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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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
Those who believe and do righteousdeeds will not be blamed for what they may have eaten, provided they obey, and believe, and do good deeds, then maintainpiety and faith, then remainrighteous and charitable. God loves the charitable.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
There shall be no sin (imputed) unto those who believe and do good works for what they may have eaten (in the past). So be mindful of your duty (to Allah), and believe, and do good works; and again: be mindful of your duty, and believe; and once again: be mindful of your duty, and do right. Allah loveth the good
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
There is no crime in those who believe and do right, for having tasted food, when they fear God, and believe, and do what is right, and then fear Him, and believe, and then fear, and do good, for God loves those who do good
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
No blame shall attach to those who believe and do good works, in regard to any food they have taken, in case they fear God and believe, and do the things that are right, and shall still fear God and believe, and shall still fear him, and do good; for God loveth those who do good
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
On those who believe and do good works there shall be no sin for what they eat, provided they fear God and believe and do good works, and again fear God and believe, yet again fear God and do good. And God loves those who do good
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
Nuk ka gjynah për ata që besojnë dhe bëjnë vepra të mira për atë që kanë ngrënë (para se të ndalohej), për sa kohë që ata ruhen (nga gjynahet), besojnë dhe bëjnë vepra të mira, sërish ruhen e besojnë dhe sërish ruhen e bëjnë vepra të mira. Allahu i do vepërmirët.
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বাংলা · Bengali
যারা ঈমান এনেছে ও সৎকাজ করেছে, তারা (মদ হারাম হওয়ার) আগে যা কিছু পানাহার করেছে, তাতে কোন পাপ নেইযদি তারা তাকওয়া অবলম্বন করে(২২), ঈমান আনে এবং সৎকাজ করে। তারপর তারা তাকওয়া অবলম্বন করে ও ঈমান আনে। এরপরও তারা তাকওয়া অবলম্বন করে এবং ইহসানের পথ অবলম্বন করে(২৩)। আর আল্লাহ সৎকর্মশীলদের ভালোবাসেন।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
Onima koji vjeruju i dobra djela čine nema nikakva grijeha u onome što su pojeli i popili prije zabrane, ako se klone onoga što im je zabranjeno i ako vjeruju i dobra djela čine, zatim se Allaha boje i vjeruju i onda se grijeha klone i dobro čine. A Allah voli one koji drugima dobro čine.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4
Hrvatski · Croatian
Onima koji vjeruju i dobra djela čine nema nikakva grijeha u onome što su pojeli i popili prije zabrane, ako se klone onoga što im je zabranjeno i ako vjeruju i dobra djela čine, zatim se Allaha boje i vjeruju i onda se grijeha klone i dobro čine. A Allah voli one koji drugima dobro čine.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Fulfulde · Fulani
Bakkaat fawaaki ɓeen gooŋɗinɓe ɓe ngolli golle-moƴƴe e kon ko ɓe ñaamuno si ɓe kulii ɓe gooŋɗinii ɓe golli golle-moƴƴe, refti ɓe ndeentii ɓe gooŋɗini, refti ɓe gooŋɗi ɓe moƴƴini. Alla No Yiɗi moƴƴinooɓe ɓen.
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ქართული · Georgian
არ არის ცოდვა მათზე, ვინც ირწმუნა და კეთილ საქმეებს ასრულებდა, იმის გამო, რასაც ისინი ჭამდნენ და სვამდნენ [იმის გამო, რომ აკრძალვამდე ჭამდნენ და სვამდნენ აკრძალულს], როცა მათ დაიწყეს თავის დაცვა (მრავალღმერთიანობისგან), ირწმუნეს და კეთილი საქმეები აკეთეს, შემდეგ კი ერიდებოდნენ იმას, რაც ალლაჰმა აკრძალა და კიდევ უფრო განიმტკიცეს რწმენა, შემდეგ კი ერიდებოდნენ ყველა ცოდვის ჩადენას და გულწრფელები იყვნენ კეთილ საქმეებში [ისე ემორჩილებოდნენ ალლაჰს, თითქოს ხედავენ მას]. უეჭველად, ალლაჰს უყვარს კეთილ საქმეში გულწრფელნი.
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Deutsch · German
Es lastet kein Vergehen auf denjenigen, die glauben und rechtschaffene Werke tun, hinsichtlich dessen, was sie (bisher) verzehrt haben, wenn sie fortan (Allah) fürchten und glauben und rechtschaffene Werke tun und wiederum (Allah) fürchten und glauben und wiederum (Allah) fürchten und Gutes tun. Und Allah liebt die Gutes Tuenden.
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Ελληνικά · Greek
Δεν υπάρχει αμαρτία σ' εκείνους που πιστεύουν και κάνουν καλές πράξεις για ό,τι κατανάλωναν (από Αλ-Χαμρ -ό,τι μεθάει- πριν την απαγόρευσή του), εφόσον φυλάσσονται από την τιμωρία του Αλλάχ (απέχοντας από ό,τι απαγόρευσε), πιστεύουν (σ' Αυτόν) και κάνουν καλές πράξεις, και έπειτα φυλάσσονται (περισσότερο) από την τιμωρία Του (τηρώντας τις εντολές Του) και πιστεύουν (σ' Αυτόν), και έπειτα φυλάσσονται (περισσότερο) από την τιμωρία Του και πράττουν το καλό (στο σημείο που να Τον λατρεύουν με τόση ευλάβεια σαν να Τον έβλεπαν μπροστά τους). Πράγματι, ο Αλλάχ αγαπά αυτούς που κάνουν το καλό (και Τον λατρεύουν με τόση ευλάβεια σαν να Τον έβλεπαν μπροστά τους).
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हिन्दी · Hindi
उन लोगों पर जो ईमान लाए तथा उन्होंने अच्छे कर्म किए, उसमें कोई पाप नहीं जो वे खा चुके, जबकि वे अल्लाह से डरे तथा ईमान लाए और सत्कर्म किए, फिर वे डरते रहे और ईमान पर स्थिर रहे, फिर वे अल्लाह से डरे और उन्होंने अच्छे कार्य किए और अल्लाह अच्छे कार्य करने वालों से प्रेम करता[62] है।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
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Italiano · Italian
Non c’è peccato per quelli che hanno creduto e che hanno fatto il bene per quello che hanno mangiato, se sono stati devoti e hanno avuto fede e hanno compiuto atti lodevoli, poi hanno continuato a essere devoti e credenti, poi hanno continuato a essere devoti e pii, e Allāh ama i pii!
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
93. Tie, kurie tiki ir daro teisingus gerus darbus, nėra jiems nuodėmės dėl to, ką jie valgė (praeityje), jei jie bijosi Allaho (susilaikydami nuo Jo uždraustų dalykų), ir tiki, ir daro teisingus gerus darbus, ir vėl bijo Allaho ir tiki, ir dar kartą bijo Allaho ir daro gerus darbus su Ihsan (ištobulinimu). Ir Allahas myli gera darančiuosius.
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Русский · Russian
Нет греха на тех, которые уверовали и совершали праведные деяния, за то, что они вкусили прежде [до запрета], если они стали богобоязненными, уверовали и совершили праведные деяния, затем стали [ещё более] богобоязненными и уверовали, затем стали [ещё более] богобоязненными и поступали добродетельно. Аллах любит добродетельных.
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Српски · Serbian
Онима који верују и чине добра дела нема никаквог греха у ономе што су појели и попили пре забране, ако се клоне онога што им је забрањено и ако верују и чине добра дела, затим се боје Аллаха и верују и онда се греха клоне и чине добро. А Аллах воли оне који другима чине добро.
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Hakuna ubaya juu ya wale walioamini na wakatenda mema kwa vile walivyovila (zamani) maadamu wakimcha Mungu na wakiamini na wakitenda mema, kisha wakamcha Mungu, na wakaamini, kisha wakamcha Mungu na wakafanya mazuri. Na Mwenyezi Mungu huwapenda wafanyao mazuri.
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Svenska · Swedish
De som tror och handlar rättfärdigt bär ingen skuld för det de tidigare förtärt, om de visar gudsfruktan och tror och handlar rättfärdigt; och därefter fortsätter att visa gudsfruktan och fördjupar sin tro; och sedan åter visar gudsfruktan och gör gott. Gud älskar de som gör gott.
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Türkçe · Turkish
İman edip salih amel işleyenler; sakınıp/takvalı olup, iman eder ve salih ameller işlerseler (haram olmadan) önce tatmış olduklarından ötürü onlara bir günah yoktur. Sonra iman etmeye, takvalı olup iyiliklerde bulunmaya devam ederlerse, işte Allah böyle iyilik yapanları sever.
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اردو · Urdu
ایسے لوگوں پر جو کہ ایمان رکھتے ہوں اور نیک کام کرتے ہوں اس چیز میں کوئی گناه نہیں جس کو وه کھاتے پیتے ہوں جبکہ وه لوگ تقویٰ رکھتے ہوں اور ایمان رکھتے ہوں اور نیک کام کرتے ہوں پھر پرہیزگاری کرتے ہوں اور ایمان رکھتے ہوں پھر پرہیزگاری کرتے ہوں اور خوب نیک عمل کرتے ہوں، اللہ ایسے نیکوکاروں سے محبت رکھتا ہے۔[1]
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Talal Itani2012 Satan wants to provoke strife and hatred among you through intoxicants and gambling, and to prevent you from the remembrance of God, and from prayer. Will you not desist?
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Satan seeketh only to cast among you enmity and hatred by means of strong drink and games of chance, and to turn you from remembrance of Allah and from (His) worship. Will ye then have done
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Satan only desires to place enmity and hatred between you by wine and maisar, and to turn you from the remembrance of God and from prayer; but will ye not desist
John Medows Rodwell1861 Only would Satan sow hatred and strife among you, by wine and games of chance, and turn you aside from the remembrance of God, and from prayer: will ye not, therefore, abstain from them
George Sale1734 Satan seeks only to create enmity and hatred among you by means of wine and the game of chance, and to keep you back from the remembrance of God and from Prayer. Then will you keep back
Talal Itani2012 Obey God and obey the Messenger, and be cautious. If you turn away-know that the duty of Our Messenger is clear communication.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Obey Allah and obey the messenger, and beware! But if ye turn away, then know that the duty of Our messenger is only plain conveyance (of the message)
Edward Henry Palmer1880 and obey God, and obey the apostles, and beware, for if ye turn back then know that our Apostle has only his message to preach
John Medows Rodwell1861 Obey God and obey the Apostle, and be on your guard: but if ye turn back, know that our Apostle is only bound to deliver a plain announcement
George Sale1734 And obey God and obey the Messenger, and be on your guard. But if you turn away, then know that on Our Messenger lies only the clear conveyance of the Message
DIN 31635yā ʾayyuhā llaḏīna ʾāmanū layabluwannakumu llāhu bišayʾin mina ṣ-ṣaydi tanāluhu ʾaydīkum warimāḥukum liyaʿlama llāhu man yaḫāfuhu bil-ġaybi famani ʿtadā baʿda ḏālika falahu ʿaḏābun ʾalīmun
Talal Itani2012 O you who believe! God will test you with something of the game your hands and spears obtain, that God may know who fears Him at heart. Whoever commits aggression after that will have a painful punishment.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 O ye who believe! Allah will surely try you somewhat (in the matter) of the game which ye take with your hands and your spears, that Allah may know him who feareth Him in secret. Whoso transgresseth after this, for him there is a painful doom
Edward Henry Palmer1880 O ye who believe! God will try you with something of the game that your hands and your lances take, that God may know who fears Him in secret; and whoso transgresses after that, for him is grievous woe
John Medows Rodwell1861 O ye who believe! God will surely make trial of you with such game as ye may take with your hands, or your lances, that God may know who feareth him in secret: and whoever after this transgresseth, shall suffer a grievous chastisement
George Sale1734 O ye who believe! God will surely try you in a little matter: the game which your hands and lances can reach, so that God may cause to be known those who fear Him in secret. Whoso, therefore, will transgress after this, shall have a grievous punishment
Talal Itani2012 O you who believe! do not kill game while you are in pilgrim sanctity. Whoever of you kills any intentionally, its penalty shall be a domestic animal comparable to what he killed, as determined by two honest persons among you-an offering delivered to the Kaabah. Or he may atone by feeding the needy, or its equivalent in fasting, so that he may taste the consequences of his conduct. God forgives what is past. But whoever repeats, God will take revenge on him. God is Almighty, Avenger.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 O ye who believe! Kill no wild game while ye are on the pilgrimage. Whoso of you killeth it of set purpose he shall pay its forfeit in the equivalent of that which he hath killed, of domestic animals, the judge to be two men among you known for justice, (the forfeit) to be brought as an offering to the Ka'bah; or, for expiation, he shall feed poor persons, or the equivalent thereof in fasting, that he may taste the evil consequences of his deed. Allah forgiveth whatever (of this kind) may have happened in the past, but whoso relapseth, Allah will take retribution from him. Allah is Mighty, Able to Requite (the wrong)
Edward Henry Palmer1880 O ye who believe! kill not game while ye are on pilgrimage. But he amongst you who kills it purposely, his compensation is the like of that which he has killed, in sheep -- of which two equitable persons amongst you shall be judge -- an offering brought to the Kaabah; or as an expiation, the food of poor persons, or an equivalent thereof in fasting, that he may taste the evil result of his deed. God pardons bygones; but whoso returns, God will take vengeance on him, for God is mighty and the avenger
John Medows Rodwell1861 O believers! kill no game while ye are on pilgrimage. Whosoever among you shall purposely kill it, shall comsent pensate for it in domestic animals of equal value (according to the judgment of two just persons among you), to be brought as an offering to the Caaba; or in expiation thereof shall feed the poor; or as the equivalent of this shall fast, that he may taste the ill consequence of his deed. God forgiveth what is past; but whoever doth it again, God will take vengeance on him; for God is mighty and vengeance is His
George Sale1734 O ye who believe! kill not game while you are in a state of Pilgrimage. And whoso among you kills it intentionally, its compensation is a quadruped like unto that which he has killed, as determined by two just men from among you, the same to be bought as an offering to the Ka'bah; or as an expiation he shall feed a number of poor persons, or fast an equivalent number of days, so that he may taste the penalty of his deed. As for the past, God forgives it; but whoso reverts to it, God will punish him for his offence. And God is the Lord of retribution
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 —
0.67 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 · John Medows Rodwell0.78
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.71
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.71
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.71
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.68
Talal Itani · George Sale0.67
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.65
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.62
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.61
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.58
One bar per pair of renderings, longest bar for the pair
sharing fewest words. Every pair is shown; none is singled out.
Method Wording differences — derived 13 September 2026
Method
Mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the lowercased word sets of the cleared translations of each verse. A verse is marked as worded differently when its score falls in the top third of the corpus — the cut set out in Analysis details.
As at
13 September 2026, 10:56 UTC
Gate
verify/divergence_gate.py re-derives and fails on drift
The platform does not say which is right, and does not
characterise what the difference means. The renderings are placed
together so the difference is visible; reading it is the reader's work.