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6:155

وَهَٰذَا كِتَٰبٌ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ مُبَارَكٌ فَٱتَّبِعُوهُ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)wahaadhaa kitaabun anzalnaahu mubaarakun faattabi'oohu waattaqoo la'allakum turhamoon

DIN 31635wahāḏā kitābun ʾanzalnāhu mubārakun fāttabiʿūhu wāttaqū laʿallakum turḥamūna

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

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Source Tanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) · Uthmani, Version 1.1
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Uthmani, Version 1.1
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Tanzil Project
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canonical text
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
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yes
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contradictory
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read verbatim
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cleared
Retrieved
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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
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ClearQuran, "God" edition, EPUB
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translation
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yes
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no
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cleared
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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.

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Source Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran · 1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
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1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
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None — public domain work
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translation
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Public domain — copyright term expired
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yes
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yes
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not applicable — no licence exists
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cleared
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Source Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an · 1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
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1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
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None — public domain work
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translation
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Public domain — copyright term expired
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— none published —
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yes
Modification
yes
Licence text
not applicable — no licence exists
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
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Located at
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Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 verses, keyed to mushaf order. The bismillah is not fused into ayah 1: 1:1 carries it and no other verse does. Verified against content check C3 at ingest.

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Source John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an · 1861 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
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1861 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
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None — public domain work
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translation
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Public domain — copyright term expired
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— none published —
Commercial use
yes
Modification
yes
Licence text
not applicable — no licence exists
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
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Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 verses, keyed to mushaf order. The bismillah is not fused into ayah 1: 1:1 carries it and no other verse does. Verified against content check C3 at ingest.

CLEARED ON THE WORK. Term expired by every measure. TWO edition caveats. (1) The upstream is not stated by the redistributor. (2) Rodwell's own edition PRESENTS THE SURAHS IN HIS OWN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER, not the mushaf order — he says so in his preface. This digital text is keyed to mushaf order, so it derives from a restored-order printing (such as the Everyman edition) rather than from Rodwell's own arrangement. Which printing is not stated and has not been established.

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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
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translation
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Public domain — copyright term expired
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— none published —
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yes
Modification
yes
Licence text
not applicable — no licence exists
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cleared
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24 August 2026
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Located at
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fawazahmed0/quran-api@6be8e17f2a0c13b1f33b1c3057f73cb28d5e848e/editions/eng-georgesale.json
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Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 verses, keyed to mushaf order. The bismillah is not fused into ayah 1: 1:1 carries it and no other verse does. Verified against content check C3 at ingest.

CLEARED ON THE WORK. Term expired by every measure. 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
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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
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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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TranslationsSource fact

Marked words appear in this translation and in no other English translation of this verse. Common small words and older spellings are not marked. The marks show where the wording differs, not where the meaning does.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 1875–1936 · published 1930

And this is a blessed Scripture which We have revealed. So follow it and ward off (evil), that ye may find mercy

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

This is the Book which we have sent down; it is a blessing; follow it then and fear; haply ye may obtain mercy

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

Blessed, too, this Book which we have sent down. Wherefore follow it and fear God, that ye may find mercy

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

And this book which We have now sent down, is blessed; therefore follow it and fear God that ye may obtain mercy

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

Ky është një libër i bekuar që Ne e kemi shpallur, andaj ndiqeni atë dhe druani kundërshtimit, që të mëshiroheni.

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

আর এটি কিতাব, যা আমি অতি বরকতময় করে নাযিল করেছি। কাজেই তোমরা তার অনুসরণ করো এবং তাকওয়া অবলম্বন কর, যাতে তোমরা রহমতপ্রাপ্ত হও।

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

A ova je Knjiga koju objavljujemo blagoslovljena, zato je slijedite i Allaha se bojte, da bi vam milost ukazana bila.

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

A ova je Knjiga koju objavljujemo blagoslovljena, zato je slijedite i Allaha se bojte, da bi vam milost ukazana bila.

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

Ndee ɗoo ko deftere (Alqur'aana), min njippiinde ko nde barkinnde - njokkee nde, ndeetoɗon ; mbelejo'o, on njurmoyeɗon.

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

და ეს [ყურანი] არის წიგნი, რომელიც ჩვენ ჩამოვავლინეთ (მუჰამმადზე), კურთხეული; მაშ მიჰყევით მას და მოერიდეთ (ალლაჰის სასჯელს), — რათა იქნებ შეწყალებულნი იქნეთ.

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

Und das ist ein Buch, das Wir (als Offenbarung) hinabgesandt haben, ein gesegnetes (Buch). So folgt ihm und fürchtet (Allah), auf dass ihr Barmherzigkeit finden möget!

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

Αυτό (το Κορ’άν) είναι ένα ευλογημένο Βιβλίο που έχουμε στείλει, γι' αυτό ακολουθήστε το και φυλαχθείτε από την τιμωρία του Αλλάχ (τηρώντας τις εντολές Του), ίσως και να ελεηθείτε.

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

तथा यह एक बरकत वाली पुस्तक है, जिसे हमने उतारा है। अतः इसका अनुसरण करो[103] और अल्लाह से डरते रहो, ताकि तुमपर दया की जाए।

Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5

Italiano · Italian

E questo è un Libro che abbiamo fatto scendere, benedetto: seguitelo e siate devoti, così che possiate ricevere misericordia.

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

155. Ir tai yra palaiminta Knyga (Koranas), kurią Mes nuleidome, taigi sekite ja ir bijokite Allaho (t. y. pakluskite Jo Įsakymams), kad jūs gautumėte gailestingumą (t. y. būtumėte išgelbėti nuo Pragaro kančios).

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

Kun (qur'aanni) kitaaba Nuti buufne kan barakeeffameedha, isa hordofaa, (Rabbiin) sodaadhaa, Akka rahmanni isiniif godhamu. [34]

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

Это Писание, которое Мы ниспослали, — благословенно, так следуйте же ему и будьте богобоязненны, — быть может, вы будете помилованы.

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

А ова је Књига коју објављујемо благословљена, зато је следите и Аллаха се бојте, да би вам милост била указана.

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

Na hiki ni Kitabu tulichokiteremsha, kilichobarikiwa. Basi kifuateni, na mcheni, ili mrehemewe.

Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5

Svenska · Swedish

Och detta är en välsignad skrift som vi har uppenbarat, så följ den. Och frukta Gud, så att ni skänks nåd.

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

Bu, mübarek olarak indirdiğimiz bir kitaptır. O’na tabi olun ve takvalı olun ki size merhamet edilsin.

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

اور یہ ایک کتاب ہے جس کو ہم نے بھیجا بڑی خیر وبرکت والی[1] ، سو اس کا اتباع کرو اور ڈرو تاکہ تم پر رحمت ہو۔

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

About these translations

5 cleared translations, newest first, by year of publication, so the modern English comes before the historical ones. That is an ordering by date, not a judgement. Each is shown complete — this platform never excerpts a translation — and each renders under its translator's name. No translation here is marked as the correct one.

Which translations appear here is set by copyright: they are the ones whose rights could be documented and cleared. The selection is not a judgement that these are the best.

About easy-read

Easy-read is a simplified pronunciation, not authoritative — a rule-by-rule romanisation, not a reading. Each verse ends in its pause form, as it is said when you stop there. Pauses inside a verse and other tajwid rules are not shown. It is derived from the Tanzil Simple edition, while the Arabic above is the Uthmani edition; both are cleared, but they are not the same edition and their orthography differs.

The verses around this oneSource fact

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6:153

وَأَنَّ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطِى مُسْتَقِيمًا فَٱتَّبِعُوهُ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا۟ ٱلسُّبُلَ فَتَفَرَّقَ بِكُمْ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ ذَٰلِكُمْ وَصَّىٰكُم بِهِۦ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)wa'anna haadhaa siraatee mustaqeeman faattabi'oohu walaa tattabi'oo s-subula fatafarraqa bikum 'an sabeelihi dhaalikum wassaakum bihi la'allakum tattaqoon

DIN 31635waʾanna hāḏā ṣirāṭī mustaqīman fāttabiʿūhu walā tattabiʿū s-subula fatafarraqa bikum ʿan sabīlihi ḏālikum waṣṣākum bihi laʿallakum tattaqūna

Talal Itani2012 This is My path, straight, so follow it. And do not follow the other paths, lest they divert you from His path. All this He has enjoined upon you, that you may refrain from wrongdoing.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And (He commandeth you, saying): This is My straight path, so follow it. Follow not other ways, lest ye be parted from His way. This hath He ordained for you, that ye may ward off (evil)

Edward Henry Palmer1880 And God's compact fulfill ye; that is what He ordained you, haply ye may be mindful. Verily, this is my right way; follow it then, and follow not various paths, to separate yourselves from His way; that is what He has ordained you, haply ye may fear

John Medows Rodwell1861 And, "this is my right way." Follow it then; and follow not other paths lest ye be scattered from His path. This hath he enjoined you, that ye may fear Him

George Sale1734 and that ye may know that this is my right way: Therefore follow it, and follow not the paths of others, lest ye be scattered from the path of God. This hath He commanded you that ye may take heed

6:154

ثُمَّ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَٰبَ تَمَامًا عَلَى ٱلَّذِىٓ أَحْسَنَ وَتَفْصِيلًا لِّكُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لَّعَلَّهُم بِلِقَآءِ رَبِّهِمْ يُؤْمِنُونَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)thumma aataynaa moosaa l-kitaaba tamaaman 'alaa lladhee ahsana watafseelan likulli shay'in wahudan warahmatan la'allahum biliqaa'i rabbihim yu'minoon

DIN 31635ṯumma ʾātaynā mūsā l-kitāba tamāman ʿalā llaḏī ʾaḥsana watafṣīlan likulli šayʾin wahudan waraḥmatan laʿallahum biliqāʾi rabbihim yuʾminūna

Talal Itani2012 Then We gave Moses the Scripture, perfect for the righteous, and explaining everything clearly, and a beacon, and mercy, that they may believe in the encounter with their Lord.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Again, We gave the Scripture unto Moses, complete for him who would do good, an explanation of all things, a guidance and a mercy, that they might believe in the meeting with their Lord

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Then we gave Moses the Book, complete for him who acts aright, and a decision and a guidance and a mercy; haply in the meeting of their Lord they will believe

John Medows Rodwell1861 Then gave we the Book to Moses - complete for him who should do right, and a decision for all matters, and a guidance, and a mercy, that they might believe in the meeting with their Lord

George Sale1734 We gave also unto Moses the book of the Law; a perfect rule unto him who should do right, and a determination concerning all things needful, and a direction and mercy; that the children of Israel might believe the meeting of their Lord

6:155 — the verse above

6:156

أَن تَقُولُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أُنزِلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبُ عَلَىٰ طَآئِفَتَيْنِ مِن قَبْلِنَا وَإِن كُنَّا عَن دِرَاسَتِهِمْ لَغَٰفِلِينَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)an taqooloo innamaa unzila l-kitaabu 'alaa taa'ifatayni min qablinaa wa'in kunnaa 'an diraasatihim laghaafileen

DIN 31635ʾan taqūlū ʾinnamā ʾunzila l-kitābu ʿalā ṭāʾifatayni min qablinā waʾin kunnā ʿan dirāsatihim laġāfilīna

Talal Itani2012 Lest you say, "The Scripture was revealed to two parties before us, and we were unaware of their teachings."

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Lest ye should say: The Scripture was revealed only to two sects before us, and we in sooth were unaware of what they read

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Lest ye say, 'The Book was only sent down to two sects before us; verily, we, for what they read, care naught

John Medows Rodwell1861 Lest ye should say, "The Scriptures were indeed sent down only unto two peoples before us, but we were not able to go deep into their studies

George Sale1734 Lest ye should say, the scriptures were only sent down unto two people before us; and we neglected to peruse them with attention

6:157

أَوْ تَقُولُوا۟ لَوْ أَنَّآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْنَا ٱلْكِتَٰبُ لَكُنَّآ أَهْدَىٰ مِنْهُمْ فَقَدْ جَآءَكُم بَيِّنَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌ فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّن كَذَّبَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَصَدَفَ عَنْهَا سَنَجْزِى ٱلَّذِينَ يَصْدِفُونَ عَنْ ءَايَٰتِنَا سُوٓءَ ٱلْعَذَابِ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَصْدِفُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)aw taqooloo law annaa unzila 'alaynaa l-kitaabu lakunnaa ahdaa minhum faqad jaa'akum bayyinatun min rabbikum wahudan warahmatun faman azlamu mimman kadhdhaba bi'aayaati llaahi wasadafa 'anhaa sanajzee lladheena yasdifoona 'an aayaatinaa soo'a l-'adhaabi bimaa kaanoo yasdifoon

DIN 31635ʾaw taqūlū law ʾannā ʾunzila ʿalaynā l-kitābu lakunnā ʾahdā minhum faqad ǧāʾakum bayyinatun min rabbikum wahudan waraḥmatun faman ʾaẓlamu mimman kaḏḏaba biʾāyāti llāhi waṣadafa ʿanhā sanaǧzī llaḏīna yaṣdifūna ʿan ʾāyātinā sūʾa l-ʿaḏābi bimā kānū yaṣdifūna

Talal Itani2012 Or lest you say, "Had the Scripture been revealed to us, we would have been better guided than they." Clarification has come to you from your Lord, and guidance, and mercy. Who then does greater wrong than he who gives the lie to God's messages, and turns away from them? We will repay those who turn away from Our messages with the worst kind of punishment, because of their turning away.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Or lest ye should say: If the Scripture had been revealed unto us, we surely had been better guided than are they. Now hath there come unto you a clear proof from your Lord, a guidance and mercy; and who doeth greater wrong than he who denieth the revelations of Allah, and turneth away from them? We award unto those who turn away from Our revelations an evil doom because of their aversion

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Or, lest ye should say, 'Had we had a book revealed to us we should surely have been more guided than they;' but there is come to them a manifest sign from their Lord, and a guidance and a mercy; who then is more unjust than he who calls God's signs lies, and turns from them? we will reward those who turn from our signs with an evil punishment for that they turned away

John Medows Rodwell1861 Or lest ye should say, "If a book had been sent down to us, we had surely followed the guidance better than they." But now hath a clear exposition come to you from your Lord, and a guidance and a mercy. Who then is more wicked than he who treateth the signs of God as lies, and turneth aside from them? We will recompense those who turn aside from our signs with an evil punishment, because they have turned aside

George Sale1734 Or lest ye should say, if a book of divine revelations had been sent down unto us, we would surely have better directed than they. And now hath a manifest declaration come unto you from your Lord, and a direction and mercy: And who is more unjust than he who deviseth lies against the signs of God, and turneth aside from them? We will reward those who turn aside from our signs with a grievous punishment, because they have turned aside

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

وَهَٰذَا كِتَابٌ أَنزَلْنَاهُ مُبَارَكٌ فَاتَّبِعُوهُ وَاتَّقُوا لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ

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 — 0.53 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 · Edward Henry Palmer 0.71
Talal Itani · George Sale 0.67
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell 0.66
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.60
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale 0.55
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell 0.54
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell 0.48
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.46
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale 0.38
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale 0.29

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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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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