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These messengers: We gave some advantage over others. To some of them God spoke directly, and some He raised in rank. We gave Jesus son of Mary the clear miracles, and We strengthened him with the Holy Spirit. Had God willed, those who succeeded them would not have fought one another, after the clear signs had come to them; but they disputed; some of them believed, and some of them disbelieved. Had God willed, they would not have fought one another; but God does whatever He desires.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Of those messengers, some of whom We have caused to excel others, and of whom there are some unto whom Allah spake, while some of them He exalted (above others) in degree; and We gave Jesus, son of Mary, clear proofs (of Allah'sSovereignty) and We supported him with the holy Spirit. And if Allah had so wiled it, those who followed after them would not have fought one with another after the clear proofs had come unto them. But they differed, some of them believing and some disbelieving. And if Allah had so willed it, they would not have fought one with another; but Allahdoeth what He will
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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 Palmer1840–1882 · published 1880
These apostles have we preferred one of them above another. Of them is one to whom God spake; and we have raised some of them degrees; and we have given Jesus the son of Mary manifest signs, and strengthened him by the Holy Spirit. And, did God please, those who came after them would not have fought after there came to them manifest signs. But they did disagree, and of them are some who believe, and of them some who misbelieve, but, did God please, they would not have fought, for God does what He will
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Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Some of the apostles we have endowed more highly than others: Those to whom God hath spoken, He hath raised to the loftiestgrade, and to Jesus the Son of Mary we gave manifest signs, and we strengthened him with the Holy Spirit. And if God had pleased, they who came after them would not have wrangled, after the clear signs had reached them. But into disputes they fell: some of them believed, and some were infidels; yet if God had pleased, they would not have thus wrangled: but God doth what he will
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Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
These are the apostles; we have preferred some of them before others: Some of them hath God spoken unto, and hath exalted the degree of others of them. And we gave unto Jesus the son of Mary manifest signs, and strengthened him with the holy spirit. And if God had pleased, they who came after those apostles, would not have contended among themselves, after manifest signs had been shewn unto them. But they fell to variance; therefore some of them believed, and some of them believed not; and if God had so pleased, they would not have contended among themselves, but God doth what he will
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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
Këta janë të dërguarit, disa prej të cilëve i kemi dalluar kundrejt disa të tjerëve. Prej tyre ka që Allahu u ka folur (drejtpërdrejt), e disa i ka ngritur në shkallë të larta. Isait, të birit të Merjemes, ia dhamë mrekullitë e qarta dhe e përforcuam me Shpirtin e Dëlirë (Xhibrilin). Sikur të donte Allahu, ata që erdhën pas tyre nuk do të vriteshin ndërmjet vete pas ardhjes së provave të qarta, por u përçanë; disa prej tyre besuan, kurse të tjerët mohuan. Sikur të donte Allahu, ata nuk do të vrisnin njëri-tjetrin, por Allahu bën si të dojë Vetë.
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বাংলা · Bengali
সেইসব রাসুল, আমি তাদের কাউকে কারো উপর শ্রেষ্ঠত্ব দিয়েছি। তাদের মধ্যে এমন কেউ রয়েছেন যার সাথে আল্লাহ স্বয়ং কথা বলেছেন (৭২), আবার কাউকে তিনি উঁচু মর্যাদায় উন্নীত করেছেন।(৭৩) আর মারইয়াম পুত্র ‘ঈসাকে আমি সুস্পষ্ট প্রমাণাদি (৭৪) প্রদান করেছি এবং রুহুল কুদুস (জিবরাঈল) দ্বারা তাকে শক্তিশালী করেছি। আর আল্লাহ ইচ্ছে করলে তাদের পরবর্তীরা তাদের নিকট সুস্পষ্ট প্রমাণাদি আসার পরও পারস্পরিক যুদ্ধ-বিগ্রহে লিপ্ত হতো না; কিন্তু তারা মতভেদ করলো।(৭৫) ফলে তাদের কেউ কেউ ঈমান আনল এবং কেউ কেউ কুফরী করলো। আর আল্লাহ চাইলে তারা পারস্পরিক যুদ্ধ-বিগ্রহে লিপ্ত হতো না; কিন্তু আল্লাহ যা ইচ্ছা তা-ই করেন।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
Te poslanike Mi smo odlikovali jedne nad drugim. S nekima od njih je i Allah govorio, a neke je za više stepeni uzdigao. A Isau, sinu Merjeminu, jasne smo dokaze dali i Duhom Blagoslovljenim ga podržali. Da je Allah htio, oni se ne bi međusobno poslije njih ubijali, kada su im jasni dokazi već došli, ali oni su se razišli: neki su od njih vjerovali, a neki su poricali. A da je Allah htio, oni se ne bi međusobno ubijali! Ali, Allah radi ono što On hoće.
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Hrvatski · Croatian
Te poslanike, Mi smo odlikovali jedne nad drugim. S nekima od njih je i Allah govorio, a neke je za više stupnjeva uzdigao. A Isusu, sinu Marijinom, jasne smo dokaze dali i Duhom Blagoslovljenim ga podržali. Da je Allah htio, oni se ne bi međusobno poslije njih ubijali, kada su im jasni dokazi već došli, ali oni su se razišli: neki su od njih vjerovali, a neki su poricali. A da je Allah htio, oni se ne bi međusobno ubijali! Ali, Allah radi ono što On hoće.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Ɓen Nulaaɓe, men ɓurnii yoga maɓɓe e dow yoga : no he maɓɓe yeewtiduɓe e Alla, o ɓaŋti darjaaji yoga he maɓɓe; men rokki Iisaa, ɓiɗɗo Maryama on, ɓanngannduyeeji men semmbiniri mo fittaandu laaɓundu ndun. Si Alla muuyuno, womɓe ɓaawo maɓɓe ɓen wartindirtaano ɓaawo nde ɓanngannduyeeji ɗin ari maabɓe. Kono ɓe luutondiri: no he maɓɓe ɓen goongɗimɓe, no he maɓɓe yedduɓe. Si Alla muuyuno, ɓe wartindirtaano, kono Alla no waɗa kon ko o yiɗi.
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ქართული · Georgian
۞ აი — მოციქულნი! ჩვენ ზოგ მათგანს უპირატესობა მივანიჭეთ სხვებზე. მათ შორის იყვნენ ისეთნი, ვისაც ალლაჰი ესაუბრა უშუალოდ, შუამავლის გარეშე, და ზოგიერთნი აღამაღლა ხარისხებით. და ჩვენ მივეცით 'ისას, მარიამის ძეს, აშკარა ნიშნები — სასწაულები, რაც ადასტურებდა, რომ იგი ალლაჰის მოციქული იყო. და გავაძლიერეთ იგი წმინდა სულით — ანგელოზი ჯიბრილით. და რომ ნდომებოდა ალლაჰს, ისინი, ვინც მოციქულთა შემდეგ მოვიდნენ, აღარ იბრძოლებდნენ მას შემდეგ, რაც მათთან აშკარა ნიშნები მივიდა. მაგრამ ისინი გაიყარნენ აზრებში: მათ შორის იყვნენ მორწმუნენი და იყვნენ ურწმუნონიც. და რომ ნდომებოდა ალლაჰს, ისინი არ იბრძოლებდნენ უთანხმოების შემდეგ, მაგრამ ალლაჰი აკეთებს იმას, რასაც ინებებს.
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Deutsch · German
Das sind jene Gesandten; einige von ihnen haben Wir vor den anderen bevorzugt. Und unter ihnen gibt es manche, zu denen Allah gesprochen hat, und einige, die Er um Rangstufen erhöht hat. Und Wir gaben 'Isa, dem Sohn Maryams, die klaren Beweise und stärkten ihn mit dem Heiligen Geist. Und hätte Allah gewollt, hätten diejenigen nach ihnen nicht miteinander gekämpft, nachdem die klaren Beweise zu ihnen gekommen waren. Aber sie waren sich uneinig; so gab es unter ihnen manche, die glaubten und andere, die ungläubig waren. Und hätte Allah gewollt, hätten sie nicht miteinander gekämpft, aber Allah tut, was Er will.
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Ελληνικά · Greek
Και απ’ αυτούς τους Αγγελιαφόρους προτιμήσαμε κάποιους πάνω από τους άλλους: σε κάποιους απ’ αυτούς μίλησε ο Αλλάχ (άμεσα, όπως στον Μωυσή και στον Μωχάμμαντ), άλλους τούς αύξησε σε βαθμούς (τιμής, όπως τον Μωχάμμαντ), και στον Ιησού, τον γιο της Μαρίας, δώσαμε σαφείς αποδείξεις και τον υποστηρίξαμε με το άγιο πνεύμα (τον άγγελο Γαβριήλ). Αν ήθελε ο Αλλάχ, αυτοί (από τις επόμενες γενιές) που ήρθαν μετά απ' αυτούς (τους αγγελιαφόρους) δεν θα πολεμούσαν μεταξύ τους, μετά που τους είχαν έρθει οι σαφείς αποδείξεις, αλλά διέφεραν μεταξύ τους, και έτσι, μερικοί απ’ αυτούς πίστευαν και άλλοι αρνήθηκαν την πίστη. Αν ήθελε ο Αλλάχ, δεν θα πολεμούσαν μεταξύ τους, αλλά ο Αλλάχ κάνει ό,τι θέλει.
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हिन्दी · Hindi
ये रसूल हैं, हमने इनमें से कुछ को कुछ पर श्रेष्ठता प्रदान की। इनमें से कुछ वे हैं जिनसे अल्लाह ने बात की, और उनमें से कुछ के उसने दर्जे ऊँचे किए। तथा हमने मरयम के पुत्र ईसा को खुली निशानियाँ दीं और उसे रूह़ुल-क़ुदुस[167] द्वारा शक्ति प्रदान की। और यदि अल्लाह चाहता, तो उनके बाद आने वाले लोग उनके पास खुली निशानियाँ आ जाने के पश्चात आपस में न लड़ते। परंतु उन्होंने मतभेद किया, तो उनमें से कोई तो वह था जो ईमान लाया और उनमें से कोई वह था जिसने कुफ़्र किया। और यदि अल्लाह चाहता, तो वे आपस में न लड़ते, लेकिन अल्लाह जो चाहता है, करता है।
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Italiano · Italian
Quelli sono i Messaggeri. Abbiamo favorito alcuni sugli altri; c’è tra di loro colui a cui parlò Allāh, ed elevò alcuni di loro di grado. E abbiamo dato a ‘Īsa, figlio di Maryem, le Evidenze e lo abbiamo rafforzato con l’Angelo Jibrīl. E se Allāh avesse voluto, non si sarebbero uccisi tra di loro quelli che sono venuti dopo di loro, dopo aver ricevuto le Evidenze; ma furono discordi, e ci fu tra di loro chi ha creduto e chi ha negato. E se Allāh avesse voluto, non si sarebbero uccisi tra di loro, ma Allāh fa ciò che vuole.
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
253. Tie Pasiuntiniai! Mes išaukšitnome kai kuriuos iš jų labiau nei kitus. Kai kuriems iš jų Allahas kalbėjo (tiesiogiai). Kitus Jis pagerbė. Ir Isai (Jėzui), Marjamos (Marijos) sūnui, Mes davėme aiškius įrodymus bei įkalčius, bei parėmėme jį Rūh-ul-Kudus [Džibriliu (Gabrieliu)]. Jei Allahas būtų norėjęs, vėlesnės kartos nebūtų kovojusios viena prieš kitą, kai joms atėjo aiškios Allaho eilutės, bet jos nesutarė – vienos iš jų patikėjo, o kitos – netikėjo. Jei Allahas būtų norėjęs, jos nebūtų kovojusios viena prieš kitą, tačiau Allahas daro tai, ką Jis nori.
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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Ergamoota kana garii isaanii garii irra caalchifne. Isaan irraa nama Rabbiin itti haasayetu jira. Garii isaanii sadarkaa heddu ol fuudhe. Iisaa ilma Maryamiif ragaawwan ifa ta’an kenninee jirra. Ruuhulqudusiin (Jibriiliin) isa jajjabeessine. Odoo Rabbiin fedhee, warri booda isaanii erga ragaawwan ifa taate isaanitti dhuftee booda wal hin lolan turan. Garuu isaan wal dhabani. Isaan irraa namni amane ni jira; isaan irraas kan kafare ni jira. Odoo Rabbiin fedhee, wal hin lolan. Garuu Rabbiin waan fedhe hojjata.[100]
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Русский · Russian
Таковы посланники. Мы возвысили одних из них над другими: среди них были те, с кем говорил Аллах, а иных Он возвысил степенями. И Мы даровали ‘Исе, сыну Марьям, ясные знамения и укрепили его Святым Духом. Если бы Аллах пожелал, то те, которые пришли после них, не сражались бы между собой после того, как к ним явились ясные знамения. Но они впали в разногласия: среди них были те, кто уверовал, и те, кто отверг веру. Если бы Аллах пожелал, то они не сражались бы, однако Аллах вершит то, что пожелает.
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Српски · Serbian
Неке од тих посланика одликовали смо више него друге. Са некима од њих је Аллах говорио, а неке је за више степени уздигао. А Исусу, Маријином сину, смо јасне доказе дали и светим Духом (анђелом Гаврилом) га помогли. Да је Аллах хтео, они се не би међусобно после њих убијали, када су им јасни докази већ дошли, али они су се разишли, неки од њих су веровали, а неки су порицали. А да је Аллах хтео, они се не би међусобно убијали! Али, Аллах ради оно што Он жели.
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Mitume hao tumewaboresha baadhi yao juu ya wengineo. Miongoni mwao kuna wale ambao Mwenyezi Mungu alisema nao, na akawapandisha vyeo baadhi yao. Na tukampa Isa mwana wa Maryam hoja zilizo wazi, na tukamtia nguvu kwa Roho Mtakatifu. Na lau kuwa Mwenyezi Mungu angelipenda, wasingelipigana wale waliokuwa baada yao, baada ya kujiwa na hoja zilizo wazi. Lakini walihitilafiana. Basi miongoni mwao kuna wale walioamini, na miongoni mwao kuna wale waliokufuru. Na lau kuwa Mwenyezi Mungu angelitaka, wasingelipigana. Lakini Mwenyezi Mungu hufanya kile akitakacho.
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Svenska · Swedish
Vi har gett vissa av dessa sändebud företräde framför andra. Bland dem fanns de som Gud talade till, och några har han upphöjt i grader. Och vi gav Jesus, Marias son, klara bevis och stödde honom med helighetens ande. Om Gud hade velat skulle de som kom efter dem inte ha stridit med varandra efter att de klara bevisen hade nått dem, men de blev oense: några av dem trodde, och andra framhärdade i otro. Om Gud hade velat skulle de inte ha stridit, men Gud gör vad han vill.
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Türkçe · Turkish
İşte bu rasûller yok mu, biz onların bazısını bazısından üstün kıldık. Allah'ın konuştuğu ve bazılarının da derecelerini yükselttiği kimseler onlardandır. Meryemoğlu İsa'ya apaçık deliller vermiş ve onu Ruhu'l-Kudüs (Cebrâil) ile desteklemişizdir. Eğer Allah dileseydi, bu peygamberlerden sonra gelen milletler, kendilerine gelen apaçık delillerden sonra birbirlerini öldürmezlerdi. Fakat onlar ihtilâfa düştüler. Onlardan bir kısmı iman etti; bir kısmı da küfre girdi. Eğer Allah dileseydi, birbirlerini öldürmezlerdi. Fakat Allah, dilediğini yapar.
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اردو · Urdu
یہ رسول ہیں جن میں سے ہم نے بعض کو بعض پر فضیلت دی ہے[1] ، ان میں سے بعض وه ہیں جن سے اللہ تعالیٰ نے بات چیت کی ہے اور بعض کے درجے بلند کئے ہیں، اور ہم نے عیسیٰ بن مریم کو معجزات عطا فرمائے اور روح القدس سے ان کی تائید کی[2]۔ اگر اللہ تعالیٰ چاہتا تو ان کے بعد والے اپنے پاس دلیلیں آجانے کے بعد ہرگز آپس میں لڑائی بھڑائی نہ کرتے، لیکن ان لوگوں نے اختلاف کیا، ان میں سے بعض تو مومن ہوئے اور بعض کافر، اور اگر اللہ تعالیٰ چاہتا تو یہ آپس میں نہ لڑتے[3]، لیکن اللہ تعالیٰ جو چاہتا ہے کرتا ہے۔
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not authoritative — a rule-by-rule romanisation, not a reading.
Each verse ends in its pause form, as it is said when you stop there. Pauses inside a verse and other tajwid rules are not shown. It is derived from the Tanzil
Simple edition, while the Arabic above is the
Uthmani edition; both are cleared, but they are not the
same edition and their orthography differs.
Talal Itani2012 And they defeated them by God's leave, and David killed Goliath, and God gave him sovereignty and wisdom, and taught him as He willed. Were it not for God restraining the people, some by means of others, the earth would have gone to ruin. But God is gracious towards mankind.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 So they routed them by Allah's leave and David slew Goliath; and Allah gave him the kingdom and wisdom, and taught him of that which He willeth. And if Allah had not repelled some men by others the earth would have been corrupted. But Allah is a Lord of Kindness to (His) creatures
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And they put them to flight by the permission of God, and David killed Galut, and God gave him the kingdom and wisdom, and taught him of what He willed. And were it not for God's repelling men one with another the earth would become spoiled; but God is Lord of grace over the worlds
John Medows Rodwell1861 And by the will of God they routed them; and (Daood) David slew Goliath; and God gave him the kingship and wisdom, and taught him according to His will: and were it not for the restraint of one by means of the other, imposed on men by God, verily the earth had been utterly corrupted. But God is bounteous to his creatures
George Sale1734 Therefore they discomfited them, by the will of God, and David slew Jalut. And God gave him the kingdom and wisdom, and taught him his will, and if God had not prevented men, the one by the other, verily the earth had been corrupted: But God is beneficent towards his creatures
DIN 31635tilka ʾāyātu llāhi natlūhā ʿalayka bil-ḥaqqi waʾinnaka lamina l-mursalīna
Talal Itani2012 These are God's revelations, which We recite to you in truth. You are one of the messengers.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 These are the portents of Allah which We recite unto thee (Muhammad) with truth, and lo! thou art of the number of (Our) messengers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 These are the signs of God, we recite them to thee in truth, for, verily, thou art of those who are sent
John Medows Rodwell1861 Such are the signs of God: with truth do we rehearse them to thee, for one of the Sent Ones art Thou
George Sale1734 These are the signs of God: We rehearse them unto thee with truth, and thou art surely one of those who have been sent by God
Talal Itani2012 O you who believe! Spend from what We have given you, before a Day comes in which there is neither trading, nor friendship, nor intercession. The disbelievers are the wrongdoers.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 O ye who believe! spend of that wherewith We have provided you ere a day come when there will be no trafficking, nor friendship, nor intercession. The disbelievers, they are the wrong-doers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 O ye who believe! expend in alms of what we have bestowed upon you, before the day comes in which is no barter, and no friendship, and no intercession; and the misbelievers, they are the unjust
John Medows Rodwell1861 O Believers! give alms of that with which we have supplied you, before the day cometh when there shall be no trafficking, nor friendship, nor intercession. And the infidels are the wrong-doers
George Sale1734 O true believers, give alms of that which we have bestowed on you, before the day cometh wherein there shall be no merchandizing, nor friendship, nor intercession. The infidels are unjust doers
Talal Itani2012 God! There is no god except He, the Living, the Everlasting. Neither slumber overtakes Him, nor sleep. To Him belongs everything in the heavens and everything on earth. Who is he that can intercede with Him except with His permission? He knows what is before them, and what is behind them; and they cannot grasp any of His knowledge, except as He wills. His Throne extends over the heavens and the earth, and their preservation does not burden Him. He is the Most High, the Great.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Allah! There is no deity save Him, the Alive, the Eternal. Neither slumber nor sleep overtaketh Him. Unto Him belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth. Who is he that intercedeth with Him save by His leave? He knoweth that which is in front of them and that which is behind them, while they encompass nothing of His knowledge save what He will. His throne includeth the heavens and the earth, and He is never weary of preserving them. He is the Sublime, the Tremendous
Edward Henry Palmer1880 God, there is no god but He, the living, the self-subsistent. Slumber takes Him not, nor sleep. His is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth. Who is it that intercedes with Him save by His permission? He knows what is before them and what behind them, and they comprehend not aught of His knowledge but of what He pleases. His throne extends over the heavens and the earth, and it tires Him not to guard them both, for He is high and grand
John Medows Rodwell1861 God! There is no God but He; the Living, the Eternal; Nor slumber seizeth Him, nor sleep; His, whatsoever is in the Heavens and whatsoever is in the Earth! Who is he that can intercede with Him but by His own permission? He knoweth what hath been before them and what shall be after them; yet nought of His knowledge shall they grasp, save what He willeth. His Throne reacheth over the Heavens and the Earth, and the upholding of both burdeneth Him not; and He is the High, the Great
George Sale1734 God! There is no God but he; the living, the self-subsisting: Neither slumber nor sleep seizeth him; to him belongeth whatsoever is in heaven, and on earth. Who is he that can intercede with him, but through his good pleasure? He knoweth that which is past, and that which is to come unto them, and they shall not comprehend any thing of his knowledge, but so far as he pleaseth. His throne is extended over heaven and earth, and the preservation of both is no burden unto him. He is the high, the mighty
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 —
0.58 on a scale
where 0 means identical wording and 1 means no shared words. It is
computed, not judged.
The page says a verse is worded differently only above the cut below. The cut is a stated convention, not a property of the text, and it can be changed.
The cut
0.644
Share of measured verses above it
33%
Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.65
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.60
Talal Itani · George Sale0.60
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.59
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.59
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.59
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.58
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.57
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.56
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.44
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
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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.