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God has made the Kaabah, the sacred House, to be a station for men, and the sacred month, and the offering and its neck garland; this is that ye may know that God knows what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, and that God knows all things
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Compare translations (4)Talal Itani· published 2012
God has appointed the Kaabah, the Sacred House, a sanctuary for the people, and the Sacred Month, and the offerings, and the garlanded. That you may know that God knows everything in the heavens and the earth, and that God is Cognizant of all things.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Allah hath appointed the Ka'bah, the Sacred House, a standard for mankind, and the Sacred Month and the offerings and the garlands. That is so that ye may know that Allah knoweth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth, and that Allah is Knower of all things
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
John Medows Rodwell1808–1900 · published 1861
God hath appointed the Caaba, the sacred house, to be a station for mankind, and the sacred month, and the offering, and its ornaments. This, that ye may know that God knoweth all that is in the heavens and on the earth, and that God hath knowledge of everything
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
God has made the Ka'bah the Sacred House, a means of support and uplift for mankind, as also the Sacred Month and the offerings and the animals with collars. That is so that you may know that God knows what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, and that God knows all things well
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
Allahu e bëri Qabenë, Shtëpinë e Shenjtë, vatër sigurie për njerëzit, po ashtu edhe muajt e shenjtë, kurbanet e gjerdanet, në mënyrë që ta dini se Allahu e di çfarë ka në qiej e çfarë ka në Tokë dhe se Allahu është i Gjithëdijshëm për çdo gjë.
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বাংলা · Bengali
আল্লাহ সম্মানিত গৃহ কা‘বাকে, সম্মানিত মাসকে(২৫), হাদঈ(২৬) ও কালায়িদকে(৩) মানুষের কল্যাণের জন্য নির্ধারিত করেছেন। এটা এ জন্য যে, তোমরা যেন জানতে পার, আসমানসমূহে যা আছে এবং যমীনে যা আছে, আল্লাহ তা জানেন। আর আল্লাহ সব কিছু সম্পর্কে সম্যক জ্ঞাত।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
Allah je učinio da Kaba, Sveta kuća, bude ljudima temelj sigurnosti i unapređenja života, a tako i sveti mjeseci i kurbani, naročito oni ogrlicama označeni. To je zato da znate da Allah zna ono što je na nebesima i ono što je na Zemlji, i da Allah sve dobro zna.
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Hrvatski · Croatian
Allah je učinio da Kaba, Sveta kuća, bude ljudima temelj sigurnosti i unapređenja života, a tako i sveti mjeseci i kurbani, naročito oni ogrlicama označeni. To je zato da znate da Allah zna ono što je na nebesima i ono što je na Zemlji, i da Allah sve dobro zna.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Alla Waɗii Kaaba on : Suudu Hormanteendu, ñiiɓirndu wonan de yimɓe ɓeen, e lewru hormante ndu, e neldaari ndi, e meedaaɗi ɗin. Ɗuum ɗon, ko fii yo on nganndu won de Alla no Anndi kon ko woni kammuuli e ka leydi, e wonndi Alla no Anndi kala huunde.
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ქართული · Georgian
ალლაჰმა დაადგინა ქააბა — აკრძალული სახლი — ადამიანებისთვის საყრდენად, რათა შეასრულონ თავიანთი ვალდებულებები ალლაჰის წინაშე [ჰაჯის აღსასრულებლად] და იქ უსაფრთხოდ იმყოფებოდნენ. ასევე დაადგინა აკრძალული თვე (როდესაც ბრძოლა აკრძალული იყო) [1], ქააბასკენ მიყვანილი მსხვერპლშესაწირი ცხოველები და ყელსაბამებით შემკობილი (მსხვერპლშესაწირი) ცხოველები [2], რათა იცოდეთ, რომ ალლაჰმა იცის ყველაფერი, რაც ცაშია და რაც დედამიწაზეა, და რომ ალლაჰი ყოვლისმცოდნეა.
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Deutsch · German
Allah hat die Ka'bah, das geschützte Haus, zu einer Stätte der Anbetung für die Menschen gemacht, und (ebenso) den Schutzmonat, die Opfertiere und die (Opfertiere mit den) Halsgehänge(n). Dies, damit ihr wisset, dass Allah weiß, was in den Himmeln und was auf der Erde ist, und dass Allah über alles wissend ist.
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Ελληνικά · Greek
Ο Αλλάχ έκανε την Κά‘μπα, τον Ιερό Οίκο, ως τόπο στήριξης (για τη θρησκεία των ανθρώπων στον οποίο κάνουν πράξεις λατρείας, όπως προσευχές και προσκύνημα κλπ.) και ασφάλειας για τους ανθρώπους (στον οποίο αισθάνονται ασφαλείς από το να τους επιτίθεται κανείς). Επίσης (έκανε) και τους Ιερούς Μήνες (Δη-ελ-Κί‘ντα, Δη-ελ-Χίτζα, Μουχάρραμ και Ράτζαμπ, ως ασφάλεια για τους ανθρώπους, επειδή αυτούς τους μήνες απαγορεύονταν οι μάχες). Επίσης (έκανε) και τα ζώα θυσίας (που προσφέρονται για θυσία στον Ιερό Οίκο), και τα ζώα που έχουν περιδέραια (από μαλλί κλπ. ως σημάδι ότι προορίζονται για θυσία) (ως ασφάλεια για τους ιδιοκτήτες τους αφού κανείς δεν μπορεί να επιτίθεται σ' αυτούς). Αυτό για να μάθετε ότι ο Αλλάχ γνωρίζει ό,τι υπάρχει στους ουρανούς και ό,τι υπάρχει στη Γη, και ότι ο Αλλάχ είναι για τα πάντα Παντογνώστης [και να μάθετε ότι αυτά τα προαναφερόμενα, περιέχουν το καλό για σας και αποτρέπουν το κακό από σας πριν συμβεί].
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हिन्दी · Hindi
अल्लाह ने सम्मानित घर काबा को लोगों के लिए स्थापना का साधन बनाया है तथा सम्मानित महीनों[66] और (हज्ज की) क़ुर्बानी के जानवरों तथा गर्दन में पट्टे लगे हुए जानवरों को। यह इसलिए कि तुम जान लो कि निःसंदेह अल्लाह जानता है, जो कुछ आकाशों में है और जो कुछ धरती में है, तथा यह कि निःसंदेह अल्लाह प्रत्येक वस्तु को ख़ूब जानने वाला है।
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Italiano · Italian
Allāh ha fatto della Ka’ba una Sacra Casa per la gente, e ha imposto il Mese Sacro, il sacrificio e le ghirlande: ciò perché sappiate che Allāh conosce ciò che è nei cieli e in terra, e che in verità Allāh è Onnisciente.
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
97. Allahas padarė Kaabą, Neliečiamą Namą, saugumo ir naudos prieglobsčiu (pavyzdžiui, Hadž ir Umra) žmonijai, ir taip pat Draudimų Mėnesį, ir aukojamuosius gyvulius, ir girliandomis puoštus (žmones arba gyvūnus, dėl jų saugumo pažymėtus girliandomis ant kaklų, padarytomis iš (Mekkos) medžio kamieno žievės), kad jūs žinotumėte, kad Allahas turi Žinojimą apie viską, kas yra danguose, ir viską, kas yra žemėje, ir kad Allahas yra Visa Žinantis apie kiekvieną.
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Русский · Russian
Аллах сделал Каабу, Заповедный Дом, опорой для людей, а также запретный месяц, жертвенных животных и помеченных для жертвоприношения. Это — для того, чтобы вы знали, что Аллах знает всё, что в небесах и на земле, и что Аллах — знающий о всякой вещи.
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Српски · Serbian
Аллах је учинио да Ка'ба, Света кућа, буде људима темељ сигурности и унапређења живота, а тако и свети месеци и жртвенице, нарочито оне огрлицама означене. То је зато да знате да Аллах зна оно што је на небесима и оно што је на Земљи, и да Аллах све добро зна.
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Mwenyezi Mungu ameifanya Al-Kaaba, hii Nyumba Tukufu, kuwa ya kuwakimu watu, na Miezi Mitakatifu, na dhabihu walioletwa Makka kama zawadi, na dhabihu waliofungwa vigwe. Hayo ni ili mjue ya kwamba hakika Mwenyezi Mungu anayajua yaliyo katika mbingu na yaliyo katika ardhi, na ya kwamba Mwenyezi Mungu ni Mwenye kujua kila kitu.
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Svenska · Swedish
Gud har gjort Kaba, det heliga huset, till en grund för människornas [ordning och trygghet], liksom de helgade månaderna, offerdjuren och deras märkning. Detta för att ni ska veta att Gud vet om allt i himlarna och på jorden, och att Gud har full vetskap om allt.
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Türkçe · Turkish
Allah Kâ’be’yi, Beyt-i Haram’ı, Haram ayları, kurbanı ve boyunları gerdanlıklı kurbanlıkları da insanlar için bir kıyâm/ ayakta kalma (ve canlanma) sebebi kıldı. Bunlar, Allah’ın göklerde ve yerde olan her şeyi bildiğini ve Allah’ın her şeyi en iyi bilen olduğunu sizin de bilmeniz içindir.
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اردو · Urdu
اللہ نے کعبہ کو جو ادب کا مکان ہے لوگوں کے قائم رہنے کا سبب قرار دے دیا اور عزت والے مہینہ کو بھی اور حرم میں قربانی ہونے والے جانور کو بھی اور ان جانوروں کو بھی جن کے گلے میں پٹے ہوں[1] یہ اس لئے تاکہ تم اس بات کا یقین کر لو کہ بےشک اللہ تمام آسمانوں اور زمین کے اندر کی چیزوں کا علم رکھتا ہے اور بےشک اللہ سب چیزوں کو خوب جانتا ہے۔
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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
Talal Itani2012 Permitted for you is the catch of sea, and its food-as sustenance for you and for travelers. But forbidden for you is the game of land while you are in pilgrim sanctity. And fear God, to whom you will be gathered.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 To hunt and to eat the fish of the sea is made lawful for you, a provision for you and for seafarers; but to hunt on land is forbidden you so long as ye are on the pilgrimage. Be mindful of your duty to Allah, unto Whom ye will be gathered
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Lawful for you is the game of the sea, and to eat thereof; a provision for you and for travellers; but forbidden you is the game of the land while ye are on pilgrimage; so fear God to whom ye shall be gathered
John Medows Rodwell1861 It is lawful for you to fish in the sea, and to eat fish, as provision for you and for those who travel; but it is unlawful for you to hunt by land while ye are still on pilgrimage: fear ye God, therefore, before whom ye shall be assembled
George Sale1734 The game of the sea and the eating thereof is made lawful for you as a provision for you and the travelers; but forbidden to you is the game of the land as long as you are in the state of Pilgrimage. And fear God to whom you shall be gathered
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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
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0.644
Share of measured verses above it
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Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.65
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.62
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.56
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.55
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.53
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.53
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.51
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.50
Talal Itani · George Sale0.49
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.45
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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.