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4:155

فَبِمَا نَقْضِهِم مِّيثَٰقَهُمْ وَكُفْرِهِم بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَقَتْلِهِمُ ٱلْأَنۢبِيَآءَ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ وَقَوْلِهِمْ قُلُوبُنَا غُلْفٌۢ بَلْ طَبَعَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهَا بِكُفْرِهِمْ فَلَا يُؤْمِنُونَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا

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Easy-read (simplified)fabimaa naqdihim meethaaqahum wakufrihim bi'aayaati llaahi waqatlihimu l-'anbiyaa'a bighayri haqqin waqawlihim quloobunaa ghulfun bal taba'a llaahu 'alayhaa bikufrihim falaa yu'minoona illaa qaleelaa

DIN 31635fabimā naqḍihim mīṯāqahum wakufrihim biʾāyāti llāhi waqatlihimu l-ʾanbiyāʾa biġayri ḥaqqin waqawlihim qulūbunā ġulfun bal ṭabaʿa llāhu ʿalayhā bikufrihim falā yuʾminūna ʾillā qalīlan

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

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Talal Itani · published 2012

But for their violation of their covenant, and their denial of God's revelations, and their killing of the prophets unjustly, and their saying, "Our minds are closed." In fact, God has sealed them for their disbelief, so they do not believe, except for a few.

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

Then because of their breaking of their covenant, and their disbelieving in the revelations of Allah, and their slaying of the prophets wrongfully, and their saying: Our hearts are hardened - Nay, but Allah set a seal upon them for their disbelief, so that they believe not save a few

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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

But for that they broke their compact, and for their misbelief in God's signs, and for their killing the prophets undeservedly, and for their saying, 'Our hearts are uncircumcised,' - nay, God hath stamped on them their misbelief, so that they cannot believe except a few

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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

So, for that they have broken their covenant, and have rejected the signs of God, and have put the prophets to death unjustly, saying the while, "Our hearts are uncircumcised," - Nay, but God hath sealed them up for their unbelief, so that but few believe

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

Therefore for that they have made void their covenant, and have not believed in the signs of God, and have slain the prophets unjustly, and have said, our hearts are uncircumcised; -- but God hath sealed them up, because of their unbelief; therefore they shall not believe, except a few of them

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Translation George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired

George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an ·1734 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

Other languages (18)
Shqip · Albanian

(Ne i mallkuam ata) për shkak të thyerjes së besëlidhjes, mohimit të ajeteve të Allahut, vrasjes së pejgamberëve padrejtësisht dhe për shkak të thënies së tyre: "Zemrat tona janë të mbyllura." Jo, por Allahu ua ka vulosur ato për shkak të mosbesimit, andaj nuk besojnë, përveçse pak.

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বাংলা · Bengali

অতঃপর তাদের অঙ্গীকার ভঙ্গের জন্য, আল্লাহর আয়াতসমূহের সাথে কুফরী করার জন্য, নবীগণকে অন্যায়ভাবে হত্যা করার জন্য এবং তাদের এ উক্তির জন্য ‘আমাদের হৃদয় আচ্ছাদিত’।(৫৮) বরং তাদের কুফরীর কারণে আল্লাহ তাদের অন্তর সিলমোহর করে দিয়েছেন। ফলে অল্পসংখ্যক লোক ছাড়া তারা ঈমান আনবে না।

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

Zato što su zavjet prekršili i što u Allahove ajete i znakove nisu povjerovali, što su bez razloga vjerovjesnike ubijali i što su govorili: "Naša srca su u omotu", Allah je, zbog nevjerovanja, njihova srca zapečatio, pa ih samo malo vjeruje.

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Hrvatski · Croatian

Zato što su zavjet prekršili i što u Allahove ajete i znakove nisu povjerovali, što su bez razloga vjerovjesnike ubijali i što su govorili: "Naša srca su u omotu'', Allah je, zbog nevjerovanja, njihova srca zapečatio, pa ih samo malo vjeruje.

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Fulfulde · Fulani

Ko sabu firtugol ɓe ahadi maɓɓe ndi, e jeddugol ɓe Aayeeje Alla ɗee, e bargol ɓe Annabaaɓe ɓe ko aldaa e goonga e biigol ɓe :"ɓerɗe amen ɗe no cokii". Si ko woni, Alla notii e majje sabu keefe-raagu maɓɓe nguu -ɓe gooŋɗintaa si wanaa seeɗa

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ქართული · Georgian

და (დაეცათ მათზე ალლაჰის წყევლა) იმის გამო, რომ მათ დაარღვიეს თავიანთი აღთქმა, არ ირწმუნეს ალლაჰის სასწაულები და უსამართლოდ ხოცავდნენ შუამავალებს, და იმის გამო, რომ ამბობდნენ: «ჩვენი გულები დაფარულია [დახურულია რაღაცით] (და ამიტომ ჭეშმარიტება მათამდე ვერ აღწევს)». არა! არამედ ალლაჰმა დაბეჭდა მათი გულები მათი ურწმუნოების გამო, ამიტომაც მათგან მხოლოდ მცირენი ხდებიან მორწმუნეები [იღებენ ისლამს].

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Deutsch · German

(Verflucht sind sie) dafür, dass sie ihr Abkommen brachen und aufgrund ihrer Verleugnung der Zeichen Allahs und (aufgrund) der Tötung der Propheten (und dies) zu Unrecht und ihrer Aussage: „Unsere Herzen sind verhüllt.“ Nein! Vielmehr hat Allah sie (also ihre Herzen) mit ihrem Unglauben versiegelt. So glauben sie nur wenig.

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Ελληνικά · Greek

Και (τους Καταραστήκαμε) λόγω του ότι αθέτησαν τη δέσμευσή τους, αρνήθηκαν τα Εδάφια (και τα σημάδια) του Αλλάχ, σκότωσαν τους προφήτες άδικα, και λόγω του λόγου τους: «Οι καρδιές μας είναι τυλιγμένες (δηλ. δεν καταλαβαίνουμε ό,τι λένε οι Προφήτες).» Αντίθετα (δεν είναι όπως ισχυρίστηκαν), ο Αλλάχ τις σφράγισε (τις καρδιές τους) λόγω της απιστίας τους, έτσι δεν πιστεύουν, εκτός από λίγους.

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हिन्दी · Hindi

फिर उनके अपने वचन को तोड़ देने ही के कारण (हमने उनपर ला'नत की) और उनके अल्लाह की आयतों का इनकार करने और उनके नबियों को बिना किसी अधिकार के क़त्ल करने तथा उनके यह कहने के कारण कि हमारे दिल आवरण में सुरक्षित हैं, बल्कि अल्लाह ने उनपर उनके कुफ़्र की वजह से मुहर लगा दी है। अतः वे बहुत कम ही ईमान लाते हैं।

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Italiano · Italian

E poiché rompono il patto, e poiché negano i segni di Allāh, e poiché uccidono i Profeti ingiustamente, e poiché dicono: «I nostri cuori sono avvolti!». Ma è Allāh che li ha sigillati per la loro miscredenza, e non crederanno se non poco.

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Lietuvių · Lithuanian

155. Dėl jų pažado sulaužymo, ir dėl jų Allaho Ajat (įrodymų, įkalčių, eilučių, pamokų, ženklų, apreiškimų ir t. t.) atmetimo, ir dėl neteisėto Pranašų žudymo, ir dėl jų sakymo: „Mūsų širdys apsiaustos (uždangalu, t. y. nesuprantame, ką sako Pasiuntiniai)“ - ne, Allahas užantspaudavo jų širdis, dėl jų netikėjimo, kad jie netikėtų, tik truputį.

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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo

Sababa isaan waadaa isaanii diiguutiin, keeyyattoota Rabbiitti kafaruutiin, nabiyyoota haqaan malee ajjeesuu isaaniitiifi, “onneewwan teenya haguugamtee jirti” jechuu isaaniitiin (isaan abaarre). Dhugumatti Rabbiin sababaa kufrii isaaniitiif ishee (onnee isaanii) irratti haguuge; muraasa malee hin amanan.

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Русский · Russian

И за нарушение ими своего завета, за их неверие в знамения Аллаха, за то, что они без права убивали пророков, и за то, что они говорили: «Наши сердца покрыты». Нет, Аллах запечатал их [сердца] за их неверие, и потому веруют они лишь немного.

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Српски · Serbian

Зато што су завет прекршили и што у Аллахове речи и доказе нису поверовали, што су без разлога веровеснике убијали и што су говорили: „Наша срца су окорела“, Аллах је, због неверовања, њихова срца запечатио, па их само мало верује.

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Kiswahili · Swahili

Basi kwa sababu ya kuvunja kwao maagano yao, na kuzikufuru kwao ishara za Mwenyezi Mungu, na kuwauwa kwao Manabii bila ya haki, na kusema kwao: 'Nyoyo zetu zimefumbwa'; bali Mwenyezi Mungu ameziziba kwa kufuru zao, basi hawaamini isipokuwa kidogo tu.

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Svenska · Swedish

[Men vi fördömde dem] för att de bröt mot sitt förbund och förkastade Guds tecken och dödade profeterna utan rätt, och för att de sa: ”Våra hjärtan är tillslutna” – nej, Gud har förseglat dem på grund av deras otro, så de tror endast i ringa mån –

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Türkçe · Turkish

Verdikleri sözü bozmaları, Allah’ın ayetlerini inkâr etmeleri ve peygamberleri haksız yere öldürmeleri ve kalplerimiz perdelidir, demeleri sebebiyle, Allah, küfürlerine karşılık onların kalplerini mühürledi. Artık onlar, pek azı hariç iman etmezler.

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اردو · Urdu

(یہ سزا تھی) بہ سبب ان کی عہد شکنی کے اور احکام الٰہی کے ساتھ کفر کرنے کے اور اللہ کے نبیوں کو ناحق قتل کر ڈالنے کے[1] ، اور اس سبب سے کہ یوں کہتے ہیں کہ ہمارے دلوں پر غلاف ہے۔ حاﻻنکہ دراصل ان کے کفر کی وجہ سے ان کے دلوں پر اللہ تعالیٰ نے مہر لگا دی ہے، اس لئے یہ قدر قلیل ہی ایمان ﻻتے ہیں۔

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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4:153

يَسْـَٔلُكَ أَهْلُ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ أَن تُنَزِّلَ عَلَيْهِمْ كِتَٰبًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَقَدْ سَأَلُوا۟ مُوسَىٰٓ أَكْبَرَ مِن ذَٰلِكَ فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَرِنَا ٱللَّهَ جَهْرَةً فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّٰعِقَةُ بِظُلْمِهِمْ ثُمَّ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ ٱلْعِجْلَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَتْهُمُ ٱلْبَيِّنَٰتُ فَعَفَوْنَا عَن ذَٰلِكَ وَءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ سُلْطَٰنًا مُّبِينًا

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Easy-read (simplified)yas'aluka ahlu l-kitaabi an tunazzila 'alayhim kitaaban mina s-samaa'i faqad sa'aloo moosaa akbara min dhaalika faqaaloo arinaa llaaha jahratan fa'akhadhathumu s-saa'iqatu bizulmihim thumma takhadhoo l-'ijla min ba'di maa jaa'athumu l-bayyinaatu fa'afawnaa 'an dhaalika wa'aataynaa moosaa sultaanan mubeenaa

DIN 31635yasʾaluka ʾahlu l-kitābi ʾan tunazzila ʿalayhim kitāban mina s-samāʾi faqad saʾalū mūsā ʾakbara min ḏālika faqālū ʾarinā llāha ǧahratan faʾaḫaḏathumu ṣ-ṣāʿiqatu biẓulmihim ṯumma taḫaḏū l-ʿiǧla min baʿdi mā ǧāʾathumu l-bayyinātu faʿafawnā ʿan ḏālika waʾātaynā mūsā sulṭānan mubīnan

Talal Itani2012 The People of the Scripture challenge you to bring down to them a book from the sky. They had asked Moses for something even greater. They said, "Show us God plainly." The thunderbolt struck them for their wickedness. Then they took the calf for worship, even after the clear proofs had come to them. Yet We pardoned that, and We gave Moses a clear authority.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 The people of the Scripture ask of thee that thou shouldst cause an (actual) Book to descend upon them from heaven. They asked a greater thing of Moses aforetime, for they said: Show us Allah plainly. The storm of lightning seized them for their wickedness. Then (even) after that) they chose the calf (for worship) after clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty) had come unto them. And We forgave them that! And We bestowed on Moses evident authority

Edward Henry Palmer1880 The people of the Book will ask thee to bring down for them a book from heaven; but they asked Moses a greater thing than that, for they said, 'Show us God openly;' but the thunderbolt caught them in their injustice. Then they took the calf, after what had come to them of manifest signs; but we pardoned that, and gave Moses obvious authority

John Medows Rodwell1861 The people of the Book will ask of thee to cause a Book to come down unto them out of Heaven. But a greater thing than this did they ask of Moses! for they said, "Shew us God plainly!" and for this their wickedness did the fire-storm lay hold on them. Then took they the calf as the object of their worship, after that our clear tokens had come to them; but we forgave them this, and conferred on Moses undoubted power

George Sale1734 They who have received the scriptures will demand of thee, that thou cause a book to descend unto them from heaven: They formerly asked of Moses a greater thing than this; for they said, shew us God visibly. Wherefore a storm of fire from heaven destroyed them, because of their iniquity. Then they took the calf for their God, after that evident proofs of the divine unity had come unto them: But we forgave them that, and gave Moses a manifest power to punish them

4:154

وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَهُمُ ٱلطُّورَ بِمِيثَٰقِهِمْ وَقُلْنَا لَهُمُ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْبَابَ سُجَّدًا وَقُلْنَا لَهُمْ لَا تَعْدُوا۟ فِى ٱلسَّبْتِ وَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُم مِّيثَٰقًا غَلِيظًا

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)warafa'naa fawqahumu t-toora bimeethaaqihim waqulnaa lahumu dkhuloo l-baaba sujjadan waqulnaa lahum laa ta'doo fee s-sabti wa'akhadhnaa minhum meethaaqan ghaleezaa

DIN 31635warafaʿnā fawqahumu ṭ-ṭūra bimīṯāqihim waqulnā lahumu dḫulū l-bāba suǧǧadan waqulnā lahum lā taʿdū fī s-sabti waʾaḫaḏnā minhum mīṯāqan ġalīẓan

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 And We raised the Mount above them in accordance with their covenant, and We said to them, "Enter the gate humbly", and We said to them, "Do not violate the Sabbath", and We received from them a solemn pledge.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And We caused the Mount to tower above them at (the taking of) their covenant: and We bade them: Enter the gate, prostrate! and We bode them: Transgress not the Sabbath! and We took from them a firm covenant

Edward Henry Palmer1880 And we held over them the mountain at their compact, and said to them, 'Enter ye the door adoring;' and we said to them, 'Transgress not on the Sabbath day,' and we took from them a rigid compact

John Medows Rodwell1861 And we uplifted the mountain over them when we made a covenant with them, and we said to them, "Enter the gate adoring:"and we said to them, "Transgress not on the Sabbath," and we received from them a strict covenant

George Sale1734 And we lifted the mountain of Sinai over them, when we exacted from them their covenant; and said unto them, enter the gate of the city worshipping. We also said unto them, transgress not on the sabbath day. And we received from them a firm covenant, that they would observe these things

4:155 — the verse above

4:156

وَبِكُفْرِهِمْ وَقَوْلِهِمْ عَلَىٰ مَرْيَمَ بُهْتَٰنًا عَظِيمًا

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)wabikufrihim waqawlihim 'alaa maryama buhtaanan 'azeemaa

DIN 31635wabikufrihim waqawlihim ʿalā maryama buhtānan ʿaẓīman

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 And for their faithlessness, and their saying against Mary a monstrous slander.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And because of their disbelief and of their speaking against Mary a tremendous calumny

Edward Henry Palmer1880 and for their misbelief, and for their saying about Mary a mighty calumny

John Medows Rodwell1861 And for their unbelief, - and for their having spoken against Mary a grievous calumny

George Sale1734 And for that they have not believed on Jesus, and have spoken against Mary a grievous calumny

4:157

وَقَوْلِهِمْ إِنَّا قَتَلْنَا ٱلْمَسِيحَ عِيسَى ٱبْنَ مَرْيَمَ رَسُولَ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ وَمَا صَلَبُوهُ وَلَٰكِن شُبِّهَ لَهُمْ وَإِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ فِيهِ لَفِى شَكٍّ مِّنْهُ مَا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنْ عِلْمٍ إِلَّا ٱتِّبَاعَ ٱلظَّنِّ وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ يَقِينًۢا

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Easy-read (simplified)waqawlihim innaa qatalnaa l-maseeha 'eesaa bna maryama rasoola llaahi wamaa qataloohu wamaa salaboohu walaakin shubbiha lahum wa'inna lladheena khtalafoo feehi lafee shakkin minhu maa lahum bihi min 'ilmin illaa tibaa'a z-zanni wamaa qataloohu yaqeenaa

DIN 31635waqawlihim ʾinnā qatalnā l-masīḥa ʿīsā bna maryama rasūla llāhi wamā qatalūhu wamā ṣalabūhu walākin šubbiha lahum waʾinna llaḏīna ḫtalafū fīhi lafī šakkin minhu mā lahum bihi min ʿilmin ʾillā tibāʿa ẓ-ẓanni wamā qatalūhu yaqīnan

Talal Itani2012 And for their saying, "We have killed the Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, the Messenger of God." In fact, they did not kill him, nor did they crucify him, but it appeared to them as if they did. Indeed, those who differ about him are in doubt about it. They have no knowledge of it, except the following of assumptions. Certainly, they did not kill him.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And because of their saying: We slew the Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, Allah's messenger - they slew him not nor crucified him, but it appeared so unto them; and lo! those who disagree concerning it are in doubt thereof; they have no knowledge thereof save pursuit of a conjecture; they slew him not for certain

Edward Henry Palmer1880 and for their saying, 'Verily, we have killed the Messiah, Jesus the son of Mary, the apostle of God'.... but they did not kill him, and they did not crucify him, but a similitude was made for them. And verily, those who differ about him are in doubt concerning him; they have no knowledge concerning him, but only follow an opinion. They did not kill him, for sure

John Medows Rodwell1861 And for their saying, "Verily we have slain the Messiah, Jesus the son of Mary, an Apostle of God." Yet they slew him not, and they crucified him not, but they had only his likeness. And they who differed about him were in doubt concerning him: No sure knowledge had they about him, but followed only an opinion, and they did not really slay him

George Sale1734 and have said, verily we have slain Christ Jesus the son of Mary, the apostle of God; yet they slew him not, neither crucified him, but he was represented by one in his likeness; and verily they who disagreed concerning him, were in a doubt as to this matter, and had no sure knowledge thereof, but followed only an uncertain opinion. They did not really kill him

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

فَبِمَا نَقْضِهِم مِّيثَاقَهُمْ وَكُفْرِهِم بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ وَقَتْلِهِمُ الْأَنبِيَاءَ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ وَقَوْلِهِمْ قُلُوبُنَا غُلْفٌ بَلْ طَبَعَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهَا بِكُفْرِهِمْ فَلَا يُؤْمِنُونَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا

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 — 0.59 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
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.65
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell 0.63
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale 0.62
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer 0.61
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell 0.61
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale 0.61
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell 0.58
Talal Itani · George Sale 0.58
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.57
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale 0.46

One bar per pair of renderings, longest bar for the pair sharing fewest words. Every pair is shown; none is singled out.

Method Wording differences — derived 13 September 2026
Method
Mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the lowercased word sets of the cleared translations of each verse. A verse is marked as worded differently when its score falls in the top third of the corpus — the cut set out in Analysis details.
As at
13 September 2026, 10:56 UTC
Gate
verify/divergence_gate.py re-derives and fails on drift

The platform does not say which is right, and does not characterise what the difference means. The renderings are placed together so the difference is visible; reading it is the reader's work.

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

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

ReceiptsSource fact

7 sources stand behind this page. Each is listed once, in the order the page first cites it, with the licence it was cleared under and what was actually read. Nothing on this page rests on a source that is not here.

Source Tanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) · Uthmani, Version 1.1
Edition
Uthmani, Version 1.1
Custodian
Tanzil Project
Layer
canonical text
Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
Licence URL
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Commercial use
yes
Modification
contradictory
Licence text
read verbatim
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
203f0f1bf3158b1e5be4ab9f8f6870e5…
Located at
https://tanzil.net/pub/download/index.php?quranType=uthmani&outType=xml
Convention
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 ayahs. The bismillah is delivered as a separate `bismillah` attribute on ayah 1 and is NOT fused into the ayah text. 112 surahs carry one: every surah except al-Fatiha, where the bismillah is ayah 1:1 itself, and at-Tawba, which has none. Sourced from the XML output; the plain-text output of the same release DOES fuse it, which is defect D1.

CLEARED. Licence read verbatim from the block embedded in this very file. Ingested exactly as shipped: no normalisation, no stripping of marks, no Unicode recomposition.

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Source Talal Itani, ClearQuran · ClearQuran, "God" edition, EPUB
Edition
ClearQuran, "God" edition, EPUB
Custodian
Talal Itani / ClearQuran.com
Layer
translation
Licence
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Licence URL
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/
Commercial use
yes
Modification
no
Licence text
terms page read
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
7 September 2026
Digest
70b0a8bb6f862f43670f7da1c0da59a4…
Located at
https://www.clearquran.com/downloads/quran-in-english-clearquran.epub
Convention
Parsed structurally from the EPUB: an h3 names the surah, one p per verse with its number in its own span. An unnumbered p is the basmala and is not a verse, except in surah 1 where the basmala IS verse 1. 112 unnumbered paragraphs were found, which is 114 surahs less surah 1 and surah 9. Text is stored VERBATIM: NFC normalisation and XML entity unescaping only, because CC BY-ND forbids modification.

CLEARED on a licence read first-hand from the translator's own download page, not from an aggregator. Tanzil also hosts this translation, but under a blanket "non-commercial purposes only" term that directs the user to the translator or publisher for permission - a hosting disclaimer, not a grant - so the grant was taken from the licensor directly. The "God" edition was ingested; ClearQuran also publishes an "Allah" edition, differing in how the divine name is rendered, which is not ingested.

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Source Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran · 1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Edition
1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Custodian
None — public domain work
Layer
translation
Licence
Public domain — copyright term expired
Licence URL
— none published —
Commercial use
yes
Modification
yes
Licence text
not applicable — no licence exists
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
aaff752d4349005282d977eebb863982…
Located at
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fawazahmed0/quran-api@6be8e17f2a0c13b1f33b1c3057f73cb28d5e848e/editions/eng-mohammedmarmadu.json

CLEARED ON THE WORK, WITH TWO RECORDED CAVEATS ON THIS COPY. (1) Rights basis is the expired copyright term, NOT the redistributing repository's licence. That repository dedicates its contents to the public domain under the Unlicense while also redistributing plainly in-copyright translations (Abdel Haleem, Saheeh International, The Study Quran), so it is dedicating rights it cannot hold and its blanket grant is not relied upon here. (2) The file declares its own upstream as tanzil.net, and Tanzil attaches a non-commercial condition to its TRANSLATION distributions, though not to its Qur'anic text. Since Pickthall's copyright has expired, nobody holds rights in these words and no licence is required from anyone; Tanzil's terms are a contract binding those who download from Tanzil, which we did not. The chain is nonetheless not spotless and Anwar may prefer a clean digitisation of the 1930 printing. NOT VERIFIED: that this digital text matches the 1930 first printing rather than a later revised edition. No page images were collated. Recorded as unverified rather than presented as established. SERVED TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE CITED FILE AT ONE VERSE, 37:97: the file reads "red-hotfire" (a glued token, also in Gutenberg #16955); the served row reads "red-hot fire", restored 2026-09-13 from Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (London: George Allen & Unwin, printed for Alfred A. Knopf; 1930), p. 460, XXXVII 97 - scan archive.org in.ernet.dli.2015.216140, PDF page 475; banked data/derivation-sources/pickthall-1930-dli-2015.216140-text.pdf (sha256 70e81146c97fa3a590243a82e04e349108546074787e2551a78c616202138870) on Anwar Malik's grant.

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Source Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an · 1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Edition
1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Custodian
None — public domain work
Layer
translation
Licence
Public domain — copyright term expired
Licence URL
— none published —
Commercial use
yes
Modification
yes
Licence text
not applicable — no licence exists
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
32b2330e332339ace53509539efe9040…
Located at
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fawazahmed0/quran-api@6be8e17f2a0c13b1f33b1c3057f73cb28d5e848e/editions/eng-edwardhenrypalm.json
Convention
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 verses, keyed to mushaf order. The bismillah is not fused into ayah 1: 1:1 carries it and no other verse does. Verified against content check C3 at ingest.

CLEARED ON THE WORK. Term expired by every measure. The digital edition's upstream is not stated by the redistributor and the printing is unverified. No statement of purpose is recorded for Palmer because none was sourced from his own preface in this pass; nothing is asserted on his behalf.

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Source John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an · 1861 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Edition
1861 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Custodian
None — public domain work
Layer
translation
Licence
Public domain — copyright term expired
Licence URL
— none published —
Commercial use
yes
Modification
yes
Licence text
not applicable — no licence exists
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
91423dea6a6dccc192457870ed2c08fb…
Located at
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fawazahmed0/quran-api@6be8e17f2a0c13b1f33b1c3057f73cb28d5e848e/editions/eng-johnmedowsrodwe.json
Convention
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 verses, keyed to mushaf order. The bismillah is not fused into ayah 1: 1:1 carries it and no other verse does. Verified against content check C3 at ingest.

CLEARED ON THE WORK. Term expired by every measure. TWO edition caveats. (1) The upstream is not stated by the redistributor. (2) Rodwell's own edition PRESENTS THE SURAHS IN HIS OWN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER, not the mushaf order — he says so in his preface. This digital text is keyed to mushaf order, so it derives from a restored-order printing (such as the Everyman edition) rather than from Rodwell's own arrangement. Which printing is not stated and has not been established.

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Source George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an · 1734 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Edition
1734 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Custodian
None — public domain work
Layer
translation
Licence
Public domain — copyright term expired
Licence URL
— none published —
Commercial use
yes
Modification
yes
Licence text
not applicable — no licence exists
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
05b679f5df49b0579e65f4b83b4c7235…
Located at
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fawazahmed0/quran-api@6be8e17f2a0c13b1f33b1c3057f73cb28d5e848e/editions/eng-georgesale.json
Convention
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 verses, keyed to mushaf order. The bismillah is not fused into ayah 1: 1:1 carries it and no other verse does. Verified against content check C3 at ingest.

CLEARED ON THE WORK. Term expired by every measure. The digital edition's upstream is NOT STATED by the redistributor, so the printing it represents is unverified; Sale's text was reprinted and re-edited many times between 1734 and 1900. Recorded as unverified rather than assumed to be the first edition.

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Source Tanzil Qur'an text (Simple) · Simple, Version 1.1
Edition
Simple, Version 1.1
Custodian
Tanzil Project
Layer
canonical text
Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
Licence URL
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Commercial use
yes
Modification
contradictory
Licence text
read verbatim
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
d9b5bad94e4725191aa8da9a0404bd8e…
Located at
https://tanzil.net/pub/download/index.php?quranType=simple&outType=xml
Convention
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 ayahs. The bismillah is delivered as a separate `bismillah` attribute on ayah 1 and is NOT fused into the ayah text. 112 surahs carry one: every surah except al-Fatiha, where the bismillah is ayah 1:1 itself, and at-Tawba, which has none. Sourced from the XML output; the plain-text output of the same release DOES fuse it, which is defect D1.

CLEARED. Parallel edition, held in ayah_text_variants. It sits alongside the Uthmani spine for search normalisation and is never used to correct it.

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