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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.
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
He who does not answer the caller to God will not escape on earth, and has no protectors besides Him. Those are in obvious error.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
And whoso respondeth not to Allah'ssummoner he can nowise escape in the earth, and he hath no protectingfriendsinstead of Him. Such are in error manifest
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
And whoso responds not to God's crier shall not frustrate Him in the earth, and shall not have any patrons beside Him:- these are in obvious error
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And he who shall not respond to God's preacher, yet cannot weaken God's power on earth, nor shall he have protectors beside Him. These are in obvious error
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And whoever obeyeth not God's preacher, shall by no means frustrate God's vengeance on earth: neither shall he have any protectors besides Him. These will be in a manifest error
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
E, ai që s'i përgjigjet thirrjes së Allahut, nuk do të mund t'i ikë Atij në Tokë dhe, pos Allahut, nuk ka mbrojtës. Të atillët janë në humbje të qartë.
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
‘আর যে আল্লাহর দিকে আহ্বানকারী (মুহাম্মাদ)-এর ডাকে সাড়া দিবে না, সে জমিনে আল্লাহকে অপারগকারী নয়। আর আল্লাহ ছাড়া তার কোন অভিভাবক নেই; বরং তারাই (সত্য থেকে) সুস্পষ্ট ভ্রষ্টতায় নিমজ্জিত।’
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
A oni koji se ne odazovu Allahovu glasniku, takvi Mu na Zemlji neće umaći i mimo Njega zaštitnika neće naći. Oni su u velikoj zabludi.”
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
A oni koji se ne odazovu Allahovu glasniku, takvi Mu na Zemlji neće umaći i mimo Njega zaštitnika neće naći. Oni su u velikoj zabludi.”
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
Kala mo nootaake noddoowo e Allah on, o wonaa laawotooɗo ka leydi, o alaa kadi giɗo ga makko. Ko ɓen ngoni e ndeer majjere ɓanngunde".
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
და ვინც არ პასუხობს ალლაჰის მოწოდებას [არ პასუხობს ალლაჰის შუამავლის მოწოდებას], მას არ შეუძლია (ალლაჰის) დასუსტება დედამიწაზე (მას არ შეუძლია რომ ალლაჰი უძლური გახადოს, და მისგან თავი დააღწიოს) და მას არ ჰყავს მფარველები მის [ალლაჰის] გარდა. ასეთნი აშკარა შეცდომაში არიან!»
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 wer nicht auf den Rufer Allahs hört, so wird er sich (Ihm) auf der Erde doch nicht entziehen können, und er hat außer Ihm keine Schutzherren. Jene befinden sich in deutlichem Irrtum.
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
Αλλά όποιος δε θα ανταποκριθεί (με υπακοή) σ' αυτόν (τον Προφήτη) που (σας) καλεί προς τον Αλλάχ, δε θα μπορέσει να ξεφύγει (από την τιμωρία του Αλλάχ) στη γη, ούτε θα έχει κανέναν υποστηρικτή ενώπιόν Του. Εκείνοι βρίσκονται σε ξεκάθαρη πλάνη.»
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
तथा जो अल्लाह की ओर बुलाने वाले के निमंत्रण को स्वीकार नहीं करेगा, तो न वह धरती में किसी तरह विवश करने वाला है और न ही उसके सिवा उसके कोई सहायक होंगे। ये लोग खुली गुमराही में हैं।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Chi non risponde al Messaggero di Allāh, non potrà diminuire la Sua autorità in terra e non avrà all’infuori di Lui protettori». Loro sono in chiara perdizione.
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
32. Ir kas neatsako Allaho Kvietėjui, tai jis negalės pasislėpti žemėje, ir neturės Aulija (vadovų, padėjėjų, pagalbininkų, apsauginių) išskyrus Allahą (nuo Jo bausmės). Tie yra aiškiai paklydę.”
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
Namni waamaa Rabbii tole hin jenne, dachii keessatti dadhabsiisaa miti; isa (Allaah) malee gargaaronni biraa isaaf hin jiru. Warri sun jallina ifa ta’e keessa jiru.”
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
А кто не ответит на призыв Аллаха, тому вовсе не укрыться нигде на земле, и не будет у него, помимо Него, покровителей. Такие — в явном заблуждении».
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
А они који се не одазову Аллаховом гласнику, такви на Земљи неће да Му умакну и мимо Њега неће да нађу заштитника. Они су у великој заблуди.
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
Na wasiomwitikia Mwitaji wa Mwenyezi Mungu, basi hao hawatashinda katika ardhi, wala hawatakuwa na walinzi mbele yake. Hao wamo katika upotovu ulio dhahiri.
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Men de som vänder ryggen åt Guds kallare kan inte fly undan på jorden, och de har ingen i Guds ställe som kan skydda dem. Dessa är sannerligen i uppenbar villfarelse.”
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
"Kim Allah'a davet edene icabet etmezse artık o, yeryüzünde (Allah'ı) aciz bırakıcı değildir ve onun O'ndan başka velileri de yoktur. İşte onlar, apaçık bir sapıklık içindedirler."
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
اور جو شخص اللہ کے بلانے والے کا کہا نہ مانے گا پس وه زمین میں کہیں (بھاگ کر اللہ کو) عاجز نہیں کر سکتا[1] ، نہ اللہ کے سوا اور کوئی اس کے مدد گار ہوں گے[2]، یہ لوگ کھلی گمراہی میں ہیں.
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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5 cleared translations, newest first, by year of publication, so the modern English comes before the historical ones. That is an ordering by date, not a judgement. Each is shown complete — this platform never excerpts a translation — and each renders under its translator's name. No translation here is marked as the correct one.
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Easy-read
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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
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Talal Itani2012 They said, "O our people, we have heard a Scripture, sent down after Moses, confirming what came before it. It guides to the truth, and to a straight path.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 They said: O our people! Lo! we have heard a scripture which hath been revealed after Moses, confirming that which was before it, guiding unto the truth and a right road
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Said they, 'O our people! verily, we have heard a book sent down after Moses, verifying what came before it, guiding to the truth, and unto the right way
John Medows Rodwell1861 They said, "O our people! verily we have been listening to a book sent down since the days of Moses, affirming the previous scriptures; it guideth to the truth, and to the right way
George Sale1734 They said our people, verily we have heard a book read unto us, which hath been revealed since Moses, confirming the scripture which was delivered before it; and directing unto the truth, and the right way
Easy-read (simplified)yaa qawmanaa ajeeboo daa'iya llaahi wa'aaminoo bihi yaghfir lakum min dhunoobikum wayujirkum min 'adhaabin aleem
DIN 31635yā qawmanā ʾaǧībū dāʿiya llāhi waʾāminū bihi yaġfir lakum min ḏunūbikum wayuǧirkum min ʿaḏābin ʾalīmin
Talal Itani2012 O our people! Answer the caller to God, and believe in Him; and He will forgive you your sins, and will save you from a painful punishment."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 O our people! respond to Allah's summoner and believe in Him. He will forgive you some of your sins and guard you from a painful doom
Edward Henry Palmer1880 O our people! respond to God's crier and believe in Him, and He will pardon you your sins and will deliver you from grievous woe
John Medows Rodwell1861 O our people! Obey the Summoner of God, and believe in him, that He may forgive your sins, and rescue you from an afflictive punishment
George Sale1734 Our people, obey God's preacher: And believe in him; that he may forgive you your sins, and may deliver you from a painful punishment
Talal Itani2012 Do they not realize that God, who created the heavens and the earth, and was never tired by creating them, is Able to revive the dead? Yes indeed; He is Capable of everything.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Have they not seen that Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth and was not wearied by their creation, is Able to give life to the dead? Aye, He verily is Able to do all things
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Did they not see that God who created the heavens and the earth, and was not wearied with creating them, is able to quicken the dead?- nay, verily, He is mighty over all
John Medows Rodwell1861 See they not that God who created the Heavens and the Earth, and was not wearied with their creation, is of power to quicken the dead? Yea, he is for all things Potent
George Sale1734 Do they not know that God, Who hath created the heavens and the earth, and was not fatigued with the creation thereof, is able to raise the dead to life? Yea verily: For He is almighty
Talal Itani2012 On the Day when those who disbelieved are presented to the Fire: "Is this not real?" They will say, "Yes, indeed, by our Lord." He will say, "Then taste the suffering for having disbelieved."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And on the day when those who disbelieve are exposed to the Fire (they will be asked): Is not this real? They will say: Yea, by our Lord. He will say: Then taste the doom for that ye disbelieved
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And the day when those who misbelieve shall be exposed to the fire,- 'Is not this the truth?' they shall say, 'Yea, by our Lord!' He shall say, 'Then taste the torment for that ye did misbelieve
John Medows Rodwell1861 And a day is coming when the infidels shall be set before the fire. "Is not this it in truth?" They shall say, "Aye, by our Lord." He said, "Taste then the punishment for that ye would not believe
George Sale1734 On a certain day the unbelievers shall be exposed unto hell fire; and it shall be said unto them, is not this really come to pass? They shall answer, yea, by our Lord. God shall reply, taste, therefore, the punishment of hell, for that ye have been unbelievers
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 —
0.69 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 Sale0.80
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.78
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.72
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.71
Talal Itani · George Sale0.70
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.68
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.68
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.64
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.64
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.56
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
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