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5:108

ذَٰلِكَ أَدْنَىٰٓ أَن يَأْتُوا۟ بِٱلشَّهَٰدَةِ عَلَىٰ وَجْهِهَآ أَوْ يَخَافُوٓا۟ أَن تُرَدَّ أَيْمَٰنٌۢ بَعْدَ أَيْمَٰنِهِمْ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱسْمَعُوا۟ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْفَٰسِقِينَ

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Easy-read (simplified)dhaalika adnaa an ya'too bish-shahaadati 'alaa wajhihaa aw yakhaafoo an turadda aymaanun ba'da aymaanihim waattaqoo llaaha wasma'oo wallaahu laa yahdee l-qawma l-faasiqeen

DIN 31635ḏālika ʾadnā ʾan yaʾtū biš-šahādati ʿalā waǧhihā ʾaw yaḫāfū ʾan turadda ʾaymānun baʿda ʾaymānihim wāttaqū llāha wasmaʿū wallāhu lā yahdī l-qawma l-fāsiqīna

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Thus will it be easier for men to bear a true witness, or fear lest after their oath another oath be given. Therefore fear God and hearken; for God guideth not the perverse

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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

That makes it more likely that they will give true testimony, fearing that their oaths might be contradicted by subsequent oaths. So fear God, and listen. God does not guide the disobedient people.

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

Thus it is more likely that they will bear true witness or fear that after their oaths the oaths (of others) will be taken. So be mindful of your duty (to Allah) and hearken. Allah guideth not the froward folk

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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

thus is it easier for men to bear testimony according to the purport thereof, else must they fear lest an oath be given to rebut their own oath; but let them fear God and listen, for God guides not the people who do ill

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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

Thus it is more likely that they will give evidence according to facts or that they will fear that other oaths will be taken after their oaths. And fear God and hearken. And God guides not the disobedient people

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

Kjo është më afër që ata të japin një dëshmi të saktë ose të kenë frikë se betimi i tyre do të zhvlerësohet përmes një betimi tjetër. Frikësojuni Allahut dhe dëgjoni! Allahu nuk i udhëzon në rrugë të drejtë njerëzit e pabindur.

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বাংলা · Bengali

এ পদ্ধতিই(৩২) বেশী নিকটর যে, তারা সাক্ষ্য সঠিকভাবে উপস্থাপন করবে অথবা তারা ভয় করবে যে, তাদের শপথের পর শপথ প্রত্যাখ্যান করা হবে। আর তোমরা আল্লাহকে ভয় করো এবং শুনো। আর আল্লাহ ফাসিক সম্প্রদায়কে হিদায়াত দান করেন না।

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Bosanski · Bosnian

Time će biti najbliže ispravnom svjedočenju, i da se ne plaše da će njihove zakletve drugim zakletvama biti pobijene. I bojte se Allaha i slušajte! A Allah neće uputiti na Pravi put ljude koji griješe.

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Hrvatski · Croatian

Time će biti najbliže ispravnom svjedočenju, i da se ne plaše da će njihove zakletve drugim zakletvama biti pobijene. I bojte se Allaha i slušajte! A Allah neće uputiti na Pravi put ljude koji griješe.

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Fulfulde · Fulani

Ko ɗum ɗoo ɓuri ɓaɗtaade nde ɓe ngaddata seedee e hoore nden ɗon, maa ɓe kula nde woondoore ruttetee ɓaawo woondoore maɓɓe nden. Alla Fewnataa yaltuɓe ɗoftaare ɓe

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ქართული · Georgian

ეს უფრო ახლოს არის იმასთან, რომ მათ მისცენ მოწმობა მის ნამდვილ სახეში [როგორც არის, შეუცვლელად], ან შეეშინდეთ იმისა, რომ მათი ფიცები უარყოფილი იქნება მათი ფიცების შემდეგ (და ისინი შერცხვენილნი იქნებიან ხალხის წინაშე). და გეშინოდეთ ალლაჰის, და ისმინეთ; ჭეშმარიტად, ალლაჰი არ უძღვება (სწორ გზაზე) ურჩ ხალხს!

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Deutsch · German

Das führt eher dazu, dass sie das Zeugnis, wie es sein soll, ablegen oder befürchten (müssen), dass nach ihren Eiden wieder (andere) Eide (geschworen) werden. Und fürchtet Allah und hört! Und Allah leitet das Volk der Frevler nicht recht.

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Ελληνικά · Greek

Αυτό (που προαναφέρθηκε) είναι πιο πιθανό στο να δώσουν (οι πρώτοι δύο μάρτυρες) τη μαρτυρία με την αλήθεια (λόγω του φόβου τους από τον Αλλάχ, ότι μπορεί να ορκιστούν μετά την προσευχή). Ή στο να φοβούνται ότι αφού ορκίστηκαν θα απορριφθούν οι όρκοι (τους από τους συγγενείς του αποθανόντα και θα αποκαλυφθεί το ψεύδος τους). Φυλαχθείτε, λοιπόν, από την τιμωρία του Αλλάχ (τηρώντας τις εντολές Του) και ακούστε. Πράγματι, ο Αλλάχ δεν καθοδηγεί τους ανυπάκουους.

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हिन्दी · Hindi

यह अधिक निकट है कि वे गवाही को उसके (वास्तविक) तरीक़े पर दें, अथवा इस बात से डरें कि (उनकी) क़समें उन (संबंधियों) की क़समों के बाद रद्द कर दी जाएँगी तथा अल्लाह से डरो और सुनो और अल्लाह अवज्ञाकारियों को मार्गदर्शन प्रदान नहीं करता।[73]

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Italiano · Italian

Così è più probabile che diano una testimonianza appropriata, o temano che poi venga rifiutato il loro giuramento. E temete Allāh e ascoltate: Allāh non guida il popolo trasgressore.

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Lietuvių · Lithuanian

108. Tai turėtų priartinti (prie fakto), kad jų liudijimas bus teisingiausios formos (ir priimtas), arba priešingu atveju jie bijotų, kad (kitos) priesaikos bus priimtos po jų priesaikų. Ir bijokite Allaho ir klausykite (paklusdami Jam). Ir Allahas neveda teisingu keliu žmonių, kurie yra Al-Fasikūn (maištingi ir nepaklusnūs).

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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo

Kanatu irra dhihoodha Ragaan bifa sirriin dhufuufi eega kakuulee isaaniitii kakuuleen deebifamuu sodaachuuf. Rabbiin sodaadhaatii (ajaja isaas) dhagayaa. Rabbiin ummata finciltoota hin qajeelchu.

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Русский · Russian

Так будет вернее, что они засвидетельствуют как должно, или побоятся, что [их] клятвы будут отклонены после их [ложных] клятв. Бойтесь Аллаха и слушайте. Аллах не наставляет на верный путь нечестивых людей.

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Српски · Serbian

Тиме ће да буде најближе исправном сведочењу, и да се не плаше да ће њихове заклетве другим заклетвама да буду побијене. И бојте се Аллаха и слушајте! А Аллах неће да упути на Прави пут непокорне људе.

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Kiswahili · Swahili

Hivyo ni karibu zaidi na kwamba watatoa ushahidi ulio sawa au wataogopa visije vikaletwa viapo vingine baada ya viapo vyao. Na mcheni Mwenyezi Mungu na msikie. Na Mwenyezi Mungu hawaongoi kaumu ya wavukao mipaka.

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Svenska · Swedish

Detta gör det mer sannolikt att deras vittnesmål avläggs korrekt, eller att de fruktar att deras eder ska förkastas efter att andra har avlagt sina. Frukta därför Gud och lyssna! Gud vägleder inte trotsiga syndare.

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Türkçe · Turkish

Bu, (hüküm), şahitliği gerektiği şekilde yapmaya, yahut yeminlerinden sonra, yeminlerin (mirasçılar tarafından) reddedilmesinden korkmalarına (çekinmelerine çare olarak) daha uygundur. Allah’a karşı gelmekten sakının ve dinleyin. Allah, fasık toplumu doğruya iletmez.

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اردو · Urdu

یہ قریب ذریعہ ہے اس امر کا کہ وه لوگ واقعہ کو ٹھیک طور پر ﻇاہر کریں یا اس بات سے ڈر جائیں کہ ان سے قسمیں لینے کے بعد قسمیں الٹی پڑ جائیں گی[1] اور اللہ تعالیٰ سے ڈرو اور سنو! اور اللہ تعالیٰ فاسق لوگوں کو ہدایت نہیں کرتا۔

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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

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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

5:107

فَإِنْ عُثِرَ عَلَىٰٓ أَنَّهُمَا ٱسْتَحَقَّآ إِثْمًا فَـَٔاخَرَانِ يَقُومَانِ مَقَامَهُمَا مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَحَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْأَوْلَيَٰنِ فَيُقْسِمَانِ بِٱللَّهِ لَشَهَٰدَتُنَآ أَحَقُّ مِن شَهَٰدَتِهِمَا وَمَا ٱعْتَدَيْنَآ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّمِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

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Easy-read (simplified)fa'in 'uthira 'alaa annahumaa stahaqqaa ithman fa'aakharaani yaqoomaani maqaamahumaa mina lladheena stahaqqa 'alayhimu l-'awlayaani fayuqsimaani billaahi lashahaadatunaa ahaqqu min shahaadatihimaa wamaa 'tadaynaa innaa idhan lamina z-zaalimeen

DIN 31635faʾin ʿuṯira ʿalā ʾannahumā staḥaqqā ʾiṯman faʾāḫarāni yaqūmāni maqāmahumā mina llaḏīna staḥaqqa ʿalayhimu l-ʾawlayāni fayuqsimāni billāhi lašahādatunā ʾaḥaqqu min šahādatihimā wamā ʿtadaynā ʾinnā ʾiḏan lamina ẓ-ẓālimīna

Talal Itani2012 If it is discovered that they are guilty of perjury: let two others take their place, two from among those responsible for the claim, and have them swear by God, "Our testimony is more truthful than their testimony, and we will not be biased, for then we would be wrongdoers."

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 But then, if it is afterwards ascertained that both of them merit (the suspicion of) sin, let two others take their place of those nearly concerned, and let them swear by Allah, (saying): Verily our testimony is truer than their testimony and we have not transgressed (the bounds of duty), for them indeed we should be of the evil-doers

Edward Henry Palmer1880 But if it shall be lit upon that they too have deserved the imputation of sin, then let two others stand up in their place with those who think them deserving of the imputation, the nearest two in kin, and they shall both swear by God, 'Indeed, our testimony is truer than the testimony of those two, and we have not transgressed, for then we should surely be of the unjust

John Medows Rodwell1861 But if it shall be made clear that both have been guilty of a falsehood, two others of those who have convicted them thereof, the two nearest in blood shall stand up in their place, and they shall swear by God, "Verily our witness is more true than the witness of these two; neither have we advanced anything untrue, for then should we be of the unjust

George Sale1734 But if it be discovered that the two witnesses are guilty of sin, then two others shall take their place from amongst those against whom the former two witnesses -- who were in a better position to give true evidence -- had deposed, and the two latter witnesses shall swear by God, saying, 'Surely our testimony is truer than the testimony of the former two, and we have not been unfair in any way; for then, indeed, we should be of the unjust

5:108 — the verse above

5:109

يَوْمَ يَجْمَعُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلرُّسُلَ فَيَقُولُ مَاذَآ أُجِبْتُمْ قَالُوا۟ لَا عِلْمَ لَنَآ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ عَلَّٰمُ ٱلْغُيُوبِ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)yawma yajma'u llaahu r-rusula fayaqoolu maadhaa ujibtum qaaloo laa 'ilma lanaa innaka anta 'allaamu l-ghuyoob

DIN 31635yawma yaǧmaʿu llāhu r-rusula fayaqūlu māḏā ʾuǧibtum qālū lā ʿilma lanā ʾinnaka ʾanta ʿallāmu l-ġuyūbi

Talal Itani2012 On the Day when God will gather the messengers, then say, "What response were you given?" They will say, "We have no knowledge; it is you who are the Knower of the unseen."

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 In the day when Allah gathereth together the messengers, and saith: What was your response (from mankind)? they say: We have no knowledge. Lo! Thou, only Thou art the Knower of Things Hidden

Edward Henry Palmer1880 On the day when God shall assemble the apostles and shall say, 'How were ye answered?' they will say, 'We have no knowledge; verily, thou art He who knoweth the unseen

John Medows Rodwell1861 One day will God assemble the Apostles, and say, "What reply was made to you?" They shall say, "We have no knowledge, but Thou art the Knower of Secrets

George Sale1734 Think of the day when God will assemble the Messengers and say, 'What was the reply made to you?' They will say, 'We have no knowledge, it is only Thou Who art the Knower of hidden things

5:110

إِذْ قَالَ ٱللَّهُ يَٰعِيسَى ٱبْنَ مَرْيَمَ ٱذْكُرْ نِعْمَتِى عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَىٰ وَٰلِدَتِكَ إِذْ أَيَّدتُّكَ بِرُوحِ ٱلْقُدُسِ تُكَلِّمُ ٱلنَّاسَ فِى ٱلْمَهْدِ وَكَهْلًا وَإِذْ عَلَّمْتُكَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَ وَٱلْإِنجِيلَ وَإِذْ تَخْلُقُ مِنَ ٱلطِّينِ كَهَيْـَٔةِ ٱلطَّيْرِ بِإِذْنِى فَتَنفُخُ فِيهَا فَتَكُونُ طَيْرًۢا بِإِذْنِى وَتُبْرِئُ ٱلْأَكْمَهَ وَٱلْأَبْرَصَ بِإِذْنِى وَإِذْ تُخْرِجُ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ بِإِذْنِى وَإِذْ كَفَفْتُ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ عَنكَ إِذْ جِئْتَهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ فَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)idh qaala llaahu yaa 'eesaa bna maryama dhkur ni'matee 'alayka wa'alaa waalidatika idh ayyadttuka biroohi l-qudusi tukallimu n-naasa fee l-mahdi wakahlan wa'idh 'allamtuka l-kitaaba wal-hikmata wat-tawraata wal-'injeela wa'idh takhluqu mina t-teeni kahay'ati t-tayri bi'idhnee fatanfukhu feehaa fatakoonu tayran bi'idhnee watubri'u l-'akmaha wal-'abrasa bi'idhnee wa'idh tukhriju l-mawtaa bi'idhnee wa'idh kafaftu banee israa'eela 'anka idh ji'tahum bil-bayyinaati faqaala lladheena kafaroo minhum in haadhaa illaa sihrun mubeen

DIN 31635ʾiḏ qāla llāhu yā ʿīsā bna maryama ḏkur niʿmatī ʿalayka waʿalā wālidatika ʾiḏ ʾayyadttuka birūḥi l-qudusi tukallimu n-nāsa fī l-mahdi wakahlan waʾiḏ ʿallamtuka l-kitāba wal-ḥikmata wat-tawrāta wal-ʾinǧīla waʾiḏ taḫluqu mina ṭ-ṭīni kahayʾati ṭ-ṭayri biʾiḏnī fatanfuḫu fīhā fatakūnu ṭayran biʾiḏnī watubriʾu l-ʾakmaha wal-ʾabraṣa biʾiḏnī waʾiḏ tuḫriǧu l-mawtā biʾiḏnī waʾiḏ kafaftu banī ʾisrāʾīla ʿanka ʾiḏ ǧiʾtahum bil-bayyināti faqāla llaḏīna kafarū minhum ʾin hāḏā ʾillā siḥrun mubīnun

Talal Itani2012 When God will say, "O Jesus son of Mary, recall My favor upon you and upon your mother, how I supported you with the Holy Spirit. You spoke to the people from the crib, and in maturity. How I taught you the Scripture and wisdom, and the Torah and the Gospel. And recall that you molded from clay the shape of a bird, by My leave, and then you breathed into it, and it became a bird, by My leave. And you healed the blind and the leprous, by My leave; and you revived the dead, by My leave. And recall that I restrained the Children of Israel from you when you brought them the clear miracles. But those who disbelieved among them said, `This is nothing but obvious sorcery.'"

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 When Allah saith: O Jesus, son of Mary! Remember My favour unto thee and unto thy mother; how I strengthened thee with the holy Spirit, so that thou spakest unto mankind in the cradle as in maturity; and how I taught thee the Scripture and Wisdom and the Torah and the Gospel; and how thou didst shape of clay as it were the likeness of a bird by My permission, and didst blow upon it and it was a bird by My permission, and thou didst heal him who was born blind and the leper by My permission; and how thou didst raise the dead by My permission; and how I restrained the Children of Israel from (harming) thee when thou camest unto them with clear proofs, and those of them who disbelieved exclaimed: This is naught else than mere magic

Edward Henry Palmer1880 When God said, 'O Jesus, son of Mary! remember my favours towards thee and towards thy mother, when I aided thee with the Holy Ghost, till thou didst speak to men in the cradle and when grown up. ' And when I taught thee the Book and wisdom and the law and the gospel; when thou didst create of clay, as it were, the likeness of a bird, by my power, and didst blow thereon, it became a bird; and thou didst heal the blind from birth, and the leprous by my permission; and when thou didst bring forth the dead by my permission; and when I did ward off the children of Israel from thee, when thou didst come to them with manifest signs, and those who misbelieved amongst them said, "This is naught but obvious magic

John Medows Rodwell1861 When He shall say: O Jesus! Son of Mary! call to mind my favour upon thee and upon thy mother, when I strengthened thee with the Holy Spirit, that thou shouldest speak to men alike in the cradle, and when grown up; - And when I taught thee the Scripture, and Wisdom, and the Law, and the Evangel: and thou didst create of clay, as it were, the figure of a bird, by my leave, and didst breathe into it, and by my leave it became a bird; and thou didst heal the blind and the leper, by my leave; and when, by my leave, thou didst bring forth the dead; and when I withheld the children of Israel from thee, when thou hadst come to them with clear tokens: and such of them as believed not said, "This is nought but plain sorcery

George Sale1734 When God will say, 'O Jesus son of Mary, remember My favour upon thee and upon thy mother; When I strengthened thee with the spirit of holiness so that thou didst speak to the people in the cradle and when of middle age; and when I taught thee the Book and the wisdom and the Torah and the Gospel; and when thou didst fashion a creation out of clay, in the likeness of a bird, by My command; then thou didst breathe into it a new spirit and it became a soaring being by My command; and thou didst heal the night-blind and the leprous by My command; and when thou didst raise the dead by My command; and when I restrained the Children of Israel from putting thee to death when thou didst come to them with clear Signs; and those who disbelieved from among them said, 'This is nothing but clear deception

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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

ذَٰلِكَ أَدْنَىٰ أَن يَأْتُوا بِالشَّهَادَةِ عَلَىٰ وَجْهِهَا أَوْ يَخَافُوا أَن تُرَدَّ أَيْمَانٌ بَعْدَ أَيْمَانِهِمْ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَاسْمَعُوا وَاللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْفَاسِقِينَ

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

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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above — 0.68 on a scale where 0 means identical wording and 1 means no shared words. It is computed, not judged.

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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 0.79
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell 0.79
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer 0.78
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale 0.71
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.68
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale 0.67
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell 0.65
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell 0.61
Talal Itani · George Sale 0.59
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale 0.52

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Method Wording differences — derived 13 September 2026
Method
Mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the lowercased word sets of the cleared translations of each verse. A verse is marked as worded differently when its score falls in the top third of the corpus — the cut set out in Analysis details.
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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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