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Talal Itani· published 2012
God is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The allegory of His light is that of a pillar on which is a lamp. The lamp is within a glass. The glass is like a brilliantplanet, fueled by a blessed tree, an olive tree, neither eastern nor western. Its oil would almost illuminate, even if no fire has touched it. Light upon Light. God guides to His light whomever He wills. God thus cites the parables for the people. God is cognizant of everything.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The similitude of His light is as a niche wherein is a lamp. The lamp is in a glass. The glass is as it were a shining star. (This lamp is) kindled from a blessed tree, an olive neither of the East nor of the West, whose oil would almost glow forth (of itself) though no fire touched it. Light upon light. Allah guideth unto His light whom He will. And Allahspeaketh to mankind in allegories, for Allah is Knower of all things
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
God is the light of the heavens and the earth; His light is as a niche in which is a lamp, and the lamp is in a glass, the glass is as though it were a glittering star; it is lit from a blessed tree, an olive neither of the east nor of the west, the oil of which would well-nigh give light though no fire touched it,- light upon light!- God guides to His light whom He pleases; and God strikes out parables for men, and God all things doth know
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Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
God is the LIGHT of the Heavens and of the Earth. His Light is like a niche in which is a lamp - the lamp encased in glass - the glass, as it were, a glistening star. From a blessed tree is it lighted, the olive neither of the East nor of the West, whose oil would well nigh shine out, even though fire touched it not! It is light upon light. God guideth whom He will to His light, and God setteth forth parables to men, for God knoweth all things
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Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
God is the light of heaven and earth: The similitude of his light is as a niche in a wall, wherein a lamp is placed, and the lamp inclosed in a case of glass; the glass appears as it were a shining star. It is lighted with the oil of a blessed tree, an olive neither of the east, nor of the west: It wantethlittle but that the oil thereof would give light, although no fire touched it. This is light added unto light: God will direct unto his light whom He pleaseth. God propoundeth parables unto men; for God knoweth all things
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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
Allahu është Drita e qiejve dhe e Tokës. Drita e Tij i shëmbëllen një kandili të vendosur në një kamare. Kandili është në një kristal, e kristali duket si të ishte yll ndriçues që ndizet prej (vajit të) një druri të bekuar ulliri, i cili s'është as në lindje e as në perëndim, ndërsa vaji i tij shkëlqen edhe pa e prekur zjarri. Dritë mbi dritë. Allahu udhëzon drejt dritës së Vet atë që do. Allahu sjell shembuj për njerëzit dhe Allahu është i Gjithëdijshëm për çdo gjë.
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বাংলা · Bengali
আল্লাহ আসমানসমূহ ও জমিনের নূর (জ্যোতি)। (একজন মু’মিনের অন্তরে) তাঁর নূরের উপমা হচ্ছে, একটি প্রদীপদানি (দীপাদার ) যাতে রয়েছে একটি প্রদীপ, প্রদীপটি রয়েছে, একটি চকচকে কাঁচের ফানুসের মধ্যে। কাঁচের ফানুসটি যেন মুক্তার ন্যায় একটি উজ্জ্বল নক্ষত্র। প্রদীপটি বরকতময় যাইতুন গাছের তেল দ্বারা প্রজ্বলিত করা হয়, যা পূর্ব দিকের (সূর্যের আলো থেকে আড়ালে) নয় এবং পশ্চিম দিকের (সূর্যের আলো থেকে আড়ালে)-ও নয়।(১০) এর তেল যেন আলো বিকিরণ করে, যদিও তাতে আগুন স্পর্শ না করে। নূরের ওপর নূর।(১১) আল্লাহ যাকে ইচ্ছা তাঁর নূরের দিকে হিদায়াত দান করেন । আর আল্লাহ মানুষের জন্য উপমাসমূহ উপস্থাপন করেন। আর আল্লাহ প্রতিটি বস্তু সম্পর্কে সম্যক জ্ঞাত।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
Allah je svjetlost nebesa i Zemlje! Primjer svjetlosti Njegove je udubina u zidu u kojoj je svjetiljka. Svjetiljka je u kandilju, a kandilj je kao zvijezda blistava koja se užiže blagoslovljenim drvetom maslinovim, i istočnim i zapadnim, čije ulje gotovo da sija kad ga vatra ne dotakne – sama svjetlost nad svjetlošću! Allah vodi ka svjetlosti Svojoj onog koga On hoće. Allah navodi primjere ljudima, Allah sve dobro zna.
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Hrvatski · Croatian
Allah je svjetlost nebesa i Zemlje! Primjer svjetlosti Njegove je udubina u zidu u kojoj je svjetiljka. Svjetiljka je u kandilju, a kandilj je kao zvijezda blistava koja se užiže blagoslovljenim drvetom maslinovim, i istočnim i zapadnim, čije ulje gotovo da sija kad ga vatra ne dotakne – sama svjetlost nad svjetlošću! Allah vodi ka svjetlosti Svojoj onog koga On hoće. Allah navodi primjere ljudima, Allah sve dobro zna.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Ko Alla woni annoore kammuuli ɗin e leydi ndin, sifa annoore makko nde ko wano tuɗɗere hara no e mayre pitilol(lampu), pitilol ngol wona e ndeer biiniiri, biiniiri ndin hara hindi wa'i wa hoodere jalbunde hinde huɓɓa immorde e leggal barkinaangal nebbantewal ngal wonaa funnaangeyaŋkowal ngal wonaa hirnaangeyaŋkowal nebbam maggal ɗam no ɓadoo jalbude, hay si yiite memaani ɗam, annoore e hoore annoore, Alla no feewnira annoore makko nde oon mo o muuyi, Alla no piyana yimɓe ɓen mise, Alla ko o gannduɗo kala hu'unde.
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ქართული · Georgian
ალლაჰია ცათა და მიწის ნათელი. მისი ნათელი [რომლისკენაც იგი მიუძღვის, ანუ რწმენა და ყურანი] (მორწმუნის გულში) ჰგავს ნიშას [კედელში არსებულ ღრმულს], რომელშიც ლამპარია; ლამპარი მინაშია, ხოლო მინა მარგალიტივით მბრწყინავ ვარსკვლავს ჰგავს. იგი [ლამპარი] ანთებულია კურთხეული ხის — ზეთისხილისგან, რომელიც არც მხოლოდ აღმოსავლეთისაა და არც მხოლოდ დასავლეთისა. მისი ზეთი თავისი სიწმინდის გამო მზად არის აალდეს, თუნდაც ცეცხლი არ შეხებოდეს. ნათელი ნათელზე! ალლაჰი თავის ნათელთან [რწმენისა და მისი წიგნის მიყოლისკენ] მიუძღვის იმას, ვისაც ინებებს. და ალლაჰი ადამიანებისთვის იგავებს მოიყვანს, რათა დაფიქრდნენ მათში არსებულ სიბრძნეზე. და ალლაჰმა ყოველივე იცის.
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Deutsch · German
Allah ist das Licht der Himmel und der Erde. Das Gleichnis seines Lichtes ist das einer Nische, in der eine Lampe ist. Die Lampe ist in einem Glas. Das Glas ist, als wäre es ein funkelnder Stern. Sie (also diese Lampe) wird angezündet durch einen gesegneten Baum, einen Ölbaum, weder östlich noch westlich, dessen Öl beinahe schon Helligkeit verbreitet, auch wenn das Feuer es nicht berührt. Licht über Licht. Allah führt zu Seinem Licht, wen Er will. Und Allah prägt den Menschen die Gleichnisse, und Allah ist über alles wissend.
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Ελληνικά · Greek
Ο Αλλάχ είναι το Φως των ουρανών και της γης (ο Οποίος καθοδηγεί όποιους θέλει). Το παράδειγμα του Φωτός Του (δηλ. της καθοδήγησης και του Βιβλίου Του -το Κορ’άν- στην καρδιά ενός πιστού) είναι σαν μία εσοχή σε έναν τοίχο, η οποία έχει μία λάμπα (λαδιού), η λάμπα είναι σε ένα λαμπόγυαλο [δηλ. η εσοχή είναι το στήθος του πιστού, η λάμπα είναι το Κορ’άν και η πίστη, και το λαμπόγυαλο είναι η καρδιά του πιστού. Έτσι το φως συγκεντρώνεται στην εσοχή και δε χάνεται]. Το λαμπόγυαλο (από το φως και την ομορφιά του) είναι σαν να ήταν ένα φωτεινό αστέρι. Φωτίζεται (η λάμπα) από (το λάδι που βγαίνει από) μία ευλογημένη ελιά, που δεν είναι ούτε της Ανατολής ούτε της Δύσης (δηλ. την βλέπει ο ήλιος όλη την ημέρα, όταν ανατέλλει και όταν δύει). Το λάδι της (ελιάς) σχεδόν θα έλαμπε, ακόμη και αν δεν το άγγιζε η φωτιά [έτσι είναι τα Σημάδια του Αλλάχ, θα τα καταλάβαινε ο πιστός ακόμα και αν ο Αλλάχ δεν τα επιβεβαίωνε περισσότερο στο Κορ’άν]. Φως πάνω στο φως. Ο Αλλάχ καθοδηγεί στο Φως Του όποιους θέλει. Ο Αλλάχ παρουσιάζει τα παραδείγματα για τους ανθρώπους, και ο Αλλάχ είναι για τα πάντα, Παντογνώστης.
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हिन्दी · Hindi
अल्लाह आकाशों तथा धरती का[30] प्रकाश है। उसके प्रकाश की मिसाल एक ताक़ की तरह है, जिसमें एक दीप है। वह दीप (काँच के) एक फानूस में है। वह फानूस गोया चमकता हुआ तारा है। वह (दीप) एक बरकत वाले वृक्ष 'ज़ैतून' (के तेल) से जलाया जाता है, जो न पूर्वी है और न पश्चिमी। उसका तेल निकट है कि (स्वयं) प्रकाश देने लगे, यद्यपि उसे आग ने न छुआ हो। प्रकाश पर प्रकाश है। अल्लाह अपने प्रकाश की ओर जिसका चाहता है, मार्गदर्शन करता है। और अल्लाह लोगों के लिए मिसालें प्रस्तुत करता है। और अल्लाह प्रत्येक चीज़ को भली-भाँति जानने वाला है।
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Italiano · Italian
Allāh è la Luce dei cieli e della terra. La Sua Luce è come una nicchia, in cui c’è una lampada – e la lampada è in un cristallo e il cristallo simile a una stella splendente – che si alimenta da un albero benedetto, un ulivo né orientale né occidentale, e il cui olio sembra irradiare luce, anche se non l’ha toccato fiamma: luce su luce! Allāh guida alla Sua luce ﴾la retta via﴿ chi Lui vuole e Allāh porta degli esempi agli uomini, e Allāh è Onnisciente.
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
35. Allahas yra dangų ir žemės Šviesa. Jo Šviesos panašumas yra toks lyg (jei būtų) niša ir joje šviestuvas: šviestuvas yra stikle, stiklas lyg būtų švytinti žvaigždė, uždegta nuo palaiminto medžio, alyvuogė, nei iš rytų (nei ji gauna saulės šviesos tik rytais), nei iš vakarų (t. y. nei ji gauna saulės šviesos tik popietę, tačiau ji išstatyta priešais saulę visą dieną), kurios aliejus šviečia (pats), nors jokia ugnis jo nepaliečia. Šviesa ant Šviesos! Allahas veda į Savo Šviesą tą, ką Jis nori. Ir Allahas nustato panašumus žmonijai, ir Allahas yra Visa Žinantis apie viską.
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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Rabbiin ifaa samiifi dachiiti, Fakkeenyi ifa Isaa akka foddaa ibsaan ishee keessa jiruuti, Ibsaan sun immoo birillee keessa jira, Birillichis akka urjii calaqqisaa muka barakeeffamtuu, zeytuunaa irraa taate irra qabsiifamuu, kan kallattii bahaattis dhihattiis hin ta’in, kan zeytiin ishee odoo ibiddi isa tuquu baattellee ifuutti dhihaatu kan fakkaattuudha, (Kana jechuun) ifaa ifaa irraati ta’ee dha! Rabbiin nama fedhe gara ifaa Isaatti qajeelcha. Rabbiin namootaaf fakkeenyota taasisa. Rabbiin waan hunda beekaadha.
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Русский · Russian
Аллах — Свет небес и земли. Притча о Его свете — словно ниша, в которой — светильник. Светильник — в стекле, а стекло — словно сверкающая звезда. Он зажигается от благословенного дерева — маслины, ни восточной, ни западной. Её масло вот-вот засветится, даже если его не коснётся огонь. Свет над светом. Аллах наставляет к Своему свету, кого пожелает. Аллах приводит притчи для людей, и Аллах — знающий обо всём сущем.
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Српски · Serbian
Аллах је светло небеса и Земље! Пример Његовог светла је као удубина у којој је фитиљ кандила; фитиљ је у стакленки, а стакленка је као блистава звезда; ужиже се благословљеним маслиновим дрветом, источним и западним, чије уље готово да сија кад га ватра и не дотакне; сама светлост изнад светлости! Аллах води ка Својој светлости онога кога Он хоће. Аллах наводи примере људима, Аллах све добро зна.
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Mwenyezi Mungu ni Nuru ya Mbingu na Ardhi. Mfano wa Nuru yake ni kama shubaka lenye kuwekwa ndani yake taa. Taa ile imo katika tungi. Tungi lile ni kama nyota inayomeremeta, inayowashwa kwa mafuta yanayotoka katika mti uliobarikiwa, mzaituni. Si wa mashariki wala magharibi. Yanakaribia mafuta yake kung'aa wenyewe ingawa moto haujayagusa, - Nuru juu ya Nuru. Mwenyezi Mungu humwongoa kwenye Nuru yake amtakaye. Na Mwenyezi Mungu huwapigia watu mifano. Na Mwenyezi Mungu ni Mwenye kujua kila kitu.
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Svenska · Swedish
Gud är himlarnas och jordens ljus. Hans ljus liknar en nisch vari en lykta finns. Lyktan omsluts av glas. Glaset strålar som en stjärna. Den tänds med olja från ett välsignat olivträd som [aldrig står i skugga då det] varken står i öster eller väster, och vars olja nästan lyser av sig självt, utan att eld rör vid den. Ljus på ljus! Gud vägleder den han vill till sitt ljus. Sådana liknelser ger Gud människorna, och Gud har full vetskap om allt.
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Türkçe · Turkish
Allah, göklerin ve yerin nurudur. O'nun nûrunun misali, içinde kandil bulunan bir kandillik gibidir. O kandil, kristal bir fanus içindedir. O, doğuya da batıya da ait olmayan mübarek bir zeytin ağacından tutuşturulan, parıltısı inciyi andıran bir yıldız gibidir. Onun yağı, neredeyse, kendisine ateş değmese dahi ışık verir. (Bu,) nûr üstüne nûrdur. Allah dilediği kimseyi nûruna eriştirir. Allah insanlara (işte böyle) misaller getirir. Allah her şeyi hakkıyla bilendir.
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اردو · Urdu
اللہ نور ہے آسمانوں اور زمین کا[1] ، اس کے نور کی مثال مثل ایک طاق کے ہے جس میں چراغ ہو اور چراغ شیشہ کی قندیل میں ہو اور شیشہ مثل چمکتے ہوئے روشن ستارے کے ہو وه چراغ ایک بابرکت درخت زیتون کے تیل سے جلایا جاتا ہو جو درخت نہ مشرقی ہے نہ مغربی خود وه تیل قریب ہے کہ آپ ہی روشنی دینے لگے اگرچہ اسے آگ نہ بھی چھوئے، نور پر نور ہے[2]، اللہ تعالیٰ اپنے نور کی طرف رہنمائی کرتا ہے جسے چاہے[3]، لوگوں (کے سمجھانے) کو یہ مثالیں اللہ تعالیٰ بیان فرما رہا ہے[4]، اور اللہ تعالیٰ ہر چیز کے حال سے بخوبی واقف ہے.
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Each verse ends in its pause form, as it is said when you stop there. Pauses inside a verse and other tajwid rules are not shown. It is derived from the Tanzil
Simple edition, while the Arabic above is the
Uthmani edition; both are cleared, but they are not the
same edition and their orthography differs.
Talal Itani2012 And let those who do not find the means to marry abstain, until God enriches them from His bounty. If any of your servants wish to be freed, grant them their wish, if you recognize some good in them. And give them of God's wealth which he has given you. And do not compel your girls to prostitution, seeking the materials of this life, if they desire to remain chaste. Should anyone compel them-after their compulsion, God is Forgiving and Merciful.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And let those who cannot find a match keep chaste till Allah give them independence by His grace. And such of your slaves as seek a writing (of emancipation), write it for them if ye are aware of aught of good in them, and bestow upon them of the wealth of Allah which He hath bestowed upon you. Force not your slave-girls to whoredom that ye may seek enjoyment of the life of the world, if they would preserve their chastity. And if one force them, then (unto them), after their compulsion, lo! Allah will be Forgiving, Merciful
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And let those who cannot find a match, until God enriches them of His grace, keep chaste. And such of those whom your right hands possess as crave a writing, write it for them, if ye know any good in them, and give them of the wealth of God which He has given you. And do not compel your slave girls to prostitution, if they desire to keep continent, in order to crave the goods of the life of this world; but he who does compel them, then, verily, God after they are compelled is forgiving, compassionate
John Medows Rodwell1861 And let those who cannot find a match live in continence till God of His bounty shall enrich them. And to those of your slaves who desire a deed of manumission, execute it for them, if ye know good in them, and give them a portion of the wealth of God which He hath given you. Force not your female slaves into sin, in order that ye may gain the casual fruitions of this world, if they wish to preserve their modesty. Yet if any one compel them, then Verily to them, after their compulsion, will God be Forgiving, Merciful
George Sale1734 And let those who find not a match, keep themselves from fornication, until God shall enrich them of his abundance. And unto such of your slaves as desire a written instrument allowing them to redeem themselves on paying a certain sum, write one, if ye know good in them; and give them of the riches of God, which He hath given you. And compel not your maid-servants to prostitute themselves, if they be willing to live chastly; that ye may seek the casual advantage of this present life: But whoever shall compel them thereto, verily God will be gracious and merciful unto such women after their compulsion
Easy-read (simplified)walaqad anzalnaa ilaykum aayaatin mubayyinaatin wamathalan mina lladheena khalaw min qablikum wamaw'izatan lilmuttaqeen
DIN 31635walaqad ʾanzalnā ʾilaykum ʾāyātin mubayyinātin wamaṯalan mina llaḏīna ḫalaw min qablikum wamawʿiẓatan lilmuttaqīna
Talal Itani2012 We have sent down to you clarifying revelations, and examples of those who passed on before you, and advice for the righteous.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And verily We have sent down for you revelations that make plain, and the example of those who passed away before you. An admonition unto those who ward off (evil)
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Now have we sent down to you manifest signs, and the like of those who have passed away before you, and as an admonition to those who fear
John Medows Rodwell1861 And now have we sent down to you clear signs, and an instance from among those who flourished before you, and a caution for the God-fearing
George Sale1734 And now have We revealed unto you evident signs, and a history like unto some of the histories of those who have gone before you, and an admonition unto the pious
Talal Itani2012 In houses which God has permitted to be raised, and His name is celebrated therein. He is glorified therein, morning and evening.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 (This lamp is found) in houses which Allah hath allowed to be exalted and that His name shall be remembered therein. Therein do offer praise to Him at morn and evening
Edward Henry Palmer1880 In the houses God has permitted to be reared and His name to be mentioned therein - His praises are celebrated therein mornings and evenings
John Medows Rodwell1861 In the temples which God hath allowed to be reared, that His name may therein be remembered, do men praise Him morn and even
George Sale1734 In the houses which God hath permitted to be raised, and that his name be commemorated therein: Men celebrate his praise in the same morning and evening
Talal Itani2012 By men who neither trading nor commerce distracts them from God's remembrance, and from performing the prayers, and from giving alms. They fear a Day when hearts and sights are overturned.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Men whom neither merchandise nor sale beguileth from remembrance of Allah and constancy in prayer and paying to the poor their due; who fear a day when hearts and eyeballs will be overturned
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Men whom neither merchandize nor selling divert from the remembrance of God and steadfastness in prayer and giving alms, who fear a day when hearts and eyes shall be upset
John Medows Rodwell1861 Men whom neither merchandise nor traffic beguile from the remembrance of God, and from the observance of prayer, and the payment of the stated alms, through fear of the day when hearts shall throb and eyes shall roll
George Sale1734 whom neither merchandizing, nor selling diverteth from the remembering of God, and the observance of prayer, and the giving of alms; fearing the day whereon men's hearts and eyes shall be troubled
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 —
0.54 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 · George Sale0.71
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.67
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.64
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.61
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.54
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.52
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.50
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.46
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.44
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.34
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.
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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.