عَالَمِين AALAMIN Read the Qur'an in context Read the Qur'an

The verseSource fact

5:104

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَعَالَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ وَإِلَى ٱلرَّسُولِ قَالُوا۟ حَسْبُنَا مَا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ ءَابَآءَنَآ أَوَلَوْ كَانَ ءَابَآؤُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يَهْتَدُونَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)wa'idhaa qeela lahum ta'aalaw ilaa maa anzala llaahu wa'ilaa r-rasooli qaaloo hasbunaa maa wajadnaa 'alayhi aabaa'anaa awalaw kaana aabaa'uhum laa ya'lamoona shay'an walaa yahtadoon

DIN 31635waʾiḏā qīla lahum taʿālaw ʾilā mā ʾanzala llāhu waʾilā r-rasūli qālū ḥasbunā mā waǧadnā ʿalayhi ʾābāʾanā ʾawalaw kāna ʾābāʾuhum lā yaʿlamūna šayʾan walā yahtadūna

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

TranslationsSource fact

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.

And when it was said to them, "Accede to that which God hath sent down, and to the Apostle:" they said, "Sufficient for us is the faith in which we found our fathers." What! though their fathers knew nothing, and had no guidance

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

Compare translations (4)
Talal Itani · published 2012

And when it is said to them, "Come to what God has revealed, and to the Messenger," they say, "Sufficient for us is what we found our forefathers upon." Even if their forefathers knew nothing, and were not guided?

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

And when it is said unto them: Come unto that which Allah hath revealed and unto the messenger, they say: Enough for us is that wherein we found our fathers. What! Even though their fathers had no knowledge whatsoever, and no guidance

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

And when it is said to them, 'Come round to what God has revealed unto His Apostle,' they say, 'Enough for us is what we found our fathers agreed upon.' What! though their fathers knew nothing and were not guided

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

George Sale 1697–1736 · published 1734

And when it is said to them, 'Come to what God has revealed, and to the Messenger,' they say, 'Sufficient for us is that wherein we found our fathers.' What! even though their fathers had no knowledge and had no guidance

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

Kur atyre u thuhet: "Ejani tek ajo që ka shpallur Allahu dhe tek i Dërguari!", ata thonë: "Na mjafton ajo (rrugë) në të cilën i kemi gjetur etërit tanë." Vallë, edhe nëse etërit e tyre nuk dinin gjë dhe nuk ishin të përudhur?!

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 যখন তাদেরকে বলা হয়, আল্লাহ যা নাযিল করেছেন, তার দিকে ও রাসূলের দিকে আসো’, তখন তারা বলে: ‘আমরা আমাদের পূর্বপুরুষদেরকে যেটাতে পেয়েছি, সেটাই আমাদের জন্য যথেষ্ট।’ অথচ তাদের পিতৃপুরুষরা কিছুই জানত না এবং তারা হিদায়াতপ্রাপ্তও ছিল না, তারপরেও কি তারা তাদেরই অনুসরণ করবে?(৩০)

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 kada im se kaže: "Slijedite ono što je Allah objavio!" – oni odgovaraju: "Ne, nego ćemo slijediti ono na čemu smo naše pretke zatekli." Zar i onda kada im preci nisu ništa shvaćali, niti su na Pravom putu bili?!

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 kada im se kaže: "Slijedite ono što je Allah objavio!" oni odgovaraju: "Ne, nego ćemo slijediti ono na čemu smo naše pretke zatekli." Zar i onda kada im predci nisu ništa shvaćali, niti su na Pravom putu bili?!

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

Si ɓe mbiamaa: "ngree e ko Alla Jippini kon e faade e Nulaaɗo on", ɓe mbi'a:"Yonii min ko min tawri baabiraaɓe amen ɓe", e hay si baabiraaɓe maɓɓe ɓe ngandaa hay e huunde ɓe peewataa?!

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 როცა ეუბნებიან მათ [ურწმუნოებს]: «მოდით იმაზე, რაც ალლაჰმა გარდმოავლინა, და მოციქულთან, — ისინი ამბობენ: "საკმარისია ჩვენთვის ის, რაზეც ვიპოვეთ ჩვენი მამები"». ნუთუ (ისინი ასე იტყვიან) მაშინაც კი, თუ მათმა მამებმა არაფერი იცოდნენ და არ მიჰყვებოდნენ (ჭეშმარიტ) გზას?

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 wenn man zu ihnen sagt: „Kommt (und folgt dem), was Allah hinabgesandt hat“, sagen sie: „Vielmehr folgen wir dem, worin wir unsere Väter vorgefunden haben.“ Was denn, auch wenn ihre Väter nichts begriffen und nicht rechtgeleitet waren?

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

Και όταν ειπωθεί σ' αυτούς (που επινόησαν ψεύδη για τον Αλλάχ): «Ελάτε σ' αυτό που έστειλε ο Αλλάχ (το Κορ’άν) και στον Αγγελιαφόρο (στη Σούννα του, ώστε να μάθετε τι είναι επιτρεπτό και τι είναι απαγορευμένο).» Λένε: «Μας αρκεί αυτό που βρήκαμε τους προγόνους μας να ακολουθούν (από πεποιθήσεις, λόγια και πράξεις).» Ακόμη κι αν οι πρόγονοί τους δε γνώριζαν τίποτα ούτε καθοδηγήθηκαν (στην αλήθεια);

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

और जब उनसे कहा जाता है : आओ उसकी ओर जो अल्लाह ने उतारा है और रसूल की ओर, तो कहते हैं : हमें वही काफ़ी है, जिसपर हमने अपने बाप-दादा को पाया है। क्या अगरचे उनके बाप-दादा कुछ भी न जानते हों और न मार्गदर्शन पाते हों।

Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5

Italiano · Italian

E quando a loro viene detto: “Venite verso ciò che Allāh ha fatto scendere e verso il Messaggero”, diranno: “Ci basta ciò che abbiamo trovato dai nostri padri!” Ma come, anche se i loro padri non sapevano nulla, e non erano guidati alla retta via?!

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

104. Ir kai sakoma jiems: „Ateikite į tai, ką Allahas apreiškė, ir pas Pasiuntinį (Muchammedą ﷺ , sprendimui apie tai, ką jūs padarėte neleistina).“ Jie sako: „Gana mums to, kuo radome mūsų tėvus sekančius.“ Nors jų tėvai neturėjo nei jokių žinių, nei teisingo vedimo.

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

Yeroo "gara waan Rabbiin buusee (Qur'aanaa) fi gara ergamichaa (muhammad) kottaa" isaaniin jedhame "wanti nuti abbootii keenya irratti argine nuuf ga’aadha" jedhu. Sila odoo abbootiin isaanii homaa kan hin beekneefi karaa hin qajeelle ta’anillee (isaanuma hordofuu)?(hordofuu hinqaban).

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

Когда им говорится: «Придите к тому, что ниспослал Аллах, и к Посланнику», они говорят: «Достаточно для нас того, на чём мы застали наших отцов». Неужели, даже если их отцы ничего не знали и не были на верном пути?

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 када им се каже: „Приступите ономе што објављује Аллах, и приступите Посланику!“ Они одговарају: „Довољно нам је оно што смо од наших предака запамтили.“ Зар и ако њихови преци нису ништа знали и ако нису били на Правом путу?!

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 wanapoambiwa: Njooni kwenye yale aliyoyateremsha Mwenyezi Mungu, na kwa Mtume, wanasema: Yanatutosha tuliyowakuta nayo baba zetu. Je, hata ikiwa baba zao walikuwa hawajui kitu wala hawakuongoka?

Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5

Svenska · Swedish

När det sägs till dem: ”Kom till det som Gud har uppenbarat och till sändebudet!”, svarar de: ”För oss räcker det vi fann våra förfäder hålla sig till.” Men hur [skulle det räcka], när deras förfäder saknade kunskap och inte var vägledda?

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

(Onlara, “Allah'ın indirdiği kitaba uyunuz!” dendiği zaman, “Hayır, biz atalarımızın yoluna uyarız” derler. Ya ataları akıl erdiremeyen ve doğru yol üzerinde bulunmuyor iselerde mi?

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 جب ان سے کہا جاتا ہے کہ اللہ تعالیٰ نے جو احکام نازل فرمائے ہیں ان کی طرف اور رسول کی طرف رجوع کرو تو کہتے ہیں کہ ہم کو وہی کافی ہے جس پر ہم نے اپنے بڑوں کو پایا، کیا اگر چہ ان کے بڑے نہ کچھ سمجھ رکھتے ہوں اور نہ ہدایت رکھتے ہوں۔

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

About these translations

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.

Which translations appear here is set by copyright: they are the ones whose rights could be documented and cleared. The selection is not a judgement that these are the best.

About easy-read

Easy-read is a simplified pronunciation, 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 Uthmani edition; both are cleared, but they are not the same edition and their orthography differs.

The verses around this oneSource fact

shown so it's never read alone

5:102

قَدْ سَأَلَهَا قَوْمٌ مِّن قَبْلِكُمْ ثُمَّ أَصْبَحُوا۟ بِهَا كَٰفِرِينَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)qad sa'alahaa qawmun min qablikum thumma asbahoo bihaa kaafireen

DIN 31635qad saʾalahā qawmun min qablikum ṯumma ʾaṣbaḥū bihā kāfirīna

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 A people before you asked about them, but then came to reject them.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 A folk before you asked (for such disclosures) and then disbelieved therein

Edward Henry Palmer1880 People before you have asked about that, yet on the morrow did they disbelieve therein

John Medows Rodwell1861 They who were before you, asked concerning such things, and afterwards quickly disbelieved therein

George Sale1734 A people before you asked about such things, but then they became disbelievers therein

5:103

مَا جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ مِنۢ بَحِيرَةٍ وَلَا سَآئِبَةٍ وَلَا وَصِيلَةٍ وَلَا حَامٍ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْكَذِبَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)maa ja'ala llaahu min baheeratin walaa saa'ibatin walaa waseelatin walaa haamin walaakinna lladheena kafaroo yaftaroona 'alaa llaahi l-kadhiba wa'aktharuhum laa ya'qiloon

DIN 31635mā ǧaʿala llāhu min baḥīratin walā sāʾibatin walā waṣīlatin walā ḥāmin walākinna llaḏīna kafarū yaftarūna ʿalā llāhi l-kaḏiba waʾakṯaruhum lā yaʿqilūna

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 God did not institute the superstitions of Bahirah, Saibah, Wasilah, or of Hami; but those who disbelieve fabricate lies about God-most of them do not understand.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Allah hath not appointed anything in the nature of a Bahirah or a Sa'ibah or a Wasilah or a Hami, but those who disbelieve invent a lie against Allah. Most of them have no sense

Edward Henry Palmer1880 And God has not ordained any Ba'hirah or Saibah, nor Wazilah nor 'Hami, but those who misbelieve invent a lie against God, for most of them do not understand

John Medows Rodwell1861 God hath not ordained anything on the subject. of Bahira, or Saiba, or Wasila, or Hami; but the unbelievers have invented this lie against God: and most of them had no understanding

George Sale1734 God has not ordained any 'Bahira' or 'Sa'ibah' or Wasilah' or 'Hami' but those who disbelieve forge a lie against God, and most of them do not make use of their understanding

5:104 — the verse above

5:105

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنفُسَكُمْ لَا يَضُرُّكُم مَّن ضَلَّ إِذَا ٱهْتَدَيْتُمْ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ مَرْجِعُكُمْ جَمِيعًا فَيُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)yaa ayyuhaa lladheena aamanoo 'alaykum anfusakum laa yadurrukum man dalla idhaa htadaytum ilaa llaahi marji'ukum jamee'an fayunabbi'ukum bimaa kuntum ta'maloon

DIN 31635yā ʾayyuhā llaḏīna ʾāmanū ʿalaykum ʾanfusakum lā yaḍurrukum man ḍalla ʾiḏā htadaytum ʾilā llāhi marǧiʿukum ǧamīʿan fayunabbiʾukum bimā kuntum taʿmalūna

Talal Itani2012 O you who believe! You are responsible for your own souls. He who has strayed cannot harm you if you are guided. To God is you return, all of you, and He will inform you of what you used to do.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 O ye who believe! Ye have charge of your own souls. He who erreth cannot injure you if ye are rightly guided. Unto Allah ye will all return; and then He will inform you of what ye used to do

Edward Henry Palmer1880 O ye who believe! mind yourselves; he who errs can do you no hurt when ye are guided: unto God is your return altogether, and He will declare to you that which ye do not know

John Medows Rodwell1861 O believers! take heed to yourselves. He who erreth shall not hurt you when ye have the "guidance:" to God shall ye all return, and He will tell you that which ye have done

George Sale1734 O ye who believe! take care of your own selves. He who goes astray cannot harm you when you yourselves are rightly guided. To God will you all return; then He will inform you of what you used do

5:106

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ شَهَٰدَةُ بَيْنِكُمْ إِذَا حَضَرَ أَحَدَكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتُ حِينَ ٱلْوَصِيَّةِ ٱثْنَانِ ذَوَا عَدْلٍ مِّنكُمْ أَوْ ءَاخَرَانِ مِنْ غَيْرِكُمْ إِنْ أَنتُمْ ضَرَبْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَأَصَٰبَتْكُم مُّصِيبَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ تَحْبِسُونَهُمَا مِنۢ بَعْدِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ فَيُقْسِمَانِ بِٱللَّهِ إِنِ ٱرْتَبْتُمْ لَا نَشْتَرِى بِهِۦ ثَمَنًا وَلَوْ كَانَ ذَا قُرْبَىٰ وَلَا نَكْتُمُ شَهَٰدَةَ ٱللَّهِ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّمِنَ ٱلْـَٔاثِمِينَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)yaa ayyuhaa lladheena aamanoo shahaadatu baynikum idhaa hadara ahadakumu l-mawtu heena l-wasiyyati thnaani dhawaa 'adlin minkum aw aakharaani min ghayrikum in antum darabtum fee l-'ardi fa'asaabatkum museebatu l-mawti tahbisoonahumaa min ba'di s-salaati fayuqsimaani billaahi ini rtabtum laa nashtaree bihi thamanan walaw kaana dhaa qurbaa walaa naktumu shahaadata llaahi innaa idhan lamina l-'aathimeen

DIN 31635yā ʾayyuhā llaḏīna ʾāmanū šahādatu baynikum ʾiḏā ḥaḍara ʾaḥadakumu l-mawtu ḥīna l-waṣiyyati ṯnāni ḏawā ʿadlin minkum ʾaw ʾāḫarāni min ġayrikum ʾin ʾantum ḍarabtum fī l-ʾarḍi faʾaṣābatkum muṣībatu l-mawti taḥbisūnahumā min baʿdi ṣ-ṣalāti fayuqsimāni billāhi ʾini rtabtum lā naštarī bihi ṯamanan walaw kāna ḏā qurbā walā naktumu šahādata llāhi ʾinnā ʾiḏan lamina l-ʾāṯimīna

Talal Itani2012 O you who believe! When death approaches one of you, let two reliable persons from among you act as witnesses to the making of a bequest, or two persons from another people if you are travelling in the land and the event of death approaches you. Engage them after the prayer. If you have doubts, let them swear by God: "We will not sell our testimony for any price, even if he was a near relative, and we will not conceal God's testimony, for then we would be sinners."

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 O ye who believe! Let there be witnesses between you when death draweth nigh unto one of you, at the time of bequest - two witnesses, just men from among you, or two others from another tribe, in case ye are campaigning in the land and the calamity of death befall you. Ye shall empanel them both after the prayer, and, if ye doubt, they shall be made to swear by Allah (saying): We will not take a bribe, even though it were (on behalf of) a near kinsman nor will we hide the testimony of Allah, for then indeed we should be of the sinful

Edward Henry Palmer1880 O ye who believe! let there be a testimony between you when any one of you is on the point of death - at the time he makes his will - two equitable persons from amongst you; or two others from some other folk, if ye be knocking about in the land, and the calamity of death befall you; ye shall shut them both up after prayer, and they shall both swear by God, if ye doubt them, (saying), 'We will not sell (our testimony) for a price, though it were to a relative, nor will we hide God's testimony, verily, then, we should be among sinners

John Medows Rodwell1861 O believers! let there be witnesses between you, when death draweth nigh to any of you, at the time of making the testament; two witnesses - just men from among yourselves, or two others of a different tribe from yourselves - if ye be journeying in the earth, and the calamity of death surprise you. Ye shall shut them both up, after the prayer; and if ye doubt them, they shall swear by God, "We will not take a bribe though the party be of kin to us, neither will we conceal the testimony of God, for then we should be among the wicked

George Sale1734 O ye who believe! the right evidence among you, when death comes to one of you, at the time of making a will, is of two just men from among you; or of two others not from among you, in case you be journeying in the land and the calamity of death befalls you. You shall detain them both after Prayer for giving evidence; and if you have doubt concerning their evidence, they shall both swear by God, saying, 'We will not take for this any price, even though the person affected thereby be a near relation, nor will we hide the testimony enjoined by God; surely in that case we shall be among the sinners

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

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَعَالَوْا إِلَىٰ مَا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ وَإِلَى الرَّسُولِ قَالُوا حَسْبُنَا مَا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ آبَاءَنَا أَوَلَوْ كَانَ آبَاؤُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ شَيْئًا وَلَا يَهْتَدُونَ

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

In plain words — none yet for this verse

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 — 0.50 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
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.62
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell 0.57
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell 0.57
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.57
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell 0.50
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale 0.49
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale 0.49
Talal Itani · George Sale 0.49
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer 0.40
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale 0.33

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

The platform does not say which is right, and does not characterise what the difference means. The renderings are placed together so the difference is visible; reading it is the reader's work.

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

Sources, editions and licences for everything above

ReceiptsSource fact

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.

Every source and rights decision →

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.

Every source and rights decision →

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.

Every source and rights decision →

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.

Every source and rights decision →

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.

Every source and rights decision →

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.

Every source and rights decision →

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.

Every source and rights decision →

Every source and rights decision →

How to read this page

Source fact Derived link Editorial
Source fact
Text as a named source gives it. The platform is transcribing, not speaking.
Derived link
Produced by a query over data we hold. Reproducible, and its method is stated.
Editorial
Written by a named editor. Not a translation and not a source. The only place this platform speaks in its own voice, and it is signed.

Qur'anic text from the Tanzil Project. Copyright (C) 2007-2026 Tanzil Project License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Source: tanzil.net · Updates: tanzil.net/updates/ https://tanzil.net/updates/