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an apostle who may rehearse unto you the perspicuous signs of God; that he may bring forth those who believe and do good works, from darkness into light. And whoso believeth in God, and doth that which is right, him will He lead into gardens beneath which rivers flow, to remain therein for ever: Now hath God made an excellent provision for him
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
Compare translations (4)Talal Itani· published 2012
A messenger who recites to you God's Verses, clear and distinct, that he may bring those who believe and work righteousness from darkness into light. Whoever believes in God and acts with integrity, He will admit him into gardens beneath which rivers flow, therein to abide forever. God has given him an excellent provision.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
A messenger reciting unto you the revelations of Allah made plain, that He may bring forth those who believe and do good works from darkness unto light. And whosoever believeth in Allah and doeth right, He will bring him into Gardens underneath which rivers flow, therein to abide for ever. Allah hath made good provision for him
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
Ye who believe! God has sent down to you a reminder; - an apostle to recite to you God's manifest signs;- to bring forth those who believe and act aright from darkness into light! and whoso believes in God and acts right He will bring him into gardens beneath which rivers flow, to dwell therein for ever and for aye! God has made goodly for him his provision
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
a prophet, who reciteth to you the clear signs of God, that he may bring those who believe, and do the things that are right, out of the darkness into the light. And - whoso believeth in God, and doeth the things that are right, God will cause them to enter the gardens beneath which the rivers flow, to remain therein for aye! A goodly provision now hath God made for him
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
një të dërguar që jua lexon ajetet e Allahut që janë të qarta, për të nxjerrë ata që besojnë dhe bëjnë vepra të mira nga errësirat në dritë. Atë që e beson Allahun dhe bën vepra të mira, e fut në kopshte të Xhenetit, nëpër të cilat rrjedhin lumenj, ku do të jetë përgjithmonë. Allahu i ka përgatitur atij rrizk të këndshëm.
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বাংলা · Bengali
(উক্ত উপদেশ হলো) একজন রাসূল, যে তোমাদের কাছে আল্লাহর সুস্পষ্ট আয়াতসমূহ তিলাওয়াত করে; যারা ঈমান আনে ও সৎকর্ম করে, যাতে তিনি তাদেরকে (কুফরীর) অন্ধকার হতে (হিদায়াতের) আলোতে বের করে আনতে পারেন। আর যে ব্যক্তি আল্লাহর প্রতি ঈমান আনবে এবং সৎকাজ করবে তিনি তাকে এমন জান্নাতে প্রবেশ করাবেন, যার পাদদেশে নহরসমূহ প্রবাহিত; সেখানে তারা চিরস্থায়ী হবে। অবশ্যই আল্লাহ তাকে অতি উত্তম রিযক দিবেন।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
i poslao Poslanika, koji vam Allahove ajete jasne kazuje, da bi iz tmina na svjetlo izveo one koji vjeruju i dobra djela čine. A onoga koji bude u Allaha vjerovao i dobro činio, uvest će u džennetske bašče, kroz koje rijeke teku, u njima će vječno, zanavijek ostati; najljepšu opskrbu Allah mu je pripremio.
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Hrvatski · Croatian
i poslao Poslanika, koji vam Allahove ajete jasne kazuje, da bi iz tmina na svjetlo izveo one koji vjeruju i dobra djela čine. A onoga koji bude u Allaha vjerovao i dobro činio, uvest će u rajske vrtove, kroz koje rijeke teku, u njima će vječno, zanavijek ostati; najljepšu opskrbu Allah mu je pripremio.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Nelaaɗo taratooɗo e mon aayeeje ɓannguɗe ngam o yaltina ɓeen gooŋɗin ɓe ngolluɓe golle lobbe ummaade e niwre fa'ade e annoore, kala gooŋɗinɗo Alla golli ko moƴƴi O naatna mbo aljannaaji ɗi caatli ilata les majji ɓe nduumo toon, ko goongo Alla moƴƴinanii mbo arsuka.
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ქართული · Georgian
(მან გამოგიგზავნათ) მოციქული, რომელიც გიკითხავთ ალლაჰის ნათელ აიათებს [ყურანის აიათებს], რათა ისინი, ვინც ირწმუნეს და კეთილ საქმეებს აკეთებენ, წყვდიადიდან (გზასაცდენილობისა) სინათლეში (ჭეშმარიტებისკენ) გამოიყვანოს. ხოლო ვინც ირწმუნებს ალლაჰს და კეთილ საქმეს აკეთებს, მას იგი შეიყვანს სამოთხის ბაღებში, რომელთა ქვემოთ მდინარეები მოედინება, და ისინი იქ [სამოთხის ბაღებში] მარადიულად დარჩებიან. და ალლაჰმა უკვე გაამშვენიერა მისთვის [მართალი მორწმუნისთვის] საზრდო (სამოთხეში).
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Deutsch · German
einen Gesandten, der euch die Zeichen Allahs verliest, die alles klar machen, um diejenigen, die glauben und rechtschaffene Taten verrichten, aus den Finsternissen ins Licht hinauszubringen. Und wer an Allah glaubt und Rechtschaffenes verrichtet, den wird Er in Gärten eingehen lassen, unter denen Bäche fließen, ewig und auf immer verweilen sie darin. Allah hat ihm (damit) ja bereits eine schöne Versorgung gewährt.
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Ελληνικά · Greek
(Και αυτή η Υπενθύμιση είναι) ένας Αγγελιαφόρος (ο Μωχάμμαντ), που σας απαγγέλλει τα Εδάφια του Αλλάχ (το Κορ'άν), τα οποία διασαφηνίζουν (για σας την αλήθεια από το ψεύδος), ώστε (ο Αλλάχ) να βγάλει όσους πιστεύουν και κάνουν ενάρετες πράξεις από το σκοτάδι, στο φως. Και όποιος πιστεύει στον Αλλάχ και κάνει ενάρετες πράξεις, (ο Αλλάχ) θα τον εισάγει στους κήπους (Παράδεισο), κάτω από τους οποίους (δηλ. κάτω από τα παλάτια και τα δέντρα τους) ρέουν ποτάμια, όπου θα κατοικήσουν εκεί μέσα για πάντα. Πράγματι, ο Αλλάχ έχει χορηγήσει σ’ αυτόν (τον πιστό) μια εξαιρετική γενναιοδωρία (στον Παράδεισο).
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हिन्दी · Hindi
जो ऐसा रसूल[8] है कि तुम्हारे सामने अल्लाह की (सत्य को) स्पष्ट करने वाली आयतें पढ़कर सुनाता हैं, ताकि वह उन लोगों को, जो ईमान लाए तथा उन्होंने अच्छे कार्य किए, अँधेरों से निकाल कर प्रकाश की ओर ले आए। और जो अल्लाह पर ईमान लाए और अच्छे कार्य करे, वह उसे ऐसी जन्नतों में दाख़िल करेगा, जिनके नीचे से नहरें बहती हैं। वे उनमें हमेशा रहने वाले हैं। अल्लाह ने उसके लिए उत्तम जीविका तैयार कर रखी है।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
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Italiano · Italian
Un Messaggero vi recita i chiari versetti di Allāh, per far uscire quelli che hanno creduto e hanno fatto del bene dall’oscurità alla luce. E chi crede in Allāh e fa del bene, Lui lo farà entrare in Paradisi sotto cui scorrono fiumi e dove resteranno per l’eternità: Allāh gli ha concesso un sostentamento migliore.
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
11. (Jis siuntė) Pasiuntinį (t. y. Muchammedą ﷺ ), recituojantį jums aiškias Allaho eilutes (Koraną), tam, kad Jis išvestų tuos, kurie tiki ir daro teisingus darbus, iš tamsybių (politeizmo ir netikėjimo) į šviesą (islamiško monoteizmo). Ir kas tiki Allahą ir daro gerus darbus – tą Jis priims į Sodus, po kuriais teka upės (Rojų), gyventi tenais amžinai. Allahas ištobulino jam aprūpinimą.
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Русский · Russian
Посланника, который читает вам разъяснённые аяты Аллаха, чтобы вывести тех, которые уверовали и совершали праведные деяния, из тьмы к свету. А кто уверует в Аллаха и будет совершать праведное — того Он введёт в сады, под которыми текут реки, и где он пребудет вечно. Аллах уже приготовил для него прекрасный удел.
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Српски · Serbian
и послао Посланика, који вам Аллахове јасне речи казује, да би извео из тмина на светло оне који верују и добра дела чине. А онога који буде у Аллаха веровао и добро радио, увешће у рајске баште кроз које теку реке. У њима ће вечно, заувек да остану; најлепшу опскрбу Аллах му је припремио.
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Mtume anayekusomeeni Aya za Mwenyezi Mungu zinazobainisha, ili kuwatoa wale walioamini na wakatenda mema kutoka vizani kuwapeleka kwenye nuru. Na mwenye kumuamini Mwenyezi Mungu na akatenda mema, atamwingiza katika Bustani za mbinguni zipitazo mito kati yake, wadumu humo milele. Mwenyezi Mungu amekwisha mpa riziki nzuri.
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Svenska · Swedish
ett sändebud som reciterar Guds klara verser för er, för att föra de som tror och handlar rättfärdigt från mörker till ljus. De som tror på Gud och handlar rättfärdigt ska han föra in i trädgårdar genom vilka floder rinner, och där ska de förbli i all evighet. Ja, Gud ska skänka dem en utomordentlig försörjning!
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Türkçe · Turkish
İman edip salih amel işleyenleri, karanlıklardan aydınlığa çıkarmak için size Allah'ın apaçık ayetlerini okuyan bir rasul göndermiştir. Kim Allah’a iman eder ve salih amel işlerse Allah onu, altlarından ırmaklar akan, içinde ebedî kalacakları Cennetler'e sokar. Allah o kimse için gerçekten güzel bir rızık vermiştir.
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اردو · Urdu
(یعنی) رسول[1] جو تمہیں اللہ کے صاف صاف احکام پڑھ سناتا ہے تاکہ ان لوگوں کو جو ایمان ﻻئیں اور نیک عمل کریں وه تاریکیوں سے روشنی کی طرف لے آئے[2]، اور جو شخص اللہ پر ایمان ﻻئے اور نیک عمل کرے[3] اللہ اسے ایسی جنتوں میں داخل کرے گا جس کے نیچے نہریں جاری ہیں جن میں یہ ہمیشہ ہمیشہ رہیں گے۔ بیشک اللہ نے اسے بہترین روزی دے رکھی ہے.
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DIN 31635ʾaʿadda llāhu lahum ʿaḏāban šadīdan fāttaqū llāha yā ʾūlī l-ʾalbābi llaḏīna ʾāmanū qad ʾanzala llāhu ʾilaykum ḏikran
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 God has prepared for them a severe retribution. So beware of God, O you who possess intellect and have faith. God has sent down to you a Reminder.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Allah hath prepared for them stern punishment; so keep your duty to Allah, O men of understanding! O ye who believe! Now Allah hath sent down unto you a reminder
Edward Henry Palmer1880 God prepared for them severe torment;- then fear God, ye who are endowed with minds
John Medows Rodwell1861 A vehement chastisement hath God prepared for them! Fear God, then, O ye men of understanding! Believers! Now hath God sent down to you a warning
George Sale1734 God hath prepared for them a severe punishment: Wherefore fear God, O ye who are indued with understanding. True believers, now hath God sent down unto you an admonition
Talal Itani2012 God is He Who created seven heavens, and their like of earth. The command descends through them, so that you may know that God is Capable of everything, and that God Encompasses everything in knowledge.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Allah it is who hath created seven heavens, and of the earth the like thereof. The commandment cometh down among them slowly, that ye may know that Allah is Able to do all things, and that Allah surroundeth all things in knowledge
Edward Henry Palmer1880 God it is who created seven heavens, and of the earth the like thereof. The bidding descends between them, that ye may know that God is mighty over all, and that God has encompassed all things with His knowledge
John Medows Rodwell1861 It is God who hath created seven heavens and as many earths. The Divine command cometh down through them all, that ye may know that God hath power over all things, and that God in his knowledge embraceth all things
George Sale1734 It is God who hath created seven heavens, and as many different stories of the earth: The divine command descendeth between them; that ye may know that God is omnipotent, and that God comprehendeth all things by his knowledge
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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
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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 Rodwell0.62
Talal Itani · George Sale0.61
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.61
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.60
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.56
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.56
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.52
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.49
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.43
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.40
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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.