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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Marked words appear in this translation and in no other English translation of this verse. Common small words and older spellings are not marked. The marks show where the wording differs, not where the meaning does.
Talal Itani· published 2012
Say, "O People of the Scripture! You have no basis until you uphold the Torah, and the Gospel, and what is revealed to you from your Lord." But what is revealed to you from your Lord will increase many of them in rebellion and disbelief, so do not be sorry for the disbelieving people.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Say O People of the Scripture! Ye have naught (of guidance) till ye observe the Torah and the Gospel and that which was revealed unto you from your Lord. That which is revealed unto thee (Muhammad) from thy Lord is certain to increase the contumacy and disbelief of many of them. But grieve not for the disbelieving folk
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
Say, 'O people of the Book! ye rest on naught until ye stand fast by the law and the gospel, and what is revealed to you from your Lord.' But what has been revealed to thee from thy Lord will of a surety increase many of them in rebellion and misbelief, vex not thyself then for a people who misbelieve
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
SAY: O people of the Book! ye have no ground to stand on, until ye observe the Law and the Evangel, and that which hath been sent down to you from your Lord. The Book which hath been sent down to thee from thy Lord will certainly increase the rebellion and unbelief of many of them; but, be not thou troubled for the unbelievers
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Say, O ye who have received the scriptures, ye are not grounded on any thing, until ye observe the law and the gospel, and that which hath been sent down unto you from your Lord. That which hath been sent down unto thee from thy Lord shall surely increase the transgression and infidelity of many of them: But be not thou solicitous for the unbelieving 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
Thuaj: "O ithtarë të Librit! Nuk mbështeteni në asgjë, derisa t'i përmbaheni Teuratit dhe Inxhilit, si dhe asaj që ju është shpallur nga Zoti juaj. Ajo që të është shpallur ty nga Zoti yt, shumicës prej tyre do t'ua shtojë mosbindjen e mosbesimin, por ti mos u brengos për njerëzit jobesimtarë!
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.
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বাংলা · Bengali
বল: ‘হে আহলে কিতাব, তোমরা কোনো ভিত্তির (ধর্মের) ওপর নেই; যতক্ষণ না তোমরা তাওরাত, ইঞ্জীল ও তোমাদের নিকট তোমাদের রবের পক্ষ থেকে যা নাযিল করা হয়েছে, তা কায়িম করো। আর তোমার নিকট তোমার রবের পক্ষ থেকে যা নাযিল করা হয়েছে, তা তাদের অনেকের অবাধ্যতা ও কুফরী বৃদ্ধি করবে। সুতরাং তুমি কাফির সম্প্রদায়ের জন্য আফসোস (দুঃখ) করো না।(১০)
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.2
Bosanski · Bosnian
Reci: "O vi kojima je data Knjiga, vi niste ni na čemu ako se ne budete pridržavali Tevrata i Indžila i onoga što vam objavljuje Gospodar vaš. A to što ti objavljuje Gospodar tvoj pojačat će, uistinu, kod mnogih od njih osionost i nevjerovanje, ali ti ne očajavaj zbog naroda koji ne vjeruje."
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
Reci: "O vi kojima je data Knjiga, vi niste ni na čemu ako se ne budete pridržavali Tore i Evanđelja i onoga što vam objavljuje Gospodar vaš. A to što ti objavljuje Gospodar tvoj pojačat će, uistinu, kod mnogih od njih osionost i nevjerovanje, ali ti ne očajavaj zbog naroda koji ne vjeruje."
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
Maaku : "Eehey mon yimɓe defte, on ngonaa e huunde haa ñiiɓnon Tawraata e Linjiila e kon ko Jippinaa e mooɗon immorde ka Joommon". Ko maa tun ko Jippinaa kon e maaɗa immorde ka Joomi maaɗa ɓeyda ko ɗuuɗi e maɓɓe bewre e keeferaaku. Wata a suno fii yimɓe yedduɓe ɓe.
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
თქვი (ო, მოციქულო): «ჰეი, წიგნის ხალხო! თქვენ არ იქნებით ჭეშმარიტებაზე, სანამ არ შეასრულებთ თორას, სახარებას და იმას, რაც ჩამოგევლინათ თქვენი უფლისგან [ყურანს]». მაგრამ ბევრ მათგანს ის, რაც შენზე ჩამოევლინა შენი უფლისგან, მხოლოდ კიდევ უფრო უმატებს თავგასულობას [ცოდვებში გადაჭარბებას] და ურწმუნოებას. ამიტომ ნუ იდარდებ ურწმუნო ხალხის გამო (რომ ისინი არ აღიარებენ შენს მოციქულობას).
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
Sag: „O Leute der Schrift, ihr befindet euch auf nichts, bis ihr die Thora und das Evangelium und das befolgt, was zu euch (als Offenbarung) von eurem Herrn hinabgesandt worden ist.“ Und was zu dir (als Offenbarung) von deinem Herrn hinabgesandt worden ist, wird ganz gewiss bei vielen von ihnen die Auflehnung und den Unglauben noch mehren. So sei nicht betrübt über das ungläubige Volk!
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
Πες (ω, Μωχάμμαντ): «Ω, άνθρωποι του Βιβλίου (Εβραίοι και Χριστιανοί)! Δεν βρίσκεστε σε τίποτα (απ' αυτά που ισχυρίζεστε ότι ακολουθείτε, από ό,τι σας έφερε ο Μωυσής και ο Ιησούς) έως ότου να ενεργήσετε σύμφωνα με την (αυθεντική) Τορά και το (πρωτότυπο) Ιν-τζήλ (που στάλθηκαν στον Μωυσή και στον Ιησού, τα οποία Βιβλία σας διατάζουν να ακολουθείτε τον Μωχάμμαντ) και μ' αυτό (το Κορ’άν) που σας έχει σταλεί από τον Κύριό σας.» Και αυτό που σου έχει σταλεί (ω, Μωχάμμαντ) από τον Κύριό σου, θα αυξήσει πολλούς απ' αυτούς (λόγω της ζήλιας και του φθόνου τους) σε παράβαση και απιστία! Γι' αυτό μην λυπάσαι για τον άπιστο λαό.
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
(ऐ नबी!) आप कह दें : ऐ अह्ले किताब! तुम किसी चीज़ पर नहीं हो, यहाँ तक कि तुम तौरात और इंजील को क़ायम करो[44] और उसको जो तुम्हारी ओर तुम्हारे पालनहार की तरफ़ से उतारा गया है। तथा निश्चय जो कुछ आपकी ओर आपके पालनहार की तरफ़ से उतारा गया है, वह उनमें से बहुत से लोगों को उल्लंघन और कुफ़्र में अवश्य बढ़ा देगा। अतः आप काफ़िर लोगों पर दुखी न हों।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Di’: «O Gente del Libro, voi non sarete nulla finché non avrete applicato sia la Torāh che il Vangelo e ciò che vi è stato fatto scendere dal vostro Dio. E quello che ti è stato fatto scendere dal tuo Dio aumenterà la loro ribellione e la loro miscredenza. Non ti affliggere per il popolo miscredente.
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
68. Sakyk (Muchammedai ﷺ ): „Rašto žmonės (judėjai ir krikščionys)! Jūs neturite nieko (kalbant apie tiesingą vedimą) kol jūs nesielgiate pagal Tauratą (Torą), Indžylį (Evangeliją) ir tai, kas (dabar) buvo nuleista jums iš jūsų Viešpaties (Koraną).“ Iš tiesų, tai, kas buvo nuleista tau (Muchammedai ﷺ ) iš tavo Viešpaties padidina daugumoje jų (jų) atkaklų pasipriešinimą ir netikėjimą. Taigi nesigailėk žmonių, kurie netiki.
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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.
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Русский · Russian
Скажи: «О люди Писания! Вы ни на чём [не основываетесь], пока не станете соблюдать Таурат, Инджиль и то, что было ниспослано вам от вашего Господа». Но, воистину, ниспосланное тебе от твоего Господа непременно увеличивает во многих из них беззаконие и неверие. Так не скорби же о людях, отвергших веру.
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.
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Српски · Serbian
Реци: „О ви којима је дата Књига, ви нисте ни на чему ако се не будете придржавали Торе и Јеванђеља и онога што вам објављује ваш Господар. А то што ти објављује твој Господар појачаће, уистину, код многих од њих осионост и неверовање, али ти не очајавај због народа који не верује.“
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Sema: 'Enyi Watu wa Kitabu! Hamna lenu jambo mpaka muisimamishe Taurati na Injili na yote mliyoteremshiwa kutoka kwa Mola wenu Mlezi.' Na hakika uliyoteremshiwa wewe kutoka kwa Mola wako Mlezi yatawazidishia wengi katika wao uasi na ukafiri. Basi usiwasikitikie kaumu ya makafiri.
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Svenska · Swedish
Säg: ”Skriftens folk! Ni har ingen grund att stå på förrän ni följer Tawrāt och Injīl och det som nu har uppenbarats för er från er Herre.” Men det som har uppenbarats för dig från din Herre leder många av dem till ännu större överträdelser och djupare otro. Sörj därför inte över detta otrogna folk.
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Türkçe · Turkish
De ki: Ey Ehl-i Kitap, Tevrat’ı, İncil’i ve Rabbinizden size indirileni gereğince uygulamadıkça hiçbir şey/din üzerine olamazsınız. Andolsun ki Rabbinden sana indirilen (Kur’an) onlardan çoğunun azgınlık ve küfrünü arttırır. O halde kâfirler toplumu için üzülme!
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اردو · Urdu
آپ کہہ دیجیئے کہ اے اہل کتاب! تم دراصل کسی چیز پر نہیں جب تک کہ تورات وانجیل کو اور جو کچھ تمہاری طرف تمہارے رب کی سے طرف اتارا گیا ہے قائم نہ کرو، جو کچھ آپ کی جانب آپ کے رب کی طرف سے اترا ہے وه ان میں سے بہتوں کو شرارت اور انکار میں اور بھی بڑھائے گا ہی[1] ، تو آپ ان کافروں پر غمگین نہ 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.
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Easy-read (simplified)walaw annahum aqaamoo t-tawraata wal-'injeela wamaa unzila ilayhim min rabbihim la'akaloo min fawqihim wamin tahti arjulihim minhum ummatun muqtasidatun wakatheerun minhum saa'a maa ya'maloon
DIN 31635walaw ʾannahum ʾaqāmū t-tawrāta wal-ʾinǧīla wamā ʾunzila ʾilayhim min rabbihim laʾakalū min fawqihim wamin taḥti ʾarǧulihim minhum ʾummatun muqtaṣidatun wakaṯīrun minhum sāʾa mā yaʿmalūna
Talal Itani2012 Had they observed the Torah, and the Gospel, and what was revealed to them from their Lord, they would have consumed amply from above them, and from beneath their feet. Among them is a moderate community, but evil is what many of them are doing.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 If they had observed the Torah and the Gospel and that which was revealed unto them from their Lord, they would surely have been nourished from above them and from beneath their feet. Among them there are people who are moderate, but many of them are of evil conduct
Edward Henry Palmer1880 and were they steadfast in the law and the gospel, and what has been sent down to them from their Lord, they should eat from above them and below them. Amongst them are a nation who are moderate, but many of them - bad is what they do
John Medows Rodwell1861 and if that they observe the law and the Evangel, and what hath been sent down to them from their Lord, they shall surely have their fill of good things from above them and from beneath their feet. Some there are among them who act aright; but many of them - how evil are their doings
George Sale1734 and if they observe the law, and the gospel, and the other scriptures which have been sent down unto them from their Lord, they shall surely eat of good things both from above them, and from under their feet. Among them there are people who act uprightly; but how evil is that which many of them do work
Easy-read (simplified)yaa ayyuhaa r-rasoolu balligh maa unzila ilayka min rabbika wa'in lam taf'al famaa ballaghta risaalatahu wallaahu ya'simuka mina n-naasi inna llaaha laa yahdee l-qawma l-kaafireen
DIN 31635yā ʾayyuhā r-rasūlu balliġ mā ʾunzila ʾilayka min rabbika waʾin lam tafʿal famā ballaġta risālatahu wallāhu yaʿṣimuka mina n-nāsi ʾinna llāha lā yahdī l-qawma l-kāfirīna
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Talal Itani2012 O Messenger, convey what was revealed to you from your Lord. But if you do not, then you would not have delivered His message. And God will protect you from the people. God does not guide the disbelieving people.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 O Messenger! Make known that which hath been revealed unto thee from thy Lord, for if thou do it not, thou wilt not have conveyed His message. Allah will protect thee from mankind. Lo! Allah guideth not the disbelieving folk
Edward Henry Palmer1880 O thou Apostle! preach what has been revealed to thee from thy Lord; if thou do it not thou hast not preached His message, and God will not hold thee free from men; for God guides not people who misbelieve
John Medows Rodwell1861 O Apostle! proclaim all that hath been sent down to thee from thy Lord: for if thou do it not, thou hast not proclaimed His message at all. And God will protect thee from evil men: verily, God guideth not the unbelievers
George Sale1734 O apostle, publish the whole of that which hath been sent down unto thee from thy Lord: For if thou do not, thou dost not in effect publish any part thereof; and God will defend thee against wicked men; for God directeth not the unbelieving people
Talal Itani2012 Those who believe, and the Jews, and the Sabians, and the Christians-whoever believes in God and the Last Day, and does what is right-they have nothing to fear, nor shall they grieve.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Lo! those who believe, and those who are Jews, and Sabaeans, and Christians - Whosoever believeth in Allah and the Last Day and doeth right - there shall no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Verily, those who believe and those who are Jews, and the Sabaeans, and the Christians, whosoever believes in God and the last day, and does what is right, there is no fear for them, nor shall they grieve
John Medows Rodwell1861 Verily, they who believe, and the Jews, and the Sabeites, and the Christians - whoever of them believeth in God and in the last day, and doth what is right, on them shall come no fear, neither shall they be put to grief
George Sale1734 Verily they who believe, and those who judaize, and the Sabians, and the Christians, whoever of them believeth in God and the last day, and doth that which is right, there shall come no fear on them, neither shall they be grieved
Talal Itani2012 We made a covenant with the Children of Israel, and We sent to them messengers. Whenever a messenger came to them with what their souls did not desire, some of them they accused of lying, and others they put to death.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 We made a covenant of old with the Children of Israel and We sent unto them messengers. As often as a messenger came unto them with that which their souls desired not (they became rebellious). Some (of them) they denied and some they slew
Edward Henry Palmer1880 We took a compact of the children of Israel, and we sent to them apostles; every time there came to them an apostle with what their souls loved not, a part of them they did call liars and a part of them they slew
John Medows Rodwell1861 Of old we accepted the covenant of the children of Israel, and sent Apostles to them. Oft as an Apostle came to them with that for which they had no desire, some they treated as liars, and some they slew
George Sale1734 We formerly accepted the covenant of the children of Israel, and sent apostles unto them. So often as an apostle came unto them with that which their souls desired not, they accused some of them of imposture, and some of them they killed
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 —
0.60 on a scale
where 0 means identical wording and 1 means no shared words. It is
computed, not judged.
The page says a verse is worded differently only above the cut below. The cut is a stated convention, not a property of the text, and it can be changed.
The cut
0.644
Share of measured verses above it
33%
Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Talal Itani · George Sale0.69
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.66
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.65
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.61
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.60
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.60
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.60
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.58
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.53
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.46
One bar per pair of renderings, longest bar for the pair
sharing fewest words. Every pair is shown; none is singled out.
Method Wording differences — derived 13 September 2026
Method
Mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the lowercased word sets of the cleared translations of each verse. A verse is marked as worded differently when its score falls in the top third of the corpus — the cut set out in Analysis details.
As at
13 September 2026, 10:56 UTC
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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.