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6:140

قَدْ خَسِرَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَتَلُوٓا۟ أَوْلَٰدَهُمْ سَفَهًۢا بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ وَحَرَّمُوا۟ مَا رَزَقَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱفْتِرَآءً عَلَى ٱللَّهِ قَدْ ضَلُّوا۟ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُهْتَدِينَ

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Easy-read (simplified)qad khasira lladheena qataloo awlaadahum safahan bighayri 'ilmin waharramoo maa razaqahumu llaahu ftiraa'an 'alaa llaahi qad dalloo wamaa kaanoo muhtadeen

DIN 31635qad ḫasira llaḏīna qatalū ʾawlādahum safahan biġayri ʿilmin waḥarramū mā razaqahumu llāhu ftirāʾan ʿalā llāhi qad ḍallū wamā kānū muhtadīna

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

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Talal Itani · published 2012

Lost are those who kill their children foolishly, with no basis in knowledge, and forbid what God has provided for them-innovations about God. They have gone astray. They are not guided.

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

They are losers who besottedly have slain their children without knowledge, and have forbidden that which Allah bestowed upon them, inventing a lie against Allah. They indeed have gone astray and are not guided

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

Losers are they who kill their children foolishly, without knowledge, and who prohibit what God has bestowed upon them, forging a lie against God; they have erred and are not guided

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

Lost are they who, in their ignorance, have foolishly slain their children, and have forbidden that which God hath given them for food, devising an untruth against God! Now have they erred; and they were not rightly guided

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

They are utterly lost who have slain their children foolishly, without knowledge; and have forbidden that which God hath given them for food, devising a lie against God. They have erred, and were not rightly directed

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

Me të vërtetë të humbur janë ata që vranë fëmijët e tyre nga mendjelehtësia e padija dhe e bënë të ndaluar atë që ua ka dhënë Allahu, duke trilluar gënjeshtra për Allahun. Njëmend, ata kanë humbur rrugën dhe nuk janë të udhëzuar.

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.

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বাংলা · Bengali

অবশ্যই তারা ক্ষতিগ্রস্ত হয়েছে, যারা নির্বুদ্ধিতা ও অজ্ঞতাবশত নিজেদের সন্তানদেরকে হত্যা করেছে এবং আল্লাহর ওপর মিথ্যা রটনা করে আল্লাহর দেয়া রিযক হারাম করেছে। তারা অবশ্যই পথভ্রষ্ট হয়েছে এবং তারা কখনোই হিদায়াতপ্রাপ্ত ছিল না।

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Bosanski · Bosnian

Gubitnici su oni koji iz lahkoumnosti i ne znajući šta rade djecu svoju ubijaju i koji ono čime ih je Allah opskrbio zabranjenim smatraju, izmišljajući o Allahu laži. Oni su zalutali i neupućeni.

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Hrvatski · Croatian

Gubitnici su oni koji iz lakoumnosti i ne znajući što rade djecu svoju ubijaju i koji ono čime ih je Allah opskrbio zabranjenim smatraju, izmišljajući o Allahu laži. Oni su zalutali i neupućeni.

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.

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Fulfulde · Fulani

Gooŋɗii sooyii ɓeen warirɓe ɓiɗɓe mun njofoyaagal(ɗaayre) ko aldaa e ganndal, ɓe karminiri kon ko Alla Arsiki ɓe fekindagol e Alla. Gooŋɗii ɓe majjii, ɓe ngonaano feewɓe.

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ქართული · Georgian

უკვე ზარალში არიან ისინი, რომლებმაც მოკლეს თავიანთი შვილები სიბრიყვით, ყოველგვარი ცოდნის გარეშე, და აკრძალეს ის, რაც ალლაჰმა მათ უბოძა [ზოგი ცხოველი], ალლაჰზე სიცრუის შეთხზვით. აი უკვე შეცდნენ ისინი და არ ყოფილან სწორ გზაზე მავალნი!

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Deutsch · German

Verloren sind bereits diejenigen, die ihre Kinder in Torheit und ohne Wissen töten, und die verbieten, womit Allah sie versorgt hat, indem sie Lügen gegen Allah ersinnen. Sie sind schon irregegangen und nicht rechtgeleitet gewesen.

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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15

Ελληνικά · Greek

Πράγματι, έχασαν (και καταστράφηκαν) εκείνοι που σκότωσαν τα παιδιά τους από ανοησία και χωρίς γνώση, και απαγόρεψαν αυτά (τα βοοειδή) που τους παρέχει ο Αλλάχ (τα οποία τα αποκαλούν Μπαχίρα, Ωασίλα, Σά’ιμπα και Χαμ), και τα απέδιδαν αυτά ψευδώς στον Αλλάχ (ότι ο Αλλάχ που τα όρισε). Πράγματι, έχουν παραστρατήσει και δεν είναι καθοδηγημένοι.

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हिन्दी · Hindi

निश्चय वे लोग क्षति में पड़ गए, जिन्होंने मूर्खता के कारण, बिना किसी ज्ञान के, अपने संतान की हत्या की।[89] और उस जीविका को, जो अल्लाह ने उन्हें प्रदान की थी, अल्लाह पर आरोप लगाकर, अवैध बना लिया। वास्तव में, वे भटक गए और सीधी राह प्राप्त नहीं कर सके।

Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5

Italiano · Italian

Perdenti sono quelli che hanno ucciso i propri figli senza consapevolezza, e hanno proibito quello che Allāh ha loro donato, dicendo sul conto di Allāh delle menzogne, e si sono persi e non erano sulla retta via.

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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2

Lietuvių · Lithuanian

140. Iš tikrųjų paklydę yra tie, kurie žudė savo vaikus, kvailai, neišmanydami, ir (kurie) uždraudė tai, ką Allahas suteikė jiems, sukurdami melą prieš Allahą. Jie iš tiesų nuklydo ir nebuvo teisingai vedami.

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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo

Dhugumatti hoonga’aniiru Warri doofummaan beekumsaan amalee ilmaan isaanii ajjeesan, Rabbiin irratti kijiba kaayuun waan Rabbiin isaaniif kenne haraama taasisan, Isaan jallataniiru; qajeeloo hin taane.

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Русский · Russian

Уже потерпели убыток те, кто убил своих детей по глупости, без всякого знания, и запретил то, чем Аллах наделил их, измышляя ложь на Аллаха. Они уже впали в заблуждение и не были следующими верным путём.

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Српски · Serbian

Губитници су они који из лакомислености и не знајући шта раде децу своју убијају и који оно чиме их је Аллах опскрбио забрањеним сматрају, измишљајући лажи о Аллаху. Они су залутали и они не знају шта раде.

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Kiswahili · Swahili

Hakika walipata hasara wale waliowaua watoto wao kwa upumbavu bila ya elimu, na wakaharamisha vile alivyowaruzuku Mwenyezi Mungu kwa kumzulia Mwenyezi Mungu uongo. Hakika walipotea, wala hawakuwa wenye kuongoka.

Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages

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Svenska · Swedish

Förlorade är de som i dårskap och okunskap dödar sina barn, och som förbjuder det Gud har försörjt dem med – ytterligare lögner om Gud. De har gått vilse och har inte funnit vägledning.

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Türkçe · Turkish

Akılsızlıkları yüzünden, bilgisizce çocuklarını öldüren ve Allah’ın kendilerine verdiği rızıkları, Allah’a iftira ederek haram sayanlar, elbette hüsrana uğramıştır. Onlar sapıklığa düşmüş ve asla doğru yolu bulacak da değildirler.

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اردو · Urdu

واقعی خرابی میں پڑ گئے وه لوگ جنہوں نے اپنی اوﻻد کو محض براه حماقت بلا کسی سند کے قتل کر ڈاﻻ اور جو چیزیں ان کو اللہ نے کھانے پینے کو دی تھیں ان کو حرام کرلیا محض اللہ پر افترا باندھنے کے طور پر۔ بے شک یہ لوگ گمراہی میں پڑگئے اور کبھی راه راست پر چلنے والے نہیں ہوئے۔

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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The verses around this oneSource fact

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6:138

وَقَالُوا۟ هَٰذِهِۦٓ أَنْعَٰمٌ وَحَرْثٌ حِجْرٌ لَّا يَطْعَمُهَآ إِلَّا مَن نَّشَآءُ بِزَعْمِهِمْ وَأَنْعَٰمٌ حُرِّمَتْ ظُهُورُهَا وَأَنْعَٰمٌ لَّا يَذْكُرُونَ ٱسْمَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْهَا ٱفْتِرَآءً عَلَيْهِ سَيَجْزِيهِم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)waqaaloo haadhihi an'aamun waharthun hijrun laa yat'amuhaa illaa man nashaa'u biza'mihim wa'an'aamun hurrimat zuhooruhaa wa'an'aamun laa yadhkuroona sma llaahi 'alayhaa ftiraa'an 'alayhi sayajzeehim bimaa kaanoo yaftaroon

DIN 31635waqālū hāḏihi ʾanʿāmun waḥarṯun ḥiǧrun lā yaṭʿamuhā ʾillā man našāʾu bizaʿmihim waʾanʿāmun ḥurrimat ẓuhūruhā waʾanʿāmun lā yaḏkurūna sma llāhi ʿalayhā ftirāʾan ʿalayhi sayaǧzīhim bimā kānū yaftarūna

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 And they say, "These animals and crops are restricted; none may eat them except those we permit," by their claims, and animals whose backs are forbidden, and animals over which they do not pronounce the name of God-fabricating lies against Him. He will repay them for what they used to invent.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And they say: Such cattle and crops are forbidden. No-one is to eat of them save whom we will - in their make-believe - cattle whose backs are forbidden, cattle over which they mention not the name of Allah. (All that is) a lie against Him. He will repay them for that which they invent

Edward Henry Palmer1880 And they say, 'These cattle and tilth are inviolable; none shall taste thereof, save such as we please' - as they pretend - and there are cattle whose backs are prohibited, and cattle over whom God's name is not pronounced,- forging a lie against Him! He shall reward them for what they have forged

John Medows Rodwell1861 They also say, "These cattle and fruits are sacred: none may taste them but whom we please:" so deem they - "And there are cattle, whose backs should be exempt from labour." And there are cattle over which they do not pronounce the name of God: inventing in all this a lie against Him. For their inventions shall He reward them

George Sale1734 They also say, these cattle and fruits of the earth are sacred; none shall eat thereof but who we please, -- according to their imagination; -- and there are cattle whose backs are forbidden to be rode on, or loaden with burdens; and there are cattle on which they commemorate not the name of God when they slay them, devising a lie against him: God shall reward them for that which they falsely devise

6:139

وَقَالُوا۟ مَا فِى بُطُونِ هَٰذِهِ ٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ خَالِصَةٌ لِّذُكُورِنَا وَمُحَرَّمٌ عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِنَا وَإِن يَكُن مَّيْتَةً فَهُمْ فِيهِ شُرَكَآءُ سَيَجْزِيهِمْ وَصْفَهُمْ إِنَّهُۥ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٌ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)waqaaloo maa fee butooni haadhihi l-'an'aami khaalisatun lidhukoorinaa wamuharramun 'alaa azwaajinaa wa'in yakun maytatan fahum feehi shurakaa'u sayajzeehim wasfahum innahu hakeemun 'aleem

DIN 31635waqālū mā fī buṭūni hāḏihi l-ʾanʿāmi ḫāliṣatun liḏukūrinā wamuḥarramun ʿalā ʾazwāǧinā waʾin yakun maytatan fahum fīhi šurakāʾu sayaǧzīhim waṣfahum ʾinnahu ḥakīmun ʿalīmun

Talal Itani2012 And they say, "What lies in the wombs of these animals is exclusively for our males, and prohibited to our wives." But if it is stillborn, they can share in it. He will surely punish them for their allegations. He is Wise and Knowing.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And they say: That which is in the bellies of such cattle is reserved for our males and is forbidden to our wives; but if it be born dead, then they (all) may be partakers thereof. He will reward them for their attribution (of such ordinances unto Him). Lo, He is Wise, Aware

Edward Henry Palmer1880 And they say, 'What is in the wombs of these cattle is unlawful for our wives, but if it be (born) dead, then are they partners therein.' He will reward them for their attribution; verily, He is wise and knowing

John Medows Rodwell1861 And they say, "That which is in the wombs of these cattle is allowed to our males, and forbidden to our wives;" but if it prove abortive, both partake of it. God shall reward them for their distinctions! Knowing, Wise is He

George Sale1734 And they say, that which is in the bellies of these cattle, is allowed our males to eat, and is forbidden to our wives: But if it prove abortive, then they are both partakers thereof. God shall give them the reward of their attributing these things to him: He is knowing and wise

6:140 — the verse above

6:141

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنشَأَ جَنَّٰتٍ مَّعْرُوشَٰتٍ وَغَيْرَ مَعْرُوشَٰتٍ وَٱلنَّخْلَ وَٱلزَّرْعَ مُخْتَلِفًا أُكُلُهُۥ وَٱلزَّيْتُونَ وَٱلرُّمَّانَ مُتَشَٰبِهًا وَغَيْرَ مُتَشَٰبِهٍ كُلُوا۟ مِن ثَمَرِهِۦٓ إِذَآ أَثْمَرَ وَءَاتُوا۟ حَقَّهُۥ يَوْمَ حَصَادِهِۦ وَلَا تُسْرِفُوٓا۟ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)wahuwa lladhee ansha'a jannaatin ma'rooshaatin waghayra ma'rooshaatin wan-nakhla waz-zar'a mukhtalifan ukuluhu waz-zaytoona war-rummaana mutashaabihan waghayra mutashaabihin kuloo min thamarihi idhaa athmara wa'aatoo haqqahu yawma hasaadihi walaa tusrifoo innahu laa yuhibbu l-musrifeen

DIN 31635wahuwa llaḏī ʾanšaʾa ǧannātin maʿrūšātin waġayra maʿrūšātin wan-naḫla waz-zarʿa muḫtalifan ʾukuluhu waz-zaytūna war-rummāna mutašābihan waġayra mutašābihin kulū min ṯamarihi ʾiḏā ʾaṯmara waʾātū ḥaqqahu yawma ḥaṣādihi walā tusrifū ʾinnahu lā yuḥibbu l-musrifīna

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 It is He who produces gardens, both cultivated and wild, and date-palms, and crops of diverse tastes, and olives and pomegranates, similar and dissimilar. Eat of its fruit when it yields, and give its due on the day of its harvest, and do not waste. He does not love the wasteful.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 He it is Who produceth gardens trellised and untrellised, and the date-palm, and crops of divers flavour, and the olive and the pomegranate, like and unlike. Eat ye of the fruit thereof when it fruiteth, and pay the due thereof upon the harvest day, and be not prodigal. Lo! Allah loveth not the prodigals

Edward Henry Palmer1880 He it is who brought forth gardens with trailed and untrailed vines, and the palms and corn land, with various food, and olives, and pomegranates, alike and unlike. Eat from the fruit thereof whene'er it fruits, and bring the dues thereof on the day of harvest, and be not extravagant; verily, He loves not the extravagant

John Medows Rodwell1861 He it is who produceth gardens of the vine trellised and untrellised, and the palm trees, and the corn of various food, and olives, and pomegranates, like and unlike. Eat of their fruit when they bear fruit, and pay the due thereof on the day of its ingathering: and be not prodigal, for God loveth not the prodigal

George Sale1734 He it is who produceth gardens of vines, both those which are supported on trails of wood, and those which are not supported, and palm-trees, and the corn affording various food, and olives, and pomegranates, alike and unlike unto one another. Eat of their fruit, when they bear fruit, and pay the due thereof on the day whereon ye shall gather it; but be not profuse, for God loveth not those who are too profuse

6:142

وَمِنَ ٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ حَمُولَةً وَفَرْشًا كُلُوا۟ مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا۟ خُطُوَٰتِ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنِ إِنَّهُۥ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ

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Easy-read (simplified)wamina l-'an'aami hamoolatan wafarshan kuloo mimmaa razaqakumu llaahu walaa tattabi'oo khutuwaati sh-shaytaani innahu lakum 'aduwwun mubeen

DIN 31635wamina l-ʾanʿāmi ḥamūlatan wafaršan kulū mimmā razaqakumu llāhu walā tattabiʿū ḫuṭuwāti š-šayṭāni ʾinnahu lakum ʿaduwwun mubīnun

Talal Itani2012 Among the livestock are some for transportation, and some for clothing. Eat of what God has provided for you, and do not follow the footsteps of Satan. He is to you an outright enemy.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And of the cattle (He produceth) some for burdens, some for food. Eat of that which Allah hath bestowed upon you, and follow not the footsteps of the devil, for lo! he is an open foe to you

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Of cattle are there some to ride on and to spread. Eat of what God has bestowed upon you, and follow not the footsteps of Satan; verily, he is to you an open foe

John Medows Rodwell1861 And there are cattle for burdens and for journeys. Eat of what God hath given you for food; and follow not the steps of Satan, for he is your declared enemy

George Sale1734 And God hath given you some cattle fit for bearing of burdens, and some fit for slaughter only. Eat of what God hath given you for food; and follow not the steps of Satan, for he is your declared enemy

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

قَدْ خَسِرَ الَّذِينَ قَتَلُوا أَوْلَادَهُمْ سَفَهًا بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ وَحَرَّمُوا مَا رَزَقَهُمُ اللَّهُ افْتِرَاءً عَلَى اللَّهِ قَدْ ضَلُّوا وَمَا كَانُوا مُهْتَدِينَ

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

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 — 0.60 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 · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.70
Talal Itani · George Sale 0.70
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell 0.67
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell 0.67
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell 0.66
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer 0.59
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale 0.57
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale 0.56
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.50
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale 0.32

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

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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