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35:13

يُولِجُ ٱلَّيْلَ فِى ٱلنَّهَارِ وَيُولِجُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فِى ٱلَّيْلِ وَسَخَّرَ ٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ كُلٌّ يَجْرِى لِأَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ لَهُ ٱلْمُلْكُ وَٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦ مَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِن قِطْمِيرٍ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)yooliju llayla fee n-nahaari wayooliju n-nahaara fee llayli wasakhkhara sh-shamsa wal-qamara kullun yajree li'ajalin musamman dhaalikumu llaahu rabbukum lahu l-mulku walladheena tad'oona min doonihi maa yamlikoona min qitmeer

DIN 31635yūliǧu llayla fī n-nahāri wayūliǧu n-nahāra fī llayli wasaḫḫara š-šamsa wal-qamara kullun yaǧrī liʾaǧalin musamman ḏālikumu llāhu rabbukum lahu l-mulku wallaḏīna tadʿūna min dūnihi mā yamlikūna min qiṭmīrin

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

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Marked words appear in this translation and in no other English translation of this verse. Common small words and older spellings are not marked. The marks show where the wording differs, not where the meaning does.

Talal Itani · published 2012

He merges the night into the day, and He merges the day into the night; and He regulates the sun and the moon, each running for a stated term. Such is God, your Lord; His is the sovereignty. As for those you call upon besides Him, they do not possess a speck.

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

He maketh the night to pass into the day and He maketh the day to pass into the night. He hath subdued the sun and moon to service. Each runneth unto an appointed term. Such is Allah, your Lord; His is the Sovereignty; and those unto whom ye pray instead of Him own not so much as the white spot on a date-stone

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

He turns the night into day, and He turns the day into night; and He subjects the sun and the moon, each of them runs on to an appointed goal; that is God, your Lord! His is the kingdom; but those ye call on beside Him possess not a straw

Sources

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

He causeth the night to enter in upon the day, and the day to enter in upon the night; and He hath given laws to the sun and to the moon, so that each journeyeth to its appointed goal: This is God your Lord: All power is His: But the gods whom ye call on beside Him have no power over the husk of a date stone

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

He causeth the night to succeed the day, and He causeth the day to succeed the night; and He obligeth the sun and the moon to perform their services: Each of them runneth an appointed course. This is God, your Lord: His is the kingdom. But the idols which ye invoke besides Him, have not the power even over the skin of a date-stone

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

Ai fut natën në ditë dhe fut ditën në natë dhe Ai nënshtroi Diellin e Hënën, të cilat lundrojnë për një kohë të caktuar. Ky është Allahu, Zoti juaj. Atij i takon sundimi, kurse ata që ju i adhuroni në vend të Tij nuk zotërojnë as një cipëz të bërthamës së hurmës.

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বাংলা · Bengali

তিনি (আল্লাহ) রাতকে দিনের মধ্যে প্রবেশ করান এবং দিনকে রাতের মধ্যে প্রবেশ করান। আর তিনিই সূর্য ও চাঁদকে (তোমাদের) বশীভূত করে দিয়েছেন। প্রত্যেকটি পরিভ্রমণ করছে একটি নির্দিষ্ট কাল পর্যন্ত। তিনি আল্লাহ, তোমাদের রব; সমস্ত কর্তৃত্ব তাঁরই। আর আল্লাহকে ছাড়া যাদেরকে তোমরা ডাকো, তারা খেজুরের আঁটির আবরণ পরিমাণও কোন কিছুর মালিক নয়।

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

On uvodi noć u dan i uvodi dan u noć, On je potčinio Sunce i Mjesec – svako plovi do roka određenog; to vam je, eto, Allah, Gospodar vaš; sve je u posjedu Njegovom! A oni koje, pored Njega, molite ne posjeduju ništa, ni koliko je opna na hurminoj košpici.

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Hrvatski · Croatian

On uvodi noć u dan i uvodi dan u noć, On je podčinio Sunce i Mjesec – svako plovi do roka određenog; to vam je, eto, Allah, Gospodar vaš; sve je u posjedu Njegovom! A oni koje, pored Njega, molite ne posjeduju ništa, ni koliko je opna na hurminoj košpici.

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Fulfulde · Fulani

Himo naanta jemma on e deer ñalawma on, O naatna ñalawma on e ndeer jemma on. O eleti kadi na'ange ngen e lewru ndun. Kala mun no doga haa e lajal innaangal. Ko On mooɗon woni Alla, Joomi mon: Ko Kaŋko Laamu woodani. Ɗiya ɗi noddoton ga makko, ɗi jeytaa yeru gorol tamara.

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ქართული · Georgian

მას [ალლაჰს] შეჰყავს ღამე დღეში და შეჰყავს დღე ღამეში; და დაიმორჩილა მზე და მთვარე: თითოეული მათგანი [მზეც და მთვარეც] მოძრაობს დადგენილ ვადამდე. ასეთია იგი თქვენთვის — ალლაჰი, თქვენი უფალი; მას ეკუთვნის (მთელი) ხელისუფლება, ხოლო ისინი (კერპები და მოგონილი ღვთაებები), რომლებსაც თქვენ მის გარდა უხმობთ, ფინიკის კურკის თხელ გარსსაც კი არ ფლობენ.

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Deutsch · German

Er lässt die Nacht in den Tag eindringen, und Er lässt den Tag in die Nacht eindringen. Und Er hat die Sonne und den Mond dienstbar gemacht - ein jedes läuft auf eine festgesetzte Frist zu. Dies ist ja Allah, euer Herr; Ihm gehört die Herrschaft. Diejenigen aber, die ihr anstatt Seiner anruft, verfügen nicht einmal über das Häutchen eines Dattelkerns.

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Ελληνικά · Greek

(Ο Αλλάχ) εισάγει τη νύχτα στην ημέρα, και εισάγει την ημέρα στη νύχτα (δηλ. αυξάνει και μειώνει τις ώρες τους, το χειμώνα και το καλοκαίρι), και έχει υποτάξει τον ήλιο και το φεγγάρι (να σας ωφελήσουν), και το καθένα τρέχει (στην τροχιά του) για ένα καθορισμένο χρόνο. Αυτός είναι ο Αλλάχ, ο Κύριός σας (που έκανε αυτά). Σ' Αυτόν ανήκει η κυριαρχία, ενώ εκείνοι που τους επικαλείστε εκτός απ' Αυτόν, δεν κατέχουν ούτε καν τη φλούδα ενός κουκουτσιού ενός χουρμά.

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हिन्दी · Hindi

वह रात को दिन में दाखिल करता है, तथा दिन को रात में दाखिल करता है, तथा सूर्य एवं चाँद को काम में लगा रखा है। उनमें से प्रत्येक एक निश्चित समय तक चल रहा है।वही अल्लाह तुम्हारा पालनहार है। उसी का राज्य है। तथा जिन्हें तुम उसके सिवा पुकारते हो, वे खजूर की गुठली के छिलके के भी मालिक नहीं हैं।

Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari

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Italiano · Italian

Fa penetrare la notte nel giorno e fa penetrare il giorno nella notte. E vi ha asservito il sole e la luna, che corrono seguendo un ordine prestabilito: quello è Allāh, il vostro Dio, e Suo è il Regno. Invece quelli che invocate all’infuori di Lui non possiedono nemmeno una pellicola di dattero;

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Lietuvių · Lithuanian

13. Jis įlieja naktį į dieną (t. y. sutrumpėjusios nakties valandos pridedamos prie dienos valandų) ir Jis įlieją dieną į naktį (t. y. sutrumpėjusios dienos valandos pridedamos prie nakties valandų). Ir Jis pavergė saulę ir mėnulį – kiekvienas jų juda savo kelią nustatytą laikotarpį. Toks yra Allahas, jūsų Viešpats. Jo yra karalystė. Ir tie, kuriuos jūs maldaujate arba šaukiatės vietoj Jo, neturi nė kitmir (datulės kaulo plonos membranos).

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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo

Inni halkan guyyaa keessa seensisa; guyyaas halkan keessa seensisa. Aduufi ji’as ni laaffise; hunduu hanga beellama beekamaa ta’eetti (orbitii isaanii irra) yaa’u. Inni (kana hojjate) kun Rabbii keessan Allaahdha. mootummaan isaaf tahe, Isaan isin Rabbii gaditti kadhattan wanta hanga qola haphii ija timiraallee hin qaban. [2]

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Русский · Russian

Он вводит ночь в день и вводит день в ночь, и Он подчинил солнце и луну — каждый движется к установленному сроку. Таков Аллах, ваш Господь, Ему принадлежит владычество, а те, к которым вы взываете помимо Него, не владеют даже кожицей финиковой косточки.

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Српски · Serbian

Он уводи ноћ у дан и уводи дан у ноћ, Он је потчинио Сунце и Месец - свако плови до одређеног рока; то вам је Аллах, ваш Господар; Њему припада сва власт! А они које, поред Њега, молите не поседују ништа.

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Kiswahili · Swahili

Anauingiza usiku katika mchana, na anauingiza mchana katika usiku. Na amelifanya jua na mwezi kutumikia, kila kimoja kinakwenda kwa muda maalumu. Huyo ndiye Mwenyezi Mungu Mola wenu Mlezi. Ufalme ni wake. Na hao mnaowaomba badala yake hawamiliki hata ugozi wa kokwa ya tende.

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Svenska · Swedish

Han låter natten övergå i dagen och dagen i natten, och han har underordnat solen och månen; var och en löper till en bestämd tid. Sådan är Gud, er Herre – herraväldet är helt och hållet hans, och de ni åkallar vid hans sida äger inte ens hinnan kring en dadelkärna.

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Türkçe · Turkish

Geceyi gündüze katar, gündüzü de geceye katar. Güneş'i ve Ay'ı emri altına almıştır. Her biri belirli bir süreye kadar akıp giderler. İşte sizin Rabbiniz Allah’tır. Mülk O’nundur. O’ndan başka dua ettikleriniz, bir çekirdeğin zarına bile sahip değillerdir.

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اردو · Urdu

وه رات کو دن اور دن کو رات میں داخل کرتا ہے اور آفتاب وماہتاب کو اسی نے کام میں لگا دیا ہے۔ ہر ایک میعاد معین پر چل رہا ہے۔ یہی ہے اللہ[1] تم سب کا پالنے واﻻ اسی کی سلطنت ہے۔ جنہیں تم اس کے سوا پکار رہے ہو وه تو کھجور کی گٹھلی کے چھلکے کے بھی مالک نہیں.[2]

Translated by Muhammad Ibrahim Junagarhi, developed under the supervision of the Rowwad Translation Center. The original translation is available for the purpose of expressing opinion, evaluation, and continuous development.

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The verses around this oneSource fact

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35:11

وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَكُم مِّن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلَكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا وَمَا تَحْمِلُ مِنْ أُنثَىٰ وَلَا تَضَعُ إِلَّا بِعِلْمِهِۦ وَمَا يُعَمَّرُ مِن مُّعَمَّرٍ وَلَا يُنقَصُ مِنْ عُمُرِهِۦٓ إِلَّا فِى كِتَٰبٍ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرٌ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)wallaahu khalaqakum min turaabin thumma min nutfatin thumma ja'alakum azwaajan wamaa tahmilu min unthaa walaa tada'u illaa bi'ilmihi wamaa yu'ammaru min mu'ammarin walaa yunqasu min 'umurihi illaa fee kitaabin inna dhaalika 'alaa llaahi yaseer

DIN 31635wallāhu ḫalaqakum min turābin ṯumma min nuṭfatin ṯumma ǧaʿalakum ʾazwāǧan wamā taḥmilu min ʾunṯā walā taḍaʿu ʾillā biʿilmihi wamā yuʿammaru min muʿammarin walā yunqaṣu min ʿumurihi ʾillā fī kitābin ʾinna ḏālika ʿalā llāhi yasīrun

Talal Itani2012 God created you from dust, then from a small drop; then He made you pairs. No female conceives, or delivers, except with His knowledge. No living thing advances in years, or its life is shortened, except it be in a Record. That is surely easy for God.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Allah created you from dust, then from a little fluid, then He made you pairs (the male and female). No female beareth or bringeth forth save with His knowledge. And no-one groweth old who groweth old, nor is aught lessened of his life, but it is recorded in a Book, Lo! that is easy for Allah

Edward Henry Palmer1880 God created you from earth, then from a clot; then lie made you pairs; and no female bears or is delivered, except by His knowledge; nor does he, who is aged reach old age, or is aught diminished from his life, without it is in the Book; verily, that is easy unto God

John Medows Rodwell1861 Moreover, God created you of dust - then of the germs of life - then made you two sexes: and no female conceiveth or bringeth forth without his knowledge; and the aged ageth not, nor is aught minished from man's age, but in accordance with the Book. An easy thing truly is this to God

George Sale1734 God created you first of the dust, and afterwards of seed: And He hath made you man and wife. No female conceiveth, or bringeth forth, but with his knowledge. Nor is any thing added unto the age of him whose life is prolonged, neither is any thing diminished from his age, but the same is written in the book of God's decrees. Verily this is easy with God

35:12

وَمَا يَسْتَوِى ٱلْبَحْرَانِ هَٰذَا عَذْبٌ فُرَاتٌ سَآئِغٌ شَرَابُهُۥ وَهَٰذَا مِلْحٌ أُجَاجٌ وَمِن كُلٍّ تَأْكُلُونَ لَحْمًا طَرِيًّا وَتَسْتَخْرِجُونَ حِلْيَةً تَلْبَسُونَهَا وَتَرَى ٱلْفُلْكَ فِيهِ مَوَاخِرَ لِتَبْتَغُوا۟ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)wamaa yastawee l-bahraani haadhaa 'adhbun furaatun saa'ighun sharaabuhu wahaadhaa milhun ujaajun wamin kullin ta'kuloona lahman tariyyan watastakhrijoona hilyatan talbasoonahaa wataraa l-fulka feehi mawaakhira litabtaghoo min fadlihi wala'allakum tashkuroon

DIN 31635wamā yastawī l-baḥrāni hāḏā ʿaḏbun furātun sāʾiġun šarābuhu wahāḏā milḥun ʾuǧāǧun wamin kullin taʾkulūna laḥman ṭariyyan watastaḫriǧūna ḥilyatan talbasūnahā watarā l-fulka fīhi mawāḫira litabtaġū min faḍlihi walaʿallakum taškurūna

Talal Itani2012 The two seas are not the same. One is fresh, sweet, good to drink, while the other is salty and bitter. Yet from each you eat tender meat, and extract jewelry which you wear. And you see the ships plowing through them, so that you may seek of His bounty, so that you may give thanks.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And the two seas are not alike: this, fresh, sweet, good to drink, this (other) bitter, salt. And from them both ye eat fresh meat and derive the ornament that ye wear. And thou seest the ship cleaving them with its prow that ye may seek of His bounty, and that haply ye may give thanks

Edward Henry Palmer1880 The two seas are not equal: one is sweet and fresh and pleasant to drink, and the other is salt and pungent; but from each do ye eat fresh flesh, and bring forth ornaments which ye wear; and thou mayest see the ships cleave through it, that ye may search after His grace, and haply ye may give thanks

John Medows Rodwell1861 Nor are the two seas alike: the one fresh, sweet, pleasant for drink, and the other salt, bitter; yet from both ye eat fresh fish, and take forth for you ornaments to wear, and thou seest the ships cleaving their waters that ye may go in quest of his bounties, and that ye may be thankful

George Sale1734 The two seas are not to be held in comparison: This is fresh and sweet, pleasant to drink; but that is salt and bitter: Yet out of each of them ye eat fish, and take ornaments for you to wear. Thou seest the ships also plowing the waves thereof, that ye may seek to enrich yourselves by commerce, of the abundance of God: Peradventure ye will be thankful

35:13 — the verse above

35:14

إِن تَدْعُوهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُوا۟ دُعَآءَكُمْ وَلَوْ سَمِعُوا۟ مَا ٱسْتَجَابُوا۟ لَكُمْ وَيَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ يَكْفُرُونَ بِشِرْكِكُمْ وَلَا يُنَبِّئُكَ مِثْلُ خَبِيرٍ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)in tad'oohum laa yasma'oo du'aa'akum walaw sami'oo maa stajaaboo lakum wayawma l-qiyaamati yakfuroona bishirkikum walaa yunabbi'uka mithlu khabeer

DIN 31635ʾin tadʿūhum lā yasmaʿū duʿāʾakum walaw samiʿū mā staǧābū lakum wayawma l-qiyāmati yakfurūna biširkikum walā yunabbiʾuka miṯlu ḫabīrin

Talal Itani2012 If you pray to them, they cannot hear your prayer. And even if they heard, they would not answer you. And on the Day of Resurrection, they will reject your partnership. None informs you like an Expert.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 If ye pray unto them they hear not your prayer, and if they heard they could not grant it you. On the Day of Resurrection they will disown association with you. None can inform you like Him Who is Aware

Edward Henry Palmer1880 If you call upon them they cannot hear your call, and if they hear they cannot answer you; and on the resurrection day they will deny your associating them with God; but none can inform thee like the One who is aware

John Medows Rodwell1861 If ye cry to them they will not hear your cry; and if they heard they would not answer you, and in the day of resurrection they will disown your joining them with God: and none can instruct thee like Him who is informed of all

George Sale1734 If ye invoke them, they will not hear your calling; and although they should hear, yet they would not answer you. On the day of resurrection they shall disclaim your having associated them with God: And none shall declare unto thee the truth, like one who is well-acquainted therewith

35:15

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ أَنتُمُ ٱلْفُقَرَآءُ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَٱللَّهُ هُوَ ٱلْغَنِىُّ ٱلْحَمِيدُ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)yaa ayyuhaa n-naasu antumu l-fuqaraa'u ilaa llaahi wallaahu huwa l-ghaniyyu l-hameed

DIN 31635yā ʾayyuhā n-nāsu ʾantumu l-fuqarāʾu ʾilā llāhi wallāhu huwa l-ġaniyyu l-ḥamīdu

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 O people! It is you who are the poor, in need of God; while God is the Rich, the Praiseworthy.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 O mankind! Ye are the poor in your relation to Allah. And Allah! He is the Absolute, the Owner of Praise

Edward Henry Palmer1880 O ye folk! ye are in need of God; but God, He is independent, praiseworthy

John Medows Rodwell1861 O men! ye are but paupers in need of God; but God is the Rich, the Praiseworthy

George Sale1734 O men, ye have need of God; but God is self-sufficient, and to be praised

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

يُولِجُ اللَّيْلَ فِي النَّهَارِ وَيُولِجُ النَّهَارَ فِي اللَّيْلِ وَسَخَّرَ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ كُلٌّ يَجْرِي لِأَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى ذَٰلِكُمُ اللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَالَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِ مَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِن قِطْمِيرٍ

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 — 0.63 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 · John Medows Rodwell 0.73
Talal Itani · George Sale 0.73
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale 0.65
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.64
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell 0.64
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer 0.61
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.60
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale 0.57
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale 0.57
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell 0.56

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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