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35:40

قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُمْ شُرَكَآءَكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَرُونِى مَاذَا خَلَقُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ أَمْ لَهُمْ شِرْكٌ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ أَمْ ءَاتَيْنَٰهُمْ كِتَٰبًا فَهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَتٍ مِّنْهُ بَلْ إِن يَعِدُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ بَعْضُهُم بَعْضًا إِلَّا غُرُورًا

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)qul ara'aytum shurakaa'akumu lladheena tad'oona min dooni llaahi aroonee maadhaa khalaqoo mina l-'ardi am lahum shirkun fee s-samaawaati am aataynaahum kitaaban fahum 'alaa bayyinatin minhu bal in ya'idu z-zaalimoona ba'duhum ba'dan illaa ghurooraa

DIN 31635qul ʾaraʾaytum šurakāʾakumu llaḏīna tadʿūna min dūni llāhi ʾarūnī māḏā ḫalaqū mina l-ʾarḍi ʾam lahum širkun fī s-samāwāti ʾam ʾātaynāhum kitāban fahum ʿalā bayyinatin minhu bal ʾin yaʿidu ẓ-ẓālimūna baʿḍuhum baʿḍan ʾillā ġurūran

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

TranslationsSource fact

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Talal Itani · published 2012

Say, "Have you considered those partners of yours that you worship instead of God? Show me what they have created on earth. Or do they have any share in the heavens?" Or have We given them a book whose clear teachings they follow? In fact, the wrongdoers promise one another nothing but delusions.

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

Say: Have ye seen your partner-gods to whom ye pray beside Allah? Show me what they created of the earth! Or have they any portion in the heavens? Or have We given them a scripture so they act on clear proof therefrom? Nay, the evil-doers promise one another only to deceive

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

Say, 'Have ye considered your associates whom ye call on beside God?' show me what they created of the earth ; have they a share in the heavens, or have we given them a book that they rest on a manifest sign? nay the unjust promise each other naught but guile

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

SAY: What think ye of the gods whom ye invoke beside God? Shew me what part of the earth they have created? Had they a share in the creation of the Heavens? Have we given them a Book in which they can find proofs that they are to be called on? Nay, the wicked promise one another only deceits

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

Say, what think ye of your deities which ye invoke besides God? Shew me what part of the earth they have created. Or had they any share in the creation of the heavens? Have We given unto the idolaters any book of revelations, so that they may rely on any proof therefrom to authorize their practice? Nay: But the ungodly make unto one another only deceitful promises

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

Thuaj: "Më tregoni për zotat tuaj që i adhuroni në vend të Allahut! Më thoni pra, çfarë kanë krijuar ata në Tokë! Apo, mos kanë hise në krijimin e qiejve? Apo, mos vallë u kemi dhënë atyre (idhujtarëve) ndonjë Libër në të cilin kanë provë për të? Jo, por keqbërësit i premtojnë njëri-tjetrit vetëm mashtrime."

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

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বাংলা · Bengali

হে রাসূল! তুমি তাদেরকে বলো: ‘তোমরা আল্লাহর পরিবর্তে যাদেরকে ডাকো, সেই শরীকদের কথা ভেবে দেখেছো কি? আমাকে দেখাও তারা জমিনের কী সৃষ্টি করেছে? অথবা আসমানসমূহের মধ্যে কি তাদের কোনো অংশীদারিত্ব আছে? অথবা আমি কি তাদেরকে কোনো কিতাব দিয়েছি, যার কোনো সুস্পষ্ট প্রমাণের ওপর তারা নির্ভর করে?’(২০) বরং যালিমরা একে অপরকে কেবল প্রতারণামূলক প্রতিশ্রুতিই দিয়ে থাকে।

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

Reci: “Kažite vi meni koji su dio Zemlje stvorila božanstva vaša kojima se, umjesto Allahu, molite, i recite mi imaju li oni u stvaranju nebesa ikakva udjela, ili smo mnogobošcima Mi dali Knjigu, pa imaju u njoj dokaz za to? Nijedno, već nevjernici jedni druge obmanjuju.”

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

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Hrvatski · Croatian

Reci: “Kažite vi meni koji su dio Zemlje stvorila božanstva vaša kojima se, umjesto Allahu, molite, i recite mi imaju li oni u stvaranju nebesa ikakva udjela, ili smo mnogobošcima Mi dali Knjigu, pa imaju u njoj dokaz za to? Nijedno, već nevjernici jedni druge obmanjuju.”

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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Fulfulde · Fulani

Maaku: "E on nji'ii rendiiɗi mon ndewoton ga Alla ɗin? Kollee Kam ko ɗi tagi ka leydi. Kaa hiɗi mari geɗal e [tagugol] kammuuji ɗin? Kaa Min addan ɓe deftere, nde ɓe woni e ɓanndannduyee mum? Si ko woni, tooñooɓe ɓen alaa e fodude yoga maɓɓe, si wanaa hodo".

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

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2

ქართული · Georgian

უთხარი (ო, მოციქულო): «დაფიქრებულხართ თუ არა თქვენს თანამოზიარეებზე [ცრუ ღვთაებებზე], რომლებსაც ალლაჰის გარდა ევედრებით? მიჩვენეთ, მიწის რომელი ნაწილი შექმნეს მათ? ან აქვთ თუ არა მათ [თქვენს ღვთაებებს] მონაწილეობა ცათა შექმნაში? ან იქნებ ჩვენ მათ რაიმე წიგნი მივეცით (რომელშიც მრავალღმერთიანობა ნებადართულია) და ისინი მასში არსებული აშკარა ნიშნით ეყრდნობიან?» არა! ბოროტმოქმედები [ურწმუნოები] ერთმანეთს მხოლოდ მოტყუებას ჰპირდებიან.

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

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7

Deutsch · German

Sag: „Was meint ihr zu euren Teilhabern, die ihr anstatt Allahs anruft? Zeigt mir, was sie von der Erde erschaffen haben. Oder haben sie etwa einen Anteil an den Himmeln? Oder haben Wir ihnen (sonst) eine Schrift gegeben, sodass sie sich von daher auf einen klaren Beweis stützten?“ Vielmehr versprechen die Ungerechten einander nur Trügerisches.

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

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15

Ελληνικά · Greek

Πες (ω, Προφήτη, στους ειδωλολάτρες): «Βλέπετε αυτούς που αποδίδετε στον Αλλάχ ως εταίρους στη λατρεία, τους οποίους επικαλείστε εκτός από τον Αλλάχ! Δείξτε μου, τι έχουν δημιουργήσει στη γη! Ή μήπως έχουν μερίδιο στη δημιουργία των ουρανών;» Ή μήπως τους δώσαμε (στους ειδωλολάτρες) ένα Βιβλίο, και έτσι έχουν απ' αυτό μία απόδειξη (για την ειδωλολατρία τους); Όχι (δεν ισχύει τίποτε από όλα αυτά), αλλά πράγματι, αυτό που υπόσχονται οι άδικοι ο ένας στον άλλον (ότι τα είδωλα είναι οι μεσολαβητές τους ενώπιον του Αλλάχ και τους φέρνουν πιο κοντά στον Αλλάχ), δεν είναι παρά μόνο μία εξαπάτηση!

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

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2

हिन्दी · Hindi

(ऐ नबी!)[14] उनसे कह दें : क्या तुमने अपने उन साझियों को देखा, जिन्हें तुम अल्लाह के सिवा पुकारते हो? मुझे दिखाओ कि उन्होंने धरती का कौन-सा भाग पैदा किया है? या उनकी आकाशों (की रचना) में कुछ साझेदारी है? या हमने उन्हें कोई पुस्तक प्रदान की है कि वे उसके किसी स्पष्ट प्रमाण पर (क़ायम) हैं? बल्कि (वास्तविकता यह है कि) अत्याचारी लोग एक-दूसरे को केवल धोखे का वादा करते हैं।

Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5

Italiano · Italian

Di’: «Avete visto i vostri idoli, che invocate all’infuori di Allāh? Mostratemi cosa hanno creato dalla terra! Possiedono forse una parte dei cieli? Oppure abbiamo dato loro un Libro da cui hanno tratto la verità? Invece gli ingiusti promettono, gli uni agli altri, solo illusioni.

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

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2

Lietuvių · Lithuanian

40. Sakyk (Muchammedai ﷺ): „Papasakokite man arba praneškite man (ką) jūs galvojate apie savo (taip vadinamus) dievų partnerius, kurių jūs šaukiatės šalia Allaho? Parodykite man, ką jie sukūrė žemėje. Arba ar jie turi kokią nors dalį danguose? Arba ar davėme Mes jiems Knygą, kad jie veiktų pagal aiškius įrodymus iš jos? Ne, Zalimūn (daugiadieviai ir bloga darantieji) nežada vienas kitam nieko, tik apgaules.“

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

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.8

Afaan Oromoo · Oromo

“Sila hiriyoota (shariikoota) keessan kan Rabbiin malee gabbartan mee naaf himaa? Dachii irraa waan isaan uuman mee na argisiisaa. moo Sila samiilee (uumuu) keessatti hirmaannaan isaaniif jiraa? Moo kitaaba isaaniif kenninee, kan isaan ragaa qabatamaa isa irraa ta’e irratti jiran? Lakkisaa; miidhaa hojjattoonni gariin isaanii gariif wal gowwoomsuu malee homaa waadaa waliif hin galanu.

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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Русский · Russian

Скажи: «Видели ли вы ваших сотоварищей, к которым вы взываете помимо Аллаха? Покажите мне, что они сотворили на земле. Или же у них есть доля в небесах? Или же Мы даровали им Писание, так что они [опираются] на ясное знамение из него?» Нет, напротив, несправедливые обещают друг другу лишь обольщение.

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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Српски · Serbian

Реци: „Кажите ви мени који су део Земље створила ваша божанства која, уместо Аллаха, молите, и реците ми имају ли они икаквог удела у стварању небеса, или смо Ми незнанобошцима дали Књигу, па имају у њој доказ за то!?“ Ниједно, већ неверници једни друге обмањују.

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

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4

Kiswahili · Swahili

Sema: Mnawaona hawa miungu wenu wa kishirikina mnaowaomba badala ya Mwenyezi Mungu! Nionyesheni wameumba sehemu gani katika ardhi? Au wana ushirika wowote katika mbingu? Au tumewapa Kitabu nao kwa hicho wakawa na hoja zilizo wazi? Lakini madhalimu hawaahidiani wao kwa wao ila udanganyifu tu.

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Svenska · Swedish

Säg: ”Vad har ni att säga om dessa gudar som ni åkallar vid sidan av Gud? Visa mig – vad har de skapat på jorden? Har de någon andel i himlarna?” Grundar de sig på någon skrift från oss? Nej, de orättfärdiga lurar varandra med tomma löften.

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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Türkçe · Turkish

De ki: "Allah'ı bırakıp da dua ettiğiniz ortaklarınızı gördünüz mü? Gösterin bana! Onlar yerdeki hangi şeyi yaratmışlardır? Yoksa onların göklerde mi bir ortaklıkları var? Yoksa onlara bir kitap verildi de, ondan bir delile mi dayanıyorlar?" Hayır! Zalimler birbirlerini aldatmaktan başka bir vaadde bulunmuyorlar.

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اردو · Urdu

آپ کہیئے! کہ تم اپنے قرارداد شریکوں کا حال تو بتلاؤ جن کو تم اللہ کے سوا پوجا کرتے ہو۔ یعنی مجھ کو یہ بتلاؤ کہ انہوں نے زمین میں سے کون سا (جزو) بنایا ہے یا ان کا آسمانوں میں کچھ ساجھا ہے یا ہم نے ان کو کوئی کتاب دی ہے کہ یہ اس کی دلیل پر قائم ہوں[1] ، بلکہ یہ ﻇالم ایک دوسرے سے نرے دھوکے کی باتوں کا وعده کرتے آتے ہیں.[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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35:38

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَٰلِمُ غَيْبِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيمٌۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ

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Easy-read (simplified)inna llaaha 'aalimu ghaybi s-samaawaati wal-'ardi innahu 'aleemun bidhaati s-sudoor

DIN 31635ʾinna llāha ʿālimu ġaybi s-samāwāti wal-ʾarḍi ʾinnahu ʿalīmun biḏāti ṣ-ṣudūri

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 God is the Knower of the future of the heavens and the earth. He knows what the hearts contain.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Lo! Allah is the Knower of the Unseen of the heavens and the earth. Lo! He is Aware of the secret of (men's) breasts

Edward Henry Palmer1880 verily, God knows the unseen things of the heavens and of the earth; verily, He knows the nature of men's breasts

John Medows Rodwell1861 God truly knoweth the hidden things both of the Heavens and of the Earth: for He knoweth the very secrets of the breast

George Sale1734 Verily God knoweth the secrets both of heaven and earth, for He knoweth the innermost parts of the breasts of men

35:39

هُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَكُمْ خَلَٰٓئِفَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَمَن كَفَرَ فَعَلَيْهِ كُفْرُهُۥ وَلَا يَزِيدُ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ كُفْرُهُمْ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ إِلَّا مَقْتًا وَلَا يَزِيدُ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ كُفْرُهُمْ إِلَّا خَسَارًا

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)huwa lladhee ja'alakum khalaa'ifa fee l-'ardi faman kafara fa'alayhi kufruhu walaa yazeedu l-kaafireena kufruhum 'inda rabbihim illaa maqtan walaa yazeedu l-kaafireena kufruhum illaa khasaaraa

DIN 31635huwa llaḏī ǧaʿalakum ḫalāʾifa fī l-ʾarḍi faman kafara faʿalayhi kufruhu walā yazīdu l-kāfirīna kufruhum ʿinda rabbihim ʾillā maqtan walā yazīdu l-kāfirīna kufruhum ʾillā ḫasāran

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 It is He who made you successors on earth. Whoever disbelieves, his disbelief will recoil upon him. The disbelief of the disbelievers adds only to their Lord's disfavor of them. The disbelief of the disbelievers adds only to their perdition.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 He it is Who hath made you regents in the earth; so he who disbelieveth, his disbelief be on his own head. Their disbelief increaseth for the disbelievers, in their Lord's sight, naught save abhorrence. Their disbelief increaseth for the disbelievers naught save loss

Edward Henry Palmer1880 He it is who made you vicegerents in the earth, and he who misbelieves, his misbelief is against himself; but their misbelief shall only increase the misbelievers in hatred with their Lord; and their misbelief shall only increase the misbelievers in loss

John Medows Rodwell1861 He hath appointed you his vicegerents in the earth: And whoever believeth not, on him shall be his unbelief; and their unbelief shall only increase for the unbelievers, hatred at the hands of their Lord: - and their unbelief shall only increase for the unbelievers their own perdition

George Sale1734 It is He who hath made you to succeed in the earth. Whoever shall disbelieve, on him be his unbelief: And their unbelief shall only gain the unbelievers greater indignation in the sight of their Lord; and their unbelief shall only increase the perdition of the unbelievers

35:40 — the verse above

35:41

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُمْسِكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ أَن تَزُولَا وَلَئِن زَالَتَآ إِنْ أَمْسَكَهُمَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ مِّنۢ بَعْدِهِۦٓ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ حَلِيمًا غَفُورًا

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Easy-read (simplified)inna llaaha yumsiku s-samaawaati wal-'arda an tazoolaa wala'in zaalataa in amsakahumaa min ahadin min ba'dihi innahu kaana haleeman ghafooraa

DIN 31635ʾinna llāha yumsiku s-samāwāti wal-ʾarḍa ʾan tazūlā walaʾin zālatā ʾin ʾamsakahumā min ʾaḥadin min baʿdihi ʾinnahu kāna ḥalīman ġafūran

Talal Itani2012 God holds the heavens and the earth, lest they fall apart. And were they to fall apart, there is none to hold them together except He. He is Most Clement, Most Forgiving.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Lo! Allah graspeth the heavens and the earth that they deviate not, and if they were to deviate there is not one that could grasp them after Him. Lo! He is ever Clement, Forgiving

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Verily, God holds back the heavens and the earth lest they should decline; and if they should decline there is none to hold them back after Him; verily, He is clement, forgiving

John Medows Rodwell1861 Verily God holdeth fast the Heavens and the Earth that they pass not away: and if they were passing away none could hold them back but He: for He is Kind, Gracious

George Sale1734 Verily God sustaineth the heavens and the earth, lest they fail: And if they should fail, none could support the same besides Him; He is gracious and merciful

35:42

وَأَقْسَمُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ جَهْدَ أَيْمَٰنِهِمْ لَئِن جَآءَهُمْ نَذِيرٌ لَّيَكُونُنَّ أَهْدَىٰ مِنْ إِحْدَى ٱلْأُمَمِ فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ نَذِيرٌ مَّا زَادَهُمْ إِلَّا نُفُورًا

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)wa'aqsamoo billaahi jahda aymaanihim la'in jaa'ahum nadheerun layakoonunna ahdaa min ihdaa l-'umami falammaa jaa'ahum nadheerun maa zaadahum illaa nufooraa

DIN 31635waʾaqsamū billāhi ǧahda ʾaymānihim laʾin ǧāʾahum naḏīrun layakūnunna ʾahdā min ʾiḥdā l-ʾumami falammā ǧāʾahum naḏīrun mā zādahum ʾillā nufūran

Talal Itani2012 And they swore by God with their solemn oaths, that if a warner came to them, they would be more guided than any other people. Yet when a warner came to them, it only increased them in aversion.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And they swore by Allah, their most binding oath, that if a warner came unto them they would be more tractable than any of the nations; yet, when a warner came unto them it aroused in them naught save repugnance

Edward Henry Palmer1880 They swore by God with their most strenuous oath, verily, if there come to them a warner they would be more guided than any one of the nations; but when a warner comes to them, it only increases them in aversion

John Medows Rodwell1861 They swore by God with their mightiest oath that should a preacher come to them they would yield to guidance more than any people: but when the preacher came to them it only increased in them their estrangement

George Sale1734 The Koreish swore by God, with a most solemn oath, that if a preacher had come unto them, they would surely have been more willingly directed than any nation: But now a preacher is come unto them, it hath only increased in them their aversion from the truth

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

قُلْ أَرَأَيْتُمْ شُرَكَاءَكُمُ الَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ أَرُونِي مَاذَا خَلَقُوا مِنَ الْأَرْضِ أَمْ لَهُمْ شِرْكٌ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ أَمْ آتَيْنَاهُمْ كِتَابًا فَهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَتٍ مِّنْهُ بَلْ إِن يَعِدُ الظَّالِمُونَ بَعْضُهُم بَعْضًا إِلَّا غُرُورًا

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 — 0.62 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 · George Sale 0.68
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale 0.68
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell 0.65
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.64
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale 0.63
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.61
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell 0.60
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell 0.59
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer 0.58
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale 0.53

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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