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O ye people of the Book! overstep not bounds in your religion; and of God, speak only truth. The Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, is only an apostle of God, and his Word which he conveyed into Mary, and a Spirit proceeding from himself. Believe therefore in God and his apostles, and say not, "Three:" (there is a Trinity) - Forbear - it will be better for you. God is only one God! Far be it from His glory that He should have a son! His, whatever is in the Heavens, and whatever is in the Earth! And God is a sufficient Guardian
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Compare translations (4)Talal Itani· published 2012
O People of the Scripture! Do not exaggerate in your religion, and do not say about God except the truth. The Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, is the Messenger of God, and His Word that He conveyed to Mary, and a Spirit from Him. So believe in God and His messengers, and do not say, "Three." Refrain-it is better for you. God is only one God. Glory be to Him-that He should have a son. To Him belongs everything in the heavens and the earth, and God is a sufficient Protector.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
O People of the Scripture! Do not exaggerate in your religion nor utter aught concerningAllah save the truth. The Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, was only a messenger of Allah, and His word which He conveyed unto Mary, and a spirit from Him. So believe in Allah and His messengers, and say not "Three" - Cease! (it is) better for you! - Allah is only One Allah. Far is it removed from His TranscendentMajesty that He should have a son. His is all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth. And Allah is sufficient as Defender
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
O ye people of the Book! do not exceed in your religion, nor say against God aught save the truth. The Messiah, Jesus the son of Mary, is but the apostle of God and His Word, which He cast into Mary and a spirit from Him; believe then in God and His apostles, and say not 'Three.' Have done! it were better for you. God is only one God, celebrated be His praise that He should beget a Son! His is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth; and God sufficeth for a guardian
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Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
O ye who have received the scriptures, exceed not the just bounds in your religion, neither say of God any other than the truth. VerilyChrist Jesus the son of Mary is the apostle of God, and his word, which he conveyed into Mary, and a spirit proceeding from him. Believe therefore in God, and his apostles, and say not, there are three Gods; forbear this; it will be better for you. God is but one God. Far be it from Him that He should have a son! Unto Him belongeth whatsoever is in heaven and on earth; and God is a sufficient protector
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
O ithtarë të Librit, mos e teproni në fenë tuaj dhe mos thoni për Allahun asgjë përveç së vërtetës, se, pa dyshim, Mesihu - Isai, biri i Merjemes, është vetëm i dërguar i Allahut dhe Fjala e Tij, të cilën ia dërgoi Merjemes, si dhe shpirt (i krijuar) prej Tij. Pra, besojini Allahut dhe të dërguarve të Tij e mos thoni "tre (zota)". Hiqni dorë, sepse është më mirë për ju! Me të vërtetë, Allahu është vetëm një Zot! Ai është tepër i lartësuar për të pasur fëmijë. E Tij është gjithçka që gjendet në qiej dhe gjithçka që gjendet në Tokë dhe mjafton Allahu si Mbikëqyrës.
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বাংলা · Bengali
হে আহলে কিতাব! তোমরা তোমাদের দীনের ব্যাপারে বাড়াবাড়ি করো না এবং আল্লাহর ওপর (‘ঈসার ব্যাপারে) সত্য ব্যতীত অন্য কিছু বলো না। নিশ্চয় মারইয়াম-পুত্র ঈসা মসীহ আল্লাহর একজন রাসূল এবং তাঁর বাণী (‘কুন’-হয়ে যাও), যা তিনি মারইয়ামের কাছে পাঠিয়েছিলেন ও তাঁর পক্ষ থেকে একটি রূহ । সুতরাং তোমরা আল্লাহ ও তাঁর রাসূলদের প্রতি ঈমান আনো এবং বলো না: ‘তিন!’ (ইলাহ)। তোমরা নিবৃত্ত হও। এটাই তোমাদের জন্য কল্যাণকর হবে। নিশ্চয়ই আল্লাহ তো এক ইলাহ। তাঁর সন্তান থাকবে- এমন বিষয় থেকে তিনি পবিত্র। আসমানসমূহে যা কিছু আছে ও জমিনে যা কিছু আছে, সব আল্লাহরই। আরতত্ত্বাবধায়ক ও পরিচালক হিসেবে আল্লাহই যথেষ্ট।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
O vi kojima je data Knjiga, ne zastranjujte u svom vjerovanju i o Allahu govorite samo istinu! Mesih, Isa, sin Merjemin, samo je Allahov poslanik, i Njegova Riječ, koju je Merjemi dostavio, i duh Njegov; zato vjerujte u Allaha i Njegove poslanike i ne govorite: "Trojica su!" Prestanite, bolje vam je! Allah je samo jedan Bog, uzvišen neka je On, zar da ima dijete?! Njegovo je ono što je na nebesima i ono što je na Zemlji, i Allah je dovoljan kao zaštitnik.
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Hrvatski · Croatian
O vi kojima je data Knjiga, ne zastranjujte u svom vjerovanju i o Allahu govorite samo istinu! Mesija, Isus, sin Marijin, samo je Allahov poslanik, i Njegova Riječ, koju je Mariji dostavio, i duh Njegov; zato vjerujte u Allaha i Njegove poslanike i ne govorite: "Trojica su!" Prestanite, bolje vam je! Allah je samo jedan Bog, Uzvišen neka je On, zar da ima dijete?! Njegovo je ono što je na nebesima i ono što je na Zemlji, i Allah je dovoljan kao zaštitnik.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Eehey mon yimɓe defte, wata on ɓurtin ka diina mon, wata on wowlu e hoore Alla si wanaa goonga. Pellet, Mema-sella Iisaa ɓiɗɗo Maryama on, ko Nulaaɗo Alla e koŋngol Makko ngol O Werni e Maryama e ruuhu immorde ka Makko. ngooŋɗinee Alla e Nulaaɗo Makko on, wata on mbi'u [Alla ko] :"Tato". Kaɗitee, ko ɗuum ɓuri moƴƴannde on. Ngnndee Alla ko deweteeɗo Gooto. Senayee woodanii Mo nde ɓiɗɗo laatantoo Mo ! Ko Kamko Woodani ko woni ka kammuuli e ka leydi. Alla Yonii koolorteeɗo.
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ქართული · Georgian
ჰეი, წიგნის ხალხო [სახარების მიმდევრებო]! ნუ გადახვალთ ზღვარს თქვენს სარწმუნოებაში და ნუ იტყვით ალლაჰზე არაფერს, გარდა ჭეშმარიტებისა [არ თქვათ, რომ მას ჰყავს შვილი]. ჭეშმარიტად, მესია 'ისა, მარიამის ძე, მხოლოდ ალლაჰის მოციქულია, მისი სიტყვა, რომელიც მან მიუგზავნა მარიამს, და სული მისგან. ამიტომ ირწმუნეთ ალლაჰი და მისი მოციქულები და ნუ იტყვით: «სამი (ღმერთი)[სამება]». თავი შეიკავეთ ამისგან — ეს თქვენთვის უკეთესი იქნება! ჭეშმარიტად, ალლაჰი მხოლოდ ერთი ღმერთია, განდიდებულია და მაღლა დგას იმისგან, რომ მას შვილი ჰყავდეს. მას ეკუთვნის ყველაფერი, რაც ცაშია და რაც მიწაზეა. და საკმარისია ალლაჰი, როგორც მფარველი.
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Deutsch · German
O Leute der Schrift, übertreibt nicht in eurer Religion und sagt über Allah nur die Wahrheit aus! Wahrlich, Al-Masih 'Isa, der Sohn Maryams, ist nur der Gesandte Allahs und Sein Wort, das Er Maryam entbot, und ein Geist von Ihm. So glaubt an Allah und an Seine Gesandten und sagt nicht „Drei“. Hört auf (damit), das ist besser für euch! Wahrlich, Allah ist nur ein einziger Angebeteter. Gepriesen sei Er darüber, dass Er ein Kind haben sollte! Ihm gehört (alles), was in den Himmeln und auf der Erde ist, und Allah genügt als Sachwalter.
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Ελληνικά · Greek
Ω, λαέ του Βιβλίου! Μην υπερβάλλετε στη θρησκεία σας, και μη λέτε για τον Αλλάχ τίποτε άλλο, παρά μόνο την αλήθεια. Στ’ αλήθεια, ο Μεσσίας, ο Ιησούς, ο γιος της Μάριαμ (Μαρίας), δεν είναι παρά ένας Απόστολος του Αλλάχ, και μία λέξη απ' Αυτόν (δηλ. δημιουργήθηκε με την εντολή του Αλλάχ «Γεννηθήτω!» –και έτσι έγινε.) την οποία (λέξη) έστειλε (με τον άγγελο Γαβρήλ) προς τη Μάριαμ, κι ένα πνεύμα που δημιούργησε (ο Αλλάχ, και ο Αλλάχ διέταξε τον Γαβριήλ να εμφυσήσει το πνεύμα του Ιησού στη μήτρα της Μάριαμ). Πιστέψτε λοιπόν στον Αλλάχ και στους Αγγελιαφόρους Του και μην λέτε «τριάδα», σταματήστε, καλύτερα για σας. Στ’ αλήθεια, ο Αλλάχ είναι Ένας Θεός. Δόξα σ' Αυτόν, είναι πολύ Ανώτερος από το να έχει έναν υιό. Σ' Αυτόν ανήκει ό,τι βρίσκεται στους ουρανούς και ό,τι βρίσκεται στη Γη. Και αρκεί ο Αλλάχ για να διευθετεί όλες τις υποθέσεις.
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हिन्दी · Hindi
ऐ किताब वालो! अपने धर्म में हद से आगे[105] न बढ़ो और अल्लाह के बारे में सत्य के सिवा कुछ न कहो। मरयम का पुत्र ईसा मसीह केवल अल्लाह का रसूल और उसका 'शब्द' है, जिसे (अल्लाह ने) मरयम की ओर भेजा तथा उसकी ओर से एक आत्मा[106] है। अतः अल्लाह और उसके रसूलों पर ईमान लाओ और यह न कहो कि (पूज्य) तीन हैं। बाज़ आ जाओ! तुम्हारे लिए बेहतर होगा। अल्लाह केवल एक ही पूज्य है। वह इससे पवित्र है कि उसकी कोई संतान हो। उसी का है जो कुछ आकाशों में हैं और जो कुछ धरती में है और अल्लाह कार्यसाधक[107] के रूप में काफ़ी है।
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Italiano · Italian
O voi, gente del Libro, non eccedete nella vostra fede, e non dite su Allāh altro che la verità. In verità il Messīħ, ‘Īsa, figlio di Maryem, المَسِيحُ عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ Messaggero di Allāh e Sua Parola, fu inviato a Maryem, come Spirito da parte Sua! Credete in Allāh e nei Suoi Messaggeri e non dite: «Tre!» وَلَا تَقُولُوا ثَلَاثَةٌ Smettetela, meglio per voi انْتَهُوا خَيْرًا لَكُمْ: in verità Allāh è un Dio Unico! Gloria a Lui! Lui è lontano dall’avere un figlio! Suo è ciò che è nei cieli e ciò che è in terra, e Allāh è Sufficiente come protettore!
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
171. Rašto žmonės (krikščionys), neperlenkite savo tikėjime, nei sakykite apie Allahą (nieko kito), išskyrus tiesą. Mesijas Isa (Jėzus), Marjamos (Marijos) sūnus, buvo (ne daugiau nei) Allaho Pasiuntinys ir Jo Žodis („Būk!” - ir jis buvo), kurį Jis suteikė Marjamai (Marijai) ir dvasia (Rūh) [24], sukurta Jo paliepimu. Taigi, tikėkite Allahą ir Jo Pasiuntinius. Nesakykite: „Trys (trejybė)!“ Liaukitės! (Tai) geriau jums. Nes Allahas yra (vienintelis) Vienas Ilah (Dievas), šlovė Jam (Išaukštintas yra Jis) virš sūnaus turėjimo. Jam priklauso visa, kas yra danguose, ir visa, kas yra žemėje. Ir Allahas yra Visa Pakankamas kaip reikalų Tvarkytojas.
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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Yaa warra kitaabaa! amantii keessan keessatti daangaa hin dabrinaa; Rabbi irrattis dhugaa malee hin haasa’inaa. Masiih, Iisaan Ilmi Maryam ergamaa Rabbiiti; jecha Isaa (ta'i jedhu) kan Inni isii gara Maryam darbeedha. Ruuhii (uumaa) isaa irraa ta'eedha. Rabbiifi ergamtoota Isaattis amanaa. “(Rabbiin) sadihi” hin jedhina. Isarraa dhorgamaa; isiniif caalaa (ta'aa). Rabbiin dhugaan gabbaramaa tokkicha qofa. Inni ilmi Isaaf ta’uu irraa qulqullaa’e. Wantoonni samiilee keessaafi wantoonni dachii keessaa kan Isaati. Hirkoodhaaf Rabbiin qofti ga’aadha. [64]
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Русский · Russian
О люди Писания! Не превышайте меру в своей религии и не говорите об Аллахе ничего, кроме истины. Воистину, Мессия ‘Иса, сын Марьям, — лишь посланник Аллаха, и Его слово, которое Он даровал Марьям, и дух от Него. Так уверуйте же в Аллаха и Его посланников и не говорите: «Трое!» Прекратите — это лучше для вас! Воистину, лишь Аллах — единственный Бог. Пречист Он от того, чтобы у Него был ребёнок! Ему принадлежит всё, что в небесах, и всё, что на земле. Достаточно Аллаха как попечителя.
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Српски · Serbian
О ви којима је дата Књига, не застрањујте у свом веровању и о Аллаху говорите само истину! Месија, Исус, Маријин син, само је Божји посланик, и створен је речју Његовом, коју је Марији доставио, и живот му дао; зато верујте у Аллаха и Његове посланике и не говорите: „Тројица су!“ Престаните, боље вам је! Заиста је једини бог само Аллах, Узвишен нека је Он, зар да има дете?! Његово је оно што је на небесима и оно што је на Земљи, и Аллах је свима довољан заштитник.
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Enyi Watu wa Kitabu! Msipite kiasi katika dini yenu, wala msiseme juu ya Mwenyezi Mungu isipokuwa haki tu. Hakika, Masihi Isa mwana wa Maryam ni Mtume wa Mwenyezi Mungu, na neno lake tu alilomfikishia Maryam, na ni roho iliyotoka kwake. Basi Muaminini Mwenyezi Mungu na Mitume wake. Wala msiseme: 'Utatu.' Komekeni! Itakuwa heri kwenu. Hakika, Mwenyezi Mungu ni Mungu mmoja tu. Ametakasika Yeye na kuwa na mwana. Ni vyake Yeye vyote vilivyo katika mbingu na vilivyo katika ardhi. Na Mwenyezi Mungu anatosha kuwa Mtegemewa.
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Svenska · Swedish
Skriftens folk! Gå inte till överdrift i er religion och påstå inget om Gud som inte är sant! Messias, Jesus, Marias son, var endast Guds sändebud och hans ord som han förmedlade till Maria, och en ande från honom. Tro därför på Gud och alla hans sändebud, och säg inte: ”Tre.” Upphör för ert eget bästa! Gud är en enda gud. Upphöjd är han över att ha en son. Till honom hör allt i himlarna och på jorden, och Gud räcker som förvaltare.
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Türkçe · Turkish
Ey Ehli Kitap! Dininizde taşkınlık etmeyin. Allah hakkında doğru olandan başka bir şey söylemeyin. Meryem oğlu İsâ Mesih, sadece Allah’ın Rasûlü ve Meryem'e ulaştırdığı bir kelimesi ve kendinden bir ruhtur. Allah’a ve peygamberlerine iman edin! “Üçtür” demeyin. Kendi iyiliğiniz için bundan vazgeçin. Allah sadece tek bir ilahtır, bir çocuğu olmaktan münezzehtir. Göklerdeki ve yerdekiler O'nundur. Vekil olarak Allah yeter.
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اردو · Urdu
اے اہل کتاب! اپنے دین کے بارے میں حد سے نہ گزر جاؤ[1] اور اللہ پر بجز حق کے اور کچھ نہ کہو، مسیح عیسیٰ بن مریم (علیہ السلام) تو صرف اللہ تعالیٰ کے رسول اور اس کے کلمہ (کن سے پیدا شده) ہیں، جسے مریم (علیہا السلام) کی طرف ڈال دیا تھا اور اس کے پاس کی روح[2] ہیں اس لئے تم اللہ کو اور اس کے سب رسولوں کو مانو اور نہ کہو کہ اللہ تین ہیں[3]، اس سے باز آجاؤ کہ تمہارے لئے بہتری ہے، اللہ عبادت کے ﻻئق تو صرف ایک ہی ہے اور وه اس سے پاک ہے کہ اس کی اوﻻد ہو، اسی کے لئے ہے جو کچھ آسمانوں میں ہے اور جو کچھ زمین میں ہے۔ اور اللہ کافی ہے کام بنانے واﻻ۔
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5 cleared translations, newest first, by year of publication, so the modern English comes before the historical ones. That is an ordering by date, not a judgement. Each is shown complete — this platform never excerpts a translation — and each renders under its translator's name. No translation here is marked as the correct one.
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Easy-read
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.
Easy-read (simplified)yaa ayyuhaa n-naasu qad jaa'akumu r-rasoolu bil-haqqi min rabbikum fa'aaminoo khayran lakum wa'in takfuroo fa'inna lillaahi maa fee s-samaawaati wal-'ardi wakaana llaahu 'aleeman hakeemaa
DIN 31635yā ʾayyuhā n-nāsu qad ǧāʾakumu r-rasūlu bil-ḥaqqi min rabbikum faʾāminū ḫayran lakum waʾin takfurū faʾinna lillāhi mā fī s-samāwāti wal-ʾarḍi wakāna llāhu ʿalīman ḥakīman
Talal Itani2012 O people! The Messenger has come to you with the truth from your Lord, so believe-that is best for you. But if you disbelieve, to God belongs everything in the heavens and the earth. God is Omniscient and Wise.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 O mankind! The messenger hath come unto you with the Truth from your Lord. Therefor believe; (it is) better for you. But if ye disbelieve, still, lo! unto Allah belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth. Allah is ever Knower, Wise
Edward Henry Palmer1880 O ye folk! the Apostle has come to you with truth from your Lord: believe then, for it is better for you. But if ye misbelieve, then God's is what is in the heavens and the earth, and God is knowing, wise
John Medows Rodwell1861 O men! now hath an apostle come to you with truth from your Lord. Believe then, it will be better for you. But if ye believe not, then, all that is in the Heavens and the Earth is God's; and God is Knowing, Wise
George Sale1734 O men, now is the apostle come unto you, with truth from your Lord; believe therefore, it will be better for you. But if ye disbelieve, verily unto God belongeth whatsoever is in heaven and on earth; and God is knowing and wise
Talal Itani2012 The Messiah does not disdain to be a servant of God, nor do the favored angels. Whoever disdains His worship, and is too arrogant-He will round them up to Himself altogether.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 The Messiah will never scorn to be a slave unto Allah, nor will the favoured angels. Whoso scorneth His service and is proud, all such will He assemble unto Him
Edward Henry Palmer1880 The Messiah doth surely not disdain to be a servant of God, nor do the angels who are nigh to Him; and whosoever disdains His service and is too proud, He will gather them altogether to Himself
John Medows Rodwell1861 The Messiah disdaineth not to be a servant of God, nor do the angels who are nigh unto Him. And whoso disdaineth His service, and is filled with pride, God will gather them all to Himself
George Sale1734 Christ doth not proudly disdain to be a servant unto God; neither the angles who approach near to his presence: And whoso disdaineth his service, and is puffed up with pride, God will gather them all to Himself, on the last day
DIN 31635faʾammā llaḏīna ʾāmanū waʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti fayuwaffīhim ʾuǧūrahum wayazīduhum min faḍlihi waʾammā llaḏīna stankafū wastakbarū fayuʿaḏḏibuhum ʿaḏāban ʾalīman walā yaǧidūna lahum min dūni llāhi waliyyan walā naṣīran
Talal Itani2012 But as for those who believe and do good works, He will pay them their wages in full, and will increase His grace for them. But as for those who disdain and are too proud, He will punish them with an agonizing punishment. And they will find for themselves, apart from God, no lord and no savior.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Then, as for those who believed and did good works, unto them will He pay their wages in full, adding unto them of His bounty; and as for those who were scornful and proud, them will He punish with a painful doom. And they will not find for them, against Allah, any protecting friend or helper
Edward Henry Palmer1880 But as for those who believe and do what is right, He will pay their hire and will give increase to them of His grace. But as for those who disdain and are too proud, He will punish them with a grievous woe, and they shall not find for them other than God a patron or a help
John Medows Rodwell1861 And to those who believe and do the things that are right, will He pay them their due recompense, and out of His bounty will He increase them: but as for those who are disdainful and proud, with a grievous chastisement will He chastise them; And none beside God shall they find to protect or to help them
George Sale1734 Unto those who believe, and do that which is right, He shall give their rewards, and shall superabundantly add unto them of his liberality: But those who are disdainful and proud, He will punish with a grievous punishment; and they shall not find any to protect or to help them, besides God
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 —
0.50 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
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.60
Talal Itani · George Sale0.57
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.56
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.52
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.52
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.51
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.46
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.46
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.43
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.38
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.
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13 September 2026, 10:56 UTC
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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.