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34:33

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ بَلْ مَكْرُ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذْ تَأْمُرُونَنَآ أَن نَّكْفُرَ بِٱللَّهِ وَنَجْعَلَ لَهُۥٓ أَندَادًا وَأَسَرُّوا۟ ٱلنَّدَامَةَ لَمَّا رَأَوُا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلْأَغْلَٰلَ فِىٓ أَعْنَاقِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ هَلْ يُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)waqaala lladheena stud'ifoo lilladheena stakbaroo bal makru llayli wan-nahaari idh ta'muroonanaa an nakfura billaahi wanaj'ala lahu andaadan wa'asarroo n-nadaamata lammaa ra'awu l-'adhaaba waja'alnaa l-'aghlaala fee a'naaqi lladheena kafaroo hal yujzawna illaa maa kaanoo ya'maloon

DIN 31635waqāla llaḏīna stuḍʿifū lillaḏīna stakbarū bal makru llayli wan-nahāri ʾiḏ taʾmurūnanā ʾan nakfura billāhi wanaǧʿala lahu ʾandādan waʾasarrū n-nadāmata lammā raʾawu l-ʿaḏāba waǧaʿalnā l-ʾaġlāla fī ʾaʿnāqi llaḏīna kafarū hal yuǧzawna ʾillā mā kānū yaʿmalūna

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Talal Itani · published 2012

And those who were oppressed will say to those who were arrogant, "It was your scheming by night and day; as you instructed us to reject God, and to set up rivals to Him." They will hide their remorse when they see the retribution. We will put yokes around the necks of those who disbelieved. Will they be repaid for anything other than what they used to do?

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

Those who were despised say unto those who were proud: Nay but (it was your) scheming night and day, when ye commanded us to disbelieve in Allah and set up rivals unto Him. And they are filled with remorse when they behold the doom; and We place carcans on the necks of those who disbelieved. Are they requited aught save what they used to do

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Translation Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran·Public domain — copyright term expired

Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran ·1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

Edward Henry Palmer 1840–1882 · published 1880

And those who were thought weak shall say to those who were big with pride, 'Nay, but it was the plotting by night and day, when ye did bid us to disbelieve in God, and to make peers for Him!' and they shall display repentance when they see the torment; and we will put fetters on the necks of those who misbelieved. Shall they be rewarded except for that which they have done

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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 the weak shall say to the mighty ones, "Nay, but there was a plot by night and by day, when ye bad us believe not in God, and gave him peers." And they shall proclaim their repentance after they have seen the punishment! And yokes will we place on the necks of those who have not believed! Shall they be rewarded but as they have wrought

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Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired

John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an ·1861 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

George Sale 1697–1736 · published 1734

And they who were esteemed weak shall say unto those who behaved with arrogance, nay, but the crafty plot which ye devised by night and by day, occasioned our ruin; when ye commanded us that we should not believe in God, and that we should set up other gods as equals unto him. And they shall conceal their repentance, after they shall have seen the punishment prepared for them. And we will put yokes on the necks of those who shall have disbelieved: Shall they be rewarded any otherwise than according to what they shall have wrought

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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

Të shtypurit do t'u thonë krerëve mendjemëdhenj: "Jo, por dredhia juaj që bënit natë e ditë, kur na urdhëronit që të mos e besonim Allahun dhe t'i vishnim Atij ortakë." Ata do ta fshehin pendimin e tyre kur ta shohin dënimin dhe Ne do t'u vëmë pranga në qafë atyre që nuk besuan. A do të ndëshkohen ata për diçka tjetër përveç asaj që kanë punuar?

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বাংলা · Bengali

আর যাদেরকে দুর্বল করে রাখা হয়েছিলো, তারা অহংকারীদেরকে বলবে: ‘বরং এ ছিলো তোমাদের দিন-রাতের চক্রান্ত, যখন তোমরা আমাদেরকে আদেশ দিয়েছিলে, যেন আমরা আল্লাহকে অস্বীকার করি এবং তাঁর সমকক্ষ স্থির করি।’ আর তারা যখন শাস্তি দেখবে তখন তারা অনুতাপ গোপন রাখবে। আর আমি কাফিরদের গলায় শৃঙ্খল পরিয়ে দিবো। তারা যা করতো, কেবল তারই প্রতিফল (পরকালে) তাদেরকে দেওয়া হবে।

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Bosanski · Bosnian

“Nije bilo tako”, odgovorit će oni koji su bili tlačeni onima koji su bili oholi, “nego ste danju i noću spletkarili kad ste od nas tražili da u Allaha ne vjerujemo i da Mu druge jednakim smatramo.” I prikrit će kajanje kad vide da će kažnjeni biti, a mi ćemo na vratove nevjernika sindžire staviti; zar će biti kažnjeni drukčije nego prema onome kako su radili?!

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Hrvatski · Croatian

“Nije bilo tako,” odgovorit će oni koji su bili tlačeni onima koji su bili oholi, “nego ste danju i noću spletkarili kad ste od nas tražili da u Allaha ne vjerujemo i da Mu druge jednakim smatramo.” I prikrit će kajanje kad vide da će kažnjeni biti, a mi ćemo na vratove nevjernika okove staviti; zar će biti kažnjeni drukčije nego prema onome kako su radili?!

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Fulfulde · Fulani

Lo'inanooɓe ɓen kadi mbi'ani townitinooɓe ɓen: "Si ko woni, ko pewje (mon) jemma e ñalawma, tuma njamiraynoɗon meon yo men njeddu Alla, min mbaɗana Mo potondirɗi". Ɓe cuuɗi nimse ɗen, nde ɓe njinoo lepte ɗen. Min mbaɗi kolombooje e daaɗe ɓen yedduɓe. Hara ɓe yoɓitete si wanaa ko ɓe ngollatnoo oo kon?

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ქართული · Georgian

და უთხრეს მათ, რომლებიც სუსტები იყვნენ [მიმდევრები], მათ, ვინც ქედმაღლობდა [თავიანთ წინამძღოლებს]: «არა, პირიქით! ღამისა და დღის მზაკვრობა (რამაც ამ დაღუპვამდე მიგვიყვანა) იყო ის, რომ თქვენ გვიბრძანებდით, არ გვერწმუნა ალლაჰი და მისთვის თანასწორნი დაგვედგინა». და დამალეს მათ სინანული, როდესაც იხილეს სასჯელი. და ჩვენ ბორკილები დავადეთ კისრებზე მათ, ვინც ურწმუნო გახდა. განა მიეზღვებათ მათ სხვა რამ, გარდა იმისა, რასაც ისინი (თავად) აკეთებდნენ?[1]

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Deutsch · German

Und diejenigen, die unterdrückt wurden, sagen zu denjenigen, die sich hochmütig verhielten: „Vielmehr waren es (eure) Ränke bei Nacht und bei Tag, da ihr uns befohlen hattet, Allah zu verleugnen und Ihm andere als Seinesgleichen zur Seite zu stellen.“ Und sie halten Reue geheim, wenn sie die Strafe sehen. Und Wir werden die Fesseln um die Hälse derjenigen legen, die ungläubig waren. Wird ihnen (denn) etwas anderes vergolten als das, was sie zu tun pflegten?

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Ελληνικά · Greek

Εκείνοι (οι οπαδοί) που ήταν αδύναμοι θα πουν σ' εκείνους (τους αρχηγούς της πλάνης) που ήταν αλαζονικοί: «Όχι, αλλά (αυτό που μας εμπόδισε από την καθοδήγηση) ήταν η συνωμοσία (σας) μέρα-νύχτα: όταν μας διατάξατε να αρνηθούμε την πίστη στον Αλλάχ και να Του αποδίδουμε εταίρους στη λατρεία!» Όλοι τους θα κρύψουν τις τύψεις τους (για την απιστία τους) όταν δουν το μαρτύριο. Και θα βάλουμε δεσμά στους λαιμούς εκείνων που αρνήθηκαν την πίστη. Θα λάβουν κάτι άλλο παρά μόνο (την τιμωρία) γι' αυτά που έκαναν (από απιστία και αμαρτίες);

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हिन्दी · Hindi

तथा वे लोग जो कमज़ोर समझे जाते थे, उन लोगों से कहेंगे, जो अहंकार करते थे : बल्कि (तुम्हारी) रात और दिन की चालों[32] ही ने (हमें रोका था) जब तुम हमें आदेश देते थे कि हम अल्लाह के साथ कुफ़्र करें तथा उसके लिए साझी ठहराएँ। तथा जब वे यातना को देखेंगे तो (अपने दिल में) पछतावा को छिपाएँगे। और हम उन लोगों की गरदनों में तौक़ डाल देंगे, जिन्होंने कुफ़्र किया। उन्हें केवल उसी का बदला दिया जाएगा, जो वे किया करते थे।

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Italiano · Italian

E dissero le vittime agli insuperbiti: «Al contrario, fu per i vostri imbrogli notte e giorno, quando ci avete ordinato di negare Allāh e di assimilarGli dei pari». E nascosero il pentimento quando videro la punizione, e abbiamo messo il giogo al collo ai miscredenti. Ma saranno puniti se non per ciò che hanno fatto?

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Lietuvių · Lithuanian

33. Tie, kurie buvo laikomi silpnais, sakys tiems, kurie buvo išdidūs: „Ne, tačiau tai buvo jūsų sąmokslas naktį ir dieną, kai jūs liepėte mums netikėti Allahą ir priskirti priešininkus Jam.“ Ir kiekvieni jų (grupių) slėps savo pačių apgailestavimus (dėl nepaklusimo Allahui šiame žemiškajame gyvenime), kai jie pamatys kančią. Ir mes uždėsime metalines apykakles aplink kaklus tų, kurie netikėjo. Ar jiems atlyginta už ką kitą, išskyrus tai, ką jie darydavo?

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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo

Isaan dadhaboo turan isaan boonaa turaniin “Lakkisaa; mala keessan kan halkaniifi guyyaatu; yeroo akka Rabbitti kafarruufi hiriyootaas akka Isaaf taasifnu nu ajajjan santu (badii keessa nu buuse).” jedhan. (Hundi isaaniituu) yeroo adabicha argan gaabbii (sheenaa) isaanii ni dhokfatan. Mormaawwan warra kafaranii keessa sakaallaa (sansalata) goone. Sila waan dalagaa turan malee ni mindeeffamuu?

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Русский · Russian

А те, которые были угнетены, скажут тем, которые превозносились: «Нет, напротив! [Это были] козни ночи и дня, когда вы приказывали нам отвергнуть Аллаха и придавать Ему равных». Они скроют раскаяние, когда увидят наказание. И Мы наложим оковы на шеи тех, которые отвергли веру. Разве им воздастся иначе как за то, что они совершали?

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Српски · Serbian

„Није било тако!“ Одговориће они који су били тлачени онима који су били охоли, „него сте и дању и ноћу сплеткарили кад сте од нас тражили да у Аллаха не верујемо и да Му друге једнаким сматрамо.“ И прикриће кајање кад виде да ће да буду кажњени, а ми ћемо на вратове неверника окове да ставимо; зар ће да буду кажњени другачије него према ономе како су радили?!

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Kiswahili · Swahili

Na wanyonge wakawaambia wale waliotakabari, "Bali ni vitimbi vyenu vya usiku na mchana, mlipokuwa mkituamrisha tumkufuru Mwenyezi Mungu, na tumfanyie washirika." Nao wataficha majuto watakapoiona adhabu. Na tutaweka makongwa shingoni mwa wale waliokufuru. Kwani wanalipwa isipokuwa kwa yale waliyokuwa wakiyatenda?

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Svenska · Swedish

De underkuvade svarar då de högmodiga: ”Nej, det var era ständiga planer, natt och dag, [som förledde oss] när ni uppmanade oss att förneka Gud och dyrka andra vid hans sida!” När de väl ser straffet kommer de att dölja sin ånger och vi ska lägga bojor om de otrognas halsar. Straffas de för annat än sina egna gärningar?

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Türkçe · Turkish

Zayıf düşürülenler de büyüklenenlere: "Hayır gece gündüz hileler kuruyor; bize Allah'ı inkâr etmemizi ve O'na eşler koşmamızı emrediyordunuz" derler. Azabı gördüklerinde pişmanlıklarını açığa vururlar. Biz de kâfirlerin boyunlarına halkalar dolarız. Onlar işlediklerinden başka bir şeyle mi cezalandırılırlar?

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اردو · Urdu

(اس کے جواب میں) یہ کمزور لوگ ان متکبروں سے کہیں گے، (نہیں نہیں) بلکہ دن رات مکروفریب سے ہمیں اللہ کے ساتھ کفر کرنے اور اس کے شریک مقرر کرنے کا تمہارا حکم دینا ہماری بےایمانی کا باعﺚ ہوا[1] ، اور عذاب کو دیکھتے ہی سب کے سب دل میں پشیمان ہو رہے ہوں گے[2]، اور کافروں کی گردنوں میں ہم طوق ڈال دیں گے[3] انہیں صرف ان کے کئے کرائے اعمال کا بدلہ دیا جائے گا.[4]

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34:31

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَن نُّؤْمِنَ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ وَلَا بِٱلَّذِى بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَلَوْ تَرَىٰٓ إِذِ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ مَوْقُوفُونَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ يَرْجِعُ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَىٰ بَعْضٍ ٱلْقَوْلَ يَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ لَوْلَآ أَنتُمْ لَكُنَّا مُؤْمِنِينَ

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Easy-read (simplified)waqaala lladheena kafaroo lan nu'mina bihaadhaa l-qur'aani walaa billadhee bayna yadayhi walaw taraa idhi z-zaalimoona mawqoofoona 'inda rabbihim yarji'u ba'duhum ilaa ba'din l-qawla yaqoolu lladheena stud'ifoo lilladheena stakbaroo lawlaa antum lakunnaa mu'mineen

DIN 31635waqāla llaḏīna kafarū lan nuʾmina bihāḏā l-qurʾāni walā billaḏī bayna yadayhi walaw tarā ʾiḏi ẓ-ẓālimūna mawqūfūna ʿinda rabbihim yarǧiʿu baʿḍuhum ʾilā baʿḍin l-qawla yaqūlu llaḏīna stuḍʿifū lillaḏīna stakbarū lawlā ʾantum lakunnā muʾminīna

Talal Itani2012 Those who disbelieve say, "We will never believe in this Quran, nor in what came before it." If you could only see the wrongdoers, captive before their Lord, throwing back allegations at one another. Those who were oppressed will say to those who were arrogant, "Were it not for you, we would have been believers."

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And those who disbelieve say: We believe not in this Qur'an nor in that which was before it; but oh, if thou couldst see, when the wrong-doers are brought up before their Lord, how they cast the blame one to another; how those who were despised (in the earth) say unto those who were proud: But for you, we should have been believers

Edward Henry Palmer1880 And those who misbelieve say, 'We will never believe in this Qur'an or in what is before it;' but couldst thou see when the unjust are set before their Lord, they shall rebut each other in speech. Those who were thought weak shall say to those who were big with pride, 'Had it not been for you we should have been believers

John Medows Rodwell1861 The unbelievers say, "We will not believe in this Koran, nor in the Books which preceded it." But couldst thou see when the wicked shall be set before their Lord! With reproaches will they answer one another. The weak shall say to the mighty ones, "But for you we had been believers

George Sale1734 The unbelievers say, we will by no means believe in this Koran, nor in that which hath been revealed before it. But if thou couldest see when the unjust doers shall be set before their Lord! They will iterate discourse with one another: Those who were esteemed weak shall say unto those who behaved themselves arrogantly, had it not been for you, verily we had been true believers

34:32

قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ٱسْتُضْعِفُوٓا۟ أَنَحْنُ صَدَدْنَٰكُمْ عَنِ ٱلْهُدَىٰ بَعْدَ إِذْ جَآءَكُم بَلْ كُنتُم مُّجْرِمِينَ

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Easy-read (simplified)qaala lladheena stakbaroo lilladheena stud'ifoo anahnu sadadnaakum 'ani l-hudaa ba'da idh jaa'akum bal kuntum mujrimeen

DIN 31635qāla llaḏīna stakbarū lillaḏīna stuḍʿifū ʾanaḥnu ṣadadnākum ʿani l-hudā baʿda ʾiḏ ǧāʾakum bal kuntum muǧrimīna

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 Those who were arrogant will say to those who were oppressed, "Was it us who turned you away from guidance when it came to you? No indeed, you yourselves were sinful."

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Those who were proud say unto those who were despised: Did we drive you away from the guidance after it had come unto you? Nay, but ye were guilty

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Those who were big with pride shall say to those who were thought weak, 'Was it we who turned you away from the guidance after it came to you? nay, ye were sinners

John Medows Rodwell1861 Then shall the mighty ones say to the weak, "What! was it we who turned you aside from the guidance which had reached you? Nay, but ye acted wickedly yourselves

George Sale1734 They who behaved themselves arrogantly shall say unto those who were esteemed weak, did we turn you aside from the true direction, after it had come unto you? On the contrary, ye acted wickedly of your own free choice

34:33 — the verse above

34:34

وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا فِى قَرْيَةٍ مِّن نَّذِيرٍ إِلَّا قَالَ مُتْرَفُوهَآ إِنَّا بِمَآ أُرْسِلْتُم بِهِۦ كَٰفِرُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)wamaa arsalnaa fee qaryatin min nadheerin illaa qaala mutrafoohaa innaa bimaa ursiltum bihi kaafiroon

DIN 31635wamā ʾarsalnā fī qaryatin min naḏīrin ʾillā qāla mutrafūhā ʾinnā bimā ʾursiltum bihi kāfirūna

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 We sent no warner to any town, without its affluent saying, "We reject what you are sent with."

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And We sent not unto any township a warner, but its pampered ones declared: Lo! we are disbelievers in that wherewith ye have been sent

Edward Henry Palmer1880 We have not sent to any city a warner but the opulent thereof said, 'We, in what ye are sent with, disbelieve

John Medows Rodwell1861 And never have we sent a warner to any city whose opulent men did not say, "In sooth we disbelieve your message

George Sale1734 We have sent no warner unto any city, but the inhabitants thereof who lived in affluence said, verily we believe not that with which ye are sent

34:35

وَقَالُوا۟ نَحْنُ أَكْثَرُ أَمْوَٰلًا وَأَوْلَٰدًا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ

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Easy-read (simplified)waqaaloo nahnu aktharu amwaalan wa'awlaadan wamaa nahnu bimu'adhdhabeen

DIN 31635waqālū naḥnu ʾakṯaru ʾamwālan waʾawlādan wamā naḥnu bimuʿaḏḏabīna

Talal Itani2012 And they say, "We have more wealth and more children, and we will not be punished."

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And they say: We are more (than you) in wealth and children. We are not the punished

Edward Henry Palmer1880 And they say, 'We have more wealth and children, and we shall not be tormented

John Medows Rodwell1861 And they said, "We are the more abundant in riches and in children, nor shall we be among the punished

George Sale1734 And those of Mecca also say, we abound in riches and children more than ye; and we shall not be punished hereafter

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

وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ اسْتُضْعِفُوا لِلَّذِينَ اسْتَكْبَرُوا بَلْ مَكْرُ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ إِذْ تَأْمُرُونَنَا أَن نَّكْفُرَ بِاللَّهِ وَنَجْعَلَ لَهُ أَندَادًا وَأَسَرُّوا النَّدَامَةَ لَمَّا رَأَوُا الْعَذَابَ وَجَعَلْنَا الْأَغْلَالَ فِي أَعْنَاقِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا هَلْ يُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

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 — 0.65 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 0.71
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell 0.70
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.70
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale 0.69
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer 0.68
Talal Itani · George Sale 0.65
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale 0.62
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.61
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell 0.59
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale 0.52

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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