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2:186

وَإِذَا سَأَلَكَ عِبَادِى عَنِّى فَإِنِّى قَرِيبٌ أُجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ ٱلدَّاعِ إِذَا دَعَانِ فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لِى وَلْيُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِى لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْشُدُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)wa'idhaa sa'alaka 'ibaadee 'annee fa'innee qareebun ujeebu da'wata d-daa'i idhaa da'aani falyastajeeboo lee walyu'minoo bee la'allahum yarshudoon

DIN 31635waʾiḏā saʾalaka ʿibādī ʿannī faʾinnī qarībun ʾuǧību daʿwata d-dāʿi ʾiḏā daʿāni falyastaǧībū lī walyuʾminū bī laʿallahum yaršudūna

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

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Talal Itani · published 2012

And when My servants ask you about Me, I Am near; I answer the call of the caller when he calls on Me. So let them answer Me, and have faith in Me, that they may be rightly guided.

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

Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com https://clearquran.com

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 1875–1936 · published 1930

And when My servants question thee concerning Me, then surely I am nigh. I answer the prayer of the suppliant when he crieth unto Me. So let them hear My call and let them trust in Me, in order that they may be led aright

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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

When my servants ask thee concerning me, then, verily, I am near; I answer the prayers prayer whenever he prays to me. So let them ask me for an answer, and let them believe in me; haply they may be directed aright

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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

And when my servants ask thee concerning me, then will I be nigh unto them. I will answer the cry of him that crieth, when he crieth unto me: but let them hearken unto me, and believe in me, that they may proceed aright

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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

When my servants ask thee concerning me, verily I am near; I will hear the prayer of him that prayeth, when he prayeth unto me: But let them hearken unto me, and believe in me, that they may be rightly directed

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

E, kur robërit e Mi të pyesin për Mua, (thuaju se) Unë jam afër, i përgjigjem duasë së lutësit kur më lutet. Andaj, le të më binden Mua dhe le të më besojnë, që të udhëzohen (në rrugën e drejtë).

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

আর যখন আমার বান্দাগণ আমার সম্পর্কে তোমাকে জিজ্ঞেস করে, নিশ্চয় আমি (তাদের) অতি নিকটে।(২৪) আহ্বানকারী যখন আমাকে আহ্বান করে আমি তার আহ্বানে সাড়া দেই। কাজেই তারাও যেন আমার ডাকে সাড়া দেয় এবং আমার প্রতি ঈমান আনে, যাতে তারা সঠিক পথে চলতে পারে।

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

A kada te robovi Moji za Mene upitaju, Ja sam, sigurno, blizu: odazivam se molbi molitelja kada Me zamoli. Zato, neka se i oni Meni odazovu i neka vjeruju u Mene, kako bi ispravnim putem krenuli.

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Hrvatski · Croatian

A kada te robovi Moji za Mene upitaju, Ja sam, sigurno, blizu: odazivam se molbi molitelja kada Me zamoli. Zato, neka se i oni Meni odazovu i neka vjeruju u Mene, kako bi ispravnim putem krenuli.

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

Si jeyaaɓe am ɓen lamndike lan , hary miin: Ko mi ɓaɗiiɗo. Miɗo Jaaboo toraare torotooɗo si o torike Lam. Yo ɓe nooto Lam, e yo ɓe gomɗin am, mbele joo ɓe peewa.

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ქართული · Georgian

და როდესაც ჩემი მონები [მორწმუნეები] შენ გეკითხებიან ჩემ შესახებ [ო, მოციქულო, ახლოს ვარ თუ არა მათთან და როგორ ვპასუხობ მათ ვედრებას], მაშინ (უთხარი), რომ ჭეშმარიტად, მე ახლოს ვარ. მე ვპასუხობ მვედრებლის ვედრებას, როდესაც ის გულწრფელად მომმართავს. ამიტომ, დაე, ისინი დამემორჩილონ და ირწმუნონ ჩემი, რათა სწორ გზაზე იარონ.

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Deutsch · German

Und wenn dich Meine Diener nach Mir fragen, so bin Ich fürwahr nahe; Ich erhöre den Ruf des Bittenden, wenn er Mich anruft. So sollen sie nun auf Mich hören und (sie sollen) an Mich glauben, auf dass sie (auf den) recht(en Weg) geführt werden.

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 όταν οι δούλοι Μου σε ρωτούν (ω, Μωχάμμαντ) σχετικά με Εμένα, πράγματι Είμαι κοντά, ανταποκρίνομαι στην επίκληση του προσευχητή όταν Με καλεί (χωρίς κανέναν διαμεσολαβητή). Έτσι λοιπόν, ας Με υπακούν και να πιστεύουν σε Εμένα, ίσως έτσι να καθοδηγηθούν.

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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हिन्दी · Hindi

और (ऐ नबी!) जब मेरे बंदे आपसे मेरे बारे में पूछें, तो निश्चय मैं (उनसे) क़रीब हूँ। मैं पुकारने वाले की दुआ क़बूल करता हूँ जब वह मुझे पुकारता है। तो उन्हें चाहिए कि वे मेरी बात मानें तथा मुझपर ईमान लाएँ, ताकि वे मार्गदर्शन पाएँ।

Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari

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Italiano · Italian

E quando i Miei servi ti chiederanno di Me, sappiano che sono vicino, accolgo l`invocazione di chi Mi invoca, se M’invoca. Che Mi obbedisca e creda in Me affinché trovino la Retta Via.

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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2

Lietuvių · Lithuanian

186. Ir kai Mano vergai klausia (Muchammedai ﷺ ) apie Mane, tada (atsakyk jiems). Aš iš tiesų esu arti (Savo Žinojimu). Aš atsakau į prašančiojo kreipimąsi, kai jis šaukiasi Manęs (be jokių tarpininkų). Taigi lai jie paklūsta Man ir tiki Mane, tam, kad jie būtų vedami teisingai.

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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo

Yeroo gabroonni kiyya Ana irraa si gaafatan “Ani isaanitti dhihoodha” (jedhiin). Kadhaa kadhataatiif yeroo inni na kadhate nan owwaadha. (isaanis ajaja kiyya qeebaluudhaan) naaf haa awwaatanu, nattis haa amananu, Akka qajeelaniif jecha.

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Русский · Russian

Когда Мои рабы спросят тебя обо Мне, то воистину, Я близок. Я отвечаю на мольбу молящего, когда он взывает ко Мне. Так пусть же и они откликнутся Мне и пусть веруют в Меня, — быть может, они пойдут верным путём.

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Српски · Serbian

А када те слуге Моје за Мене упитају, Ја сам, сигурно, близу: одазивам се молби молитеља када Ме замоли. Зато, нека се и они Мени одазову и нека верују у Мене, како би исправним путем кренули.

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Kiswahili · Swahili

Na waja wangu watakapokuuliza kunihusu Mimi, basi Mimi kwa hakika nipo karibu. Ninaitikia maombi ya mwombaji anaponiomba. Basi na waniitikie Mimi, na waniamini Mimi, ili wapate kuongoka.

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Svenska · Swedish

Och när mina tjänare frågar dig, [Muhammed], om mig är jag sannerligen nära. Jag besvarar den bedjandes bön när han tillber mig. Därför ska de besvara mig [när jag befaller dem] och tro på mig så att de kan ledas till den rätta vägen.

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Türkçe · Turkish

Kullarım sana beni sorarlarsa; şüphe yok ki ben çok yakınım. Bana dua ettiği zaman, dua edenin duasına karşılık veririm. O halde onlar da benim davetime icabet etsinler ve bana iman etsinler ki, doğru yolda olsunlar.

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اردو · Urdu

اور جب میرے بندے میرے بارے میں آپ سے سوال کریں تو آپ کہہ دیں کہ میں بہت ہی قریب ہوں ہر پکارنے والے کی پکار کو جب کبھی وه مجھے پکارے، قبول کرتا ہوں[1] اس لئے لوگوں کو بھی چاہئے کہ وه میری بات مان لیا کریں اور مجھ پر ایمان رکھیں، یہی ان کی بھلائی کا باعﺚ 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

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2:184

أَيَّامًا مَّعْدُودَٰتٍ فَمَن كَانَ مِنكُم مَّرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِّنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَ وَعَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يُطِيقُونَهُۥ فِدْيَةٌ طَعَامُ مِسْكِينٍ فَمَن تَطَوَّعَ خَيْرًا فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّهُۥ وَأَن تَصُومُوا۟ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)ayyaaman ma'doodaatin faman kaana minkum mareedan aw 'alaa safarin fa'iddatun min ayyaamin ukhara wa'alaa lladheena yuteeqoonahu fidyatun ta'aamu miskeenin faman tatawwa'a khayran fahuwa khayrun lahu wa'an tasoomoo khayrun lakum in kuntum ta'lamoon

DIN 31635ʾayyāman maʿdūdātin faman kāna minkum marīḍan ʾaw ʿalā safarin faʿiddatun min ʾayyāmin ʾuḫara waʿalā llaḏīna yuṭīqūnahu fidyatun ṭaʿāmu miskīnin faman taṭawwaʿa ḫayran fahuwa ḫayrun lahu waʾan taṣūmū ḫayrun lakum ʾin kuntum taʿlamūna

Talal Itani2012 For a specified number of days. But whoever among you is sick, or on a journey, then a number of other days. For those who are able: a ransom of feeding a needy person. But whoever volunteers goodness, it is better for him. But to fast is best for you, if you only knew.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 (Fast) a certain number of days; and (for) him who is sick among you, or on a journey, (the same) number of other days; and for those who can afford it there is a ransom: the feeding of a man in need - but whoso doeth good of his own accord, it is better for him: and that ye fast is better for you if ye did but know

Edward Henry Palmer1880 A certain number of days, but he amongst you who is ill or on a journey, then (let him fast) another number of days. And those who are fit to fast may redeem it by feeding a poor man; but he who follows an impulse to a good work it is better for him; and if ye fast it is better for you, if ye did but know

John Medows Rodwell1861 For certain days. But he among you who shall be sick, or on a journey, shall fast that same number of other days: and as for those who are able to keep it and yet break it, the expiation of this shall be the maintenance of a poor man. And he who of his own accord performeth a good work, shall derive good from it: and good shall it be for you to fast if ye knew it

George Sale1734 A certain number of days shall ye fast: But he among you who shall be sick, or on a journey, shall fast an equal number of other days. And those who can keep it, and do not, must redeem their neglect by maintaining of a poor man. And he who voluntarily dealeth better with the poor man than he is obliged, this shall be better for him. But if ye fast it will be better for you, if ye knew it

2:185

شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أُنزِلَ فِيهِ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ هُدًى لِّلنَّاسِ وَبَيِّنَٰتٍ مِّنَ ٱلْهُدَىٰ وَٱلْفُرْقَانِ فَمَن شَهِدَ مِنكُمُ ٱلشَّهْرَ فَلْيَصُمْهُ وَمَن كَانَ مَرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِّنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَ يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ بِكُمُ ٱلْيُسْرَ وَلَا يُرِيدُ بِكُمُ ٱلْعُسْرَ وَلِتُكْمِلُوا۟ ٱلْعِدَّةَ وَلِتُكَبِّرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ مَا هَدَىٰكُمْ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)shahru ramadaana lladhee unzila feehi l-qur'aanu hudan lilnnaasi wabayyinaatin mina l-hudaa wal-furqaani faman shahida minkumu sh-shahra falyasumhu waman kaana mareedan aw 'alaa safarin fa'iddatun min ayyaamin ukhara yureedu llaahu bikumu l-yusra walaa yureedu bikumu l-'usra walitukmiloo l-'iddata walitukabbiroo llaaha 'alaa maa hadaakum wala'allakum tashkuroon

DIN 31635šahru ramaḍāna llaḏī ʾunzila fīhi l-qurʾānu hudan lilnnāsi wabayyinātin mina l-hudā wal-furqāni faman šahida minkumu š-šahra falyaṣumhu waman kāna marīḍan ʾaw ʿalā safarin faʿiddatun min ʾayyāmin ʾuḫara yurīdu llāhu bikumu l-yusra walā yurīdu bikumu l-ʿusra walitukmilū l-ʿiddata walitukabbirū llāha ʿalā mā hadākum walaʿallakum taškurūna

Talal Itani2012 Ramadan is the month in which the Quran was revealed. Guidance for humanity, and clear portents of guidance, and the Criterion. Whoever of you witnesses the month, shall fast it. But whoever is sick, or on a journey, then a number of other days. God desires ease for you, and does not desire hardship for you, that you may complete the number, and celebrate God for having guided you, so that you may be thankful.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 The month of Ramadan in which was revealed the Qur'an, a guidance for mankind, and clear proofs of the guidance, and the Criterion (of right and wrong). And whosoever of you is present, let him fast the month, and whosoever of you is sick or on a journey, (let him fast the same) number of other days. Allah desireth for you ease; He desireth not hardship for you; and (He desireth) that ye should complete the period, and that ye should magnify Allah for having guided you, and that peradventure ye may be thankful

Edward Henry Palmer1880 The month of Ramadhan, wherein was revealed the Koran, for a guidance to men, and for manifestations of guidance, and for a Discrimination. And he amongst you who beholds this month then let him fast it; but he who is sick or on a journey, then another number of days;- God desires for you what is easy, and desires not for you what is difficult,- that ye may complete the number, and say, 'Great is God,' for that He has guided you; haply ye may give thanks

John Medows Rodwell1861 As to the month Ramadhan in which the Koran was sent down to be man's guidance, and an explanation of that guidance, and of that illumination, as soon as any one of you observeth the moon, let him set about the fast; but he who is sick, or upon a journey, shall fast a like number of other days. God wisheth you ease, but wisheth not your discomfort, and that you fulfil the number of days, and that you glorify God for his guidance, and that you be thankful

George Sale1734 The month of Ramadan shall ye fast, in which the Koran was sent down from heaven, a direction unto men, and declarations of direction, and the distinction between good and evil. Therefore let him among you who shall be present in this month, fast the same month; but he who shall be sick, or on a journey, shall fast the like number of other days. God would make this an ease unto you, and would not make it a difficulty unto you; that ye may fulfill the number of days, and glorify God, for that he hath directed you, and that ye may give thanks

2:186 — the verse above

2:187

أُحِلَّ لَكُمْ لَيْلَةَ ٱلصِّيَامِ ٱلرَّفَثُ إِلَىٰ نِسَآئِكُمْ هُنَّ لِبَاسٌ لَّكُمْ وَأَنتُمْ لِبَاسٌ لَّهُنَّ عَلِمَ ٱللَّهُ أَنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ تَخْتَانُونَ أَنفُسَكُمْ فَتَابَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَعَفَا عَنكُمْ فَٱلْـَٰٔنَ بَٰشِرُوهُنَّ وَٱبْتَغُوا۟ مَا كَتَبَ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ وَكُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكُمُ ٱلْخَيْطُ ٱلْأَبْيَضُ مِنَ ٱلْخَيْطِ ٱلْأَسْوَدِ مِنَ ٱلْفَجْرِ ثُمَّ أَتِمُّوا۟ ٱلصِّيَامَ إِلَى ٱلَّيْلِ وَلَا تُبَٰشِرُوهُنَّ وَأَنتُمْ عَٰكِفُونَ فِى ٱلْمَسَٰجِدِ تِلْكَ حُدُودُ ٱللَّهِ فَلَا تَقْرَبُوهَا كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)uhilla lakum laylata s-siyaami r-rafathu ilaa nisaa'ikum hunna libaasun lakum wa'antum libaasun lahunna 'alima llaahu annakum kuntum takhtaanoona anfusakum fataaba 'alaykum wa'afaa 'ankum fal-'aana baashiroohunna wabtaghoo maa kataba llaahu lakum wakuloo washraboo hattaa yatabayyana lakumu l-khaytu l-'abyadu mina l-khayti l-'aswadi mina l-fajri thumma atimmoo s-siyaama ilaa llayli walaa tubaashiroohunna wa'antum 'aakifoona fee l-masaajidi tilka hudoodu llaahi falaa taqraboohaa kadhaalika yubayyinu llaahu aayaatihi lilnnaasi la'allahum yattaqoon

DIN 31635ʾuḥilla lakum laylata ṣ-ṣiyāmi r-rafaṯu ʾilā nisāʾikum hunna libāsun lakum waʾantum libāsun lahunna ʿalima llāhu ʾannakum kuntum taḫtānūna ʾanfusakum fatāba ʿalaykum waʿafā ʿankum fal-ʾāna bāširūhunna wabtaġū mā kataba llāhu lakum wakulū wašrabū ḥattā yatabayyana lakumu l-ḫayṭu l-ʾabyaḍu mina l-ḫayṭi l-ʾaswadi mina l-faǧri ṯumma ʾatimmū ṣ-ṣiyāma ʾilā llayli walā tubāširūhunna waʾantum ʿākifūna fī l-masāǧidi tilka ḥudūdu llāhi falā taqrabūhā kaḏālika yubayyinu llāhu ʾāyātihi lilnnāsi laʿallahum yattaqūna

Talal Itani2012 Permitted for you is intercourse with your wives on the night of the fast. They are a garment for you, and you are a garment for them. God knows that you used to betray yourselves, but He turned to you and pardoned you. So approach them now, and seek what God has ordained for you, and eat and drink until the white streak of dawn can be distinguished from the black streak. Then complete the fast until nightfall. But do not approach them while you are in retreat at the mosques. These are the limits of God, so do not come near them. God thus clarifies His revelations to the people, that they may attain piety.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 It is made lawful for you to go in unto your wives on the night of the fast. They are raiment for you and ye are raiment for them. Allah is Aware that ye were deceiving yourselves in this respect and He hath turned in mercy toward you and relieved you. So hold intercourse with them and seek that which Allah hath ordained for you, and eat and drink until the white thread becometh distinct to you from the black thread of the dawn. Then strictly observe the fast till nightfall and touch them not, but be at your devotions in the mosques. These are the limits imposed by Allah, so approach them not. Thus Allah expoundeth His revelation to mankind that they may ward off (evil)

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Lawful for you on the night of the fast is commerce with your wives; they are a garment unto you, and ye a garment unto them. God knows that ye did defraud yourselves, wherefore He has turned towards you and forgiven you; so now go in unto them and crave what God has prescribed for you, and eat and drink until a white thread can be distinguished by you from a black one at the dawn. Then fulfil the fast until the night, and go not in unto them, and ye at your devotions in the mosques the while. These are the bounds that God has set, so draw not near thereto. Thus does God make manifest His signs to men, that haply they may fear

John Medows Rodwell1861 You are allowed on the night of the fast to approach your wives: they are your garment and ye are their garment. God knoweth that ye defraud yourselves therein, so He turneth unto you and forgiveth you! Now, therefore, go in unto them with full desire for that which God hath ordained for you; and eat and drink until ye can discern a white thread from a black thread by the daybreak: then fast strictly till night, and go not in unto them, but rather pass the time in the Mosques. These are the bounds set up by God: therefore come not near them. Thus God maketh his signs clear to men that they may fear Him

George Sale1734 It is lawful for you on the night of the fast to go in unto your wives; they are a garment unto you, and ye are a garment unto them. God knoweth that ye defraud your selves therein, wherefore he turneth unto you, and forgiveth you. Now therefore go in unto them; and earnestly desire that which God ordaineth you, and eat and drink until ye can plainly distinguish a white thread from a black thread by the day-break: Then keep the fast until night, and go not in unto them, but be constantly present in the places of worship. These are the prescribed bounds of God, therefore draw not near them to transgress them. Thus God declareth his signs unto men, that they may fear him

2:188

وَلَا تَأْكُلُوٓا۟ أَمْوَٰلَكُم بَيْنَكُم بِٱلْبَٰطِلِ وَتُدْلُوا۟ بِهَآ إِلَى ٱلْحُكَّامِ لِتَأْكُلُوا۟ فَرِيقًا مِّنْ أَمْوَٰلِ ٱلنَّاسِ بِٱلْإِثْمِ وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)walaa ta'kuloo amwaalakum baynakum bil-baatili watudloo bihaa ilaa l-hukkaami lita'kuloo fareeqan min amwaali n-naasi bil-'ithmi wa'antum ta'lamoon

DIN 31635walā taʾkulū ʾamwālakum baynakum bil-bāṭili watudlū bihā ʾilā l-ḥukkāmi litaʾkulū farīqan min ʾamwāli n-nāsi bil-ʾiṯmi waʾantum taʿlamūna

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 And do not consume one another's wealth by unjust means, nor offer it as bribes to the officials in order to consume part of other people's wealth illicitly, while you know.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And eat not up your property among yourselves in vanity, nor seek by it to gain the hearing of the judges that ye may knowingly devour a portion of the property of others wrongfully

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Devour not your wealth among yourselves vainly, nor present it to the judges that ye may devour a part of the wealth of men sinfully, the while ye know

John Medows Rodwell1861 Consume not your wealth among yourselves in vain things, nor present it to judges that ye may consume a part of other men's wealth unjustly, while ye know the sin which ye commit

George Sale1734 Consume not your wealth among your selves in vain; nor present it unto judges, that ye may devour part of men's substance unjustly, against your own consciences

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

وَإِذَا سَأَلَكَ عِبَادِي عَنِّي فَإِنِّي قَرِيبٌ أُجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ الدَّاعِ إِذَا دَعَانِ فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا لِي وَلْيُؤْمِنُوا بِي لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْشُدُونَ

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 — 0.52 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 · John Medows Rodwell 0.60
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer 0.59
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.57
Talal Itani · George Sale 0.55
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell 0.53
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.53
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale 0.52
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale 0.48
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell 0.44
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale 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.

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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

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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