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57:26

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا وَإِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَجَعَلْنَا فِى ذُرِّيَّتِهِمَا ٱلنُّبُوَّةَ وَٱلْكِتَٰبَ فَمِنْهُم مُّهْتَدٍ وَكَثِيرٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَٰسِقُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)walaqad arsalnaa noohan wa'ibraaheema waja'alnaa fee dhurriyyatihimaa n-nubuwwata wal-kitaaba faminhum muhtadin wakatheerun minhum faasiqoon

DIN 31635walaqad ʾarsalnā nūḥan waʾibrāhīma waǧaʿalnā fī ḏurriyyatihimā n-nubuwwata wal-kitāba faminhum muhtadin wakaṯīrun minhum fāsiqūna

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Talal Itani · published 2012

We sent Noah and Abraham, and established in their line Prophethood and the Scripture. Some of them are guided, but many of them are sinners.

Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

Talal Itani, ClearQuran ·ClearQuran, "God" edition, EPUB·Talal Itani / ClearQuran.com ·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International·retrieved 7 Sep 2026

Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com https://clearquran.com

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 1875–1936 · published 1930

And We verily sent Noah and Abraham and placed the prophethood and the scripture among their seed, and among them there is he who goeth right, but many of them are evil-livers

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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 Palmer 1840–1882 · published 1880

And we sent Noah and Abraham; and placed in their seed prophecy and the Book; and some of them are guided, though many of them are workers of abomination

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Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired

Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an ·1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

John Medows Rodwell 1808–1900 · published 1861

And of old sent we Noah and Abraham, and on their seed conferred the gift of prophecy, and the Book; and some of them we guided aright; but many were evil doers

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Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired

John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an ·1861 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

George Sale 1697–1736 · published 1734

We formerly sent Noah and Abraham, and We established in their posterity the gift of prophecy, and the scripture: And of them some were directed, but many of them were evil doers

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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 e dërguam Nuhun e Ibrahimin dhe pasardhësve të tyre u dhamë pejgamberinë dhe Librin. Prej tyre pati të udhëzuar, por shumë prej tyre ishin të pabindur.

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বাংলা · Bengali

আর অবশ্যই আমি নূহ ও ইবরাহীমকে রাসুলরূপে পাঠিয়েছিলাম এবং তাদের বংশধরদের মধ্যে নবুওয়াত ও কিতাব দিয়েছিলাম। তারপর তাদের (সন্তানদের) মধ্যে কেউ কেউ সঠিক পথ অবলম্বনকারী ছিল, আর তাদের অধিকাংশই ছিল ফাসিক।

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Bosanski · Bosnian

Mi smo Nuha i Ibrahima poslali, i nekima od potomaka njihovih objavu i vjerovjesništvo dali; neki su od potomaka njihovih na Pravom putu, a mnogi od njih su grešnici.

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Hrvatski · Croatian

Mi smo Nou i Abrahama poslali, i nekima od potomaka njihovih objavu i vjerovjesništvo dali; neki su od potomaka njihovih na Pravom putu, a mnogi od njih su grešnici.

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Fulfulde · Fulani

Gooŋɗii Min nulii Nuuhu e Ibraahiima, Min maɗi e geñngol maɓɓe ngol Annabaaku e defte. Hino e maɓɓe feewuɓe, ko ɗuuɗi kon e maɓɓe ko faasiqiiɓe.

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ქართული · Georgian

და ჩვენ წარვგზავნეთ ნუჰი და იბრაჰიმი და დავადგინეთ მათ შთამომავლობაში წინასწარმეტყველება და წიგნი. და მათ შორის [მის შთამომავლობაში] არიან, ვინც მართალ გზას მიჰყვება, მაგრამ ბევრი მათგანი ურჩია (ალლაჰისადმი).

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Deutsch · German

Und Wir sandten ja bereits Nuh und Ibrahim und machten in ihrer Nachkommenschaft das Prophetentum und die Schrift. So gab es unter ihnen einige Rechtgeleitete, aber viele von ihnen waren Frevler.

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Ελληνικά · Greek

Πράγματι, στείλαμε τον Νώε και τον Αβραάμ, και κάναμε από τους απογόνους τους να υπάρχουν Προφήτες, και σ' αυτούς στείλαμε τα Βιβλία (την Τορά στον Μωυσή, το Αζ-Ζαμπούρ στον Δαβίδ, το Ιν-τζήλ στον Ιησού και το Κορ’άν στον Μωχάμμαντ). Όμως, υπάρχουν απ' αυτούς (τους απογόνους τους) εκείνοι που καθοδηγούνται, αλλά οι περισσότεροι απ' αυτούς είναι ανυπάκουοι.

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हिन्दी · Hindi

और निःसंदेह हमने नूह़ और इबराहीम को (रसूल बनाकर) भेजा, और उन दोनों की संतान में नुबुव्वत तथा पुस्तक रख दी। फिर उनमें से कुछ सीधे मार्ग पर चलने वाले हैं और उनमें से बहुत-से लोग अवज्ञाकारी हैं।

Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari

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Italiano · Italian

Ed inviammo Nūħ ed Ibrāhīm, e concedemmo ai loro discendenti la Profezia e il Libro; alcuni tra loro seguirono la Retta Via e molti di loro furono trasgressori.

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Lietuvių · Lithuanian

26. Ir iš tiesų Mes atsiuntėme Nūhą (Nojų) ir Ibrahimą (Abraomą), ir padarėme tarp jų palikuonių Pranašystes ir Raštus. Ir tarp jų yra tie, kurie yra vedami (teisingai), bet dauguma jų yra Fasikūn (maištaujantys, nepaklusnūs Allahui).

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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo

Dhugumatti, Nuuhiifi Ibraahiimiin erginee jirra. Sanyii isaan lamaanii keessatti nabiyyummaafi kitaaba (isaanirratti buufame) goonee jirra. Isaan irraa namoota qajeelantu jira; baay’een isaan irraa ta’an immoo finciltoota.

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Русский · Russian

Действительно, Мы отправили Нуха и Ибрахима и установили в их потомстве пророчество и Писание. Среди них есть идущие верным путём, но многие из них — нечестивцы.

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Српски · Serbian

Ми смо послали Ноја и Аврама, и некима од њихових потомака смо објаву и веровесништво дали; неки су од њихових потомака на Правом путу, а многи од њих су неверници.

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Kiswahili · Swahili

Na bila ya shaka tulimtuma Nuhu na Ibrahim, na tukaweka katika dhuriya zao Unabii na Kitabu. Basi wapo miongoni mwao walioongoka, na wengi katika wao ni wavukao mipaka.

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Svenska · Swedish

Vi sände Noa och Abraham, och i deras ätt lät vi profetskapet och skrifterna gå vidare. En del [av deras avkomma] följde den rätta vägen men många av dem valde att trotsa.

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Türkçe · Turkish

-Andolsun ki biz, Nûh’u ve İbrahim’i gönderdik. Peygamberliği de kitabı da onların soyuna verdik. Onlardan hidayete erişen olduğu gibi, çoğu fâsıklardır/yoldan çıkmıştır.

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اردو · Urdu

بیشک ہم نے نوح اور ابراہیم (علیہ السلام) کو (پیغمبر بنا کر) بھیجا اور ہم نے ان دونوں کی اوﻻد میں پیغمبری اور کتاب جاری رکھی تو ان میں سے کچھ تو راه یافتہ ہوئے اور ان میں سے اکثر بہت نافرمان رہے.

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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57:24

ٱلَّذِينَ يَبْخَلُونَ وَيَأْمُرُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ بِٱلْبُخْلِ وَمَن يَتَوَلَّ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلْغَنِىُّ ٱلْحَمِيدُ

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Easy-read (simplified)alladheena yabkhaloona waya'muroona n-naasa bil-bukhli waman yatawalla fa'inna llaaha huwa l-ghaniyyu l-hameed

DIN 31635allaḏīna yabḫalūna wayaʾmurūna n-nāsa bil-buḫli waman yatawalla faʾinna llāha huwa l-ġaniyyu l-ḥamīdu

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 Those who are stingy, and induce people to be stingy. Whoever turns away-God is the Independent, the Praiseworthy.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Who hoard and who enjoin upon the people avarice. And whosoever turneth away, still Allah is the Absolute, the Owner of Praise

Edward Henry Palmer1880 who are niggardly and bid men be niggardly: but whoso turns his back, verily, God is rich, praiseworthy

John Medows Rodwell1861 Who are covetous themselves and incite others to covetousness. But whose turneth away from almsgiving - Ah! God is the Rich, the Praiseworthy

George Sale1734 or those who are covetous, and command men covetousness. And whoso turneth aside from giving alms; verily God is self-sufficient, worthy to be praised

57:25

لَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلَنَا بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ وَأَنزَلْنَا مَعَهُمُ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَٱلْمِيزَانَ لِيَقُومَ ٱلنَّاسُ بِٱلْقِسْطِ وَأَنزَلْنَا ٱلْحَدِيدَ فِيهِ بَأْسٌ شَدِيدٌ وَمَنَٰفِعُ لِلنَّاسِ وَلِيَعْلَمَ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَنصُرُهُۥ وَرُسُلَهُۥ بِٱلْغَيْبِ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَوِىٌّ عَزِيزٌ

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Easy-read (simplified)laqad arsalnaa rusulanaa bil-bayyinaati wa'anzalnaa ma'ahumu l-kitaaba wal-meezaana liyaqooma n-naasu bil-qisti wa'anzalnaa l-hadeeda feehi ba'sun shadeedun wamanaafi'u lilnnaasi waliya'lama llaahu man yansuruhu warusulahu bil-ghaybi inna llaaha qawiyyun 'azeez

DIN 31635laqad ʾarsalnā rusulanā bil-bayyināti waʾanzalnā maʿahumu l-kitāba wal-mīzāna liyaqūma n-nāsu bil-qisṭi waʾanzalnā l-ḥadīda fīhi baʾsun šadīdun wamanāfiʿu lilnnāsi waliyaʿlama llāhu man yanṣuruhu warusulahu bil-ġaybi ʾinna llāha qawiyyun ʿazīzun

Talal Itani2012 We sent Our messengers with the clear proofs, and We sent down with them the Book and the Balance, that humanity may uphold justice. And We sent down iron, in which is violent force, and benefits for humanity. That God may know who supports Him and His messengers invisibly. God is Strong and Powerful.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 We verily sent Our messengers with clear proofs, and revealed with them the Scripture and the Balance, that mankind may observe right measure; and He revealed iron, wherein is mighty power and (many) uses for mankind, and that Allah may know him who helpeth Him and His messengers, though unseen. Lo! Allah is Strong, Almighty

Edward Henry Palmer1880 We did send our apostles with manifest signs; and we did send down among you the Book and the balance, that men might stand by justice; and we sent down iron in which is both keen violence and advantages to men; and that God might know who helps Him and His apostles in secret; verily, God is strong and mighty

John Medows Rodwell1861 We have sent our apostles with the clear tokens, and we have caused the Book and the balance to descend with them, that men might observe fairness. And we have sent down IRON. Dire evil resideth in it, as well as advantage, to mankind! God would know who will assist Him and his apostle in secret. Verily, God is Powerful, Strong

George Sale1734 We formerly sent our apostles with evident miracles and arguments; and We sent down with them the scriptures, and the balance, that men might observe justice: And We sent them down iron, wherein is mighty strength for war, and various advantages unto mankind: That God may know who assisteth him and his apostles in secret; for God is strong and mighty

57:26 — the verse above

57:27

ثُمَّ قَفَّيْنَا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَٰرِهِم بِرُسُلِنَا وَقَفَّيْنَا بِعِيسَى ٱبْنِ مَرْيَمَ وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُ ٱلْإِنجِيلَ وَجَعَلْنَا فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّبَعُوهُ رَأْفَةً وَرَحْمَةً وَرَهْبَانِيَّةً ٱبْتَدَعُوهَا مَا كَتَبْنَٰهَا عَلَيْهِمْ إِلَّا ٱبْتِغَآءَ رِضْوَٰنِ ٱللَّهِ فَمَا رَعَوْهَا حَقَّ رِعَايَتِهَا فَـَٔاتَيْنَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ أَجْرَهُمْ وَكَثِيرٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَٰسِقُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)thumma qaffaynaa 'alaa aathaarihim birusulinaa waqaffaynaa bi'eesaa bni maryama wa'aataynaahu l-'injeela waja'alnaa fee quloobi lladheena taba'oohu ra'fatan warahmatan warahbaaniyyatan btada'oohaa maa katabnaahaa 'alayhim illaa btighaa'a ridwaani llaahi famaa ra'awhaa haqqa ri'aayatihaa fa'aataynaa lladheena aamanoo minhum ajrahum wakatheerun minhum faasiqoon

DIN 31635ṯumma qaffaynā ʿalā ʾāṯārihim birusulinā waqaffaynā biʿīsā bni maryama waʾātaynāhu l-ʾinǧīla waǧaʿalnā fī qulūbi llaḏīna tabaʿūhu raʾfatan waraḥmatan warahbāniyyatan btadaʿūhā mā katabnāhā ʿalayhim ʾillā btiġāʾa riḍwāni llāhi famā raʿawhā ḥaqqa riʿāyatihā faʾātaynā llaḏīna ʾāmanū minhum ʾaǧrahum wakaṯīrun minhum fāsiqūna

Talal Itani2012 Then We sent in their wake Our messengers, and followed up with Jesus son of Mary, and We gave him the Gospel, and instilled in the hearts of those who followed him compassion and mercy. But as for the monasticism which they invented-We did not ordain it for them-only to seek God's approval. But they did not observe it with its due observance. So We gave those of them who believed their reward, but many of them are sinful.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Then We caused Our messengers to follow in their footsteps; and We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow, and gave him the Gospel, and placed compassion and mercy in the hearts of those who followed him. But monasticism they invented - We ordained it not for them - only seeking Allah's pleasure, and they observed it not with right observance. So We give those of them who believe their reward, but many of them are evil-livers

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Then we followed up their footsteps with our apostles; and we followed them up with Jesus the son of Mary; and we gave him the gospel; and we placed in the hearts of those who followed him kindness and compassion.- But monkery, they invented it; we only prescribed to them the craving after the goodwill of God, and they observed it not with due observance. But we gave to those who believe amongst them their hire; though many amongst them were workers of abomination

John Medows Rodwell1861 Then we caused our apostles to follow in their footsteps; and we caused Jesus the son of Mary to follow them; and we gave him the Evangel, and we put into the hearts of those who followed him kindness and compassion: but as to the monastic life, they invented it themselves. The desire only of pleasing God did we prescribe to them, and this they observed not as it ought to have been observed: but to such of them as believed gave we their reward, though many of them were perverse

George Sale1734 Afterwards We caused our apostles to succeed in their footsteps; and We caused Jesus the son of Mary to succeed them, and We gave him the gospel: And We put in the hearts of those who followed him, compassion and mercy: But as to the monastic state, they instituted the same -- We did not prescribe it to them -- only out of a desire to please God; yet they observed not the same as it ought truly to have been observed. And We gave unto such of them as believed, their reward: But many of them were wicked doers

57:28

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَءَامِنُوا۟ بِرَسُولِهِۦ يُؤْتِكُمْ كِفْلَيْنِ مِن رَّحْمَتِهِۦ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ نُورًا تَمْشُونَ بِهِۦ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

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Easy-read (simplified)yaa ayyuhaa lladheena aamanoo taqoo llaaha wa'aaminoo birasoolihi yu'tikum kiflayni min rahmatihi wayaj'al lakum nooran tamshoona bihi wayaghfir lakum wallaahu ghafoorun raheem

DIN 31635yā ʾayyuhā llaḏīna ʾāmanū taqū llāha waʾāminū birasūlihi yuʾtikum kiflayni min raḥmatihi wayaǧʿal lakum nūran tamšūna bihi wayaġfir lakum wallāhu ġafūrun raḥīmun

Talal Itani2012 O you who believe! Fear God, and believe in His Messenger: He will give you a double portion of His mercy, and will give you a light by which you walk, and will forgive you. God is Forgiving and Merciful.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 O ye who believe! Be mindful of your duty to Allah and put faith in His messenger. He will give you twofold of His mercy and will appoint for you a light wherein ye shall walk, and will forgive you. Allah is Forgiving, Merciful

Edward Henry Palmer1880 O ye who believe! fear God, and believe in His Apostle: He will give you two portions of His mercy, and will make for you a light for you to walk in, and will forgive you; for God is forgiving, compassionate

John Medows Rodwell1861 O ye who believe! fear God and believe in his apostle: two portions of his mercy will He give you. He will bestow on you light to walk in, and He will forgive you: for God is Forgiving, Merciful

George Sale1734 O ye who believe in the former prophets, fear God, and believe in his apostle Mohammed: He will give you two portions of his mercy, and He will ordain you a light wherein ye may walk, and He will forgive you; for God is ready to forgive and merciful

Sources

EditionTanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) ·Uthmani, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

Parallel edition — Simple, Version 1.1

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا وَإِبْرَاهِيمَ وَجَعَلْنَا فِي ذُرِّيَّتِهِمَا النُّبُوَّةَ وَالْكِتَابَ فَمِنْهُم مُّهْتَدٍ وَكَثِيرٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَاسِقُونَ

EditionTanzil Qur'an text (Simple) ·Simple, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

In plain words — none yet for this verse

Analysis details
Analysis detailsDerived

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 — 0.55 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
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell 0.65
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale 0.64
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.62
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale 0.58
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell 0.58
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.56
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell 0.50
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer 0.48
Talal Itani · George Sale 0.46
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale 0.43

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.

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SourceTanzil Qur'an text (Simple) ·Simple, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

SourceTanzil Qur'an text (Simple) ·Simple, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

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ReceiptsSource fact

7 sources stand behind this page. Each is listed once, in the order the page first cites it, with the licence it was cleared under and what was actually read. Nothing on this page rests on a source that is not here.

Source Tanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) · Uthmani, Version 1.1
Edition
Uthmani, Version 1.1
Custodian
Tanzil Project
Layer
canonical text
Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
Licence URL
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Commercial use
yes
Modification
contradictory
Licence text
read verbatim
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
203f0f1bf3158b1e5be4ab9f8f6870e5…
Located at
https://tanzil.net/pub/download/index.php?quranType=uthmani&outType=xml
Convention
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.

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Source Talal Itani, ClearQuran · ClearQuran, "God" edition, EPUB
Edition
ClearQuran, "God" edition, EPUB
Custodian
Talal Itani / ClearQuran.com
Layer
translation
Licence
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Licence URL
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/
Commercial use
yes
Modification
no
Licence text
terms page read
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
7 September 2026
Digest
70b0a8bb6f862f43670f7da1c0da59a4…
Located at
https://www.clearquran.com/downloads/quran-in-english-clearquran.epub
Convention
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.

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Source Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran · 1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Edition
1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Custodian
None — public domain work
Layer
translation
Licence
Public domain — copyright term expired
Licence URL
— none published —
Commercial use
yes
Modification
yes
Licence text
not applicable — no licence exists
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
aaff752d4349005282d977eebb863982…
Located at
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fawazahmed0/quran-api@6be8e17f2a0c13b1f33b1c3057f73cb28d5e848e/editions/eng-mohammedmarmadu.json

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.

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Source Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an · 1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Edition
1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Custodian
None — public domain work
Layer
translation
Licence
Public domain — copyright term expired
Licence URL
— none published —
Commercial use
yes
Modification
yes
Licence text
not applicable — no licence exists
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
32b2330e332339ace53509539efe9040…
Located at
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fawazahmed0/quran-api@6be8e17f2a0c13b1f33b1c3057f73cb28d5e848e/editions/eng-edwardhenrypalm.json
Convention
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.

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Source John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an · 1861 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Edition
1861 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Custodian
None — public domain work
Layer
translation
Licence
Public domain — copyright term expired
Licence URL
— none published —
Commercial use
yes
Modification
yes
Licence text
not applicable — no licence exists
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
91423dea6a6dccc192457870ed2c08fb…
Located at
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fawazahmed0/quran-api@6be8e17f2a0c13b1f33b1c3057f73cb28d5e848e/editions/eng-johnmedowsrodwe.json
Convention
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.

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Source George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an · 1734 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Edition
1734 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Custodian
None — public domain work
Layer
translation
Licence
Public domain — copyright term expired
Licence URL
— none published —
Commercial use
yes
Modification
yes
Licence text
not applicable — no licence exists
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
05b679f5df49b0579e65f4b83b4c7235…
Located at
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fawazahmed0/quran-api@6be8e17f2a0c13b1f33b1c3057f73cb28d5e848e/editions/eng-georgesale.json
Convention
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.

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Source Tanzil Qur'an text (Simple) · Simple, Version 1.1
Edition
Simple, Version 1.1
Custodian
Tanzil Project
Layer
canonical text
Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
Licence URL
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Commercial use
yes
Modification
contradictory
Licence text
read verbatim
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
d9b5bad94e4725191aa8da9a0404bd8e…
Located at
https://tanzil.net/pub/download/index.php?quranType=simple&outType=xml
Convention
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.

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