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3:13

قَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ ءَايَةٌ فِى فِئَتَيْنِ ٱلْتَقَتَا فِئَةٌ تُقَٰتِلُ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَأُخْرَىٰ كَافِرَةٌ يَرَوْنَهُم مِّثْلَيْهِمْ رَأْىَ ٱلْعَيْنِ وَٱللَّهُ يُؤَيِّدُ بِنَصْرِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَبْصَٰرِ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)qad kaana lakum aayatun fee fi'atayni l-taqataa fi'atun tuqaatilu fee sabeeli llaahi wa'ukhraa kaafiratun yarawnahum mithlayhim ra'ya l-'ayni wallaahu yu'ayyidu binasrihi man yashaa'u inna fee dhaalika la'ibratan li'oolee l-'absaar

DIN 31635qad kāna lakum ʾāyatun fī fiʾatayni l-taqatā fiʾatun tuqātilu fī sabīli llāhi waʾuḫrā kāfiratun yarawnahum miṯlayhim raʾya l-ʿayni wallāhu yuʾayyidu binaṣrihi man yašāʾu ʾinna fī ḏālika laʿibratan liʾūlī l-ʾabṣāri

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Talal Itani · published 2012

There was a sign for you in the two parties that met. One party fighting in the way of God, and the other was disbelieving. They saw them with their own eyes twice their number. But God supports with His help whomever He wills. In that is a lesson for those with insight.

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

There was a token for you in two hosts which met: one army fighting in the way of Allah, and another disbelieving, whom they saw as twice their number, clearly, with their very eyes. Thus Allah strengtheneth with His succour whom He will. Lo! herein verily is a lesson for those who have eyes

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

Ye have had a sign in the two parties who met; one party fighting in the way of God, the other misbelieving; these saw twice the same number as themselves to the eye-sight, for God aids with His help those whom He pleases.' Verily, in that is a lesson for those who have perception

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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

Ye have already had a sign in the meeting of the two hosts. The one host fought in the cause of God, and the other was infidel. To their own eyesight, the infidels saw you twice as many as themselves: And God aided with his succour whom He would: And in this truly was a lesson for men endued with discernment

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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

Ye have already had a miracle shewn you in two armies which attacked each other: One army fought for God's true religion, but the other were infidels; they saw the faithful twice as many as themselves in their eye-sight; for God strengtheneth with his help whom he pleaseth. Surely herein was an example unto men of understanding

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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

Ju kishit shenjë në dy ushtri që u ndeshën (në Bedër): njëra ushtri luftonte në rrugën e Allahut, kurse tjetra ishin jobesimtarë, të cilët i shihnin dy herë më shumë (në numër). Mirëpo, Allahu përkrah me ndihmën e Tij kë të dëshirojë. Sigurisht, këtu ka mësim për largpamësit.

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বাংলা · Bengali

নিশ্চয় তোমাদের জন্য নিদর্শন রয়েছে দু’টি দলের মধ্যে, যারা (বদরের যুদ্ধে) পরস্পর মুখোমুখি হয়েছিল। একটি দল লড়াই করছিল আল্লাহর পথে এবং অপর দলটি কাফির। মু’মিনগণ তাদের বাহ্যিক দৃষ্টিতে তাদেরকে নিজেদের দ্বিগুণ দেখছিল।(৭) আর আল্লাহ নিজ সাহায্য দ্বারা যাকে চান শক্তিশালী করেন। নিশ্চয় এতে রয়েছে অন্তর্দৃষ্টি সম্পন্ন লোকদের জন্য শিক্ষা।

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

Vi ste imali znak u dvjema grupama koje su se sukobile: jednoj koja se borila na Allahovom putu, i drugoj, nevjerničkoj. Oni su ih vidjeli dvostruko brojnijim od sebe. A Allah Svojom pomoći podržava koga On hoće! To je, doista, pouka za one koji su razboriti.

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Hrvatski · Croatian

Vi ste imali znak u dvjema grupama koje su se sukobile: jednoj koja se borila na Allahovom putu, i drugoj, nevjerničkoj. Oni su ih vidjeli dvostruko brojnijim od sebe. A Allah Svojom pomoći podržava koga On hoće! To je, doista, pouka za one koji su razboriti.

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Fulfulde · Fulani

Goongɗii laatanike on aaya e ɗin feddeejji ɗiɗi fottuɗi fii haɓugol: fedde goo no haɓa e laawol Alla, wonnde goo ko yeddunde, hiɓe yi'iraɓe yeru maɓɓe laawɓi ɗiɗi giiɗe gite. Alla no Semmbinira balla makko ngal o mo o muuyi. Pellet, no e ɗum waaju wonannde joomiraaɓe haqqillaaji.

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ქართული · Georgian

თქვენთვის (მედინელო იუდეველნო) ნიშანი იყო ორ ლაშქარში, რომლებიც შეხვდნენ ერთმანეთს (ბადრის წყაროსთან): ერთი ლაშქარი იბრძოდა ალლაჰის გზაზე, ხოლო მეორე — ურწმუნო იყო. და ხედავდნენ ისინი (ურწმუნონი) მათ (მორწმუნეებს) ორჯერ მეტს თვალით (ვიდრე სინამდვილეში იყვნენ). და მართლაც, ალლაჰი ამაგრებს თავისი დახმარებით იმას, ვისაც ინებებს. ჭეშმარიტად, ამაში არის შეგონება გამჭრიახთათვის.

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Deutsch · German

Ihr hattet ja ein Zeichen in zwei Scharen, die aufeinandertrafen: Die eine kämpfte auf dem Weg Allahs und eine andere war (eine) ungläubige. Sie sahen sie dem Augenschein, (dass sie) zweimal so viel waren wie sie (selbst). Und Allah stärkt mit Seiner Unterstützung, wen Er will. Darin ist fürwahr eine Lehre für diejenigen, die Einsicht besitzen.

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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Ελληνικά · Greek

Υπήρχε για σας ένα σημάδι (και νουθεσία και μάθημα) σε δύο ομάδες (δύο στρατούς) που συναντήθηκαν (στη μάχη του Μπαντρ). Μια ομάδα πολεμούσε στον δρόμο του Αλλάχ, και η άλλη ήταν άπιστη. (Οι πιστοί) είδαν αυτούς (τους άπιστους) με τα μάτια τους δύο φορές τον αριθμό τους. Και ο Αλλάχ υποστηρίζει με τη νίκη Του όποιον θέλει. Πράγματι, σ’ αυτό είναι ένα μάθημα για όσους έχουν όραση (και κατανόηση).

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हिन्दी · Hindi

निश्चय तुम्हारे लिए उन दो दलों में बड़ी निशानी थी, जिनमें (बद्र के मैदान में) मुठभेड़ हुई। एक दल अल्लाह के मार्ग में लड़ता था और दूसरा काफ़िर था। ये (मुसलमान) उन (काफ़िरों) को अपनी आँखों से अपने से दुगना देख रहे थे। और अल्लाह जिसे चाहता है अपनी सहायता से शक्ति प्रदान करता है। निःसंदेह इसमें आँखों वालों के लिए निश्चय बड़ी इबरत (सीख)[6] है।

Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari

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Italiano · Italian

Ci fu un Segno per voi nei due eserciti: un gruppo combatteva per la causa di Allāh e un altro era miscredente, e vedeva il proprio numero raddoppiato coi suoi occhi; e Allāh sostiene sempre, col Suo sostegno, chi vuole; in verità in ciò c’è un insegnamento per quelli che hanno una chiara veduta.

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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Lietuvių · Lithuanian

13. Jums (judėjai) jau buvo ženklas – dvi susitikusios armijos (kovoje, t. y. Badr). Viena kovojo vardan Allaho, o kita – (jie) buvo netikintieji. Jie (tikintieji) matė juos (netikinčiuosius) savo pačių akimis kaip dukart (daugiau nei) jų (pačių) skaičius (nors jų buvo triskart daugiau). Ir Allahas paremia su Savo Pergale tuos, ką Jis nori. Iš tiesų, tame yra pamoka tiems, kurie suvokia. (žr. ają 8:44).

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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo

Dhugumatti, mallattoon isiniif tahe gareewwan (waraanaa) lamaan (guyyaa Badrii) wal qunnaman keessatti. Gareen tokko karaa Rabbii keessatti lolti. Isheen biraa immoo kaafira. Isaan (kaafiroonni) ilaalcha ijaatiin (lakkoofsa Muslimootaa) fakkaataa isaanii lama (dachaa) ta’anii isaan argu. Rabbiin nama fedhe tumsa Isaatiin isa deeggara. Dhugumatti warra sammuu qabaniif kana keessa gorsatu jira. [3]

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Русский · Russian

Действительно, для вас было знамение в двух отрядах, которые сошлись: один сражался на пути Аллаха, а другой — отвергший веру. [Уверовавшие] видели их своими глазами вдвое превосходящими себя, но Аллах подкрепляет Своей помощью, кого пожелает. Воистину, в этом — поучительный пример для обладающих зрением.

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Српски · Serbian

Ви сте имали знак у двема групама које су се сукобиле: једној која се борила на Божјем путу, и другој, неверничкој. Они су их видели двоструко бројнијим од себе. А Аллах Својом помоћи подржава кога Он хоће! То је, заиста, поука за оне који су разборити.

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Kiswahili · Swahili

Hakika, mlikuwa na Ishara katika yale makundi mawili yalipokutana (katika vita). Kundi moja likipigana katika Njia ya Mwenyezi Mungu, nalo lingine kafiri likiwaona zaidi kuliko wao mara mbili, kwa kuona kwa macho. Na Mwenyezi Mungu humuunga mkono amtakaye kwa nusura yake. Hakika, katika hayo kuna mazingatio kwa wenye macho yaliyo sawa.

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Svenska · Swedish

Ni har redan fått ett tecken i de två krigshärarna som möttes [på slagfältet vid Badr]. Den ena stred för Guds skull och den andra bestod av otrogna. De såg dem med sina egna ögon som om de var dubbelt så många som de själva, men Gud stärker med sin seger den han vill. I detta ligger visst en lärdom för de klarsynta.

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Türkçe · Turkish

(Bedir'de) Karşı karşıya gelen iki toplulukta, sizin için bir ayet vardır. Bunlardan biri Allah yolunda savaşıyordu, diğeri ise kâfir idi. Gözleriyle onların kendilerinin iki misli olduklarını görüyorlardı. Allah, dilediğini yardımıyla güçlendirir. Bunda, basiret sahipleri için gerçekten ibret vardır.

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اردو · Urdu

یقیناً تمہارے لئے عبرت کی نشانی تھی ان دو جماعتوں میں جو گتھ گئی تھیں، ایک جماعت تو اللہ تعالیٰ کی راه میں لڑ رہی تھی اور دوسرا گروه کافروں کا تھا وه انہیں اپنی آنکھوں سے اپنے سے دگنا دیکھتے تھے[1] اور اللہ تعالیٰ جسے چاہے اپنی مدد سے قوی کرتا ہے۔ یقیناً اس میں آنکھوں والوں کے لئے بڑی عبرت ہے۔

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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3:11

كَدَأْبِ ءَالِ فِرْعَوْنَ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَٱللَّهُ شَدِيدُ ٱلْعِقَابِ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)kada'bi aali fir'awna walladheena min qablihim kadhdhaboo bi'aayaatinaa fa'akhadhahumu llaahu bidhunoobihim wallaahu shadeedu l-'iqaab

DIN 31635kadaʾbi ʾāli firʿawna wallaḏīna min qablihim kaḏḏabū biʾāyātinā faʾaḫaḏahumu llāhu biḏunūbihim wallāhu šadīdu l-ʿiqābi

Talal Itani2012 Like the behavior of Pharaoh's people and those before them. They rejected Our signs, so God seized them for their sins. God is Strict in retribution.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Like Pharaoh's folk and those who were before them, they disbelieved Our revelations and so Allah seized them for their sins. And Allah is severe in punishment

Edward Henry Palmer1880 As was the wont of Pharaoh's people, and those before them, they said our signs were lies, and God caught them up in their sins, for God is severe to punish

John Medows Rodwell1861 After the wont of the people of Pharaoh, and of those who went before them, they treated our signs as falsehoods. Therefore God laid hold of them in their sins; and God is severe in punishing

George Sale1734 According to the wont of the people of Pharaoh, and of those who went before them, they charged our signs with a lie; but God caught them in their wickedness, and God is severe in punishing

3:12

قُل لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ سَتُغْلَبُونَ وَتُحْشَرُونَ إِلَىٰ جَهَنَّمَ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْمِهَادُ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)qul lilladheena kafaroo satughlaboona watuhsharoona ilaa jahannama wabi'sa l-mihaad

DIN 31635qul lillaḏīna kafarū satuġlabūna watuḥšarūna ʾilā ǧahannama wabiʾsa l-mihādu

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 Say to those who disbelieve, "You will be defeated, and rounded up into Hell-an awful resting-place."

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Say (O Muhammad) unto those who disbelieve: Ye shall be overcome and gathered unto Hell, an evil resting-place

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Say to those who misbelieve, 'Ye shall be overcome and driven together to hell, an ill couch will it be

John Medows Rodwell1861 Say to the infidels: ye shall be worsted, and to Hell shall ye be gathered together; and wretched the couch

George Sale1734 Say unto those who believe not, ye shall be overcome, and thrown together into hell ; an unhappy couch shall it be

3:13 — the verse above

3:14

زُيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ حُبُّ ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِ مِنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ وَٱلْبَنِينَ وَٱلْقَنَٰطِيرِ ٱلْمُقَنطَرَةِ مِنَ ٱلذَّهَبِ وَٱلْفِضَّةِ وَٱلْخَيْلِ ٱلْمُسَوَّمَةِ وَٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ وَٱلْحَرْثِ ذَٰلِكَ مَتَٰعُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱللَّهُ عِندَهُۥ حُسْنُ ٱلْمَـَٔابِ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)zuyyina lilnnaasi hubbu sh-shahawaati mina n-nisaa'i wal-baneena wal-qanaateeri l-muqantarati mina dh-dhahabi wal-fiddati wal-khayli l-musawwamati wal-'an'aami wal-harthi dhaalika mataa'u l-hayaati d-dunyaa wallaahu 'indahu husnu l-ma'aab

DIN 31635zuyyina lilnnāsi ḥubbu š-šahawāti mina n-nisāʾi wal-banīna wal-qanāṭīri l-muqanṭarati mina ḏ-ḏahabi wal-fiḍḍati wal-ḫayli l-musawwamati wal-ʾanʿāmi wal-ḥarṯi ḏālika matāʿu l-ḥayāti d-dunyā wallāhu ʿindahu ḥusnu l-maʾābi

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 Adorned for the people is the love of desires, such as women, and children, and piles upon piles of gold and silver, and branded horses, and livestock, and fields. These are the conveniences of the worldly life, but with God lies the finest resort.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Beautified for mankind is love of the joys (that come) from women and offspring; and stored-up heaps of gold and silver, and horses branded (with their mark), and cattle and land. That is comfort of the life of the world. Allah! With Him is a more excellent abode

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Seemly unto men is a life of lusts, of women, and children, and hoarded talents of gold and silver, and of horses well-bred, and cattle, and tilth;- that is the provision for the life of this world; but God, with Him is the best resort

John Medows Rodwell1861 Fair-seeming to men is the love of pleasures from women and children, and the treasured treasures of gold and silver, and horses of mark, and flocks, and cornfields! Such the enjoyment of this world's life. But God! goodly the home with Him

George Sale1734 The love and eager desire of wives, and children, and sums heaped up of gold and silver, and excellent horses, and cattle, and land, is prepared for men: This is the provision of the present life; but unto God shall be the most excellent return

3:15

قُلْ أَؤُنَبِّئُكُم بِخَيْرٍ مِّن ذَٰلِكُمْ لِلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوْا۟ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّٰتٌ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا وَأَزْوَٰجٌ مُّطَهَّرَةٌ وَرِضْوَٰنٌ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَٱللَّهُ بَصِيرٌۢ بِٱلْعِبَادِ

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Easy-read (simplified)qul a'unabbi'ukum bikhayrin min dhaalikum lilladheena taqaw 'inda rabbihim jannaatun tajree min tahtihaa l-'anhaaru khaalideena feehaa wa'azwaajun mutahharatun waridwaanun mina llaahi wallaahu baseerun bil-'ibaad

DIN 31635qul ʾaʾunabbiʾukum biḫayrin min ḏālikum lillaḏīna taqaw ʿinda rabbihim ǧannātun taǧrī min taḥtihā l-ʾanhāru ḫālidīna fīhā waʾazwāǧun muṭahharatun wariḍwānun mina llāhi wallāhu baṣīrun bil-ʿibādi

Talal Itani2012 Say, "Shall I inform you of something better than that? For those who are righteous, with their Lord are Gardens beneath which rivers flow, where they will remain forever, and purified spouses, and acceptance from God." God is Observant of the servants.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Say: Shall I inform you of something better than that? For those who keep from evil, with their Lord, are Gardens underneath which rivers flow wherein they will abide, and pure companions, and contentment from Allah. Allah is Seer of His bondmen

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Say, 'But shall we tell you of a better thing than this?' For those who fear are gardens with their Lord, beneath which rivers flow; they shall dwell therein for aye, and pure wives and grace from God; the Lord looks on His servants

John Medows Rodwell1861 SAY: Shall I tell you of better things than these, prepared for those who fear God, in His presence? Theirs shall be gardens, beneath whose pavilions the rivers flow, and in which shall they abide for aye: and wives of stainless purity, and acceptance with God: for God regardeth his servants

George Sale1734 Say, shall I declare unto you better things than this? For those who are devout are prepared with their Lord, gardens through which rivers flow; therin shall they continue for ever : And they shall enjoy wives free from impurity, and the favour of God; for God regardeth his servants

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

قَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ آيَةٌ فِي فِئَتَيْنِ الْتَقَتَا فِئَةٌ تُقَاتِلُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَأُخْرَىٰ كَافِرَةٌ يَرَوْنَهُم مِّثْلَيْهِمْ رَأْيَ الْعَيْنِ وَاللَّهُ يُؤَيِّدُ بِنَصْرِهِ مَن يَشَاءُ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّأُولِي الْأَبْصَارِ

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

In plain words — none yet for this verse

Analysis details
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 — 0.65 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 · George Sale 0.73
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale 0.70
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale 0.69
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell 0.69
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell 0.68
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell 0.66
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.64
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale 0.61
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer 0.56
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.55

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.

Later literature, history and language

Easy-read

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

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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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