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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.
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
The Messiah son of Mary was only a messenger, before whom other Messengers had passed away, and his mother was a woman of truth. They both used to eat food. Note how We make clear the revelations to them; then note how deluded they are.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
The Messiah, son of Mary, was no other than a messenger, messengers (the like of whom) had passed away before him. And his mother was a saintly woman. And they both used to eat (earthly) food. See how We make the revelations clear for them, and see how they are turned away
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
The Messiah the son of Mary is only a prophet: prophets before him have passed away; and his mother was a confessor; they used both to eat food. - See how we explain to them the signs, yet see how they turn aside
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
The Messiah, Son of Mary, is but an Apostle; other Apostles have flourished before him; and his mother was a just person: they both ate food. Behold! how we make clear to them the signs! then behold how they turn aside
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Christ, the son of Mary, is no more than an apostle; other apostles have preceded him; and his mother was a woman of veracity: They both eat food. Behold, how we declare unto them the signs of God'sunity; and then behold, how they turn aside from the truth
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
Mesihu, biri i Merjemes, ishte vetëm i dërguar. Edhe para tij pati të dërguar dhe nëna e tij ishte besnike e vërtetë. Të dy hanin ushqim![7] Shih se si ua sqarojmë atyre provat dhe shih se si shmangen (nga e vërteta)!
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
মারইয়াম পুত্র মাসীহ শুধু একজনরাসূল। তার পূর্বেও (তার মতো) অনেক রাসূল গত হয়েছে এবং তার মা ছিল অতি সত্য নিষ্ঠা নারী। তারা উভয়ে খাওয়া-দাওয়া করত।(১৬) দেখো, কীভাবে আমি তাদের জন্য আয়াতসমূহ সুস্পষ্ট বর্ণনা করছি। অতঃপর দেখো, কীভাবে তাদেরকে সত্য বিমুখ করা হচ্ছে।
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
Mesih, sin Merjemin, samo je poslanik – i prije njega su dolazili i odlazili poslanici – a majka njegova je iskreno srcem vjerovala; i oboje su hranu jeli. Pogledaj kako im Mi iznosimo jasne dokaze, i pogledaj, zatim, njih kako se odmeću!
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
Mesija, sin Marijin, samo je poslanik – i prije njega su dolazili i odlazili poslanici – a majka njegova je iskreno srcem vjerovala; i oboje su hranu jeli. Pogledaj kako im Mi iznosimo jasne dokaze, i pogledaj, zatim, njih kako se odmeću!
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
Almasiihi ɓiɗɗo Maryama on wonaani si wonaa Nulaaɗo, gooŋɗii Nulaaɓe feƴƴiino ado makko. Neene makko ko goosguɗo, kamɓe ɗiɗo hiɓe ñaamaynoo ñaametee. Ndaaru ko honno minn Ɓannginiranta ɓe Aayeeje ɗeen, refti ndaaraa ko honno ɓe wonaa fekindoreede.
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
ჭეშმარიტად, მესია, მარიამის ძე — მხოლოდ მოციქულია. მანამდე უკვე იყვნენ მოციქულები. ხოლო მისი დედა იყო ჭეშმარიტი (მორწმუნე). ორივენი — 'ისაც და მისი დედაც — ჭამდნენ საკვებს (როგორც სხვა ადამიანები), [ამიტომ ისინი ვერ იქნებიან ღმერთები]. შეხედე (ო, მოციქულო), როგორ განვუმარტავთ მათ აიათებს. შემდეგ კი შეხედე, როგორ არიან ისინი გადახრილნი (ჭეშმარიტებიდან).
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
Al-Masih, der Sohn Maryams, ist ja nur ein Gesandter, dem bereits (andere) Gesandte vorausgingen. Und seine Mutter war eine Wahrhaftige; sie (beide) pflegten Speise zu essen. Schau, wie Wir ihnen die Zeichen klar machen, und schau dann, wie sie sich abwendig machen lassen!
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
Ο Μεσσίας (Ιησούς), ο υιός της Μαρίας, δεν ήταν τίποτε παραπάνω από ένας Αγγελιαφόρος• πριν απ' αυτόν πέρασαν πολλοί Αγγελιαφόροι. Η μητέρα του (η Μαρία), ήταν ειλικρινής που πίστεψε με βεβαιότητα. Και οι δύο τους έτρωγαν φαγητό (δηλ. ήταν άνθρωποι και όχι θεοί, ενώ ο Αλλάχ δεν τρώει). Κοίταξε πώς κάναμε τα Εδάφια (και τα Σημάδιά Μας) σαφή γι’ αυτούς• κι όμως, κοιτάξτε πώς απομακρύνονται (από την 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
मरयम का बेटा मसीह एक रसूल के सिवा कुछ नहीं। निश्चय उससे पहले बहुत-से रसूल गुज़र चुके और उसकी माँ सिद्दीक़ा (अत्यंत सच्ची) है। दोनों खाना खाया करते थे। देखो, हम उनके लिए किस तरह निशानियाँ स्पष्ट करते हैं। फिर देखो, वे किस तरह फेरे[47] जाते हैं।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Il Messīħ, figlio di Maryem, non è altro che un Messaggero, prima del quale ci furono altri Messaggeri, e sua madre era veritiera. Ed entrambi mangiavano del cibo. Guarda come chiariamo loro i Segni, e guarda come sono sviati dalla verità!
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
75. Mesijas [Isa (Jėzus)], Marjamos (Marijos) sūnus, buvo ne daugiau nei Pasiuntinys. Daug buvo Pasiuntinių, mirusių iki jo. Jo motina [Marjama (Marija)] buvo Sidika [t. y. ji tikėjo Allaho Žodžius ir Jo Knygas (žr. ają 66:12)]. Jie abu valgydavo maistą (kaip bet kuris kitas žmogus, kai tuo tarpu Allahas nevalgo). Pažvelkite, kaip Mes padarome Ajat (įrodymus, įkalčius, eilutes, pamokas, ženklus, apreiškimus ir t. t.) aiškius jiems, tačiau, pažvelkite, kaip jie nuklydę (nuo tiesos).
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
Masiih Ilma Maryam ergamaa isa dura ergamoonni dabran malee hintaane. Haati isaas dhugoomsituudha. Lamaanuu nyaata kan nyaatan turan. Akkamitti akka keeyyattoota ifa isaaniif taasifnu ilaali. Ergasiis akkamitti akka isaan (dhugaa irraa) garagalan ilaali. [30]
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.0
Русский · Russian
Мессия, сын Марьям, — не более чем посланник. Уже были до него посланники, а его мать — правдивая. Оба они ели пищу. Посмотри, как Мы разъясняем им аяты, а затем посмотри, как же они могут быть настолько отвращены от истины?
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
Месија, Маријин син, само је посланик, и пре њега су долазили и одлазили посланици, а његова мајка је искрено срцем веровала; и обоје су храну јели. Погледај како им Ми износимо јасне доказе, и погледај, затим, њих како се одмећу!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Masihi mwana wa Maryam si chochote isipokuwa ni Mtume. Wamekwishapita Mitume kabla yake. Na mama yake ni mwanamke mkweli. Wote wawili walikuwa wakila chakula. Angalia jinsi tunavyowabainishia Aya, kisha angalia vipi wanavyogeuzwa.
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Svenska · Swedish
Messias, Marias son, var endast ett sändebud; före honom hade sändebud redan kommit och gått. Hans mor var en sanningsenlig kvinna, och de åt båda föda. Se hur vi klargör tecknen för dem, och se sedan hur de ändå vänds bort!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
Meryem oğlu Mesih, ancak bir rasûldür. Ondan önce de rasûller geçmiştir. Onun annesi de dosdoğru/çok sadık idi. İkisi de yemek yerdi. Onlara ayetleri nasıl açıkladığımıza bir bak, sonra da onların (haktan) nasıl çevrildiklerine bak!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
مسیح ابن مریم سوا پیغمبر ہونے کے اور کچھ بھی نہیں، اس سے پہلے بھی بہت سے پیغمبر ہوچکے ہیں ان کی والده ایک راست باز عورت تھیں[1] دونوں ماں بیٹے کھانا کھایا کرتے تھے[2]، آپ دیکھیے کہ کس طرح ہم ان کے سامنے دلیلیں رکھتے ہیں پھر غور کیجیئے کہ کس طرح وه پھرے جاتے ہیں۔
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
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Talal Itani2012 They disbelieve those who say, "God is the third of three." But there is no deity except the One God. If they do not refrain from what they say, a painful torment will befall those among them who disbelieve.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 They surely disbelieve who say: Lo! Allah is the third of three; when there is no Allah save the One Allah. If they desist not from so saying a painful doom will fall on those of them who disbelieve
Edward Henry Palmer1880 They misbelieve who say, 'Verily, God is the third of three;' for there is no God but one, and if they do not desist from what they say, there shall touch those who misbelieve amongst them grievous woe
John Medows Rodwell1861 They surely are Infidels who say, "God is the third of three:" for there is no God but one God: and if they refrain not from what they say, a grievous chastisement shall light on such of them as are Infidels
George Sale1734 They are certainly infidels, who say, God is the third of three: For there is no God, besides one God; and if they refrain not from what they say, a painful torment shall surely be inflicted on such of them as are unbelievers
Easy-read (simplified)qul ata'budoona min dooni llaahi maa laa yamliku lakum darran walaa naf'an wallaahu huwa s-samee'u l-'aleem
DIN 31635qul ʾataʿbudūna min dūni llāhi mā lā yamliku lakum ḍarran walā nafʿan wallāhu huwa s-samīʿu l-ʿalīmu
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 Say, "Do you worship, besides God, what has no power to harm or benefit you?" But God: He is the Hearer, the Knower.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Say: Serve ye in place of Allah that which possesseth for you neither hurt nor use? Allah it is Who is the Hearer, the Knower
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Say, 'Will ye serve, other than God, what can neither hurt you nor profit you?' but God, He both hears and knows
John Medows Rodwell1861 SAY: Will ye worship, beside God, that which can neither hurt nor help? But God! He only Heareth, Knoweth
George Sale1734 Say unto them, will ye worship, besides God, that which can cause you neither harm nor profit? God is He who heareth and seeth
DIN 31635qul yā ʾahla l-kitābi lā taġlū fī dīnikum ġayra l-ḥaqqi walā tattabiʿū ʾahwāʾa qawmin qad ḍallū min qablu waʾaḍallū kaṯīran waḍallū ʿan sawāʾi s-sabīli
Talal Itani2012 Say, "O People of the Scripture! Do not exaggerate in your religion beyond the truth; and do not follow the opinions of people who went astray before, and misled many, and themselves strayed off the balanced way."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Say: O People of the Scripture! Stress not in your religion other than the truth, and follow not the vain desires of folk who erred of old and led many astray, and erred from a plain road
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Say, 'O people of the Book! exceed not the truth in your religion, and follow not the lusts of a people who have erred before, and who lead many astray, and who go away from the level path
John Medows Rodwell1861 SAY: O people of the Book! outstep not bounds of truth in your religion; neither follow the desires of those who have already gone astray, and who have caused many to go astray, and have themselves gone astray from the evenness of the way
George Sale1734 Say, O ye who have received the scriptures, exceed not the just bounds in your religion, by speaking beside the truth; neither follow the desires of peole who have heretofore erred, and who have seduced many, and have gone astray from the strait path
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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
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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
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.66
Talal Itani · George Sale0.66
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.61
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.59
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.58
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.54
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.53
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.50
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.47
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.30
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