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4:59

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَطِيعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا۟ ٱلرَّسُولَ وَأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَمْرِ مِنكُمْ فَإِن تَنَٰزَعْتُمْ فِى شَىْءٍ فَرُدُّوهُ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَٱلرَّسُولِ إِن كُنتُمْ تُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ ذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ وَأَحْسَنُ تَأْوِيلًا

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)yaa ayyuhaa lladheena aamanoo atee'oo llaaha wa'atee'oo r-rasoola wa'oolee l-'amri minkum fa'in tanaaza'tum fee shay'in faruddoohu ilaa llaahi war-rasooli in kuntum tu'minoona billaahi wal-yawmi l-'aakhiri dhaalika khayrun wa'ahsanu ta'weelaa

DIN 31635yā ʾayyuhā llaḏīna ʾāmanū ʾaṭīʿū llāha waʾaṭīʿū r-rasūla waʾūlī l-ʾamri minkum faʾin tanāzaʿtum fī šayʾin faruddūhu ʾilā llāhi war-rasūli ʾin kuntum tuʾminūna billāhi wal-yawmi l-ʾāḫiri ḏālika ḫayrun waʾaḥsanu taʾwīlan

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

TranslationsSource fact

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Talal Itani · published 2012

O you who believe! Obey God and obey the Messenger and those in authority among you. And if you dispute over anything, refer it to God and the Messenger, if you believe in God and the Last Day. That is best, and a most excellent determination.

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

O ye who believe! Obey Allah, and obey the messenger and those of you who are in authority; and if ye have a dispute concerning any matter, refer it to Allah and the messenger if ye are (in truth) believers in Allah and the Last Day. That is better and more seemly in the end

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

O ye who believe! obey God, and obey the Apostle and those in authority amongst you; and if ye quarrel about anything, refer to God and the Apostle, if ye believe in God and the last day; that is better and fairer as a settlement

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

O ye who believe! obey God and obey the apostle, and those among you invested with authority; and if in aught ye differ, bring it before God and the apostle, if ye believe in God and in the latter day. This is the best and fairest way of settlement

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

O true believers, obey God, and obey the apostle, and those who are in authority among you, and if ye differ in any thing, refer it unto God and the apostle, if ye believe in God, and the last day: This is better, and a fairer method of determination

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 besimtarë! Bindjuni Allahut, bindjuni të Dërguarit dhe prijësve nga mesi juaj! Nëse nuk pajtoheni për ndonjë çështje, atëherë drejtojuni (Librit të) Allahut dhe (Sunetit të) të Dërguarit, nëse vërtet besoni Allahun dhe Ditën e Fundit. Kjo është më mirë për ju dhe përfundimi më i bukur.

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

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বাংলা · Bengali

হে মুমিনগণ! তোমরা আল্লাহর আনুগত্য করো ও রাসূলের আনুগত্য করো এবং তোমাদের মধ্য থেকে কর্তৃত্বের অধিকারীদের।(২৬) অতঃপর কোন বিষয়ে যদি তোমরা মতবিরোধ করো তাহলে তা (ফয়সালার জন্যে) আল্লাহ ও রাসূলের (কিতাব ও সুন্নাতের) নিকট উপস্থাপন করো- যদি তোমরা আল্লাহ ও শেষ দিনের প্রতি ঈমান রাখো। এটি উত্তম পন্থা এবং পরিণামেও উৎকৃষ্টতর।

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

O vi koji vjerujete, pokoravajte se Allahu i pokoravajte se Poslaniku i nadležnim između vas. A ako se u nečemu ne slažete, obratite se Allahu i Poslaniku, ako vjerujete u Allaha i Posljednji dan. To je bolje i posljedice su ljepše.

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

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Hrvatski · Croatian

O vi koji vjerujete, pokoravajte se Allahu i pokoravajte se Poslaniku i nadležnim između vas. A ako se u nečemu ne slažete, obratite se Allahu i Poslaniku, ako vjerujete u Allaha i Posljednji dan. To je bolje i posljedice su ljepše.

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

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Fulfulde · Fulani

Eehey mon gooŋɗinɓe, ɗoftee Alla ɗoftoɗon Nulaaɗo on e joomiraaɓe fiyaake e mooɗon. Si on luutri e huunde, ruttee nde ka Alla e ka sunna Nulaaɗo on, si on laatike gooŋɗimɓe Alla e Ñalaande Sakkitiinde nden. Ko ɗum ɓuri moƴƴude ɓuri labeede battane.

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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2

ქართული · Georgian

ჰეი, თქვენ, რომელთაც ირწმუნეთ! დაემორჩილეთ ალლაჰს, დაემორჩილეთ მოციქულს და ხელისუფლების მქონეთ თქვენს შორის (იმაში, რაშიც არ არის ალლაჰის დაუმორჩილებლობა). ხოლო თუ რაიმეზე დავობთ, დაუბრუნეთ ეს ალლაჰს [განიხილეთ ყურანით] და მოციქულს [იხილეთ გადაწყვეტა სუნნაში], თუ თქვენ გწამთ ალლაჰის და უკანასკნელი დღის. ეს უკეთესი და საუკეთესოა შედეგით.

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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7

Deutsch · German

O die ihr glaubt, gehorcht Allah und gehorcht dem Gesandten und den Befehlshabern unter euch! Wenn ihr nun miteinander über etwas streitet, dann bringt es vor Allah und den Gesandten, wenn ihr wirklich an Allah und an den Jüngsten Tag glaubt. Das ist am besten und am ehesten ein guter Ausgang.

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

Ω, σεις που πιστεύετε! Υπακούστε τον Αλλάχ, και υπακούστε τον Αγγελιαφόρο και εκείνους ανάμεσά σας που έχουν την ηγεσία. Εάν διαφωνείτε γι' οτιδήποτε, παραπέμψτε το στον Αλλάχ (στο Βιβλίο Του) και στον Αγγελιαφόρο (στη Σούννα -παράδοση- του), εάν πράγματι πιστεύετε στον Αλλάχ και στην Έσχατη Ημέρα. Αυτό είναι καλύτερο (για την εγκόσμια ζωή σας από το να διαφωνείτε μεταξύ σας) και πιο όμορφο σε κατάληξη (και ανταμοιβή).

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

ऐ ईमान वालो! अल्लाह का आज्ञापालन करो और रसूल का आज्ञापालन करो और अपने में से अधिकार वालों (शासकों) का। फिर यदि तुम आपस में किसी चीज़ में मतभेद कर बैठो, तो उसे अल्लाह और रसूल की ओर लौटाओ, यदि तुम अल्लाह तथा अंतिम दिन (परलोक) पर ईमान रखते हो। यह (तुम्हारे लिए) बहुत बेहतर है और परिणाम की दृष्टि से बहुत अच्छा है।

Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5

Italiano · Italian

O credenti, obbedite ad Allāh, e obbedite al Messaggero e alle vostre autorità! Se discordate in qualcosa, affidatevi ad Allāh e al Messaggero, se credete in Allāh e nell’Ultimo Giorno: sarà cosa migliore e di migliore interpretazione.

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

59. O jūs, kurie tikite! Pakluskite Allahui ir pakluskite Pasiuntiniui (Muchammedui ﷺ ) ir tiems iš jūsų (musulmonams), kurie yra valdžioje. (Ir) jei jūs ginčijatės dėl ko nors tarp savęs, kreipkitės į Allahą ir Jo Pasiuntinį (ﷺ ), jei tikite Allahą ir Paskutiniąją Dieną. Taip geriau ir tinkamiau galutiniam sprendimui.

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

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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo

Yaa warra amantan! Rabbiif ajajamaa; ergamtichaafis ajajmaa, warra isin irraa abbootii taaytaa ta’aniifis. Yoo waan tokko keessatti wal mormitan, gara Rabbiifi ergamaa (Isaa) deebisaa; yoo Rabbiifi Guyyaa Aakhiraatti kan amantan taatan (gara san deebisaa). Kun caalaafi hiikaafis bareedaadha. [29]

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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.0

Русский · Russian

О вы, которые уверовали! Повинуйтесь Аллаху, повинуйтесь Посланнику и обладающим властью среди вас[32]. А если вы станете спорить о чём-либо, то возвращайте это к Аллаху и Посланнику.

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

О ви који верујете, покоравајте се Аллаху и покоравајте се Посланику и надлежнима између вас. А ако се у нечему не слажете, обратите се Аллаху и Посланику, ако верујете у Аллаха и Последњи дан. Тако је боље и лепше поступити.

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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4

Kiswahili · Swahili

Enyi mlioamini! Mtiini Mwenyezi Mungu, na mtiini Mtume na wenye mamlaka katika nyinyi. Na mkizozana katika kitu, basi kirudisheni kwa Mwenyezi Mungu na Mtume, ikiwa mnamwamini Mwenyezi Mungu na Siku ya Mwisho. Hayo ndiyo bora zaidi na ndiyo yenye mwisho mwema.

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Svenska · Swedish

Troende! Lyd Gud och lyd sändebudet och dem bland er som har auktoritet. Om ni tvistar om något, låt då Gud och sändebudet avgöra frågan, om ni verkligen tror på Gud och den yttersta dagen. Detta är bättre och får de bästa följderna.

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

Ey iman edenler! Allah’a itaat edin. Peygamber’e itaat edin ve sizden olan ulu’l-emre (idarecilere) de. Herhangi bir hususta anlaşmazlığa düştüğünüz takdirde, Allah’a ve ahiret gününe gerçekten inanıyorsanız, onu Allah ve Rasûlüne arz edin. Bu, daha iyidir. Sonuç bakımından da daha güzeldir.

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اردو · Urdu

اے ایمان والو! فرمانبرداری کرو اللہ تعالیٰ کی اور فرمانبرداری کرو رسول (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) کی اور تم میں سے اختیار والوں کی[1] ۔ پھر اگر کسی چیز میں اختلاف کرو تو اسے لوٹاؤ، اللہ تعالیٰ کی طرف اور رسول کی طرف، اگر تمہیں اللہ تعالیٰ پر اور قیامت کے دن پر ایمان ہے۔ یہ بہت بہتر ہے اور باعتبار انجام کے بہت اچھا ہے[2]۔

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

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The verses around this oneSource fact

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4:57

وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ سَنُدْخِلُهُمْ جَنَّٰتٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَدًا لَّهُمْ فِيهَآ أَزْوَٰجٌ مُّطَهَّرَةٌ وَنُدْخِلُهُمْ ظِلًّا ظَلِيلًا

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)walladheena aamanoo wa'amiloo s-saalihaati sanudkhiluhum jannaatin tajree min tahtihaa l-'anhaaru khaalideena feehaa abadan lahum feehaa azwaajun mutahharatun wanudkhiluhum zillan zaleelaa

DIN 31635wallaḏīna ʾāmanū waʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti sanudḫiluhum ǧannātin taǧrī min taḥtihā l-ʾanhāru ḫālidīna fīhā ʾabadan lahum fīhā ʾazwāǧun muṭahharatun wanudḫiluhum ẓillan ẓalīlan

Talal Itani2012 As for those who believe and do good deeds, We will admit them into Gardens beneath which rivers flow, abiding therein forever. They will have purified spouses therein, and We will admit them into a shady shade.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And as for those who believe and do good works, We shall make them enter Gardens underneath which rivers flow - to dwell therein for ever; there for them are pure companions - and We shall make them enter plenteous shade

Edward Henry Palmer1880 But those who believe and do aright, we will make them enter gardens beneath which rivers flow, and they shall dwell therein for ever and aye, for them therein are pure wives, and we will make them enter into a shady shade

John Medows Rodwell1861 But as for those who have believed, and done the things that are right, we will bring being them into gardens 'neath which the rivers flow therein to abide eternally; - therein shall they have wives of stainless purity: and we will bring them into aye - shadowing shades

George Sale1734 But those who believe and do that which is right, we will bring into gardens watered by rivers, therein shall they remain for ever, and there shall they enjoy wives free from all impurity; and we will lead them into perpetual shades

4:58

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَن تُؤَدُّوا۟ ٱلْأَمَٰنَٰتِ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهَا وَإِذَا حَكَمْتُم بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ أَن تَحْكُمُوا۟ بِٱلْعَدْلِ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ نِعِمَّا يَعِظُكُم بِهِۦٓ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ سَمِيعًۢا بَصِيرًا

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)inna llaaha ya'murukum an tu'addoo l-'amaanaati ilaa ahlihaa wa'idhaa hakamtum bayna n-naasi an tahkumoo bil-'adli inna llaaha ni'immaa ya'izukum bihi inna llaaha kaana samee'an baseeraa

DIN 31635ʾinna llāha yaʾmurukum ʾan tuʾaddū l-ʾamānāti ʾilā ʾahlihā waʾiḏā ḥakamtum bayna n-nāsi ʾan taḥkumū bil-ʿadli ʾinna llāha niʿimmā yaʿiẓukum bihi ʾinna llāha kāna samīʿan baṣīran

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 God instructs you to give back things entrusted to you to their owners. And when you judge between people, judge with justice. God's instructions to you are excellent. God is All-Hearing, All-Seeing.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Lo! Allah commandeth you that ye restore deposits to their owners, and, if ye judge between mankind, that ye judge justly. Lo! comely is this which Allah admonisheth you. Lo! Allah is ever Hearer, Seer

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Verily, God bids you pay your trusts to their owners, and when ye judge between men to judge with justice. Verily, God, excellent is what He admonishes you with; verily, God both hears and sees

John Medows Rodwell1861 Verily, God enjoineth you to give back your trusts to their owners, and when ye judge between men, to judge with fairness. Excellent is the practice to which God exhorteth you. God Heareth, Beholdeth

George Sale1734 Moreover God commandeth you to restore what ye are trusted with, to the owners; and when ye judge between men, that ye judge according to equity: And surely an excellent virtue it is to which God exhorteth you; for God both heareth and seeth

4:59 — the verse above

4:60

أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّهُمْ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ مِن قَبْلِكَ يُرِيدُونَ أَن يَتَحَاكَمُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلطَّٰغُوتِ وَقَدْ أُمِرُوٓا۟ أَن يَكْفُرُوا۟ بِهِۦ وَيُرِيدُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ أَن يُضِلَّهُمْ ضَلَٰلًۢا بَعِيدًا

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)alam tara ilaa lladheena yaz'umoona annahum aamanoo bimaa unzila ilayka wamaa unzila min qablika yureedoona an yatahaakamoo ilaa t-taaghooti waqad umiroo an yakfuroo bihi wayureedu sh-shaytaanu an yudillahum dalaalan ba'eedaa

DIN 31635ʾalam tara ʾilā llaḏīna yazʿumūna ʾannahum ʾāmanū bimā ʾunzila ʾilayka wamā ʾunzila min qablika yurīdūna ʾan yataḥākamū ʾilā ṭ-ṭāġūti waqad ʾumirū ʾan yakfurū bihi wayurīdu š-šayṭānu ʾan yuḍillahum ḍalālan baʿīdan

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 Have you not observed those who claim that they believe in what was revealed to you, and in what was revealed before you, yet they seek Satanic sources for legislation, in spite of being commanded to reject them? Satan means to mislead them far away.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Hast thou not seen those who pretend that they believe in that which is revealed unto thee and that which was revealed before thee, how they would go for judgment (in their disputes) to false deities when they have been ordered to abjure them? Satan would mislead them far astray

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Do ye not see those who pretend that they believe in what has been revealed to them, and what was revealed before thee; they wish to refer their judgment to Taghut, but they are bidden to disbelieve therein, and Satan wishes to lead them into a remote error

John Medows Rodwell1861 Hast thou not marked those who profess that they believe in what hath been sent down to thee, and what hath been sent down before thee? Fain would they be judged before Thagout, though commanded not to believe in him; and fain would Satan make them wander with wanderings wide of truth

George Sale1734 Hast thou not observed those who pretend they believe in what hath been revealed unto thee, and what been revealed before thee? They desire to go to judgment before Taghut, although they have been commanded not to believe in him; and Satan desireth to seduce them into a wide error

4:61

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَعَالَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ وَإِلَى ٱلرَّسُولِ رَأَيْتَ ٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَ يَصُدُّونَ عَنكَ صُدُودًا

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)wa'idhaa qeela lahum ta'aalaw ilaa maa anzala llaahu wa'ilaa r-rasooli ra'ayta l-munaafiqeena yasuddoona 'anka sudoodaa

DIN 31635waʾiḏā qīla lahum taʿālaw ʾilā mā ʾanzala llāhu waʾilā r-rasūli raʾayta l-munāfiqīna yaṣuddūna ʿanka ṣudūdan

Talal Itani2012 And when it is said to them, "Come to what God has revealed, and to the Messenger," you see the hypocrites shunning you completely.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And when it is said unto them: Come unto that which Allah hath revealed and unto the messenger, thou seest the hypocrites turn from thee with aversion

Edward Henry Palmer1880 And when it is said to them, 'Come round to what God has sent down and unto the Apostle,' thou seest the hypocrites turning from thee, turning away

John Medows Rodwell1861 And when it is said to them, "Accede to that which God hath sent down, and to the apostle," thou seest the hypocrites avert them from thee with utter aversion

George Sale1734 And when it is said unto them, come unto the book which God hath sent down, and to the apostle; thou seest the ungodly turn aside from thee, with great aversion

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

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَأُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنكُمْ فَإِن تَنَازَعْتُمْ فِي شَيْءٍ فَرُدُّوهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَالرَّسُولِ إِن كُنتُمْ تُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ ذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ وَأَحْسَنُ تَأْوِيلًا

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

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Analysis details
Analysis detailsDerived

These figures count the words the translations share. They measure wording, not meaning, and they do not say which translation is right.

Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above — 0.55 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 · John Medows Rodwell 0.68
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell 0.60
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell 0.60
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.55
Talal Itani · George Sale 0.53
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale 0.52
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.51
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale 0.50
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale 0.50
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer 0.47

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

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Later literature, history and language

Easy-read

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

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

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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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