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2:89

وَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ كِتَٰبٌ مِّنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ مُصَدِّقٌ لِّمَا مَعَهُمْ وَكَانُوا۟ مِن قَبْلُ يَسْتَفْتِحُونَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُم مَّا عَرَفُوا۟ كَفَرُوا۟ بِهِۦ فَلَعْنَةُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)walammaa jaa'ahum kitaabun min 'indi llaahi musaddiqun limaa ma'ahum wakaanoo min qablu yastaftihoona 'alaa lladheena kafaroo falammaa jaa'ahum maa 'arafoo kafaroo bihi fala'natu llaahi 'alaa l-kaafireen

DIN 31635walammā ǧāʾahum kitābun min ʿindi llāhi muṣaddiqun limā maʿahum wakānū min qablu yastaftiḥūna ʿalā llaḏīna kafarū falammā ǧāʾahum mā ʿarafū kafarū bihi falaʿnatu llāhi ʿalā l-kāfirīna

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

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Talal Itani · published 2012

And when a scripture came to them from God, confirming what they have-although previously they were seeking victory against those who disbelieved-but when there came to them what they recognized, they disbelieved in it. So God's curse is upon the disbelievers.

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 there cometh unto them a scripture from Allah, confirming that in their possession - though before that they were asking for a signal triumph over those who disbelieved - and when there cometh unto them that which they know (to be the truth) they disbelieve therein. The curse of Allah is on disbelievers

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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 when a book came down from God confirming what they had with them, though they had before prayed for victory over those who misbelieve, yet when that came to them which they knew, then they disbelieved it,- God's curse be on the misbelievers

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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 a Book had come to them from God, confirming that which they had received already - although they had before prayed for victory over those who believed not - yet when that Koran come to them, of which they had knowledge, they did not recognise it. The curse of God on the infidels

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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

And when a book came unto them from God, confirming the scriptures which were with them, although they had before prayed for assistance against those who believed not, yet when that came unto them which they knew to be from God, they would not believe therein: therefore the curse of God shall be on the infidels

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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, kur u erdhi atyre një Libër nga Allahu (Kurani), i cili vërtetonte atë që gjendej tek ata (Teuratin dhe Inxhilin), – ndërkohë më parë ata luteshin (të vinte i Dërguari) që të fitonin kundër jobesimtarëve[11], – ata e mohuan atë, edhe pse u erdhi ajo që e njihnin. Prandaj, mallkimi i Allahut qoftë mbi jobesimtarët!

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 আল্লাহর কাছ থেকে তাদের কাছে যা আছে তার সত্যায়নকারী কিতাব আসলো; অথচ পূর্বে তারা এর সাহায্যে কাফিরদের বিরুদ্ধে বিজয় প্রার্থনা করতো, তারপর যখন তাদের কাছে পরিচিত কিতাব আসল, তখন তারা এটিকে অস্বীকার করে বসলো। কাজেই কাফিরদের ওপর আল্লাহর অভিসম্পাত।

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 im od Allaha dođe Knjiga koja potvrđuje istinitost onoga što oni imaju – a još otprije su pomoć protiv nevjernika molili – kada im dođe ono što im je poznato, oni to negiraše. Pa neka Allahovo prokletstvo stigne nevjernike!

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Hrvatski · Croatian

A kada im od Allaha dođe Knjiga koja potvrđuje istinitost onoga što oni imaju – a još otprije su pomoć protiv nevjernika molili – kada im dođe ono što im je poznato, oni to negiraše. Pa neka Allahovo prokletstvo stigne nevjernike!

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Fulfulde · Fulani

Nde deftere ari e maɓɓe iwde e Alla, ende nuunɗina ko ɓe njogii ado ɗuum ɓe ngonndoo ko wallitoraade ɗum dow ɓeen yedduɓe nde ko ɓe nganndi ko ari he maɓɓe ɓe njeddi ɗum, yo kuɗdi Alla won he heeferɓe.

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ქართული · Georgian

და როცა მათთან [იუდეველებთან] მოვიდა ალლაჰისგან კიდევ ერთი წერილი [ყურანი], რომელიც ადასტურებდა იმას, რაც მათთან იყო [თორას], — მაშინ როცა ადრე ისინი ალლაჰისგან დახმარებას ითხოვდნენ ურწმუნოთა წინააღმდეგ, — და როცა მათთან მოვიდა ის, რაც მათ საკუთარი წიგნებიდან იცოდნენ, მათ ეს უარყვეს. და ალლაჰის წყევლა ურწმუნოებზეა!

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Deutsch · German

Und als ein Buch von Allah zu ihnen kam, das bestätigend, was ihnen bereits vorlag – und zuvor hatten sie um einen entscheidenden Sieg über diejenigen, die ungläubig waren, flehend gebeten –, als nun das zu ihnen kam, was sie kannten, verleugneten sie es. So sei Allahs Fluch über die Ungläubigen!

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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15

Ελληνικά · Greek

Και όταν ήλθε σ’ αυτούς (τους Εβραίους) ένα Βιβλίο (το Κορ'άν) από τον Αλλάχ που επιβεβαιώνει αυτό που ήταν μαζί τους (από την πρωτότυπη Τορά), ενώ προηγουμένως είχαν επικαλεστεί (τον Αλλάχ για τον ερχομό του Μωχάμμαντ) για νίκη έναντι των άπιστων (νομίζοντας ότι ο προφήτης που περίμεναν θα ερχόταν από τους Εβραίους), και όταν ήλθε σ’ αυτούς αυτός που τον αναγνώρισαν, τον αρνήθηκαν (αφού είδαν ότι δεν ήρθε από τους ίδιους)! Έτσι, ας είναι η κατάρα του Αλλάχ στους άπιστους.

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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2

हिन्दी · Hindi

और जब उनके पास अल्लाह की ओर से एक पुस्तक (क़ुरआन) आई, जो उसकी पुष्टि करने वाली है, जो उनके पास है, हालाँकि वे इससे पूर्व काफ़िरों पर विजय की प्रार्थना किया करते थे, फिर जब उनके पास वह चीज़ आ गई, जिसे उन्होंने पहचान लिया, तो उन्होंने उसका इनकार[42] कर दिया। तो काफ़िरों पर अल्लाह की लानत है।

Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5

Italiano · Italian

E quando arrivò loro un Libro da Allāh a conferma di quello che hanno – anche se prima chiedevano aiuto contro i miscredenti – quando arrivò loro ciò che già sapevano, lo rifiutarono. Allāh maledica i miscredenti.

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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2

Lietuvių · Lithuanian

89. Ir kai atsidūrė pas juos (žydus) Knyga (šis Koranas) iš Allaho, patvirtinantis tai, kas yra su jais [Taurate (Toroje)], nors kadaise jie maldavo Allaho (Muchammedo ﷺ atėjimo) tam, kad laimėtų prieš netikinčiuosius, bet kai atėjo pas juos tai, ką jie atpažino, jie nepatikėjo tuo. Lai Allaho Prakeiksmas tenka netikintiesiems!

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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo

Yeroo kitaabni Rabbiin biraa ta’e (qur'aanni) kan waan isaanii wajjin jiru (Tawraatifi injiilin) dhugoomsu isaanitti dhufu, kan san dura akka warra kafaran irratti injifannoo argataniif (dhufaatii Nabi Muhammadiin SAW Rabbiin) kadhachaa turan. yeroo wanti isaan beekan isaanitti dhufu isatti kafaran. abaarsi Rabbii kaafiroota irra haa jiraatu.[34]

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Русский · Russian

Когда же к ним пришло Писание от Аллаха, подтверждающее то, что у них — а прежде они просили победы над теми, которые отвергли веру, — и когда пришло к ним то, что они узнали, они отвергли это. Так пусть же проклятие Аллаха будет на отвергших веру!

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Српски · Serbian

И када им је дошла Књига од Аллаха која потврђује истинитост онога што они имају, а још од пре су помоћ против неверника молили, и када им је дошло оно што им је познато као истина, они у то не повероваше. Па нека Аллахово проклетство стигне невернике!

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Kiswahili · Swahili

Na kilipowajia Kitabu kitokacho kwa Mwenyezi Mungu kinachothibitisha waliyo nayo - na wao walikuwa wakiomba ushindi kuwashinda makafiri - yalipowajia yale waliyokuwa wakiyajua, waliyakanusha. Basi laana ya Mwenyezi Mungu iko juu ya makafiri!

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Svenska · Swedish

När en skrift nu har kommit till dem, från Gud, som bekräftar det som redan finns hos dem – och de brukade tidigare be om [profetens ankomst för att få] övertag mot de otrogna – ja, när de nu nåtts av det som är välbekant för dem, förkastar de det! Ja, Guds fördömelse vilar över de otrogna.

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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2

Türkçe · Turkish

Allah katından kendilerine ellerindekini (Tevrat’ı) tasdik eden bir kitap (Kur’an) gelince onu inkâr ettiler. Oysa, daha önce (bu kitabı getirecek peygamber ile) inkârcılara karşı yardım istiyorlardı. (Tevrat’tan) tanıyıp bildikleri (bu peygamber) kendilerine gelince onu inkâr ettiler. Allah’ın lâneti inkârcıların üzerine olsun.

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اردو · Urdu

اور ان کے پاس جب اللہ تعالیٰ کی کتاب ان کی کتاب کو سچا کرنے والی آئی، حاﻻنکہ پہلے یہ خود (اس کے ذریعہ)[1] کافروں پر فتح چاہتے تھے تو باوجود آجانے اور باوجود پہچان لینے کے پھر کفر کرنے لگے، اللہ تعالیٰ کی لعنت ہو کافروں پر۔

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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2:87

وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَقَفَّيْنَا مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ بِٱلرُّسُلِ وَءَاتَيْنَا عِيسَى ٱبْنَ مَرْيَمَ ٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ وَأَيَّدْنَٰهُ بِرُوحِ ٱلْقُدُسِ أَفَكُلَّمَا جَآءَكُمْ رَسُولٌۢ بِمَا لَا تَهْوَىٰٓ أَنفُسُكُمُ ٱسْتَكْبَرْتُمْ فَفَرِيقًا كَذَّبْتُمْ وَفَرِيقًا تَقْتُلُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)walaqad aataynaa moosaa l-kitaaba waqaffaynaa min ba'dihi bir-rusuli wa'aataynaa 'eesaa bna maryama l-bayyinaati wa'ayyadnaahu biroohi l-qudusi afakullamaa jaa'akum rasoolun bimaa laa tahwaa anfusukumu stakbartum fafareeqan kadhdhabtum wafareeqan taqtuloon

DIN 31635walaqad ʾātaynā mūsā l-kitāba waqaffaynā min baʿdihi bir-rusuli waʾātaynā ʿīsā bna maryama l-bayyināti waʾayyadnāhu birūḥi l-qudusi ʾafakullamā ǧāʾakum rasūlun bimā lā tahwā ʾanfusukumu stakbartum fafarīqan kaḏḏabtum wafarīqan taqtulūna

Talal Itani2012 We gave Moses the Scripture, and sent a succession of messengers after him. And We gave Jesus son of Mary the clear proofs, and We supported him with the Holy Spirit. Is it that whenever a messenger comes to you with anything your souls do not desire, you grew arrogant, calling some impostors, and killing others?

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And verily We gave unto Moses the Scripture and We caused a train of messengers to follow after him, and We gave unto Jesus, son of Mary, clear proofs (of Allah's sovereignty), and We supported him with the Holy spirit. Is it ever so, that, when there cometh unto you a messenger (from Allah) with that which ye yourselves desire not, ye grow arrogant, and some ye disbelieve and some ye slay

Edward Henry Palmer1880 We gave Moses the Book and we followed him up with other apostles, and we gave Jesus the son of Mary manifest signs and aided him with the Holy Spirit. Do ye then, every time an apostle comes to you with what your souls love not, proudly scorn him, and charge a part with lying and slay a part

John Medows Rodwell1861 Moreover, to Moses gave we "the Book," and we raised up apostles after him; and to Jesus, son of Mary, gave we clear proofs of his mission, and strengthened him by the Holy Spirit. So oft then as an apostle cometh to you with that which your souls desire not, swell ye with pride, and treat some as impostors, and slay others

George Sale1734 We formerly delivered the book of the law unto Moses, and caused Apostles to succeed him, and gave evident miracles to Jesus the son of Mary, and strengthened him with the holy spirit. Do ye therefore, whenever an Apostle cometh unto you with that which your souls desire not, proudly reject him, and accuse some of imposture, and slay others

2:88

وَقَالُوا۟ قُلُوبُنَا غُلْفٌۢ بَل لَّعَنَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِكُفْرِهِمْ فَقَلِيلًا مَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)waqaaloo quloobunaa ghulfun bal la'anahumu llaahu bikufrihim faqaleelan maa yu'minoon

DIN 31635waqālū qulūbunā ġulfun bal laʿanahumu llāhu bikufrihim faqalīlan mā yuʾminūna

Talal Itani2012 And they said, "Our hearts are sealed." Rather, God has cursed them for their ingratitude. They have little faith.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And they say: Our hearts are hardened. Nay, but Allah hath cursed them for their unbelief. Little is that which they believe

Edward Henry Palmer1880 They say, 'Our hearts are uncircumcised;' nay, God has cursed them in their unbelief, and few it is who do believe

John Medows Rodwell1861 And they say, "Uncircumcised are our hearts." Nay! God hath cursed them in their infidelity: few are they who believe

George Sale1734 The Jews say, our hearts are uncircumcised: But God hath cursed them with their infidelity, therefore few shall believe

2:89 — the verse above

2:90

بِئْسَمَا ٱشْتَرَوْا۟ بِهِۦٓ أَنفُسَهُمْ أَن يَكْفُرُوا۟ بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بَغْيًا أَن يُنَزِّلَ ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ عَلَىٰ مَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ فَبَآءُو بِغَضَبٍ عَلَىٰ غَضَبٍ وَلِلْكَٰفِرِينَ عَذَابٌ مُّهِينٌ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)bi'samaa shtaraw bihi anfusahum an yakfuroo bimaa anzala llaahu baghyan an yunazzila llaahu min fadlihi 'alaa man yashaa'u min 'ibaadihi fabaa'oo bighadabin 'alaa ghadabin walilkaafireena 'adhaabun muheen

DIN 31635biʾsamā štaraw bihi ʾanfusahum ʾan yakfurū bimā ʾanzala llāhu baġyan ʾan yunazzila llāhu min faḍlihi ʿalā man yašāʾu min ʿibādihi fabāʾū biġaḍabin ʿalā ġaḍabin walilkāfirīna ʿaḏābun muhīnun

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 Miserable is what they sold their souls for-rejecting what God has revealed, out of resentment that God would send down His grace upon whomever He chooses from among His servants. Thus they incurred wrath upon wrath. And there is a demeaning punishment for the disbelievers.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Evil is that for which they sell their souls: that they should disbelieve in that which Allah hath revealed, grudging that Allah should reveal of His bounty unto whom He will of His slaves. They have incurred anger upon anger. For disbelievers is a shameful doom

Edward Henry Palmer1880 For a bad bargain have they sold their souls, not to believe in what God has revealed, grudging because God sends down of His grace on whomsoever of His servants He will; and they have brought on themselves wrath after wrath and for the misbelievers is there shameful woe

John Medows Rodwell1861 For a vile price have they sold themselves, by not believing what God hath sent down, envious of God's sending down his grace on such of his servants as he pleaseth: and they have brought on themselves wrath upon wrath. And for the unbelievers is a disgraceful chastisement

George Sale1734 For a vile price have they sold their souls, that they should not believe in that which God hath sent down; out of envy, because God sendeth down his favours to such of his servants as he pleaseth: Therefore they brought on themselves indignation on indignation; and the unbelievers shall suffer an ignominious punishment

2:91

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ ءَامِنُوا۟ بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ قَالُوا۟ نُؤْمِنُ بِمَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْنَا وَيَكْفُرُونَ بِمَا وَرَآءَهُۥ وَهُوَ ٱلْحَقُّ مُصَدِّقًا لِّمَا مَعَهُمْ قُلْ فَلِمَ تَقْتُلُونَ أَنۢبِيَآءَ ٱللَّهِ مِن قَبْلُ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

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Easy-read (simplified)wa'idhaa qeela lahum aaminoo bimaa anzala llaahu qaaloo nu'minu bimaa unzila 'alaynaa wayakfuroona bimaa waraa'ahu wahuwa l-haqqu musaddiqan limaa ma'ahum qul falima taqtuloona anbiyaa'a llaahi min qablu in kuntum mu'mineen

DIN 31635waʾiḏā qīla lahum ʾāminū bimā ʾanzala llāhu qālū nuʾminu bimā ʾunzila ʿalaynā wayakfurūna bimā warāʾahu wahuwa l-ḥaqqu muṣaddiqan limā maʿahum qul falima taqtulūna ʾanbiyāʾa llāhi min qablu ʾin kuntum muʾminīna

Talal Itani2012 And when it is said to them, "Believe in what God has revealed," they say, "We believe in what was revealed to us," and they reject anything beyond that, although it is the truth which confirms what they have. Say, "Why did you kill God's prophets before, if you were believers?"

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And when it is said unto them: Believe in that which Allah hath revealed, they say: We believe in that which was revealed unto us. And they disbelieve in that which cometh after it, though it is the truth confirming that which they possess. Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Why then slew ye the prophets of Allah aforetime, if ye are (indeed) believers

Edward Henry Palmer1880 And when they are told to believe in what God has revealed, they say, 'We believe in what has been revealed to us;' but they disbelieve in all beside, although it is the truth confirming what they have. Say, 'Wherefore did ye kill God's prophets of yore if ye were true believers

John Medows Rodwell1861 And when it is said to them, "Believe in what God hath sent down," they say, "In that which hath been sent down to us we believe:" but what hath since been sent down they disbelieve, although it be the truth confirmatory of their own Scriptures. SAY: Why then have ye of old slain God's prophets, if ye are indeed believers

George Sale1734 When one saith unto them, believe in that which God hath sent down; they answer, we believe in that which hath been sent down unto us: And they reject what hath been revealed since, although it be the truth, confirming that which is with them. Say, why therefore have ye slain the prophets of God in times past, if ye be true believers

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

وَلَمَّا جَاءَهُمْ كِتَابٌ مِّنْ عِندِ اللَّهِ مُصَدِّقٌ لِّمَا مَعَهُمْ وَكَانُوا مِن قَبْلُ يَسْتَفْتِحُونَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فَلَمَّا جَاءَهُم مَّا عَرَفُوا كَفَرُوا بِهِ فَلَعْنَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ

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 — 0.61 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 Rodwell 0.71
Talal Itani · George Sale 0.71
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell 0.67
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.65
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer 0.63
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale 0.63
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.62
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale 0.50
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell 0.49
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale 0.47

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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