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Talal Itani· published 2012
Originator of the heavens and the earth. He made for you mates from among yourselves, and pairs of animals, by means of which He multiplies you. There is nothing like Him. He is the Hearing, the Seeing.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
The Creator of the heavens and the earth. He hath made for you pairs of yourselves, and of the cattle also pairs, whereby He multiplieth you. Naught is as His likeness; and He is the Hearer, the Seer
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
The originator of the heavens and the earth, He has made for you from yourselves wives; and of the cattle mates; producing you thereby. There is naught like Him, for He both hears and sees
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Creator of the Heavens and of the Earth! he hath given you wives from among your own selves, and cattle male and female - by this means to multiply you: Nought is there like Him! the Hearer, the Beholder He
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
the creator of heaven and earth: He hath given you wives of your owns species, and cattle both male and female; by which means He multiplieth you: There is nothing like Him; and it is He who heareth and seeth
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
Krijuesi i qiejve e i Tokës. Allahu krijoi për ju bashkëshorte nga lloji juaj për t'ju shumuar, si dhe bagëti në çifte. Asgjë nuk i ngjan Atij. Ai është Gjithëdëgjuesi, Gjithëvëzhguesi.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
বাংলা · Bengali
তিনি আসমানসমূহ ও জমিনের স্রষ্টা। তিনি তোমাদের জন্য তোমাদেরই মধ্য থেকে জোড়া সৃষ্টি করেছেন এবং গবাদিপশুরও জোড়া সৃষ্টি করেছেন। এভাবেই তিনি তোমাদের বংশবিস্তার করেন। তাঁর সদৃশ কোনো কিছুই নেই। আর তিনিই সর্বশ্রোতা, সর্বদ্রষ্টা।
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.2
Bosanski · Bosnian
Stvoritelj nebesa i Zemlje bez prethodnog primjera! Učinio vam je od vaše vrste parove i od stoke parove. Tako vas rasprostire. Ništa nije kao On! On je Svečujući i Svevideći.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4
Hrvatski · Croatian
Stvoritelj nebesa i Zemlje bez prethodnog primjera! Učinio vam je od vaše vrste parove i od stoke parove. Tako vas rasprostire. Ništa nije kao On! On je Svečujući i Svevideći.
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
Puɗɗuɗo kammuuji ɗin e leydi ndin. O waɗiranii on e pittaali mon ɗin genndooɓe, ka neemoraaɗi kadi nooneeji; Homo ɗuɗɗinira on ɗum. Hay hu'unde yerondiraa e makko; ko Kanko woni Nanoowo, ji'oowo On.
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ქართული · Georgian
ცათა და მიწის შემოქმედი! მან შეგიქმნათ მეუღლეები თქვენგანვე და წყვილები პირუტყვთაგან. ამით ის გაგამრავლებთ (და გაცხოვრებთ). არავინ არის მისი მსგავსი! და ის არის ყოვლისმსმენი, ყოვლისმხილველი!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
(Er ist) der Erschaffer der Himmel und der Erde. Er hat (für) euch aus euch selbst Gattinnen gemacht und auch aus dem Vieh Paare, wodurch Er euch vermehrt. Nichts ist Ihm gleich; und Er ist der Allhörende und der Allsehende.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Είναι ο Δημιουργός των ουρανών και της γης. Έπλασε για σας συζύγους από σας τους ίδιους (για να βρείτε ειρήνη και ανάπαυση σ' αυτές), και (έπλασε για σας) τα βοοειδή σε ζευγάρια (αρσενικά και θηλυκά). Σας δημιουργεί μέσω αυτής (της συζυγικής σχέσης, και σας συντηρεί μέσω της αναπαραγωγής των βοοειδών σας). Δεν υπάρχει τίποτα παρόμοιο (ίσο ή συγκρίσιμο) με Αυτόν, και Αυτός είναι ο Ασ-Σαμί‘ (Αυτός που ακούει τα πάντα), ο Αλ-Μπασείρ (Αυτός που βλέπει τα πάντα).
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
(वह) आकाशों तथा धरती का रचयिता है। उसने तुम्हारे लिए तुम्हारी अपनी ही जाति से जोड़े बनाए तथा पशुओं से भी जोड़े। वह तुम्हें इसमें फैलाता है। उसके जैसी[9] कोई चीज़ नहीं और वह सब कुछ सुनने वाला, सब कुछ देखने वाला है।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Creatore dei cieli e della terra – vi ha assegnato mogli della vostra specie, e in coppie ha creato il bestiame e vi moltiplica nelle vostre specie – non c’è nessuno come Lui, e Lui è l’Ascoltatore, l’Osservatore.
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
11. Dangų ir žemės Kūrėjas. Jis sukūrė jums partnerius iš jūsų pačių tarpo, ir galvijams (taip pat) partnerius. Tokiu būdu Jis sukuria jus (gimdose). Nėra nieko panašaus į Jį. Ir Jis yra Visa Girdintis, Visa Matantis.
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.
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
[Он —] Изначально сотворивший небеса и землю. Он создал для вас пары из вас самих, а также пары из скота. Так Он множит вас. Нет ничего подобного Ему, и Он — Слышащий, Видящий.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
Створитељ небеса и Земље без претходног примера! Учинио вам је од ваше врсте парове, и од стоке парове. Тако вас распростире. Ништа није као Он! Он све чује и све види.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Yeye ndiye Muumba mbingu na ardhi. Amekujaalieni mke na mume katika nafsi zenu, na katika wanyama wa kufugwa waliwao dume na jike, anakuzidishieni namna hii. Hapana kitu kama mfano wake. Naye ni Mwenye kusikia mno, Mwenye kuona sana.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Han är himlarnas och jordens Skapare. Han har gett er makar av ert eget slag och även gjort boskapen till par, för att ni ska föröka er. Ingenting är honom likt; han hör allt, ser allt.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
Gökleri ve yeri yaratandır. Size kendi nefislerinizden eşler ve davarlardan da çiftler yaratmıştır. Sizi de bu şekilde yaratıp çoğaltmaktadır. O’nun benzeri hiçbir şey yoktur. Her şeyi işiten ve gören O’dur.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
وه آسمانوں اور زمین کا پیدا کرنے واﻻ ہے اس نے تمہارے لیے تمہاری جنس کے جوڑے بنادیئے ہیں[1] اور چوپایوں کے جوڑے بنائے ہیں[2] تمہیں وه اس میں پھیلا رہا ہے[3] اس جیسی کوئی چیز نہیں[4] وه سننے اور دیکھنے واﻻ 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
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Easy-read (simplified)ami takhadhoo min doonihi awliyaa'a fallaahu huwa l-waliyyu wahuwa yuhyee l-mawtaa wahuwa 'alaa kulli shay'in qadeer
DIN 31635ʾami taḫaḏū min dūnihi ʾawliyāʾa fallāhu huwa l-waliyyu wahuwa yuḥyī l-mawtā wahuwa ʿalā kulli šayʾin qadīrun
Talal Itani2012 Or have they adopted protectors besides him? But God is the Protector, and He gives life to the dead, and He has power over all things.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Or have they chosen protecting friends besides Him? But Allah, He (alone) is the Protecting Friend. He quickeneth the dead, and He is Able to do all things
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Do they take other patrons besides Him, when God He is the patron, and He quickens the dead and He is mighty over all
John Medows Rodwell1861 Will they take other patrons than Him? But God is man's only Lord: He quickeneth the dead; and He is mighty over all things
George Sale1734 Do they take other patrons, besides Him? Whereas God is the only true patron: He quickeneth the dead; and He is almighty
DIN 31635wamā ḫtalaftum fīhi min šayʾin faḥukmuhu ʾilā llāhi ḏālikumu llāhu rabbī ʿalayhi tawakkaltu waʾilayhi ʾunību
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 Whatever matter you differ about, its judgment rests with God. "Such is God, my Lord, in Whom I trust, and unto Him I repent."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And in whatsoever ye differ, the verdict therein belongeth to Allah. Such is my Lord, in Whom I put my trust, and unto Whom I turn
Edward Henry Palmer1880 But whatsoever ye dispute about, the judgment of it is God's. There is God for you!- my Lord! upon Him do I rely, and unto Him I turn repentant
John Medows Rodwell1861 And whatever the subject of your disputes, with God doth its decision rest. This is God, my Lord: in Him do I put my trust, and to Him do I turn in penitence
George Sale1734 Whatever matter ye disagree about, the decision thereof appertaineth unto God. This is God, my Lord: In him do I trust, and unto him do I turn me
DIN 31635lahu maqālīdu s-samāwāti wal-ʾarḍi yabsuṭu r-rizqa liman yašāʾu wayaqdiru ʾinnahu bikulli šayʾin ʿalīmun
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 To Him belongs absolute control of the heavens and the earth. He spreads the bounties to whomever He wills, or reduces it. He is aware of all things.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 His are the keys of the heavens and the earth. He enlargeth providence for whom He will and straiteneth (it for whom He will). Lo! He is Knower of all things
Edward Henry Palmer1880 His are the keys of the heavens and the earth, He extends provision to whom He will, or doles it out; verily, He knows everything
John Medows Rodwell1861 His, the keys of the Heavens and of the Earth! He giveth with open hand, or sparingly, to whom He will: He knoweth all things
George Sale1734 His are the keys of heaven and earth: He bestoweth provision abundantly on whom He pleaseth, and He is sparing unto whom He pleaseth; for He knoweth all things
Easy-read (simplified)shara'a lakum mina d-deeni maa wassaa bihi noohan walladhee awhaynaa ilayka wamaa wassaynaa bihi ibraaheema wamoosaa wa'eesaa an aqeemoo d-deena walaa tatafarraqoo feehi kabura 'alaa l-mushrikeena maa tad'oohum ilayhi llaahu yajtabee ilayhi man yashaa'u wayahdee ilayhi man yuneeb
DIN 31635šaraʿa lakum mina d-dīni mā waṣṣā bihi nūḥan wallaḏī ʾawḥaynā ʾilayka wamā waṣṣaynā bihi ʾibrāhīma wamūsā waʿīsā ʾan ʾaqīmū d-dīna walā tatafarraqū fīhi kabura ʿalā l-mušrikīna mā tadʿūhum ʾilayhi llāhu yaǧtabī ʾilayhi man yašāʾu wayahdī ʾilayhi man yunību
Talal Itani2012 He prescribed for you the same religion He enjoined upon Noah, and what We inspired to you, and what We enjoined upon Abraham, and Moses, and Jesus: "You shall uphold the religion, and be not divided therein." As for the idolaters, what you call them to is outrageous to them. God chooses to Himself whom He wills, and He guides to Himself whoever repents.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 He hath ordained for you that religion which He commended unto Noah, and that which We inspire in thee (Muhammad), and that which We commended unto Abraham and Moses and Jesus, saying: Establish the religion, and be not divided therein. Dreadful for the idolaters is that unto which thou callest them. Allah chooseth for Himself whom He will, and guideth unto Himself him who turneth (toward Him)
Edward Henry Palmer1880 He has enjoined upon you for religion what He prescribed to Noah and what we inspired thee with, and what we inspired Abraham and Moses and Jesus,- to be steadfast in religion, and not to part into sects therein - a great thing to the idolaters is that which ye call them to! God elects for Himself whom He pleases and guides unto Himself him who turns repentant
John Medows Rodwell1861 To you hath He prescribed the faith which He commanded unto Noah, and which we have revealed to thee, and which we commanded unto Abraham and Moses and Jesus, saying, "Observe this faith, and be not divided into sects therein." Intolerable to those who worship idols jointly with God Is that faith to which thou dost call them. Whom He pleaseth will God choose for it, and whosoever shall turn to Him in penitence will He guide to it
George Sale1734 He hath ordained you the religion which He commanded Noah, and which We have revealed unto thee, O Mohammed, and which We commanded Abraham, and Moses, and Jesus: Saying, observe this religion, and be not divided therein. The worship of one God, to which thou invitest them, is grievous unto the unbelievers: God will elect thereto whom He pleaseth, and will direct unto the same him who shall repent
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 —
0.66 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 Sale0.75
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.72
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.70
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.69
Talal Itani · George Sale0.68
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.67
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.65
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.65
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.53
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.52
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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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.