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Talal Itani· published 2012
And We revealed to you the Book, with truth, confirming the Scripture that preceded it, and superseding it. So judge between them according to what God revealed, and do not follow their desires if they differ from the truth that has come to you. For each of you We have assigned a law and a method. Had God willed, He could have made you a single nation, but He tests you through what He has given you. So compete in righteousness. To God is your return, all of you; then He will inform you of what you had disputed.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
And unto thee have We revealed the Scripture with the truth, confirming whatever Scripture was before it, and a watcher over it. So judge between them by that which Allah hath revealed, and follow not their desires away from the truth which hath come unto thee. For each We have appointed a divine law and a traced-out way. Had Allah willed He could have made you one community. But that He may try you by that which He hath given you (He hath made you as ye are). So vie one with another in good works. Unto Allah ye will all return, and He will then inform you of that wherein ye differ
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
We have revealed to thee the Book in truth verifying what was before it, and preserving it; judge then between them by what God has revealed, and follow not their lusts, turning away from what is given to thee of the truth. For each one of you have we made a law and a pathway; and had God pleased He would have made you one nation, but He will surely try you concerning that which He has brought you. Be ye therefore emulous in good deeds; to God is your return altogether, and He will let you know concerning that wherein ye do dispute
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And to thee we have sent down the Book of the Koran with truth, confirmatory of previous Scriptures, and their safeguard. Judge therefore between them by what God hath sent down, and follow not their desires by deserting the truth which hath come unto thee. To every one of you have we given a rule and a beatentrack. And if God had pleased He had surely made you all one people; but He would test you by what He hath given to each. Be emulous, then, in good deeds. To God shall ye all return, and He will tell you concerning the subjects of your disputes
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Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
We have also sent down unto thee the book of the Koran with truth, confirming that scripture which was revealed before it; and preserving the samesafe from corruption. Judge therefore between them according to that which God hath revealed; and follow not their desires, by swerving from the truth which hath come unto thee. Unto every of you have we given a law, and an openpath; and if God had pleased, he had surely made you one people; but he hath thoughtfit to give you different laws, that he might try you in that which he hath given you respectively. Therefore strive to excel each other in good works: Unto God shall ye all return, and then will he declare unto you that concerning which ye have disagreed
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
Ne ta kemi zbritur ty (o Muhamed) Librin me të vërtetën, si vërtetues të librave të mëparshëm dhe si dëshmues të tyre. Andaj gjyko ndërmjet tyre me atë që ta ka shpallur Allahu dhe mos ndiq dëshirat e tyre e të shmangesh kështu nga e vërteta që të erdhi. Për çdonjërin nga ju kemi bërë ligj dhe rrugë të qartë. Sikur të donte Allahu, do t'ju kishte bërë një bashkësi të vetme, por Ai deshi t'ju sprovojë në atë që jua ka dhënë. Andaj, bëni gara në punë të mira! Të gjithë ju do të ktheheni tek Allahu e Ai do t'ju njoftojë për çështjet rreth të cilave ratë në kundërshti.
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বাংলা · Bengali
আর আমি তোমার প্রতি সত্যসহ কিতাব নাযিল করেছি, যা তার পূর্বের কিতাবের সত্যায়নকারী ও সেগুলোর হেফাযতকারী। সুতরাং আল্লাহ যা নাযিল করেছেন, তুমি তার মাধ্যমে বিচার-ফয়সালা করো এবং তোমার নিকট যে সত্য এসেছে, তা ত্যাগ করে তাদের প্রবৃত্তির অনুসরণ করো না। আমি তোমাদের প্রত্যেকের জন্য নির্ধারণ করেছি শারী‘আত ও সুস্পষ্ট পন্থা। আর আল্লাহ যদি ইচ্ছা করতেন, তবে তোমাদেরকে এক উম্মত বানাতেন; কিন্তু তিনি তোমাদেরকে যা দিয়েছেন, তা দিয়ে তোমাদেরকে পরীক্ষা করতে চান। সুতরাং তোমরা কল্যাণকর কাজে প্রতিযোগিতা করো। আল্লাহর দিকেই তোমাদের সবার প্রত্যাবর্তনস্থল। অতঃপর তিনি তোমাদেরকে অবহিত করবেন, যা নিয়ে তোমরা মতবিরোধ করতে।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
A tebi objavljujemo Knjigu, s istinom, da potvrdi knjige prije objavljene i da nad njima bdi. I ti im sudi prema onome što Allah objavljuje i ne povodi se za prohtjevima njihovim, i ne odstupaj od Istine koja ti dolazi; svima vama smo zakon i pravac propisali. A da je Allah htio, On bi vas sljedbenicima jedne vjere učinio, ali, On hoće da vas iskuša u onome što vam propisuje, zato se natječite ko će više dobra učiniti; Allahu ćete se svi vratiti, pa će vas On o onome u čemu ste se razilazili obavijestiti.
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Hrvatski · Croatian
A tebi objavljujemo Knjigu, s istinom, da potvrdi knjige prije objavljene i da nad njima bdi. I ti im sudi prema onome što Allah objavljuje i ne povodi se za prohtjevima njihovim, i ne odstupaj od Istine koja ti dolazi; svima vama smo zakon i pravac propisali. A da je Allah htio, On bi vas sljedbenicima jedne vjere učinio, ali, On hoće da vas iskuša u onome što vam propisuje, zato se natječite tko će više dobra učiniti; Allahu ćete se svi vratiti, pa će vas On o onome u čemu ste se razilazili obavijestiti.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Min njippinii deftere nden e maaɗa goonga, ko nde gooŋɗinnde ko woni yeeso mayre immorde e dedfte, ko nde ƴellitiinde e dow majje. Ñaawir hakkunde maɓɓe kon ko Alla Jippini, wata a jokku belaaɗe maɓɓe ɗen ga e kon ko ari emaa e goonga. Min mbaɗanii kala e mooɗon Sari'a e Laawol. Sinno Alla Yiɗno, O Waɗayno on leñol gootol .ko woni, ko fii yo O Ndaarndo on e kon ko O Okki on. Adondiree e moƴƴi ɗin. Ko faade ka Alla woni ruttorde mon, O kumpita on kon ko luutondiraynoɗon fii mun.
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ქართული · Georgian
და ჩვენ ჩამოვავლინეთ შენზე (ო, მოციქულო) წიგნი [ყურანი] ჭეშმარიტებით, რომელიც ადასტურებს იმას, რაც მანამდე იყო ჩამოვლენილი წერილებიდან, და არის მათზე ზედამხედველი (მოწმე) [იმ წერილებზე, რომლებიც მანამდე იყო ჩამოვლენილი]. ამიტომ განსაჯე მათ შორის, როდესაც ისინი შენთან მოდიან განსასჯელად, იმით, რაც ალლაჰმა ჩამოავლინა, და ნუ გაჰყვები მათ სურვილებს იმ ჭეშმარიტებისგან გადახვევით, რომელიც შენთან მოვიდა. ყოველ თქვენგანს ჩვენ დავუდგინეთ კანონი და ნათელი გზა. და რომ ინებოს ალლაჰმა, უეჭველად გაგხდიდათ ერთ თემად [ერთ რწმენასა და ერთ კანონზე], მაგრამ (ასე არ გააკეთა), რათა გამოგცადოთ იმაში, რაც მან მოგანიჭათ. ამიტომ შეეჯიბრეთ კეთილ საქმეებში! ალლაჰთან არის თქვენი ყველას დაბრუნება, შემდეგ კი ის შეგატყობინებთ იმას, რაზეც თქვენ შორის აზრთა სხვადასხვაობა იყო.
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Deutsch · German
Und Wir haben zu dir das Buch mit der Wahrheit hinabgesandt, das bestätigend, was von dem Buch vor ihm (offenbart) war, und als Wächter darüber. So richte zwischen ihnen nach dem, was Allah (als Offenbarung) hinabgesandt hat, und folge nicht ihren Neigungen entgegen dem, was dir von der Wahrheit zugekommen ist. Für jeden von euch haben Wir ein Gesetz und einen deutlichen Weg festgelegt. Und wenn Allah wollte, hätte Er euch gewiss zu einer einzigen Gemeinschaft gemacht. Aber (es ist so,) damit Er euch in dem, was Er euch gegeben hat, prüfe. So wetteifert nach den guten Dingen! Zu Allah wird euer aller Rückkehr sein, und dann wird Er euch kundtun, worüber ihr uneinig zu sein pflegtet.
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Ελληνικά · Greek
Και στείλαμε σ’ εσένα (ω, Μωχάμμαντ) το Βιβλίο (το Κορ’άν) με την Αλήθεια, το οποίο επιβεβαιώνει τα Βιβλία που στάλθηκαν πριν απ' αυτό και στέκεται ως κριτήριο σ’ αυτά (μαρτυρά τις αλήθειες που ακόμα υπάρχουν μέσα τους, και διαψεύδει ότι ψεύδος υπάρχει μέσα τους). Κρίνε, λοιπόν, (ω, Προφήτη) ανάμεσά τους (όλους τους οπαδούς των άλλων θρησκειών που έρχονται σ' εσένα για να κρίνεις μεταξύ τους) μ' αυτό (το Κορ’άν) που έστειλε ο Αλλάχ και μην ακολουθείς τους μάταιους πόθους τους, αποκλίνοντας από την αλήθεια που ήρθε σ’ εσένα. Στον καθένα (λαό) ορίσαμε κανόνες και ένα ξεκάθαρο δρόμο (για να καθοδηγείται). Αν ήθελε ο Αλλάχ, θα σας έκανε ένα έθνος, αλλά (δεν το έκανε) για να σας δοκιμάσει σε ό,τι σας έχει δώσει. Να συναγωνίζεστε, λοιπόν, στις καλές πράξεις. Η επιστροφή όλων σας είναι στον Αλλάχ, και τότε θα σας ενημερώσει για ό,τι διαφωνούσατε.
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हिन्दी · Hindi
और (ऐ नबी!) हमने आपकी ओर यह पुस्तक (क़ुरआन) सत्य के साथ उतारी, जो अपने पूर्व की पुस्तकों की पुष्टि करने वाली तथा उनकी संरक्षक[33] है। अतः आप उनके बीच उसके अनुसार फ़ैसला करें, जो अल्लाह ने उतारा है, तथा आपके पास जो सत्य आया है, उससे मुँह मोड़कर उनकी इच्छाओं का पालन न करें। हमने तुममें से हर (समुदाय) के लिए एक शरीयत तथा एक मार्ग निर्धारित किया[34] है। और यदि अल्लाह चाहता, तो तुम्हें एक समुदाय बना देता, लेकिन ताकि वह तुम्हारी उसमें परीक्षा ले, जो कुछ उसने तुम्हें दिया है। अतः भलाइयों में एक-दूसरे से आगे बढ़ो[35], अल्लाह ही की ओर तुम सबको लौटकर जाना है। फिर वह तुम्हें बताएगा, जिन बातों में तुम मतभेद किया करते थे।
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Italiano · Italian
E abbiamo fatto scendere a te il Libro con la Verità, e testimonianza di ciò che l’ha preceduto del Libro – come testimonianza. Giudica tra di loro con quello che ha fatto scendere Allāh, e non seguire i loro capricci davanti a ciò che ti è arrivato della Verità. Per ogni gruppo di voi Noi abbiamo fissato una legge e un percorso. E se Allāh avesse voluto, avrebbe fatto di voi una sola comunità. E invece questo è per provare la vostra fede su ciò che vi ha concesso: affrettatevi alle buone azioni. Ad Allāh ritornerete tutti, e vi informerà di tutto ciò su cui siete discordi.
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
48. Ir Mes nuleidome tau (Muchammedai ﷺ) Knygą (šį Koraną) su tiesa, patvirtinantį Rašą, kuris atėjo iki to ir Muhaimin (didžiai patikimą ir liudytoją) tam (seniems Raštams) [9]. Taigi teisk tarp jų pagal tai, ką Allahas apreiškė, ir nesek jų tuščiais norais, nukrypstančiais nuo tiesos, kuri tau atėjo. Kiekvienam iš jūsų Mes paskyrėme įstatymą ir aiškų kelią. Jei Allahas būtų panorėjęs, Jis būtų padaręs jus viena tauta, vien tam kad (Jis) galėtų išbandyti jus tame, ką Jis jums suteikė. Taigi varžykitės geruose darbuose. (Visų) jūsų sugrįžimas yra pas Allahą. Tada Jis praneš jums apie tai, dėl ko jūs nesutarėte.
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Русский · Russian
И Мы ниспослали тебе Писание с истиной, подтверждающим то, что было до него из Писания, и оберегающим его. Суди же между ними согласно тому, что ниспослал Аллах, и не следуй их прихотям, [уклоняясь] от явившейся тебе истины. Для каждого из вас Мы установили закон и путь. Если бы Аллах пожелал, Он непременно сделал бы вас одной общиной, но [Он не сделал этого], чтобы испытать вас в том, что Он вам даровал. Так опережайте же друг друга в добрых делах. К Аллаху — возвращение вас всех, и Он возвестит вам о том, в чём вы пребывали в разногласиях.
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Српски · Serbian
А теби објављујемо Књигу, са Истином, да потврди књиге објављене пре и да над њима бди. И ти им суди према ономе што објављује Аллах и не поводи се за њиховим прохтевима, и не одступај од Истине која ти долази; свима вама смо закон и правац прописали. А да је Аллах хтео, Он би вас учинио следбеницима једног верозакона, али, Он хоће да вас искуша у ономе што вам прописује, зато се такмичите ко ће више да учини добра; Аллаху ћете сви да се вратите, па ће о ономе у чему сте се разилазили да вас обавести.
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Na tulikuteremshia wewe Kitabu hiki kwa haki, kinachosadikisha yale yaliyokuwa kabla yake katika Vitabu na kuyalinda. Basi hukumu baina yao kwa yale aliyoyateremsha Mwenyezi Mungu, wala usifuate matamanio yao ukaacha haki iliyokujia. Kila mmoja katika nyinyi tumemwekea sheria yake na njia yake. Na lau kuwa Mwenyezi Mungu angelitaka, angeliwafanya nyote umma mmoja, lakini ni ili awajaribu kwa yale aliyowapa. Basi yakimbilieni mambo ya heri. Kwa Mwenyezi Mungu ndiyo marejeo yenu nyote, kisha atawaambia yale mliyokuwa mkihitilafiana juu yake.
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Svenska · Swedish
Och vi har uppenbarat skriften för dig med sanningen, som bekräftar de tidigare skrifterna och med auktoritet över dem. Döm därför mellan dem enligt det som Gud har uppenbarat, och låt dig inte, genom att följa deras begär, avledas från den sanning som kommit till dig. För var och en av er har vi fastställt en lag och en livsväg. Hade Gud velat, skulle han ha gett er ett enda regelverk, men han prövar er genom det han har gett er. Tävla därför i goda handlingar! Till Gud ska ni alla återvända, och då ska han upplysa er om det ni brukade tvista om.
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Türkçe · Turkish
Kur’an’ı sana, önce gelen kitapları doğrulayıcı ve onların üzerine şahit olarak hak ile indirdik. Allah’ın indirdikleri ile aralarında hükmet! Sana gelen haktan sonra onların arzularına uyma! Sizin her biriniz için bir şeriat ve yol belirledik. Eğer Allah dileseydi sizi tek bir ümmet yapardı. Fakat size verdikleriyle sizi imtihan etmektedir. Hayırlarda yarışın. Hepinizin dönüşü Allah’adır. Allah, size hakkında ihtilaf ettiğiniz şeyleri açıklayacaktır.
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اردو · Urdu
اور ہم نے آپ کی طرف حق کے ساتھ یہ کتاب نازل فرمائی ہے جو اپنے سے اگلی کتابوں کی تصدیق کرنے والی ہے اور ان کی محافظ ہے[1] ۔ اس لئے آپ ان کے آپس کے معاملات میں اسی اللہ کی اتاری ہوئی کتاب کے ساتھ حکم کیجیئے[2]، اس حق سے ہٹ کر ان کی خواہشوں کے پیچھے نہ جائیے[3] تم میں سے ہر ایک کے لئے ہم نے ایک دستور اور راه مقرر کردی ہے[4]۔ اگر منظور مولیٰ ہوتا تو تم سب کو ایک ہی امت بنا دیتا، لیکن اس کی چاہت ہے کہ جو تمہیں دیا ہے اس میں تمہیں آزمائے[5]، تم نیکیوں کی طرف جلدی کرو، تم سب کا رجوع اللہ ہی کی طرف ہے، پھر وه تمہیں ہر وه چیز بتا دے گا جس میں تم اختلاف کرتے رہتے ہو۔
Translated by Muhammad Ibrahim Junagarhi, developed under the supervision of the Rowwad Translation Center. The original translation is available for the purpose of expressing opinion, evaluation, and continuous development.
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DIN 31635waqaffaynā ʿalā ʾāṯārihim biʿīsā bni maryama muṣaddiqan limā bayna yadayhi mina t-tawrāti waʾātaynāhu l-ʾinǧīla fīhi hudan wanūrun wamuṣaddiqan limā bayna yadayhi mina t-tawrāti wahudan wamawʿiẓatan lilmuttaqīna
Talal Itani2012 In their footsteps, We sent Jesus son of Mary, fulfilling the Torah that preceded him; and We gave him the Gospel, wherein is guidance and light, and confirming the Torah that preceded him, and guidance and counsel for the righteous.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow in their footsteps, confirming that which was (revealed) before him in the Torah, and We bestowed on him the Gospel wherein is guidance and a light, confirming that which was (revealed) before it in the Torah - a guidance and an admonition unto those who ward off (evil)
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And we followed up the footsteps of these (prophets) with Jesus the son of Mary, confirming that which was before him and the law, and we brought him the gospel, wherein is guidance and light, verifying what was before it of the law, and a guidance and an admonition unto those who fear
John Medows Rodwell1861 And in the footsteps of the prophets caused we Jesus, the son of Mary, to follow, confirming the law which was before him: and we gave him the Evangel with its guidance and light, confirmatory of the preceding Law; a guidance and warning to those who fear God
George Sale1734 We also caused Jesus the son of Mary to follow the footsteps of the prophets, confirming the law which was sent down before him; and we gave him the gospel, containing direction and light; confirming also the law which was given before it, and a direction and admonition unto those who fear God
Talal Itani2012 So let the people of the Gospel rule according to what God revealed in it. Those who do not rule according to what God revealed are the sinners.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Let the People of the Gospel judge by that which Allah hath revealed therein. Whoso judgeth not by that which Allah hath revealed: such are evil-livers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Then let the people of the gospel judge by that which is revealed therein, for whoso will not judge by what God has revealed, these be the evildoers
John Medows Rodwell1861 And that the people of the Evangel may judge according to what God hath sent down therein. And whoso will not judge by what God hath sent down - such are the perverse
George Sale1734 That they who have received the gospel might judge according to what God hath revealed therein: And whoso judgeth not according to what God hath revealed, they are transgressors
Talal Itani2012 And judge between them according to what God revealed, and do not follow their desires. And beware of them, lest they lure you away from some of what God has revealed to you. But if they turn away, know that God intends to strike them with some of their sins. In fact, a great many people are corrupt.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 So judge between them by that which Allah hath revealed, and follow not their desires, but beware of them lest they seduce thee from some part of that which Allah hath revealed unto thee. And if they turn away, then know that Allah's Will is to smite them for some sin of theirs. Lo! many of mankind are evil-livers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Wherefore judge thou between them by what God has revealed, and follow not their lusts; but beware lest they mislead thee from part of what God has revealed to thee; yet if they turn back, then know that God wishes to fall on them for some sins of theirs, - verily, many men are evildoers
John Medows Rodwell1861 Wherefore do thou judge between them, by what God hath sent down, and follow not their wishes! but be on thy guard against them lest they beguile thee from any of those precepts which God hath sent down to thee; and if they turn back, then know thou that for some of their crimes doth God choose to punish them: for truly most men are perverse
George Sale1734 Wherefore do thou, O prophet, judge between them according to that which God hath revealed and follow not their desires; but beware of them, lest they cause thee to err from part of those precepts which God hath sent down unto thee; and if they turn back, know that God is pleased to punish them for some of their crimes; for a great number of men are transgressors
DIN 31635ʾafaḥukma l-ǧāhiliyyati yabġūna waman ʾaḥsanu mina llāhi ḥukman liqawmin yūqinūna
Talal Itani2012 Is it the laws of the time of ignorance that they desire? Who is better than God in judgment for people who are certain?
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Is it a judgment of the time of (pagan) ignorance that they are seeking? Who is better than Allah for judgment to a people who have certainty (in their belief)
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Is it the judgment of the Ignorance they crave? but who is better than God to judge for people who are sure
John Medows Rodwell1861 Desire they, therefore, the judgments of the times of(pagan) ignorance? But what better judge can there be than God for those who believe firmly
George Sale1734 Do they therefore desire the judgment of the time of ignorance? But who is better than God, to judge between people who reason aright
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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
0.58 on a scale
where 0 means identical wording and 1 means no shared words. It is
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The cut
0.644
Share of measured verses above it
33%
Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.65
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.65
Talal Itani · George Sale0.62
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.58
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.58
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.56
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.56
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.55
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.54
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.50
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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.