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3:167

وَلِيَعْلَمَ ٱلَّذِينَ نَافَقُوا۟ وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ تَعَالَوْا۟ قَٰتِلُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ أَوِ ٱدْفَعُوا۟ قَالُوا۟ لَوْ نَعْلَمُ قِتَالًا لَّٱتَّبَعْنَٰكُمْ هُمْ لِلْكُفْرِ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَقْرَبُ مِنْهُمْ لِلْإِيمَٰنِ يَقُولُونَ بِأَفْوَٰهِهِم مَّا لَيْسَ فِى قُلُوبِهِمْ وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَكْتُمُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)waliya'lama lladheena naafaqoo waqeela lahum ta'aalaw qaatiloo fee sabeeli llaahi awi dfa'oo qaaloo law na'lamu qitaalan laattaba'naakum hum lilkufri yawma'idhin aqrabu minhum lil'eemaani yaqooloona bi'afwaahihim maa laysa fee quloobihim wallaahu a'lamu bimaa yaktumoon

DIN 31635waliyaʿlama llaḏīna nāfaqū waqīla lahum taʿālaw qātilū fī sabīli llāhi ʾawi dfaʿū qālū law naʿlamu qitālan lāttabaʿnākum hum lilkufri yawmaʾiḏin ʾaqrabu minhum lilʾīmāni yaqūlūna biʾafwāhihim mā laysa fī qulūbihim wallāhu ʾaʿlamu bimā yaktumūna

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Talal Itani · published 2012

And that He may know the hypocrites. And it was said to them, "Come, fight in the cause of God, or contribute." They said, "If we knew how to fight, we would have followed you." On that day they were closer to infidelity than they were to faith. They say with their mouths what is not in their hearts; but God knows what they hide.

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

And that He might know the hypocrites, unto whom it was said: Come, fight in the way of Allah, or defend yourselves. They answered: If we knew aught of fighting we would follow you. On that day they were nearer disbelief than faith. They utter with their mouths a thing which is not in their hearts. Allah is Best Aware of what they hide

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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

and might know those who behaved hypocritically; for it was said to them, 'Come, fight in God's way,' or 'repel (the foe);' they said, 'If we knew how to fight we would surely follow you.' They were that day far nigher unto misbelief than they were to faith. They say with their mouths what is not in their hearts, but God doth know best what they hid

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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

They said with their lips what was not in their hearts! But God knew what they concealed

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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

and that he might know the ungodly. It was said unto them, come, fight for the religion of God, or drive back the enemy: They answered, if we had known ye went out to fight, we had certainly followed you. They were on that day nearer unto unbelief, than they were to faith; they spake with their mouths, what was not in their hearts: But God perfectly knew what they concealed

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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

dhe për t'i zbuluar dyfytyrëshit, të cilëve u thuhej: "Ejani, luftoni në rrugën e Allahut ose, të paktën, mbrojeni vetveten. Ata thoshin: "Po ta dinim se do të kishte luftë, do t'ju pasonim." Atë ditë ata ishin më afër mosbesimit sesa besimit, duke thënë me gojën e tyre atë që nuk e kishin në zemrat e tyre, porse Allahu e di mirë çfarë fshehin ata.

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বাংলা · Bengali

আর যাতে তিনি তাদেরকেও চিনে নিতে পারেন, যারা মুনাফিক। আর তাদেরকে বলা হয়েছিল: ‘এসো, তোমরা আল্লাহর পথে যুদ্ধ করো অথবা প্রতিরোধ করো।’ তারা বলেছিল: ‘সত্যিই যদি যুদ্ধ হবে জানতাম তবে নিশ্চিতভাবে তোমাদের অনুসরণ করতাম’।(৯৫) সেদিন তারা ঈমানের চেয়ে কুফরীর অধিকতর নিকটবর্তী ছিল। বস্তুত তারা মুখ দিয়ে এমন কথা বলে, যা তাদের অন্তরে নেই এবং তারা যা গোপন রাখে, আল্লাহ তা ভালো করেই জানেন।

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Bosanski · Bosnian

I da bi ukazao na licemjere. Njima je rečeno: "Dođite, borite se na Allahovom putu, ili se branite!", a oni su kazali: "Da znamo da će biti borbe, mi bismo vas slijedili." Toga dana oni su bili bliži nevjerovanju nego vjerovanju. Svojim su ustima govorili ono što nije bilo u srcima njihovim! A Allah najbolje zna što oni kriju.

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Hrvatski · Croatian

I da bi znao tko su licemjeri. Njima je rečeno: "Dođite, borite se na Allahovom putu, ili se branite!" a oni su kazali: "Da znamo da će biti borbe, mi bismo vas slijedili." Toga dana oni su bili bliži nevjerovanju nego vjerovanju. Svojim su ustima govorili ono što nije bilo u srcima njihovim! A Allah najbolje zna što oni kriju.

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Fulfulde · Fulani

e no O Anndira ɓen naafiqiiɓe, ɓe wi'anaa: "ngaree kaɓeɗon fii laawol Alla ngol maa duñon". Ɓe wi'i: "Si meɗen ganndunoo hare men jokkay on". Kamɓe nden ñande heen, ko keeferaaku ngun ɓurnoo ɓaɗtaade e dii goŋɗinal ngal : hiɓe wowlira kunnduɗe maɓɓe ko alaa e ɓerɗe maɓɓe. Ko Alla Ɓuri Anndude ko ɓe soomi.

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ქართული · Georgian

და რათა გამოევლინა ისინი, ვინც გახდნენ მუნაფიყები (თვალთმაქცნი). მათ უთხრეს [მუნაფიყებს]: «მოდით, იბრძოლეთ (ჩვენთან ერთად) ალლაჰის გზაზე, ან თუნდაც დაიცავით (მტერი) (თქვენი სახლებისა და ოჯახებისგან)» მათ თქვეს [მუნაფიყებმა] მორწმუნეებს: «რომ ვიცოდეთ, რომ ბრძოლა (ნამდვილად) იქნებოდა, აუცილებლად გამოგყვებოდით (თქვენს დასახმარებლად)». იმ დღეს ისინი ურწმუნოებასთან უფრო ახლოს იყვნენ, ვიდრე რწმენასთან, რადგან თავიანთი ბაგეებით ამბობდნენ იმას, რაც მათ გულებში არ იყო. და ალლაჰმა უკეთ იცის ის, რასაც ისინი მალავენ.

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Deutsch · German

und damit Er diejenigen kennt (und sieht), die heucheln, zu denen gesagt wurde: „Kommt her und kämpft auf dem Weg Allahs oder wehrt ab.“ Sie sagten: „Wenn wir wüssten, dass es einen Kampf gibt, würden wir euch gewiss (auch) folgen.“ Sie waren an jenem Tag dem Unglauben näher als dem Glauben. Sie sagten mit ihren Mündern, was nicht in ihren Herzen ist. Und Allah weiß besser, was sie verbergen.

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Ελληνικά · Greek

Και για να ξέρει (ο Αλλάχ -αυτό που ήδη ξέρει- δηλ. να εμφανιστεί σε σας και να διαχωρίσει) τους υποκριτές. Ειπώθηκε σ' αυτούς: «Ελάτε να πολεμήσετε στο δρόμο του Αλλάχ ή τουλάχιστον βοηθήστε μας αυξάνοντας τον αριθμό μας.» Είπαν: «Αν ξέρουμε ότι θα υπάρξει μάχη, σίγουρα θα σας ακολουθήσουμε (αλλά δεν νομίζουμε ότι θα υπάρξει).» Εκείνη την ημέρα αυτοί ήταν πιο κοντά στην απιστία παρά την πίστη, λένε με το στόμα τους αυτό που δεν υπάρχει στην καρδιά τους. Και ο Αλλάχ γνωρίζει καλύτερα ό,τι κρύβουν (στα στήθη τους).

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हिन्दी · Hindi

और ताकि उन लगों को भी जान ले, जो मुनाफ़िक़ हैं, जिनसे कहा गया कि आओ अल्लाह की राह में युद्ध करो अथवा (आम मुसलमानों की) रक्षा करो, तो उन्होंने कहा कि यदि हम जानते कि युद्ध होगा, तो अवश्य तुम्हारा साथ देते। वे उस दिन ईमान की अपेक्षा कुफ़्र के अधिक निकट थे। वे अपने मुँह से ऐसी बातें बोलते हैं, जो उनके दिलों में नहीं होती। तथा अल्लाह उसे भली-भाँति जानता है जो वे छिपाते हैं।

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Italiano · Italian

e per distinguere gli ipocriti, ed è stato detto loro: “Venite a combattere in favore di Allāh, o partecipate economicamente!” Dissero: “Se sapessimo combattere, vi avremmo seguiti!” Quel giorno erano più vicini alla miscredenza che alla fede: pronunciavano con la bocca ciò che non era nei loro cuori, e Allāh sa meglio ciò che nascondevano.

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Lietuvių · Lithuanian

167. Ir kad Jis galėtų išbandytų veidmainius, jiems buvo pasakyta: „Ateikite, kovokite vardan Allaho arba (bent jau) ginkite save.“ Jie tarė: „Jei mes būtume žinoję, kad vyks kova, mes be abejonės būtume tave sekę.“ Tą dieną jie buvo arčiau netikėjimo nei Tikėjimo, sakydami savo liežuviais tai, kas nebuvo jų širdyse. Ir Allahas turi visą žinojimą apie tai, ką jie nuslepia.

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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo

Isaan munaafiqooman akka beekuufi (ifa baasuufi). isaaniin jedhame “kottaa; karaa Rabbii keessatti lolaa; yookiin ofirraa ittisaa". nijedhan “nuti odoo lola beeknee silaa isin hordofna turre”. Isaan guyyaa san iimaanarra kufriitti irra dhihaatoodha. Waan onneelee isaanii keessa hin jirre afaanoowwan isaaniitiin jedhu. Rabbiin beekaa waan isaan dhoksaniiti.

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Русский · Russian

и чтобы выявил тех, которые лицемерили. Было сказано им: «Придите, сражайтесь на пути Аллаха или защищайтесь!» Они сказали: «Если бы мы знали, что [и в самом деле] будет сражение, мы непременно последовали бы за вами». В тот день они были ближе к неверию, чем к вере. Они говорят своими устами то, чего нет в их сердцах, а Аллах лучше знает то, что они скрывают.

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Српски · Serbian

И да би указао ко су лицемери. Њима је речено: „Дођите, борите се на Аллаховом путу, или се браните!“ А они су казали: „Да знамо да ће да буде борбе, ми бисмо вас следили.“ Тога дана они су били ближи неверовању него веровању. Својим устима су говорили оно што није било у њиховим срцима! А Аллах најбоље зна што они крију.

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Kiswahili · Swahili

Na ili awajue wale waliofanya unafiki, walipoambiwa: Njooni mpigane katika Njia ya Mwenyezi Mungu au lindeni. Wakasema: 'Tungelijua kuna kupigana vita, bila ya shaka tungeliwafuata.' Wao siku ile walikuwa karibu zaidi na ukafiri kuliko Imani. Wanasema kwa midomo yao yasiyokuwa katika nyoyo zao. Na Mwenyezi Mungu anajua vyema wanayoyaficha.

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Svenska · Swedish

och för att det skulle stå klart vilka som endast gav sken av att vara troende. När det sades till dem: ”Kom och strid för Guds sak eller försvara er!”, svarade de: ”Om vi trodde att det verkligen skulle bli strid skulle vi följa med er.” Den dagen stod de närmare otron än tron. De säger med sina munnar sådant som inte finns i deras hjärtan. Men Gud vet mycket väl vad de döljer.

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Türkçe · Turkish

Ve münafıklık edenleri de açığa vurmak içindir. Onlara (münafıklara): “Gelin, Allah yolunda savaşın veya savunmaya geçin!” denildi de onlar; “Biz savaş olacağını bilseydik, elbette sizin peşinizden gelirdik.” dediler. Onlar o gün, imandan çok küfre yakın idiler. Ağızlarıyla kalplerinde olmayanı söylüyorlardı. Oysa Allah, içlerinde gizledikleri şeyi çok iyi bilmektedir.

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اردو · Urdu

اور منافقوں کو بھی معلوم کر لے[1] جن سے کہا گیا کہ آؤ اللہ کی راه میں جہاد کرو، یا کافروں کو ہٹاو، ٴ تو وه کہنے لگے کہ اگر ہم لڑائی جانتے ہوتے تو ضرور ساتھ دیتے[2]، وه اس دن بہ نسبت ایمان کے کفر سے بہت قریب تھے[3]، اپنے منھ سے وه باتیں بناتے ہیں جو ان کے دلوں میں نہیں[4]، اور اللہ تعالیٰ خوب جانتا ہے جسے وه چھپاتے ہیں.

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3:165

أَوَلَمَّآ أَصَٰبَتْكُم مُّصِيبَةٌ قَدْ أَصَبْتُم مِّثْلَيْهَا قُلْتُمْ أَنَّىٰ هَٰذَا قُلْ هُوَ مِنْ عِندِ أَنفُسِكُمْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)awalammaa asaabatkum museebatun qad asabtum mithlayhaa qultum annaa haadhaa qul huwa min 'indi anfusikum inna llaaha 'alaa kulli shay'in qadeer

DIN 31635ʾawalammā ʾaṣābatkum muṣībatun qad ʾaṣabtum miṯlayhā qultum ʾannā hāḏā qul huwa min ʿindi ʾanfusikum ʾinna llāha ʿalā kulli šayʾin qadīrun

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 And when a calamity befell you, even after you had inflicted twice as much, you said, "How is this?" Say, "It is from your own selves." God is Able to do all things.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And was it so, when a disaster smote you, though ye had smitten (them with a disaster) twice (as great), that ye said: How is this? Say (unto them, O Muhammad): It is from yourselves. Lo! Allah is Able to do all things

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Or when an accident befals you, and ye have fallen on twice as much, ye say, 'How is this?' Say, 'It is from yourselves. Verily, God is mighty over all

John Medows Rodwell1861 When a reverse hath befallen you, the like of which ye had before inflicted, say ye, "Whence is this?" SAY: It is from yourselves. For God hath power over all things

George Sale1734 After a misfortune hath befallen you at Ohod, -- ye had already obtained two equal advantages -- do ye say, whence cometh this? Answer, this is from yourselves: For God is almighty

3:166

وَمَآ أَصَٰبَكُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْتَقَى ٱلْجَمْعَانِ فَبِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ وَلِيَعْلَمَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)wamaa asaabakum yawma l-taqaa l-jam'aani fabi'idhni llaahi waliya'lama l-mu'mineen

DIN 31635wamā ʾaṣābakum yawma l-taqā l-ǧamʿāni fabiʾiḏni llāhi waliyaʿlama l-muʾminīna

Talal Itani2012 What befell you on the day the two armies clashed was with God's permission; that He may know the believers.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 That which befell you, on the day when the two armies met, was by permission of Allah; that He might know the true believers

Edward Henry Palmer1880 And what befell you the day when the two armies met, it was by God's permission; that He might know the believers

John Medows Rodwell1861 And that which befel you on the day when the armies met, was certainly by the will of God, and that he might know the faithful, and that he might know the hypocrites! And when the word was "Advance, fight on the path of God, or drive back the foe," - they said, "Had we known how to fight, we would have followed you." Nearer were some of them on that day to unbelief, than to faith

George Sale1734 And what happened unto you, on the day whereon the two armies met, was certainly by the permission of God; and that he might know the faithful

3:167 — the verse above

3:168

ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوا۟ لِإِخْوَٰنِهِمْ وَقَعَدُوا۟ لَوْ أَطَاعُونَا مَا قُتِلُوا۟ قُلْ فَٱدْرَءُوا۟ عَنْ أَنفُسِكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتَ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)alladheena qaaloo li'ikhwaanihim waqa'adoo law ataa'oonaa maa qutiloo qul fadra'oo 'an anfusikumu l-mawta in kuntum saadiqeen

DIN 31635allaḏīna qālū liʾiḫwānihim waqaʿadū law ʾaṭāʿūnā mā qutilū qul fadraʾū ʿan ʾanfusikumu l-mawta ʾin kuntum ṣādiqīna

Talal Itani2012 Those who said of their brethren, as they stayed behind, "Had they obeyed us, they would not have been killed." Say, "Then avert death from yourselves, if you are truthful."

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Those who, while they sat at home, said of their brethren (who were fighting for the cause of Allah): If they had been guided by us they would not have been slain. Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Then avert death from yourselves if ye are truthful

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Those who said of their brethren, whilst they themselves stayed at home, 'Had they obeyed us they would not have been killed.' Say, 'Ward off from yourselves death, if ye do speak the truth

John Medows Rodwell1861 Who said of their brethren while themselves sat at home, "Had they obeyed us, they had not been slain." SAY: Keep back death from yourselves if ye speak truth

George Sale1734 who said of their brethren, while themselves staid at home, if they had obeyed us, they had not been slain. Say, then keep back death from yourselves, if ye say truth

3:169

وَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ قُتِلُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ أَمْوَٰتًۢا بَلْ أَحْيَآءٌ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ يُرْزَقُونَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)walaa tahsabanna lladheena qutiloo fee sabeeli llaahi amwaatan bal ahyaa'un 'inda rabbihim yurzaqoon

DIN 31635walā taḥsabanna llaḏīna qutilū fī sabīli llāhi ʾamwātan bal ʾaḥyāʾun ʿinda rabbihim yurzaqūna

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 Do not consider those killed in the cause of God as dead. In fact, they are alive, at their Lord, well provided for.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Think not of those, who are slain in the way of Allah, as dead. Nay, they are living. With their Lord they have provision

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Count not those who are killed in the way of God as dead, but living with their Lord;- provided for

John Medows Rodwell1861 And repute not those slain on God's path to be dead. Nay, alive with their Lord, are they richly sustained

George Sale1734 Thou shalt in no wise reckon those who have been slain at Ohod in the cause of God, dead; nay, they are sustained alive with their Lord

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

وَلِيَعْلَمَ الَّذِينَ نَافَقُوا وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ تَعَالَوْا قَاتِلُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَوِ ادْفَعُوا قَالُوا لَوْ نَعْلَمُ قِتَالًا لَّاتَّبَعْنَاكُمْ هُمْ لِلْكُفْرِ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَقْرَبُ مِنْهُمْ لِلْإِيمَانِ يَقُولُونَ بِأَفْوَاهِهِم مَّا لَيْسَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَكْتُمُونَ

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 — 0.64 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 · John Medows Rodwell 0.82
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell 0.79
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale 0.76
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell 0.76
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale 0.60
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.59
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale 0.55
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer 0.54
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.50
Talal Itani · George Sale 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.

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

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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