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Talal Itani· published 2012
Messengers delivering good news, and bringing warnings; so that people may have no excuse before God after the coming of the messengers. God is Powerful and Wise.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Messengers of good cheer and of warning, in order that mankind might have no argument against Allah after the messengers. Allah was ever Mighty, Wise
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 Palmer1840–1882 · published 1880
apostles givingglad tidings and warning, that men should have no argument against God, after the apostles, for God is mighty, wise
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
apostles declaring good tidings, and denouncingthreats, lest men should have an argument of excuse against God, after the apostles had been sent unto them; God is mighty and wise
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
(Dërguam) të dërguar që ishin përgëzues e paralajmërues, në mënyrë që njerëzit të mos kenë shfajësim para Allahut pas (dërgimit të) të dërguarve. Allahu është i Gjithëfuqishëm dhe i Urtë.
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বাংলা · Bengali
সুসংবাদদাতা ও সতর্ককারীরূপে আমি রাসূলদেরকে প্রেরণ করেছি, যাতে রাসূলগণ আসার পর আল্লাহর নিকট মানুষের কোনো অভিযোগ না থাকে। আর আল্লাহ পরাক্রমশালী, প্রজ্ঞাময়।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
Poslali smo poslanike koji su radosne vijesti i opomene donosili, da ljudi poslije poslanika ne bi nikakvog opravdanja pred Allahom imali. A Allah je silan i mudar.
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Hrvatski · Croatian
Poslali smo poslanike koji su radosne vijesti i opomene donosili, da ljudi poslije poslanika ne bi nikakvog opravdanja pred Allahom imali. A Allah je silan i mudar.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Nulaaɓe wewlinooɓe e jertinooɓe fii wota hujja wonan yimɓe ɓen e hoore Alla ɓaawo Nulaaɓe ɓen. Alla seerani koo poolɗo, Ñeeñɗuɗo.
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ქართული · Georgian
(და ჩვენ ვუგზავნიდით ადამიანებს) მოციქულებს როგორც მახარობლებს, და როგორც გამაფრთხილებლებს ალლაჰის სასჯელის შესახებ, რათა მოციქულების შემდეგ ადამიანებს აღარ ჰქონოდათ ალლაჰის წინაშე რაიმე გამამართლებელი საბაბი. და ალლაჰი ძლევამოსილი, ბრძენია.
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Deutsch · German
(Wir schickten) Gesandte als Verkünder froher Botschaft und als Überbringer von Warnungen, damit die Menschen nach den Gesandten kein Argument gegen Allah haben. Und Allah ist allmächtig und allweise.
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Ελληνικά · Greek
(Αυτούς τους) Αγγελιαφόρους (τους στείλαμε) ως φορείς καλών ειδήσεων, καθώς και προειδοποιητές, έτσι ώστε η ανθρωπότητα να μην έχει καμία δικαιολογία απέναντι στον Αλλάχ αφότου (ο Αλλάχ έστειλε) τους Αγγελιαφόρους. Και ο Αλλάχ είναι ‘Αζείζ (Ανίκητος, Παντοδύναμος) και Χακείμ (Πάνσοφος).
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हिन्दी · Hindi
ऐसे रसूल जो शुभ सूचना सुनाने वाले और डराने वाले थे। ताकि लोगों के पास रसूलों के बाद अल्लाह के मुक़ाबले में कोई तर्क न रह[102] जाए। और अल्लाह सदा से सब पर प्रभुत्वशाली, पूर्ण हिकमत वाला है।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
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Italiano · Italian
[Inviammo] Messaggeri, annunciatori e ammonitori, così che gli uomini non avessero scuse dopo i Messaggeri, e Allāh è in verità Potente e Saggio.
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
165. Pasiuntiniai kaip gerų žinių nešėjai kaip ir perspėjėjai tam, kad žmonija neturėtų pasiteisinimo prieš Allahą po Pasiuntinių (atėjimo). Ir Allahas yra Visada Visa Galintis, Visa Išmanantis.
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Русский · Russian
Посланников — благовестников и предостерегающих, чтобы после [прихода] посланников у людей не осталось довода против Аллаха. Аллах всегда был [и пребудет] могущественным, мудрым.
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Српски · Serbian
Послали смо посланике који су радосне вести и опомене доносили, да људи после посланика не би имали никаквог оправдања пред Аллахом. А Аллах је силан и мудар.
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Mitume hao ni wabashiri na waonyaji, ili watu wasiwe na hoja juu ya Mwenyezi Mungu baada ya kuletewa Mitume. Na Mwenyezi Mungu ni Mwenye nguvu, Mwenye hekima.
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Svenska · Swedish
Sändebud som förkunnare av glädjebudskap och varningar, för att människorna inte ska ha något argument mot Gud efter sändebuden. Gud är allsmäktig, vis.
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Türkçe · Turkish
Müjdeleyiciler ve uyarıcılar olarak rasûller gönderdik ki, rasûllerden sonra insanların Allah’a karşı bir bahaneleri olmasın. Allah Aziz'dir, Hakim'dir.
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اردو · Urdu
ہم نے انہیں رسول بنایا ہے، خوشخبریاں سنانے والے اور آگاه کرنے والے[1] تاکہ لوگوں کی کوئی حجت اور الزام رسولوں کے بھیجنے کے بعد اللہ تعالیٰ پر ره نہ جائے[2]۔ اللہ تعالی بڑا غالب اور بڑا باحکمت ہے۔
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Talal Itani2012 We have inspired you, as We had inspired Noah and the prophets after him. And We inspired Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the Patriarchs, and Jesus, and Job, and Jonah, and Aaron, and Solomon. And We gave David the Psalms.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Lo! We inspire thee as We inspired Noah and the prophets after him, as We inspired Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the tribes, and Jesus and Job and Jonah and Aaron and Solomon, and as We imparted unto David the Psalms
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Verily, we have inspired thee as we inspired Noah and the prophets after him, and as we inspired Abraham, and Ishmael, and Jacob, and the tribes, and Jesus, and Job, and Jonas, and Aaron, and Solomon; and to David did we give Psalms
John Medows Rodwell1861 Verily we have revealed to thee as we revealed to Noah and the Prophets after him, and as we revealed to Abraham, and Ismael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the tribes, and Jesus, and Job, and Jonah, and Aaron, and Solomon; and to David gave we Psalms
George Sale1734 Verily We have revealed our will unto thee, as We have revealed it unto Noah and the prophets who succeeded him; and as we revealed it unto Abraham, and Ismael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the tribes, and unto Jesus, and Job, and Jonas, and Aaron, and Solomon; and We have given thee the Koran, as We gave the psalms unto David
Easy-read (simplified)warusulan qad qasasnaahum 'alayka min qablu warusulan lam naqsushum 'alayka wakallama llaahu moosaa takleemaa
DIN 31635warusulan qad qaṣaṣnāhum ʿalayka min qablu warusulan lam naqṣuṣhum ʿalayka wakallama llāhu mūsā taklīman
Talal Itani2012 Some messengers We have already told you about, while some messengers We have not told you about. And God spoke to Moses directly.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And messengers We have mentioned unto thee before and messengers We have not mentioned unto thee; and Allah spake directly unto Moses
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Of apostles we have already told thee of some before; and of apostles some we have not told thee of;- But Moses did God speak to, speaking
John Medows Rodwell1861 Of some apostles we have told thee before: of other apostles we have not told thee - And discoursing did God discourse with Moses
George Sale1734 Some apostles have We sent, whom We have formerly mentioned unto thee, and other apostles have We sent, whom We have not mentioned unto thee; and God spake unto Moses, discoursing with him
Talal Itani2012 But God bears witness to what He revealed to you. He revealed it with His knowledge. And the angels bear witness. Though God is a sufficient witness.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 But Allah (Himself) testifieth concerning that which He hath revealeth unto thee; in His knowledge hath He revealed it; and the angels also testify. And Allah is sufficient Witness
Edward Henry Palmer1880 But God bears witness to what He has revealed to thee: He revealed it in His knowledge, and the angels bear witness too; though God is witness enough
John Medows Rodwell1861 But God is himself witness of what He hath sent down to thee: In His knowledge hath He sent it down to thee. The angels are also its witnesses: but God is a sufficient witness
George Sale1734 God is witness of that revelation which He hath sent down unto thee; He sent it down with his special knowledge: The angels also are witnesses thereof; but God is a sufficient witness
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 —
0.69 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 Rodwell0.76
Talal Itani · George Sale0.75
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.74
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.74
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.72
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.72
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.71
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.65
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.58
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.56
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Method Wording differences — derived 13 September 2026
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Source Tanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) · Uthmani, Version 1.1
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.