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39:21

أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَسَلَكَهُۥ يَنَٰبِيعَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ثُمَّ يُخْرِجُ بِهِۦ زَرْعًا مُّخْتَلِفًا أَلْوَٰنُهُۥ ثُمَّ يَهِيجُ فَتَرَىٰهُ مُصْفَرًّا ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُهُۥ حُطَٰمًا إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَذِكْرَىٰ لِأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَٰبِ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)alam tara anna llaaha anzala mina s-samaa'i maa'an fasalakahu yanaabee'a fee l-'ardi thumma yukhriju bihi zar'an mukhtalifan alwaanuhu thumma yaheeju fataraahu musfarran thumma yaj'aluhu hutaaman inna fee dhaalika ladhikraa li'oolee l-'albaab

DIN 31635ʾalam tara ʾanna llāha ʾanzala mina s-samāʾi māʾan fasalakahu yanābīʿa fī l-ʾarḍi ṯumma yuḫriǧu bihi zarʿan muḫtalifan ʾalwānuhu ṯumma yahīǧu fatarāhu muṣfarran ṯumma yaǧʿaluhu ḥuṭāman ʾinna fī ḏālika laḏikrā liʾūlī l-ʾalbābi

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Talal Itani · published 2012

Have you not considered how God sends down water from the sky, then He makes it flow into underground wells, then He produces with it plants of various colors, then they wither and you see them yellowing, then He turns them into debris? Surely in this is a reminder for those with understanding.

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

Hast thou not seen how Allah hath sent down water from the sky and hath caused it to penetrate the earth as watersprings, and afterward thereby produceth crops of divers hues; and afterward they wither and thou seest them turn yellow; then He maketh them chaff. Lo! herein verily is a reminder for men of understanding

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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

Hast thou not seen that God sends down from the heaven water, and conducts it into springs in the earth? then He brings forth therewith corn varied in kind, then it dries up, and ye see it grow yellow; then He makes it grit;- verily, in that is a reminder for those endowed with minds

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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

Seest thou not that God sendeth down water from heaven, and guideth it along so as to form springs in the earth - then bringeth forth by it corn of varied sorts - then causeth he it to wither, and thou seest it become yellow - then crumbleth it away? Lo! herein is teaching for men of insight

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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

Dost thou not see that God sendeth down water from heaven, and causeth the same to enter and form sources in the earth; and produceth thereby corn of various sorts? Afterwards He causeth the same to wither; and thou seest it become yellow: Afterwards He maketh it crumble into dust. Verily herein is an instruction to men of understanding

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

A nuk e sheh se Allahu lëshon ujë nga qielli dhe e drejton atë nëpër burime në tokë? Pastaj, me anë të tij, nxjerr bimë me ngjyra të ndryshme. Më pas, ato thahen dhe i sheh të zverdhura; në fund i shndërron në thërrime. Vërtet, në këtë ka mësim për ata që kanë mend.

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

তুমি কি দেখ না, আল্লাহ আকাশ থেকে (বৃষ্টির) পানি বর্ষণ করেন, অতঃপর জমিনে তা (নদ-নদী ও) ঝর্ণা হিসেবে প্রবাহিত করেন, তারপর তা দিয়ে নানা বর্ণের ফসল উৎপন্ন করেন, তারপর তা শুকিয়ে যায়। ফলে তোমরা তা দেখতে পাও হলুদ বর্ণের, অবশেষে তিনি তা খড়-খুটায় পরিণত করেন। অবশ্যই এতে বুদ্ধিমানদের জন্য উপদেশ রয়েছে।

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

Zar ne vidiš da Allah spušta s neba kišu pa je u izvore u zemlji razvodi, a onda pomoću nje raznobojno bilje izvodi, zatim se ono osuši i ti ga vidiš požutjela, i najzad ga skrši? To je, doista, pouka za one koji su pametni.

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Hrvatski · Croatian

Zar ne vidiš da Allah spušta s neba kišu pa je u izvore u zemlji razvodi, a onda pomoću nje raznobojno bilje izvodi, zatim se ono osuši i ti ga vidiš požutjela, i najzad ga skrši? To je, doista, pouka za one koji su pametni.

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

E a yiaani, won'de Allah saaƴinirii ndiyam ka kammu, o naadi ɗam e ndeer ɓulli ka leydi; refti o yaltinira ɗam remuru seedundu noone, refti ndu ɗayɗa, yi'aa hindu soyɗi; refti O waɗa ɗum ko muncaa. Pellet, wonii e ɗuum, waaju, wonan'de joomiraaɓe haqqille ɓeen.

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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ქართული · Georgian

განა არ გინახავს, რომ ალლაჰმა ზეგარდმოავლინა ციდან წყალი და მოჰფინა წყაროებად დედამიწაზე? მერე ამოიყვანა მისით მიწიდან ნათესი ფერად-ფერადი. მერე ჭკნება იგი და ხედავ მას გაყვითლებულად. შემდეგ აქცევს იგი მას ნატეხებად. ჭეშმარიტად, ამაში შეხსენებაა გონების მქონეთათვის.

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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Deutsch · German

Hast du nicht gesehen, dass Allah vom Himmel Wasser herabkommen und es dann als Quellen die Erde durchziehen lässt? Hierauf bringt Er damit Pflanzen von unterschiedlichen Arten hervor. Hierauf lässt Er sie austrocknen, und da siehst du sie gelb werden. Hierauf macht Er sie zu zermalmtem Zeug. Wahrlich, darin ist ja eine Ermahnung für diejenigen, die Verstand besitzen.

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

Δε βλέπεις (ω, Προφήτη) ότι ο Αλλάχ στέλνει νερό από τον ουρανό και το εισάγει σε πηγές στη γη, έπειτα φυτρώνει μ' αυτό καλλιέργειες διαφόρων χρωμάτων, και έπειτα ξεραίνονται και τις βλέπεις κιτρινισμένες, και έπειτα τις κάνει κομμάτια! Πράγματι, υπάρχει σ' αυτό μία υπενθύμιση (και νουθεσία) για τους ανθρώπους που έχουν υγιή νου.

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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हिन्दी · Hindi

क्या तुमने नहीं देखा[3] कि अल्लाह ने आकाश से कुछ पानी उतारा। फिर उसे स्रोतों के रूप में धरती में चलाया। फिर वह उसके साथ विभिन्न रंगों की खेती निकालता है। फिर वह सूख जाती है, तो तुम उसे पीली देखते हो। फिर वह उसे चूरा-चूरा कर देता है। निःसंदेह इसमें बुद्धि वालों के लिए निश्चय बड़ी सीख है।

Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari

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Italiano · Italian

Non vedi che Allāh ha fatto scendere l’acqua dal cielo e la raccoglie in vene nelle viscere della terra, poi ne fa spuntare vegetazioni di vario genere che prosperano, poi le vedi ingiallire finché le rende spoglie? In verità in quello c’è un esempio per quelli che riflettono.

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

21. Negi nematai, kad Allahas nuleidžia vandenį (lietų) iš dangaus, ir priverčia jį persunkti žemę (ir tada priverčia ją sudygti) kaip vandens šaltiniai, ir po to tuo gamina javus skirtingų spalvų, o po to jie sudžiūna ir tu matai juos pageltonuojančius. Tada Jis padaro juos sausais ir sulūžusiais. Iš tiesų, tame yra Priminimas suvokiantiems žmonėms.

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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo

Sila Rabbiin bishaan (rooba) samii irraa buusee, ergasii burqaalee godhee dachii keessa gadi isa liccisiise hin agarree? Ergasii isaan (bishaaniin) midhaan bifti isaa gara garaa biqilchee, ergasii nigoggoga daalacha ta’u argita. Ergasii caccabaa godha. Dhugumatti, kana keessa warra qalbii qabaniif gorsatu jira.

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Русский · Russian

Разве ты не видел, что Аллах ниспослал с неба воду и провёл её в виде источников в земле, а затем посредством неё взращивает посевы различных цветов? Но затем они увядают, и ты видишь их пожелтевшими, а после Он превращает их в рассыпающуюся труху. Воистину, в этом — напоминание для обладателей разума.

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Српски · Serbian

Зар не видиш да Аллах спушта воду са неба, па је као изворе по Земљи разводи, а онда помоћу ње изводи разнобојно биље, затим се осуши и ти га видиш пожутелог, и најзад га скрши?! То је, заиста, опомена за оне који имају памети.

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Kiswahili · Swahili

Je, huoni kwamba Mwenyezi Mungu ameteremsha maji kutoka mbinguni. Kisha akayapitisha kwenye chemchemi katika ardhi, kisha kwa maji hayo akatoa mimea yenye rangi mbalimbali? Kisha hunyauka ukaiona imekuwa kimanjano, na kisha huifanya mapepe. Bila ya shaka katika hayo upo ukumbusho kwa wenye akili.

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Svenska · Swedish

Ser du inte hur Gud låter regn falla från skyn, som sedan leds ned till källor i jorden, och hur han låter växter spira i alla möjliga färger? Därefter vissnar de och gulnar för att slutligen vittra sönder till stoft. I detta finns en påminnelse till de som använder sitt förstånd.

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

Allah'ın gökten su indirdiğini, onu yerden kaynaklara geçirdiğini, sonra onunla değişik renklerde ekinler çıkardığını görmedin mi? Sonra kurur ve sen onu sararmış halde görürsün. Sonra onu bir çöp haline getirir. Şüphesiz bunda akıl sahipleri için bir öğüt vardır.

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اردو · Urdu

کیا آپ نے نہیں دیکھا کہ اللہ تعالیٰ آسمان سے پانی اتارتا ہے اور اسے زمین کی سوتوں میں پہنچاتا[1] ہے، پھر اسی کے ذریعہ سے مختلف قسم کی کھیتیاں اگاتا[2] ہے پھر وه خشک ہو جاتی ہیں اور آپ انہیں زرد رنگ دیکھتے ہیں پھر انہیں ریزه ریزه کر دیتا ہے[3]، اس میں عقل مندوں کے لئے بہت زیاده نصیحت ہے.[4]

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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Easy-read is a simplified pronunciation, not authoritative — a rule-by-rule romanisation, not a reading. Each verse ends in its pause form, as it is said when you stop there. Pauses inside a verse and other tajwid rules are not shown. It is derived from the Tanzil Simple edition, while the Arabic above is the Uthmani edition; both are cleared, but they are not the same edition and their orthography differs.

The verses around this oneSource fact

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39:19

أَفَمَنْ حَقَّ عَلَيْهِ كَلِمَةُ ٱلْعَذَابِ أَفَأَنتَ تُنقِذُ مَن فِى ٱلنَّارِ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)afaman haqqa 'alayhi kalimatu l-'adhaabi afa'anta tunqidhu man fee n-naar

DIN 31635ʾafaman ḥaqqa ʿalayhi kalimatu l-ʿaḏābi ʾafaʾanta tunqiḏu man fī n-nāri

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 What about someone who has deserved the sentence of punishment? Is it you who can save those in the Fire?

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Is he on whom the word of doom is fulfilled (to be helped), and canst thou (O Muhammad) rescue him who is in the Fire

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Him against whom the word of torment is due,- canst thou rescue him from the fire

John Medows Rodwell1861 Him then on whom the sentence of punishment hath justly lighted - him who is doomed to the fire canst thou rescue

George Sale1734 Him therefore on whom the sentence of eternal punishment shall be justly pronounced, canst thou, O Mohammed, deliver him who is destined to dwell in the fire of hell

39:20

لَٰكِنِ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوْا۟ رَبَّهُمْ لَهُمْ غُرَفٌ مِّن فَوْقِهَا غُرَفٌ مَّبْنِيَّةٌ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ لَا يُخْلِفُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمِيعَادَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)laakini lladheena taqaw rabbahum lahum ghurafun min fawqihaa ghurafun mabniyyatun tajree min tahtihaa l-'anhaaru wa'da llaahi laa yukhlifu llaahu l-mee'aad

DIN 31635lākini llaḏīna taqaw rabbahum lahum ġurafun min fawqihā ġurafun mabniyyatun taǧrī min taḥtihā l-ʾanhāru waʿda llāhi lā yuḫlifu llāhu l-mīʿāda

Talal Itani2012 But those who fear their Lord will have mansions upon mansions, built high, with streams flowing beneath them. The promise of God; and God never breaks a promise.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 But those who keep their duty to their Lord, for them are lofty halls with lofty halls above them, built (for them), beneath which rivers flow. (It is) a promise of Allah. Allah faileth not His promise

Edward Henry Palmer1880 But for those who fear their Lord for them are upper chambers, and upper chambers above them built, beneath which rivers flow; God's promise! God does not fail in His promise

John Medows Rodwell1861 But for those who fear their Lord are storied pavilions beneath which shall the rivers flow: it is the promise of God, and God will not fail in his promise

George Sale1734 But for those who fear their Lord will be prepared high apartments in paradise, over which shall be other apartments built; and rivers shall run beneath them: This is the promise of God; and God will not be contrary to the promise

39:21 — the verse above

39:22

أَفَمَن شَرَحَ ٱللَّهُ صَدْرَهُۥ لِلْإِسْلَٰمِ فَهُوَ عَلَىٰ نُورٍ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ فَوَيْلٌ لِّلْقَٰسِيَةِ قُلُوبُهُم مِّن ذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)afaman sharaha llaahu sadrahu lil'islaami fahuwa 'alaa noorin min rabbihi fawaylun lilqaasiyati quloobuhum min dhikri llaahi oolaa'ika fee dalaalin mubeen

DIN 31635ʾafaman šaraḥa llāhu ṣadrahu lilʾislāmi fahuwa ʿalā nūrin min rabbihi fawaylun lilqāsiyati qulūbuhum min ḏikri llāhi ʾūlāʾika fī ḍalālin mubīnin

Talal Itani2012 What about someone whose heart God has opened to Islam, so that he follows a light from His Lord? Woe to those whose hearts are hardened against the mention of God. Those are in manifest error.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Is he whose bosom Allah hath expanded for Al-Islam, so that he followeth a light from his Lord, (as he who disbelieveth)? Then woe unto those whose hearts are hardened against remembrance of Allah. Such are in plain error

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Is he whose breast God has expanded for Islam, and who is in light from his Lord .... ? And woe to those whose hearts are hardened against a remembrance of God! those are in obvious error

John Medows Rodwell1861 Shall he then whose breast God hath opened to Islam, and who hath light from his Lord . . .? But woe to those whose hearts are hardened against the remembrance of God! They plainly err

George Sale1734 Shall he, therefore, whose breast God hath enlarged to receive the religion of Islam, and who followeth the light from his Lord, be as he whose heart is hardened? But woe unto those whose hearts are hardened against the remembrance of God! They are in a manifest error

39:23

ٱللَّهُ نَزَّلَ أَحْسَنَ ٱلْحَدِيثِ كِتَٰبًا مُّتَشَٰبِهًا مَّثَانِىَ تَقْشَعِرُّ مِنْهُ جُلُودُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُمْ ثُمَّ تَلِينُ جُلُودُهُمْ وَقُلُوبُهُمْ إِلَىٰ ذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ ذَٰلِكَ هُدَى ٱللَّهِ يَهْدِى بِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُ وَمَن يُضْلِلِ ٱللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُۥ مِنْ هَادٍ

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Easy-read (simplified)allaahu nazzala ahsana l-hadeethi kitaaban mutashaabihan mathaaniya taqsha'irru minhu juloodu lladheena yakhshawna rabbahum thumma taleenu julooduhum waquloobuhum ilaa dhikri llaahi dhaalika hudaa llaahi yahdee bihi man yashaa'u waman yudlili llaahu famaa lahu min haad

DIN 31635allāhu nazzala ʾaḥsana l-ḥadīṯi kitāban mutašābihan maṯāniya taqšaʿirru minhu ǧulūdu llaḏīna yaḫšawna rabbahum ṯumma talīnu ǧulūduhum waqulūbuhum ʾilā ḏikri llāhi ḏālika hudā llāhi yahdī bihi man yašāʾu waman yuḍlili llāhu famā lahu min hādin

Talal Itani2012 God has sent down the best of narrations: a Scripture consistent and paired. The skins of those who reverence their Lord shiver from it, then their skins and their hearts soften up to the remembrance of God. Such is God's guidance; He guides with it whomever He wills. But whomever God leaves astray, for him there is no guide.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Allah hath (now) revealed the fairest of statements, a Scripture consistent, (wherein promises of reward are) paired (with threats of punishment), whereat doth creep the flesh of those who fear their Lord, so that their flesh and their hearts soften to Allah's reminder. Such is Allah's guidance, wherewith He guideth whom He will. And him whom Allah sendeth astray, for him there is no guide

Edward Henry Palmer1880 God has sent down the best of legends, a book uniform and repeating; whereat the skins of those who fear their Lord do creep! then their skins and their hearts soften at the remembrance of God. That is the guidance of God! He guides therewith whom He will. But he whom God leads astray there is no guide for him

John Medows Rodwell1861 The best of recitals hath God sent down a book in unison with itself, and teaching by iteration. The very skins of those who fear their Lord do creep at it! Then do their skins and their hearts soften at the remembrance of their Lord! This is God's guidance: by it will He guide whom He pleaseth; and, whom God shall mislead, no guide shall there be for him

George Sale1734 God hath revealed a most excellent discourse; a book conformable to itself, and containing repeated admonitions. The skins of those who fear their Lord shrink for fear thereat: Afterwards their skins grow soft, and their hearts also, at the remembrance of their Lord. This is the direction of God: He will direct thereby whom He pleaseth; and whomsoever God shall cause to err, he shall have no director

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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

أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ أَنزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً فَسَلَكَهُ يَنَابِيعَ فِي الْأَرْضِ ثُمَّ يُخْرِجُ بِهِ زَرْعًا مُّخْتَلِفًا أَلْوَانُهُ ثُمَّ يَهِيجُ فَتَرَاهُ مُصْفَرًّا ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُهُ حُطَامًا إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَذِكْرَىٰ لِأُولِي الْأَلْبَابِ

EditionTanzil Qur'an text (Simple) ·Simple, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

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Analysis details
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 — 0.70 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 0.79
Talal Itani · George Sale 0.76
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.74
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.71
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale 0.71
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer 0.68
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell 0.68
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell 0.67
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale 0.67
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale 0.54

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.

Later literature, history and language

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

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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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