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Talal Itani· published 2012
Divorce is allowed twice. Then, either honorableretention, or settingfreekindly. It is not lawful for you to take back anything you have given them, unless they fear that they cannot maintain God's limits. If you fear that they cannot maintain God's limits, then there is no blame on them if she sacrificessomething for her release. These are God's limits, so do not transgress them. Those who transgress God's limits are the unjust.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Divorce must be pronounced twice and then (a woman) must be retained in honour or released in kindness. And it is not lawful for you that ye take from women aught of that which ye have given them; except (in the case) when both fear that they may not be able to keep within the limits (imposed by) Allah. And if ye fear that they may not be able to keep the limits of Allah, in that case it is no sin for either of them if the woman ransom herself. These are the limits (imposed by) Allah. Transgress them not. For whoso transgresseth Allah's limits: such are wrong-doers
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
Divorce (may happen) twice; then keep them in reason, or let them go with kindness. It is not lawful for you to take from them anything of what you have given them, unless both fear that they cannot keep within God's bounds. So if ye fear that ye cannot keep within God's bounds there is no crime in you both about what she ransoms herself with. These are God's bounds, do not transgress them; and whoso transgresses God's bounds, they it is who are unjust
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Ye may divorce your wives twice: Keep them honourably, or put them away with kindness. But it is not allowed you to appropriate to yourselves aught of what ye have given to them, unless both fear that they cannot keep within the bounds set up by God. And if ye fear that they cannot observe the ordinances of God, no blame shall attach to either of you for what the wife shall herself give for her redemption. These are the bounds of God: therefore overstep them not; for whoever oversteppeth the bounds of God, they are evil doers
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Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Ye may divorce your wives twice; and then either retain them with humanity, or dismiss them with kindness. But it is not lawful for you to take away any thing of what ye have given them, unless both fear that they cannot observe the ordinances of God. And if ye fear that they cannot observe the ordinances of God, it shall be no crime in either of them of account of that for which the wife shall redeem her self. These are the ordinances of God; therefore transgress them not; for whoever transgresseth the ordinances of God, they are unjust doers
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
Ndarja (pas së cilës burri mund ta rikthejë gruan) mund të bëhet dy herë. Pastaj, ose ta mbajë gruan në mënyrë të hijshme, ose ta lëshojë me mirësi. Burrave nuk u lejohet të marrin asgjë nga ajo që u kanë dhënë grave të veta (për martesë), përveç nëse ata të dy kanë frikë se nuk do të mund t'u përmbahen kufijve të Allahut. Pra, po qe se frikoheni se ata të dy nuk do të mund t'i përfillin kufijtë e Allahut, atëherë nuk është gjynah për asnjërin nëse gruaja i jep diçka burrit (për t'u ndarë nga ai). Këta janë kufijtë e Allahut, andaj mos i shkelni. Ata që i shkelin kufijtë e Allahut, mu ata janë zullumqarët.
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বাংলা · Bengali
তালাক দু’বার।(৬১) অতঃপর (দু’ তালাক শেষে স্ত্রীকে) হয় বিধিমতো রেখে দিবে, নতুবা সদয়ভাবে চলে যেতে দিবে। আর তোমরা তোমাদের স্ত্রীদেরকে যা প্রদান করেছ তা থেকে কোনো কিছু গ্রহণ করা তোমাদের পক্ষে হালাল নয়। অবশ্য যদি তাদের উভয়ের আশঙ্কা হয় যে, তারা আল্লাহর সীমারেখা রক্ষা করে চলতে পারবে না তারপর তোমরাও আশঙ্কা করো যে, তারা আল্লাহর সীমারেখা রক্ষা করে চলতে পারবে না, তবে স্ত্রী কোনো কিছুর বিনিময়ে বিচ্ছেদ পেতে চাইলে তাতে তাদের কারো কোনো অপরাধ নেই। এ সব আল্লাহর সীমারেখা। সুতরাং তোমরা তা লঙ্ঘন করো না। আর যারা আল্লাহর সীমারেখা লঙ্ঘন করে তারাই যালিম।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
Puštanje supruge može biti dva puta, nakon čega se ona, ili lijepo i pravedno zadržava, ili joj se uz dobročinstvo razvod daje! A vama nije dopušteno uzimati bilo šta od onoga što ste im darovali, osim ako se njih dvoje plaše da Allahove propise neće izvršavati. A ako se bojite da njih dvoje Allahove propise neće izvršavati, onda im nije grijeh da se ona otkupi. To su Allahove granice, pa ih ne prekoračujte! A oni koji Allahove granice prekoračuju, to su pravi zulumćari!
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Hrvatski · Croatian
Puštanje supruge može biti dva puta, nakon čega se ona, ili lijepo i pravedno zadržava, ili joj se uz dobročinstvo razvod daje! A vama nije dopušteno uzimati bilo što od onoga što ste im darovali, osim ako se njih dvoje plaše da Allahove propise neće izvršavati. A ako se bojite da njih dvoje Allahove propise neće izvršavati, onda im nije grijeh da se ona otkupi. To su Allahove granice, pa ih ne prekoračujte! A oni koji Allahove granice prekoračuju, to su pravi nepravednici!
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Ceergal, ko laaɓi ɗiɗ: ko jogitorgol no moƴƴiri maa accitira no moƴƴiri. Dagaŋtaako on ƴettitugol huunde e kon ko rokku-ɗon ɓe, si wanaa hara ɓe hulii [kamɓe ɗiɗo] nde ɓe niiɓnataa keeri Alla ɗin. Si on hulii roŋkude ñiiɓnude keeri Alla ɗin, goopi alanaa ɓe e kon ko debbo on soktori. Ɗin ko keeri Alla, wata on jaggitu-ɗi. kala jaggituɗo keeri Alla ɗin, ko ɓen ngoni tooñooɓe ɓen
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ქართული · Georgian
(დაბრუნებადი) განქორწინება (შეიძლება მიეცეს მხოლოდ) ორჯერ; (ამის შემდეგ) — ან უნდა შეინარჩუნოს [დააბრუნოს იგი] მიღებული წესის მიხედვით, ან გაუშვას სიკეთით [მისი უფლებების დაცვით და ზიანის მიყენების გარეშე]. და არ არის ნებადართული თქვენთვის (ო, ქმრებო) აიღოთ რაიმე იმიდან, რაც მათ [ცოლებს] აჩუქეთ, გარდა იმ შემთხვევისა, როცა ორივე (მეუღლე) შიშობს, რომ ვერ დაიცავენ ალლაჰის საზღვრებს. და თუ თქვენ [პასუხისმგებელი პირები] შიშობთ, რომ ისინი ორივე [ქმარი და ცოლი] ვერ დაიცავენ ალლაჰის საზღვრებს, მაშინ მათზე [ქმარსა და ცოლზე] არ არის ცოდვა იმაში, რითაც ის [ცოლი] თავს გამოისყიდის [ქალისთვის ნებადართულია შესთავაზოს ქმარს გარკვეული ქონება განქორწინების სანაცვლოდ]. ეს არის ალლაჰის საზღვრები; ნუ გადალახავთ მათ [საზღვრებს]. და ვინც გადალახავს ალლაჰის საზღვრებს — ისინი არიან უსამართლონი.
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Deutsch · German
Die (widerrufliche) Scheidung kann zweimal (erfolgen). Dann (sollen die Frauen) in rechtlicher Weise behalten oder in ordentlicher Weise freigegeben (werden). Und es ist euch nicht erlaubt, etwas von dem, was ihr ihnen gegeben habt, (wieder) zu nehmen, außer wenn die beiden fürchten, dass sie die Grenzen Allahs nicht einhalten werden. Wenn ihr nun befürchtet, dass die beiden die Grenzen Allahs nicht einhalten werden, dann ist für die beiden keine Sünde in dem, womit (an Geld) sie sich löst. Dies sind Allahs Grenzen, so übertretet sie nicht! Und wer Allahs Grenzen übertritt, diejenigen sind die Ungerechten.
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Ελληνικά · Greek
Το διαζύγιο (στο οποίο ο σύζυγος μπορεί να πάρει ξανά τη σύζυγό του στον έγγαμο βίο κατά την περίοδο αναμονής -‘Είντα-) μπορεί να δοθεί (μόνο) δύο φορές: έπειτα είτε διατηρεί κανείς (τη σύζυγο) με καλό τρόπο (καλή συντροφικότητα και καλό έγγαμο βίο), είτε (την) αφήνει με καλοσύνη (μέσω της τρίτης φοράς διαζυγίου, μετά την οποία δεν μπορεί να την πάρει πίσω εκτός με άλλους κανόνες). Και δεν επιτρέπεται σ’ εσάς (τους άνδρες μετά το διαζύγιο) να πάρετε πίσω τίποτα απ’ όση (προίκα) τους είχατε δώσει, εκτός και αν (η σύζυγος μισεί τον σύζυγό της λόγω κάποιων σωματικών ιδιαιτεροτήτων του, ή μεγάλης σεξουαλικής ανεπάρκειάς του, ή κακού χαρακτήρα του κλπ. και ζητάει διαζύγιο) και οι δύο πλευρές (ο άνδρας και η σύζυγός του) φοβούνται ότι δε θα μπορέσουν (εξαιτίας αυτού του μίσους) να τηρήσουν τα όρια που τέθηκαν από τον Αλλάχ (τα συζυγικά δικαιώματα και καθήκοντα). Αν λοιπόν (εσείς, οι κριτές που τεθήκατε από τις δύο πλευρές) φοβάστε ότι δε θα μπορέσουν να τηρήσουν τα όρια που τέθηκαν από τον Αλλάχ, τότε δε θα υπάρχει αμαρτία σε κανέναν απ’ τους δύο, αν αυτή επιστρέψει την προίκα (ή μέρος της στον σύζυγό της) για να πάρει διαζύγιο (Χουλ‘). Αυτά είναι τα όρια που τέθηκαν από τον Αλλάχ, γι’ αυτό μην τα παραβιάζετε. Και όποιοι παραβιάζουν τα όρια που τέθηκαν από τον Αλλάχ, αυτοί είναι οι άδικοι.
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हिन्दी · Hindi
यह तलाक़ दो बार है। फिर या तो अच्छे तरीक़े से रख लेना है, या नेकी के साथ छोड़ देना है। और तुम्हारे लिए ह़लाल (वैध) नहीं कि उसमें से जो तुमने उन्हें दिया है, कुछ भी लो, सिवाय इसके कि उन दोनों को इस बात का डर हो कि वे अल्लाह की सीमाओं को क़ायम न रख सकेंगे। फिर यदि तुम्हें भय[148] हो कि वे दोनों (पति-पत्नी) अल्लाह की सीमाओं को क़ायम न रख सकेंगे, तो उन दोनों पर उसमें कोई दोष (पाप) नहीं जो पत्नी अपनी जान छुड़ाने[149] के बदले में दे दे। ये अल्लाह की सीमाएँ हैं, अतः इनसे आगे मत बढ़ो और जो अल्लाह की सीमाओं से आगे बढ़ेगा, तो यही लोग अत्याचारी हैं।
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Italiano · Italian
È permesso divorziare due volte: trattenetele con dignità o rifiutatele con benevolenza. E non vi è permesso di riprendere una parte che avete dato loro, tranne quando si teme che nessuno dei due rispetti i precetti di Allāh; se temete che non possano osservare i precetti di Allāh, non ci sarà peccato per loro se lei si riscatta: quelli sono i termini di Allāh, attenti a non violarli! E quelli che trasgrediscono i termini di Allāh, quelli sono gli ingiusti!
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
229. Skyrybos yra (atšaukiamos) dukart. Po to – arba tu išlaikai ją priimtinomis sąlygomis arba geranoriškai ją paleidi. Ir neleistina jums (vyrai) atsiimti (iš savo žmonų) jokio savo Mahr (sutuoktinio, santuokos sudarymo metu, nuotakai dovanotų pinigų), kurį jūs davėte joms, išskyrus jei abi pusės bijo, kad nesugebės laikytis Allaho nustatytų ribų (pavyzdžiui, elgtis vienas su kitu sąžiningai). Taigi, jei jūs baiminatės, kad nesugebėsite laikytis Allaho nustatytų ribų, tada nė vienam iš jų nėra nuodėmės, jei ji grąžina (Mahr ar dalį jo) už savo Al-Khul (skyrybas) [32]. Tokios yra Allaho nustatytos ribos, taigi neperženkite jų. Ir kas peržengia Allaho nustatytas ribas, tada tokie yra Zalimūn (nusidėjėliai).
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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Hiikkaan (eega isaatii deebifatamu) yeroo lama. Sana booda haala gaariin qabachuu yookiin bifa tolaan gadi lakkisuudha. Isin (dhiironni) waan isaaniif kennitan (mahrii) irraa isaan lamaanuu daangawwan Rabbii sirreessuu dhabuu yoo sodaatan malee homaa fudhachuun isiniif hin hayyamamu. Yoo isaan lamaan daangawwan Rabbii hin sirreessanu jechuu sodaattan, waan isheen ittiin uf furte fudhachuu keessatti isaan lamaan irra badiin hin jiru. Kun daangawwan Rabbiitii isaan hin dabrinaa; namni daangaawwan Rabbii dabre, isaan sun isaanumatu miidhaa hojjatoodha. [91]
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Русский · Russian
Развод [допустим] дважды. Затем — либо удержание согласно одобряемому, либо отпускание с добродетельным отношением. Не дозволено для вас забирать что-либо из того, что вы даровали им, кроме как если оба боятся, что не смогут соблюсти границ Аллаха. Если же вы боитесь, что они не смогут блюсти границ Аллаха, то нет греха на них обоих в том, что она откупится. Это — границы Аллаха, так не преступайте же их. А кто преступает границы Аллаха — именно они и есть несправедливые.
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Српски · Serbian
Развод може бити два пута, након чега се она, или лепо и праведно задржава, или јој се уз доброчинство последњи развод даје! А вама није допуштено да узимате било шта од онога што сте им даровали, осим ако се њих двоје плаше да Аллахове прописе неће да извршавају. А ако се бојите да њих двоје Аллахове прописе неће да извршавају, онда им није грех да се она откупи. То су Аллахове границе, па их не прекорачујте! А они који Аллахове границе прекорачују, то су прави неправедници!
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Talaka ni mara mbili. Kisha ni kukaa kwa wema au kuachana kwa uzuri. Wala si halali kwenu kuchukua chochote katika kile mlichowapa wake zenu, isipokuwa ikiwa wote wawili watahofia ya kwamba hawataweza kushikamana na mipaka ya Mwenyezi Mungu. Basi mkihofia kuwa hawataweza kushikamana na mipaka ya Mwenyezi Mungu, hapo hakuna ubaya juu yao katika kile ambacho mke atajikomboa kwacho. Hii ndiyo mipaka ya Mwenyezi Mungu. Basi msiikiuke. Na mwenye kukiuka mipaka ya Mwenyezi Mungu, basi hao ndio madhalimu.
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Svenska · Swedish
Skilsmässan [får återkallas] två gånger. Därefter ska [mannen] fortsätta äktenskapet på ett hederligt sätt, eller avsluta det med gott uppförande [genom att uttala en tredje skilsmässa]. Och det är inte tillåtet för er [män] att ta tillbaka något av det ni gett dem, förutom om båda parterna är rädda att de inte kan upprätthålla Guds gränser. Om ni är rädda att de inte kan upprätthålla Guds gränser är det harmlöst om hon avslutar äktenskapet [genom att ge tillbaka en del av sin brudgåva]. Detta är Guds gränser, så överskrid dem inte. Och de som överskrider Guds gränser är verkligen orättfärdiga.
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Türkçe · Turkish
(Dönüş yapılabilecek) boşama iki defadır. Sonrası ya iyilikle geçinmek, ya da güzellikle bırakmaktır. (Evlilikte) tarafların Allah’ın belirlediği ölçüleri koruyamama endişeleri dışında kadınlara verdiklerinizden (boşanma esnasında) bir şeyi geri almanız sizin için helâl olmaz. Eğer onlar Allah’ın belirlediği ölçüleri gözetmeyecekler diye endişe ederseniz, o zaman kadının (boşanmak için) bedel vermesinde ikisine de günah yoktur. Bunlar Allah’ın koyduğu sınırlardır. Sakın bunları aşmayın. Allah’ın koyduğu sınırları kim aşarsa, onlar zalimlerin ta kendileridir.
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اردو · Urdu
یہ طلاقیں دو مرتبہ ہیں[1] ، پھر یا تو اچھائی سے روکنا[2] یا عمدگی کے ساتھ چھوڑ دینا ہے[3] اور تمہیں حلال نہیں کہ تم نے انہیں جو دے دیا ہے اس میں سے کچھ بھی لو، ہاں یہ اور بات ہے کہ دونوں کو اللہ کی حدیں قائم نہ رکھ سکنے کا خوف ہو، اس لئے اگر تمہیں ڈر ہو کہ یہ دونوں اللہ کی حدیں قائم نہ رکھ سکیں گے تو عورت رہائی پانے کے لئے کچھ دے ڈالے، اس میں دونوں پر گناه نہیں[4] یہ اللہ کی حدود ہیں خبردار ان سے آگے نہ بڑھنا اور جو لوگ اللہ کی حدوں سے تجاوز کرجائیں وه ﻇالم ہیں۔
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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Talal Itani2012 Divorced women shall wait by themselves for three periods. And it is not lawful for them to conceal what God has created in their wombs, if they believe in God and the Last Day. Meanwhile, their husbands have the better right to take them back, if they desire reconciliation. And women have rights similar to their obligations, according to what is fair. But men have a degree over them. God is Mighty and Wise.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Women who are divorced shall wait, keeping themselves apart, three (monthly) courses. And it is not lawful for them that they should conceal that which Allah hath created in their wombs if they are believers in Allah and the Last Day. And their husbands would do better to take them back in that case if they desire a reconciliation. And they (women) have rights similar to those (of men) over them in kindness, and men are a degree above them. Allah is Mighty, Wise
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Divorced women must wait for themselves three courses; and it is not lawful to them that they hide what God has created in their wombs, if they believe in God and in the last day. Their husbands will do better to take them back in that (case) if they wish for reconciliation; for, the same is due to them as from them; but the men should have precedence over them. God is mighty and wise
John Medows Rodwell1861 The divorced shall wait the result, until they have had their courses thrice, nor ought they to conceal what God hath created in their wombs, if they believe in God and the last day; and it will be more just in their husbands to bring them back when in this state, if they desire what is right. And it is for the women to act as they (the husbands) act by them, in all fairness; but the men are a step above them. God is Mighty, Wise
George Sale1734 The women who are divorced shall wait concerning themselves until they have their courses thrice, and it shall not be lawful for them to conceal that which God hath created in their wombs, if they believe in God and the last day; and their husbands will act more justly to bring them back at this time, if they desire a reconciliation. The women ought also to behave towards their husbands in like manner as their husbands should behave towards them, according to what is just: But the men ought to have a superiority over them. God is mighty and wise
Talal Itani2012 If he divorces her, she shall not be lawful for him again until she has married another husband. If the latter divorces her, then there is no blame on them for reuniting, provided they think they can maintain God's limits. These are God's limits; He makes them clear to people who know.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And if he hath divorced her (the third time), then she is not lawful unto him thereafter until she hath wedded another husband. Then if he (the other husband) divorce her it is no sin for both of them that they come together again if they consider that they are able to observe the limits of Allah. These are the limits of Allah. He manifesteth them for people who have knowledge
Edward Henry Palmer1880 But if he divorce her (a third time) she shall not be lawful to him after that, until she marry another husband; but, if he divorce her too, it is no crime in them both to come together again, if they think that they can keep within God's bounds. These are God's bounds which He explains to a people who know
John Medows Rodwell1861 But if the husband divorce her a third time, it is not lawful for him to take her again, until she shall have married another husband; and if he also divorce her, then shall no blame attach to them if they return to each other, thinking that they can keep within the bounds fixed by God. And these are the bounds of God; He maketh them clear to those who have knowledge
George Sale1734 But if the husband divorce her a third time, she shall not be lawful for him again, until she marry another husband. But if he also divorce her, it shall be no crime in them, if they return to each other, if they think they can observe the ordinances of God; and these are the ordinances of God, he declareth them to people of understanding
Talal Itani2012 When you divorce women, and they have reached their term, either retain them amicably, or release them amicably. But do not retain them to hurt them and commit aggression. Whoever does that has wronged himself. And do not take God's revelations for a joke. And remember God's favor to you, and that He revealed to you the Scripture and Wisdom to teach you. And fear God, and know that God is aware of everything.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 When ye have divorced women, and they have reached their term, then retain them in kindness or release them in kindness. Retain them not to their hurt so that ye transgress (the limits). He who doeth that hath wronged his soul. Make not the revelations of Allah a laughing-stock (by your behaviour), but remember Allah's grace upon you and that which He hath revealed unto you of the Scripture and of wisdom, whereby He doth exhort you. Observe your duty to Allah and know that Allah is Aware of all things
Edward Henry Palmer1880 When ye divorce women, and they have reached the prescribed time, then keep them kindly, or let them go in reason, but do not keep them by force to transgress; for whoso does that, he is unjust to his own soul: and do not take God's signs in jest; and remember God's favours to you, and what He has sent down to you of the Book and wisdom, to admonish you thereby; and fear God, and know that God doth all things know
John Medows Rodwell1861 But when ye divorce women, and the time for sending them away is come, either retain them with generosity, or put them away with generosity: but retain them not by constraint so as to be unjust towards them. He who doth so, doth in fact injure himself. And make not the signs of God a jest; but remember God's favour toward you, and the Book and the Wisdom which He hath sent down to you for your warning, and fear God, and know that God's knowledge embraceth everything
George Sale1734 But when ye divorce women, and they have fulfilled their prescribed time, either retain them with humanity, or dismiss them with kindness; and retain them not by violence, so that ye transgress; for he who doth this, surely injureth his own soul. And make not the signs of God a jest: But remember God's favour towards you, and that he hath sent down unto you the book of the Koran, and wisdom, admonishing you thereby; and fear God, and know that God is omniscient
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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
0.61 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 Rodwell0.71
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.70
Talal Itani · George Sale0.65
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.65
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.62
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.60
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.58
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.56
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.55
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.46
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Method Wording differences — derived 13 September 2026
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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.