Analysis details
This verse's score: 0.78. Widest pair of the 5 renderings, at 1.00.Alif, Lam, Meem.
A. L. M.
Al-Ankaboot العنكبوت
- The Spider
- 69 verses
- 976 words
- Meccan
- 85th of 114 in revelation order
- Opens with الٓمٓ
In plain wordsEditorial
An editorial summary of the translations. Not a translation or tafsir.
Sixty-nine verses asking whether people are left to say they believe without being tested. Noah among his people for centuries, Abraham argued with, Lot, Shu'ayb, 'Aad and Thamud. It takes its name from the parable of those who take protectors other than God: like the spider, which builds a house, and the frailest of houses is the spider's house. It opens with disconnected letters.
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worded differently
Where the translators differDerived
The verses of this surah whose wording differs most, most differently worded first. Under each, the two renderings that share the fewest words are quoted in full under their translators' names; every rendering is on the verse's own page. This measures wording, not meaning.
Analysis details
This verse's score: 0.77. Widest pair of the 5 renderings, at 0.87.Say, 'Journey ye on in the land, and behold how the creation appeared; then God produces another production: verily, God is mighty over all
SAY, Go through the earth, and see how he hath brought forth created beings. Hereafter, with a second birth will God cause them to be born again; for God is Almighty
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Analysis details
This verse's score: 0.76. Widest pair of the 5 renderings, at 0.89.He who hopes for the meeting of God,- verily, God's appointed time will come; and He both hears and knows
Whoso looketh forward to the meeting with Allah (let him know that) Allah's reckoning is surely nigh, and He is the Hearer, the Knower
Analysis details
This verse's score: 0.76. Widest pair of the 5 renderings, at 0.86.If you disbelieve, communities before you have also disbelieved. The Messenger is only responsible for clear transmission.
If ye charge me with imposture, verily sundry nations before you likewise charged their prophets with imposture: But public preaching only is incumbent on an apostle
Analysis details
This verse's score: 0.76. Widest pair of the 5 renderings, at 0.94.To be ungrateful for what We have given them, and to enjoy themselves. They will surely come to know.
In our revelation they believe not, yet take their fill of good things. But in the end they shall know their folly
More about this surahDerived
- Verses
- 69
- Words
- 976
- Place
- Meccan
- Revelation position
- 85th of 114 in an ordering its source does not name
- Opening letters
- الٓمٓ one of 29 surahs that open this way
- Bismillah
- Carried by the surah, unnumbered
- Word-by-word breakdown
- 56.7% of 976 words carry an analysis
- 96
- 68
- 73
- 74
- 1
- 111
- 81
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- 92
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- 103
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- 50
- 90
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- 54
- 38
- 7
- 72
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- 25
- 35
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- 56
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- 88
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- 71
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- 2
- 8
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- 99
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Meccan Medinan
Counted from the text and the spine at build time, not written into the page. Opening letters are derived from the edition's orthography: an opening token of at most five letters carrying none of its vocalisation marks. The revelation position is reproduced from Revelation order as encoded by the Tanzil metadata, which does not name whose ordering it is.
Analysis detailsDerived
These figures count the words the translations share. They measure wording, not meaning, and they do not say which translation is right.
- Mean score across this surah
- 0.61 across 69 scored verses
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
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.
- Scored
- 6,236 verses
- As at
- 13 September 2026, 10:56 UTC
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