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3:117

مَثَلُ مَا يُنفِقُونَ فِى هَٰذِهِ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا كَمَثَلِ رِيحٍ فِيهَا صِرٌّ أَصَابَتْ حَرْثَ قَوْمٍ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ فَأَهْلَكَتْهُ وَمَا ظَلَمَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَلَٰكِنْ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)mathalu maa yunfiqoona fee haadhihi l-hayaati d-dunyaa kamathali reehin feehaa sirrun asaabat hartha qawmin zalamoo anfusahum fa'ahlakathu wamaa zalamahumu llaahu walaakin anfusahum yazlimoon

DIN 31635maṯalu mā yunfiqūna fī hāḏihi l-ḥayāti d-dunyā kamaṯali rīḥin fīhā ṣirrun ʾaṣābat ḥarṯa qawmin ẓalamū ʾanfusahum faʾahlakathu wamā ẓalamahumu llāhu walākin ʾanfusahum yaẓlimūna

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

TranslationsSource fact

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

The parable of what they spend in this worldly life is that of a frosty wind that strikes the harvest of a people who have wronged their souls, and destroys it. God did not wrong them, but they wronged their own selves.

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

The likeness of that which they spend in this life of the world is as the likeness of a biting, icy wind which smiteth the harvest of a people who have wronged themselves, and devastateth it. Allah wronged them not, but they do wrong themselves

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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

The likeness of what they expend in this life of the world, is as the likeness of wind wherein is a cold blast that falls upon a people's tilth who have wronged themselves and destroys it. It is not God who wrongs them, but it is themselves they wrong

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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

The alms which they bestow in this present life, are like a freezing wind, which falleth upon and destroyeth the cornfields of a people who have been to themselves unjust. God doeth them no injustice, but to themselves are they unjust

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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

The likeness of that which they lay out in this present life, is as a wind wherein there is a scorching cold: It falleth on the standing corn of those men who have injured their own souls, and destroyeth it. And God dealeth not unjustly with them; but they injure their own souls

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

Ajo që japin ata (si lëmoshë) në këtë jetë i ngjan një ere të akullt që godet të lashtat e një populli që i ka bërë padrejtësi vetvetes dhe ua shkatërron ato. Allahu nuk u bëri padrejtësi atyre, por ata i bënë padrejtësi vetvetes.

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

তারা এ দুনিয়ার জীবনে যা ব্যয় করে, তার দৃষ্টান্ত সেই শীতল-বায়ুর মতো, যাতে তীব্র শীতলতা (ঠাণ্ডা হাওয়া) থাকে; যা আঘাত হানলো এমন এক সম্প্রদায়ের ফসলে, যারা নিজেদের প্রতি জুলুম করেছিল, অতঃপর তা তাদের ফসল ধ্বংস করে দিল।(৬৬) আর আল্লাহ তাদের প্রতি কোনো জুলুম করেননি; বরং তারা নিজেদেরই প্রতি জুলুম করে।

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Bosanski · Bosnian

Primjer onoga što oni u ovosvjetskom životu udijele sličan je ledenom vjetru koji pogodi usjeve ljudi koji su sami sebi nepravdu učinili, pa ih uništi. Njima Allah nije nepravdu učinio, nego je oni sami sebi čine.

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

Primjer onoga što oni u ovosvjetskom životu udijele sličan je ledenom vjetru koji pogodi usjeve ljudi koji su sami sebi nepravdu učinili, pa ih uništi. Njima Allah nije nepravdu učinio, nego sami sebi nepravdu činili.

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

Sifa ko ɓe nafqata kon e ɗam nguurndam aduna; no wa'i wa henndu, no e mayru ɓuuɓol, ndu hawri e coñal yimɓe tooñooɓe, ndu halka mba[ngesa]. Alla Tooñaani ɓe, si ko woni, ko ko'e maɓɓe ɓe tooñi.

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ქართული · Georgian

მაგალითი იმისა, რასაც ისინი [ურწმუნოები] ამქვეყნიურ ცხოვრებაში ხარჯავენ [რა კეთილ საქმესაც არ უნდა აკეთებდნენ], ჰგავს იმ შემთხვევას, როცა ყინვიანი ქარიშხალი დაატყდება იმ ადამიანების ნათესს, რომლებმაც საკუთარი თავის მიმართ უსამართლობა ჩაიდინეს [თავიანთი ცოდვების გამო], და (ეს ქარი) მას მთლიანად გაანადგურებს. ჭეშმარიტად, ალლაჰს მათთვის უსამართლობა არ ჩაუდენია, არამედ მათ თავადვე მიაყენეს საკუთარ თავს ზიანი[1].

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

Das Gleichnis dessen, was sie in diesem irdischen Leben ausgeben, ist das eines eisigen Windes, der das Saatfeld von Leuten trifft, die sich selbst Unrecht zugefügt haben; da vernichtete er es. Und nicht Allah hat ihnen Unrecht zugefügt, sondern sie selbst pflegten sich Unrecht zuzufügen.

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

Το παράδειγμα όσων (χρημάτων) ξοδεύουν (σε φιλανθρωπία) σ' αυτή την εγκόσμια ζωή (για την οποία περιμένουν αμοιβή), είναι σαν εκείνο ενός ανέμου που περιέχει παγετό και χτυπά τη σοδειά ενός λαού που αδίκησε τον εαυτό του (μέσω αμαρτιών), και έτσι την κατέστρεψε (και έτσι είναι η απιστία τους, καταστρέφει τις καλές τους πράξεις). Και ο Αλλάχ δεν τους αδίκησε, αλλά αυτοί αδικούν τον εαυτό τους.

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

वे इस सांसारिक जीवन में जो कुछ भी ख़र्च करते हैं, वह उस हवा के समान है, जिसमें पाला (अत्यधिक ठंड) हो, जो किसी ऐसी क़ौम की खेती को लग जाए, जिन्होंने अपने ऊपर अत्याचार[64] किया हो और उसको नष्ट कर दे। तथा अल्लाह ने उनपर अत्याचार नहीं किया, बल्कि वे स्वयं अपने आप पर अत्याचार करते थे।

Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5

Italiano · Italian

L’esempio di ciò che donano in questa vita è come l’esempio di un vento gelido o caldo, che colpisce il raccolto di un popolo che ha fatto un torto a se stesso, e lo distrugge. E Allāh non ha fatto loro torto, ma fanno torto a loro stessi.

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

117. Tai, ką jie išleidžia šiame gyvenime, yra kaip nepaprastai šaltas vėjas. Jis apima derlių žmonių, kurie blogai elgėsi prieš save, ir sunaikina jį. Allahas jų nesuklaidino, bet jie patys suklaidino save.

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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo

Fakkeenyi waan isaan jiruu addunyaa tana keessatti sadaqatanii akka fakkeenya bubbee qorri hamaan isii keessa jirtuu, kan ooyruu warra lubbuu isaanii miidhanii tuqxee (dhooyte), isa balleessiteeti. Rabbiin isaan hin miine; garuu isaantu lubbuullee isaanii miidhe. [27]

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Русский · Russian

Пример того, что они расходуют в этой мирской жизни, подобен ветру со стужей, поразившему ниву людей, поступивших несправедливо с самими собой, и уничтожившему её. Аллах не поступил с ними несправедливо, а они сами поступают несправедливо с самими собой.

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

Пример онога што они у овосветском животу уделе сличан је леденом ветру који погоди усеве људи који су сами себи неправду учинили, па их уништи. Њима Аллах није неправду учинио, него је они сами себи чине.

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Kiswahili · Swahili

Mfano wa vile wanavyovitoa katika uhai wao wa duniani ni kama upepo ambao ndani yake kuna baridi ya barafu, ukalipiga shamba la kaumu waliozidhulumu nafsi zao, basi ukaliharibu. Na Mwenyezi Mungu hakuwadhulumu, bali wao wenyewe wanazidhulumu nafsi zao.

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Svenska · Swedish

Det de skänker i välgörenhet i detta liv kan liknas vid en isande vind som drabbar grödan hos ett folk som har gjort orätt mot sig själva, och ödelägger den. Gud har inte gjort dem orätt, nej, de har gjort orätt mot sig själva.

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Türkçe · Turkish

Onların, bu dünya hayatında yapmakta oldukları harcamaların durumu, kendilerine zulmetmiş olan bir kavmin ekinlerini vurup da mahveden kavurucu bir rüzgârın durumu gibidir. Allah onlara zulmetmiş değildir, aksine onlar kendi kendilerine zulmetmişlerdir.

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اردو · Urdu

یہ کفار جو خرچ اخراجات کریں اس کی مثال یہ ہے کہ ایک تند ہوا چلی جس سے پاﻻ تھا جو ﻇالموں کی کھیتی پر پڑا اور اسے تہس نہس کر دیا[1] ۔ اللہ تعالیٰ نے ان پر ﻇلم نہیں کیا بلکہ وه خود اپنی جانوں پر ﻇلم کرتے تھے.

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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The verses around this oneSource fact

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3:115

وَمَا يَفْعَلُوا۟ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَلَن يُكْفَرُوهُ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌۢ بِٱلْمُتَّقِينَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)wamaa yaf'aloo min khayrin falan yukfaroohu wallaahu 'aleemun bil-muttaqeen

DIN 31635wamā yafʿalū min ḫayrin falan yukfarūhu wallāhu ʿalīmun bil-muttaqīna

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 Whatever good they do, they will not be denied it. God knows the righteous.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And whatever good they do, they will not be denied the meed thereof. Allah is Aware of those who ward off (evil)

Edward Henry Palmer1880 What ye do of good surely God will not deny, for God knows those who fear

John Medows Rodwell1861 And of whatever good ye do, ye shall not be denied the meed. God knoweth those who fear Him

George Sale1734 And ye shall not be denied the reward of the good which ye do; for God knoweth the pious

3:116

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَن تُغْنِىَ عَنْهُمْ أَمْوَٰلُهُمْ وَلَآ أَوْلَٰدُهُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ شَيْـًٔا وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)inna lladheena kafaroo lan tughniya 'anhum amwaaluhum walaa awlaaduhum mina llaahi shay'an wa'oolaa'ika ashaabu n-naari hum feehaa khaalidoon

DIN 31635ʾinna llaḏīna kafarū lan tuġniya ʿanhum ʾamwāluhum walā ʾawlāduhum mina llāhi šayʾan waʾūlāʾika ʾaṣḥābu n-nāri hum fīhā ḫālidūna

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 As for those who disbelieve, neither their possessions nor their children will avail them anything against God. These are the inhabitants of the Fire, abiding therein forever.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Lo! the riches and the progeny of those who disbelieve will not avail them aught against Allah; and such are rightful owners of the Fire. They will abide therein

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Verily, those who misbelieve, their wealth is of no service to them, nor their children either, against God; they are the fellows of the Fire, and they shall dwell therein for aye

John Medows Rodwell1861 But as for the infidels, their wealth, and their children shall avail them nothing against God. They shall be the inmates of the fire, to abide therein eternally

George Sale1734 As for the unbelievers, their wealth shall not profit them at all, neither their children, against God: They shall be the companions of hell fire; they shall continue therein for ever

3:117 — the verse above

3:118

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَتَّخِذُوا۟ بِطَانَةً مِّن دُونِكُمْ لَا يَأْلُونَكُمْ خَبَالًا وَدُّوا۟ مَا عَنِتُّمْ قَدْ بَدَتِ ٱلْبَغْضَآءُ مِنْ أَفْوَٰهِهِمْ وَمَا تُخْفِى صُدُورُهُمْ أَكْبَرُ قَدْ بَيَّنَّا لَكُمُ ٱلْـَٔايَٰتِ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)yaa ayyuhaa lladheena aamanoo laa tattakhidhoo bitaanatan min doonikum laa ya'loonakum khabaalan waddoo maa 'anittum qad badati l-baghdaa'u min afwaahihim wamaa tukhfee sudooruhum akbaru qad bayyannaa lakumu l-'aayaati in kuntum ta'qiloon

DIN 31635yā ʾayyuhā llaḏīna ʾāmanū lā tattaḫiḏū biṭānatan min dūnikum lā yaʾlūnakum ḫabālan waddū mā ʿanittum qad badati l-baġḍāʾu min ʾafwāhihim wamā tuḫfī ṣudūruhum ʾakbaru qad bayyannā lakumu l-ʾāyāti ʾin kuntum taʿqilūna

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 O you who believe! Do not befriend outsiders who never cease to wish you harm. They love to see you suffer. Hatred has already appeared from their mouths, but what their hearts conceal is worse. We have made the messages clear for you, if you understand.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 O ye who believe! Take not for intimates others than your own folk, who would spare no pains to ruin you; they love to hamper you. Hatred is revealed by (the utterance of) their mouths, but that which their breasts hide is greater. We have made plain for you the revelations if ye will understand

Edward Henry Palmer1880 O ye who believe! take not to intimacy with others than yourselves; they will not fail to spoil you; they would fain ye came to trouble,- hatred is shown by their mouths; but what their breasts conceal is greater still. We have made manifest to you our signs, did ye but understand

John Medows Rodwell1861 O ye who have believed! form not intimacies among others than yourselves. They will not fail to corrupt you. They long for your ruin. Hatred hath already shewn itself out of their mouths, but more grievous is what their breasts conceal. The tokens thereof we have already made plain to you, if ye will comprehend

George Sale1734 O true believers, contract not an intimate friendship with any besides your selves: They will not fail to corrupt you. They wish for that which may cause you to perish: Their hatred hath already appeared from out of their mouths; but what their breasts conceal is yet more inveterate. We have already shewn you signs of their ill will towards you, if ye understand

3:119

هَٰٓأَنتُمْ أُو۟لَآءِ تُحِبُّونَهُمْ وَلَا يُحِبُّونَكُمْ وَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْكِتَٰبِ كُلِّهِۦ وَإِذَا لَقُوكُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا وَإِذَا خَلَوْا۟ عَضُّوا۟ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْأَنَامِلَ مِنَ ٱلْغَيْظِ قُلْ مُوتُوا۟ بِغَيْظِكُمْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ

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Easy-read (simplified)haa antum oolaa'i tuhibboonahum walaa yuhibboonakum watu'minoona bil-kitaabi kullihi wa'idhaa laqookum qaaloo aamannaa wa'idhaa khalaw 'addoo 'alaykumu l-'anaamila mina l-ghayzi qul mootoo bighayzikum inna llaaha 'aleemun bidhaati s-sudoor

DIN 31635hā ʾantum ʾūlāʾi tuḥibbūnahum walā yuḥibbūnakum watuʾminūna bil-kitābi kullihi waʾiḏā laqūkum qālū ʾāmannā waʾiḏā ḫalaw ʿaḍḍū ʿalaykumu l-ʾanāmila mina l-ġayẓi qul mūtū biġayẓikum ʾinna llāha ʿalīmun biḏāti ṣ-ṣudūri

Talal Itani2012 There you are, you love them, but they do not love you, and you believe in the entire scripture. And when they meet you, they say, "We believe;" but when they are alone, they bite their fingers in rage at you. Say, "Die in your rage; God knows what is within the hearts."

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Lo! ye are those who love them though they love you not, and ye believe in all the Scripture. When they fall in with you they say: We believe; but when they go apart they bite their finger-tips at you, for rage. Say: Perish in your rage! Lo! Allah is Aware of what is hidden in (your) breasts

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Ye it is who love them, but they love not you; and ye believe in the Book, all of it. But when they meet you they say, 'We believe;' and when they go aside they bite their finger tips at you through rage. Say, 'Die in your rage, for God doth know the nature of men's breasts

John Medows Rodwell1861 See now! ye love them, but they love not you. Ye believe the entire Book. And when they meet you, they say, "We believe;" but when they are apart, they bite their fingers' ends at you, out of wrath. SAY: "Die in your wrath!" God truly knoweth the very recesses of your breasts

George Sale1734 Behold, ye love them, and they do not love you: Ye believe in all the scriptures, and when they meet you, they say, we believe; but when they assemble privately togeher, they bite their fingers ends out of wrath against you. Say unto them, die in your wrath: Verily God knoweth the innermost part of your breasts

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

مَثَلُ مَا يُنفِقُونَ فِي هَٰذِهِ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا كَمَثَلِ رِيحٍ فِيهَا صِرٌّ أَصَابَتْ حَرْثَ قَوْمٍ ظَلَمُوا أَنفُسَهُمْ فَأَهْلَكَتْهُ وَمَا ظَلَمَهُمُ اللَّهُ وَلَٰكِنْ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ

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

Analysis detailsDerived

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 — 0.62 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 · John Medows Rodwell 0.71
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell 0.69
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale 0.69
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell 0.68
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale 0.64
Talal Itani · George Sale 0.62
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale 0.61
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer 0.53
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.51
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.49

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
Gate
verify/divergence_gate.py re-derives and fails on drift

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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