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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
Likewise, We revealed to you the Scripture. Those to whom We gave the Scripture believe in it, and some of these believe in it. None renounce Our communications except the disbelievers.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
In likemanner We have revealed unto thee the Scripture, and those unto whom We gave the Scripture aforetime will believe therein; and of these (also) there are some who believe therein. And none deny Our revelations save the disbelievers
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
Thus did we send down to thee the Book; and every one to whom we have given the Book believes therein. But these will not believe therein; though none gainsay our signs except the misbelievers
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Thus have we sent down the Book of the Koran to thee: and they to whom we have given the Book of the law believe in it: and of these Arabians there are those who believe in it: and none, save the Infidels, reject our signs
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Thus have We sent down the book of the Koran unto thee: And they unto whom We have given the former scriptures, believe therein; and of these Arabians also there is who believeth therein: And none reject our signs, except the obstinate infidels
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
Kështu pra, Ne ta zbritëm ty Librin. Ata të cilëve ua dhamë Librin, besojnë në të, por edhe nga këta (mekasit) ka disa që besojnë në të. Ajetet Tona i mohojnë vetëm jobesimtarët.
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 এভাবেই আমি তোমার প্রতি কিতাব (আল কুরআন) নাযিল করেছি। অতএব, আমি যাদেরকে কিতাব দিয়েছিলাম তারা এর প্রতি ঈমান রাখে(৯) এবং এদেরও (মক্কাবাসীদেরও) কেউ কেউ এর প্রতি ঈমান রাখে। আর কাফিররা ছাড়া আমার আয়াতসমূহকে কেউ অস্বীকার করে না।
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
Tako isto i tebi objavljujemo Knjigu, a neki od onih kojima smo već dali Knjigu - i u nju vjeruju, a i među ovima ima onih koji u nju vjeruju, a ajete i dokaze Naše samo nevjernici negiraju.
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
Tako isto i tebi objavljujemo Knjigu, a neki od onih kojima smo već dali Knjigu - i u nju vjeruju, a i među ovima ima onih koji u nju vjeruju, a ajete i dokaze Naše samo nevjernici negiraju.
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
Ko wano non Min njippiniri e maaɗa Deftere nden. Ɓeen ɓe Min ngokki Deftere nden, heɓe mgooŋɗini nde. Hino e maɓɓe on gooŋɗinɗo nde. Yeddataa Aayeeje Amen ɗen, si wonaa heeferɓe ɓen.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
და ასე [როგორც წინა მოციქულებს ევლინებოდა წიგნები] ჩვენ გადმოგივლინეთ შენ (ო, მუჰამმად) წიგნი [ყურანი]. ხოლო ისინი (ისრაელის შთამომავალთაგან), ვისაც ჩვენ მივეცით წიგნი სწამთ მისი [ყურანის]. და ამათგან [არაბთაგანაც] არიან ისეთები, რომლებსაც სწამთ მისი [ყურანის]. ხოლო ჩვენს აიათებს მხოლოდ ურწმუნოები უარყოფენ!
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 auf diese Weise haben Wir das Buch zu dir hinabgesandt. Diejenigen, denen Wir die Schrift gaben, glauben daran. Und auch unter diesen da (, die die Thora lesen,) gibt es manche, die daran glauben. Und nur die Ungläubigen verleugnen Unsere Zeichen.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
(Όπως στείλαμε Θεία Βιβλία στους Αγγελιαφόρους πριν από σένα), έτσι στείλαμε σε σένα (ω, Μωχάμμαντ) το Βιβλίο (το Κορ’άν). Εκείνοι στους οποίους δώσαμε το Βιβλίο (την Τορά και το Ιν-τζήλ) πιστεύουν σ' αυτό (το Κορ’άν), [δηλ. οι Χριστιανοί και οι Εβραίοι που ασπάστηκαν το Ισλάμ, όπως ο Αμπντ Αλλάχ μπιν Σαλλάμ και ο Σαλμάν Αλ-Φάρεσεϊ και άλλοι, όταν είδαν τις περιγραφές του Μωχάμμαντ στις γραφές τους], επίσης υπάρχουν και εκείνοι που πιστεύουν σ' αυτό, απ' αυτούς (τους Άραβες όταν είδαν τα Σημάδια και τις αποδείξεις του). Και δεν απορρίπτουν τα Εδάφια (και τα Σημάδια) Μας, παρά μόνο οι άπιστοι!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
और इसी प्रकार, हमने आपकी ओर यह पुस्तक उतारी है। तो जिन लोगों को हमने (आपसे पहले) पुस्तक प्रदान की है, वे इसपर ईमान लाते हैं।[27] और इन (मुश्रिकों) में से भी कुछ[28] ऐसे हैं, जो इस (क़ुरआन) पर ईमान लाते हैं। और हमारी आयतों का इनकार वही लोग करते हैं, जो काफ़िर हैं।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
E ti abbiamo fatto discendere il Libro; quelli a cui abbiamo già dato il Libro credono in Esso. E tra di loro c’è chi non vi crede. Ma non negano i Nostri Segni se non i miscredenti.
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
47. Ir taip Mes nuleidome Knygą (t. y. šį Koraną) tau (Muchammedai ﷺ) ir tie, kuriems Mes davėme Raštą [Tauratą (Torą) ir Indžylį (Evangeliją) anksčiau] tiki jį, kaip taip pat daro kai kurie iš šių (kurie yra kartu su tavimi dabar, kaip Abdullah bin Salam) ir niekas kitas, tik netikintieji atmeta mūsų Ajat [(įrodymus, ženklus, eilutes, pamokas ir t. t.) ir neigia Mūsų Vienumą Viešpatavime ir Garbinime ir Mūsų Varduose bei Savybėse t. y. islamiškąjį monoteizmą].
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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Akkuma kana (warra si duraa irratti buufne) kitaaba (qur'aana) gara keetti buufne. Isaan kitaaba kennineef isatti ni amanu. Isaan kana irraas (warra makkaa irraas) namoota isatti amanutu jira. Kaafiroota malee keeyyattoota keenya namni mormu hin jiru.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.0
Русский · Russian
Так Мы ниспослали тебе Писание. И те, которым Мы даровали Писание, веруют в него. И среди них есть те, кто верует в него, тогда как Наши знамения отрицают лишь отвергшие веру.
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
Тако исто и теби објављујемо Књигу, а неки од оних којима смо већ дали Књигу - и у њу верују, а и међу овима има оних који у њу верују, а Наше речи и доказе негирају само неверници.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Na namna hivyo tumekuteremshia Kitabu hiki (Qur-ani). Basi wale tuliowapa Kitabu (cha Biblia) wataiamini (Qur-ani), na miongoni mwa hawa (washirikina) wapo watakaoiamini. Na hawazikatai Ishara zetu isipokuwa makafiri.
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Svenska · Swedish
Likt [de tidigare skrifterna] har vi nu uppenbarat denna skrift för dig. [En del av] de som fått skrifter förr tror på den, liksom vissa av dessa [invånare i Mecka]. Det är enbart de otrogna som avvisar våra budskap.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
İşte sana böyle bir kitap indirdik. Kendilerine kitap verilenler ona iman ederler. Bunlardan (Araplar'dan) da ona iman edenler vardır. Ayetlerimizi ancak kâfirler inatla inkâr ederler.
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اردو · Urdu
اور ہم نے اسی طرح آپ کی طرف اپنی کتاب نازل فرمائی ہے، پس جنہیں ہم نے کتاب دی ہے وه اس پر ایمان ﻻتے ہیں[1] اور ان (مشرکین) میں سے بعض اس پر ایمان رکھتے ہیں[2] اور ہماری آیتوں کا انکار صرف کافر ہی کرتے ہیں.
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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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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same edition and their orthography differs.
Talal Itani2012 Recite what is revealed to you of the Scripture, and perform the prayer. The prayer prevents indecencies and evils. And the remembrance of God is greater. And God knows what you do.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Recite that which hath been inspired in thee of the Scripture, and establish worship. Lo! worship preserveth from lewdness and iniquity, but verily remembrance of Allah is more important. And Allah knoweth what ye do
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Recite what has been revealed to thee of the Book; and be steadfast in prayer; verily, prayer forbids sin and wrong; and surely the mention of God is greater; for God knows what ye do
John Medows Rodwell1861 Recite the portions of the Book which have been revealed to thee and discharge the duty of prayer: for prayer restraineth from the filthy and the blame-worthy. And the gravest duty is the remembrance of God; and God knoweth what ye do
George Sale1734 Rehearse that which hath been revealed unto thee of the book of the Koran: And be constant at prayer; for prayer preserveth a man from filthy crimes, and from that which is blamable; and the remembering of God is surely a most important duty. God knoweth that which ye do
Talal Itani2012 And do not argue with the People of the Scripture except in the best manner possible, except those who do wrong among them. And say, "We believe in what was revealed to us, and in what was revealed to you; and our God and your God is One; and to Him we are submissive."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And argue not with the People of the Scripture unless it be in (a way) that is better, save with such of them as do wrong; and say: We believe in that which hath been revealed unto us and revealed unto you; our Allah and your Allah is One, and unto Him we surrender
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And do not wrangle with the people of the Book, except for what is better; save with those who have been unjust amongst them and who say, 'We believe in what is sent down to us, And what has been sent down to you; our God and your God is one, and we are unto Him resigned
John Medows Rodwell1861 Dispute not, unless in kindly sort, with the people of the Book; save with such of them as have dealt wrongfully with you: And say ye, "We believe in what hath been sent down to us and hath been sent down to you. Our God and your God is one, and to him are we self-surrendered" (Muslims)
George Sale1734 Dispute not against those who have received the scriptures, unless in the mildest manner; except against such of them as behave injuriously towards you: And say, we believe in the revelation which hath been sent down unto us, and also in that which hath been sent down unto you; our God and your God is one, and unto Him are we resigned
Easy-read (simplified)wamaa kunta tatloo min qablihi min kitaabin walaa takhuttuhu biyameenika idhan llartaaba l-mubtiloon
DIN 31635wamā kunta tatlū min qablihi min kitābin walā taḫuṭṭuhu biyamīnika ʾiḏan llartāba l-mubṭilūna
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 You did not read any scripture before this, nor did you write it down with your right hand; otherwise the falsifiers would have doubted.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And thou (O Muhammad) wast not a reader of any scripture before it, nor didst thou write it with thy right hand, for then might those have doubted, who follow falsehood
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Thou couldst not recite before this any book, nor write it with thy right hand, for in that case those who deem it vain would have doubted
John Medows Rodwell1861 Thou didst not recite any book (of revelation) before it: with that right hand of thine thou didst not transcribe one: else might they who treat it as a vain thing have justly doubted
George Sale1734 Thou couldest not read any book before this; neither couldest thou write it with thy right hand: Then had the gainsayers justly doubted of the divine original thereof
DIN 31635bal huwa ʾāyātun bayyinātun fī ṣudūri llaḏīna ʾūtū l-ʿilma wamā yaǧḥadu biʾāyātinā ʾillā ẓ-ẓālimūna
Talal Itani2012 In fact, it is clear signs in the hearts of those given knowledge. No one renounce Our signs except the unjust.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 But it is clear revelations in the hearts of those who have been given knowledge, and none deny Our revelations save wrong-doers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Nay, but it is evident signs in the breasts of those who are endued with knowledge, and none but the unjust would gainsay our signs
John Medows Rodwell1861 But it is a clear sign in the hearts of those whom "the knowledge" hath reached. None except the wicked reject our signs
George Sale1734 But the same is evident signs in the breasts of those who have received understanding: For none reject our signs, except the unjust
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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
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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 Palmer0.76
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.75
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.68
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.67
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.64
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.62
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.62
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.58
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.40
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