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
And it is He who, from fluid, created the human being. Then He made relationships through marriage and mating. Your Lord is Omnipotent.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
And He it is Who hath created man from water, and hath appointed for him kindred by blood and kindred by marriage; for thy Lord is ever Powerful
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 he it is who has created man from water, and has made for him blood relationship and marriage relationship; for thy Lord is mighty
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
It is He who hath created man of water; and hath made him to bear the doublerelation of consanguinity and affinity; for thy Lord is powerful
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
Është Ai që krijoi njeriun nga uji e më pas e vuri në lidhje gjaku e krushqie. Zoti yt është i Plotfuqishëm.
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 তিনিই পানি(১৪) থেকে মানুষ সৃষ্টি করেছেন, অতঃপর তিনি তাকে বংশগত ও বৈবাহিক সম্পর্কযুক্ত করেছেন। আর তোমার রব হলো মহা ক্ষমতাবান।
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
On od vode stvara ljude i čini da su rod po krvi i po tazbini. Gospodar tvoj je kadar sve.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4
Hrvatski · Croatian
On od vode stvara ljude i čini da su rod po krvi i po tazbini. Gospodar tvoj je kadar sve.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Fulfulde · Fulani
Ko Kaŋko woni on Takɗo ɓanndunke immorde e ndiyam ɗam, O waɗi mo dammbe e esiraawo, Joomi maaɗa laatike ko o kattanɗo.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
და [მხოლოდ] ის არის [ალლაჰი], ვინც შექმნა წყლისაგან ადამიანი და დაუდგინა მას ნათესავნი კაცის და ქალის მხრიდან. და შენი უფალი ყოვლისშემძლეა.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Und Er ist es, Der aus Wasser menschliche Wesen erschafft und sie dann zu (Bluts)verwandtschaft und Schwägerschaft bestimmt; und dein Herr ist allmächtig.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Είναι Αυτός που δημιούργησε ανθρώπους (άνδρες και γυναίκες) από το νερό (δηλ. από τις αναμεμειγμένες εκκρίσεις των δύο φύλων), και έκανε μεταξύ τους (των ανθρώπων) δεσμούς συγγένειας καταγωγής και δεσμούς συγγένειας γάμου. Πράγματι, ο Κύριός σου (ω, Προφήτη) είναι Καντείρ (Ικανός για τα πάντα).
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
तथा वही है, जिसने पानी (वीर्य) से एक मनुष्य को पैदा किया। फिर उसके ख़ानदानी तथा ससुरालाी संबंध बना दिए। और आपका पालनहार बड़ा ही सामर्थ्यवान् है।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Ed è Lui che ha creato dall’acqua l’uomo, e gli ha stabilito discendenza e parentela. E il tuo Dio è Potente.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
54. Ir tai Jis, Kuris sukūrė žmogų iš vandens, ir paskyrė jam kraujo gimines, ir gimines per santuoką. Ir jūsų Viešpats yra Visada Galingiausiasis daryti tai, ką Jis nori.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.8
Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Inni Isa bishaan (hormaataa) irraa nama uumee ergasii fira (sanyii)fi soddaa tasiseedha. Gooftaan kee danda’aa ta’eera.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.0
Русский · Russian
И Он — Тот, Кто сотворил из воды человека и установил для него родство по крови и через брак. И твой Господь всегда был [и пребудет] могущественным.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
Он од воде ствара људе и чини да су род по крви и тазбини. Твој Господар је свемоћан.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Naye ndiye aliyemuumba mwanadamu kutokana na maji, akamjaalia kuwa na nasaba na ushemeji. Na Mola wako Mlezi ni Muweza mno.
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Svenska · Swedish
Och det är han som skapar människor av en droppe vätska och som förenar dem genom blodsband och giftermål; din Herre har makt över allt.
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Türkçe · Turkish
Ve o sudan insanı yaratan, onu soy ve hısımlık sahibi kılan O'dur. Rabbin, her şeye güç yetirendir.
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اردو · Urdu
وه ہے جس نے پانی سے انسان کو پیدا کیا، پھر اسے نسب واﻻ اور سسرالی رشتوں واﻻ کردیا[1] ۔ بلاشبہ آپ کا پروردگار (ہر چیز پر) قادر 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.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.3
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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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Easy-read
Easy-read is a simplified pronunciation,
not authoritative — a rule-by-rule romanisation, not a reading.
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
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Talal Itani2012 And it is He who merged the two seas; this one fresh and sweet, and that one salty and bitter; and He placed between them a barrier, and an impassable boundary.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And He it is Who hath given independence to the two seas (though they meet); one palatable, sweet, and the other saltish, bitter; and hath set a bar and a forbidding ban between them
Edward Henry Palmer1880 He it is who has let loose the two seas, this one sweet and fresh, that one bitter and pungent, and has made between them a rigorous prohibition
John Medows Rodwell1861 And He it is who hath let loose the two seas, the one sweet, fresh; and the other salt, bitter; and hath put an interspace between them, and a barrier that cannot be passed
George Sale1734 It is He who hath let loose the two seas; this fresh and sweet, and that salt and bitter: And hath placed between them a bar, and a bound which cannot be passed
Easy-read (simplified)waya'budoona min dooni llaahi maa laa yanfa'uhum walaa yadurruhum wakaana l-kaafiru 'alaa rabbihi zaheeraa
DIN 31635wayaʿbudūna min dūni llāhi mā lā yanfaʿuhum walā yaḍurruhum wakāna l-kāfiru ʿalā rabbihi ẓahīran
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 And yet, instead of God, they serve what neither profits them nor harms them. The disbeliever has always turned his back on his Lord.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Yet they worship instead of Allah that which can neither benefit them nor hurt them. The disbeliever was ever a partisan against his Lord
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Yet they worship beside God what can neither profit them nor harm them; but he who misbelieves in his Lord backs up (the devil)
John Medows Rodwell1861 Yet beside God do they worship what can neither help nor hurt them: and the Infidel is Satan's helper against his Lord
George Sale1734 They worship, besides God, that which can neither profit them nor hurt them: And the unbeliever is an assistant of the devil against his Lord
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 —
0.61 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 Rodwell0.75
Talal Itani · George Sale0.74
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.72
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.66
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.66
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.59
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.55
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.53
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.52
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.40
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.