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3:55

إِذْ قَالَ ٱللَّهُ يَٰعِيسَىٰٓ إِنِّى مُتَوَفِّيكَ وَرَافِعُكَ إِلَىَّ وَمُطَهِّرُكَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَجَاعِلُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّبَعُوكَ فَوْقَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ثُمَّ إِلَىَّ مَرْجِعُكُمْ فَأَحْكُمُ بَيْنَكُمْ فِيمَا كُنتُمْ فِيهِ تَخْتَلِفُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)idh qaala llaahu yaa 'eesaa innee mutawaffeeka waraafi'uka ilayya wamutahhiruka mina lladheena kafaroo wajaa'ilu lladheena taba'ooka fawqa lladheena kafaroo ilaa yawmi l-qiyaamati thumma ilayya marji'ukum fa'ahkumu baynakum feemaa kuntum feehi takhtalifoon

DIN 31635ʾiḏ qāla llāhu yā ʿīsā ʾinnī mutawaffīka warāfiʿuka ʾilayya wamuṭahhiruka mina llaḏīna kafarū waǧāʿilu llaḏīna tabaʿūka fawqa llaḏīna kafarū ʾilā yawmi l-qiyāmati ṯumma ʾilayya marǧiʿukum faʾaḥkumu baynakum fīmā kuntum fīhi taḫtalifūna

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Talal Itani · published 2012

God said, "O Jesus, I am terminating your life, and raising you to Me, and clearing you of those who disbelieve. And I will make those who follow you superior to those who disbelieve, until the Day of Resurrection. Then to Me is your return; then I will judge between you regarding what you were disputing.

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 remember) when Allah said: O Jesus! Lo! I am gathering thee and causing thee to ascend unto Me, and am cleansing thee of those who disbelieve and am setting those who follow thee above those who disbelieve until the Day of Resurrection. Then unto Me ye will (all) return, and I shall judge between you as to that wherein ye used to differ

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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

When God said, 'O Jesus! I will make Thee die and take Thee up again to me and will clear thee of those who misbelieve, and will make those who follow thee above those who misbelieve, at the day of judgment, then to me is your return. I will decide between you concerning that wherein ye disagree

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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

Remember when God said, "O Jesus! verily I will cause thee to die, and will take thee up to myself and deliver thee from those who believe not; and I will place those who follow thee above those who believe not, until the day of resurrection. Then, to me is your return, and wherein ye differ will I decide between you

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

When God said, O Jesus, verily I will cause thee to die, and I will take thee up unto me, and I will deliver thee from the unbelievers; and I will place those who follow thee, above the unbelievers, until the day of resurrection: Then unto me shall ye return, and I will judge between you of that concerning which ye disagree

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

Kujto kur Allahu tha: "O Isa! Unë do të të marr ty, do të të ngre pranë Meje, do të të pastroj nga ata që nuk besojnë dhe do t'i lartësoj ata që të ndjekin ty mbi ata që mohojnë, deri në Ditën e Kiametit. Pastaj tek Unë do të ktheheni dhe Unë do të gjykoj ndërmjet jush lidhur me atë për të cilën ratë në kundërshti.

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বাংলা · Bengali

তুমি স্মরণ কর, যখন আল্লাহ বললেন: ‘হে ঈসা, নিশ্চয় আমি তোমাকে মৃত্যু ছাড়াই জান কবজ করবো (৩০), তোমাকে আমার দিকে উঠিয়ে নেবো এবং কাফিরদের থেকে তোমাকে পবিত্র করবো। আর যারা তোমার আনুগত্য করেছে (৩১) তাদেরকে কিয়ামত পর্যন্ত কাফিরদের উপরে প্রাধান্য দিবো। অতঃপর আমার নিকটই তোমাদের প্রত্যাবর্তন হবে। তখন আমি তোমাদের মধ্যে মীমাংসা করে দিবো, যে ব্যাপারে তোমরা মতবিরোধ করতে।’

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Bosanski · Bosnian

I kada Allah reče: "Isa, Ja ću te uzeti i k Sebi te uzdignuti! Očistiti te od nevjernika, i učinit ću da oni koji te slijede budu iznad onih koji ne vjeruju do Kijametskog dana. Zatim ćete se Meni vratiti, pa ću Ja presuditi o onome u čemu ste se razilazili.

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Hrvatski · Croatian

I kada Allah reče: "Isuse, Ja ću ti dušu u snu uzeti i k Sebi te uzdignuti! Očistiti te od nevjernika, i učinit ću da oni koji te slijede budu iznad onih koji ne vjeruju do Sudnjega dana. Zatim ćete se Meni vratiti, pa ću Ja presuditi o onome u čemu ste se razilazili.

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Fulfulde · Fulani

Tuma Alla winoo: "Hey Iisaa, Min ko mi Hunnoowo ma e Ɓamtoowo ma faade ta Am, e Laɓɓinoowo ma immorde e ɓen yedduɓe, e Waɗa ɓen jokkuɓe ma e dow ɓeen yedduɓe haa Ñande Darngal. Refti ko faade ka Am woni ruttorde mon, Mi Ñaawa hakkunde mon ko luutondirayno-ɗon e muuɗum.

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ქართული · Georgian

აი, თქვა ალლაჰმა: «ო, 'ისა! მე მოგასვენებ (დავასრულებ შენს ყოფნას დედამიწაზე) და აგამაღლებ ჩემთან (სულითაც და სხეულითაც). და გაგწმენდ მათგან, ვინც ურწმუნონი გახდნენ, და გავხდი მათ, ვინც გამოგყვნენ, აღმატებულად მათზე, ვინც ურწმუნონი გახდნენ აღდგომის დღემდე. შემდეგ ჩემთან იქნება თქვენი დაბრუნება, და მე განვსჯი თქვენს შორის იმ საკითხებში, რაზეც უთანხმოებაში იყავით.

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Deutsch · German

Als Allah sagte: „O 'Isa, Ich werde dich (nun) abberufen und dich zu Mir emporheben und dich von denen, die ungläubig sind, reinigen. Und Ich werde diejenigen, die dir folgen, über diejenigen stellen, die ungläubig sind (und dies) bis zum Tag der Auferstehung. Hierauf wird eure Rückkehr zu Mir sein, und dann werde Ich zwischen euch richten über das, worüber ihr uneinig zu sein pflegtet.“

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

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Ελληνικά · Greek

(Επίσης και από το σχέδιο του Αλλάχ εναντίον τους είναι ότι) όταν ο Αλλάχ είπε: «Ω, Ιησού, πράγματι θα σε πάρω (ζωντανό) και θα σε ανυψώσω προς Εμένα (με το σώμα και τη ψυχή σου) και θα σε εξαγνίσω (απομακρύνω) απ' αυτούς που αρνήθηκαν την πίστη (σ’ εσένα ως Αγγελιαφόρο). Και θα κάνω αυτούς που σε ακολουθούν (στην αληθινή θρησκεία, συμπεριλαμβανομένης της πίστης στον Μωχάμμαντ) ανώτερους (με το ισχυρό επιχείρημα και τη δόξα) απ’ αυτούς που αρνήθηκαν την πίστη μέχρι την Ημέρα της Ανάστασης, και έπειτα σ' Εμένα θα βρίσκεται η επιστροφή όλων σας, και θα δικάζω μεταξύ σας σ' αυτά για τα οποία διαφωνούσατε.

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हिन्दी · Hindi

जब अल्लाह ने कहा : ऐ ईसा! मैं तुझे क़ब्ज़ करने वाला हूँ और तुझे अपनी ओर उठाने वाला हूँ, तथा तुझे उन लोगों से पवित्र करने वाला हूँ जिन्होंने कुफ़्र किया और तेरे अनुयायियों को क़ियामत के दिन तक काफ़िरों के ऊपर[24] करने वाला हूँ। फिर मेरी ही ओर तुम्हारा लौटकर आना है। तो मैं तुम्हारे बीच उस चीज़ के बारे में निर्णय करूँगा, जिसमें तुम मतभेद किया करते थे।

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Italiano · Italian

Quando Allāh disse: «O ‘Īsa, ho deciso il tuo termine[31]e sto per elevarti a Me e purificarti dai miscredenti, ponendo quelli che ti hanno seguito al di sopra dei miscredenti, fino al Giorno della Resurrezione; poi a Me sarà il vostro ritorno, affinché Io giudichi tra voi sulle vostre discordie.

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Lietuvių · Lithuanian

55. Ir (atminkite) kai Allahas sakė: „Isa (Jėzau), Aš paimsiu ir pakelsiu tave pas Save bei apvalysiu [nuo melagingo teiginio, kad Isa (Jėzus) yra Allaho sūnus] nuo tų, kurie netiki, ir padarysiu tuos, kurie seka tavimi (monoteistai, kurie negarbina nieko kito, tik Allahą) geresniais nei tie, kurie netiki, iki Prikėlimo Dienos [6]. Tada tu sugrįši pas Mane ir Aš spręsiu tarp jūsų tuos reikalus, dėl kurių jūs ginčydavotės.

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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo

Yeroo Rabbiin jedhes (yaadadhu):“Yaa Iisaa! Ani si fudhataadha, Gara kiyyattis ol si fuudhaadha, Isaan kafaran irraa si qulqulleessaadha. Isaan si hordofan hanga Guyyaa Qiyaamatti warra kafaran irratti ol taasisaadha. Ergasii deebiin keessan gara kiyya; waan isin isa keessatti wal dhabaa turtan keessatti gidduu keessanitti nin murteessa. [14]

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Русский · Russian

И вот Аллах сказал: «О ‘Иса! Воистину, Я заберу тебя и вознесу к Себе, очищу тебя от тех, которые отвергли веру, и возвышу тех, которые последовали за тобой, над теми, которые отвергли веру, до Дня воскресения. Затем ко Мне будет ваше возвращение, и Я рассужу между вами в том, в чём вы пребывали в разногласиях.

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Српски · Serbian

И када Аллах рече: „Исусе, Ја ћу да ти узмем душу и ка Себи да те уздигнем! Очистићу те од неверника, и учинићу да они који те исправно следе буду изнад оних који не верују до Судњег дана. Затим ћете Мени да се вратите, па ћу Ја да пресудим о ономе у чему сте се разилазили.

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Kiswahili · Swahili

Pale Mwenyezi Mungu aliposema: Ewe Isa, hakika Mimi nitakuchukua (bila kukufisha), na nitakunyanyua hadi kwangu, na nitakutakasa kutokana na wale waliokufuru, na nitawaweka wale waliokufuata juu ya wale waliokufuru, mpaka Siku ya Kiyama. Kisha kwangu ndiko marejeo yenu, na nihukumu kati yenu katika yale mliyokuwa mkihitilafiana.

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Svenska · Swedish

Och när Gud sa: ”Jesus! Jag kommer att ta dig och lyfta dig till mig och rena dig från de otrogna. Och jag ska göra de som följer dig överlägsna de otrogna ända till uppståndelsens dag. Därefter kommer ni att återvända till mig så att jag kan döma mellan er i det ni brukade tvista om.

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Türkçe · Turkish

Allah, İsa’ya şöyle buyurmuştu: "Ey İsa! Seni vefat ettireceğim ve seni kendime yükselteceğim. Kâfirlerden seni tertemiz kurtaracağım. Sana tabi olanları kıyamet gününe kadar inkâr edenlerin/kâfirlerin üstünde tutacağım. Sonra bana döneceksiniz. Sizin aranızda, hakkında ihtilaf ettiğiniz konularda hüküm vereceğim."

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اردو · Urdu

جب اللہ تعالیٰ نے فرمایا کہ اے عیسیٰ! میں تجھے پورا لینے واﻻ ہوں[1] اور تجھے اپنی جانب اٹھانے واﻻ ہوں اور تجھے کافروں سے پاک کرنے واﻻ ہوں[2] اور تیرے تابعداروں کو کافروں کے اوپر غالب کرنے واﻻ ہوں قیامت کے دن تک[3]، پھر تم سب کا لوٹنا میری ہی طرف ہے میں ہی تمہارے آپس کے تمام تر اختلافات کا فیصلہ کروں گا

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3:53

رَبَّنَآ ءَامَنَّا بِمَآ أَنزَلْتَ وَٱتَّبَعْنَا ٱلرَّسُولَ فَٱكْتُبْنَا مَعَ ٱلشَّٰهِدِينَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)rabbanaa aamannaa bimaa anzalta waattaba'naa r-rasoola faktubnaa ma'a sh-shaahideen

DIN 31635rabbanā ʾāmannā bimā ʾanzalta wāttabaʿnā r-rasūla faktubnā maʿa š-šāhidīna

Talal Itani2012 "Our Lord, we have believed in what You have revealed, and we have followed the Messenger, so count us among the witnesses."

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Our Lord! We believe in that which Thou hast revealed and we follow him whom Thou hast sent. Enrol us among those who witness (to the truth)

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Lord, we have believed in what Thou hast revealed, and we have followed the Apostle, so write us down with those which bear witness

John Medows Rodwell1861 O our Lord! we believe in what thou hast sent down, and we follow the apostle; write us up, then, with those who bear witness to him

George Sale1734 O Lord, we believe in that which thou hast sent down, and we have followed thy apostle; write us down therefore with those who bear witness of him

3:54

وَمَكَرُوا۟ وَمَكَرَ ٱللَّهُ وَٱللَّهُ خَيْرُ ٱلْمَٰكِرِينَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)wamakaroo wamakara llaahu wallaahu khayru l-maakireen

DIN 31635wamakarū wamakara llāhu wallāhu ḫayru l-mākirīna

Talal Itani2012 They planned, and God planned; but God is the Best of planners.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And they (the disbelievers) schemed, and Allah schemed (against them): and Allah is the best of schemers

Edward Henry Palmer1880 But they (the Jews) were crafty, and God was crafty, for God is the best of crafty ones

John Medows Rodwell1861 And the Jews plotted, and God plotted: But of those who plot is God the best

George Sale1734 And the Jews devised a stratagem against him; but God devised a stratagem against them; and God is the best deviser of stratagems

3:55 — the verse above

3:56

فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فَأُعَذِّبُهُمْ عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن نَّٰصِرِينَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)fa'ammaa lladheena kafaroo fa'u'adhdhibuhum 'adhaaban shadeedan fee d-dunyaa wal-'aakhirati wamaa lahum min naasireen

DIN 31635faʾammā llaḏīna kafarū faʾuʿaḏḏibuhum ʿaḏāban šadīdan fī d-dunyā wal-ʾāḫirati wamā lahum min nāṣirīna

Talal Itani2012 As for those who disbelieve, I will punish them with a severe punishment, in this world and the next, and they will have no helpers.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 As for those who disbelieve I shall chastise them with a heavy chastisement in the world and the Hereafter; and they will have no helpers

Edward Henry Palmer1880 And as for those who misbelieve, I will punish them with grievous punishment in this world and the next, and they shall have none to help them

John Medows Rodwell1861 And as to those who believe not, I will chastise them with a terrible chastisement in this world and in the next; and none shall they have to help them

George Sale1734 Moreover, as for the infidels, I will punish them with a grievous punishment in this world, and in that which is to come; and there shall be none to help them

3:57

وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ فَيُوَفِّيهِمْ أُجُورَهُمْ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

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Easy-read (simplified)wa'ammaa lladheena aamanoo wa'amiloo s-saalihaati fayuwaffeehim ujoorahum wallaahu laa yuhibbu z-zaalimeen

DIN 31635waʾammā llaḏīna ʾāmanū waʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti fayuwaffīhim ʾuǧūrahum wallāhu lā yuḥibbu ẓ-ẓālimīna

Talal Itani2012 And as for those who believe and do good works, He will give them their rewards in full. God does not love the unjust."

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And as for those who believe and do good works, He will pay them their wages in full. Allah loveth not wrong-doers

Edward Henry Palmer1880 But as for those who believe and do what is right, He will pay them their reward, for God loves not the unjust

John Medows Rodwell1861 But as to those who believe, and do the things that are right, He will pay them their recompense. God loveth not the doers of evil

George Sale1734 But they who believe, and do that which is right, he shall give them their reward; for God loveth not the wicked doers

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

إِذْ قَالَ اللَّهُ يَا عِيسَىٰ إِنِّي مُتَوَفِّيكَ وَرَافِعُكَ إِلَيَّ وَمُطَهِّرُكَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَجَاعِلُ الَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوكَ فَوْقَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ ثُمَّ إِلَيَّ مَرْجِعُكُمْ فَأَحْكُمُ بَيْنَكُمْ فِيمَا كُنتُمْ فِيهِ تَخْتَلِفُونَ

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 — 0.53 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 0.61
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.61
Talal Itani · George Sale 0.60
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.59
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell 0.58
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell 0.53
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale 0.50
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale 0.46
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell 0.44
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale 0.34

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.

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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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