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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
Goback to them. We will come upon them with troops they cannot resist; and we will expel them from there, disgraced and humiliated."
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Return unto them. We verily shall come unto them with hosts that they cannot resist, and we shall drive them out from thence with shame, and they will be abased
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
return to them, for we will surely come to them with hosts which they cannot confront; and we will surely drive them out therefrommean and madesmall
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Return to them: for we will surely come to them with forces which they cannot withstand, and we will drive them from their land humbled and contemptible
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Return unto the people of Saba. We will surely come unto them with forces, which they shall not be able to withstand; and we will drive them out from their city, humbled; and they shall become contemptible
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
Kthehu tek ata se, pa dyshim, ne do t'u vemi atyre me ushtri, së cilës nuk do të mund t'i bëjnë ballë dhe do t'i dëbojmë që andej të poshtëruar e të përbuzur."
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
‘তোমরা তাদের কাছে ফিরে যাও। তারপর আমি অবশ্যই তাদের কাছে এমন সৈন্যবাহিনী নিয়ে আসবো যাদের মোকাবেলা করার শক্তি তাদের নেই। আর (তারা আত্মসমর্পণ না করলে) আমি অবশ্যই তাদেরকে সেখান থেকে লাঞ্ছিত অবস্থায় বের করে দিবো, এবং (পরিণামে) তারা হবে অপদস্থ।’
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
Vrati se njima! Mi ćemo im dovesti vojske kojima se neće moći oduprijeti i istjerat ćemo ih iz Sabe ponižene i pokorene.”
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
Vrati se njima! Mi ćemo im dovesti vojske kojima se neće moći oduprijeti i istjerat ćemo ih iz Sabe ponižene i pokorene.”
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
Rutto ka maɓɓe, mamen ngaddana ɓe koneeli ɗi ɓe maraa feere muuɗum, mamen njaltin ɓe ton ko ɓe ja'asɓe hara kamɓe ko hoyɓe.
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
[და შუამავალმა სულეიმანმა უთხრა საბაის დედოფლის წარმოგზავნილს]: «დაბრუნდი მათთან [ჩემი პასუხით]. ჩვენ კი აუცილებლად მივალთ მათთან ისეთი ჯარით, რომლის წინააღმდეგაც ვერ გაუძლებენ, და აუცილებლად გავაძევებთ მათ იქიდან [მათი ქვეყნიდან] დამცირებულებს და დაკნინებულებს».
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
Kehr zu ihnen zurück. Wir werden ganz gewiss mit Heerscharen über sie kommen, denen sie nichts entgegenzusetzen haben. Und wir werden sie ganz gewiss erniedrigt daraus vertreiben, während sie hierbei Geringgeachtete sind.“
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
Επέστρεψε σ' αυτούς. Πράγματι, (αν δε δέχονται το κάλεσμά μου να λατρεύουν μόνο τον Αλλάχ), θα έρθουμε σ' αυτούς με στρατιώτες, που δε θα μπορούν (οι άνθρωποι σου) να τους πολεμήσουν, και θα τους βγάλουμε απ' αυτή (την πόλη τους) ατιμασμένους, και ενώ είναι πλήρως ταπεινωμένοι.»
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
उनके पास वापस जाओ, अब हम अवश्य उनके पास ऐसी सेनाएँ लेकर आएँगे, जिनका वे सामना नहीं कर सकेंगे और हम अवश्य उन्हें उस (बस्ती) से इस तरह अपमानित करके निकाल देंगे कि वे तुच्छ होंगे।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Torna a loro: li attaccheremo con una truppa a cui non potranno opporsi e li faremo uscire da lì umiliati e miseri».
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
37. [Tada Suleimanas (Saliamonas) tarė jos pasiuntinių, atnešusiųjų dovaną, vyriausiajam]: „Grįžk pas juos. Mes tikrai ateisime pas juos su kariuomenėmis, kurioms jie negali pasipriešinti, ir mes išvarysime juos iš ten su gėda, ir jie bus pažeminti.“
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
Возвращайся к ним! Мы непременно придём к ним с войсками, против которых им не устоять, и непременно выведем их оттуда униженными и покорными».
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
Врати се њима! Ми ћемо да доведемо војске којима неће моћи да се одупру и истераћемо их из Сабе понижене и покорене.
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
Rejea kwao! Kwa yakini sisi tutawajia kwa majeshi wasioyaweza kuyakabili. Na hakika tutawatoa humo na hali wao wamekuwa madhalili na wanyonge.
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Återlämna [gåvan] till dem! Vi ska sannerligen möta dem med en armé de inte kan stå emot och vi ska fördriva dem därifrån, förnedrade och besegrade.”
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
“Dön onlara! Andolsun üzerlerine karşı duramayacakları ordularla geleceğiz ve onları –andolsun- oradan zelil ve küçük düşmüşler olarak çıkartacağız.”
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
جا ان کی طرف واپس لوٹ جا[1] ، ہم ان (کے مقابلہ) پر وه لشکر ﻻئیں گے جن کے سامنے پڑنے کی ان میں طاقت نہیں اور ہم انہیں ذلیل و پست کر کے وہاں سے نکال باہر کریں گے.[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.
Which translations appear here is set by copyright: they are the ones whose rights could be documented and cleared. The selection is not a judgement that these are the best.
About easy-read
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
Simple edition, while the Arabic above is the
Uthmani edition; both are cleared, but they are not the
same edition and their orthography differs.
DIN 31635falammā ǧāʾa sulaymāna qāla ʾatumiddūnani bimālin famā ʾātāniya llāhu ḫayrun mimmā ʾātākum bal ʾantum bihadiyyatikum tafraḥūna
Talal Itani2012 When he came to Solomon, he said, "Are you supplying me with money? What God has given me is better than what He has given you. It is you who delight in your gift.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 So when (the envoy) came unto Solomon, (the King) said: What! Would ye help me with wealth? But that which Allah hath given me is better than that which He hath given you. Nay it is ye (and not I) who exult in your gift
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And when he came to Solomon, he said, 'Do ye proffer me wealth, when what God has given me is better than what He has given you? nay, ye in your gifts rejoice
John Medows Rodwell1861 And when the messenger came to Solomon, he said, "Aid ye me with riches? But what God hath given to me is better than what he hath given you: yet ye glory in your gifts
George Sale1734 And when the queen's ambassador came unto Solomon, that prince said, will ye present me with riches? Verily that which God hath given me, is better than what he hath given you: But ye do glory in your gifts
Easy-read (simplified)qaala 'ifreetun mina l-jinni anaa aateeka bihi qabla an taqooma min maqaamika wa'innee 'alayhi laqawiyyun ameen
DIN 31635qāla ʿifrītun mina l-ǧinni ʾanā ʾātīka bihi qabla ʾan taqūma min maqāmika waʾinnī ʿalayhi laqawiyyun ʾamīnun
Talal Itani2012 An imp of the sprites said, "I will bring it to you before you rise from your seat. I am strong and reliable enough to do it."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 A stalwart of the jinn said: I will bring it thee before thou canst rise from thy place. Lo! I verily am strong and trusty for such work
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Said a demon of the ginns, 'I will bring thee it before thou canst rise up from thy place, for I therein am strong and faithful
John Medows Rodwell1861 An Efreet of the Djinn said: "I will bring it thee ere thou risest from thy place: I have power for this and am trusty
George Sale1734 A terrible genius answered, I will bring it unto thee, before thou arise from thy place: For I am able to perform it, and may be trusted
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 —
0.63 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 Sale0.78
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.71
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.68
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.67
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.66
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.66
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.63
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.61
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.50
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.45
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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