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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.
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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
The example of those who were entrusted with the Torah, but then failed to uphold it, is like the donkey carrying works of literature. Miserable is the example of the people who denounce God's revelations. God does not guide the wrongdoing people.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
The likeness of those who are entrusted with the Law of Moses, yet apply it not, is as the likeness of the ass carrying books. Wretched is the likeness of folk who deny the revelations of Allah. And Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk
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
The likeness of those who were charged with the law and then bore it not is as the likeness of an ass bearing books: sorry is the likeness of the people who say God's signs are lies! but God guides not an unjust people
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
They on whom the burden of the law was laid, and would not bear it, are like an ass beneath a load of books. A sorry likeness this, for the people who give the lie to the signs of God! God guideth not the people who do this wrong
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
The likeness of those who were charged with the observance of the law, and then observed it not, is as the likeness of an ass laden with books: How wretched is the likeness of the people who charge the signs of God with falsehood! And God directeth not the unjust people
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
Ata të cilëve iu besua Teurati e më pas nuk e zbatuan i shëmbëllejnë gomarit që bart libra.[1] Sa i keq që është shembulli i njerëzve që përgënjeshtrojnë ajetet e Allahut. Allahu nuk i udhëzon njerëzit zullumqarë.
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
যাদেরকে তাওরাতের দায়িত্বভার দেয়া হয়েছিল, কিন্তু তারা তা বহন করেনি, তারা গাধার মতো! যে বহু কিতাবের বোঝা বহন করে। সে সম্প্রদায়ের উপমা কতইনা নিকৃষ্ট, যারা আল্লাহর আয়াতসমূহকে অস্বীকার করে। আর আল্লাহ যালিম সম্প্রদায়কে হিদায়াত করেন 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
Oni kojima je Tevrat da ga nose dat, pa ga potom ne nose, slični su magarcu koji knjige nosi. O, kako su loši oni koji Allahove ajete i znakove poriču! A Allah neće uputiti na Pravi put ljude nepravedne.
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
Oni kojima je Tora da po njoj rade, pa po njoj ne rade, slični su magarcu koji knjige nosi. O, kako su loši oni koji Allahove ajete i znakove poriču! A Allah neće uputiti na Pravi put ljude nepravedne.
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
Misal ronndinaaɓe Tawreeta ɓeen refti ɓe nigolliraali nde, no wa'i wa mbabba ronndii mba defte. Yeru yimɓe yeddooɓe aayeeje Alla ɗeen bonii. Allah feewnataa yimɓe tooñooɓe ɓeen.
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
მაგალითი იმათი, ვისაც თორის (შესრულება) დაეკისრა [იუდეველები], მაგრამ არ იტვირთეს იგი [არ დაიწყეს მისი შესრულება], ჰგავს ვირს, რომელსაც წიგნები მიაქვს ზურგით. რა ცუდი მაგალითია იმ ხალხისა, რომლებმაც ალლაჰის აიათები უარყვეს! და ალლაჰი ჭეშმარიტ გზაზე არ დააყენებს იმ ხალხს, რომლებიც უსამართლონი არიან.
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
Das Gleichnis derjenigen, denen die Thora auferlegt wurde, hierauf sie diese aber doch nicht getragen haben, ist das eines Esels, der Bücher trägt. Wie schlimm ist das Gleichnis der Leute, die die Zeichen Allahs für Lüge erklären. Und Allah leitet das ungerechte Volk nicht recht.
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
Το παράδειγμα αυτών που φορτώθηκαν την (υποχρέωση της) Τορά (δηλ. να υπακούν τις εντολές της), αλλά έπειτα δεν την κουβάλησαν (δηλ. δεν εφάρμοζαν τους νόμους της), είναι σαν εκείνο ενός γάιδαρου που κουβαλά βιβλία (και δεν ξέρει τι περιέχουν). Πόσο άθλιο είναι το παράδειγμα του λαού που διαψεύδει τα Εδάφια του Αλλάχ. Και ο Αλλάχ δεν καθοδηγεί τον άδικο λαό.
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
उन लोगों का उदाहरण, जिनपर तौरात का भार डाला गया, फिर उन्होंने उसे नहीं उठाया, गधे के समान है, जो पुस्तकें[5] लादे हुए हो। उन लोगों का उदाहरण बहुत बुरा है, जिन्होंने अल्लाह की आयतों को झुठलाया। और अल्लाह अत्याचारी लोगों को मार्गदर्शन प्रदान नहीं करता।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
L’esempio di quelli cui fu affidata la Torāh, poi la abbandonarono, è come l’esempio dell’asino carico di libri: che infausto esempio di gente che ha smentito i Segni di Allāh! E Allāh non guida il popolo ingiusto.
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
5. Pavyzdys tų, kuriems buvo patikėtas Tauratas (Tora) ir kurie paskui jo nesilaikė, yra kaip (pavyzdys) asilo, nešančio tomus (knygų). Bjaurus yra pavyzdys žmonių, kurie neigia Allaho ženklus. Ir Allahas neveda teisingai neteisingų žmonių.
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
Пример тех, на кого было возложено [следование] Таурату, но которые затем не понесли его, подобен ослу, несущему книги. Скверен пример людей, которые сочли ложью знамения Аллаха. И Аллах не наставляет на верный путь несправедливый народ.
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
Они којима је Тора дата да је следе, а затим је не следе, слични су магарцу који носи књиге. О како су лоши они који Аллахове речи и доказе поричу! А Аллах неће да упути на Прави пут народ неправедни.
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
Mfano wa wale waliobebeshwa Taurati kisha wasiibebe, ni mfano wa punda anayebeba vitabu vikubwa vikubwa. Mfano muovu mno wa watu waliokadhibisha Ishara za Mwenyezi Mungu, na Mwenyezi Mungu hawaongoi watu madhalimu.
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
De som anförtroddes Tawrāt men inte levde upp till den, liknar en åsna som bär på stora volymer. Uselt för detta folk, som förkastar Guds budskap, att de kan liknas vid detta. Gud vägleder inte orättfärdiga människor.
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
Tevrat'la yükümlü tutulup da daha sonra taşımayanların/amel etmeyenlerin örneği, kitap yüklü eşeğe benzer. Allah’ın ayetlerini yalanlayan bir toplumun hali ne kötüdür. Allah, zalim topluma hidayet etmez.
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
جن لوگوں کو تورات پر عمل کرنے کا حکم دیا گیا پھر انہوں نے اس پر عمل نہیں کیا ان کی مثال اس گدھے کی سی ہے جو بہت سی کتابیں ﻻدے ہو[1] ۔ اللہ کی باتوں کو جھٹلانے والوں کی بڑی بری مثال ہے اور اللہ (ایسے) ﻇالم قوم کو ہدایت نہیں دیتا.
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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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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Easy-read is a simplified pronunciation,
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DIN 31635waʾāḫarīna minhum lammā yalḥaqū bihim wahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-ḥakīmu
Talal Itani2012 And others from them, who have not yet joined them. He is the Glorious, the Wise.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Along with others of them who have not yet joined them. He is the Mighty, the Wise
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And others of them have not yet overtaken them; but He is the mighty, the wise
John Medows Rodwell1861 And others among them have not yet overtaken those who preceded them in the faith. But He is the Mighty, the Wise
George Sale1734 And others of them have not yet attained unto them, by embracing the faith; though they also shall be converted in God's good time; for He is mighty and wise
Easy-read (simplified)qul yaa ayyuhaa lladheena haadoo in za'amtum annakum awliyaa'u lillaahi min dooni n-naasi fatamannawu l-mawta in kuntum saadiqeen
DIN 31635qul yā ʾayyuhā llaḏīna hādū ʾin zaʿamtum ʾannakum ʾawliyāʾu lillāhi min dūni n-nāsi fatamannawu l-mawta ʾin kuntum ṣādiqīna
Talal Itani2012 Say, "O you who follow Judaism; if you claim to be the chosen of God, to the exclusion of the rest of mankind, then wish for death if you are sincere."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Say (O Muhammad): O ye who are Jews! If ye claim that ye are favoured of Allah apart from (all) mankind, then long for death if ye are truthful
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Say, 'O ye who are Jews! if ye pretend that ye are the clients of God, beyond other people; then wish for death if ye do speak the truth
John Medows Rodwell1861 SAY: O ye Jews, if ye profess that ye rather than other men are the friends of God, then wish for death if ye are men of truth
George Sale1734 Say, O ye who follow the Jewish religion, if ye say that ye are the friends of God above other men, wish for death, if ye speak truth
DIN 31635walā yatamannawnahu ʾabadan bimā qaddamat ʾaydīhim wallāhu ʿalīmun biẓ-ẓālimīna
Talal Itani2012 But they will not wish for it, ever, due to what their hands have advanced. God knows well the wrongdoers.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 But they will never long for it because of all that their own hands have sent before, and Allah is Aware of evil-doers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 But they never wish for it, through what their hands have sent before! but God knows the unjust
John Medows Rodwell1861 But never on account of their previous handywork will they wish for it, and God knoweth the wrong doers
George Sale1734 But they will never wish for it, because of that which their hands have sent before them: And God well knoweth the unjust
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 —
0.70 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 · John Medows Rodwell0.84
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.76
Talal Itani · George Sale0.76
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.74
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.73
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.71
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.69
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.65
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.64
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.44
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