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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
Do they not see that We established a Secure Sanctuary, while all around them the people are being carried away? Do they believe in falsehood, and reject the blessings of God?
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Have they not seen that We have appointed a sanctuary immune (from violence), while mankind are ravaged all around them? Do they then believe in falsehood and disbelieve in the bounty of Allah
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
Have they not seen that we have made a safe sanctuary whilst people are being snatched away around them? is it then in falsehood that they will believe, and for the favours of God be ungrateful
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Do they not see that we have established a safe precinct while all around them men are being spoiled? Will they then believe in vain idols, and not own the goodness of God
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Do they not see that We have made the territory of Mecca an inviolable and secure asylum, when men are spoiled in the countriesround about them? Do they therefore believe in that which is vain, and acknowledge not the goodness of God
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
A nuk e shohin ata se Ne kemi bërë (Mekën) një vend të shenjtë e të sigurt, ndërkohë që njerëzit rreth tyre rrëmbehen? Vallë, të pavërtetën e besojnë, ndërsa dhuntitë e Allahut i mohojnë?!
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
তারা কি দেখে না যে, আমি ‘হারাম’ (মক্কা) কে নিরাপদ স্থান বানিয়েছি; অথচ তাদের আশ পাশ থেকে মানুষদেরকে ছিনিয়ে নেয়া হয়?(১২) এরপরও কি তারা বাতিলকেই (ভ্রান্ত দেবতার উপরই) বিশ্বাস করবে এবং আল্লাহর নি‘আমতকে অস্বীকার 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.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.2
Bosanski · Bosnian
Zar ne vide da smo Harem svetim i sigurnim učinili, dok se svuda okolo njih otima i pljačka? I zar u laž vjeruju, a na Allahovim blagodatima su nezahvalni?
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
Zar ne vide da smo Harem svetim i sigurnim učinili, dok se svuda okolo njih otima i pljačka? I zar u laž vjeruju, a na Allahovim blagodatima su nezahvalni?
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
E ɓee nji'aani won'de Min mbaɗii hormorde hoolniinde, yimɓe ɓen no ci'ifee(mbifte) bannge maɓɓe? E ko meere nden ɓe ngooŋɗinta ɓe njedda neemaaji Alla ɗin?
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
ნუთუ ისინი ვერ ხედავენ, რომ ჩვენ ვქმენით უსაფრთხოდ ჰარამი [მექქა], მაშინ როცა ხალხს იპარავენ [იტაცებენ] მათ ირგვლივ? ნუთუ სიცრუეს იწამებენ და ალლაჰის წყალობას 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
Haben sie denn nicht gesehen, dass Wir einen sicheren geschützten Bezirk (in Makkah) gemacht haben, während die Menschen in ihrer Umgebung fortgerissen werden? Wollen sie denn an das Nichtige glauben und die Gunstgabe Allahs verleugnen?
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
Δε βλέπουν ότι κάναμε ένα Ιερό και ασφαλές μέρος (τη Μάκκα, όπου κατοικούν με ασφάλεια λόγω του Ιερού Οίκου που τον δοξάζουν οι αραβικές φυλές), ενώ οι άνθρωποι (των άλλων φυλών) γύρω τους αρπάζονται (με φόνο και αιχμαλωσία); Είναι δυνατόν ότι πιστεύουν στην πλάνη, αλλά προς τις χάρες του Αλλάχ, είναι αχάριστοι;
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
क्या उन्होंने नहीं देखा कि हमने (उनके लिए) एक सुरक्षित व शांतिमय हरम बनाया है, जबकि उनके आस-पास से लोग उचक लिए जाते हैं? तो क्या वे असत्य पर ईमान लाते हैं और अल्लाह की नेमत की नाशुक्री करते हैं?
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Non vedono, forse, che in verità abbiamo istituito un luogo sicuro, mentre intorno le persone sono depredate? Credono forse nella falsità, e rinnegano la grazia di Allāh?
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
67. Argi jie nematė, kad Mes padarėme (Mekką) saugiu draustiniu, kai žmonės yra išplėšiami iš visur aplink juos? Tada argi jie tiki Batil (melagystę – daugiadievystę, stabus ir visas kitas dievybes, kitas nei Allahas) ir neigia (tampa nedėkingi už) Allaho Malones?
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 1.0.8
Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Sila isaan namoonni moggaa isaaniitii (ajjeechaafi saamichaan) kan bubbutaman osoo ta’anuu akka nuti (Makkaa) iddoo kabajamaa, tasgabbaayaa taasifne hin ilaalanuu? Sila sobatti amananii ni’imaa Rabbiitti kafaruu?
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
Неужели они не видят, что Мы устроили безопасное святилище, а людей вокруг них выхватывают? И неужели они веруют в ложь, а благодеяние Аллаха отвергают?
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
Зар не виде да смо Кабу учинили сигурном, док се свуда око њих отима и пљачка? Зар у лаж верују, а на Аллаховим благодатима су незахвални?
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
Je, hawaoni ya kwamba tumeifanya nchi takatifu ina amani, na hali watu wengine wananyakuliwa kote kwa majirani zao? Je, wanaamini batili, na neema za Mwenyezi Mungu wanazikufuru?
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Ser de inte att vi har gjort [Mecka] till en helig och säker fristad, medan människor i trakterna däromkring rövas bort? Ska de likväl fortsätta att sätta sin tro till falska [gudar] och förneka Guds välgärningar?
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
Çevrelerindeki insanlar kapılıp götürülürken bizim, onların yurtlarını saygın ve güvenli bir yer kıldığımızı görmediler mi? Hala batıla inanıp da Allah'ın nimetini inkar mı ediyorlar?
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
کیا یہ نہیں دیکھتے کہ ہم نے حرم کو با امن بنا دیا ہے حاﻻنکہ ان کے اردگرد سے لوگ اچک لیے جاتے ہیں[1] ، کیا یہ باطل پر تو یقین رکھتے ہیں اور اللہ تعالیٰ کی نعمتوں پر ناشکری کرتے ہیں.[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.
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Talal Itani2012 When they embark on a vessel, they pray to God, devoting their faith to Him; but once He has delivered them safely to land, they attribute partners to Him.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And when they mount upon the ships they pray to Allah, making their faith pure for Him only, but when He bringeth them safe to land, behold! they ascribe partners (unto Him)
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And when they ride in the ship they call upon God, making their religion seem sincere to Him; but when He saves them to the shore, behold, they associate others with Him
John Medows Rodwell1861 Lo! when they embark on shipboard, they call upon God, vowing him sincere worship, but when He bringeth them safe to land, behold they join partners with Him
George Sale1734 When they sail in a ship, they call upon God, sincerely exhibiting unto Him the true religion: But when He bringeth them safe to land, behold, they return to their idolatry
DIN 31635liyakfurū bimā ʾātaynāhum waliyatamattaʿū fasawfa yaʿlamūna
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 To be ungrateful for what We have given them, and to enjoy themselves. They will surely come to know.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 That they may disbelieve in that which We have given them, and that they may take their ease. But they will come to know
Edward Henry Palmer1880 that they may disbelieve in our signs; and that they may have some enjoyment: but soon they shall know
John Medows Rodwell1861 In our revelation they believe not, yet take their fill of good things. But in the end they shall know their folly
George Sale1734 to shew themselves ungrateful for that which We have bestowed on them, and that they may enjoy the delights of this life; but they shall hereafter know the issue
Talal Itani2012 And who does greater wrong than he who fabricates lies and attributes them to God, or calls the truth a lie when it has come to him? Is there not in Hell a dwelling for the blasphemers?
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Who doeth greater wrong than he who inventeth a lie concerning Allah, or denieth the truth when it cometh unto him? Is not there a home in hell for disbelievers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 But who is more unjust than he who devises against God a lie, or calls the truth a lie when it comes to him? Is there not in hell a resort for the misbelievers
John Medows Rodwell1861 But who acteth more wrongly than he who deviseth a lie against God, or calls the truth when it hath come to him, a lie? Is there not an abode for the infidels in Hell
George Sale1734 But who is more unjust than he who deviseth a lie against God, or denieth the truth, when it hath come unto him? Is there not in hell an abode for the unbelievers
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 —
0.61 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
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.75
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.71
Talal Itani · George Sale0.68
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.60
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.59
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.58
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.58
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.55
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.55
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.49
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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verify/divergence_gate.py re-derives and fails on drift
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