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4:37

ٱلَّذِينَ يَبْخَلُونَ وَيَأْمُرُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ بِٱلْبُخْلِ وَيَكْتُمُونَ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمُ ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لِلْكَٰفِرِينَ عَذَابًا مُّهِينًا

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)alladheena yabkhaloona waya'muroona n-naasa bil-bukhli wayaktumoona maa aataahumu llaahu min fadlihi wa'a'tadnaa lilkaafireena 'adhaaban muheenaa

DIN 31635allaḏīna yabḫalūna wayaʾmurūna n-nāsa bil-buḫli wayaktumūna mā ʾātāhumu llāhu min faḍlihi waʾaʿtadnā lilkāfirīna ʿaḏāban muhīnan

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Source Tanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) · Uthmani, Version 1.1
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yes
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contradictory
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read verbatim
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cleared
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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
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ClearQuran, "God" edition, EPUB
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translation
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Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
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yes
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no
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cleared
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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
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1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
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None — public domain work
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translation
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Public domain — copyright term expired
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— none published —
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yes
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yes
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not applicable — no licence exists
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cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
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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
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1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
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None — public domain work
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translation
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Public domain — copyright term expired
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— none published —
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yes
Modification
yes
Licence text
not applicable — no licence exists
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cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
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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
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1861 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
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None — public domain work
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translation
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Public domain — copyright term expired
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— none published —
Commercial use
yes
Modification
yes
Licence text
not applicable — no licence exists
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cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
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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
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translation
Licence
Public domain — copyright term expired
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— none published —
Commercial use
yes
Modification
yes
Licence text
not applicable — no licence exists
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cleared
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24 August 2026
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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
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Simple, Version 1.1
Custodian
Tanzil Project
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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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TranslationsSource fact

The translators word this verse differently

Marked words appear in this translation and in no other English translation of this verse. Common small words and older spellings are not marked. The marks show where the wording differs, not where the meaning does.

Talal Itani · published 2012

Those who are stingy, and exhort people to stinginess, and conceal what God has given them from His bounty. We have prepared for the disbelievers a disgraceful punishment.

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

Who hoard their wealth and enjoin avarice on others, and hide that which Allah hath bestowed upon them of His bounty. For disbelievers We prepare a shameful doom

Sources

Translation Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran·Public domain — copyright term expired

Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran ·1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

Edward Henry Palmer 1840–1882 · published 1880

who are miserly and bid men be miserly too, and who hide what God has given them of His grace;- but we have prepared for the misbelievers shameful woe

Sources

Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired

Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an ·1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

John Medows Rodwell 1808–1900 · published 1861

Who are niggardly themselves, and bid others be niggards, and hide away what God of his bounty hath given them. We have made ready a shameful chastisement for the unbelievers

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

for God loveth not the proud or vainglorious, who are covetous, and recommend covetousness unto men, and conceal that which God of his bounty hath given them, -- we have prepared a shameful punishment for the unbelievers

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

të cilët tregohen koprracë dhe kërkojnë edhe nga njerëzit që të jenë dorështrënguar dhe e fshehin atë që ua ka dhënë Allahu nga mirësitë e Tij. Ne kemi përgatitur për jobesimtarët një dënim poshtërues.

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.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5

বাংলা · Bengali

যারা কৃপণতা করে এবং মানুষকে কৃপণতার নির্দেশ দেয়, আর গোপন করে তা, আল্লাহ যা নিজ অনুগ্রহে তাদেরকে দিয়েছেন। আর আমি কাফিরদের জন্যে লাঞ্ছনাদায়ক শাস্তি প্রস্তুত করে রেখেছি।

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.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.2

Bosanski · Bosnian

To su oni koji škrtare i zapovijedaju drugima da budu škrti, i koji kriju ono što im je Allah iz obilja Svoga darovao, a Mi smo nevjernicima pripremili patnju ponižavajuću.

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 2.0.4

Hrvatski · Croatian

To su oni koji škrtare i zapovijedaju drugima da budu škrti, i koji kriju ono što im je Allah iz obilja Svoga darovao, a Mi smo nevjernicima pripremili patnju ponižavajuću.

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 1.0.1

Fulfulde · Fulani

Ɓen ɓe no ngorɗira, ɓe yamira yimɓe ɓen ngorɗir, ɓe suuɗa kon ko Alla okki ɓe e Ɓural Makko. Men Maranii heeferɓe ɓen lepte hoynooje.

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

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2

ქართული · Georgian

რომლებიც ძუნწობენ და ადამიანებსაც მოუწოდებენ სიძუნწეს, და მალავენ იმას, რაც ალლაჰმა მათ თავისი სიკეთიდან უბოძა. და ჩვენ მოვამზადეთ ურწმუნოთათვის დამამცირებელი სასჯელი.

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

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7

Deutsch · German

(Und Allah liebt auch nicht) diejenigen, die geizen und den Menschen den Geiz befehlen, und verbergen, was Allah ihnen von Seiner Huld gewährt hat - für die Ungläubigen haben Wir schmachvolle Strafe bereitet.

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

(Και ο Αλλάχ δεν αγαπά) εκείνους που είναι τσιγκούνηδες και διατάζουν την τσιγκουνιά στους ανθρώπους και αποκρύπτουν ό,τι τους έχει χαρίσει ο Αλλάχ από τη γενναιοδωρία Του (από αγαθά και γνώση). Πράγματι, έχουμε ετοιμάσει για τους άπιστους ένα ταπεινωτικό μαρτύριο.

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

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2

हिन्दी · Hindi

जो खुद कृपणता करते हैं तथा दूसरों को भी कृपणता का आदेश देते हैं और उस (नेमत) को छिपाते हैं, जो अल्लाह ने उन्हें प्रदान की है। और हमने काफ़िरों के लिए अपमानकारी अज़ाब तैयार कर रखा है।

Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5

Italiano · Italian

quelli che sono avari e invitano gli altri all’avarizia e nascondono ciò che Allāh donò loro della Sua grazia – e abbiamo già preparato per i miscredenti una punizione umiliante –

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

37. Tie, kurie yra šykštūs ir liepia būti šykštiems kitiems žmonėms, ir slepia tai, ką Allahas suteikė jiems iš Savo Dosnumo. Ir Mes paruošėme netikintiesiems gėdingą kančią.

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

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.8

Afaan Oromoo · Oromo

Isaannan dony'oomanii, namootas dony'ummatti ajajaniifii waan Rabbiin tola Isaa irraa isaaniif kenne dhoksan (Rabbiin hin jaalatu). Kaafirootaaf adabbii salphisaa qopheessinee jirra.

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 1.0.0

Русский · Russian

тех, которые скупятся, побуждают людей к скупости и скрывают то, что Аллах даровал им от Своей щедрости. Мы уготовили для отвергших веру унизительное наказание,

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 1.0.1

Српски · Serbian

То су они који шкртаре и заповедају другима да буду шкрти, и који крију оно што им је Аллах из Свога обиља даровао, а Ми смо неверницима припремили понижавајућу патњу.

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

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4

Kiswahili · Swahili

Ambao wanafanya ubahili na wanaamrisha watu ubahili, na wanaficha yale aliyowapa Mwenyezi Mungu katika fadhila zake. Na tuliwaandalia makafiri adhabu ya kudunisha.

Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5

Svenska · Swedish

[Gud tycker inte heller om] de som är giriga och uppmanar andra människor till girighet och gömmer undan det som Gud har skänkt dem från sin godhet. Vi har förberett ett förnedrande straff för de otrogna,

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

Türkçe · Turkish

Onlar, cimrilik ederler ve de herkese cimriliği tavsiye ederler. Allah'ın kendilerine lütfundan verdiği nimeti gizlerler. Biz kâfirlere alçaltıcı bir azap hazırladık.

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

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4

اردو · Urdu

جو لوگ خود بخیلی کرتے ہیں اور دوسروں کو بھی بخیلی کرنے کو کہتے ہیں اور اللہ تعالیٰ نے جو اپنا فضل انہیں دے رکھا ہے اسے چھپا لیتے ہیں ہم نے ان کافروں کے لئے ذلت کی مار تیار کر رکھی ہے۔

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.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.3

About these translations

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About 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.

The verses around this oneSource fact

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4:35

وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ شِقَاقَ بَيْنِهِمَا فَٱبْعَثُوا۟ حَكَمًا مِّنْ أَهْلِهِۦ وَحَكَمًا مِّنْ أَهْلِهَآ إِن يُرِيدَآ إِصْلَٰحًا يُوَفِّقِ ٱللَّهُ بَيْنَهُمَآ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيمًا خَبِيرًا

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)wa'in khiftum shiqaaqa baynihimaa fab'athoo hakaman min ahlihi wahakaman min ahlihaa in yureedaa islaahan yuwaffiqi llaahu baynahumaa inna llaaha kaana 'aleeman khabeeraa

DIN 31635waʾin ḫiftum šiqāqa baynihimā fabʿaṯū ḥakaman min ʾahlihi waḥakaman min ʾahlihā ʾin yurīdā ʾiṣlāḥan yuwaffiqi llāhu baynahumā ʾinna llāha kāna ʿalīman ḫabīran

Talal Itani2012 If you fear a breach between the two, appoint an arbiter from his family and an arbiter from her family. If they wish to reconcile, God will bring them together. God is Knowledgeable, Expert.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And if ye fear a breach between them twain (the man and wife), appoint an arbiter from his folk and an arbiter from her folk. If they desire amendment Allah will make them of one mind. Lo! Allah is ever Knower, Aware

Edward Henry Palmer1880 And if ye fear a breach between the two, then send a judge from his people and a judge from her people. If they wish for reconciliation, God will arrange between them; verily, God is knowing and aware

John Medows Rodwell1861 And if ye fear a breach between man and wife, then send a judge chosen from his family, and a judge chosen from her family: if they are desirous of agreement, God will effect a reconciliation between them; verily, God is knowing, apprised of all

George Sale1734 And if ye fear a breach between the husband and wife, send a judge out of his family, and a judge out of her family: If they shall desire a reconciliation, God will cause them to agree; for God is knowing and wise

4:36

وَٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَلَا تُشْرِكُوا۟ بِهِۦ شَيْـًٔا وَبِٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِ إِحْسَٰنًا وَبِذِى ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ وَٱلْيَتَٰمَىٰ وَٱلْمَسَٰكِينِ وَٱلْجَارِ ذِى ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ وَٱلْجَارِ ٱلْجُنُبِ وَٱلصَّاحِبِ بِٱلْجَنۢبِ وَٱبْنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَمَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَٰنُكُمْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ مَن كَانَ مُخْتَالًا فَخُورًا

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)wa'budoo llaaha walaa tushrikoo bihi shay'an wabil-waalidayni ihsaanan wabidhee l-qurbaa wal-yataamaa wal-masaakeeni wal-jaari dhee l-qurbaa wal-jaari l-junubi was-saahibi bil-janbi wabni s-sabeeli wamaa malakat aymaanukum inna llaaha laa yuhibbu man kaana mukhtaalan fakhooraa

DIN 31635waʿbudū llāha walā tušrikū bihi šayʾan wabil-wālidayni ʾiḥsānan wabiḏī l-qurbā wal-yatāmā wal-masākīni wal-ǧāri ḏī l-qurbā wal-ǧāri l-ǧunubi waṣ-ṣāḥibi bil-ǧanbi wabni s-sabīli wamā malakat ʾaymānukum ʾinna llāha lā yuḥibbu man kāna muḫtālan faḫūran

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 Worship God, and ascribe no partners to Him, and be good to the parents, and the relatives, and the orphans, and the poor, and the neighbor next door, and the distant neighbor, and the close associate, and the traveler, and your servants. God does not love the arrogant showoff.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And serve Allah. Ascribe no thing as partner unto Him. (Show) kindness unto parents, and unto near kindred, and orphans, and the needy, and unto the neighbour who is of kin (unto you) and the neighbour who is not of kin, and the fellow-traveller and the wayfarer and (the slaves) whom your right hands possess. Lo! Allah loveth not such as are proud and boastful

Edward Henry Palmer1880 And serve God, and do not associate aught with Him; and to your parents show kindness, and to kindred, and orphans, and the poor, and the neighbour who is akin, and the neighbour who is a stranger, and the companion who is strange, and the son of the road, and what your right hands possess, verily, God loves not him who is proud and boastful

John Medows Rodwell1861 Worship God, and join not aught with Him in worship. Be good to parents, and to kindred, and to orphans, and to the poor, and to a neighbour, whether kinsman or new-comer, and to a fellow traveller, and to the wayfarer, and to the slaves whom your right hands hold; verily, God loveth not the proud, the vain boaster

George Sale1734 Serve God, and associate no creature with him; and shew kindness unto parents, and relations, and orphans, and the poor, and your neighbour who is of kin to you, and also your neighbour who is a stranger, and to your familiar companion, and the traveller, and the captives whom your right hands shall possess

4:37 — the verse above

4:38

وَٱلَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ أَمْوَٰلَهُمْ رِئَآءَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَلَا بِٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ وَمَن يَكُنِ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ لَهُۥ قَرِينًا فَسَآءَ قَرِينًا

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Easy-read (simplified)walladheena yunfiqoona amwaalahum ri'aa'a n-naasi walaa yu'minoona billaahi walaa bil-yawmi l-'aakhiri waman yakuni sh-shaytaanu lahu qareenan fasaa'a qareenaa

DIN 31635wallaḏīna yunfiqūna ʾamwālahum riʾāʾa n-nāsi walā yuʾminūna billāhi walā bil-yawmi l-ʾāḫiri waman yakuni š-šayṭānu lahu qarīnan fasāʾa qarīnan

Talal Itani2012 And those who spend their money to be seen by people, and believe neither in God nor in the Last Day. Whoever has Satan as a companion-what an evil companion.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And (also) those who spend their wealth in order to be seen of men, and believe not in Allah nor the Last Day. Whoso taketh Satan for a comrade, a bad comrade hath he

Edward Henry Palmer1880 And those who expend their wealth in alms for appearance sake before men, and who believe not in God nor in the last day; - but whosoever has Satan for his mate, an evil mate has he

John Medows Rodwell1861 And for those who bestow their substance in alms to be seen of men, and believe not in God and in the last day. Whoever hath Satan for his companion, an evil companion hath he

George Sale1734 and who bestow their wealth in charity to be observed of men, and believe not in God, nor in the last day; and whoever hath Satan for a companion, an evil companion hath he

4:39

وَمَاذَا عَلَيْهِمْ لَوْ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ وَأَنفَقُوا۟ مِمَّا رَزَقَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ بِهِمْ عَلِيمًا

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)wamaadhaa 'alayhim law aamanoo billaahi wal-yawmi l-'aakhiri wa'anfaqoo mimmaa razaqahumu llaahu wakaana llaahu bihim 'aleemaa

DIN 31635wamāḏā ʿalayhim law ʾāmanū billāhi wal-yawmi l-ʾāḫiri waʾanfaqū mimmā razaqahumu llāhu wakāna llāhu bihim ʿalīman

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 What would they have lost, had they believed in God and the Last Day, and gave out of what God has provided for them? God knows them very well.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 What have they (to fear) if they believe in Allah and the Last Day and spend (aright) of that which Allah hath bestowed upon them, when Allah is ever Aware of them (and all they do)

Edward Henry Palmer1880 What harm would it do them if they believed in God and in the last day, and expended in alms of what God has provided them with? but God knows about them

John Medows Rodwell1861 But what blessedness would be theirs, if they should believe in God and in the last day, and bestow alms out of what God hath vouchsafed them; for God taketh knowledge of them

George Sale1734 And what harm would befall them if they should believe in God, and the last day, and give alms out of that which God hath bestowed on them? Since God knoweth them who do this

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

الَّذِينَ يَبْخَلُونَ وَيَأْمُرُونَ النَّاسَ بِالْبُخْلِ وَيَكْتُمُونَ مَا آتَاهُمُ اللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لِلْكَافِرِينَ عَذَابًا مُّهِينًا

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 — 0.68 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 · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.80
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.80
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale 0.72
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell 0.70
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell 0.67
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale 0.65
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer 0.64
Talal Itani · George Sale 0.63
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale 0.61
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell 0.55

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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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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