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2:174

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَكْتُمُونَ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ وَيَشْتَرُونَ بِهِۦ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ مَا يَأْكُلُونَ فِى بُطُونِهِمْ إِلَّا ٱلنَّارَ وَلَا يُكَلِّمُهُمُ ٱللَّهُ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ وَلَا يُزَكِّيهِمْ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)inna lladheena yaktumoona maa anzala llaahu mina l-kitaabi wayashtaroona bihi thamanan qaleelan oolaa'ika maa ya'kuloona fee butoonihim illaa n-naara walaa yukallimuhumu llaahu yawma l-qiyaamati walaa yuzakkeehim walahum 'adhaabun aleem

DIN 31635ʾinna llaḏīna yaktumūna mā ʾanzala llāhu mina l-kitābi wayaštarūna bihi ṯamanan qalīlan ʾūlāʾika mā yaʾkulūna fī buṭūnihim ʾillā n-nāra walā yukallimuhumu llāhu yawma l-qiyāmati walā yuzakkīhim walahum ʿaḏābun ʾalīmun

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

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Those who conceal what God revealed in the Book, and exchange it for a small price-those swallow nothing but fire into their bellies. And God will not speak to them on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He purify them, and they will have a painful punishment.

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

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Compare translations (4)
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 1875–1936 · published 1930

Lo! those who hide aught of the Scripture which Allah hath revealed and purchase a small gain therewith, they eat into their bellies nothing else than fire. Allah will not speak to them on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He make them grow. Theirs will be a painful doom

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

Verily, those who hide what God has revealed of the Book, and sell it for a little price, they shall eat nothing in their bellies save fire; and God will not speak to them on the day of resurrection, nor will He purify them, but for them is grievous woe

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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

They truly who hide the Scriptures which God hath sent down, and barter them for a mean price - these shall swallow into their bellies nought but fire. God will not speak to them, or assoil them, on the day of the Resurrection: and theirs shall be a grievous torment

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

Moreover they who conceal any part of the scripture which God hath sent down unto them, and sell it for a small price, they shall swallow into their bellies nothing but fire; God shall not speak unto them on the day of resurrection, neither shall he purify them, and they shall suffer a grievous punishment

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

Sigurisht, ata që fshehin atë që ka shpallur Allahu në Libër, duke e këmbyer me diçka të pavlerë, në barqet e tyre do të gëlltisin vetëm zjarr. Atyre nuk do t'u flasë Allahu në Ditën e Kiametit, as do t'i pastrojë (nga gjynahet) dhe për ta do të ketë dënim të dhembshëm.

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.

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বাংলা · Bengali

আল্লাহ কিতাব হতে যা নাযিল করেছেন, যারা তা গোপন করে এবং এর বিনিময়ে তুচ্ছ মূল্য গ্রহণ করে, তারা তাদের নিজেদের পেটে আগুন ছাড়া আর কিছুই ভরছে না। আর কিয়ামতের দিন আল্লাহ তাদের সাথে কথা বলবেন না এবং তাদেরকে পবিত্রও করবেন না। আর তাদের জন্য রয়েছে যন্ত্রণাদায়ক শাস্তি।

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.

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Bosanski · Bosnian

Doista, oni koji taje ono što je Allah u Knjizi objavio i to prodaju za nešto što malo vrijedi – oni u trbuhe svoje samo vatru trpaju; na Kijametskom danu Allah ih neće ni osloviti, niti ih očistiti; njima pripada patnja bolna.

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Hrvatski · Croatian

Doista, oni koji taje ono što je Allah u Knjizi objavio i to prodaju za ništavnu cijenu – oni u trbuhe svoje samo vatru trpaju; na Sudnjem danu Allah ih neće ni osloviti, niti ih očistiti; njima pripada patnja bolna.

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.

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Fulfulde · Fulani

Pellet ɓen suuɗooɓe ko Allah Jippini kon e deftere nden, hiɓe soodira ɗum cogguwel famɗungel. Ɓen ɗon alaa waɗude ka deedi maɓɓe si wanaa yiite ngen; Allah haaldataa he maɓɓe ñalnde darngal, o Laɓɓiŋtaa ɓe, hino woodani ɓe lepte muusuɗe.[1]

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ქართული · Georgian

ჭეშმარიტად, ისინი, რომელნიც მალავენ იმას, რაც ალლაჰმა გარდმოავლინა წიგნიდან [იუდეველები, ქრისტიანები და სხვები, რომლებმაც თავიანთ წიგნებში არსებული ჭეშმარიტება დამალეს], და ამის სანაცვლოდ (ჭეშმარიტების დაფარვის გამო) ყიდულობენ მცირე ფასს, — ისინი თავიანთ მუცლებში მხოლოდ ცეცხლს ყლაპავენ, ალლაჰი არ დაელაპარაკება მათ აღდგომის დღეს და არ განწმენდს მათ (ურწმუნოებისა და ცოდვებისგან), და მათთვისაა მტკივნეული სასჯელი.

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Deutsch · German

Wahrlich, diejenigen, die verheimlichen, was Allah von der Schrift hinabgesandt hat, und es für einen geringen Preis verkaufen, jene verzehren in ihren Bäuchen nichts als Feuer. Und Allah wird zu ihnen am Tag der Auferstehung weder sprechen noch sie läutern, und für sie wird es schmerzhafte Strafe geben.

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

Στ’ αλήθεια, αυτοί που αποκρύπτουν ό,τι έστειλε ο Αλλάχ από το Βιβλίο (και την αλήθεια και τις περιγραφές του Μωχάμμαντ) και το ανταλλάζουν για μικρό τίμημα – αυτοί δεν καταναλώνουν στην κοιλιά τους παρά μόνον το Πυρ. Και ο Αλλάχ δεν θα τους μιλήσει την Ημέρα της Ανάστασης, ούτε θα τους εξαγνίσει. Και θα λάβουν ένα επώδυνο μαρτύριο.

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

निःसंदेह जो लोग छिपाते हैं जो अल्लाह ने किताब में से उतारा है और उसके बदले थोड़ा मूल्य प्राप्त करते हैं, वे लोग अपने पेटों में आग के सिवा कुछ नहीं खा रहे। तथा न अल्लाह क़ियामत के दिन उनसे बात करेगा और न उन्हें पाक करेगा और उनके लिए दुःखदायी यातना है।

Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari

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Italiano · Italian

In verità quelli che nascondono parte del Libro che Allāh ha fatto discendere e lo vendono a vile prezzo, quelli non metteranno nel loro ventre altro che fuoco, e Allāh non rivolgerà loro parola nel Giorno Ultimo, né li purificherà, e avranno una dura punizione.

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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2

Lietuvių · Lithuanian

174. Iš tiesų, tie, kurie slepia iš Knygos tai, ką Allahas nuleido, ir už tai įgyja mažą naudą (žemiškuosius dalykus), jie nieko nededa į savo pilvus, išskyrus ugnį. Allahas nekalbės jiems Prikėlimo Dieną, nei ištyrins juos, ir jiems bus skausminga kančia.

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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo

Isaan kitaaba irraa waan Rabbiin buuse dhoksanii maallaqa xiqqaa isaan bitatan, isaan sun garaawwan isaanii keessatti ibidda malee waan biroo hin nyaatanu, Rabbiin Guyyaa Qiyaamaa isaan hin dubbisu, isaan hin qulqulleessus, isaaniif azaaba laalessaa ta’etu jira. [61]

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Русский · Russian

Воистину, те, которые скрывают то, что Аллах ниспослал из Писания, и приобретают за это малую цену, — такие пожирают лишь огонь в свои животы. Аллах не заговорит с ними в День воскресения, и не очистит их, и для них — мучительное наказание.

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

Заиста, они који скривају оно што је Аллах у Књизи објавио и то продају за нешто што мало вреди - они у стомаке своје само ватру трпају; на Судњем дану Аллах неће ни да их ослови, нити ће да их очисти; њима припада патња болна.

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Kiswahili · Swahili

Hakika, wale wanaoficha aliyoyateremsha Mwenyezi Mungu katika Kitabu, na wakanunua kwacho thamani ndogo, hao hawali katika tumbo zao isipokuwa moto. Wala Mwenyezi Mungu hatawaongelesha Siku ya Kiyama, wala hatawatakasa, nao wana adhabu chungu.

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Svenska · Swedish

De som döljer det som Gud har uppenbarat i sin skrift för att på så sätt tjäna en liten summa pengar fyller endast sina bukar med eld. Gud kommer inte att tala med dem på uppståndelsens dag och inte rena dem, och dem väntar ett smärtsamt straff.

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Türkçe · Turkish

Allah'ın indirdiği kitaptan bir şey gizleyip de, onu az bir kazanç karşılığı değiştirenlere gelince, onlar karınlarını Cehennem ateşinden başka bir şeyle doldurmuyorlar. Kıyamet günü Allah onlarla konuşmayacak ve onları temize çıkarmayacaktır. Onlar için elem verici bir azap vardır.

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اردو · Urdu

بے شک جو لوگ اللہ تعالیٰ کی اتاری ہوئی کتاب چھپاتے ہیں اور اسے تھوڑی تھوڑی سی قیمت پر بیچتے ہیں، یقین مانو کہ یہ اپنے پیٹ میں آگ بھر رہے ہیں، قیامت کے دن اللہ تعالیٰ ان سے بات بھی نہ کرے گا، نہ انہیں پاک کرے گا، بلکہ ان کے لئے دردناک عذاب 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.

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The verses around this oneSource fact

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2:172

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كُلُوا۟ مِن طَيِّبَٰتِ مَا رَزَقْنَٰكُمْ وَٱشْكُرُوا۟ لِلَّهِ إِن كُنتُمْ إِيَّاهُ تَعْبُدُونَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)yaa ayyuhaa lladheena aamanoo kuloo min tayyibaati maa razaqnaakum washkuroo lillaahi in kuntum iyyaahu ta'budoon

DIN 31635yā ʾayyuhā llaḏīna ʾāmanū kulū min ṭayyibāti mā razaqnākum waškurū lillāhi ʾin kuntum ʾiyyāhu taʿbudūna

Talal Itani2012 O you who believe! Eat of the good things We have provided for you, and give thanks to God, if it is Him that you serve.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 O ye who believe! Eat of the good things wherewith We have provided you, and render thanks to Allah if it is (indeed) He Whom ye worship

Edward Henry Palmer1880 O ye who do believe! eat of the good things wherewith we have provided you, and give thanks unto God if it be Him ye serve

John Medows Rodwell1861 O ye who believe! eat of the good things with which we have supplied you, and give God thanks if ye are His worshippers

George Sale1734 O true believers, eat of the good things which we have bestowed on you for food, and return thanks unto God, if ye serve him

2:173

إِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْمَيْتَةَ وَٱلدَّمَ وَلَحْمَ ٱلْخِنزِيرِ وَمَآ أُهِلَّ بِهِۦ لِغَيْرِ ٱللَّهِ فَمَنِ ٱضْطُرَّ غَيْرَ بَاغٍ وَلَا عَادٍ فَلَآ إِثْمَ عَلَيْهِ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)innamaa harrama 'alaykumu l-maytata wad-dama walahma l-khinzeeri wamaa uhilla bihi lighayri llaahi famani dturra ghayra baaghin walaa 'aadin falaa ithma 'alayhi inna llaaha ghafoorun raheem

DIN 31635ʾinnamā ḥarrama ʿalaykumu l-maytata wad-dama walaḥma l-ḫinzīri wamā ʾuhilla bihi liġayri llāhi famani ḍṭurra ġayra bāġin walā ʿādin falā ʾiṯma ʿalayhi ʾinna llāha ġafūrun raḥīmun

Talal Itani2012 He has forbidden you carrion, and blood, and the flesh of swine, and what was dedicated to other than God. But if anyone is compelled, without desiring or exceeding, he commits no sin. God is Forgiving and Merciful.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 He hath forbidden you only carrion, and blood, and swineflesh, and that which hath been immolated to (the name of) any other than Allah. But he who is driven by necessity, neither craving nor transgressing, it is no sin for him. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful

Edward Henry Palmer1880 He has only forbidden for you what is dead, and blood, and flesh of swine, and whatsoever has been consecrated to other than God; but he who is forced, neither revolting nor transgressing, it is in no sin for him; verily, God is forgiving and merciful

John Medows Rodwell1861 But that which dieth of itself, and blood, and swine's flesh, and that over which any other name than that of God hath been invoked, is forbidden you. But he who shall partake of them by constraint, without lust or wilfulness, no sin shall be upon him. Verily God is Indulgent, Merciful

George Sale1734 Verily he hath forbidden you to eat that which dieth of itself, and blood, and swine's flesh, and that on which any other name but God's hath been invocated. But he who is forced by necessity, not lusting, nor returning to transgress, it shall be no crime in him if he eat of those things, for God is gracious and merciful

2:174 — the verse above

2:175

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱشْتَرَوُا۟ ٱلضَّلَٰلَةَ بِٱلْهُدَىٰ وَٱلْعَذَابَ بِٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ فَمَآ أَصْبَرَهُمْ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)oolaa'ika lladheena shtarawu d-dalaalata bil-hudaa wal-'adhaaba bil-maghfirati famaa asbarahum 'alaa n-naar

DIN 31635ʾūlāʾika llaḏīna štarawu ḍ-ḍalālata bil-hudā wal-ʿaḏāba bil-maġfirati famā ʾaṣbarahum ʿalā n-nāri

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 It is they who exchange guidance for error, and forgiveness for punishment. But why do they insist on the Fire?

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Those are they who purchase error at the price of guidance, and torment at the price of pardon. How constant are they in their strife to reach the Fire

Edward Henry Palmer1880 They who sell guidance for error, and pardon for torment, how patient must they be of fire

John Medows Rodwell1861 These are they who have bartered guidance for error, and pardon for torment; But how great their endurance in fire

George Sale1734 These are they who have sold direction for error, and pardon for punishment: But how great will their suffering be in the fire

2:176

ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ نَزَّلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَإِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ لَفِى شِقَاقٍۭ بَعِيدٍ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)dhaalika bi'anna llaaha nazzala l-kitaaba bil-haqqi wa'inna lladheena khtalafoo fee l-kitaabi lafee shiqaaqin ba'eed

DIN 31635ḏālika biʾanna llāha nazzala l-kitāba bil-ḥaqqi waʾinna llaḏīna ḫtalafū fī l-kitābi lafī šiqāqin baʿīdin

Talal Itani2012 That is because God has revealed the Book in truth; and those who differ about the Book are in deep discord.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 That is because Allah hath revealed the Scripture with the truth. Lo! those who find (a cause of) disagreement in the Scripture are in open schism

Edward Henry Palmer1880 That (is), because God has revealed the Book with truth, and verily those who disagree about the Book are in a wide schism

John Medows Rodwell1861 This shall be their doom, because God had sent down "the Book" with the very truth. And verily they who dispute about that Book are in a far-gone severance from it

George Sale1734 This they shall endure, because God sent down the book of the Koran with truth, and they who disagree concerning that book, are certainly in a wide mistake

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

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَكْتُمُونَ مَا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ مِنَ الْكِتَابِ وَيَشْتَرُونَ بِهِ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا أُولَٰئِكَ مَا يَأْكُلُونَ فِي بُطُونِهِمْ إِلَّا النَّارَ وَلَا يُكَلِّمُهُمُ اللَّهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَلَا يُزَكِّيهِمْ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

EditionTanzil Qur'an text (Simple) ·Simple, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

In plain words — none yet for this verse

Analysis details
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 — 0.56 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 · George Sale 0.65
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell 0.62
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.61
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell 0.60
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell 0.59
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.56
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale 0.55
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale 0.52
Talal Itani · George Sale 0.47
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer 0.38

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.

Later literature, history and language

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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

Sources, editions and licences for everything above

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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