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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.
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
Likewise, to every prophet We assignenemies from among the wicked. But your Lord suffices as a Guide and Savior.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Even so have We appointed unto every prophet an opponent from among the guilty; but Allah sufficeth for a Guide and Helper
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
Thus have we made for every prophet an enemy from among the sinners; but thy Lord is good guide and helper enough
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
In likemanner did We ordain unto every prophet an enemy from among the wicked: But thy Lord is a sufficient director, and defender
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
Kështu pra, ne caktuam për çdo pejgamber një armik prej keqbërësve, por mjafton që Zoti yt të jetë udhërrëfyes dhe ndihmës yti.
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 এভাবেই আমি প্রত্যেক নবীর জন্য (তার সম্প্রদায়ের) অপরাধীদের মধ্য থেকে শত্রু বানিয়েছি। আর পথপ্রদর্শক ও সাহায্যকারী হিসেবে তোমার রবই যথেষ্ট।
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
Isto tako smo Mi dali da svakom vjerovjesniku nevaljalci neprijatelji budu. A tebi je Gospodar tvoj dovoljan kao vodič i kao pomagač!
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
Isto tako smo Mi dali da svakom vjerovjesniku nevaljalci neprijatelji budu. A tebi je Gospodar tvoj dovoljan kao vodič i kao pomagač!
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
Ko wano nii, Min mbaɗirani kala Annabaajo gaño immorde e bonɓe ɓen, Joomi maaɗa yonii peewnoowo e ballo.
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
აი, სწორედ ამგვარად დავუდგინეთ ყოველ შუამავალს მტრები ცოდვილთაგან [მისი ხალხისგან], ხოლო შენი უფალი საკმარისია სწორ გზაზე დამდგენად და შემწედ.
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
Auf diese Weise haben Wir für jeden Propheten einen Feind aus den Reihen der Übeltäter gemacht. Und dein Herr genügt als Leiter und Unterstützer.
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
(Ω, Αγγελιαφόρε, όπως σε έβλαψαν και σε διέψευσαν οι ειδωλολάτρες), Έτσι κάναμε για κάθε Προφήτη, να υπάρχουν εχθροί από τους κακούς (τους άπιστους). Επαρκεί ο Κύριός σου για να καθοδηγήσει και να υποστηρίξει (εσένα έναντι των άπιστων).
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 इसी तरह हमने हर नबी के लिए अपराधियों में से कोई न कोई शत्रु बना दिया और आपका पालनहार मार्गदर्शन प्रदान करने वाला तथा सहायता करने वाला काफ़ी है।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
E così abbiamo stabilito per ogni Profeta un nemico tra i criminali, e il tuo Dio è sufficiente come guida e sostenitore.
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
31. Tad Mes padarėme kiekvienam Pranašui priešą iš Mudžrimūn (netikinčiųjų, daugiadievių, nusikaltėlių) tarpo. Tačiau Pakankamas yra jūsų Viešpats kaip Vedlys ir Padėjėjas.
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
Так Мы сделали для каждого пророка врага из числа преступных. Достаточно твоего Господа в качестве наставляющего на верный путь и помощника.
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
Исто тако смо Ми дали да сваком веровеснику зликовци непријатељи буду. А теби је Господар твој довољан као водич и као помагач!
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 vivyo hivyo tumemfanyia kila Nabii adui miongoni mwa wahalifu, na Mola wako Mlezi anatosha kuwa Mwenye kuongoa na Mwenye kunusuru.
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Precis som du har vi även låtit tidigare profeter möta obotfärdiga syndares fientlighet. Din Herres vägledning och stöd är dock alldeles tillräckligt.
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
Biz, işte böyle her peygamber için suçlulardan bir düşman yarattık. Yol gösterici ve yardım edici olarak Rabbin yeter.
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
اور اسی طرح ہم نے ہر نبی کے دشمن بعض گناه گاروں کو بنادیا ہے[1] اور تیرا رب ہی ہدایت کرنے واﻻ اور مدد کرنے واﻻ کافی ہے.[2]
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
About these translations
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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Simple edition, while the Arabic above is the
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Talal Itani2012 He led me away from the Message after it had come to me; for Satan has always been a betrayer of man."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 He verily led me astray from the Reminder after it had reached me. Satan was ever man's deserter in the hour of need
Edward Henry Palmer1880 for he did lead me astray from the Reminder after it had come to me, for Satan leaves man in the lurch
John Medows Rodwell1861 It was he who led me astray from the Warning which had reached me! and Satan is man's betrayer
George Sale1734 He seduced me from the admonition of God, after it had come unto me: For the devil is the betrayer of man
Talal Itani2012 Those who disbelieve say, "Why was the Quran not revealed to him at once?" Thus in order to strengthen your heart thereby, and We revealed it in stages.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And those who disbelieve say: Why is the Qur'an not revealed unto him all at once? (It is revealed) thus that We may strengthen thy heart therewith; and We have arranged it in right order
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Those who misbelieve said, 'Unless the Qur'an be sent down to him all at once...!' - thus - that we may stablish thy heart therewith, did we reveal it piecemeal
John Medows Rodwell1861 And the infidels say, "Unless the Koran be sent down to him all at once. . . ." But in this way would we stablish thy heart by it; in parcels have we parcelled it out to thee
George Sale1734 The unbelievers say, unless the Koran be sent down unto him entire at once, we will not believe. But in this manner have We revealed it, that We might confirm thy heart thereby, and We have dictated it gradually, by distinct parcels
DIN 31635walā yaʾtūnaka bimaṯalin ʾillā ǧiʾnāka bil-ḥaqqi waʾaḥsana tafsīran
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 Whatever argument they come to you with, We provide you with the truth, and a better exposition.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And they bring thee no similitude but We bring thee the Truth (as against it), and better (than their similitude) as argument
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Nor shall they come to thee with a parable without our bringing thee the truth and the best interpretation
John Medows Rodwell1861 Nor shall they come to thee with puzzling questions, but we will come to thee with the truth, and their best solution
George Sale1734 They shall not come unto thee with any strange question; but We will bring thee the truth in answer, and a most excellent interpretation
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
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.69
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.69
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.69
Talal Itani · George Sale0.67
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.61
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.59
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.58
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.57
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.48
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.39
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.
As at
13 September 2026, 10:56 UTC
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