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2:93

وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَٰقَكُمْ وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ ٱلطُّورَ خُذُوا۟ مَآ ءَاتَيْنَٰكُم بِقُوَّةٍ وَٱسْمَعُوا۟ قَالُوا۟ سَمِعْنَا وَعَصَيْنَا وَأُشْرِبُوا۟ فِى قُلُوبِهِمُ ٱلْعِجْلَ بِكُفْرِهِمْ قُلْ بِئْسَمَا يَأْمُرُكُم بِهِۦٓ إِيمَٰنُكُمْ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

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Easy-read (simplified)wa'idh akhadhnaa meethaaqakum warafa'naa fawqakumu t-toora khudhoo maa aataynaakum biquwwatin wasma'oo qaaloo sami'naa wa'asaynaa wa'ushriboo fee quloobihimu l-'ijla bikufrihim qul bi'samaa ya'murukum bihi eemaanukum in kuntum mu'mineen

DIN 31635waʾiḏ ʾaḫaḏnā mīṯāqakum warafaʿnā fawqakumu ṭ-ṭūra ḫuḏū mā ʾātaynākum biquwwatin wasmaʿū qālū samiʿnā waʿaṣaynā waʾušribū fī qulūbihimu l-ʿiǧla bikufrihim qul biʾsamā yaʾmurukum bihi ʾīmānukum ʾin kuntum muʾminīna

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Talal Itani · published 2012

And We made a covenant with you, and raised the Mount above you: "Take what We have given you firmly, and listen." They said, "We hear and disobey." And their hearts became filled with the love of the calf because of their disbelief. Say, "Wretched is what your faith commands you to do, if you are believers."

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 We made with you a covenant and caused the Mount to tower above you, (saying): Hold fast by that which We have given you, and hear (Our Word), they said: We hear and we rebel. And (worship of) the calf was made to sink into their hearts because of their rejection (of the covenant). Say (unto them): Evil is that which your belief enjoineth on you, if ye are believers

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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 we took a covenant with you and raised the mountain over you, 'Take what we have given you with resolution and hear;' they said, 'We hear but disobey;' and they were made to drink the calf down into their hearts for their unbelief. Say, 'An evil thing is it which your belief bids you do, if ye be true believers

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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 we accepted your covenant, and uplifted the mountain over you, we said, "Take firm hold on what we have given you, and hearken." They said, "We have hearkened and have rebelled:" then were they made to drink down the calf into their hearts for their ingratitude. SAY: A bad thing hath your faith commanded you, if ye be indeed believers

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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 we accepted your covenant and lifted the mountain of Sinai over you, saying, receive the law which we have given you, with a resolution to perform it, and hear; they said, we have heard, and have rebelled: And they were made to drink down the calf into their hearts for their unbelief. Say, a grievous thing hath your faith commanded you, if ye be true believers

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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

Kujtoni kur e morëm besën tuaj dhe e ngritëm mbi ju malin Tur, duke thënë: "Mbajeni fort atë që jua dhamë (Teuratin) dhe dëgjoni." Ata thanë: "Ne dëgjuam, por kundërshtojmë", ndërkohë që në zemrat e tyre ishte rrënjosur përnderimi e adhurimi i viçit, për shkak të mosbesimit. Thuaju: "Sa keq që ju urdhëruaka besimi juaj, nëse jeni besimtarë!"

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বাংলা · Bengali

(স্মরণ করো) যখন আমি তূর পাহাড়কে তোমাদের মাথার ওপর উঠিয়ে ধরে তোমাদের প্রতিশ্রুতি নিয়েছিলাম, ‘আমি তোমাদেরকে যা দিলাম তা দৃঢ়ভাবে আঁকড়ে ধরো এবং আমার বাণী শোনো।’ তারা বলেছিল: ‘আমরা শুনলাম ও অমান্য করলাম।’ আসলে কুফরীর কারণে তাদের অন্তরে গোবৎস প্রীতি ঢুকিয়ে দেয়া হয়েছিল। বলো: ‘যদি তোমরা ঈমানদার হও, তবে তোমাদের ঈমান যার নির্দেশ দেয় (কুফুরী ও ভ্রষ্টতা) , তা কতই না নিকৃষ্ট।’

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Bosanski · Bosnian

I kada smo od vas vaš zavjet primili i brdo Tur iznad vas podigli: "Čvrsto prihvatite ono što vam dajemo i slušajte!", oni su odgovorili: "Čujemo, ali poslušati nećemo!", jer srca su njihova, zbog nevjerovanja, nadojena teletom bila. Reci: "Ružno je to na što vas vaše vjerovanje navodi, ako ste vi uopće vjernici."

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Hrvatski · Croatian

I kada smo od vas vaš zavjet primili i brdo Tur iznad vas podigli: "Čvrsto prihvatite ono što vam dajemo i slušajte!" oni su odgovorili: "Čujemo, ali poslušati nećemo!" jer srca su njihova, zbog nevjerovanja, nadojena teletom bila. Reci: "Ružno je to na što vas vaše vjerovanje navodi, ako ste vi uopće vjernici."

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Fulfulde · Fulani

Min ɓamii he mon fodoore min ɓamti dow mon haayre Tuur ƴettiree ko min ngaddani on koo he semmbe nanee, ɓe mbi'i min nanii min ngoopi , ɓerɗe mum en ɗe keewi dak rewde gool oo he keefeeru maɓɓe, wiy bone wonii he ko goongɗingol mon yamiri on so tawno oɗon ngoongɗini.

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ქართული · Georgian

და აი, ჩვენ ავიღეთ თქვენგან აღთქმა (ო, ისრაილის შთამომავლებო), და აგიმაღლეთ თქვენს თავზე (მთა) ტური და ვთქვით: «აიღეთ ის [თორა], რაც ჩვენ თქვენთვის მოვანიჭეთ, მტკიცედ [მთელი ძალით, გულმოდგინებით] (და დაიცავით იგი), და მოისმინეთ (რაც მასშია ნაბრძანები — შეასრულეთ და დაემორჩილეთ ალლაჰს)!» მათ თქვეს: «ჩვენ მოვისმინეთ (ყურით) და არ დავემორჩილეთ (საქმით)». და მათი გულები გაჯერებული იყო ხბოთი მათი ურწმუნოების გამო. უთხარი: «რა ცუდია ის [ხბოს თაყვანისცემა], რასაც თქვენი რწმენა გიბრძანებთ, თუ თქვენ (საერთოდ) მორწმუნეები ხართ!»

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Deutsch · German

Und (gedenkt,) als Wir mit euch ein Abkommen trafen und den Berg über euch emporhoben (und zu euch sagten): „Haltet fest an dem, was Wir euch gegeben haben und hört.“ Sie sagten: „Wir hören, doch widersetzen wir uns.“ Und in ihre Herzen drang durch ihren Unglauben (die Liebe der Anbetung) des Kalbes ein. Sag: „Wie schlimm ist das, was euch euer Glaube gebietet, wenn ihr gläubig seid!“

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Ελληνικά · Greek

Και (θυμηθείτε) όταν πήραμε από σας μια δέσμευση (το να πιστέψετε σε ό,τι στάλθηκε στον Μωυσή) και υψώσαμε από πάνω σας το όρος (ως προειδοποίηση αν παραμελήσετε τη δέσμευσή σας. Και είπαμε): «Τηρείτε δυνατά αυτό που σας δώσαμε (την Τορά), και ακούστε.» Είπαν: «Ακούμε (με τα αυτιά μας) και παρακούμε (μέσω των πράξεών μας).» Και οι καρδιές τους ποτίστηκαν με τη λατρεία του μοσχαριού λόγω της απιστίας τους. Πες (ω, Μωχάμμαντ): «Τι άθλιο είναι αυτό που σας διατάζει η πίστη σας, αν είστε πράγματι πιστοί;»

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हिन्दी · Hindi

और (याद करो) जब हमने तुमसे पक्का वचन लिया और तुम्हारे ऊपर तूर पर्वत उठा लिया। (हमने कहा :) हमने तुम्हें जो दिया है, उसे मज़बूती से पकड़ो और सुनो। उन्होंने कहा : हमने सुना और नहीं माना। और उनके कुफ़्र के कारण उनके दिलों में बछड़े की मुहब्बत पिला दी गई। (ऐ नबी!) आप कह दीजिए : बुरी है वह चीज़, जिसका आदेश तुम्हें तुम्हारा ईमान देता है, यदि तुम ईमान वाले हो।

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Italiano · Italian

E quando abbiamo stretto il patto con voi e abbiamo elevato il Monte Ţūr su di voi: “Tenetevi stretti con forza a ciò che vi abbiamo fatto discendere, e ascoltate! Dissero: “Abbiamo ascoltato, e disobbediamo!” E hanno bevuto dal vitello per la loro miscredenza. Di’: “È infausto ciò che vi ha ordinato la vostra fede, se siete credenti!”

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Lietuvių · Lithuanian

93. Ir (atminkite), kai Mes priėmėme jūsų pasižadėjimą ir iškėlėme virš jūsų Kalną (sakydami): „Tvirtai laikykitės to, ką Mes jums suteikėme ir išgirskite (Mūsų Žodį).“ Jie sakė: „Mes girdime ir nepaklūstame.“ Ir jų širdys įniko į veršiuką (jo garbinimą) dėl jų netikėjimo. Sakyk: „Iš tiesų, pikta yra tai, ką įsako jums jūsų tikėjimas, jei jūs esate (tikri) tikintieji [Tauratą (Torą)].“

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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo

Yeroo Nuti waadaa keessan qabannee (waadaa isin seensifnee) Gaara Xuurii isin gubbatti ol fuunee "Waan Nuti isiniif kennine ciminaan qabadhaa. (Jecha keenyas) dhagayaa" (jenne) (yaadadhaa). Ni jedhan: "Dhageenyee dinne." Onneewwan isaanii keessa sababaa kufrii isaanitiin (jaalala) jibicha (gabbaruu) obaafamanii jiru. jedhi "wanti iimaanni keessan itti isin ajaju waa fokkate" Yoo mu’uminoota taataniif.

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Русский · Russian

И вот Мы взяли с вас завет и вознесли над вами гору: «Возьмите крепко то, что Мы даровали вам, и внимайте!» Они сказали: «Мы услышали и ослушались», и их сердца прониклись [поклонением] тельцу из-за своего неверия. Скажи: «Сколь же скверно то, что повелевает вам ваша вера, если вы были верующими».

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Српски · Serbian

И када смо од вас Завет ваш примили и брдо изнад вас подигли: „Чврсто прихватите оно што вам дајемо и слушајте!“, они су одговорили: „Чујемо, али нећемо да послушамо!“, јер су њихова срца, због неверовања, теле присвојила. Реци: „Ружно је то на шта вас ваше веровање наводи, ако сте уопште верници.“

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Kiswahili · Swahili

Na tulipochukua agano lenu na tukauinua mlima juu yenu (tukakwambieni): Kamateni kwa nguvu haya tuliyokupeni na sikieni. Wakasema: 'Tumesikia na tumeasi!' Na wakanyweshwa nyoyoni mwao (imani ya) ndama kwa kufuru yao. Sema: Ni uovu mno iliyokuamrisheni imani yenu ikiwa nyinyi ni waumini.

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Svenska · Swedish

Och kom ihåg när vi slöt vårt förbund med er och lyfte berget ovanför er [och sa]: ”Ta med kraft emot det som vi gett er och lyssna!” De sa: ”Vi hör men vi lyder inte”, och deras hjärtan fylldes i stället med [kärlek till] kalven, till följd av deras otro. Säg: ”Uselt är det som er tro uppmanar er till, om ni verkligen är troende!”

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Türkçe · Turkish

Hani, Tûr dağını tepenize dikerek sizden söz almıştık, “Size verdiğimize (Kitab’a) sımsıkı sarılın; ona kulak verin” demiştik. Onlar: “İşittik, karşı geldik” demişlerdi. Küfürleri yüzünden buzağı sevgisi onların kalplerine içirilip, sindirilmişti. Onlara de ki: "(Tevrat’a beslediğinizi iddia ettiğiniz) imanınızın size emrettiği şey ne kötüdür, eğer inanan kimselerseniz!"

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اردو · Urdu

جب ہم نے تم سے وعده لیا اور تم پر طور کو کھڑا کردیا (اور کہہ دیا) کہ ہماری دی ہوئی چیز کو مضبوط تھامو اور سنو! تو انہوں نے کہا، ہم نے سنا اور نافرمانی کی[1] اور ان کے دلوں میں بچھڑے کی محبت (گویا) پلا دی گئی[2] بسبب ان کے کفر کے[3]۔ ان سے کہہ دیجیئے کہ تمہارا ایمان تمہیں برا حکم دے رہا ہے، اگر تم مومن ہو

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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

Easy-read · not authoritative

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

2:92

وَلَقَدْ جَآءَكُم مُّوسَىٰ بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ ثُمَّ ٱتَّخَذْتُمُ ٱلْعِجْلَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ وَأَنتُمْ ظَٰلِمُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)walaqad jaa'akum moosaa bil-bayyinaati thumma takhadhtumu l-'ijla min ba'dihi wa'antum zaalimoon

DIN 31635walaqad ǧāʾakum mūsā bil-bayyināti ṯumma taḫaḏtumu l-ʿiǧla min baʿdihi waʾantum ẓālimūna

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 Moses came to you with clear proofs, yet you adopted the calf in his absence, and you were in the wrong.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And Moses came unto you with clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty), yet, while he was away, ye chose the calf (for worship) and ye were wrong-doers

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Moses came to you with manifest signs, then ye took up with the calf when he had gone and did so wrong

John Medows Rodwell1861 Moreover, Moses came unto you with proofs of his mission. Then in his absence ye took the calf for your God, and did wickedly

George Sale1734 Moses formerly came unto you with evident signs, but ye afterwards took the calf for your god and did wickedly

2:93 — the verse above

2:94

قُلْ إِن كَانَتْ لَكُمُ ٱلدَّارُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ خَالِصَةً مِّن دُونِ ٱلنَّاسِ فَتَمَنَّوُا۟ ٱلْمَوْتَ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

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Easy-read (simplified)qul in kaanat lakumu d-daaru l-'aakhiratu 'inda llaahi khaalisatan min dooni n-naasi fatamannawu l-mawta in kuntum saadiqeen

DIN 31635qul ʾin kānat lakumu d-dāru l-ʾāḫiratu ʿinda llāhi ḫāliṣatan min dūni n-nāsi fatamannawu l-mawta ʾin kuntum ṣādiqīna

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 Say, "If the Final Home with God is yours alone, to the exclusion of all other people, then wish for death if you are sincere."

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Say (unto them): If the abode of the Hereafter in the providence of Allah is indeed for you alone and not for others of mankind (as ye pretend), then long for death (for ye must long for death) if ye are truthful

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Say, 'If the abode of the future with God is yours alone and not mankinds: long for death then if ye speak the truth

John Medows Rodwell1861 SAY: If the future dwelling place with God be specially for you, but not for the rest of mankind, then wish for death, if ye are sincere

George Sale1734 Say, if the future mansion with God be prepared peculiarly for you, exclusive of the rest of mankind, wish for death, if ye say truth

2:95

وَلَن يَتَمَنَّوْهُ أَبَدًۢا بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌۢ بِٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

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Easy-read (simplified)walan yatamannawhu abadan bimaa qaddamat aydeehim wallaahu 'aleemun biz-zaalimeen

DIN 31635walan yatamannawhu ʾabadan bimā qaddamat ʾaydīhim wallāhu ʿalīmun biẓ-ẓālimīna

Talal Itani2012 But they will never wish for it, because of what their hands have forwarded. God is aware of the evildoers.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 But they will never long for it, because of that which their own hands have sent before them. Allah is aware of evil-doers

Edward Henry Palmer1880 But they will never long for it because of what their hands have sent on before; but God is knowing as to the wrong doers

John Medows Rodwell1861 But never can they wish for it, because of that which their own hands have sent on before them! And God knoweth the offenders

George Sale1734 But they will never wish for it, because of that which their hands have sent before them; God knoweth the wicked doers

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

وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَاقَكُمْ وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ الطُّورَ خُذُوا مَا آتَيْنَاكُم بِقُوَّةٍ وَاسْمَعُوا قَالُوا سَمِعْنَا وَعَصَيْنَا وَأُشْرِبُوا فِي قُلُوبِهِمُ الْعِجْلَ بِكُفْرِهِمْ قُلْ بِئْسَمَا يَأْمُرُكُم بِهِ إِيمَانُكُمْ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

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 — 0.59 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 Rodwell 0.68
Talal Itani · George Sale 0.67
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell 0.67
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale 0.64
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.62
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer 0.61
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.58
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell 0.54
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale 0.44
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale 0.43

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.

Easy-read

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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