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3:36

فَلَمَّا وَضَعَتْهَا قَالَتْ رَبِّ إِنِّى وَضَعْتُهَآ أُنثَىٰ وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا وَضَعَتْ وَلَيْسَ ٱلذَّكَرُ كَٱلْأُنثَىٰ وَإِنِّى سَمَّيْتُهَا مَرْيَمَ وَإِنِّىٓ أُعِيذُهَا بِكَ وَذُرِّيَّتَهَا مِنَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنِ ٱلرَّجِيمِ

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Easy-read (simplified)falammaa wada'athaa qaalat rabbi innee wada'tuhaa unthaa wallaahu a'lamu bimaa wada'at walaysa dh-dhakaru kal-'unthaa wa'innee sammaytuhaa maryama wa'innee u'eedhuhaa bika wadhurriyyatahaa mina sh-shaytaani r-rajeem

DIN 31635falammā waḍaʿathā qālat rabbi ʾinnī waḍaʿtuhā ʾunṯā wallāhu ʾaʿlamu bimā waḍaʿat walaysa ḏ-ḏakaru kal-ʾunṯā waʾinnī sammaytuhā maryama waʾinnī ʾuʿīḏuhā bika waḏurriyyatahā mina š-šayṭāni r-raǧīmi

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

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Talal Itani · published 2012

And when she delivered her, she said, "My Lord, I have delivered a female," and God was well aware of what she has delivered, "and the male is not like the female, and I have named her Mary, and have commended her and her descendants to Your protection, from Satan the outcast."

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 when she was delivered she said: My Lord! Lo! I am delivered of a female - Allah knew best of what she was delivered - the male is not as the female; and lo! I have named her Mary, and lo! I crave Thy protection for her and for her offspring from Satan the outcast

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

And when she brought it forth she said, 'Verily, I have brought it forth a female' - but God knew best what she brought forth; and a male is not like a female - 'I have called her Mary, and I seek a refuge in Thee for her and for her seed from Satan the pelted

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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

And when she had given birth to it, she said, "O my Lord! Verily I have brought forth a female," - God knew what she had brought forth; a male is not as a female - "and I have named her Mary, and I take refuge with thee for her and for her offspring, from Satan the stoned

Sources

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 when she was delivered of it, she said, Lord, verily I have brought forth a female, -- and God well knew what she had brought forth -- and a male is not as a female: I have called her Mary; and I commend her to thy protection, and also her issue, against Satan driven away with stones

Sources

Translation George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired

George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an ·1734 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

Other languages (18)
Shqip · Albanian

Kur e lindi atë, tha: "Zoti im! Unë linda femër!", - ndërkohë Allahu e di më së miri çfarë lindi ajo, e mashkulli nuk është sikurse femra, - "Unë ia vura emrin Merjem. Atë dhe pasardhësit e saj po i lë nën mbrojtjen Tënde kundrejt shejtanit të mallkuar!"

Translated by the team of Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.

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বাংলা · Bengali

অতঃপর সে যখন তা প্রসব করল, তখন বলল: ‘হে আমার রব! আমি তো কন্যা সন্তান প্রসব করেছি। অথচ সে যা প্রসব করেছে সে সম্পর্কে আল্লাহ তো সর্বাধিক জানতেন। বস্তুত পুত্র সন্তান (শক্তি ও গঠনে) কন্যা সন্তানের মত নয়। এবং আমি তার নাম রেখেছি মারয়াম। আর নিশ্চয় আমি তাকে ও তার সন্তানদেরকে বিতাড়িত শয়তান থেকে আপনার আশ্রয়ে দিচ্ছি।

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

A nakon što je rodila, ona reče: “Gospodaru moj, rodila sam žensko!” – a Allah najbolje zna šta je ona rodila, a muško nije kao žensko. “Dala sam joj ime Merjem. Ja nju i porod njezin stavljam pod Tvoju zaštitu od prokletog šejtana.”

Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.

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Hrvatski · Croatian

A nakon što je rodila, ona reče: "Gospodaru moj, rodila sam žensko!" – a Allah najbolje zna šta je ona rodila, a muško nije kao žensko. "Dala sam joj ime Marija. Ja nju i porod njen stavljam pod Tvoju zaštitu od prokletog đavola."

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Fulfulde · Fulani

Nde o jibinnoo mo o wi'i: "Min mi jibinii mo ko o deyel", ko Alla ɓuri Anndude ko O jibini, gorko laataaki wano debbo. "Min mi innii mo Maryama, min mi moolii mbo e Maaɗa e 6esngu makko o immorde seytaane diiwaaɗo diddaaɗo o".

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ქართული · Georgian

და როცა მან ('იმრანის ცოლმა) შვა იგი, თქვა (დამწუხრებულმა): «უფალო ჩემო! ჭეშმარიტად, მე იგი ქალად ვშვი». და ალლაჰმა უკეთ იცოდა, რა შვა მან. ('იმრანის ცოლმა) თქვა: «ვაჟი (რომელიც მსურდა, რომ ტაძარში ემსახურა) არ არის იგივე, რაც ქალი. და ჭეშმარიტად, მე მას მარიამი დავარქვი, და აჰა — ჭეშმარიტად, შენს დაცვას ვთხოვ მისთვის და მისი შთამომავლობისთვის ეშმაკისგან, დაწყევლილისგან (ქვებით განდევნილისგან)».

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Deutsch · German

Als sie sie dann zur Welt brachte, sagte sie: „Mein Herr, ich habe ja ein Mädchen zur Welt gebracht.“ Allah wusste ja sehr wohl, was sie zur Welt gebracht hatte, und ein männliches Kind ist nicht wie ein weibliches. (Sie sagte:) „Und ich habe sie Maryam genannt, und ich stelle sie und ihre Nachkommenschaft unter Deinen Schutz vor dem gesteinigten Satan.“

Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15

Ελληνικά · Greek

Μα όταν την γέννησε, είπε: «Κύριέ μου, γέννησα θηλυκό (και δεν είναι αρσενικό όπως ήθελα για να υπηρετήσει τον Οίκο Σου).» - Αλλά ο Αλλάχ ξέρει καλύτερα για το τι γέννησε (και θα υψώσει αυτό το θηλυκό σε υψηλή θέση) -. (Και συνέχισε η σύζυγος του ‘Ιμράν λέγοντας:) «Και το αρσενικό δεν είναι σαν το θηλυκό (το αρσενικό είναι πιο δυνατό για την υπηρεσία του Οίκου Σου). Και την ονόμασα Μάριαμ (Μαρία -η μητέρα του Ιησού-), και αναζητώ καταφύγιο γι’ αυτήν και για τους απογόνους της σ' Εσένα, από τον καταραμένο Σατανά.»

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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2

हिन्दी · Hindi

फिर जब उसने उसे जना, तो कहा : ऐ मेरे पालनहार! यह तो मैंने लड़की जनी है! और अल्लाह अधिक जानने वाला है जो उसने जना और लड़का इस लड़की जैसा नहीं, निःसंदेह मैंने उसका नाम मरयम रखा है और निःसंदेह मैं उसे तथा उसकी संतान को धिक्कारे हुए शैतान से तेरी पनाह में देती हूँ।[18]

Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5

Italiano · Italian

E quando partorì, disse: «O mio Dio, ho dato alla luce una femmina. Allāh sapeva bene ciò che avevo partorito, ma il maschio non è uguale alla femmina, e l’ho chiamata Maryem, e mi rifugio in Te, per lei e i suoi figli, da Satana il lapidato!»

Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2

Lietuvių · Lithuanian

36. Tada, kai ji pagimdė savo [vaiką Marjamą (Mariją)], ji tarė: „Mano Viešpatie, aš pagimdžiau vaiką moteriškos lyties.“ O Allahas geriau žinojo, ką ji pagimdė. „Ir vyras nėra kaip moteris, ir aš pavadinau ją Marjama [4] (Marija), ir siekiu Tavo (Allahai) prieglobsčio jai ir jos palikuonims nuo Šaitan (Šėtono), atstumtojo.“

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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.8

Afaan Oromoo · Oromo

Yeroma ishee deesse “Gooftaa kiyya! ani ishee dubran daye" jette. Rabbiin waan isheen deesse beekaadha. “Dhiirri akka durbaati miti. Ani (maqaa) ishee Maryam moggaaseera. Ani isheefi sanyii ishees sheyxaana abaaramaa irraa siin tiksa (sittin maganfadha)” (jette). [10]

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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.0

Русский · Russian

Когда же она разрешилась от бремени, то сказала: «Господь мой! Воистину, я родила её девочкой» — а Аллах лучше знает, кого она родила — «и мальчик не подобен девочке. И, воистину, я нарекла её Марьям и прибегаю к Твоей защите для неё и её потомства от от изгнанного шайтана».

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Српски · Serbian

А након што је родила, она рече: „Господару мој, родила сам женско!“- А Аллах најбоље зна шта је она родила. “А мушко није као женско. Дала сам јој име Марија. Ја њу и њено потомство стављам под Твоју заштиту од проклетог ђавола.“

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Kiswahili · Swahili

Basi alipomzaa, akasema: Mola wangu Mlezi! Hakika mimi, nimemzaa wa kike - na Mwenyezi Mungu anajua sana aliyemzaa. Na wa kiume si sawa na wa kike. Na mimi kwa hakika nimemwita Mariam. Nami kwa hakika ninamkinga kwako, yeye na dhuria yake kutokana na Shetani aliyelaaniwa.

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Svenska · Swedish

När hon sedan födde barnet sa hon: ”Herre! Jag har fött en flicka” – och Gud visste mycket väl vad hon hade fött – ”och en pojke är inte som en flicka. Jag har gett henne namnet Maria, och jag ber dig att skydda henne och hennes avkomma mot Satan, den fördömde.”

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Türkçe · Turkish

Onu doğurunca da: "Rabbim! Ben, kız doğurdum. (Hâlbuki Allah, neyi doğuracağını en iyi bilendir) Erkek, kız gibi değildir. Adını Meryem koydum, O’nu da, onun soyunu da kovulmuş şeytandan sana sığındırıyorum." dedi.

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اردو · Urdu

جب بچی کو جنا تو کہنے لگیں کہ پروردگار! مجھے تو لڑکی ہوئی، اللہ تعالیٰ کو خوب معلوم ہے کہ کیا اوﻻد ہوئی ہے اور لڑکا لڑکی جیسا نہیں[1] میں نے اس کا نام مریم رکھا[2]، میں اسے اور اس کی اوﻻد کو شیطان مردود سے تیری پناه میں دیتی ہوں۔[3]

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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3:34

ذُرِّيَّةًۢ بَعْضُهَا مِنۢ بَعْضٍ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)dhurriyyatan ba'duhaa min ba'din wallaahu samee'un 'aleem

DIN 31635ḏurriyyatan baʿḍuhā min baʿḍin wallāhu samīʿun ʿalīmun

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 Offspring one of the other. God is Hearer and Knower.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 They were descendants one of another. Allah is Hearer, Knower

Edward Henry Palmer1880 a seed, of which one succeeds the other, but God both hears and knows

John Medows Rodwell1861 the one the posterity of the other: And God Heareth, Knoweth

George Sale1734 a race descending the one from the other: God is he who heareth and knoweth

3:35

إِذْ قَالَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُ عِمْرَٰنَ رَبِّ إِنِّى نَذَرْتُ لَكَ مَا فِى بَطْنِى مُحَرَّرًا فَتَقَبَّلْ مِنِّىٓ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)idh qaalati mra'atu 'imraana rabbi innee nadhartu laka maa fee batnee muharraran fataqabbal minnee innaka anta s-samee'u l-'aleem

DIN 31635ʾiḏ qālati mraʾatu ʿimrāna rabbi ʾinnī naḏartu laka mā fī baṭnī muḥarraran fataqabbal minnī ʾinnaka ʾanta s-samīʿu l-ʿalīmu

Talal Itani2012 The wife of Imran said, "My Lord, I have vowed to You what is in my womb, dedicated, so accept from me; You are the Hearer and Knower."

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 (Remember) when the wife of 'Imran said: My Lord! I have vowed unto Thee that which is in my belly as a consecrated (offering). Accept it from me. Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the Hearer, the Knower

Edward Henry Palmer1880 When Imran's wife said, 'Lord! I have vowed to Thee what is within my womb, to be dedicated unto Thee, receive it then from me. Verily, Thou dost hear and know

John Medows Rodwell1861 Remember when the wife of Imran said, "O my Lord! I vow to thee what is in my womb, for thy special service. Accept it from me, for thou Hearest, Knowest

George Sale1734 Remember when the wife of Imran said, Lord, verily I have vowed unto thee that which is in my womb, to be dedicated to thy service: Accept it therefore of me; for thou art he who heareth and knoweth

3:36 — the verse above

3:37

فَتَقَبَّلَهَا رَبُّهَا بِقَبُولٍ حَسَنٍ وَأَنۢبَتَهَا نَبَاتًا حَسَنًا وَكَفَّلَهَا زَكَرِيَّا كُلَّمَا دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا زَكَرِيَّا ٱلْمِحْرَابَ وَجَدَ عِندَهَا رِزْقًا قَالَ يَٰمَرْيَمُ أَنَّىٰ لَكِ هَٰذَا قَالَتْ هُوَ مِنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرْزُقُ مَن يَشَآءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)fataqabbalahaa rabbuhaa biqaboolin hasanin wa'anbatahaa nabaatan hasanan wakaffalahaa zakariyyaa kullamaa dakhala 'alayhaa zakariyyaa l-mihraaba wajada 'indahaa rizqan qaala yaa maryamu annaa laki haadhaa qaalat huwa min 'indi llaahi inna llaaha yarzuqu man yashaa'u bighayri hisaab

DIN 31635fataqabbalahā rabbuhā biqabūlin ḥasanin waʾanbatahā nabātan ḥasanan wakaffalahā zakariyyā kullamā daḫala ʿalayhā zakariyyā l-miḥrāba waǧada ʿindahā rizqan qāla yā maryamu ʾannā laki hāḏā qālat huwa min ʿindi llāhi ʾinna llāha yarzuqu man yašāʾu biġayri ḥisābin

Talal Itani2012 Her Lord accepted her with a gracious reception, and brought her a beautiful upbringing, and entrusted her to the care of Zechariah. Whenever Zechariah entered upon her in the sanctuary, he found her with provision. He said, "O Mary, where did you get this from?" She said, "It is from God; God provides to whom He wills without reckoning."

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And her Lord accepted her with full acceptance and vouchsafed to her a goodly growth; and made Zachariah her guardian. Whenever Zachariah went into the sanctuary where she was, he found that she had food. He said: O Mary! Whence cometh unto thee this (food)? She answered: It is from Allah. Allah giveth without stint to whom He will

Edward Henry Palmer1880 And her Lord received her with a good reception, and made her grow up with a good growth, and Zachariah took care of her. Whenever Zachariah entered the chamber to her he found beside her a provision, and said, 'O Mary, how hast thou this?' She said, 'It is from God, for God provides for whom He pleases without count

John Medows Rodwell1861 So with goodly acceptance did her Lord accept her, and with goodly growth did he make her grow. Zacharias reared her. So oft as Zacharias went in to Mary at the sanctuary, he found her supplied with food. "Oh, Mary!" said he, "whence hast thou this?" She said, "It is from God; for God supplieth whom He will, without reckoning

George Sale1734 Therefore the Lord accepted her with a gracious acceptance, and caused her to bear an excellent offspring. And Zacharias took care of the child; whenever Zacharias went into the chamber to her, he found provisions with her: And he said, O Mary, whence hadst thou this? She answered, this is from God: For God provideth for whom he pleaseth without measure

3:38

هُنَالِكَ دَعَا زَكَرِيَّا رَبَّهُۥ قَالَ رَبِّ هَبْ لِى مِن لَّدُنكَ ذُرِّيَّةً طَيِّبَةً إِنَّكَ سَمِيعُ ٱلدُّعَآءِ

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Easy-read (simplified)hunaalika da'aa zakariyyaa rabbahu qaala rabbi hab lee min ladunka dhurriyyatan tayyibatan innaka samee'u d-du'aa'

DIN 31635hunālika daʿā zakariyyā rabbahu qāla rabbi hab lī min ladunka ḏurriyyatan ṭayyibatan ʾinnaka samīʿu d-duʿāʾi

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 Thereupon Zechariah prayed to his Lord; he said, "My Lord, bestow on me good offspring from Your presence; You are the Hearer of Prayers."

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Then Zachariah prayed unto his Lord and said: My Lord! Bestow upon me of Thy bounty goodly offspring. Lo! Thou art the Hearer of Prayer

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Therefore prayed Zachariah to his Lord, and said, 'Lord, grant me from Thee a good seed. Verily, Thou hearest prayer

John Medows Rodwell1861 There did Zacharias call upon his Lord: "O my Lord!" said he, "vouchsafe me from thyself good descendants, for thou art the hearer of prayer

George Sale1734 There Zacharias called on his Lord, and said, Lord, give me from thee a good offspring, for thou art the hearer of prayer

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

فَلَمَّا وَضَعَتْهَا قَالَتْ رَبِّ إِنِّي وَضَعْتُهَا أُنثَىٰ وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا وَضَعَتْ وَلَيْسَ الذَّكَرُ كَالْأُنثَىٰ وَإِنِّي سَمَّيْتُهَا مَرْيَمَ وَإِنِّي أُعِيذُهَا بِكَ وَذُرِّيَّتَهَا مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ

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 — 0.55 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 · Edward Henry Palmer 0.63
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale 0.62
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.61
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell 0.57
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale 0.56
Talal Itani · George Sale 0.55
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell 0.52
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale 0.51
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell 0.50
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.43

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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