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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.
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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.
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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
And you see the mountains, and imagine them fixed, yet they pass, as the passing of the clouds-the making of God, who has perfected everything. He is fully Informed of what you do.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
And thou seest the hills thou deemest solid flying with the flight of clouds: the doing of Allah Who perfecteth all things. Lo! He is Informed of what ye do
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 thou shalt see the mountains, which thou dost deem solid, pass away like the passing of the clouds;- the work of God who orders all things; verily, He is well aware of what ye do
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And thou shalt see the mountains, which thou thinkest so firm, pass away with the passing of a cloud! 'Tis the work of God, who ordereth all things! of all that ye do is He well aware
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And thou shalt see the mountains, and shalt think them firmly fixed; but they shall pass away, even as the clouds pass away. This will be the work of God, who hath rightlydisposed all things: And He is well acquainted with that which ye do
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
Ti i sheh malet e të duken të palëvizshme, porse ato lëvizin si retë. Kjo është vepër e Allahut, i Cili ka përsosur çdo gjë. Vërtet, Ai është i Gjithëdijshëm për gjithçka që bëni ju.
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 তুমি পাহাড়গুলোকে দেখবে, তুমি সেগুলোকে স্থির মনে করবে, অথচ সেগুলো মেঘের মতো চলমান। এটি আল্লাহর নিপুণ সৃষ্টি, যিনি সবকিছুকে সুদৃঢ়ভাবে নির্মাণ করেছেন। নিশ্চয়ই তোমরা যা কর, সে বিষয়ে তিনি সম্যক অবহিত।
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
Ti vidiš planine i misliš da su nepomične, a one promiču kao što promiču oblaci – to je Allahovo djelo Koji je sve savršeno stvorio; On, doista, zna ono što radite.
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
Ti vidiš planine i misliš da su nepomične, a one promiču kao što promiču oblaci – to je Allahovo djelo Koji je sve savršeno stvorio; On, doista, zna ono što radite.
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
Haɗa tina pelle ɗen, cikka ko ɗe fenndiiɗe, hara le kannje heɗe wuloo wulagol duule ɗen, ɗuum ko kuugal Alla, On ŋarɗinɗo kala hu'unde, pellet, Kaŋko ko O kumpitiiɗo ko ngolloton kon.
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 დაინახავ მთებს, რომლებიც უძრავად მიგაჩნია, ამოძრავდებიან როგორც ღრუბელნი, [ეს მოხდება] ალლაჰის ნებით, რომელმაც ყველაფერი სრულყოფილად შექმნა და ჭეშმარიტად, მან უწყის ის, რასაც აკეთებთ.
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 du siehst die Berge, von denen du meinst, sie seien feststehend, während sie wie Wolken vorbeiziehen. - (Es ist) das Werk Allahs, Der alles sehr geschickt gemacht hat. Wahrlich, Er ist kundig dessen, was ihr tut.
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
Βλέπεις τα βουνά, και νομίζεις ότι είναι ακίνητα, αλλά κινούνται όπως κινούνται τα σύννεφα. Αυτή είναι η δημιουργία του Αλλάχ, ο Οποίος δημιούργησε τα πάντα τέλεια. Πράγματι, Αυτός για ό,τι κάνετε, έχει απεριόριστη γνώση.
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 तुम पर्वतों को देखोगे, उन्हें समझोगे कि वे जमे हुए हैं, हालाँकि वे बादलों के चलने की तरह चल रहे होंगे, उस अल्लाह की कारीगरी से जिसने हर चीज़ को मज़बूत बनाया। निःसंदेह वह उससे भली-भाँति सूचित है जो तुम करते हो।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
E vedrai i monti, che penserai essere fissi, ma cammineranno come nubi: opera di Allāh, che crea ogni cosa in modo perfetto. Lui in verità conosce ciò che fate.
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
88. Ir jūs matysite kalnus ir manysite juos esant tvirtus, tačiau jie išnyks kaip debesų išnykimas. Darbas Allaho, Kuris ištobulino visus dalykus, iš tiesų Jis yra Gerai Žinantis, ką jūs darote.
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
И ты увидишь горы и сочтёшь их неподвижными, а они плывут, словно облака. [Таково] деяние Аллаха, Который довёл до совершенства всё сущее. Воистину, Он — сведущий о том, что вы совершаете.
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
Ти видиш планине и мислиш да су непомичне, а оне се крећу као што се облаци крећу, то је Аллахово дело - Који је све савршено створио; Он, заиста, у потпуности зна оно што радите.
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 utaiona milima utaidhania imetulia; ilhali inakwenda kama mwendo wa mawingu. Huo ndio ufundi wa Mwenyezi Mungu aliyetengeneza sawasawa vilivyo kila kitu. Hakika Yeye anazo habari za yote myatendayo.
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Och du ska se på bergen och förmoda att de står fast förankrade, medan de i själva verket rör sig lika snabbt som molnen. Detta är Guds verk, som fulländat allting. Han är väl medveten om vad ni gör.
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
Dağları görürsün de yerlerinde durduğunu sanırsın. Oysa onlar bulutlar gibi geçip giderler. Bu, her şeyi sapasağlam/noksansız yapan Allah’ın işidir. Muhakkak O, yaptıklarınızdan haberdardır.
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 آپ پہاڑوں کو دیکھ کر اپنی جگہ جمے ہوئے خیال کرتے ہیں لیکن وه بھی بادل کی طرح اڑتے پھریں گے[1] ، یہ ہے صنعت اللہ کی جس نے ہر چیز کو مضبوط بنایا ہے[2]، جو کچھ تم کرتے ہو اس سے وه باخبر 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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Talal Itani2012 Do they not see that We made the night for them to rest therein, and the day for visibility? Surely in that are signs for people who believe.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Have they not seen how We have appointed the night that they may rest therein, and the day sight-giving? Lo! therein verily are portents for a people who believe
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Did they not see that we have made the night for them to rest in and the day to see by? verily, in that are signs to people who believe
John Medows Rodwell1861 See they not that we have ordained the night that they may rest in it, and the day with its gift of light? Of a truth herein are signs to people who believe
George Sale1734 Do they not see that We have ordained the night, that they may rest therein, and the day giving open light? Verily herein are signs unto people who believe
Easy-read (simplified)wayawma yunfakhu fee s-soori fafazi'a man fee s-samaawaati waman fee l-'ardi illaa man shaa'a llaahu wakullun atawhu daakhireen
DIN 31635wayawma yunfaḫu fī ṣ-ṣūri fafaziʿa man fī s-samāwāti waman fī l-ʾarḍi ʾillā man šāʾa llāhu wakullun ʾatawhu dāḫirīna
Talal Itani2012 On the Day when the Trumpet is blown, everyone in the heavens and the earth will be horrified, except whomever God wills; and everyone will come before Him in humility.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And (remind them of) the Day when the Trumpet will be blown, and all who are in the heavens and the earth will start in fear, save him whom Allah willeth. And all come unto Him, humbled
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And the day when the trumpet shall be blown and all who are in the heavens and the earth shall be startled, save whom God pleases! and all shall come abjectly to Him
John Medows Rodwell1861 On that day there shall be a blast on the trumpet, and all that are in the heavens, and all that the on the earth shall be terror-stricken, save him whom God pleaseth to deliver; and all shall come to him in humble guise
George Sale1734 On that day the trumpet shall be sounded; and whoever are in heaven and on earth shall be struck with terror, except those whom God shall please to exempt therefrom: And all shall come before him, in humble guise
DIN 31635man ǧāʾa bil-ḥasanati falahu ḫayrun minhā wahum min fazaʿin yawmaʾiḏin ʾāminūna
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 Whoever brings a virtue will receive better than it-and they will be safe from the horrors of that Day.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Whoso bringeth a good deed will have better than its worth; and such are safe from fear that Day
Edward Henry Palmer1880 He who brings a good deed shall have better than it; and from the alarm of that day they shall be safe
John Medows Rodwell1861 To him who shall present himself with good works, shall be a reward beyond their desert, and they shall be secure from the terror on that day
George Sale1734 Whoever shall have wrought righteousness, shall receive a reward beyond the desert thereof; and they shall be secure from the terror of that day
Easy-read (simplified)waman jaa'a bis-sayyi'ati fakubbat wujoohuhum fee n-naari hal tujzawna illaa maa kuntum ta'maloon
DIN 31635waman ǧāʾa bis-sayyiʾati fakubbat wuǧūhuhum fī n-nāri hal tuǧzawna ʾillā mā kuntum taʿmalūna
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 But whoever brings evil-their faces will be tumbled into the Fire. Will you be rewarded except for what you used to do?
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And whoso bringeth an ill-deed, such will be flung down on their faces in the Fire. Are ye rewarded aught save what ye did
Edward Henry Palmer1880 but those who bring an evil deed shall be thrown down upon their faces in the fire. Shall ye be rewarded save for what ye have done
John Medows Rodwell1861 And they who shall present themselves with evil shall be flung downward on their faces into the fire. Shall ye be rewarded but as ye have wrought
George Sale1734 But whoever shall have wrought evil, shall be thrown on their faces into hell fire. Shall ye receive the reward of any other than of that which ye shall have wrought
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 —
0.65 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 · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.76
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.75
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.74
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.73
Talal Itani · George Sale0.68
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.67
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.66
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.56
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.54
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.44
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Method Wording differences — derived 13 September 2026
Method
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