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24:6

وَٱلَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ أَزْوَٰجَهُمْ وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُمْ شُهَدَآءُ إِلَّآ أَنفُسُهُمْ فَشَهَٰدَةُ أَحَدِهِمْ أَرْبَعُ شَهَٰدَٰتٍۭ بِٱللَّهِ إِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

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Easy-read (simplified)walladheena yarmoona azwaajahum walam yakun lahum shuhadaa'u illaa anfusuhum fashahaadatu ahadihim arba'u shahaadaatin billaahi innahu lamina s-saadiqeen

DIN 31635wallaḏīna yarmūna ʾazwāǧahum walam yakun lahum šuhadāʾu ʾillā ʾanfusuhum fašahādatu ʾaḥadihim ʾarbaʿu šahādātin billāhi ʾinnahu lamina ṣ-ṣādiqīna

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Source Tanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) · Uthmani, Version 1.1
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Tanzil Project
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canonical text
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
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yes
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contradictory
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read verbatim
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cleared
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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
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ClearQuran, "God" edition, EPUB
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Talal Itani / ClearQuran.com
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translation
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Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/
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yes
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no
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terms page read
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cleared
Retrieved
7 September 2026
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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
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None — public domain work
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translation
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Public domain — copyright term expired
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— none published —
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yes
Modification
yes
Licence text
not applicable — no licence exists
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cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
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https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fawazahmed0/quran-api@6be8e17f2a0c13b1f33b1c3057f73cb28d5e848e/editions/eng-mohammedmarmadu.json

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Source Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an · 1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
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1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
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None — public domain work
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translation
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Public domain — copyright term expired
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— none published —
Commercial use
yes
Modification
yes
Licence text
not applicable — no licence exists
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
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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
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1861 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
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None — public domain work
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translation
Licence
Public domain — copyright term expired
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— none published —
Commercial use
yes
Modification
yes
Licence text
not applicable — no licence exists
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
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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
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translation
Licence
Public domain — copyright term expired
Licence URL
— none published —
Commercial use
yes
Modification
yes
Licence text
not applicable — no licence exists
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cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
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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
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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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TranslationsSource fact

Marked words appear in this translation and in no other English translation of this verse. Common small words and older spellings are not marked. The marks show where the wording differs, not where the meaning does.

Talal Itani · published 2012

As for those who accuse their own spouses, but have no witnesses except themselves, the testimony of one of them is equivalent to four testimonies, if he swears by God that he is truthful.

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

As for those who accuse their wives but have no witnesses except themselves; let the testimony of one of them be four testimonies, (swearing) by Allah that he is of those who speak the truth

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

And those who cast (imputation) on their wives and have no witnesses except themselves, then the testimony of one of them shall be to testify four times that, by God, he is of those who speak the truth

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

And they who shall accuse their wives, and have no witnesses but themselves, the testimony of each of them shall be a testimony by God four times repeated, that he is indeed of them that speak the truth

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

They who shall accuse their wives of adultery, and shall have no witnesses thereof besides themselves; the testimony which shall be required of one of them shall be, that he swear four times by God that he speaketh the truth

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

Ndërkaq, ai që akuzon gruan e vet (për tradhti bashkëshortore), pa pasur asnjë dëshmitar përveç vetes, duhet të betohet katër herë në Allahun se po e thotë të vërtetën.

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 যারা নিজেদের স্ত্রীর প্রতি ব্যভিচারের অপবাদ দেয়; অথচ নিজেরা ছাড়া তাদের আর কোন সাক্ষী নেই, তাহলে তাদের প্রত্যেকের সাক্ষ্য হবে আল্লাহর নামে চারবার শপথ করে বলবে যে, নিশ্চয়ই সে (তার স্ত্রীকে ব্যভিচারের অপবাদ দেওয়ার ব্যাপারে) সত্যবাদীদের অন্তর্ভুক্ত।

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

A oni koji okrive svoje žene, a ne budu imali drugih svjedoka, nego su samo oni svjedoci, potvrdit će svoje svjedočenje zakletvom Allahom, i to četiri puta da zaista govore istinu,

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 2.0.4

Hrvatski · Croatian

A oni koji okrive svoje žene, a ne budu imali drugih svjedoka, nego su samo oni svjedoci, potvrdit će svoje svjedočenje zakletvom Allahom, i to četiri puta da zaista govore istinu,

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

Fulfulde · Fulani

E ɓeen ɓe no tukka sonnaaɓe maɓɓe ɓen hara laatanaaki ɓe seedeeɓe si wonaa wonkiiji maɓɓe ɗin, ko yo goɗɗo e maɓɓe seedo seedeeji nayi [o woondira] Alla pellet, kako ko e googuɓe ɓen o jeyaa.

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

ისინი, რომელნიც ბრალს დასდებენ თავიანთ ცოლებს [მრუშობაში], ისე, რომ მათ არავინ ჰყავთ მოწმე, გარდა თავიანთი თავისა, თითოეული მათგანის მოწმეობა იყოს ოთხჯერ დამოწმება[1] ალლაჰის წინაშე, რომ იგი ჭეშმარიტად, მართლის მთქმელთაგანია.

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 1.0.7

Deutsch · German

Und diejenigen, die ihren Gattinnen (Untreue) vorwerfen, aber keine Zeugen haben außer sich selbst, so besteht die Zeugenaussage eines (solchen) von ihnen darin, viermal bei Allah zu bezeugen, er gehöre gewiss zu den Wahrheitssagenden.

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

Όσο γι' εκείνους που κατηγορούν τις γυναίκες τους για μοιχεία, και δεν έχουν μάρτυρες παρά μόνο τον εαυτό τους, θα πρέπει να δώσει ο καθένας απ' αυτούς, τέσσερις καταθέσεις, ορκιζόμενος στο Όνομα του Αλλάχ, ότι είναι ειλικρινής,

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

और जो लोग अपनी पत्नियों पर व्यभिचार का आरोप लगाएँ और उनके पास स्वयं के अलावा कोई गवाह न हों[7], तो उनमें से हर एक की गवाही यह है कि अल्लाह की क़सम खाकर चार बार यह गवाही दे कि निःसंदेह वह सच्चों में से है।[8]

Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5

Italiano · Italian

E di quello che accusa una propria moglie e non ha testimoni fuorché se stessi, sia accettata la testimonianza, se nella forma di quattro giuramenti in nome di Allāh, che in verità lui è tra i veritieri,

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

6. O tiems, kurie apkaltina savo žmonas, tačiau neturi jokių liudytojų, tik save, lai vieno jo liudijimas būna keturi liudijimai (t. y. lai jis liudija keturis kartus) prisiekiant Allahu, kad jis yra tas, kuris kalba tiesą.

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 1.0.8

Afaan Oromoo · Oromo

Isaan niitiwwan isaanii sagaagalummaan maqaa xureessan kan lubbuulee isaanii malee ragaaleen isaaniif hin jirre, rageessuun tokkoo isaanii ‘inni dhugaa dubbattoota irraayi’ jechuun yeroo afur Rabbiin kakachuudhaan rageessuudha. [5]

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

Те, которые бросают обвинение своим жёнам, не имея свидетелей, кроме самих себя, — свидетельство каждого из них: четырежды поклясться Аллахом, что он — из числа правдивых,

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

А они који окриве своје жене, а не буду имали других сведока, него су само они сведоци, потврдиће своје сведочење заклетвом Аллахом, и то четири пута да заиста говоре истину,

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 wale wanaowasingizia wake zao uzinzi na hawana mashahidi ila nafsi zao, basi ushahidi wa mmoja wao utakuwa kushuhudilia mara nne kwa kiapo cha Mwenyezi Mungu, ya kwamba hakika yeye ni katika wasemao ukweli.

Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5

Svenska · Swedish

Och den som anklagar sin egen hustru [för otrohet] utan andra vittnen än sig själv, ska svära fyra eder vid Gud att han talar sanning,

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

Türkçe · Turkish

Eşlerine zina isnadında bulunup da kendilerinden başka şahitleri olmayanlara gelince; her birinin şahitliği, Allah adına dört defa kendisinin hiç şüphesiz doğru söyleyenlerden olduğuna dair şahitlik etmesidir.

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

اردو · Urdu

جو لوگ اپنی بیویوں پر بدکاری کی تہمت لائیں اور ان کا کوئی گواه بجز خود ان کی ذات کے نہ ہو تو ایسے لوگوں میں سے ہر ایک کا ﺛبوت یہ ہے کہ چار مرتبہ اللہ کی قسم کھا کر کہیں کہ وه سچوں میں سے ہیں.

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.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.3

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24:4

وَٱلَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ ٱلْمُحْصَنَٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَأْتُوا۟ بِأَرْبَعَةِ شُهَدَآءَ فَٱجْلِدُوهُمْ ثَمَٰنِينَ جَلْدَةً وَلَا تَقْبَلُوا۟ لَهُمْ شَهَٰدَةً أَبَدًا وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْفَٰسِقُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)walladheena yarmoona l-muhsanaati thumma lam ya'too bi'arba'ati shuhadaa'a fajlidoohum thamaaneena jaldatan walaa taqbaloo lahum shahaadatan abadan wa'oolaa'ika humu l-faasiqoon

DIN 31635wallaḏīna yarmūna l-muḥṣanāti ṯumma lam yaʾtū biʾarbaʿati šuhadāʾa faǧlidūhum ṯamānīna ǧaldatan walā taqbalū lahum šahādatan ʾabadan waʾūlāʾika humu l-fāsiqūna

Talal Itani2012 Those who accuse chaste women, then cannot bring four witnesses, whip them eighty lashes, and do not ever accept their testimony. For these are the immoral.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And those who accuse honourable women but bring not four witnesses, scourge them (with) eighty stripes and never (afterward) accept their testimony - They indeed are evil-doers

Edward Henry Palmer1880 but those who cast (imputations) on chaste women and then do not bring four witnesses, scourge them with eighty stripes, and do not receive any testimony of theirs ever, for these are the workers of abomination

John Medows Rodwell1861 They who defame virtuous women, and bring not four witnesses, scourge them with fourscore stripes, and receive ye not their testimony for ever, for these are perverse persons

George Sale1734 But as to those who accuse women of reputation of whoredom, and produce not four witnesses of the fact, scourge them with fourscore stripes, and receive not their testimony for ever; for such are infamous prevaricators

24:5

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ تَابُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ وَأَصْلَحُوا۟ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

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Easy-read (simplified)illaa lladheena taaboo min ba'di dhaalika wa'aslahoo fa'inna llaaha ghafoorun raheem

DIN 31635ʾillā llaḏīna tābū min baʿdi ḏālika waʾaṣlaḥū faʾinna llāha ġafūrun raḥīmun

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 Except for those who repent afterwards, and reform; for God is Forgiving and Merciful.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Save those who afterward repent and make amends. (For such) lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Except such as repent after that and act aright, for, verily, God is forgiving and compassionate

John Medows Rodwell1861 Save those who afterwards repent and live virtuously; for truly God is Lenient, Merciful

George Sale1734 Excepting those who shall afterwards repent, and amend; for unto such will God be gracious and merciful

24:6 — the verse above

24:7

وَٱلْخَٰمِسَةُ أَنَّ لَعْنَتَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ

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Easy-read (simplified)wal-khaamisatu anna la'nata llaahi 'alayhi in kaana mina l-kaadhibeen

DIN 31635wal-ḫāmisatu ʾanna laʿnata llāhi ʿalayhi ʾin kāna mina l-kāḏibīna

Talal Itani2012 And the fifth time, that God's curse be upon him, if he is a liar.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And yet a fifth, invoking the curse of Allah on him if he is of those who lie

Edward Henry Palmer1880 and the fifth testimony shall be that the curse of God shall be on him if he be of those who lie

John Medows Rodwell1861 And the fifth time that the malison of God be upon him, if he be of them that lie

George Sale1734 And the fifth time that he imprecate the curse of God on him, if he be a liar

24:8

وَيَدْرَؤُا۟ عَنْهَا ٱلْعَذَابَ أَن تَشْهَدَ أَرْبَعَ شَهَٰدَٰتٍۭ بِٱللَّهِ إِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ

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Easy-read (simplified)wayadra'u 'anhaa l-'adhaaba an tashhada arba'a shahaadaatin billaahi innahu lamina l-kaadhibeen

DIN 31635wayadraʾu ʿanhā l-ʿaḏāba ʾan tašhada ʾarbaʿa šahādātin billāhi ʾinnahu lamina l-kāḏibīna

Talal Itani2012 But punishment shall be averted from her, if she swears four times by God, that he is a liar.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And it shall avert the punishment from her if she bear witness before Allah four times that the thing he saith is indeed false

Edward Henry Palmer1880 And it shall avert the punishment from her if she bears testimony four times that, by God, he is of those who lie

John Medows Rodwell1861 But it shall avert the chastisement from her if she testify a testimony four times repeated, by God, that he is of them that lie

George Sale1734 And it shall avert the punishment from the wife, if she swear four times by God that he is a liar

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

وَالَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ أَزْوَاجَهُمْ وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُمْ شُهَدَاءُ إِلَّا أَنفُسُهُمْ فَشَهَادَةُ أَحَدِهِمْ أَرْبَعُ شَهَادَاتٍ بِاللَّهِ إِنَّهُ لَمِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ

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 — 0.49 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 Sale 0.62
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell 0.58
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale 0.55
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer 0.53
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale 0.46
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell 0.46
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.45
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell 0.41
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale 0.39
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.39

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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13 September 2026, 10:56 UTC
Gate
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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

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