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3:19

إِنَّ ٱلدِّينَ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْإِسْلَٰمُ وَمَا ٱخْتَلَفَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْعِلْمُ بَغْيًۢا بَيْنَهُمْ وَمَن يَكْفُرْ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَرِيعُ ٱلْحِسَابِ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)inna d-deena 'inda llaahi l-'islaamu wamaa khtalafa lladheena ootoo l-kitaaba illaa min ba'di maa jaa'ahumu l-'ilmu baghyan baynahum waman yakfur bi'aayaati llaahi fa'inna llaaha saree'u l-hisaab

DIN 31635ʾinna d-dīna ʿinda llāhi l-ʾislāmu wamā ḫtalafa llaḏīna ʾūtū l-kitāba ʾillā min baʿdi mā ǧāʾahumu l-ʿilmu baġyan baynahum waman yakfur biʾāyāti llāhi faʾinna llāha sarīʿu l-ḥisābi

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Talal Itani · published 2012

Religion with God is Islam. Those to whom the Scripture was given differed only after knowledge came to them, out of envy among themselves. Whoever rejects the signs of God-God is quick to take account.

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

Lo! religion with Allah (is) the Surrender (to His Will and Guidance). Those who (formerly) received the Scripture differed only after knowledge came unto them, through transgression among themselves. Whoso disbelieveth the revelations of Allah (will find that) lo! Allah is swift at reckoning

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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

Verily, (the true) religion in God's sight is Islam, and those to whom the Book was given disagreed not until after that there was given to them knowledge, through mutual envy. But whoso disbelieves in God's signs, truly God is quick at reckoning up

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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 true religion with God is Islam: and they to whom the Scriptures had been given, differed not till after "the knowledge" had come to them, and through mutual jealousy. But as for him who shall not believe in the signs of God - God will be prompt to reckon with him

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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

Verily the true religion in the sight of God, is Islam; and they who had received the scriptures dissented not therefrom, until after the knowledge of God's unity had come unto them, out of envy among themselves; but whosoever believeth not in the signs of God, verily God will be swift in bringing him to account

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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

Feja e vërtetë tek Allahu është vetëm Islami. Ata të cilëve u është dhënë Libri (hebrenjtë dhe të krishterët) ranë në kundërshti vetëm pasi u erdhi dituria, nga zilia që kishin mes vete. Kushdo që i mohon ajetet e Allahut, le ta dijë se Allahu është i shpejtë në llogari.

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বাংলা · Bengali

নিশ্চয় ইসলামই আল্লাহর নিকট একমাত্র গ্রহণযোগ্য দীন।(৯) আর যাদেরকে কিতাব দেয়া হয়েছিল, তারা কেবল পরস্পর বিদ্বেষবশতঃ তাদের নিকট জ্ঞান আসার পরও মতানৈক্য করেছিল। আর যে কেউ আল্লাহর আয়াতসমূহের সাথে কুফরী করবে, নিশ্চয় আল্লাহ দ্রুত হিসাব গ্রহণকারী।

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

Vjera je kod Allaha, doista, islam! A oni kojima je data Knjiga podvojili su se baš onda kada im je došlo znanje, i to iz međusobne zlobe. A onaj ko ne vjeruje u ajete i znakove Allahove – pa, Allah, zaista, brzo sviđa račune.

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Hrvatski · Croatian

Vjera je kod Allaha, doista, islam! A oni kojima je data Knjiga podvojili su se baš onda kada im je došlo znanje, i to iz međusobne zlobe. A onaj tko ne vjeruje u ajete i znakove Allahove – pa, Allah, zaista, brzo sviđa račune.

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Fulfulde · Fulani

Pellet diine oo to Alla, ko lislaamu o. Okkaaɓe Defte ɓen lurraali si wonaa caggal de ganndal ngal ari ema66e; ko bewre hakkunde maɓɓe. Kala jedduɗo aayeeje Alla ɗen, pellet Alla ko jaawuɗo hasboore.

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ქართული · Georgian

ჭეშმარიტად, სარწმუნოება (და კანონი) ალლაჰის წინაშე არის (მხოლოდ) ისლამი. და გაიყარნენ ისინი, ვისაც მიეცათ წიგნი (იუდეველები და ქრისტიანები), მხოლოდ მას შემდეგ, რაც მათთან მოვიდა ცოდნა, ერთმანეთის მიმართ ბოროტი შურით. ხოლო ვინც უარყოფს (არ ირწმუნებს) ალლაჰის ნიშნებს, უეჭველად, ალლაჰი სწრაფია ანგრიშსწორებისას!

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Deutsch · German

Wahrlich, die Religion ist bei Allah der Islam. Und diejenigen, denen die Schrift gegeben wurde, sind erst (dann) uneinig geworden, nachdem das Wissen zu ihnen gekommen war, (und) dies aus Missgunst untereinander. Und wer Allahs Zeichen verleugnet, so ist Allah gewiss schnell im Abrechnen.

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Ελληνικά · Greek

Στ’ αλήθεια, η μόνη αληθινή και αποδεκτή θρησκεία για τον Αλλάχ είναι το Ισλάμ. Και αυτοί (Χριστιανοί και Εβραίοι) στους οποίους δόθηκε το Βιβλίο [η πρωτότυπη Τορά που δόθηκε στον Μωυσή, και το Ιν-τζήλ που δόθηκε στον Ιησού] δεν διαφώνησαν (στη θρησκεία τους και έγιναν ομάδες και αιρέσεις) παρά μόνο αφού τους ήλθε η γνώση (για την αλήθεια) - από ζήλεια μεταξύ τους. Και όποιος αρνείται τα Εδάφια του Αλλάχ, τότε στ’ αλήθεια ο Αλλάχ είναι Γρήγορος στο να (τον) καλέσει για λογοδότηση.

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हिन्दी · Hindi

निःसंदेह दीन (धर्म) अल्लाह के निकट इस्लाम ही है और किताब वालों ने अपने पास ज्ञान आ जाने के पश्चात आपस में ईर्ष्या के कारण ही मतभेद किया। तथा जो अल्लाह की आयतों का इनकार करे, तो निःसंदेह अल्लाह बहुत जल्द ह़िसाब लेने वाला है।

Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari

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Italiano · Italian

In verità la Religione presso Allāh è l’Islam! ﴿إِنَّ الدِّينَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ الْإِسْلَامُ﴾ E non furono discordi quelli che hanno avuto il Libro, se non dopo che giunse loro la sapienza, facendosi torto l’un l’altro, ingiustamente. E chi rifiuta i Segni di Allāh sappia che in verità Allāh è rapido nel saldare i conti.

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Lietuvių · Lithuanian

19. Iš tiesų, religija Allaho - islamas. Tie, kuriems buvo duotas Raštas (judėjai ir krikščionys), po to, kai žinia atėjo pas juos, nesiginčijo, išskyrus dėl abipusio pavydo ir godumo pasauliui. Ir kas netiki Allaho Ajat (įrodymais, įkalčiais, eilutėmis, ženklais, apreiškimais ir t. t.), tada tikrai, Allahas yra Greitas pakviesti atsiskaityti.

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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo

Amantiin Rabbiin biratti (fudhatama qabu) Islaamummaa qofa. Isaan kitaaba kennaman erga beekumsi isaaniif dhufee booda jibbaa gidduu isaanii jiruuf jecha malee (san dura) wal hin dhabne. Namni keeyyattoota Rabbiitti kafare dhugumatti Rabbiin ariifachiisaa qormaataati. [5]

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Русский · Russian

Воистину, религия у Аллаха — ислам. Те, кому было даровано Писание, впали в разногласия не иначе как после того, как к ним пришло знание, из-за зависти и взаимного произвола. Если же кто отвергает знамения Аллаха, то, воистину, Аллах — скор в расчёте.

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Српски · Serbian

Једина вера код Аллаха је, заиста, ислам! А они којима је дата Књига подвојили су се баш онда када им је дошло знање, и то из међусобне злобе. А онај ко не верује у Аллахове речи и доказе - па, Аллах, заиста, брзо своди рачуне.

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Kiswahili · Swahili

Hakika, Dini kwa Mwenyezi Mungu ni Uislamu. Na hawakuhitilafiana wale waliopewa Kitabu isipokuwa baada ya kujiwa na elimu, kwa sababu ya uhasidi uliokuwa baina yao. Na mwenye kuzikufuru Ishara za Mwenyezi Mungu, basi hakika Mwenyezi Mungu ni Mwepesi wa kuhesabu.

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Svenska · Swedish

Inför Gud är islam den enda sanna livsvägen. De som tidigare fått skriften blev oense först efter att kunskapen nått dem, på grund av fiendskap mellan dem. Den som förkastar Guds budskap [kommer att ställas till svars]; Gud är snabb i räkenskap.

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Türkçe · Turkish

Şüphesiz, Allah katında din İslam’dır. Kendilerine kitap verilenler, kendilerine ilim geldikten sonra, sadece aralarındaki haset ve kıskançlık yüzünden ihtilafa düştüler. Kim Allah’ın ayetlerini inkâr ederse şüphesiz Allah, hesabı çok çabuk görendir.

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اردو · Urdu

بے شک اللہ تعالیٰ کے نزدیک دین اسلام ہی ہے[1] ، اور اہل کتاب نے اپنے پاس علم آجانے کے بعد آپس کی سرکشی اور حسد کی بنا پر ہی اختلاف کیا ہے[2] اور اللہ تعالیٰ کی آیتوں کے ساتھ جو بھی کفر کرے[3] اللہ تعالیٰ اس کا جلد حساب لینے واﻻ 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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3:17

ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ وَٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ وَٱلْقَٰنِتِينَ وَٱلْمُنفِقِينَ وَٱلْمُسْتَغْفِرِينَ بِٱلْأَسْحَارِ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)as-saabireena was-saadiqeena wal-qaaniteena wal-munfiqeena wal-mustaghfireena bil-'ashaar

DIN 31635aṣ-ṣābirīna waṣ-ṣādiqīna wal-qānitīna wal-munfiqīna wal-mustaġfirīna bil-ʾasḥāri

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 The patient, and the truthful, and the reverent, and the charitable, and the seekers of forgiveness at dawn.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 The steadfast, and the truthful, and the obedient, those who spend (and hoard not), those who pray for pardon in the watches of the night

Edward Henry Palmer1880 the patient, the truthful, the devout, and those who ask for pardon at the dawn

John Medows Rodwell1861 The patient, and the truthful, the lowly, and the charitable, and they who seek pardon at each daybreak

George Sale1734 The patient, and the lovers of truth, and the devout, and the almsgivers, and those who ask pardon early in the morning

3:18

شَهِدَ ٱللَّهُ أَنَّهُۥ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَأُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلْعِلْمِ قَآئِمًۢا بِٱلْقِسْطِ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)shahida llaahu annahu laa ilaaha illaa huwa wal-malaa'ikatu wa'ooloo l-'ilmi qaa'iman bil-qisti laa ilaaha illaa huwa l-'azeezu l-hakeem

DIN 31635šahida llāhu ʾannahu lā ʾilāha ʾillā huwa wal-malāʾikatu waʾūlū l-ʿilmi qāʾiman bil-qisṭi lā ʾilāha ʾillā huwa l-ʿazīzu l-ḥakīmu

Talal Itani2012 God bears witness that there is no god but He, as do the angels, and those endowed with knowledge-upholding justice. There is no god but He, the Mighty, the Wise.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Allah (Himself) is Witness that there is no Allah save Him. And the angels and the men of learning (too are witness). Maintaining His creation in justice, there is no Allah save Him the Almighty, the Wise

Edward Henry Palmer1880 God bears witness that there is no god but He, and the angels, and those possessed of knowledge standing up for justice. There is no God but He, the mighty, the wise

John Medows Rodwell1861 God witnesseth that there is no god but He: and the angels, and men endued with knowledge, stablished in righteousness, proclaim "There is no god but He, the Mighty, the Wise

George Sale1734 God hath born witness that there is no God but he; and the angels, and those who are endowed with wisdom profess the same; who executeth righteousness; there is no God but he; the mighty, the wise

3:19 — the verse above

3:20

فَإِنْ حَآجُّوكَ فَقُلْ أَسْلَمْتُ وَجْهِىَ لِلَّهِ وَمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَنِ وَقُل لِّلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَٱلْأُمِّيِّـۧنَ ءَأَسْلَمْتُمْ فَإِنْ أَسْلَمُوا۟ فَقَدِ ٱهْتَدَوا۟ وَّإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْكَ ٱلْبَلَٰغُ وَٱللَّهُ بَصِيرٌۢ بِٱلْعِبَادِ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)fa'in haajjooka faqul aslamtu wajhiya lillaahi wamani taba'ani waqul lilladheena ootoo l-kitaaba wal-'ummiyyeena a'aslamtum fa'in aslamoo faqadi htadaw wa'in tawallaw fa'innamaa 'alayka l-balaaghu wallaahu baseerun bil-'ibaad

DIN 31635faʾin ḥāǧǧūka faqul ʾaslamtu waǧhiya lillāhi wamani tabaʿani waqul lillaḏīna ʾūtū l-kitāba wal-ʾummiyyīna ʾaʾaslamtum faʾin ʾaslamū faqadi htadaw waʾin tawallaw faʾinnamā ʿalayka l-balāġu wallāhu baṣīrun bil-ʿibādi

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 If they argue with you, say, "I have surrendered myself to God, and those who follow me." And say to those who were given the Scripture, and to the unlearned, "Have you surrendered?" If they have surrendered, then they are guided; but if they turn away, then your duty is to convey. God is Seeing of the servants.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And if they argue with thee, (O Muhammad), say: I have surrendered my purpose to Allah and (so have) those who follow me. And say unto those who have received the Scripture and those who read not: Have ye (too) surrendered? If they surrender, then truly they are rightly guided, and if they turn away, then it is thy duty only to convey the message (unto them). Allah is Seer of (His) bondmen

Edward Henry Palmer1880 And if they would dispute with thee, then say, 'I turn my face with resignation unto God, and whoso follows me.' And say to those who have been given the Book, unto the Gentiles, 'Are ye, too, resigned' and if they are resigned, then are they guided. But if they turn their backs, then thou hast only to preach, and God looks on his servants

John Medows Rodwell1861 If they shall dispute with thee, then SAY: I have surrendered myself to God, as have they who follow me. SAY to those who have received the Book, and to the common folk, Do ye surrender yourselves unto God? If they become Muslims, then are they guided aright: but if they turn away - thy duty is only preaching; and God's eye is on His servants

George Sale1734 If they dispute with thee, say, I have resigned my self unto God, and he who followeth me doth the same: And say unto them who have received the scriptures, and to the ignorant, do ye profess the religion of Islam? Now if they embrace Islam, they are surely directed; but if they turn their backs, verily unto thee belongeth preaching only; for God regardeth his servants

3:21

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَكْفُرُونَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَقْتُلُونَ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ وَيَقْتُلُونَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَأْمُرُونَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

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Easy-read (simplified)inna lladheena yakfuroona bi'aayaati llaahi wayaqtuloona n-nabiyyeena bighayri haqqin wayaqtuloona lladheena ya'muroona bil-qisti mina n-naasi fabashshirhum bi'adhaabin aleem

DIN 31635ʾinna llaḏīna yakfurūna biʾāyāti llāhi wayaqtulūna n-nabiyyīna biġayri ḥaqqin wayaqtulūna llaḏīna yaʾmurūna bil-qisṭi mina n-nāsi fabašširhum biʿaḏābin ʾalīmin

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 As for those who defy God's revelations, and kill the prophets unjustly, and kill those who advocate justice among the people-promise them a painful retribution.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Lo! those who disbelieve the revelations of Allah, and slay the prophets wrongfully, and slay those of mankind who enjoin equity: promise them a painful doom

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Verily, those who disbelieve in God's signs, and kill the prophets without right, and kill those from among men, who bid what is just,- to them give the glad tidings of grievous woe

John Medows Rodwell1861 But to those who believe not in the signs of God, and unjustly slay the prophets, and slay those men who enjoin uprightness, - announce an afflictive chastisement

George Sale1734 And unto those who believe not in the signs of God, and slay the prophets without a cause, and put those men to death who teach justice; denounce unto them a painful punishment

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

إِنَّ الدِّينَ عِندَ اللَّهِ الْإِسْلَامُ وَمَا اخْتَلَفَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ إِلَّا مِن بَعْدِ مَا جَاءَهُمُ الْعِلْمُ بَغْيًا بَيْنَهُمْ وَمَن يَكْفُرْ بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ سَرِيعُ الْحِسَابِ

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 — 0.70 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 0.77
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.77
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale 0.75
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell 0.72
Talal Itani · George Sale 0.71
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer 0.68
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.68
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell 0.67
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale 0.66
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale 0.58

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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