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cites it, with the licence it was cleared under and what was actually read.
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Source Tanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) · Uthmani, Version 1.1
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 ayahs. The bismillah is delivered as a separate `bismillah` attribute on ayah 1 and is NOT fused into the ayah text. 112 surahs carry one: every surah except al-Fatiha, where the bismillah is ayah 1:1 itself, and at-Tawba, which has none. Sourced from the XML output; the plain-text output of the same release DOES fuse it, which is defect D1.
CLEARED. Licence read verbatim from the block embedded in this very file. Ingested exactly as shipped: no normalisation, no stripping of marks, no Unicode recomposition.
Parsed structurally from the EPUB: an h3 names the surah, one p per verse with its number in its own span. An unnumbered p is the basmala and is not a verse, except in surah 1 where the basmala IS verse 1. 112 unnumbered paragraphs were found, which is 114 surahs less surah 1 and surah 9. Text is stored VERBATIM: NFC normalisation and XML entity unescaping only, because CC BY-ND forbids modification.
CLEARED on a licence read first-hand from the translator's own download page, not from an aggregator. Tanzil also hosts this translation, but under a blanket "non-commercial purposes only" term that directs the user to the translator or publisher for permission - a hosting disclaimer, not a grant - so the grant was taken from the licensor directly. The "God" edition was ingested; ClearQuran also publishes an "Allah" edition, differing in how the divine name is rendered, which is not ingested.
CLEARED ON THE WORK, WITH TWO RECORDED CAVEATS ON THIS COPY. (1) Rights basis is the expired copyright term, NOT the redistributing repository's licence. That repository dedicates its contents to the public domain under the Unlicense while also redistributing plainly in-copyright translations (Abdel Haleem, Saheeh International, The Study Quran), so it is dedicating rights it cannot hold and its blanket grant is not relied upon here. (2) The file declares its own upstream as tanzil.net, and Tanzil attaches a non-commercial condition to its TRANSLATION distributions, though not to its Qur'anic text. Since Pickthall's copyright has expired, nobody holds rights in these words and no licence is required from anyone; Tanzil's terms are a contract binding those who download from Tanzil, which we did not. The chain is nonetheless not spotless and Anwar may prefer a clean digitisation of the 1930 printing. NOT VERIFIED: that this digital text matches the 1930 first printing rather than a later revised edition. No page images were collated. Recorded as unverified rather than presented as established. SERVED TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE CITED FILE AT ONE VERSE, 37:97: the file reads "red-hotfire" (a glued token, also in Gutenberg #16955); the served row reads "red-hot fire", restored 2026-09-13 from Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (London: George Allen & Unwin, printed for Alfred A. Knopf; 1930), p. 460, XXXVII 97 - scan archive.org in.ernet.dli.2015.216140, PDF page 475; banked data/derivation-sources/pickthall-1930-dli-2015.216140-text.pdf (sha256 70e81146c97fa3a590243a82e04e349108546074787e2551a78c616202138870) on Anwar Malik's grant.
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 verses, keyed to mushaf order. The
bismillah is not fused into ayah 1: 1:1 carries it and no other verse
does. Verified against content check C3 at ingest.
CLEARED ON THE WORK. Term expired by every measure. The digital edition's upstream is not stated by the redistributor and the printing is unverified. No statement of purpose is recorded for Palmer because none was sourced from his own preface in this pass; nothing is asserted on his behalf.
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 verses, keyed to mushaf order. The
bismillah is not fused into ayah 1: 1:1 carries it and no other verse
does. Verified against content check C3 at ingest.
CLEARED ON THE WORK. Term expired by every measure. TWO edition caveats. (1) The upstream is not stated by the redistributor. (2) Rodwell's own edition PRESENTS THE SURAHS IN HIS OWN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER, not the mushaf order — he says so in his preface. This digital text is keyed to mushaf order, so it derives from a restored-order printing (such as the Everyman edition) rather than from Rodwell's own arrangement. Which printing is not stated and has not been established.
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 verses, keyed to mushaf order. The
bismillah is not fused into ayah 1: 1:1 carries it and no other verse
does. Verified against content check C3 at ingest.
CLEARED ON THE WORK. Term expired by every measure. The digital edition's upstream is NOT STATED by the redistributor, so the printing it represents is unverified; Sale's text was reprinted and re-edited many times between 1734 and 1900. Recorded as unverified rather than assumed to be the first edition.
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 ayahs. The bismillah is delivered as a separate `bismillah` attribute on ayah 1 and is NOT fused into the ayah text. 112 surahs carry one: every surah except al-Fatiha, where the bismillah is ayah 1:1 itself, and at-Tawba, which has none. Sourced from the XML output; the plain-text output of the same release DOES fuse it, which is defect D1.
CLEARED. Parallel edition, held in ayah_text_variants. It sits alongside the Uthmani spine for search normalisation and is never used to correct it.
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.
Talal Itani· published 2012
That you believe in God and His Messenger, and strive in the cause of God with your possessions and yourselves. That is best for you, if you only knew.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Ye should believe in Allah and His messenger, and should strive for the cause of Allah with your wealth and your lives. That is better for you, if ye did but know
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 Palmer1840–1882 · published 1880
To believe in God and His Apostle, and to fightstrenuously in God's cause with your property and your persons; that is better for you if ye did but know
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Believe in God and his apostle, and do valiantly in the cause of God with your wealth and with your persons! This, did ye but know it, will be best for you
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Believe in God and his apostle; and defend God's truereligion with your substance, and in your own persons. This will be better for you, if ye knew it
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
Të besoni Allahun e të Dërguarin e Tij dhe të luftoni në rrugën e Allahut me pasurinë dhe jetën tuaj. – Kjo është më mirë për ju, sikur ta dinit. –
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
(৩) তোমরা আল্লাহর প্রতি ও তাঁর রাসূলের প্রতি ঈমান আনবে এবং তোমরা তোমাদের ধন-সম্পদ ও জীবন দিয়ে আল্লাহর পথে জিহাদ করবে। এটাই তোমাদের জন্য কল্যাণকর, যদি তোমরা জানতে।
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
U Allaha i Poslanika Njegova vjerujte i imecima svojim i životima svojim na Allahovu putu se borite – to vam je, da znate, bolje.
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
U Allaha i Poslanika Njegova vjerujte i imetcima svojim i životima svojim na Allahovu putu se borite – to vam je, da znate, bolje.
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
Ngooŋɗinon Alla e nelaaɗo makko mbaɗiron jihaadi e laawol makko jawdi mon e pittaali mon ko ɗuum ɓuri on moƴƴande si on ngonii annduɓe.
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
(ეს არის, რომ) ირწმუნოთ ალლაჰი და მისი შუამავალი, და იბრძოლოთ ალლაჰის გზაზე თქვენი ქონებითა და სულებით. ეს თქვენთვის უკეთესია, რომ იცოდეთ.
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
Ihr sollt an Allah und Seinen Gesandten glauben und euch auf dem Weg Allahs mit eurem Besitz und mit eurer eigenen Person abmühen - dies ist besser für euch, wenn ihr (es) nur wisst -,
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
Να πιστεύετε στον Αλλάχ και στον Αγγελιαφόρο Του (τον Μωχάμμαντ) και να αγωνίζεστε στο Δρόμο του Αλλάχ με τα πλούτη και τον εαυτό σας: Αυτό είναι καλύτερο για σας (από το εμπόριο στην εγκόσμια ζωή), αν το γνωρίζατε!
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
तुम अल्लाह तथा उसके रसूल पर ईमान लाओ और अपने धनों और अपनी जानों के साथ अल्लाह के मार्ग में जिहाद करो। यह तुम्हारे लिए उत्तम है, यदि तुम जानते हो।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Credete in Allāh e nel Suo Messaggero, e lottate, sulla strada di Allāh, con i vostri beni e la vostra vita: ciò è meglio per voi, se foste sapienti!
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
11. (Tai yra tai, kad) jūs patikite Allahą ir Jo Pasiuntinį ir stengiatės vardan Allaho savo turtu ir savo gyvybėmis. Tai geriausia jums, jei tik žinotumėte.
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.
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
[Она заключается в том, что] вы веруете в Аллаха и Его Посланника и усердствуете на пути Аллаха своим имуществом и своими душами. Это лучше для вас, если бы вы только знали.
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
Верујте у Аллаха и Његовог Посланика и својим богатствима и својим животима борите се на Аллаховом путу - то вам је, да знате, боље.
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
Muaminini Mwenyezi Mungu na Mtume wake, na piganeni Jihadi katika Njia ya Mwenyezi Mungu kwa mali zenu na nafsi zenu. Haya ni bora kwenu, ikiwa nyinyi mnajua.
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Det är att ni tror på Gud och hans sändebud och kämpar för Guds sak med era ägodelar och era liv; det är bättre för er, om ni bara visste.
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
Allah’a ve Rasûlüne iman ederseniz, Allah yolunda mallarınızla ve canlarınızla cihat ederseniz. İşte bu, eğer bilirseniz sizin için daha hayırlıdır.
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
اللہ تعالیٰ پر اور اس کے رسول پر ایمان ﻻؤ اور اللہ کی راه میں اپنے مال اور اپنی جانوں سے جہاد کرو۔ یہ تمہارے لیے بہتر ہے اگر تم میں علم 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.
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About easy-read
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.
Talal Itani2012 It is He who sent His Messenger with the guidance and the true religion, to make it prevail over all religions, even though the idolaters dislike it.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 He it is Who hath sent His messenger with the guidance and the religion of truth, that He may make it conqueror of all religion however much idolaters may be averse
Edward Henry Palmer1880 He it is who sent His Apostle with guidance and the religion of truth to set it above all religion; averse although the idolaters may be
John Medows Rodwell1861 He it is who hath sent his apostle with guidance and the religion of truth, that, though they hate it who join other gods with God, He may make it victorious over every other religion
George Sale1734 It is He who hath sent his apostle with the direction, and the religion of truth, that he may exalt the same above every religion, although the idolaters be averse thereto
DIN 31635yaġfir lakum ḏunūbakum wayudḫilkum ǧannātin taǧrī min taḥtihā l-ʾanhāru wamasākina ṭayyibatan fī ǧannāti ʿadnin ḏālika l-fawzu l-ʿaẓīmu
Talal Itani2012 He will forgive you your sins; and will admit you into gardens beneath which rivers flow, and into beautiful mansions in the Gardens of Eden. That is the supreme success.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 He will forgive you your sins and bring you into Gardens underneath which rivers flow, and pleasant dwellings in Gardens of Eden. That is the supreme triumph
Edward Henry Palmer1880 He will pardon you your sins, and bring you into gardens beneath which rivers flow, and goodly dwellings in gardens of Eden;- that is the mighty bliss
John Medows Rodwell1861 Your sins will He forgive you, and He will bring you into gardens beneath whose shades the rivers flow - into charming abodes in the gardens of Eden: This shall be the great bliss
George Sale1734 He will forgive you your sins, and will introduce you into gardens through which rivers flow, and agreeable habitations in gardens of perpetual abode. This will be great felicity
Easy-read (simplified)wa'ukhraa tuhibboonahaa nasrun mina llaahi wafathun qareebun wabashshiri l-mu'mineen
DIN 31635waʾuḫrā tuḥibbūnahā naṣrun mina llāhi wafatḥun qarībun wabašširi l-muʾminīna
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 And something else you love: support from God, and imminent victory. So give good news to the believers.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And (He will give you) another (blessing) which ye love: help from Allah and present victory. Give good tidings (O Muhammad) to believers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And other things which ye love,- help from God and victory nigh! so do thou give the glad tidings unto the believers
John Medows Rodwell1861 And other things which ye desire will he bestow, Help from God and speedy conquest! Bear thou these tidings to the faithful
George Sale1734 And ye shall obtain other things which ye desire, namely, assistance from God, and a speedy victory. And do thou bear good tidings to the true believers
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 —
0.58 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 · George Sale0.72
Talal Itani · George Sale0.69
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.63
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.62
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.57
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.54
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.54
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.54
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.48
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.48
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.