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20:71

قَالَ ءَامَنتُمْ لَهُۥ قَبْلَ أَنْ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمْ إِنَّهُۥ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَكُمُ ٱلسِّحْرَ فَلَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُم مِّنْ خِلَٰفٍ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ فِى جُذُوعِ ٱلنَّخْلِ وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّ أَيُّنَآ أَشَدُّ عَذَابًا وَأَبْقَىٰ

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Easy-read (simplified)qaala aamantum lahu qabla an aadhana lakum innahu lakabeerukumu lladhee 'allamakumu s-sihra fala'uqatti'anna aydiyakum wa'arjulakum min khilaafin wala'usallibannakum fee judhoo'i n-nakhli walata'lamunna ayyunaa ashaddu 'adhaaban wa'abqaa

DIN 31635qāla ʾāmantum lahu qabla ʾan ʾāḏana lakum ʾinnahu lakabīrukumu llaḏī ʿallamakumu s-siḥra falaʾuqaṭṭiʿanna ʾaydiyakum waʾarǧulakum min ḫilāfin walaʾuṣallibannakum fī ǧuḏūʿi n-naḫli walataʿlamunna ʾayyunā ʾašaddu ʿaḏāban waʾabqā

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Talal Itani · published 2012

He said, "Did you believe in him before I have given you permission? He must be your chief, who has taught you magic. I will cut off your hands and your feet on alternate sides, and I will crucify you on the trunks of the palm-trees. Then you will know which of us is more severe in punishment, and more lasting."

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

(Pharaoh) said: Ye put faith in him before I give you leave. Lo! he is your chief who taught you magic. Now surely I shall cut off your hands and your feet alternately, and I shall crucify you on the trunks of palm trees, and ye shall know for certain which of us hath sterner and more lasting punishment

Sources

Translation Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran·Public domain — copyright term expired

Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran ·1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

Edward Henry Palmer 1840–1882 · published 1880

Said he, 'Do ye believe in Him before I give you leave? Verily, he is your master who taught you magic! Therefore will I surely cut off your hands and feet on alternate sides, and I will surely crucify you on the trunks of palm trees; and ye shall surely know which of us is keenest at torment and more lasting

Sources

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

Said Pharaoh, "Believe ye on him ere I give you leave? He, in sooth, is your Master who hath taught you magic. I will therefore cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and I will crucify you on trunks of the palm, and assuredly shall ye learn which of us is severest in punishing, and who is the more abiding

Sources

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

Pharaoh said unto them, do ye believe in him before I give you permission? Verily this is your master, who hath taught you magic. But I will surely cut off your hands and your feet on the opposite sides; and I will crucify you on trunks of palm-trees: And ye shall know which of us is more severe in punishing, and can longer protract your pains

Sources

Translation George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired

George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an ·1734 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

Other languages (18)
Shqip · Albanian

Ai (Faraoni) tha: "Si guxoni ta besoni atë pa lejen time?! Në të vërtetë, ai është mjeshtri juaj që jua ka mësuar magjinë! Gjithsesi, unë do t'jua pres duart dhe këmbët këmbyerazi dhe do t'ju kryqëzoj në trungjet e palmave. Atëherë do ta kuptoni me siguri se dënimi i kujt është më i rëndë e më i përhershëm!"

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

ফিরা‘ঊন (যাদুকরদেরকে) বললো: ‘আমি তোমাদেরকে অনুমতি দেয়ার আগেই তোমরা তার প্রতি ঈমান আনলে? নিশ্চয় সে-ই (মূসাই) তোমাদের প্রধান, যে তোমাদেরকে যাদু শিখিয়েছে। সুতরাং আমি অবশ্যই তোমাদের হাত ও পা বিপরীত দিক থেকে কেটে ফেলবো এবং আমি তোমাদেরকে খেজুর গাছের কাণ্ডে (মৃত্যু পর্যন্ত) শূলবিদ্ধ করবোই। আর তোমরা অবশ্যই জানতে পারবে, আমাদের মধ্যে কার শাস্তি বেশি কঠোর এবং বেশি স্থায়ী (আমি, না কি মূসার রবের?! )।’

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

“Vi ste mu povjerovali”, faraon viknu, “prije nego što sam vam ja dopustio! On je učitelj vaš, on vas je vradžbini naučio i ja ću vam, zacijelo, unakrst ruke i noge vaše odsjeći i po stablima palmi vas razapeti i sigurno ćete saznati ko je od nas u mučenju strašniji i istrajniji.”

Translated by the team of the 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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Hrvatski · Croatian

“Vi ste mu povjerovali”, faraon viknu, “prije nego što sam vam ja dopustio! On je učitelj vaš, on vas je vradžbini naučio i ja ću vam, zacijelo, unakrst ruke i noge vaše odsjeći i po stablima palmi vas razapeti i sigurno ćete saznati tko je od nas u mučenju strašniji i istrajniji.”

Translated by the team of the 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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Fulfulde · Fulani

[Fir'awna] wi'i: Eyoo, on gooŋɗinii mo ko adii mi duŋanaade(sakkitaade) on? Pelet, ko kaŋko woni mawɗo mo'on on anndinɗo on mbilewu ngu, mi wooɗndii, maa mi taƴa juuɗe mon ɗen e koyɗe mon ɗen taƴa luutindira, maa mi feta on e julle tama aray anndon ko hommbo e amen ɓuri lepte caɗtuɗe e heddotooɗe.

Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2

ქართული · Georgian

[ფარაონმა] თქვა: «ნუთუ ირწმუნეთ მისი, სანამ მე ნებას დაგრთავდით?! უეჭველად, იგი [მუსა] თქვენი უფროსია, რომელმაც გასწავლათ ჯადოქრობა. ამიტომ უეჭველად, მოგკვეთთ ხელ-ფეხს სხვადასხვა მხრით, და პალმის ხეზე გაგაკრავთ, და ნამდვილად გაიგებთ ვისი ტანჯვა-წამებაა უფრო მკაცრი და ხანგრძლივი».

Translated by the team of the 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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Deutsch · German

Er (also Fir'aun) sagte: „Ihr glaubt an ihn, bevor ich es euch erlaube? Wahrlich, er ist ja euer Ältester, der euch die Zauberei gelehrt hat. So werde ich ganz gewiss eure Hände und eure Füße wechselseitig abhacken und euch ganz gewiss an Palmstämmen kreuzigen (lassen). Und ihr werdet ganz gewiss erfahren, wer von uns strenger im Strafen und beständiger ist.“

Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15

Ελληνικά · Greek

(Ο Φαραώ) είπε: «Πιστέψατε σ' αυτόν πριν να σας δώσω την άδεια! Πράγματι, αυτός (ο Μωυσής) είναι ο αφέντης σας που σας δίδαξε τη μαγεία! Σίγουρα θα κόψω τα χέρια και τα πόδια σας σε αντίθετες πλευρές (δηλ. το δεξί χέρι με το αριστερό πόδι ή το αντίστροφο) και θα σας σταυρώσω στους κορμούς των χουρμαδιών, και τότε θα μάθετε ποιανού τιμωρία είναι πιο αυστηρή και διαρκεί περισσότερο (η δική μου ή του Κυρίου του Μωυσή)!»

Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2

हिन्दी · Hindi

उसने कहा : तुम उसपर ईमान ले आए इससे पहले कि मैं तुम्हें अनुमति दूँ? निश्चय ही यह तुम्हारा बड़ा है, जिसने तुम्हें जादू सिखाया है। इसलिए निश्चित रूप से मैं तुम्हारे हाथ और तुम्हारे पैर विपरीत दिशा[19] से बुरी तरह काट दूँगा, और अवश्य ही तुम्हें खजूर के तनों पर सूली दूँगा तथा निश्चय ही तुम अवश्य जान लोगे कि हममें से कौन अधिक कठोर एवं स्थायी यातना देने वाला है।

Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari

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Italiano · Italian

Disse (il faraone): «Gli avete creduto prima che ve lo permettessi io? In verità lui è il vostro maestro, che vi ha insegnato la magia! Vi amputerò le mani e i piedi su lati opposti e vi crocifiggerò nei tronchi di palma e saprete chi di noi possiede la punizione più dura e più duratura».

Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2

Lietuvių · Lithuanian

71. [Firaun (Faraonas)] tarė: „Jūs tikite juo [Mūsa (Moze)] prieš tai, kai aš daviau jums leidimą? Iš tiesų, jūsų vadovas yra tas, kuris išmokė jus magijos. Taigi aš tikrai nukaposiu jūsų rankas ir pėdas priešingose pusėse, ir aš tikrai nukryžiuosiu jus ant datulių palmių kamienų ir jūs tikrai žinosite kuris iš mūsų [aš (Firaun (Faraonas) ar Mūsos (Mozės) Viešpats (Allahas)] gali suteikti žiaurią ir ilgiau trunkančią kančią.“

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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.8

Afaan Oromoo · Oromo

(Fir’awn) (mormee sodaachisuuf) ni jedhe: “Odoo ani isiniif hin hayyamin isatti amantanii? inni guddaa keessan kan falfala isin barsiiseedha, harkowwaniifii miillan keessan wal faallessee isinirraa cira. jirma muka timiraa irrattin isin fannisa, Isinis (yoos) eenyu keenya (anamoo Gooftaa Muusaatu) adabbiin isaa irra cimaafi turaa akka ta’e beekuuf jirtu.”

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Русский · Russian

Он сказал: «Неужели вы поверили ему прежде, чем я позволил вам? Воистину, он — ваш главный, который научил вас колдовству. Я непременно отрублю вам руки и ноги накрест, и непременно распну вас на стволах пальм! И тогда вы непременно узнаете, кто из нас суровее наказанием и долговечнее!»

Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1

Српски · Serbian

„Ви сте му поверовали“, викну фараон, „пре него што сам вам ја допустио! Он је ваш учитељ, он вас је научио враџбини и ја ћу, засигурно, унакрст ваше руке и ноге да вам одсечем и по стаблима палми да вас разапнем и сигурно ћете да знате ко је од нас у мучењу страшнији и устрајнији.“

Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4

Kiswahili · Swahili

(Firauni) akasema: Oh! Mmemuamini kabla ya mimi kuwapa ruhusa? Hakika yeye ndiye mkubwa wenu aliyewafundisha uchawi huu. Basi kwa yakini nitawakatakata mikono yenu na miguu yenu kwa kutofautisha. Na lazima nitawatundika misalabani katika vigogo vya mitende, na hapo kwa yakini mtajua ni nani katika sisi ndiye mkali zaidi wa kuadhibu na kuiendeleza zaidi adhabu yake.

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Svenska · Swedish

[Farao] sa: ”Tror ni på honom innan jag har gett er lov? Han måste då vara er läromästare som har undervisat er i magi! Jag ska sannerligen hugga av era händer och fötter på motsatta sidor och sedan korsfästa er på palmstammar. Då ska ni med säkerhet inse vem av oss som kan utdela det svåraste och mest varaktiga straffet!”

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Türkçe · Turkish

(Firavun) dedi ki: "Ben size izin vermeden önce ona iman mı ettiniz? Demek ki o, size sihri öğreten büyüğünüzdür. Ben de sizin ellerinizi ve ayaklarınızı çaprazlama kestireceğim ve sizi hurma dalına asacağım. O zaman göreceksiniz hangimizin azabı daha şiddetli ve kalıcı imiş."

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اردو · Urdu

فرعون کہنے لگا کہ کیا میری اجازت سے پہلے ہی تم اس پرایمان لے آئے؟ یقیناً یہی تمہارا وه بڑا بزرگ ہے جس نے تم سب کو جادو سکھایا ہے، (سن لو) میں تمہارے پاؤں الٹے سیدھے[1] کٹوا کر تم سب کو کھجور کے تنوں میں سولی پر لٹکوا دوں گا، اور تمہیں پوری طرح معلوم ہوجائے گا کہ ہم میں سے کس کی مار زیاده سخت اور دیرپا ہے.

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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The verses around this oneSource fact

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20:69

وَأَلْقِ مَا فِى يَمِينِكَ تَلْقَفْ مَا صَنَعُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَا صَنَعُوا۟ كَيْدُ سَٰحِرٍ وَلَا يُفْلِحُ ٱلسَّاحِرُ حَيْثُ أَتَىٰ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)wa'alqi maa fee yameenika talqaf maa sana'oo innamaa sana'oo kaydu saahirin walaa yuflihu s-saahiru haythu ataa

DIN 31635waʾalqi mā fī yamīnika talqaf mā ṣanaʿū ʾinnamā ṣanaʿū kaydu sāḥirin walā yufliḥu s-sāḥiru ḥayṯu ʾatā

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 Now throw down what is in your right hand-it will swallow what they have crafted. What they have crafted is only a magician's trickery. But the magician will not succeed, no matter what he does."

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Throw that which is in thy right hand! It will eat up that which they have made. Lo! that which they have made is but a wizard's artifice, and a wizard shall not be successful to whatever point (of skill) he may attain

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Throw down what is in thy right hand; and it shall devour what they have made. Verily, what they have made is but a magician's trick; and no magician shall prosper wherever he comes

John Medows Rodwell1861 Cast forth then what is in thy right hand: it shall swallow up what they have produced: they have only produced the deceit of an enchanter: and come where he may, ill shall an enchanter fare

George Sale1734 Therefore cast down the rod which is in thy right hand; and it shall swallow up the seeming serpents which they have made: For what they have made is only the deceipt of an enchanter; and an enchanter shall not prosper, whithersoever he cometh

20:70

فَأُلْقِىَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سُجَّدًا قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ هَٰرُونَ وَمُوسَىٰ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)fa'ulqiya s-saharatu sujjadan qaaloo aamannaa birabbi haaroona wamoosaa

DIN 31635faʾulqiya s-saḥaratu suǧǧadan qālū ʾāmannā birabbi hārūna wamūsā

Talal Itani2012 And the magicians fell down prostrate. They said, "We have believed in the Lord of Aaron and Moses."

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Then the wizards were (all) flung down prostrate, crying: We believe in the Lord of Aaron and Moses

Edward Henry Palmer1880 And the magicians were cast down in adoration; said they, 'We believe in the Lord of Aaron and of Moses

John Medows Rodwell1861 And the magicians fell down and worshipped. They said, "We believe in the Lord of Aaron and of Moses

George Sale1734 And the magicians, when they saw the miracle which Moses performed, fell down and worshipped, saying, we believe in the Lord of Aaron and of Moses

20:71 — the verse above

20:72

قَالُوا۟ لَن نُّؤْثِرَكَ عَلَىٰ مَا جَآءَنَا مِنَ ٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ وَٱلَّذِى فَطَرَنَا فَٱقْضِ مَآ أَنتَ قَاضٍ إِنَّمَا تَقْضِى هَٰذِهِ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَآ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)qaaloo lan nu'thiraka 'alaa maa jaa'anaa mina l-bayyinaati walladhee fataranaa faqdi maa anta qaadin innamaa taqdee haadhihi l-hayaata d-dunyaa

DIN 31635qālū lan nuʾṯiraka ʿalā mā ǧāʾanā mina l-bayyināti wallaḏī faṭaranā faqḍi mā ʾanta qāḍin ʾinnamā taqḍī hāḏihi l-ḥayāta d-dunyā

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 They said, "We will not prefer you to the proofs that have come to us, and Him who created us. So issue whatever judgment you wish to issue. You can only rule in this lowly life.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 They said: We choose thee not above the clear proofs that have come unto us, and above Him Who created us. So decree what thou wilt decree. Thou wilt end for us only this life of the world

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Said they, 'We will never prefer thee to what has come to us of manifest signs, and to Him who originated us. Decide then what thou canst decide; thou canst only decide in the life of this world

John Medows Rodwell1861 They said, "We will not have more regard to thee than to the clear tokens which have come to us, or than to Him who hath made us: doom the doom thou wilt: Thou canst only doom as to this present life

George Sale1734 They answered, we will by no means have greater regard unto thee, than unto those evident miracles which have been shewn us, or than unto him who hath created us. Pronounce therefore that sentence against us which thou art about to pronounce: For thou canst only give sentence as to this present life

20:73

إِنَّآ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّنَا لِيَغْفِرَ لَنَا خَطَٰيَٰنَا وَمَآ أَكْرَهْتَنَا عَلَيْهِ مِنَ ٱلسِّحْرِ وَٱللَّهُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ

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Easy-read (simplified)innaa aamannaa birabbinaa liyaghfira lanaa khataayaanaa wamaa akrahtanaa 'alayhi mina s-sihri wallaahu khayrun wa'abqaa

DIN 31635ʾinnā ʾāmannā birabbinā liyaġfira lanā ḫaṭāyānā wamā ʾakrahtanā ʿalayhi mina s-siḥri wallāhu ḫayrun waʾabqā

Talal Itani2012 We have believed in our Lord, so that He may forgive us our sins, and the magic you have compelled us to practice. God is Better, and more Lasting."

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Lo! we believe in our Lord, that He may forgive us our sins and the magic unto which thou didst force us. Allah is better and more lasting

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Verily, we believe in our Lord, that He may pardon us our sins, and the magic thou hast forced us to use; and God is better and more lasting

John Medows Rodwell1861 of a truth we have believed on our Lord that he may pardon us our sins and the sorcery to which thou hast forced us, for God is better, and more abiding than thou

George Sale1734 Verily we believe on our Lord, that he may forgive us our sins, and the sorcery which thou hast forced us to exercise: For God is better to reward, and more able to prolong punishment than thou

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

قَالَ آمَنتُمْ لَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ آذَنَ لَكُمْ إِنَّهُ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ الَّذِي عَلَّمَكُمُ السِّحْرَ فَلَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُم مِّنْ خِلَافٍ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ فِي جُذُوعِ النَّخْلِ وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّ أَيُّنَا أَشَدُّ عَذَابًا وَأَبْقَىٰ

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 — 0.45 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 0.53
Talal Itani · George Sale 0.49
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale 0.48
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell 0.47
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.47
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale 0.42
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer 0.41
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.40
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale 0.40
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell 0.38

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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