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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
Say, "Have you considered? Should God make me perish, and those with me; or else He bestows His mercy on us; who will protect the disbelievers from an agonizing torment?"
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Say (OMuhammad): Have ye thought: Whether Allahcauseth me (Muhammad) and those with me to perish or hath mercy on us, still, who will protect the disbelievers from a painful doom
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
Say, 'Have ye considered, whether God destroy me and those with me, or whether we obtain mercy, yet who will protect the misbelievers from grievous torment
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
SAY: What think ye? Whether God destroy me or not, and those who follow me, or whether he have mercy on us, yet who will protect the infidels from a woeful torment
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Say, what think ye? Whether God destroy me and those who are with me, or have mercy on us; who will protect the unbelievers from a painful punishment
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
Thuaju: "Pa më thoni, nëse Allahu më shkatërron mua dhe ithtarët e mi ose na mëshiron, atëherë kush mund t'i shpëtojë jobesimtarët nga dënimi i dhembshëm?!"
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
(হে রাসূল!) বলো: ‘তোমরা ভেবে দেখেছ কি যদি আল্লাহ আমাকে এবং আমার সাথীদেরকে ধ্বংস করে দেন অথবা আমাদের প্রতি দয়া করেন, তাহলে কাফিরদেরকে যন্ত্রণাদায়ক শাস্তি থেকে কে রক্ষা করবে?’
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
Reci: “Kažite vi meni: ako Allah pošalje smrt meni i onima koji su sa mnom, ili ako nam se smiluje, ko će nevjernike od bolne patnje zaštititi?”
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
Reci: “Kažite vi meni: ako Allah pošalje smrt meni i onima koji su sa mnom, ili ako nam se smiluje, tko će nevjernike od bolne patnje zaštititi?”
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
Maaku : "Yeetee kam, si Allah ƴettitii kam miin e wonndiiɓe am maa o yurmaama min, ko hommbo daɗndata he'eferɓe ɓeen lepte mu'usuuɗe?"
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
უთხარი: «როგორ ფიქრობთ, თუ ალლაჰი მომსპობს მე და ვინც ჩემთანაა, ან შეგვიწყალებს, მაშ ვინ დაიცავს ურწმუნოებს (განკითხვის დღეს) მწარე სასჯელისგან?»
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
Sag: „Was meint ihr, wenn Allah mich und wer mit mir ist, vernichten oder uns Barmherzigkeit erweisen sollte, wer wird dann den Ungläubigen Schutz vor schmerzhafter Strafe gewähren?“
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
Πες (ω, Μωχάμμαντ στους άπιστους): «Πείτε μου, αν ο Αλλάχ αφαίρεσε τη ζωή μου και εκείνων που βρίσκονται μαζί μου (όπως ελπίζετε) ή αν μας ελέησε (παρατείνοντας τη ζωή μας) – τότε ποιος μπορεί να σώσει τους άπιστους από επώδυνο μαρτύριο;»
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
आप कह दें : भला बताओ तो सही, यदि अल्लाह मुझे और उनको, जो मेरे साथ हैं, विनष्ट कर दे या हम पर दया करे, तो काफ़िरों को दर्दनाक यातना[10] से कौन शरण देगा?
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Di’: «Avete visto? Se Allāh volesse, potrebbe punire anche me e i miei seguaci, o essere Misericordioso verso di noi, perciò chi salverebbe i miscredenti dalla dura punizione?»
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
28. Sakyk (Muchammedai): „Ar apmąstėte, jei Allahas sukeltų mano mirtį ir tų, kurie su manimi, ar pasigailėtų mūsų, kas galėtų išgelbėti netikinčiuosius nuo skausmingos bausmės?“
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
Jedhi "Mee naaf himaa! yoo Rabbiin anaafi nama ana wajjin jiru balleesse yookiin rahmata nuuf godhe, kan kaafiroota adabbii laalessaa irraa baraaru eenyu?".
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
Скажи: «Как вы думаете, если Аллах погубит меня и тех, кто со мной, или помилует нас, то кто защитит отвергших веру от мучительного наказания?»
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
Реци: „Кажите ви мени: ако Аллах пошаље смрт мени и онима који су са мном, или ако нам се смилује, ко ће невернике од болне патње да заштити?“
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
Sema: Mwaonaje, ikiwa Mwenyezi Mungu ataniangamiza mimi na wale walio pamoja nami, au akiturehemu, ni nani atakayewalinda makafiri mbali na adhabu chungu?
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Säg: ”Berätta för mig: Om Gud förgör mig och mina anhängare eller om han förbarmar sig över oss, vem ska då skydda de otrogna från ett plågsamt straff?”
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
De ki: “Söyleyin bakalım: "Eğer Allah beni ve beraberimdekileri helâk etse yahut bize merhamet ederse kâfirleri acıklı bir azaptan kim kurtarabilir?"
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
آپ کہہ دیجئے! اچھا اگر مجھے اور میرے ساتھیوں کو اللہ تعالیٰ ہلاک کردے یا ہم پر رحم کرے (بہر صورت یہ تو بتاؤ) کہ کافروں کو دردناک عذاب سے کون بچائے گا؟[1]
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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Talal Itani2012 But when they see it approaching, the faces of those who disbelieved will turn gloomy, and it will be said, "This is what you used to call for."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 But when they see it nigh, the faces of those who disbelieve will be awry, and it will be said (unto them): This is that for which ye used to call
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And when they see it nigh, sorry shall be the faces of those who misbelieve; and it shall be said, 'This is that for which ye used to call
John Medows Rodwell1861 But when they shall see it nigh, sad shall wax the countenances of the infidels: and it shall be said, "This is what ye have been calling for
George Sale1734 But when they shall see the same nigh at hand, the countenance of the infidels shall grow sad: And it shall be said unto them, this is what ye have been demanding
Easy-read (simplified)qul huwa r-rahmaanu aamannaa bihi wa'alayhi tawakkalnaa fasata'lamoona man huwa fee dalaalin mubeen
DIN 31635qul huwa r-raḥmānu ʾāmannā bihi waʿalayhi tawakkalnā fasataʿlamūna man huwa fī ḍalālin mubīnin
Talal Itani2012 Say, "He is the Compassionate. We have faith in Him, and in Him we trust. Soon you will know who is in evident error."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Say: He is the Beneficent. In Him we believe and in Him we put our trust. And ye will soon know who it is that is in error manifest
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Say, 'He is the Merciful; we believe in Him, and upon Him do we rely; and ye shall shortly know who it is that is in obvious error
John Medows Rodwell1861 SAY: He is the God of Mercy: in Him do we believe, and in Him put we our trust; and ye shall know hereafter who is in a manifest error
George Sale1734 Say, He is the Merciful; in Him do we believe, and in Him do we put our trust. Ye shall hereafter know who is in a manifest error
Talal Itani2012 Say, "Have you considered? If your water drains away, who will bring you pure running water?"
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Say: Have ye thought: If (all) your water were to disappear into the earth, who then could bring you gushing water
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Say, 'Have ye considered if your waters on the morrow should have sunk, who is to bring you flowing water
John Medows Rodwell1861 SAY: What think ye? If at early morn your waters shall have sunk away, who then will give you clear running water
George Sale1734 Say, what think ye? If your water be in the morning swallowed up by the earth, who will give you clear and running water
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 —
0.55 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
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.65
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.61
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.60
Talal Itani · George Sale0.59
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.59
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.57
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.53
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.51
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.49
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.36
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
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