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28:46

وَمَا كُنتَ بِجَانِبِ ٱلطُّورِ إِذْ نَادَيْنَا وَلَٰكِن رَّحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ لِتُنذِرَ قَوْمًا مَّآ أَتَىٰهُم مِّن نَّذِيرٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)wamaa kunta bijaanibi t-toori idh naadaynaa walaakin rahmatan min rabbika litundhira qawman maa ataahum min nadheerin min qablika la'allahum yatadhakkaroon

DIN 31635wamā kunta biǧānibi ṭ-ṭūri ʾiḏ nādaynā walākin raḥmatan min rabbika litunḏira qawman mā ʾatāhum min naḏīrin min qablika laʿallahum yataḏakkarūna

EditionTanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

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Talal Itani · published 2012

Nor were you by the side of the Mount when We proclaimed. Rather, it was a mercy from your Lord, that you may warn people who received no warner before you, so that they may take heed.

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

And thou was not beside the Mount when We did call; but (the knowledge of it is) a mercy from thy Lord that thou mayst warn a folk unto whom no warner came before thee, that haply they may give heed

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

Nor wast thou by the side of the mountain when we called; but it is a mercy from thy Lord, that thou mayest warn a people to whom no warner has come before thee; haply they may be mindful

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

Nor wast thou on the slope of Sinai when we called to Moses, but it is of the mercy of thy Lord that thou warnest a people, to whom no warner had come before thee, to the intent that they should reflect

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

Nor wast thou present on the side of the mount, when We called unto Moses: But thou art sent as a mercy from they Lord; that thou mightest preach unto a people to whom no preacher hath come before thee, that peradventure they may be warned

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

As ishe në anën e malit Tur, kur e thirrëm (Musain), por (ty të zbriti shpallja) si mëshirë nga Zoti yt, për t'ua tërhequr vërejtjen njerëzve që nuk u kishte ardhur asnjë paralajmërues para teje, që ata të marrin mësim

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.

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বাংলা · Bengali

আর আমি যখন (মূসাকে ওয়াহী প্রদানের জন্যে) ডেকেছিলাম তখন তুমি তূর পর্বতের পাশে উপস্থিত ছিলে না। কিন্তু তোমার রবের পক্ষ থেকে রহমতস্বরূপ জানানো হয়েছে, যাতে তুমি এমন সম্প্রদায়কে সতর্ক করতে পারো, যাদের কাছে তোমার পূর্বে কোনো ভীতি প্রদর্শক (রাসূল) আসেনি। সম্ভবত তারা উপদেশ গ্রহণ করবে।

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.

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Bosanski · Bosnian

Ti nisi bio pored brda kad smo Musaa pozvali, ali Mi smo te poslali kao milost Gospodara tvoga da opominješ ljude kojima prije tebe nije došao niko ko bi ih opomenuo, da bi se opametili,

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.

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Hrvatski · Croatian

Ti nisi bio pored brda kad smo Mojsija pozvali, ali Mi smo te poslali kao milost Gospodara tvoga da opominješ ljude kojima prije tebe nije došao nitko tko bi ih opomenuo, da bi se opametili,

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.

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Fulfulde · Fulani

A tawanooka ka senngo Fello Tuuri, fewndo Min noddunoo; ko yurmeende immorde ka Joomi maa [woni ko Min nulir-maa], fii no njeertiniraa yimɓe, ɓe reentinoowo araali e maɓɓe, ado maaɗa, mbelejo'o, ɓe mbaajitoto.

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ქართული · Georgian

და შენ (ო, მოციქულო) არ იყავი ტურის (მთის) მხარეს, როდესაც ჩვენ მოვუხმეთ (მუსას), მაგრამ (ჩვენ გაცნობეთ ეს და გამოგგზავნეთ) — წყალობით შენი უფლისგან, რათა შეაგონო ხალხი, რომელთანაც შენამდე არ მოსულა შემგონებელი [მოციქული], რათა მათ გაიხსენონ.

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.

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Deutsch · German

Und du warst nicht auf der Seite des (Berges) Tur, als Wir (Musa) zuriefen. Aber (die Offenbarung ist) als Barmherzigkeit von deinem Herrn (zu dir gekommen), damit du Leute warnst, zu denen noch kein Warner vor dir gekommen ist, auf dass sie bedenken mögen.

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

Και δεν ήσουν στην πλευρά του όρους όταν φωνάξαμε (τον Μωυσή), αλλά (έμαθες αυτά από την αποκάλυψη από τον Κύριό σου, και σε στείλαμε) ως έλεος από τον Κύριό σου, για να προειδοποιήσεις έναν λαό, στον οποίο δεν είχε έρθει κανένας προειδοποιητής πριν από σένα, ίσως και να το λάβουν υπόψη.

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

तथा न (ही) आप तूर (पर्वत) के किनारे पर थे, जब हमने (मूसा को) पुकारा। परंतु आपके पालनहार की ओर से दया है, ताकि आप उन लोगों को डराएँ, जिनके पास आपसे पहले कोई डराने वाला नहीं आया, ताकि वे नसीहत ग्रहण करें।

Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari

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Italiano · Italian

E non eri vicino a Ţūr quando abbiamo chiamato, ma (questa rivelazione) è una grazia del tuo Dio, per avvertire un popolo al quale non giunse prima di te un ammonitore, perché ricordino.

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Lietuvių · Lithuanian

46. Ir tu (Muchammedai ﷺ) nebuvai Tūr (Kalno) pašonėje, kai Mes kvietėme [sakoma, kad Allahas kvietė Muchammedo ﷺ sekėjus ir jie atsiliepė į Jo Kvietimą arba Allahas kvietė Mūsą (Mozę)]. Tačiau (tu esi siųstas) kaip gailestingumas iš savo Viešpaties, perspėti žmones, pas kuriuos joks perspėtojas nebuvo atėjęs anksčiau tavęs tam, kad jie atsimintų arba gautų perspėjimą.

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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo

Yeroo Nuti [Muusaatti] lallabne ati gaara Xuur maddii hin turre. Haa ta’u malee rahmata Rabbii kee irraa ta’een [si erginee beeysisa sitti goonee ummata barsiifte]. ummata siin duratti akeekkachiisaan itti hin dhufin haa gorfamaniif akka akeekkachiiftuuf jecha.

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Русский · Russian

И ты не был у склона горы, когда Мы воззвали. Но [это] — по милости от твоего Господа, чтобы ты предостерёг народ, к которому до тебя не приходил предостерегающий, — быть может, они внемлют напоминанию.

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.

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Српски · Serbian

Ти ниси био поред брда кад смо Мојсија позвали, али Ми смо те послали као милост Господара твог да опомињеш људе којима пре тебе није дошао нико ко би их опоменуо, да би се опаметили.

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Kiswahili · Swahili

Wala hukuwa kando ya mlima ule tuliponadi. Lakini ni rehema itokayo kwa Mola wako Mlezi ili uwaonye watu wasiopata kufikiwa na mwonyaji kabla yako, huenda wakakumbuka.

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Svenska · Swedish

Och du var inte där vid bergets sida när vi kallade [på Mose], men denna [kunskap] är en nåd från din Herre för att du ska varna ett folk som inte tidigare varnats, så att de ska ägna detta eftertanke.

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Türkçe · Turkish

Biz, Mûsâ'ya seslendiğimiz zamanda sen Tûr Dağı'nın yanında değildin. Fakat bu, kendilerine senden önce bir uyarıcı gelmemiş olan bir toplumu belki düşünürler diye uyarman için Rabbinden bir rahmettir.

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اردو · Urdu

اور نہ تو طور کی طرف تھا جب کہ ہم نے آواز دی[1] بلکہ یہ تیرے پروردگار کی طرف سے ایک رحمت ہے[2]، اس لیے کہ تو ان لوگوں کو ہوشیار کر دے جن کے پاس تجھ سے پہلے کوئی ڈرانے واﻻ نہیں پہنچا[3]، کیا عجب کہ وه نصیحت حاصل کرلیں.

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.

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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.

The verses around this oneSource fact

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28:44

وَمَا كُنتَ بِجَانِبِ ٱلْغَرْبِىِّ إِذْ قَضَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَى ٱلْأَمْرَ وَمَا كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلشَّٰهِدِينَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)wamaa kunta bijaanibi l-gharbiyyi idh qadaynaa ilaa moosaa l-'amra wamaa kunta mina sh-shaahideen

DIN 31635wamā kunta biǧānibi l-ġarbiyyi ʾiḏ qaḍaynā ʾilā mūsā l-ʾamra wamā kunta mina š-šāhidīna

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 You were not on the Western Side when We decreed the command to Moses, nor were you among the witnesses.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And thou (Muhammad) wast not on the western side (of the Mount) when We expounded unto Moses the commandment, and thou wast not among those present

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Thou wast not upon the western side when we decided for Moses, but afar off; nor wast thou of the witnesses

John Medows Rodwell1861 And thou wast not on the western slope of Sinai when we laid his charge on Moses, nor wast thou one of the witnesses

George Sale1734 Thou, O prophet, wast not on the west side of mount Sinai, when We delivered Moses his commission: Neither wast thou one of those who were present at his receiving it

28:45

وَلَٰكِنَّآ أَنشَأْنَا قُرُونًا فَتَطَاوَلَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْعُمُرُ وَمَا كُنتَ ثَاوِيًا فِىٓ أَهْلِ مَدْيَنَ تَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَٰتِنَا وَلَٰكِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِينَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)walaakinnaa ansha'naa quroonan fatataawala 'alayhimu l-'umuru wamaa kunta thaawiyan fee ahli madyana tatloo 'alayhim aayaatinaa walaakinnaa kunnaa mursileen

DIN 31635walākinnā ʾanšaʾnā qurūnan fataṭāwala ʿalayhimu l-ʿumuru wamā kunta ṯāwiyan fī ʾahli madyana tatlū ʿalayhim ʾāyātinā walākinnā kunnā mursilīna

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 But We established many generations, and time took its toll on them. Nor were you among the people of Median, reciting Our revelations to them. But We kept sending messengers.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 But We brought forth generations, and their lives dragged on for them. And thou wast not a dweller in Midian, reciting unto them Our revelations, but We kept sending (messengers to men)

Edward Henry Palmer1880 But we raised up (other) generations, and life was prolonged for them; and thou wast not staying amidst the people of Midian, reciting to them our signs; but we were sending our apostles

John Medows Rodwell1861 But we raised up generations after Moses, men whose days were lengthened; neither didst thou dwell among the inhabitants of Madian to rehearse to them our signs, but we sent Apostles to them

George Sale1734 But we raised up several generations after Moses; and life was prolonged unto them. Neither didst thou dwell among the inhabitants of Madian, rehearsing unto them our signs; but We have sent thee fully instructed in every particular

28:46 — the verse above

28:47

وَلَوْلَآ أَن تُصِيبَهُم مُّصِيبَةٌۢ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ فَيَقُولُوا۟ رَبَّنَا لَوْلَآ أَرْسَلْتَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولًا فَنَتَّبِعَ ءَايَٰتِكَ وَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)walawlaa an tuseebahum museebatun bimaa qaddamat aydeehim fayaqooloo rabbanaa lawlaa arsalta ilaynaa rasoolan fanattabi'a aayaatika wanakoona mina l-mu'mineen

DIN 31635walawlā ʾan tuṣībahum muṣībatun bimā qaddamat ʾaydīhim fayaqūlū rabbanā lawlā ʾarsalta ʾilaynā rasūlan fanattabiʿa ʾāyātika wanakūna mina l-muʾminīna

Talal Itani2012 Otherwise, if a calamity befell them as a result of what their hands have perpetrated, they would say, "Our Lord, if only You had sent us a messenger, we would have followed Your revelations, and been among the believers."

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Otherwise, if disaster should afflict them because of that which their own hands have sent before (them), they might say: Our Lord! Why sentest Thou no messenger unto us, that we might have followed Thy revelations and been of the believers

Edward Henry Palmer1880 And lest there should befall them a mishap for what their hands have sent before, and they should say, 'Our Lord! why didst thou not send to us an apostle? for we would have followed thy signs and been of the believers

John Medows Rodwell1861 And that they should not say when a calamity shall befal them for their previous handy work, "O our Lord! why hast thou not sent an Apostle to us? Then we should have followed thy signs and have been of the believers

George Sale1734 and lest, if a calamity had befallen them, for that which their hands had previously committed, they should have said, O Lord, since thou hast not sent an apostle unto us, that we might follow thy signs, and become true believers, are we not excusable

28:48

فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْحَقُّ مِنْ عِندِنَا قَالُوا۟ لَوْلَآ أُوتِىَ مِثْلَ مَآ أُوتِىَ مُوسَىٰٓ أَوَلَمْ يَكْفُرُوا۟ بِمَآ أُوتِىَ مُوسَىٰ مِن قَبْلُ قَالُوا۟ سِحْرَانِ تَظَٰهَرَا وَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا بِكُلٍّ كَٰفِرُونَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)falammaa jaa'ahumu l-haqqu min 'indinaa qaaloo lawlaa ootiya mithla maa ootiya moosaa awalam yakfuroo bimaa ootiya moosaa min qablu qaaloo sihraani tazaaharaa waqaaloo innaa bikullin kaafiroon

DIN 31635falammā ǧāʾahumu l-ḥaqqu min ʿindinā qālū lawlā ʾūtiya miṯla mā ʾūtiya mūsā ʾawalam yakfurū bimā ʾūtiya mūsā min qablu qālū siḥrāni taẓāharā waqālū ʾinnā bikullin kāfirūna

Talal Itani2012 But when the truth came to them from Us, they said, "If only he was given the like of what was given to Moses." Did they not disbelieve in what was given to Moses in the past? They said, "Two works of magic backing one another." And they said, "We are disbelieving in both."

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 But when there came unto them the Truth from Our presence, they said: Why is he not given the like of what was given unto Moses? Did they not disbelieve in that which was given unto Moses of old? They say: Two magics that support each other; and they say: Lo! in both we are disbelievers

Edward Henry Palmer1880 And when the truth comes to them from us they say, 'We are given the like of what Moses was given.' Did they not disbelieve in what Moses was given before?- they say, 'Two works of sorcery back up each other;' and they say, 'Verily, we do disbelieve in all

John Medows Rodwell1861 Yet when the truth came to them from our very presence, they said, "Unless the like powers be given to him that were given to Moses. . . ." But did they not disbelieve in what of old was given to Moses? They said, "Two works of sorcery have helped each other;" and they said, "We disbelieve them both

George Sale1734 Yet when the truth is come unto them from before us, they say, unless he receive the same power to work miracles as Moses received, we will not believe. Have they not likewise rejected the revelation which was heretofore given unto Moses? They say, two cunning impostures have mutually assisted one another: And they say, verily we reject them both

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

وَمَا كُنتَ بِجَانِبِ الطُّورِ إِذْ نَادَيْنَا وَلَٰكِن رَّحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ لِتُنذِرَ قَوْمًا مَّا أَتَاهُم مِّن نَّذِيرٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ

EditionTanzil Qur'an text (Simple) ·Simple, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

Analysis detailsDerived

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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above — 0.59 on a scale where 0 means identical wording and 1 means no shared words. It is computed, not judged.

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The cut
0.644
Share of measured verses above it
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Verses above it
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Verses measured
6,236
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell 0.71
Talal Itani · George Sale 0.69
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale 0.67
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell 0.63
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.62
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer 0.58
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.54
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale 0.54
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale 0.50
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell 0.44

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
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The platform does not say which is right, and does not characterise what the difference means. The renderings are placed together so the difference is visible; reading it is the reader's work.

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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

ReceiptsSource fact

7 sources stand behind this page. Each is listed once, in the order the page first cites it, with the licence it was cleared under and what was actually read. Nothing on this page rests on a source that is not here.

Source Tanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) · Uthmani, Version 1.1
Edition
Uthmani, 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
203f0f1bf3158b1e5be4ab9f8f6870e5…
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
Edition
ClearQuran, "God" edition, EPUB
Custodian
Talal Itani / ClearQuran.com
Layer
translation
Licence
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Licence URL
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/
Commercial use
yes
Modification
no
Licence text
terms page read
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
7 September 2026
Digest
70b0a8bb6f862f43670f7da1c0da59a4…
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
Custodian
None — public domain work
Layer
translation
Licence
Public domain — copyright term expired
Licence URL
— none published —
Commercial use
yes
Modification
yes
Licence text
not applicable — no licence exists
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
aaff752d4349005282d977eebb863982…
Located at
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fawazahmed0/quran-api@6be8e17f2a0c13b1f33b1c3057f73cb28d5e848e/editions/eng-mohammedmarmadu.json

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.

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Source Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an · 1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Edition
1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Custodian
None — public domain work
Layer
translation
Licence
Public domain — copyright term expired
Licence URL
— none published —
Commercial use
yes
Modification
yes
Licence text
not applicable — no licence exists
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
32b2330e332339ace53509539efe9040…
Located at
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fawazahmed0/quran-api@6be8e17f2a0c13b1f33b1c3057f73cb28d5e848e/editions/eng-edwardhenrypalm.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 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
Edition
1861 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Custodian
None — public domain work
Layer
translation
Licence
Public domain — copyright term expired
Licence URL
— none published —
Commercial use
yes
Modification
yes
Licence text
not applicable — no licence exists
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
91423dea6a6dccc192457870ed2c08fb…
Located at
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
Layer
translation
Licence
Public domain — copyright term expired
Licence URL
— none published —
Commercial use
yes
Modification
yes
Licence text
not applicable — no licence exists
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
05b679f5df49b0579e65f4b83b4c7235…
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
Edition
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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