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6:14

قُلْ أَغَيْرَ ٱللَّهِ أَتَّخِذُ وَلِيًّا فَاطِرِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَهُوَ يُطْعِمُ وَلَا يُطْعَمُ قُلْ إِنِّىٓ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ وَلَا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)qul aghayra llaahi attakhidhu waliyyan faatiri s-samaawaati wal-'ardi wahuwa yut'imu walaa yut'amu qul innee umirtu an akoona awwala man aslama walaa takoonanna mina l-mushrikeen

DIN 31635qul ʾaġayra llāhi ʾattaḫiḏu waliyyan fāṭiri s-samāwāti wal-ʾarḍi wahuwa yuṭʿimu walā yuṭʿamu qul ʾinnī ʾumirtu ʾan ʾakūna ʾawwala man ʾaslama walā takūnanna mina l-mušrikīna

EditionTanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

TranslationsSource fact

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Talal Itani · published 2012

Say, "Shall I take for myself a protector other than God, Originator of the heavens and the earth, and He feeds and is not fed?" Say, "I am instructed to be the first of those who submit." And do not be among the idolaters.

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

Say: Shall I choose for a protecting friend other than Allah, the Originator of the heavens and the earth, Who feedeth and is never fed? Say: I am ordered to be the first to surrender (unto Him). And be not thou (O Muhammad) of the idolaters

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 Palmer 1840–1882 · published 1880

Say, 'Other than God shall I take for a patron, the Originator of the heavens and the earth? He feedeth men, but is not fed.' Say, 'I am bidden to be the first of those resigned;' and it was said to me, 'Be not thou of the idolaters

Sources

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

SAY: Other than God shall I take as Lord, maker of the Heavens and of the Earth, who nourisheth all, and of none is nourished? SAY: Verily, I am bidden to be the first of those who surrender them to God (profess Islam): and, be not thou of those who join gods with God

Sources

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

Say, 'Shall I take any protector other than God, the Maker of the heavens and the earth, Who feeds and is not fed?' Say, 'I have been commanded to be the first of those who submit.' And be thou not of those who associate partners with God

Sources

Translation George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired

George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an ·1734 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

Other languages (18)
Shqip · Albanian

Thuaj: "Si të marr mbrojtës tjetër përveç Allahut, Krijuesit të qiejve e të Tokës, i Cili ushqen dhe nuk ushqehet?!" Thuaj: "Unë jam urdhëruar të jem i pari që nënshtrohet (ndaj Allahut) dhe të mos jem kurrsesi prej idhujtarëve."

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

বল: ‘আমি কি আল্লাহ ছাড়া অন্যকে অভিভাবক হিসেবে গ্রহণ করব, যিনি আসমানসমূহ ও জমিনের স্রষ্টা? তিনি আহার দেন, তাঁকে আহার দেওয়া হয় না।’ বল: ‘নিশ্চয় আমি আদিষ্ট হয়েছি যে, যারা ইসলাম গ্রহণ করেছে, তাদের মধ্যে যেন আমি প্রথম ব্যক্তি হই।’ আর ’তুমি কখনো মুশরিকদের অন্তর্ভুক্ত হয়ো না।’

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

Reci: "Zar da za zaštitnika uzmem nekog drugog osim Allaha, Koji je nebesa i Zemlju, bez prethodnog primjera stvorio?! On hrani, a hranjen ne biva!" Reci: "Meni je naređeno da budem prvi koji se pokorava", i nikako ne budi jedan od višebožaca.

Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.

From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4

Hrvatski · Croatian

Reci: "Zar da za zaštitnika uzmem nekog drugog osim Allaha, Koji je nebesa i Zemlju, bez prethodnog primjera stvorio?! On hrani, a hranjen ne biva!" Reci: "Meni je naređeno da budem prvi koji se pokorava", i nikako ne budi jedan od mnogobožaca.

Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1

Fulfulde · Fulani

Maaku : "E ko ko woori Alla mi jogitotoo giɗo? Takɗo Kammuulu ɗin e leydi ndin, Kaŋko homo Ñammina O ñammintaake". Maaku : "Min, Mi yamiraama nde mi wonata arano jebbiliiɗo". Wata a jeye dey e sirkooɓe ɓen.

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

უთხარი (ო, მოციქულო): «ნუთუ სხვას ავიღებ მე ჩემს მფარველად ალლაჰის გარდა, ცისა და მიწის შემოქმედისა, (როდესაც) ის აძლევს საზრდოს (ყველა ქმნილებას), ხოლო მას ვერავინ აძლევს საზრდოს?» თქვი (ო, მოციქულო): «ჭეშმარიტად, მე მიბრძანეს ვიყო პირველი მათ შორის, ვინც (სრულად) დაემორჩილა (მას), და არ იყოთ მრავალღმერთიანთა შორის!»

Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7

Deutsch · German

Sag: „Sollte ich einen anderen zum Schutzherren nehmen als Allah, den Erschaffer der Himmel und der Erde, Der speist, während Ihm (selbst) keine Speise gegeben wird?“ Sag: „Mir ist befohlen worden, der Erste zu sein, der sich (Allah) ergibt, und: Gehöre ja nicht zu den Götzendienern!“

Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15

Ελληνικά · Greek

Πες (ω, Προφήτη, στους ειδωλολάτρες): «Είναι δυνατόν να πάρω ως κηδεμόνα (υποστηρικτή και προστάτη) άλλον εκτός του Αλλάχ, ενώ Αυτός είναι ο Δημιουργός των ουρανών και της Γης και Αυτός είναι που ταΐζει και δεν ταΐζεται;» Πες (ω, Μωχάμμαντ): «Πράγματι, διατάχθηκα να είμαι ο πρώτος που να υποταχθεί (στη Βούληση του Αλλάχ), και μην είσαι (ω, Μωχάμμαντ) από τους πολυθεϊστές.»

Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2

हिन्दी · Hindi

(ऐ नबी!) कह दो : क्या मैं अल्लाह के सिवा कोई सहायक बनाऊँ, जो आकाशों तथा धरती का बनाने वाला है, हालाँकि वह खिलाता है और उसे नहीं खिलाया जाता। आप कहिए : निःसंदेह मुझे आदेश दिया गया है कि सबसे पहला व्यक्ति बनूँ जो आज्ञाकारी हुआ, तथा तुम कदापि साझी बनाने वालों में से न हो।

Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5

Italiano · Italian

Di’: «Dovrei forse scegliere come protettore altri all’infuori di Allāh, Creatore dei cieli e della terra, Colui che nutre e non è nutrito?» Di’: «Mi è stato ordinato di essere il primo a sottomettermi: non essere mai tra gli idolatri!»

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

14. Sakyk (Muchammedai ﷺ ): „Ar turėčiau aš laikyti Vali (Padėjėju, Globėju, Viešpačiu arba Dievu) ką nors kitą nei Allahas, dangų ir žemės Kūrėjas? Ir tai Jis, Kuris maitina, tačiau nėra maitinamas.“ Sakyk: „Iš tiesų, man įsakyta būti pirmuoju iš tų, kurie paklūsta Allahui (kaip musulmonai).“ Ir nebūk tu (Muchammedai ﷺ ) iš Mušrikūn [daugiadievių, pagonių, stabmeldžių ir netikinčiųjų Allaho Vienumu].

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

Jedhi "Sila Rabbiin malee gabbaramaa biraa godhadhaa? (inni) uumaa samiifi dachiiti, inni ni nyaachisa hin nyaachifamu". jedhi "Ani jalqaba nama Rabbiif bulee (islaamawee) ta'uttin ajajame. Mushrikoota irraas hin ta'in (naan jedhame)".[4]

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 1.0.0

Русский · Russian

Скажи: «Неужели я возьму покровителем кого-то помимо Аллаха, изначально сотворившего небеса и землю, а ведь Он питает, а Его не питают?» Скажи: «Воистину, мне велено быть первым из тех, кто покорился [Ему]», и ни в коем случае не будь из придающих Аллаху сотоварищей.

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

Српски · Serbian

Реци: „Зар да узмем за заштитника неког другог поред Аллаха Који је небеса и Земљу, без претходног примера створио?! Он храни, а не бива храњен!“ Реци: „Мени је наређено да будем најпреданији и најпокорнији“, и никако не буди један од оних који друге поред Аллаха обожавају!

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 1.0.4

Kiswahili · Swahili

Sema: Je, nimfanye rafiki mwandani asiyekuwa Mwenyezi Mungu, ambaye ndiye Muumba mwanzilishi wa mbingu na ardhi, naye ndiye anayelisha wala halishwi? Sema: Hakika Mimi nimeamrishwa kwamba niwe wa kwanza wa wenye kusilimu. Na wala kabisa usiwe miongoni wa washirikina.

Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5

Svenska · Swedish

Säg: ”Skulle jag ta någon annan än Gud som beskyddare – himlarnas och jordens Skapare, han som försörjer men själv inte behöver försörjas?” Säg: ”Jag har befallts att vara den första som underkastar sig, och att aldrig bli en av avgudadyrkarna.”

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

Türkçe · Turkish

De ki: "Gökleri ve yeri yoktan yaratan, doyuran fakat doyurulmayan Allah’tan başkasını mı dost edineceğim." De ki: “Ben İslâm’a girenlerin ilki olmakla emrolundum ve (bana:) sakın müşriklerden olma! (denildi).”

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 1.0.4

اردو · Urdu

آپ کہیے کہ کیا اللہ کے سوا، جو کہ آسمانوں اور زمین کا پیدا کرنے واﻻ ہے اور جو کہ کھانے کو دیتا ہے اور اس کو کوئی کھانے کو نہیں دیتا، اور کسی کو معبود قرار دوں[1] ، آپ فرما دیجئے کہ مجھ کو یہ حکم ہوا ہے کہ سب سے پہلے میں اسلام قبول کروں اور تو مشرکین میں ہرگز نہ ہونا۔

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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The verses around this oneSource fact

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6:12

قُل لِّمَن مَّا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ قُل لِّلَّهِ كَتَبَ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِ ٱلرَّحْمَةَ لَيَجْمَعَنَّكُمْ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهِ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)qul liman maa fee s-samaawaati wal-'ardi qul lillaahi kataba 'alaa nafsihi r-rahmata layajma'annakum ilaa yawmi l-qiyaamati laa rayba feehi lladheena khasiroo anfusahum fahum laa yu'minoon

DIN 31635qul liman mā fī s-samāwāti wal-ʾarḍi qul lillāhi kataba ʿalā nafsihi r-raḥmata layaǧmaʿannakum ʾilā yawmi l-qiyāmati lā rayba fīhi llaḏīna ḫasirū ʾanfusahum fahum lā yuʾminūna

Talal Itani2012 Say, "To whom belongs what is in the heavens and the earth?" Say, "To God." He has inscribed for Himself mercy. He will gather you to the Day of Resurrection, in which there is no doubt. Those who lost their souls do not believe.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Say: Unto whom belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth? Say: Unto Allah. He hath prescribed for Himself mercy, that He may bring you all together to the Day of Resurrection whereof there is no doubt. Those who ruin their souls will not believe

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Say, 'Whose is what is in the heavens and the earth?' Say, 'God's, who has imposed mercy on himself.' He will surely gather you together for the resurrection day. There is no doubt in that, but those who waste their souls will not believe

John Medows Rodwell1861 SAY: Whose is all that is in the Heavens and the Earth? SAY: God's. He had imposed mercy on Himself as a law. He will surely assemble you on the Resurrection day; there is no doubt of it. They who are the authors of their own ruin, are they who will not believe

George Sale1734 Say, 'To whom belongs what is in the heavens and the earth?' Say, 'To God.' He has taken upon Himself to show mercy. He will certainly continue to assemble you till the Day of Resurrection. There is no doubt in it. Those who have ruined their souls will not believe

6:13

وَلَهُۥ مَا سَكَنَ فِى ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)walahu maa sakana fee llayli wan-nahaari wahuwa s-samee'u l-'aleem

DIN 31635walahu mā sakana fī llayli wan-nahāri wahuwa s-samīʿu l-ʿalīmu

Talal Itani2012 To Him belongs whatever rests in the night and the day. He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Unto Him belongeth whatsoever resteth in the night and the day. He is the Hearer, the Knower

Edward Henry Palmer1880 His is whatsoever dwells in the night or in the day, He both hears and knows

John Medows Rodwell1861 His, whatsoever hath its dwelling in the night and in the day! and He, the Hearing, the Knowing

George Sale1734 To Him belongs whatever exists in the darkness of the night and the light of the day. And He is All-Hearing, the All-Knowing

6:14 — the verse above

6:15

قُلْ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ إِنْ عَصَيْتُ رَبِّى عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)qul innee akhaafu in 'asaytu rabbee 'adhaaba yawmin 'azeem

DIN 31635qul ʾinnī ʾaḫāfu ʾin ʿaṣaytu rabbī ʿaḏāba yawmin ʿaẓīmin

Talal Itani2012 Say, "I fear, should I defy my Lord, the punishment of a tremendous Day."

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Say: I fear, if I rebel against my Lord, the retribution of an Awful Day

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Say, 'I fear, if I rebel against my Lord, the torment of the mighty day

John Medows Rodwell1861 SAY: Verily, I fear, should I rebel against my Lord, the punishment of the great day

George Sale1734 Say, 'Indeed I fear, if I disobey my Lord, the punishment of an awful day

6:16

مَّن يُصْرَفْ عَنْهُ يَوْمَئِذٍ فَقَدْ رَحِمَهُۥ وَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْمُبِينُ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)man yusraf 'anhu yawma'idhin faqad rahimahu wadhaalika l-fawzu l-mubeen

DIN 31635man yuṣraf ʿanhu yawmaʾiḏin faqad raḥimahu waḏālika l-fawzu l-mubīnu

Talal Itani2012 Whoever is spared on that Day-He had mercy on him. That is the clear victory.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 He from whom (such retribution) is averted on that day, (Allah) hath in truth had mercy on him. That will be the signal triumph

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Whomsoever it is averted from on that day, God will have had mercy on; and that is obvious happiness

John Medows Rodwell1861 From whomsoever it shall be averted on that day, He will have had mercy on him: and this will be the manifest bliss

George Sale1734 He from whom it is averted on that day, God indeed has had mercy on him. And that indeed is a manifest achievement

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

قُلْ أَغَيْرَ اللَّهِ أَتَّخِذُ وَلِيًّا فَاطِرِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَهُوَ يُطْعِمُ وَلَا يُطْعَمُ قُلْ إِنِّي أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ وَلَا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ

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

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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above — 0.59 on a scale where 0 means identical wording and 1 means no shared words. It is computed, not judged.

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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 Sale 0.67
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell 0.64
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell 0.64
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale 0.62
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell 0.60
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale 0.58
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.58
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.52
Talal Itani · George Sale 0.51
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer 0.50

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.
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13 September 2026, 10:56 UTC
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The platform does not say which is right, and does not characterise what the difference means. The renderings are placed together so the difference is visible; reading it is the reader's work.

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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

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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