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Talal Itani· published 2012
Aforetime, as guidance for mankind; and He sent down the Criterion. Those who have rejectedGod's signs will have a severe punishment. God is Mighty, Able to take revenge.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Aforetime, for a guidance to mankind; and hath revealed the Criterion (of right and wrong). Lo! those who disbelieve the revelations of Allah, theirs will be a heavydoom. Allah is Mighty, Able to Requite (the wrong)
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 Palmer1840–1882 · published 1880
before for the guidance of men, and has revealed the Discrimination. Verily, those who disbelieve in the signs of God, for them is severe torment, for God is mighty and avenging
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
as man's Guidance; and now hath He sent down the "Illumination." (Furkan.) Verily for those who believe not in the signs of God, is a severe chastisement! And God is Mighty, the Avenger
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
a direction unto men; and he had also sent down the distinction between good and evil. Verily those who believe not the signs of God, shall suffer a grievous punishment; for God is mighty, able to revenge
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
më parë si udhëzim për njerëzit dhe zbriti edhe dalluesin (e së vërtetës nga e kota). Sigurisht se ata që i mohojnë ajetet e Allahut i pret një dënim i rëndë. Allahu është i Gjithëfuqishëm dhe i Zoti për hakmarrje.
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বাংলা · Bengali
ইতোপূর্বে মানবজাতির হিদায়াতের জন্যে। আর তিনি ফুরকান (কুরআন) নাযিল করেছেন। নিশ্চয় যারা আল্লাহর আয়াতসমূহ (৩) অস্বীকার করে, তাদের জন্য রয়েছে কঠোর শাস্তি। আর আল্লাহ মহাপরাক্রমশালী, প্রতিশোধ গ্রহণকারী।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
još prije, kao putokaz ljudima, a spustio je i Furkan! – ono što rastavlja istinu od zablude. Onima koji u Allahove ajete i znakove ne vjeruju, pripada teška patnja, a Allah je silan i žestoko kažnjava.
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Hrvatski · Croatian
još prije kao putokaz ljudima, a spustio je i Furkan! – ono što rastavlja istinu od zablude. Onima koji u Allahove ajete i znakove ne vjeruju, pripada teška patnja, a Allah je silan i žestoko kažnjava.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Ko adii, fii fewnugol yimɓe ɓen, o Jippini AlQur'aana. Pellet yedduɓe aayeeje Alla ɗen, hino woodani ɓe leɓte saɗtuɗe. Alla ko fooluɗo, Joom njoɓtiigu.
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ქართული · Georgian
ადრე [ყურანამდე] — ადამიანებისთვის გზამკვლევად და ცოდნის წყაროდ — და ჩამოუვლინა განმასხვავებელი — წიგნი, (რომელიც განასხვავებდა ჭეშმარიტებასა და სიცრუეს). ჭეშმარიტად, ისინი, რომელთაც ურწმუნონი გახდნენ ალლაჰის სასწაულების მიმართ — მათთვის გამზადებულია ძლიერი სასჯელი. უეჭველად, ალლაჰი ძლევამოსილია და შურისმგებელი.
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Deutsch · German
zuvor, als Rechtleitung für die Menschen. Und Er hat die Unterscheidung hinabgesandt. Wahrlich, diejenigen, die Allahs Zeichen verleugnen, für sie gibt es strenge Strafe. Und Allah ist allmächtig und Besitzer von Vergeltungsgewalt.
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Ελληνικά · Greek
(τα έστειλε) από πριν (το Κορ’άν), ως καθοδήγηση για τους ανθρώπους. Και έστειλε το κριτήριο (που διακρίνει μεταξύ της αλήθειας και της πλάνης). Στ’ αλήθεια, αυτοί που αρνήθηκαν τα Εδάφια του Αλλάχ, θα έχουν επώδυνο μαρτύριο. Και ο Αλλάχ είναι ‘Αζείζ (Παντοδύναμος, Ανίκητος) και Ικανός για ανταπόδοση.
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हिन्दी · Hindi
इससे पहले, लोगों के मार्गदर्शन के लिए। और उसने फ़ुरक़ान (सत्य और असत्य में अंतर करने वाला मानदंड) उतारा।[1] निःसंदेह जिन लोगों ने अल्लाह की आयतों का इनकार किया, उनके लिए बहुत कड़ी यातना है। और अल्लाह सब पर प्रभुत्वशाली, बदला लेने वाला है।
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Italiano · Italian
in precedenza, come guida per gli uomini, e ha fatto discendere il Criterio. In verità quelli che negano i Segni di Allāh avranno una dura punizione. E Allāh è Potente, Punitore.
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
4. Kadaise, kaip teisingą vedimą žmonijai. Ir Jis nuleido kriterijų [sprendimo tarp gero ir blogo (šį Koraną)]. Iš tiesų, tiems, kurie netiki Allaho Ajat (įrodymais, įkalčiais, eilutėmis, pamokomis, ženklais, apreiškimais ir t. t.), - jiems yra skausminga kančia. Ir Allahas yra Visagalis, Visa Galintis Atlyginti.
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Русский · Russian
прежде — как руководство для людей, и ниспослал Различение. Воистину, те, кто отверг аяты Аллаха, для них — суровое наказание. Аллах — могущественный, обладатель возмездия.
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Српски · Serbian
још пре као путоказ људима, а објавио је и оно што раставља истину од заблуде (Кур'ан). Онима који у Аллахове речи и знакове не верују, припада тешка патња, а Аллах је силан и жестоко кажњава.
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Kabla yake, viwe uongofu kwa watu. Na akateremsha Furqani (Upambanuo). Hakika, wale waliozikufuru Ishara za Mwenyezi Mungu wana adhabu kali. Na Mwenyezi Mungu ni Mwenye nguvu, Mwenye kulipiza.
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Svenska · Swedish
i äldre tid, till vägledning för människorna. Och han har sänt ned [sanningens] måttstock. De som förkastar Guds budskap kommer att få ett strängt straff. Ja, Gud är allsmäktig och fullkomlig i sin vedergällning.
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Türkçe · Turkish
Daha önce, insanlar için yol gösterici ve hakkı batıldan ayıran/Furkan'ı da indirmişti. Allah’ın ayetlerini inkâr edenlere, şiddetli bir azap vardır. Allah çok güçlüdür, intikam sahibidir.
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اردو · Urdu
اس سے پہلے، لوگوں کو ہدایت کرنے والی بنا کر[1] ، اور قرآن بھی اسی نے اتارا[2]، جو لوگ اللہ تعالیٰ کی آیتوں سے کفر کرتے ہیں ان کے لئے سخت عذاب ہے اور اللہ تعالیٰ غالب ہے، بدلہ لینے واﻻ ہے۔
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Talal Itani2012 He sent down to you the Book with the Truth, confirming what came before it; and He sent down the Torah and the Gospel.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 He hath revealed unto thee (Muhammad) the Scripture with truth, confirming that which was (revealed) before it, even as He revealed the Torah and the Gospel
Edward Henry Palmer1880 He has sent down to thee the Book, in truth, confirming what was before it, and has revealed the law, and the gospel
John Medows Rodwell1861 In truth hath He sent down to thee "the Book," which confirmeth those which precede it: For He had sent down the Law, and the Evangel aforetime
George Sale1734 He hath sent down unto thee the book of the Koran with truth, confirming that which was revealed before it; for he had formerly sent down the law, and the gospel
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lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
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0.644
Share of measured verses above it
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Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.78
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.76
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.73
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.73
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.72
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.64
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.62
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.61
Talal Itani · George Sale0.61
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.60
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Source Tanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) · Uthmani, Version 1.1
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.