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Talal Itani· published 2012
Muhammad is the Messenger of God. Those with him are stern against the disbelievers, yet compassionate amongst themselves. You see them kneeling, prostrating, seeking blessings from God and approval. Their marks are on their faces from the effects of prostration. Such is their description in the Torah, and their description in the Gospel: like a plant that sprouts, becomesstrong, grows thick, and rests on its stem, impressing the farmers. Through them He enrages the disbelievers. God has promised those among them who believe and do good deeds forgiveness and a great reward.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. And those with him are hard against the disbelievers and merciful among themselves. Thou (O Muhammad) seest them bowing and falling prostrate (in worship), seeking bounty from Allah and (His) acceptance. The mark of them is on their foreheads from the traces of prostration. Such is their likeness in the Torah and their likeness in the Gospel - like as sowncorn that sendeth forth its shoot and strengtheneth it and riseth firm upon its stalk, delighting the sowers - that He may enrage the disbelievers with (the sight of) them. Allah hath promised, unto such of them as believe and do good works, forgiveness and immense reward
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
Mohammed is the Apostle of God, and those who are with Him are vehement against the misbelievers,- compassionate amongst themselves; thou mayest see them bowing down, adoring, cravinggrace from God and His goodwill,- their marks are in their faces from the effects of adoration;- that is their similitude in the law and their similitude in the gospel; as a seedlingputs forth its sprouts and strengthens it, and grows stout, and straightens itself upon its stem, delighting the sower!- that the misbelievers may be angry at them;- God has promised those of them who believe and do right - forgiveness and a mightyhire
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Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Muhammad is the Apostle of God; and his comrades are vehement against the infidels, but full of tenderness among themselves. Thou mayst see them bowing down, prostrating themselves, imploringfavours from God, and His acceptance. Their tokens are on their faces, the marks of their prostrations. This is their picture in the Law, and their picture in the Evangel: they are as the seed which putteth forth its stalk; then strengtheneth it, and it groweth stout, and riseth upon its stem, rejoicing the husbandman - that the infidels may be wrathful at them. To such of them as believe and do the things that are right, hath God promised forgiveness and a noble recompense
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Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Mohammed is the apostle of God: And those who are with him are fierce against the unbelievers, but compassionate towards one another. Thou mayest see them bowing down, prostrate, seeking a recompense from God, and his good will. Their signs are in their faces, being marks of frequent prostration. This is their description in the pentateuch, and their description in the gospel: They are as seed which putteth forth its stalk, and strengtheneth it, and swelleth in the ear, and riseth upon its stem; giving delight unto the sower. Such are the Moslemsdescribed to be: That the infidels may swell with indignation at them. God hath promised unto such of them as believe, and do good works, pardon and a great reward
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
Muhamedi është i Dërguari i Allahut, kurse ata që janë me të janë të ashpër ndaj jobesimtarëve e të mëshirshëm mes vete. I sheh ata në ruku e në sexhde, duke kërkuar mirësi prej Allahut dhe kënaqësinë e Tij. Në fytyrat e tyre duken shenjat e gjurmëve të sexhdes. Ky është përshkrimi i tyre në Teurat, ndërsa në Inxhil ata përshkruhen si një farë e mbjellë që nxjerr filiza, pastaj forcohet e bëhet i trashë dhe qëndron mbi kërcellin e vet, duke i mahnitur mbjellësit. (Allahu i bëri të këtillë) që përmes tyre t'i zemërojë jobesimtarët. Atyre që besojnë dhe bëjnë vepra të mira nga mesi i tyre, Allahu u ka premtuar falje dhe shpërblim të madh.
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বাংলা · Bengali
মুহাম্মাদ আল্লাহর রাসূল এবং তার সাথে যারা আছে তারা কাফিরদের প্রতি অত্যন্ত কঠোর; পরস্পরের প্রতি সদয়, তুমি তাদেরকে রুকূকারী, সাজদাকারী অবস্থায় দেখতে পাবে। তারা আল্লাহর করুণা ও সন্তুষ্টি অনুসন্ধান করছে। তাদের আলামত হচ্ছে, তাদের চেহারায় সাজদার চিহ্ন থাকে। এটাই তাওরাতে তাদের দৃষ্টান্ত। আর ইনজীলে তাদের দৃষ্টান্ত হলো একটি চারাগাছের মত, যে তার কচিপাতা উদ্গত করেছে ও শক্ত করেছে, অতঃপর তা পুষ্ট হয়েছে ও স্বীয় কাণ্ডের ওপর মজবুতভাবে দাঁড়িয়েছে, যা চাষিকে আনন্দ দেয়। যাতে তিনি তাদের দ্বারা কাফিরদেরকে ক্রোধান্বিত করতে পারেন। তাদের মধ্যে যারা ঈমান আনে ও সৎকর্ম করে, আল্লাহ তাদের জন্য ক্ষমা ও মহাপ্রতিদানের ওয়াদা করেছেন।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
Muhammed je Allahov poslanik, a oni koji su s njim strogi su prema nevjernicima, a samilosni među sobom; vidiš ih kako ruku‘ i sedždu čine želeći od Allaha obilje i zadovoljstvo – na licima su im znaci, tragovi od padanja na sedždu. Tako su opisani u Tevratu. A u Indžilu: oni su kao biljka kad izdanak svoj izbaci pa ga, onda, učvrsti, i on ojača, i uspravi se na svojoj stabljici izazivajući divljenje sijačâ – da bi On s vjernicima najedio nevjernike. Onima koji vjeruju i dobra djela čine Allah obećava oprost i nagradu veliku.
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Hrvatski · Croatian
Muhammed je Allahov poslanik, a oni koji su s njim strogi su prema nevjernicima a samilosni među sobom; vidiš ih kako klanjaju i licem na tlo padaju želeći od Allaha obilje i zadovoljstvo – na licima su im znaci, tragovi od padanja ničice. Tako su opisani u Tori. A u Evanđelju: oni su kao biljka kad izdanak svoj izbaci pa ga, onda, učvrsti, i on ojača, i uspravi se na svojoj stabljici izazivajući divljenje sijačâ – da bi On s vjernicima najedio nevjernike. Onima koji vjeruju i dobra djela čine Allah obećava oprost i nagradu veliku.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Muhammdu ko Nulaaɗo Allah. Won'ɗuɓe e makko ɓeen ko ñaaɗuɓe e yedduɓe ɓeen, yurmondirɓe hakkunde maɓɓe. A yi'at ɓe hiɓe ruƴƴa, hiɓe cujja, hiɓe ɗaɓɓira Allah ɓural e welayee. Ma'andeeji maɓɓe ɗin no ka j'eece maɓɓe batte cujjugol ngol. Ko ɗuum woni ko ɓe ciforaa ka Tawreeta. No ɓe ciforaa ka Linjiila kan, ko wano remuru yaltingu puɗi mayru, ngu ɓanngini ɗi, ɗi tekki, ɗi fotondiri e binndeeje majji, hara ɗuum no haawna remooɓe, fii no [Allah] tikkinira ɓe yedduɓe ɓen. Allah fodii e maɓɓe ɓen gooŋɗinɓe ɓe ngolli moƴƴuɗi ɗin, haforanal e njoɓdi mawnundi.
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ქართული · Georgian
მუჰამმადი ალლაჰის შუამავალია. ხოლო ისინი, ვინც მასთან არიან [საჰაბები], მკაცრნი არიან ურწმუნოთა მიმართ და ლმობიერნი ერთმანეთის მიმართ. შენ მათ იხილავ მუხლმოდრეკილთ, მიწამდე თაყვანისმცემელთ, რომლებიც ეძიებენ ალლაჰის წყალობასა და კეთილგანწყობას. მათი ნიშანი მათ სახეებზეა მიწამდე (საჯდაზე) თაყვანისცემის კვალისაგან. ესენი მათი ნიშნებია [როგორც აღწერილია] თორაში, ხოლო მათი ნიშანი სახარებაში არის (როგორც) თესლი, რომელიც აღმოცენდა და მას დაეხმარა; ის გამაგრდა და თავის ღეროებზე გამართა, რამაც მთესველები გაახარა, – რათა მათ [მორწმუნეთა დიდმა რაოდენობამ] ურწმუნოთა რისხვა გამოეწვიათ. ალლაჰმა მათგან, ვინც ირწმუნა და სიკეთე ქმნა, პატიება და დიდი საზღაური [სამოთხე] აღუთქვა!
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Deutsch · German
Muhammad ist der Gesandte Allahs. Und diejenigen, die mit ihm sind, sind den Ungläubigen gegenüber hart, zueinander aber barmherzig. Du siehst sie sich verbeugen und niederwerfen, indem sie nach Huld von Allah und Wohlgefallen trachten. Ihr Merkmal steht auf ihren Gesichtern durch die Spuren der Niederwerfung. Dies ist ihr Gleichnis in der Thora. Und ihr Gleichnis im Evangelium ist das eines Getreidefeldes, das seine Triebe hervorbringt und dann stärker werden lässt, so dass sie verdicken und ebenmäßig auf ihren Halmen stehen, so dass es den Anbauern gefällt. (Dies,) damit Er die Ungläubigen durch sie ergrimmen lasse. Allah hat denjenigen von ihnen, die glauben und rechtschaffene Taten verrichten, Vergebung und gewaltigen Lohn versprochen.
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Ελληνικά · Greek
Ο Μωχάμμαντ είναι ο Αγγελιαφόρος του Αλλάχ. Και αυτοί που είναι μαζί του είναι δυνατοί ενάντια στους (πολεμιστές) άπιστους, και είναι ελεήμονες μεταξύ τους. Τους βλέπεις να υποκλίνονται και να πέφτουν σε Σιτζούντ στάση (με το μέτωπο στο έδαφος στην προσευχή), αναζητώντας χάρη από τον Αλλάχ και την ευαρέστησή Του. Το σημάδι τους είναι στα πρόσωπά τους λόγω της Σιτζούντ στάσης, και αυτή είναι η περιγραφή τους στην Τορά. Όσο για την περιγραφή τους στο Ιν-τζήλ, είναι σαν ένα φυτό που έβγαλε τα κλαδιά του, τα οποία το ενδυνάμωσαν, και έτσι (το φυτό) μεγάλωσε και στάθηκε καλά στον κορμό του, και έτσι άρεσε στους καλλιεργητές (για την ομορφιά του). (Ο Αλλάχ έκανε τον Προφήτη και τους συντρόφους του μ' αυτή την περιγραφή) για να ενοχλεί μ' αυτούς, εκείνους τους άπιστους. Ο Αλλάχ έχει υποσχεθεί σ' αυτούς που πιστεύουν και κάνουν ενάρετες πράξεις, μία συγχώρεση και μία σπουδαία ανταμοιβή.
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हिन्दी · Hindi
मुहम्मद[17] अल्लाह के रसूल हैं और वे लोग जो उनके साथ हैं, काफ़िरों पर बहुत सख़्त हैं, आपस में बहुत दयालु हैं। तुम उन्हें रुकू' करते हुए, सजदा करते हुए, अल्लाह का अनुग्रह और (उसकी) प्रसन्नता तलाश करते हुए देखोगे। उनकी निशानी उनके चेहरों पर है, सजदों के चिह्न से। यह उनका विवरण तौरात में है। तथा इंजील में उनका विवरण उस खेती की तरह है, जिसने अपना अंकुर निकाला, फिर उसे प्रबल किया, फिर वह मोटा हो गया, फिर वह अपने तने पर सीधा खड़ा हो गया। वह किसानों को खुश करता है, ताकि उनके द्वारा काफिरों को गुस्सा दिलाए। अल्लाह ने उनमें से उन लोगों से, जो ईमान लाए तथा उन्होंने अच्छे कर्म किए, बड़ी क्षमा तथा बहुत बड़े प्रतिफल का वादा किया है।
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Italiano · Italian
Muħammed, il Messaggero di Allāh, e i suoi compagni, sono severi coi miscredenti, e indulgenti tra di loro: li vedi chini, prosternati, desiderare umilmente la grazia di Allāh e il Suo compiacimento; sulla fronte hanno i segni della prosternazione: questo è il loro esempio nella Torāh e il loro esempio nel Vangelo, come un seme che germoglia, rafforzandosi, poi si irrobustisce, ed eccolo elevarsi solido sul proprio stelo, soddisfacendo i seminatori, per fare invidia ai miscredenti. Allāh ha promesso a quelli che hanno creduto, e hanno fatto il bene tra di loro, perdono e grande ricompensa.
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
29. Muchammedas (ﷺ) yra Allaho pasiuntinys. Ir tie, kurie yra su juo, yra aršūs prieš netikinčiuosius, ir gailestingi vieni kitiems. Tu matai juos, besilenkiančius ir kniūbsčius (maldoje), siekiančius atlygio iš Allaho ir (Jo) patenkinimo. Jų (tikėjimo) ženklas yra ant jų veidų, paliktas po nusilenkimo (maldose). Tai yra jų aprašymas Taurate (Toroje). Bet jų aprašymas Indžylije (Evangelijoje) yra kaip (pasėta) sėkla, kuri išdygsta, ir jos stiebas tapo stipriu. Tuomet jis sustorėjo, ir tapo tiesus, džiugindamas sėjėjus. Šiuo būdu (Allahas) padaro tikinčiuosius apmaudu netikintiesiems. Allahas pažadėjo tiems, kurie tiki (t. y. kurie seka Islamo monoteizmu, Pranašo Muchammedo ﷺ tikėjimu iki Prikėlimo Dienos) ir daro gerus darbus, atleidimą ir didelį atlygį (t. y. Rojų).
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Русский · Russian
Мухаммад — Посланник Аллаха, и те, которые с ним, суровы к отвергшим веру и милосердны между собой. Ты видишь их кланяющимися и падающими ниц, стремящимися к милости от Аллаха и довольству. Примета их — на их лицах от следов земных поклонов. Таково их описание в Таурате. А их описание в Инджиле подобно посеву, который выпустил свой росток, затем укрепил его, и он стал толстым и выпрямился на своём стебле, восхищая сеятелей, — чтобы этим привести в ярость отвергших веру. Аллах обещал тем из них, которые уверовали и совершали праведные деяния, прощение и великую награду.
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Српски · Serbian
Мухаммед је Аллахов Посланик, а његови следбеници су строги према неверницима, а самилосни међу собом; видиш их како се клањају и лицем на тле падају желећи Аллахову награду и задовољство – на лицима су им знаци, трагови од падања лицем на тло. Тако су описани у Тори. А у Јеванђељу: они су као биљка кад свој изданак избаци па га онда учврсти, и он ојача, и усправи се на својој стабљици изазивајући дивљење сејача - да би Он са верницима ојадио невернике. Онима који верују и раде добра дела Аллах обећава опрост и велику награду.
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Muhammad ni Mtume wa Mwenyezi Mungu. Na wale walio pamoja naye wana nguvu mbele ya makafiri, na wanahurumiana wao kwa wao. Utawaona wakiinama na kusujudu wakitafuta fadhila na radhi za Mwenyezi Mungu. Alama zao zi katika nyuso zao, kutokana na athari ya kusujudu. Huu ndio mfano wao katika Taurati. Na mfano wao katika Injili ni kama mmea uliotoa chipukizi lake, kisha ukalitia nguvu, ukawa mnene, ukasimama sawa juu ya ubuwa wake, ukawafurahisha wakulima, ili kuwakasirisha kwa ajili yao makafiri. Mwenyezi Mungu amewaahidi wale walioamini na wakatenda mema katika wao msamaha na ujira mkubwa.
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Svenska · Swedish
Muhammed är Guds sändebud. Och de som följer honom är ståndaktiga mot de otrogna och ömsinta mot varandra. Du ser dem ständigt buga och falla ner i bön, i strävan efter Guds nåd och välbehag. Deras kännetecken syns i deras ansikten, med spår från deras nedfall mot marken. Sådan är deras liknelse i Tawrāt. Och i Injīl liknas de vid en planta som skjuter skott, växer sig stark och slutligen reser sig på sin stam, till odlarens glädje – för att väcka de otrognas raseri. Gud har lovat de som tror och handlar rättfärdigt förlåtelse och en väldig belöning.
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Türkçe · Turkish
Muhammed, Allah’ın Rasûlüdür. Onunla beraber olanlar; kâfirlere karşı şiddetli, kendi aralarında merhametlidirler. Onların rükû ve secde ederek Allah’ın lütuf ve rızasını arzuladıklarını görürsün. Onların işareti yüzlerindeki secde izleridir. İşte bu onların Tevrat’taki örneğidir. İncil'deki örneği ise filizini yarıp çıkarmış, gittikçe onu kuvvetlendirerek kalınlaşmış, gövdesi üzerine dikilmiş bir ekin gibidir ki, bu çiftçilerin de hoşuna gider. (Bu) Onunla kâfirleri öfkelendirmek içindir. Onlardan iman eden ve salih amellerde bulunanlara mağfiret ve büyük bir mükâfat vadetmiştir.
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اردو · Urdu
محمد (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) اللہ کے رسول ہیں اور جو لوگ ان کے ساتھ کافروں پر سخت ہیں آپس میں رحمدل ہیں، تو انہیں دیکھے گا کہ رکوع اور سجدے کر رہے ہیں اللہ تعالیٰ کے فضل اور رضامندی کی جستجو میں ہیں، ان کا نشان ان کے چہروں پر سجدوں کے اﺛر سے ہے، ان کی یہی مثال تورات میں ہے اور ان کی مثال انجیل میں ہے[1] ، مثل اسی کھیتی کے جس نے اپنا انکھوا نکالا[2] پھر اسے مضبوط کیا اور وه موٹا ہوگیا پھر اپنے تنے پر سیدھا کھڑا ہوگیا اور کسانوں کو خوش کرنے لگا[3] تاکہ ان کی وجہ سے کافروں کو چڑائے[4]، ان ایمان والوں اور نیک اعمال والوں سے اللہ نے بخشش کا اور بہت بڑے ﺛواب کا وعده کیا ہے.[5]
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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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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Each verse ends in its pause form, as it is said when you stop there. Pauses inside a verse and other tajwid rules are not shown. It is derived from the Tanzil
Simple edition, while the Arabic above is the
Uthmani edition; both are cleared, but they are not the
same edition and their orthography differs.
Talal Itani2012 God has fulfilled His Messenger's vision in truth: "You will enter the Sacred Mosque, God willing, in security, heads shaven, or hair cut short, not fearing. He knew what you did not know, and has granted besides that an imminent victory."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Allah hath fulfilled the vision for His messenger in very truth. Ye shall indeed enter the Inviolable Place of Worship, if Allah will, secure, (having your hair) shaven and cut, not fearing. But He knoweth that which ye know not, and hath given you a near victory beforehand
Edward Henry Palmer1880 God truly verified for His Apostle the vision that ye shall verity enter the Sacred Mosque, if God please, in safety with shaven heads or cut hair, ye shall not fear; for He knows what ye know not, and He has set for you, beside that, a victory nigh at hand
John Medows Rodwell1861 Now hath God in truth made good to His Apostle the dream in which he said, "Ye shall surely enter the sacred Mosque, if God will, in full security, having your heads shaved and your hair cut: ye shall not fear; for He knoweth what ye know not; and He hath ordained you, beside this, a speedy victory
George Sale1734 Now hath God in truth verified unto his apostle the vision, wherein He said; ye shall surely enter the holy temple of Mecca, if God please, in full security; having your heads shaved, and your hair cut: Ye shall not fear: For God knoweth that which ye know not; and He hath appointed you, besides this, a speedy victory
Talal Itani2012 It is He who sent His Messenger with the guidance and the religion of truth, to make it prevail over all religions. God suffices as Witness.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 He it is Who hath sent His messenger with the guidance and the religion of truth, that He may cause it to prevail over all religion. And Allah sufficeth as a Witness
Edward Henry Palmer1880 He it is who sent His Apostle with guidance and the religion of truth to set it above all religion; for God is witness enough
John Medows Rodwell1861 It is He who hath sent His Apostle with "the Guidance," and the religion of truth, that He may exalt it above every religion. And enough for thee is this testimony on the part of God
George Sale1734 It is He who hath sent his apostle with the direction, and the religion of truth; that He may exalt the same above every religion: And God is a sufficient witness hereof
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 —
0.67 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 · John Medows Rodwell0.75
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.73
Talal Itani · George Sale0.71
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.70
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.67
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.67
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.66
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.63
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.62
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.58
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
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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.