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2:237

وَإِن طَلَّقْتُمُوهُنَّ مِن قَبْلِ أَن تَمَسُّوهُنَّ وَقَدْ فَرَضْتُمْ لَهُنَّ فَرِيضَةً فَنِصْفُ مَا فَرَضْتُمْ إِلَّآ أَن يَعْفُونَ أَوْ يَعْفُوَا۟ ٱلَّذِى بِيَدِهِۦ عُقْدَةُ ٱلنِّكَاحِ وَأَن تَعْفُوٓا۟ أَقْرَبُ لِلتَّقْوَىٰ وَلَا تَنسَوُا۟ ٱلْفَضْلَ بَيْنَكُمْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)wa'in tallaqtumoohunna min qabli an tamassoohunna waqad faradtum lahunna fareedatan fanisfu maa faradtum illaa an ya'foona aw ya'fuwa lladhee biyadihi 'uqdatu n-nikaahi wa'an ta'foo aqrabu lilttaqwaa walaa tansawu l-fadla baynakum inna llaaha bimaa ta'maloona baseer

DIN 31635waʾin ṭallaqtumūhunna min qabli ʾan tamassūhunna waqad faraḍtum lahunna farīḍatan faniṣfu mā faraḍtum ʾillā ʾan yaʿfūna ʾaw yaʿfuwa llaḏī biyadihi ʿuqdatu n-nikāḥi waʾan taʿfū ʾaqrabu lilttaqwā walā tansawu l-faḍla baynakum ʾinna llāha bimā taʿmalūna baṣīrun

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Talal Itani · published 2012

If you divorce them before you have touched them, but after you had set the dowry for them, give them half of what you specified-unless they forego the right, or the one in whose hand is the marriage contract foregoes it. But to forego is nearer to piety. And do not forget generosity between one another. God is seeing of everything you do.

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

If ye divorce them before ye have touched them and ye have appointed unto them a portion, then (pay the) half of that which ye appointed, unless they (the women) agree to forgo it, or he agreeth to forgo it in whose hand is the marriage tie. To forgo is nearer to piety. And forget not kindness among yourselves. Allah is Seer of what ye do

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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

And if ye divorce them before ye have touched them, but have already settled for them a settlement; the half of what ye have settled, unless they remit it, or he in whose hand is the marriage tie remits it; and that ye should remit is nearer to piety, and forget not liberality between you. Verily, God on what ye do doth look

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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

But if ye divorce them before consummation, and have already settled a dowry on them, ye shall give them half of what ye have settled, unless they make a release, or he make a release in whose hand is the marriage tie. But if ye make a release, it will be nearer to piety. And forget not generosity in your relations one towards another; for God beholdeth your doings

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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

But if ye divorce them before ye have touched them, and have already settled a dowry on them, ye shall give them half of what ye have settled, unless they release any part, or he release part in whose hand the knot of marriage is; and if ye release the whole, it will approach nearer unto piety. And forget not liberality among you, for God seeth that which ye do

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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, nëse i lëshoni para se të keni marrëdhënie me to, por pasi t'ua keni caktuar mehrin, atëherë atyre u takon gjysma e mehrit të caktuar, përveç nëse ato heqin dorë ose heq dorë ai që në dorë ka lidhjen e martesës, porse të falni është më afër devotshmërisë. Mirëpo, mos e harroni bujarinë mes jush. Pa dyshim, Allahu sheh mirë gjithçka që bëni.

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বাংলা · Bengali

আর তোমরা যদি তাদেরকে স্পর্শ করার আগে তালাক দাও; অথচ তাদের জন্য মাহর ধার্য করে থাকো, তাহলে যা তোমরা ধার্য করেছ তার অর্ধেক । তবে তারা যদি (অর্ধেক মাহর) না নিয়ে (স্বামীকে) ক্ষমা করে দেয় অথবা যার হাতে বিয়ের বন্ধন রয়েছে (৬৪) সে অনুগ্রহ করতে চায় (সেটা ভিন্ন কথা)। তবে মাফ করে দেয়াই তাকওয়ার নিকটতর। আর তোমরা নিজেদের মধ্যে অনুগ্রহের কথা ভুলে যেও না। তোমরা যা করো, নিশ্চয় আল্লাহ সে সম্পর্কে সম্যক দ্রষ্টা।

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Bosanski · Bosnian

A ako ih pustite prije nego što ste u intimni odnos s njima stupili, a već ste im vjenčani dar odredili, one će zadržati polovinu onoga što ste odredili, osim ako se odreknu ili se odrekne onaj koji odlučuje o sklapanju braka; a ako se vi odreknete – to je bliže bogobojaznosti! I ne zaboravite da jedni prema drugima dobri budete! Allah, doista, dobro vidi šta vi radite.

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Hrvatski · Croatian

A ako ih pustite prije nego što ste u odnos s njima stupili, a već ste im vjenčani dar odredili, one će zadržati polovinu onoga što ste odredili, osim ako se odreknu ili se odrekne onaj koji odlučuje o sklapanju braka; a ako se vi odreknete – to je bliže bogobojaznosti! I ne zaboravite da jedni prema drugima dobri budete! Allah, doista, dobro vidi šta vi radite.

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Fulfulde · Fulani

Si on seerii suddiiɓe ɓen ado on meemude ɓe, tawa on jaŋtanike ɓe teŋe: ko feccere kon ko jaŋti-ɗon, si wanaa hara ɓe ya'afi maa on mo dewgal woni e juuɗe mu'un ya'afii. Ko nde ya'afotoɗon ɓurata ɓaɗtinnde gomɗal. Wata on yejjitu ɓural ngal hakkunde mo'on. pellet Alla ko reenuɗo kala ko golloton

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ქართული · Georgian

და თუ თქვენ განქორწინდებით მათთან (ცოლებთან) ქორწინების შეთანხმების შემდეგ, სანამ მათთან სიახლოვე გექნებათ, მაგრამ უკვე დაუდგენიათ მათთვის სავალდებულო მაჰრი (საქორწინო ძღვენი), მაშინ მათ ეკუთვნით იმ მაჰრის ნახევარი, რაც თქვენ დაადგინეთ. გარდა იმ შემთხვევისა, თუ ისინი (ქალები) აპატიებენ (და არ აიღებენ მათ კუთვნილ ნახევარს), ან აპატიებს ის (ქმარი), ვის ხელშიც არის საქორწინო კავშირი (და დაუტოვებს მთელ მაჰრს მას). და თუ თქვენ (კაცები) აპატიებთ (ანუ არ მოითხოვთ იმ ნახევარს, რომელზეც უფლება გაქვთ), ეს უფრო ახლოსაა ღვთისმოშიშობასთან. და ნუ დაივიწყებთ ერთმანეთის მიმართ გულუხვობას. უეჭველად, ალლაჰი ხედავს იმას, რასაც თქვენ აკეთებთ.

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Deutsch · German

Und wenn ihr euch von ihnen scheidet, bevor ihr sie berührt und euch ihnen gegenüber schon (zu einer Brautgabe) verpflichtet habt, dann (steht ihnen) die Hälfte dessen (zu), wozu ihr euch verpflichtet habt, es sei denn, dass sie (es) erlassen oder der, in dessen Hand die Eheschließung ist. Doch wenn ihr (es) erlasst, kommt das der Furcht (vor Allah) näher. Und vergesst die (entgegenkommende) Großmut untereinander nicht. Wahrlich, Allah sieht, was ihr tut.

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Ελληνικά · Greek

Αν όμως τις χωρίσετε προτού να τις αγγίξετε (σεξουαλικά), αλλά τους έχετε ορίσει μια (συγκεκριμένη) προίκα, τότε (δώστε τους) το μισό από αυτό που καθορίσατε για προίκα, εκτός και αν αποδεχτούν (οι γυναίκες) να αφήσουν (αυτό το μισό), ή αν αυτός (ο σύζυγος), στο χέρι του οποίου είναι ο δεσμός του γάμου, δεχτεί να δώσει (στη γυναίκα) την πλήρη προίκα. Και το να αφήσετε (ο ένας στον άλλον, κάποια από τα δικαιώματά σας) είναι πλησιέστερο στην ευσέβεια. Και μην ξεχνάτε τη γενναιοδωρία (την ανοχή και την ευγένεια) μεταξύ σας. Στ’ αλήθεια, ο Αλλάχ βλέπει ό,τι κάνετε.

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हिन्दी · Hindi

और यदि तुम उन्हें इससे पहले तलाक़ दे दो कि उन्हें हाथ लगाओ, जबकि तुम उनके लिए कोई महर निर्धारित कर चुके हो, तो तुमने जो महर निर्धारित किया है उसका आधा देना अनिवार्य है, सिवाय इसके कि वे (पत्नियाँ) माफ़ कर दें, अथवा वह पुरुष माफ़ कर दे जिसके हाथ में विवाह का बंधन[157] है। और यह (बात) कि तुम माफ़ कर दो तक़वा (परहेज़गारी) के अधिक क़रीब है। और आपस में उपकार करना न भूलो। निःसंदेह अल्लाह उसे ख़ूब देखने वाला है, जो तुम कर रहे हो।

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Italiano · Italian

E se divorzierete da loro prima di averle toccate, e avete concesso la dote, allora spetterà loro metà di quanto avete concordato, a meno che non ci rinuncino loro stesse o chi ha in mano l’atto dell’unione. E se perdonate, ciò è più vicino alla devozione. E non dimenticate il bene reciproco: In verità Allāh di ciò che fate è Osservatore.

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Lietuvių · Lithuanian

237. Ir jei jūs išsiskiriate su jomis iki jas palietę (turėję lytinių santykių su jomis) ir paskyrę joms Mahr (kraičio), tada sumokėkite pusę to (Mahr), nebent jos (moterys) sutinka to atsisakyti arba jis (sutuoktinis), kurio rankose yra santuokos saitai, sutinka atsisakyti (ir duoti jai pilnai paskirtą Mahr). Tiek (Mahr gavimo) atsisakymas, tiek (pilno Mahr) davimas yra arčiau At-Takva (dievobaimingumo, tiesingumo). Ir nepamirškite būti dosnūs vienas kitam. Iš tiesų, Allahas yra Matantis tai, ką jūs darote.

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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo

Odoo mahrii isaaniif murteessitanii jirtanuu isaan tuquun dura yoo isaan hiiktan, walakkaa waan murteessitaniitu (isheef jira), garuu yoo isaan (duubartoonni) dhiisan yookiin inni hidhaan nikaa harka isaa jiru (dhirsi) dhiise (walakkaan dirqamaa miti). Isin dhiisuutu sodaa (Rabbiitti) irra dhiyoodha. Tola giddu keessanii hin irraanfatinaa; Rabbiin waan isin hojjattan argaadha.

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Русский · Russian

А если вы разведётесь с ними до того, как прикоснётесь к ним, но уже установили для них предписанный [брачный дар], то [им] — половина того, что вы установили, кроме случая, когда они простят или простит тот, в чьих руках узы брака. Если вы простите, то это ближе к богобоязненности, и не забывайте о великодушии между вами. Воистину, Аллах видит то, что вы совершаете.

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Српски · Serbian

А ако их пустите пре него што сте у однос с њима ступили, а већ сте им венчани дар одредили, оне ће задржати половину онога што сте одредили, осим ако се одрекну или се одрекне онај који одлучује о склапању брака; а ако се ви одрекнете - то је ближе богобојазности! И не заборавите да једни према другима добри будете! Аллах, заиста, добро види шта ви радите.

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Kiswahili · Swahili

Na mkiwataliki kabla ya kuwagusa, na tayari mmeshawakatia mahari mahususi, basi wapeni nusu ya mahari mliyowakatia. Isipokuwa ikiwa wanawake wenyewe watasamehe, au amesamehe yule ambaye fundo la ndoa liko mkononi mwake. Na mkisamehe ndiyo kuwa karibu zaidi na ucha Mungu. Wala msisahau fadhila zilizo baina yenu. Hakika, Mwenyezi Mungu anayaona vyema mnayoyatenda.

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Svenska · Swedish

Och om ni skiljer er innan ni har haft samlag med dem, men efter att ni har fastställt en brudgåva, ska ni ge dem hälften av det ni har fastställt, om inte kvinnorna avstår eller den som har äktenskapskontraktet i sin hand avstår. Att visa överseende ligger närmare gudsfruktan. Och glöm inte den välvilja som ska råda er emellan. Gud har fullständig insikt om allt ni gör.

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Türkçe · Turkish

Eğer onlara mehir biçer de, temas etmeden onları boşarsanız mehrin yarısı onların hakkıdır. Ancak kadınlar bundan vazgeçer ya da nikâh bağı elinde bulunan erkek, mehrin yarısını ve daha fazlasını bağışlarsa o başka. Mehrin hepsini bağışlamanız takvaya daha uygundur. Aranızdaki iyiliği unutmayın. Allah, şüphesiz yaptıklarınızı hakkıyla görendir.

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اردو · Urdu

اور اگر تم عورتوں کو اس سے پہلے طلاق دے دو کہ تم نے انہیں ہاتھ لگایا ہو اور تم نے ان کا مہر بھی مقرر کردیا ہو تو مقرره مہر کا آدھا مہر دے دو، یہ اور بات ہے کہ وه خود معاف کردیں[1] یا وه شخص معاف کردے جس کے ہاتھ میں نکاح کی گره ہے[2] تمہارا معاف کردینا تقویٰ سے بہت نزدیک ہے اور آپس کی فضیلت اور بزرگی کو فراموش نہ کرو، یقیناً اللہ تعالیٰ تمہارے اعمال کو دیکھ رہا ہے۔

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2:235

وَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِيمَا عَرَّضْتُم بِهِۦ مِنْ خِطْبَةِ ٱلنِّسَآءِ أَوْ أَكْنَنتُمْ فِىٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ عَلِمَ ٱللَّهُ أَنَّكُمْ سَتَذْكُرُونَهُنَّ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تُوَاعِدُوهُنَّ سِرًّا إِلَّآ أَن تَقُولُوا۟ قَوْلًا مَّعْرُوفًا وَلَا تَعْزِمُوا۟ عُقْدَةَ ٱلنِّكَاحِ حَتَّىٰ يَبْلُغَ ٱلْكِتَٰبُ أَجَلَهُۥ وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِىٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ فَٱحْذَرُوهُ وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ حَلِيمٌ

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Easy-read (simplified)walaa junaaha 'alaykum feemaa 'arradtum bihi min khitbati n-nisaa'i aw aknantum fee anfusikum 'alima llaahu annakum satadhkuroonahunna walaakin laa tuwaa'idoohunna sirran illaa an taqooloo qawlan ma'roofan walaa ta'zimoo 'uqdata n-nikaahi hattaa yablugha l-kitaabu ajalahu wa'lamoo anna llaaha ya'lamu maa fee anfusikum fahdharoohu wa'lamoo anna llaaha ghafoorun haleem

DIN 31635walā ǧunāḥa ʿalaykum fīmā ʿarraḍtum bihi min ḫiṭbati n-nisāʾi ʾaw ʾaknantum fī ʾanfusikum ʿalima llāhu ʾannakum sataḏkurūnahunna walākin lā tuwāʿidūhunna sirran ʾillā ʾan taqūlū qawlan maʿrūfan walā taʿzimū ʿuqdata n-nikāḥi ḥattā yabluġa l-kitābu ʾaǧalahu waʿlamū ʾanna llāha yaʿlamu mā fī ʾanfusikum faḥḏarūhu waʿlamū ʾanna llāha ġafūrun ḥalīmun

Talal Itani2012 You commit no error by announcing your engagement to women, or by keeping it to yourselves. God knows that you will be thinking about them. But do not meet them secretly, unless you have something proper to say. And do not confirm the marriage tie until the writing is fulfilled. And know that God knows what is in your souls, so beware of Him. And know that God is Forgiving and Forbearing.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 There is no sin for you in that which ye proclaim or hide in your minds concerning your troth with women. Allah knoweth that ye will remember them. But plight not your troth with women except by uttering a recognised form of words. And do not consummate the marriage until (the term) prescribed is run. Know that Allah knoweth what is in your minds, so beware of Him; and know that Allah is Forgiving, Clement

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Nor is there any crime in you for that ye make them an offer of marriage, or that ye keep it secret, in your minds. God knows that ye will remember them; but do not propose to them in secret, unless ye speak a reasonable speech; and resolve not on marriage tie until the Book shall reach its time; but know that God knows what is in your souls; so beware! and know that God is forgiving and clement

John Medows Rodwell1861 And then shall no blame attach to you in making proposals of marriage to such women, or in keeping such intention to yourselves? God knoweth that ye will not forget them. But promise them not in secret, unless ye speak honourable words; And resolve not on the marriage tie until the prescribed time be reached; and know that God knoweth what is in your minds: therefore, beware of Him; and know that God is Gracious, Mild

George Sale1734 And it shall be no crime in you, whether ye make public overtures of marriage unto such women, within the said four months and ten days, or whether ye conceal such your designs in your minds: God knoweth that ye will remember them. But make no promise unto them privately, unless ye speak honourable words; and resolve not on the knot of marriage, until the prescribed time be accomplished; and know that God knoweth that which is in your minds, therefore beware of him, and know that God is gracious and merciful

2:236

لَّا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ إِن طَلَّقْتُمُ ٱلنِّسَآءَ مَا لَمْ تَمَسُّوهُنَّ أَوْ تَفْرِضُوا۟ لَهُنَّ فَرِيضَةً وَمَتِّعُوهُنَّ عَلَى ٱلْمُوسِعِ قَدَرُهُۥ وَعَلَى ٱلْمُقْتِرِ قَدَرُهُۥ مَتَٰعًۢا بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ حَقًّا عَلَى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)laa junaaha 'alaykum in tallaqtumu n-nisaa'a maa lam tamassoohunna aw tafridoo lahunna fareedatan wamatti'oohunna 'alaa l-moosi'i qadaruhu wa'alaa l-muqtiri qadaruhu mataa'an bil-ma'roofi haqqan 'alaa l-muhsineen

DIN 31635lā ǧunāḥa ʿalaykum ʾin ṭallaqtumu n-nisāʾa mā lam tamassūhunna ʾaw tafriḍū lahunna farīḍatan wamattiʿūhunna ʿalā l-mūsiʿi qadaruhu waʿalā l-muqtiri qadaruhu matāʿan bil-maʿrūfi ḥaqqan ʿalā l-muḥsinīna

Talal Itani2012 You commit no error by divorcing women before having touched them, or before having set the dowry for them. And compensate them-the wealthy according to his means, and the poor according to his means-with a fair compensation, a duty upon the doers of good.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 It is no sin for you if ye divorce women while yet ye have not touched them, nor appointed unto them a portion. Provide for them, the rich according to his means, and the straitened according to his means, a fair provision. (This is) a bounden duty for those who do good

Edward Henry Palmer1880 It is no crime in you if ye divorce your women ere you have yet touched them, or settled for them a settlement. But provide maintenance for them; the wealthy according to his power, and the straitened in circumstances according to his power, must provide, in reason;- a duty this upon the kind

John Medows Rodwell1861 It shall be no crime in you if ye divorce your wives so long as ye have not consummated the marriage, nor settled any dowry on them. And provide what is needful for them he who is in ample circumstances according to his means, and he who is straitened, according to his means - with fairness: This is binding on those who do what is right

George Sale1734 It shall be no crime in you, if ye divorce your wives, so long as ye have not touched them, nor settled any dowry on them. And provide for them -- he who is at his ease must provide according to his circumstances, and he who is straitened according to his circumstances -- necessaries, according to what shall be reasonable. This is a duty incumbent on the righteous

2:237 — the verse above

2:238

حَٰفِظُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلصَّلَوَٰتِ وَٱلصَّلَوٰةِ ٱلْوُسْطَىٰ وَقُومُوا۟ لِلَّهِ قَٰنِتِينَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)haafizoo 'alaa s-salawaati was-salaati l-wustaa waqoomoo lillaahi qaaniteen

DIN 31635ḥāfiẓū ʿalā ṣ-ṣalawāti waṣ-ṣalāti l-wusṭā waqūmū lillāhi qānitīna

Talal Itani2012 Guard your prayers, and the middle prayer, and stand before God in devotion.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Be guardians of your prayers, and of the midmost prayer, and stand up with devotion to Allah

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Observe the prayers, and the middle prayer, and stand ye attent before God

John Medows Rodwell1861 Observe strictly the prayers, and the middle prayer, and stand up full of devotion towards God

George Sale1734 Carefully observe the appointed prayers, and the middle prayer, and be assiduous therein, with devotion towards God

2:239

فَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ فَرِجَالًا أَوْ رُكْبَانًا فَإِذَآ أَمِنتُمْ فَٱذْكُرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ كَمَا عَلَّمَكُم مَّا لَمْ تَكُونُوا۟ تَعْلَمُونَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)fa'in khiftum farijaalan aw rukbaanan fa'idhaa amintum fadhkuroo llaaha kamaa 'allamakum maa lam takoonoo ta'lamoon

DIN 31635faʾin ḫiftum fariǧālan ʾaw rukbānan faʾiḏā ʾamintum faḏkurū llāha kamā ʿallamakum mā lam takūnū taʿlamūna

Talal Itani2012 But if you are in fear, then on foot, or riding. And when you are safe, remember God, as He taught you what you did not know.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And if ye go in fear, then (pray) standing or on horseback. And when ye are again in safety, remember Allah, as He hath taught you that which (heretofore) ye knew not

Edward Henry Palmer1880 And if ye fear, then afoot or on horseback; but when ye are in safety remember God, how He taught you while yet ye did not know

John Medows Rodwell1861 And if you have any alarm, then pray on foot or riding: but when you are safe, then remember God, how he hath made you to know what ye knew not

George Sale1734 But if ye fear any danger, pray on foot or on horseback; and when ye are safe, remember God, how he hath taught you what as yet ye knew not

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

وَإِن طَلَّقْتُمُوهُنَّ مِن قَبْلِ أَن تَمَسُّوهُنَّ وَقَدْ فَرَضْتُمْ لَهُنَّ فَرِيضَةً فَنِصْفُ مَا فَرَضْتُمْ إِلَّا أَن يَعْفُونَ أَوْ يَعْفُوَ الَّذِي بِيَدِهِ عُقْدَةُ النِّكَاحِ وَأَن تَعْفُوا أَقْرَبُ لِلتَّقْوَىٰ وَلَا تَنسَوُا الْفَضْلَ بَيْنَكُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ

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 — 0.50 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 · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.61
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell 0.59
Talal Itani · George Sale 0.53
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale 0.51
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.50
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer 0.50
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell 0.50
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell 0.46
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale 0.42
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale 0.39

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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