Easy-read (simplified)takaadu s-samaawaatu yatafattarna min fawqihinna wal-malaa'ikatu yusabbihoona bihamdi rabbihim wayastaghfiroona liman fee l-'ardi alaa inna llaaha huwa l-ghafooru r-raheem
DIN 31635takādu s-samāwātu yatafaṭṭarna min fawqihinna wal-malāʾikatu yusabbiḥūna biḥamdi rabbihim wayastaġfirūna liman fī l-ʾarḍi ʾalā ʾinna llāha huwa l-ġafūru r-raḥīmu
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
The heavens above them almost burstapart, while the angels glorify the praises of their Lord, and ask forgiveness for those on earth. God is indeed the Forgiver, the Merciful.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Almost might the heavens above be rent asunder while the angels hymn the praise of their Lord and ask forgiveness for those on the earth. Lo! Allah, He is the Forgiver, the Merciful
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 heavens well-nigh cleave asunder from above them; and the angels celebrate the praises of their Lord, and ask forgiveness for those who are on the earth. Ay, verily, God, He is the forgiving and merciful
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Ready are the Heavens to cleave asunder from above for very awe: and the angels celebrate the praise of their Lord, and ask forgiveness for the dwellers on earth: Is not God the Indulgent, the Merciful
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
It wantethlittle but that the heavens be rent in sunder from above, at the awfulness of his majesty: The angels celebrate the praise of their Lord, and ask pardon for those who dwell in the earth. Is not God the forgiver of sins, the merciful
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
Qiejt gati sa nuk çahen sipër tyre dhe melekët lartësojnë Zotin e tyre me lavdërim dhe kërkojnë falje për ata që janë në Tokë. Me të vërtetë, Allahu është Falësi i Madh, Mëshirëploti.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
বাংলা · Bengali
(আল্লাহর ভয়ে) ওপর থেকে আসমান ফেটে পড়ার উপক্রম হয়; আর ফিরিশতারা তাদের রবের প্রশংসায় তাসবীহ পাঠ করেন এবং জমিনে যারা আছে তাদের জন্য ক্ষমা প্রার্থনা করেন। জেনে রেখো, নিশ্চয় আল্লাহ অতি ক্ষমাশীল, পরম দয়ালু।
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
Gotovo da se nebesa odozgo raspadnu! A meleci veličaju i hvale Gospodara svoga i mole oprost za one koji su na Zemlji. Nije li Allah, zaista, Oprostitelj grijeha, Milostivi?!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4
Hrvatski · Croatian
Gotovo da se nebesa odozgo raspadnu! A anđeli veličaju i hvale Gospodara svoga i mole oprost za one koji su na Zemlji. Nije li Allah, zaista, Oprostitelj grijeha, Milostivi?!
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
Kammuuji ɗiin no eɓɓa seekorgol dow majji, hara Malaa'ika'en no subbunhinanora yettugol Joomi maɓɓe, ɓe imsinanoo wonɓe ka leydi ɓeen. Ngandee pellet, ko Allah woni kaforoowo, jurmotooɗo otooɗo On.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
ლამისაა ცანი გაიპოს მათ ზემოდან. ხოლო ანგელოზები ადიდებენ თავიანთ უფალს ქებით და შენდობას სთხოვენ მათთვის, ვინც დედამიწაზეა. უეჭველად, ალლაჰი მიმტევებელი, შემწყალებელია.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Beinahe brechen die Himmel auseinander von oben über sie (also die Erde) her. Und die Engel lobpreisen ihren Herrn und bitten (Ihn) um Vergebung für diejenigen, die auf der Erde sind. Ja, sicherlich, Allah ist der Allvergebende und der Barmherzige.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Οι ουρανοί παραλίγο να σκιστούν από πάνω τους (ο ένας πάνω από τον άλλον -ή πάνω από τα επτά στρώματα της γης-, από τη Μεγαλοπρέπεια του Αλλάχ), και οι Άγγελοι δοξάζουν τον Κύριό τους ευγνωμονώντας Τον, και ζητούν συγχώρεση για όσους βρίσκονται στη γη (από τους πιστούς). Πράγματι, ο Αλλάχ είναι ο Αλ-Γαφούρ (Αυτός που συγχωρεί τα πάντα), ο Αρ-Ραχείμ (Πολυεύσπλαχνος).
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
निकट है कि आकाश अपने ऊपर से फट[2] पड़ें, और फ़रिश्ते अपने पालनहार की प्रशंसा के साथ पवित्रता गान करते हैं तथा उनके लिए क्षमायाचना करते हैं, जो धरती में हैं। सुन लो! निःसंदेह अल्लाह ही अत्यंत क्षमा करने वाला, असीम दया करने वाला है।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
I cieli sembrano quasi squarciarsi dall’alto e gli angeli recitano le lodi del loro Dio e invocano perdono per quelli che sono in terra. In verità Allāh è il Perdonatore, il Misericordioso.
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
5. Dangūs beveik gali skilti dalimis virš jų (Jo Didybės Leidimu) ir angelai garbina savo Viešpaties šloves, ir prašo atleidimo tiems, žemėje. Iš tiesų, Allahas yra Visa Atleidžiantis, Gailestingiausiasis.
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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
Небеса готовы разверзнуться сверху, и ангелы прославляют своего Господа хвалой и просят прощения за тех, кто на земле. Знайте же: воистину, Аллах — Он и есть Прощающий, Милующий.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
Готово да се небеса одозго распадну! А анђели величају и хвале свога Господара и моле опрост за оне који су на Земљи. Зар Аллах, заиста, не опрашта грехе, Милостиви?!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Zinakaribia mbingu kupasuka juu huko, na Malaika wakimtakasa Mola wao Mlezi na kumhimidi, na wakiwaombea maghfira waliomo kwenye ardhi. Ama hakika Mwenyezi Mungu ni Mwenye kusamehe mno, Mwenye kurehemu sana.
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Himlarna är nära att rämna från sin höjd [inför hans storhet] och änglarna upphöjer sin Herre och prisar hans lov och de ber om förlåtelse för dem på jorden. Ja, Gud är sannerligen den ständigt Förlåtande, den Barmhärtige.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
Neredeyse yukarılarından gökler çatlayacak! Melekler, Rablerini hamt ederek tesbih ederler. Yeryüzündekiler için bağışlanma dilerler. İyi bilin ki Allah; çok bağışlayıcıdır, çok merhametlidir.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
قریب ہے آسمان اوپر سے پھٹ پڑیں[1] اور تمام فرشتے اپنے رب کی پاکی تعریف کے ساتھ بیان کر رہے ہیں اور زمین والوں کے لیے استغفار کر رہے ہیں[2]۔ خوب سمجھ رکھو کہ اللہ تعالیٰ ہی معاف فرمانے واﻻ رحمت واﻻ ہے.[3]
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.
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DIN 31635kaḏālika yūḥī ʾilayka waʾilā llaḏīna min qablika llāhu l-ʿazīzu l-ḥakīmu
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 Thus He inspires you, and those before you-God the Almighty, the Wise.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Thus Allah the Mighty, the Knower inspireth thee (Muhammad) as (He inspired) those before thee
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Thus does God, the mighty, the wise, inspire thee and those before thee
John Medows Rodwell1861 Thus unto thee as unto those who preceded thee doth God, the Mighty, the Wise, reveal
George Sale1734 Thus doth the mighty, the wise God reveal his will unto thee; and in like manner did He reveal it unto the prophets who were before thee
Talal Itani2012 To him belongs everything in the heavens and everything on earth. He is the Sublime, the Magnificent.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Unto Him belongeth all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth, and He is the Sublime, the Tremendous
Edward Henry Palmer1880 His is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, and He is the high, the mighty
John Medows Rodwell1861 All that is in the Heavens and all that is in the Earth is His: and He is the High, the Great
George Sale1734 Unto Him belongeth whatever is in heaven, and in earth; and He is the high, the great God
DIN 31635wallaḏīna taḫaḏū min dūnihi ʾawliyāʾa llāhu ḥafīẓun ʿalayhim wamā ʾanta ʿalayhim biwakīlin
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 As for those who take masters other than Him: God is in charge of them, and you are not responsible for them.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And as for those who choose protecting friends beside Him, Allah is Warden over them, and thou art in no wise a guardian over them
Edward Henry Palmer1880 but those who take beside Him patrons, God watches over them, and thou hast not charge over them
John Medows Rodwell1861 But whose take aught beside Him as lords - God watcheth them! but thou hast them not in thy charge
George Sale1734 But as to those who take other gods for their patrons, besides Him, God observeth their actions: For thou art not a steward over them
Talal Itani2012 Thus We inspired you with an Arabic Quran, that you may warn the Central City and whoever is around it, and to warn of the Day of Assembly, of which there is no doubt; a group in the Garden, and a group in the Furnace.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And thus We have inspired in thee a Lecture in Arabic, that thou mayst warn the mother-town and those around it, and mayst warn of a day of assembling whereof there is no doubt. A host will be in the Garden, and a host of them in the Flame
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Thus have we revealed an Arabic Qur'an, that thou mayest warn the Mother of cities and all around it; and warn them of a day of gathering, there is no doubt therein;- a part in Paradise and a part in the blaze
John Medows Rodwell1861 It is thus moreover that we have revealed to thee an Arabic Koran, that thou mayest warn the mother city and all around it, and that thou mayest warn them of that day of the Gathering, of which there is no doubt - when part shall be in Paradise and part in the flame
George Sale1734 Thus have We revealed unto thee an Arabic Koran, that thou mayest warn the metropolis of Mecca, and the Arabs who dwell round about it; and mayest threaten them with the day of the general assembly, of which there is no doubt: One part shall then be placed in paradise, and another part in hell
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 —
0.57 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 · George Sale0.66
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.64
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.62
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.62
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.59
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.57
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.56
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.50
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.46
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.46
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Method Wording differences — derived 13 September 2026
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Source Tanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) · Uthmani, Version 1.1
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 ayahs. The bismillah is delivered as a separate `bismillah` attribute on ayah 1 and is NOT fused into the ayah text. 112 surahs carry one: every surah except al-Fatiha, where the bismillah is ayah 1:1 itself, and at-Tawba, which has none. Sourced from the XML output; the plain-text output of the same release DOES fuse it, which is defect D1.
CLEARED. Licence read verbatim from the block embedded in this very file. Ingested exactly as shipped: no normalisation, no stripping of marks, no Unicode recomposition.
Parsed structurally from the EPUB: an h3 names the surah, one p per verse with its number in its own span. An unnumbered p is the basmala and is not a verse, except in surah 1 where the basmala IS verse 1. 112 unnumbered paragraphs were found, which is 114 surahs less surah 1 and surah 9. Text is stored VERBATIM: NFC normalisation and XML entity unescaping only, because CC BY-ND forbids modification.
CLEARED on a licence read first-hand from the translator's own download page, not from an aggregator. Tanzil also hosts this translation, but under a blanket "non-commercial purposes only" term that directs the user to the translator or publisher for permission - a hosting disclaimer, not a grant - so the grant was taken from the licensor directly. The "God" edition was ingested; ClearQuran also publishes an "Allah" edition, differing in how the divine name is rendered, which is not ingested.
CLEARED ON THE WORK, WITH TWO RECORDED CAVEATS ON THIS COPY. (1) Rights basis is the expired copyright term, NOT the redistributing repository's licence. That repository dedicates its contents to the public domain under the Unlicense while also redistributing plainly in-copyright translations (Abdel Haleem, Saheeh International, The Study Quran), so it is dedicating rights it cannot hold and its blanket grant is not relied upon here. (2) The file declares its own upstream as tanzil.net, and Tanzil attaches a non-commercial condition to its TRANSLATION distributions, though not to its Qur'anic text. Since Pickthall's copyright has expired, nobody holds rights in these words and no licence is required from anyone; Tanzil's terms are a contract binding those who download from Tanzil, which we did not. The chain is nonetheless not spotless and Anwar may prefer a clean digitisation of the 1930 printing. NOT VERIFIED: that this digital text matches the 1930 first printing rather than a later revised edition. No page images were collated. Recorded as unverified rather than presented as established. SERVED TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE CITED FILE AT ONE VERSE, 37:97: the file reads "red-hotfire" (a glued token, also in Gutenberg #16955); the served row reads "red-hot fire", restored 2026-09-13 from Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (London: George Allen & Unwin, printed for Alfred A. Knopf; 1930), p. 460, XXXVII 97 - scan archive.org in.ernet.dli.2015.216140, PDF page 475; banked data/derivation-sources/pickthall-1930-dli-2015.216140-text.pdf (sha256 70e81146c97fa3a590243a82e04e349108546074787e2551a78c616202138870) on Anwar Malik's grant.
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 verses, keyed to mushaf order. The
bismillah is not fused into ayah 1: 1:1 carries it and no other verse
does. Verified against content check C3 at ingest.
CLEARED ON THE WORK. Term expired by every measure. The digital edition's upstream is not stated by the redistributor and the printing is unverified. No statement of purpose is recorded for Palmer because none was sourced from his own preface in this pass; nothing is asserted on his behalf.
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 verses, keyed to mushaf order. The
bismillah is not fused into ayah 1: 1:1 carries it and no other verse
does. Verified against content check C3 at ingest.
CLEARED ON THE WORK. Term expired by every measure. TWO edition caveats. (1) The upstream is not stated by the redistributor. (2) Rodwell's own edition PRESENTS THE SURAHS IN HIS OWN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER, not the mushaf order — he says so in his preface. This digital text is keyed to mushaf order, so it derives from a restored-order printing (such as the Everyman edition) rather than from Rodwell's own arrangement. Which printing is not stated and has not been established.
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 verses, keyed to mushaf order. The
bismillah is not fused into ayah 1: 1:1 carries it and no other verse
does. Verified against content check C3 at ingest.
CLEARED ON THE WORK. Term expired by every measure. The digital edition's upstream is NOT STATED by the redistributor, so the printing it represents is unverified; Sale's text was reprinted and re-edited many times between 1734 and 1900. Recorded as unverified rather than assumed to be the first edition.
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 ayahs. The bismillah is delivered as a separate `bismillah` attribute on ayah 1 and is NOT fused into the ayah text. 112 surahs carry one: every surah except al-Fatiha, where the bismillah is ayah 1:1 itself, and at-Tawba, which has none. Sourced from the XML output; the plain-text output of the same release DOES fuse it, which is defect D1.
CLEARED. Parallel edition, held in ayah_text_variants. It sits alongside the Uthmani spine for search normalisation and is never used to correct it.