათთვის შუამდგომლობას გაუწევენ].
Und sie haben sich anstatt Allahs (andere) Angebetete genommen, damit sie ihnen unterstützend beistehen.
Έχουν πάρει (οι ειδωλολάτρες) άλλους θεούς εκτός του Αλλάχ, για να τους υποστηρίζουν και να τους προστατεύουν!
तथा उन्होंने अल्लाह के सिवा अन्य पूज्य बना लिए, ताकि वे उनके लिए सम्मान का कारण हों।
E hanno preso altre divinità all’infuori di Allāh, come intercessori e sostenitori.
81. Ir jie prisiėmė (garbinti) aliha (dievus) šalia Allaho, kad jie suteiktų jiems garbę, galią ir šlovę (ir taip pat apsaugotų juos nuo Allaho bausmės).
Rabbii achitti gabbaramtoota godhatan Akka humnaafi kabajaa isaaniif ta’aniif jecha.
Они взяли себе богов помимо Аллаха, чтобы те были для них опорой.
Они, уместо Аллаха, узимају лажна божанства тражећи од њих помоћ и славу.
Na walichukua miungu mingine badala ya Mwenyezi Mungu ili ati iwape nguvu.
De dyrkar avgudar i Guds ställe i tron att de ska hjälpa dem.
Kendilerine güç (izzet) sağlasınlar diye, Allah'tan başka ilahlar edindiler.
انہوں نے اللہ کے سوا دوسرے معبود بنا رکھے ہیں کہ وه ان کے لئے باعﺚ عزت ہوں.
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.
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.
shown so it's never read alone
كَلَّا سَنَكْتُبُ مَا يَقُولُ وَنَمُدُّ لَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ مَدًّا
Easy-read (simplified)kallaa sanaktubu maa yaqoolu wanamuddu lahu mina l-'adhaabi maddaa
DIN 31635kallā sanaktubu mā yaqūlu wanamuddu lahu mina l-ʿaḏābi maddan
The translators word this verse differently
No indeed! We will write what he says, and will keep extending the agony for him.
Nay, but We shall record that which he saith and prolong for him a span of torment
Not so! We will write down what he says, and we will extend to him a length of torment
No! we will certainly write down what he saith, and will lengthen the length of his chastisement
By no means. We will surely write down that which he saith; and increasing We will increase his punishment
وَنَرِثُهُۥ مَا يَقُولُ وَيَأْتِينَا فَرْدًا
Easy-read (simplified)wanarithuhu maa yaqoolu waya'teenaa fardaa
DIN 31635wanariṯuhu mā yaqūlu wayaʾtīnā fardan
Then We will inherit from him what he speaks of, and he will come to Us alone.
And We shall inherit from him that whereof he spake, and he will come unto Us, alone (without his wealth and children)
and we will make him inherit what he says, and he shall come to us alone
And we will inherit what he spake of, and he shall come before us all alone
And We will be his heir as to that which he speaketh of, and on the last day he shall appear before Us alone and naked
19:81 — the verse above
كَلَّا سَيَكْفُرُونَ بِعِبَادَتِهِمْ وَيَكُونُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ ضِدًّا
Easy-read (simplified)kallaa sayakfuroona bi'ibaadatihim wayakoonoona 'alayhim diddaa
DIN 31635kallā sayakfurūna biʿibādatihim wayakūnūna ʿalayhim ḍiddan
The translators word this verse differently
By no means! They will reject their worship of them, and become opponents to them.
Nay, but they will deny their worship of them, and become opponents unto them
Not so! They shall deny their worship and shall be opponents of theirs
But it shall not be. Those gods will disavow their worship and will become their enemies
By no means. Hereafter shall they deny their worship; and they shall become adversaries unto them
أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا ٱلشَّيَٰطِينَ عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ تَؤُزُّهُمْ أَزًّا
Easy-read (simplified)alam tara annaa arsalnaa sh-shayaateena 'alaa l-kaafireena ta'uzzuhum azzaa
DIN 31635ʾalam tara ʾannā ʾarsalnā š-šayāṭīna ʿalā l-kāfirīna taʾuzzuhum ʾazzan
The translators word this verse differently
Have you not considered how We dispatch the devils against the disbelievers, exciting them with incitement?
Seest thou not that We have set the devils on the disbelievers to confound them with confusion
Dost thou not see that we have sent the devils against the misbelievers, to drive them on to sin
Seest thou not that we send the Satans against the Infidels to urge them into sin
Dost thou not see that we send the devils against the infidels, to incite them to sin by their instigations
EditionTanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) ·Uthmani, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
وَاتَّخَذُوا مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ آلِهَةً لِّيَكُونُوا لَهُمْ عِزًّا
EditionTanzil Qur'an text (Simple) ·Simple, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
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 — 0.63 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.
One bar per pair of renderings, longest bar for the pair sharing fewest words. Every pair is shown; none is singled out.
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.
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
Qur'anic text from the Tanzil Project. Copyright (C) 2007-2026 Tanzil Project License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Source: tanzil.net · Updates: tanzil.net/updates/ https://tanzil.net/updates/