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Talal Itani· published 2012
And We placed on earth stabilizers, lest it sways with them, and We placed therein signposts and passages, that they may be guided.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
And We have placed in the earth firm hills lest it quake with them, and We have placed therein ravines as roads that haply they may find their way
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 Palmer1840–1882 · published 1880
And we placed on the earth firm mountains lest it should move with them, and He made therein open roads for paths, haply they may be guided
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And We placed stable mountains on the earth, lest it should move with them; and We made broad passages between them for paths, that they might be directed in their journeys
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
Ne vumë në Tokë male të patundshme, që ajo të mos lëkundet me ta, dhe bëmë rrugë të gjera, që të mund të orientohen.
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.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
বাংলা · Bengali
আর আমি পৃথিবীতে সুদৃঢ় পর্বতমালা স্থাপন করেছি, যাতে তা তাদেরকে নিয়ে দুলে না ওঠে; এবং তাতে বিস্তৃত পথ-প্রশস্ত রাস্তা তৈরি করেছি, যাতে তারা (চলাচলের) পথপ্রাপ্ত হয়।
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.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.2
Bosanski · Bosnian
Mi smo po Zemlji nepomične planine razmjestili da ih ona ne potrese, i po njima smo prolaze i staze učinili da bi oni kuda žele stizali.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4
Hrvatski · Croatian
Mi smo po Zemlji nepomične planine razmjestili da ih ona ne potrese, i po njima smo prolaze i staze učinili da bi oni kuda žele stizali.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Min mbaɗi aɗi ka leydi pelle fii wata nde ooñodo e maɓɓe, Min mbaɗi aɗi e mayri ɗate jaacuɗe, mbelejo'o kamɓe ɓe peewat.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
და დავადგინეთ ქვეყანაზე მტკიცედ მდგომნი [მთები], რათა არ შეარყიოს ისინი [ხალხი], და დავადგინეთ მასზე [დედამიწაზე] გასასვლელი გზები. რათა ადამიანებმა იპოვონ სწორი გზა.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Und Wir haben auf der Erde festgegründete Berge gemacht, dass sie nicht mit ihnen schwanke. Und Wir haben auf ihr breite Durchgänge als Wege gemacht, auf dass sie rechtgeleitet werden mögen.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Και τοποθετήσαμε στη Γη σταθερά βουνά για (να τη σταθεροποιήσουν και) να μην ταρακουνιέται μαζί τους (ανθρώπους), και φτιάξαμε σ' αυτήν (τη Γη) πλατιά μονοπάτια, μήπως και καθοδηγηθούν (στους δρόμους τους).
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
और हमने धरती में पर्वत बना दिए, ताकि वह उनके साथ हिलने-डुलने[15] न लगे और उसमें चौड़े रास्ते बना दिए, ताकि वे मार्ग पाएँ।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
E abbiamo fissato in terra ancoraggi per timore che essa scivoli sotto i loro piedi, e vi abbiamo tracciato sentieri percorribili, affinché trovassero la retta via,
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
31. Ir Mes pastatėme ant žemės tvirtus kalnus, kad ji nedrebėtų su jais, ir Mes patiesėme tame plačius kelius jiems praeiti, kad jie būtų vedami.
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.
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 1.0.0
Русский · Russian
И Мы установили на земле прочно стоящие горы, чтобы она не колебалась с ними, и сделали в ней проходы дорогами, — быть может, они найдут путь.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
Ми смо на Земљи створили стабилне планине да их она не потресе, и по њима смо учинили пролазе и стазе да би они стизали куда желе.
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
Na tukaweka katika ardhi milima iliyo thabiti ili isiwayumbishe, na tukaweka humo njia pana ili wapate kuongoka.
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Och vi har förankrat jorden med stadiga berg för att den inte ska skaka under dem, och vi har lagt ut breda vägar på den så att de kan hitta rätt.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
Sarsılmasınlar diye yeryüzünde sabit dağlar kıldık, yol bulmaları için orada geniş geniş yollar var ettik.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
اور ہم نے زمین میں پہاڑ بنا دیئے تاکہ وه مخلوق کو ہلا نہ سکے[1] ، اور ہم نے اس[2] میں کشاده راہیں بنا دیں تاکہ وه راستہ حاصل کریں.
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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5 cleared translations, newest first, by year of publication, so the modern English comes before the historical ones. That is an ordering by date, not a judgement. Each is shown complete — this platform never excerpts a translation — and each renders under its translator's name. No translation here is marked as the correct one.
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DIN 31635waman yaqul minhum ʾinnī ʾilāhun min dūnihi faḏālika naǧzīhi ǧahannama kaḏālika naǧzī ẓ-ẓālimīna
Talal Itani2012 And whoever of them says, "I am a god besides Him," We will reward him with Hell. Thus We reward the wrongdoers.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And one of them who should say: Lo! I am a god beside Him, that one We should repay with hell. Thus We Repay wrong-doers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And whoso of them should say, 'Verily, I am god instead of Him,' such a one we recompense with hell; thus do we recompense the wrongdoers
John Medows Rodwell1861 And that angel among them who saith "I am a god beside Him," will we recompense with hell: in such sort will we recompense the offenders
George Sale1734 Whoever of them shall say, I am a god besides Him; that angel will We reward with hell: For so will We reward the unjust
Easy-read (simplified)awalam yara lladheena kafaroo anna s-samaawaati wal-'arda kaanataa ratqan fafataqnaahumaa waja'alnaa mina l-maa'i kulla shay'in hayyin afalaa yu'minoon
DIN 31635ʾawalam yara llaḏīna kafarū ʾanna s-samāwāti wal-ʾarḍa kānatā ratqan fafataqnāhumā waǧaʿalnā mina l-māʾi kulla šayʾin ḥayyin ʾafalā yuʾminūna
Talal Itani2012 Do the disbelievers not see that the heavens and the earth were one mass, and We tore them apart? And We made from water every living thing. Will they not believe?
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Have not those who disbelieve known that the heavens and the earth were of one piece, then We parted them, and we made every living thing of water? Will they not then believe
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Do not those who misbelieve see that the heavens and the earth were both solid, and we burst them asunder; and we made from water every living thing - will they then not believe
John Medows Rodwell1861 Do not the infidels see that the heavens and the earth were both a solid mass, and that we clave them asunder, and that by means of water we give life to everything? Will they not then believe
George Sale1734 Do not the unbelievers therefore know, that the heavens and the earth were solid, and We clave the same in sunder; and made every living thing of water? Will they not therefore believe
DIN 31635waǧaʿalnā s-samāʾa saqfan maḥfūẓan wahum ʿan ʾāyātihā muʿriḍūna
Talal Itani2012 And We made the sky a protected ceiling; yet they turn away from its wonders.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And we have made the sky a roof withheld (from them). Yet they turn away from its portents
Edward Henry Palmer1880 and we made the heaven a guarded roof; yet from our signs they turn aside
John Medows Rodwell1861 And we made the heaven a roof strongly upholden; yet turn they away from its signs
George Sale1734 And We made the heaven a roof well supported. Yet they turn aside from the signs thereof, not considering that they are the workmanship of God
Talal Itani2012 It is He who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon; each floating in an orbit.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And He it is Who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon. They float, each in an orbit
Edward Henry Palmer1880 He it is who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon, each floating in a sky
John Medows Rodwell1861 And He it is who hath created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon, each moving swiftly in its sphere
George Sale1734 It is He who hath created the night, and the day, and the sun, and the moon; all the celestial bodies move swiftly, each in its respective orb
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 —
0.60 on a scale
where 0 means identical wording and 1 means no shared words. It is
computed, not judged.
The page says a verse is worded differently only above the cut below. The cut is a stated convention, not a property of the text, and it can be changed.
The cut
0.644
Share of measured verses above it
33%
Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.73
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.72
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.68
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.62
Talal Itani · George Sale0.62
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.59
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.58
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.55
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.50
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.44
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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.
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Source Tanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) · Uthmani, Version 1.1
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 ayahs. The bismillah is delivered as a separate `bismillah` attribute on ayah 1 and is NOT fused into the ayah text. 112 surahs carry one: every surah except al-Fatiha, where the bismillah is ayah 1:1 itself, and at-Tawba, which has none. Sourced from the XML output; the plain-text output of the same release DOES fuse it, which is defect D1.
CLEARED. Licence read verbatim from the block embedded in this very file. Ingested exactly as shipped: no normalisation, no stripping of marks, no Unicode recomposition.
Parsed structurally from the EPUB: an h3 names the surah, one p per verse with its number in its own span. An unnumbered p is the basmala and is not a verse, except in surah 1 where the basmala IS verse 1. 112 unnumbered paragraphs were found, which is 114 surahs less surah 1 and surah 9. Text is stored VERBATIM: NFC normalisation and XML entity unescaping only, because CC BY-ND forbids modification.
CLEARED on a licence read first-hand from the translator's own download page, not from an aggregator. Tanzil also hosts this translation, but under a blanket "non-commercial purposes only" term that directs the user to the translator or publisher for permission - a hosting disclaimer, not a grant - so the grant was taken from the licensor directly. The "God" edition was ingested; ClearQuran also publishes an "Allah" edition, differing in how the divine name is rendered, which is not ingested.
CLEARED ON THE WORK, WITH TWO RECORDED CAVEATS ON THIS COPY. (1) Rights basis is the expired copyright term, NOT the redistributing repository's licence. That repository dedicates its contents to the public domain under the Unlicense while also redistributing plainly in-copyright translations (Abdel Haleem, Saheeh International, The Study Quran), so it is dedicating rights it cannot hold and its blanket grant is not relied upon here. (2) The file declares its own upstream as tanzil.net, and Tanzil attaches a non-commercial condition to its TRANSLATION distributions, though not to its Qur'anic text. Since Pickthall's copyright has expired, nobody holds rights in these words and no licence is required from anyone; Tanzil's terms are a contract binding those who download from Tanzil, which we did not. The chain is nonetheless not spotless and Anwar may prefer a clean digitisation of the 1930 printing. NOT VERIFIED: that this digital text matches the 1930 first printing rather than a later revised edition. No page images were collated. Recorded as unverified rather than presented as established. SERVED TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE CITED FILE AT ONE VERSE, 37:97: the file reads "red-hotfire" (a glued token, also in Gutenberg #16955); the served row reads "red-hot fire", restored 2026-09-13 from Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (London: George Allen & Unwin, printed for Alfred A. Knopf; 1930), p. 460, XXXVII 97 - scan archive.org in.ernet.dli.2015.216140, PDF page 475; banked data/derivation-sources/pickthall-1930-dli-2015.216140-text.pdf (sha256 70e81146c97fa3a590243a82e04e349108546074787e2551a78c616202138870) on Anwar Malik's grant.
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 verses, keyed to mushaf order. The
bismillah is not fused into ayah 1: 1:1 carries it and no other verse
does. Verified against content check C3 at ingest.
CLEARED ON THE WORK. Term expired by every measure. The digital edition's upstream is not stated by the redistributor and the printing is unverified. No statement of purpose is recorded for Palmer because none was sourced from his own preface in this pass; nothing is asserted on his behalf.
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 verses, keyed to mushaf order. The
bismillah is not fused into ayah 1: 1:1 carries it and no other verse
does. Verified against content check C3 at ingest.
CLEARED ON THE WORK. Term expired by every measure. TWO edition caveats. (1) The upstream is not stated by the redistributor. (2) Rodwell's own edition PRESENTS THE SURAHS IN HIS OWN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER, not the mushaf order — he says so in his preface. This digital text is keyed to mushaf order, so it derives from a restored-order printing (such as the Everyman edition) rather than from Rodwell's own arrangement. Which printing is not stated and has not been established.
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 verses, keyed to mushaf order. The
bismillah is not fused into ayah 1: 1:1 carries it and no other verse
does. Verified against content check C3 at ingest.
CLEARED ON THE WORK. Term expired by every measure. The digital edition's upstream is NOT STATED by the redistributor, so the printing it represents is unverified; Sale's text was reprinted and re-edited many times between 1734 and 1900. Recorded as unverified rather than assumed to be the first edition.
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 ayahs. The bismillah is delivered as a separate `bismillah` attribute on ayah 1 and is NOT fused into the ayah text. 112 surahs carry one: every surah except al-Fatiha, where the bismillah is ayah 1:1 itself, and at-Tawba, which has none. Sourced from the XML output; the plain-text output of the same release DOES fuse it, which is defect D1.
CLEARED. Parallel edition, held in ayah_text_variants. It sits alongside the Uthmani spine for search normalisation and is never used to correct it.