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7:161

وَإِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱسْكُنُوا۟ هَٰذِهِ ٱلْقَرْيَةَ وَكُلُوا۟ مِنْهَا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمْ وَقُولُوا۟ حِطَّةٌ وَٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْبَابَ سُجَّدًا نَّغْفِرْ لَكُمْ خَطِيٓـَٰٔتِكُمْ سَنَزِيدُ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

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Easy-read (simplified)wa'idh qeela lahumu skunoo haadhihi l-qaryata wakuloo minhaa haythu shi'tum waqooloo hittatun wadkhuloo l-baaba sujjadan naghfir lakum khatee'aatikum sanazeedu l-muhsineen

DIN 31635waʾiḏ qīla lahumu skunū hāḏihi l-qaryata wakulū minhā ḥayṯu šiʾtum waqūlū ḥiṭṭatun wadḫulū l-bāba suǧǧadan naġfir lakum ḫaṭīʾātikum sanazīdu l-muḥsinīna

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Talal Itani · published 2012

And it was said to them, "Settle this town, and eat therein whatever you wish, and speak modestly, and enter the gate in humility-We will forgive your sins, and will promote the righteous."

Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

Talal Itani, ClearQuran ·ClearQuran, "God" edition, EPUB·Talal Itani / ClearQuran.com ·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International·retrieved 7 Sep 2026

Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com https://clearquran.com

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 1875–1936 · published 1930

And when it was said unto them: Dwell in this township and eat therefrom whence ye will, and say "Repentance," and enter the gate prostrate; We shall forgive you your sins; We shall increase (reward) for the right-doers

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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

And when it was said unto them, 'Dwell in this city and eat therefrom as ye will, and say 'hittatun and enter the gate adoring; so will we pardon you your sins; - we will increase those who do well

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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

And when it was said to them, "Dwell in this city, and eat therefrom what ye will, and say 'Hittat' (forgiveness), and enter the gate with prostrations; then will we pardon your offences, - we will give increase to the doers of good

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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 remember the time when it was said to them, 'Dwell in this town and eat therefrom wherever you will, and say, 'God! lighten our burden,' and enter the gate in humility, We shall forgive you your sins, and surely We shall give increase to those who do good

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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

Kur u tha atyre: "Jetoni në këtë qytet dhe hani në të çfarëdo që dëshironi, kërkoni falje dhe hyni në portë të përkulur, që t'jua falim gabimet. Ne ua shtojmë shpërblimet vepërmirëve."

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.

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বাংলা · Bengali

আর স্মরণ করো সে সময়ের কথা, যখন তাদেরকে বলা হয়েছিল: ‘তোমরা এ জনপদে বসবাস করো এবং সেখানের যেখান থেকে ইচ্ছা আহার করো এবং বলো ‘হিত্তাহ’ । আর নতশিরে দরজা দিয়ে প্রবেশ করো। তাহলে আমি তোমাদের অপরাধসমূহ ক্ষমা করে দিবো। অবশ্যই আমি সৎকর্মশীলদেরকে বাড়িয়ে দিবো।

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.

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Bosanski · Bosnian

A kada im je bilo rečeno: "Nastanite se u ovom naselju i jedite odakle hoćete i recite: 'Oprosti!', a na kapiju uđite glava pognutih, oprostit ćemo vam grijehe vaše, a onima koji čine dobra djela dat ćemo i više."

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.

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Hrvatski · Croatian

A kada im je bilo rečeno: "Nastanite se u ovom naselju i jedite odakle hoćete i recite: 'Oprosti!' a na kapiju uđite glava pognutih", oprostit ćemo vam grijehe vaše, a onima koji čine dobra djela dat ćemo i više.

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Fulfulde · Fulani

Tuma nde ɓe mbi'anaa : "koɗee e ndee saare, ñaamon e mayre nokku kala ka njiɗuɗon, mbion : ɓoran amen [goopi amen], naatiron ka damal ko on sujjuɓe, minn njaafoto on goopi mon. Arma min ɓeydana moƴƴimɓe ɓeen".

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ქართული · Georgian

და აი უთხრეს მათ [ისრაელის შთამომავლებს]: «დასახლდით ამ დასახლებაში [იერუსალიმი] და ჭამეთ იქიდან, რაც გსურთ, და თქვით: «მიტევება! [ო, ალლაჰ, გვაპატიე!]» და შედით ამ ქალაქის კარიბჭეში, დამორჩილებითა და ალლაჰისადმი მადლიერებით, მუხლმოდრეკით. ჩვენ გაპატიებთ თქვენს ცოდვებს და გავუმრავლებთ (საზღაურს) კეთილის მოქმედთ!

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.

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Deutsch · German

Und als zu ihnen gesagt wurde: „Bewohnt diese Ortschaft und esst von (dem, was in) ihr (ist), wo immer ihr wollt und sagt: ,Vergebung!' und tretet, euch niederwerfend, durch das Tor ein, Wir vergeben euch eure Verfehlungen. Wir werden den Gutes Tuenden noch mehr erweisen.“

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

Και (ανάφερε, ω, Μωχάμμαντ) όταν τους ειπώθηκε (στα παιδιά του Ισραήλ): «Κατοικήστε σ' αυτήν την πόλη (Ιερουσαλήμ) και φάτε απ' αυτήν απ' όπου θέλετε, και πείτε: «Συγχώρεσέ μας!», και περάστε την πύλη της υποκλινόμενοι (δηλ. με ταπεινότητα προς τον Αλλάχ), και έτσι θα σας συγχωρήσουμε τις αμαρτίες σας και θα αυξήσουμε (την αμοιβή) γι' αυτούς που πράττουν καλές πράξεις.»

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

और जब उनसे कहा गया कि इस नगर (बैतुल मक़्दिस) में बस जाओ और उसमें से जहाँ से इच्छा हो खाओ और कहो कि हमें क्षमा कर दे तथा द्वार में सज्दा करते हुए प्रवेश करो, हम तुम्हारे लिए तुम्हारे पाप क्षमा कर देंगे। हम सत्कर्मियों को और अधिक देंगे।

Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5

Italiano · Italian

Quando si disse loro: «Abitate questo villaggio e mangiate da dove volete, e dite: ‘Pentimento!’ e attraversate la porta prostrati, allora vi perdoneremo i vostri peccati. E aumenteremo (la ricompensa) ai pii.

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

161. Ir (atminkite) kai jiems buvo pasakyta: „Gyvenkite šiame mieste (Jeruzalėje) ir valgykite iš jo kur tik panorėsite, ir sakykite: „(Allahai) atleisk mūsų nuodėmes!“ ir įženkite pro vartus nusilenkę (iš nuolankumo). Mes atleisime jums jūsų nuodėmes. Mes padidinsime (atlygį) gerą darantiems.“

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.

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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo

Yeroo isaaniin jedhame (yaadadhaa) "magaalattii tana (beytal maqdas) keessa jiraadhaa; ishee irraa bakka feetanii nyaadhaa, (kan nu feenu Badiin nurraa) harca'uudhas' jedhaa, Balbalas sujuuda godhaa seenaa, Badiiwwan keessan isiniif dhiifna, (galata) warra toltuu hojjataniis ni daballa"

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Русский · Russian

Вот им было сказано: «Поселитесь в этом селении и ешьте из него, где пожелаете, и говорите: «Прощение», и входите во врата, пав ниц — Мы простим вам ваши прегрешения. Мы приумножим добродетельным».

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.

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Српски · Serbian

А када им је било речено: „Населите се у овом насељу и једите одакле хоћете и реците: 'Опрости! ' А на капију уђите погнутих глава“, опростићемо вам ваше грехе, а онима који чине добра дела даћемо и више.

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Kiswahili · Swahili

Na pale walipoambiwa: Ukaeni mji huu, na mle humo popote mpendapo, na semeni: 'Tufutie dhambi zetu.' Na uingieni mlango wake kwa kusujudu, tutawasitiria makosa yenu. Walio wema tutawazidishia.

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Svenska · Swedish

Och det sades till dem: ”Bo i denna stad och ät varifrån ni vill av det som finns i den, och säg: 'Befria oss från synd!', och gå in genom porten bugande. Då ska vi förlåta era illgärningar och ge de som gör gott ännu mer.”

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Türkçe · Turkish

Hani: "Şu kasabaya girip, dilediğiniz yerden istediğinizi yiyin. Kapısından secde ederek/ boynu bükük, zelil olarak girin ve; «Bağışla!» deyin de sizi bağışlayalım, ihsan sahipleri için daha fazlasını vereceğiz." denilmişti.

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اردو · Urdu

اور جب ان کو حکم دیا گیا کہ تم لوگ اس آبادی میں جاکر رہو اور کھاؤ اس سے جس جگہ تم رغبت کرو اور زبان سے یہ کہتے جانا کہ توبہ ہے اور جھکے جھکے دروازه میں داخل ہونا ہم تمہاری خطائیں معاف کردیں گے۔ جو لوگ نیک کام کریں گے ان کو مزید برآں اور دیں گے۔

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.

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The verses around this oneSource fact

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7:159

وَمِن قَوْمِ مُوسَىٰٓ أُمَّةٌ يَهْدُونَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَبِهِۦ يَعْدِلُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)wamin qawmi moosaa ummatun yahdoona bil-haqqi wabihi ya'diloon

DIN 31635wamin qawmi mūsā ʾummatun yahdūna bil-ḥaqqi wabihi yaʿdilūna

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 Among the people of Moses is a community that guides by truth, and thereby does justice.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And of Moses' folk there is a community who lead with truth and establish justice therewith

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Amongst Moses' people is a nation guided in truth, and thereby act they justly

John Medows Rodwell1861 And among the people of Moses there is a certain number who guide others with truth, and practise what is right according to it

George Sale1734 And of the people of Moses there is a party who guide with truth and do justice therewith

7:160

وَقَطَّعْنَٰهُمُ ٱثْنَتَىْ عَشْرَةَ أَسْبَاطًا أُمَمًا وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ إِذِ ٱسْتَسْقَىٰهُ قَوْمُهُۥٓ أَنِ ٱضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلْحَجَرَ فَٱنۢبَجَسَتْ مِنْهُ ٱثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ عَيْنًا قَدْ عَلِمَ كُلُّ أُنَاسٍ مَّشْرَبَهُمْ وَظَلَّلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْغَمَٰمَ وَأَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْمَنَّ وَٱلسَّلْوَىٰ كُلُوا۟ مِن طَيِّبَٰتِ مَا رَزَقْنَٰكُمْ وَمَا ظَلَمُونَا وَلَٰكِن كَانُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)waqatta'naahumu thnatay 'ashrata asbaatan umaman wa'awhaynaa ilaa moosaa idhi stasqaahu qawmuhu ani drib bi'asaaka l-hajara faanbajasat minhu thnataa 'ashrata 'aynan qad 'alima kullu unaasin mashrabahum wazallalnaa 'alayhimu l-ghamaama wa'anzalnaa 'alayhimu l-manna was-salwaa kuloo min tayyibaati maa razaqnaakum wamaa zalamoonaa walaakin kaanoo anfusahum yazlimoon

DIN 31635waqaṭṭaʿnāhumu ṯnatay ʿašrata ʾasbāṭan ʾumaman waʾawḥaynā ʾilā mūsā ʾiḏi stasqāhu qawmuhu ʾani ḍrib biʿaṣāka l-ḥaǧara fānbaǧasat minhu ṯnatā ʿašrata ʿaynan qad ʿalima kullu ʾunāsin mašrabahum waẓallalnā ʿalayhimu l-ġamāma waʾanzalnā ʿalayhimu l-manna was-salwā kulū min ṭayyibāti mā razaqnākum wamā ẓalamūnā walākin kānū ʾanfusahum yaẓlimūna

Talal Itani2012 We divided them into twelve tribal communities. And We inspired Moses, when his people asked him for something to drink: "Strike the rock with your staff." Whereupon twelve springs gushed from it. Each group recognized its drinking-place. And We shaded them with clouds, and We sent down upon them manna and quails: "Eat of the good things We have provided for you." They did not wrong Us, but they used to wrong their own selves.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 We divided them into twelve tribes, nations; and We inspired Moses, when his people asked him for water, saying: Smite with thy staff the rock! And there gushed forth therefrom twelve springs, so that each tribe knew their drinking-place. And we caused the white cloud to overshadow them and sent down for them the manna and the quails (saying): Eat of the good things wherewith we have provided you. They wronged Us not, but they were wont to wrong themselves

Edward Henry Palmer1880 And we cut them up into twelve tribes, each a nation; and we revealed unto Moses, when his people asked him for drink, 'Strike with thy staff the rock!' and there gushed forth from it twelve springs, each folk knew their drinking place. And we overshadowed them with the cloud; and sent down upon them the manna and the quails, 'Eat of the good things we have provided you with!' - Yet they did not wrong us, but it was themselves they wronged

John Medows Rodwell1861 And we divided the Israelites into twelve tribes, as nations; and we revealed unto Moses when the people asked drink of him - "Strike the rock with thy staff:" and there gushed forth from it twelve fountains - the men all knew their drinking places. And we caused clouds to overshadow them, and sent down upon them the manna and the quails. . . . "Eat of the good things with which we have supplied you." But it was not us whom they injured, but they injured their own selves

George Sale1734 And We divided them into twelve tribes, distinct peoples. And, We revealed to Moses, when his people asked him for water, saying, 'Strick the rock with thy rod;' and from it there gushed forth twelve springs; every tribe knew their drinking place. And We caused the clouds to overshadow them and We sent down for them Manna and Salwa and We said, 'Eat of the good things We have provided for you.' And they wronged Us not, but it was themselves that they wronged

7:161 — the verse above

7:162

فَبَدَّلَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ قَوْلًا غَيْرَ ٱلَّذِى قِيلَ لَهُمْ فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِجْزًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَظْلِمُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)fabaddala lladheena zalamoo minhum qawlan ghayra lladhee qeela lahum fa'arsalnaa 'alayhim rijzan mina s-samaa'i bimaa kaanoo yazlimoon

DIN 31635fabaddala llaḏīna ẓalamū minhum qawlan ġayra llaḏī qīla lahum faʾarsalnā ʿalayhim riǧzan mina s-samāʾi bimā kānū yaẓlimūna

Talal Itani2012 But the wicked among them substituted other words for the words given to them; so We sent down upon them a plague from the sky, because of their wrongdoing.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 But those of them who did wrong changed the word which had been told them for another saying, and We sent down upon them wrath from heaven for their wrongdoing

Edward Henry Palmer1880 But those amongst them who did wrong changed it for another word than which was said to them; and we sent upon them a plague from heaven for that they were unjust

John Medows Rodwell1861 But the ungodly ones among them changed that word into another than that which had been told them: therefore sent we forth wrath out of Heaven upon them for their wrong doings

George Sale1734 But the transgressors among them changed it for a word other than that which was said to them. So We sent upon them a punishment from heaven, because of their wrongdoing

7:163

وَسْـَٔلْهُمْ عَنِ ٱلْقَرْيَةِ ٱلَّتِى كَانَتْ حَاضِرَةَ ٱلْبَحْرِ إِذْ يَعْدُونَ فِى ٱلسَّبْتِ إِذْ تَأْتِيهِمْ حِيتَانُهُمْ يَوْمَ سَبْتِهِمْ شُرَّعًا وَيَوْمَ لَا يَسْبِتُونَ لَا تَأْتِيهِمْ كَذَٰلِكَ نَبْلُوهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْسُقُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)was'alhum 'ani l-qaryati llatee kaanat haadirata l-bahri idh ya'doona fee s-sabti idh ta'teehim heetaanuhum yawma sabtihim shurra'an wayawma laa yasbitoona laa ta'teehim kadhaalika nabloohum bimaa kaanoo yafsuqoon

DIN 31635wasʾalhum ʿani l-qaryati llatī kānat ḥāḍirata l-baḥri ʾiḏ yaʿdūna fī s-sabti ʾiḏ taʾtīhim ḥītānuhum yawma sabtihim šurraʿan wayawma lā yasbitūna lā taʾtīhim kaḏālika nablūhum bimā kānū yafsuqūna

Talal Itani2012 Ask them about the town by the sea, when they violated the Sabbath. When they observed the Sabbath, their fish would come to them abundantly. But when they violated the Sabbath, their fish would not come to them. Thus We tried them because they disobeyed.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Ask them (O Muhammad) of the township that was by the sea, how they did break the Sabbath, how their big fish came unto them visibly upon their Sabbath day and on a day when they did not keep Sabbath came they not unto them. Thus did We try them for that they were evil-livers

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Ask them too about the city which stood by the sea, when they transgressed upon the Sabbath; when their fish came to them on the Sabbath day sailing straight up to them; but on the days when they kept not the Sabbath, they came not to them, thus did we try them for the abominations that they wrought

John Medows Rodwell1861 And ask them about the city that stood by the sea, when its inhabitants broke the Sabbath; when their fish came to them on their Sabbath day appearing openly, but came not to them on the day when they kept no Sabbath. Thus did we make trial of them, for that they were evildoers

George Sale1734 And ask them concerning the town which stood by the sea. When they profaned the Sabbath; when their fish came to them on their Sabbath day appearing on the surface of the water, but on the day when they did not keep the Sabbath, they came not to them. Thus did We try them because they were rebellious

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

وَإِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمُ اسْكُنُوا هَٰذِهِ الْقَرْيَةَ وَكُلُوا مِنْهَا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمْ وَقُولُوا حِطَّةٌ وَادْخُلُوا الْبَابَ سُجَّدًا نَّغْفِرْ لَكُمْ خَطِيئَاتِكُمْ سَنَزِيدُ الْمُحْسِنِينَ

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 — 0.58 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
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell 0.68
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer 0.64
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.61
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale 0.60
Talal Itani · George Sale 0.58
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale 0.57
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell 0.54
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell 0.54
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale 0.51
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.50

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.

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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

ReceiptsSource fact

7 sources stand behind this page. Each is listed once, in the order the page first cites it, with the licence it was cleared under and what was actually read. Nothing on this page rests on a source that is not here.

Source Tanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) · Uthmani, Version 1.1
Edition
Uthmani, 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
Licence text
read verbatim
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
203f0f1bf3158b1e5be4ab9f8f6870e5…
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
Edition
ClearQuran, "God" edition, EPUB
Custodian
Talal Itani / ClearQuran.com
Layer
translation
Licence
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Licence URL
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/
Commercial use
yes
Modification
no
Licence text
terms page read
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
7 September 2026
Digest
70b0a8bb6f862f43670f7da1c0da59a4…
Located at
https://www.clearquran.com/downloads/quran-in-english-clearquran.epub
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.

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.

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Source Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran · 1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Edition
1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Custodian
None — public domain work
Layer
translation
Licence
Public domain — copyright term expired
Licence URL
— none published —
Commercial use
yes
Modification
yes
Licence text
not applicable — no licence exists
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
aaff752d4349005282d977eebb863982…
Located at
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fawazahmed0/quran-api@6be8e17f2a0c13b1f33b1c3057f73cb28d5e848e/editions/eng-mohammedmarmadu.json

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.

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Source Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an · 1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Edition
1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Custodian
None — public domain work
Layer
translation
Licence
Public domain — copyright term expired
Licence URL
— none published —
Commercial use
yes
Modification
yes
Licence text
not applicable — no licence exists
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
32b2330e332339ace53509539efe9040…
Located at
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fawazahmed0/quran-api@6be8e17f2a0c13b1f33b1c3057f73cb28d5e848e/editions/eng-edwardhenrypalm.json
Convention
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.

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Source John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an · 1861 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Edition
1861 translation, digital edition of unverified printing
Custodian
None — public domain work
Layer
translation
Licence
Public domain — copyright term expired
Licence URL
— none published —
Commercial use
yes
Modification
yes
Licence text
not applicable — no licence exists
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
91423dea6a6dccc192457870ed2c08fb…
Located at
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fawazahmed0/quran-api@6be8e17f2a0c13b1f33b1c3057f73cb28d5e848e/editions/eng-johnmedowsrodwe.json
Convention
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
Layer
translation
Licence
Public domain — copyright term expired
Licence URL
— none published —
Commercial use
yes
Modification
yes
Licence text
not applicable — no licence exists
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
05b679f5df49b0579e65f4b83b4c7235…
Located at
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fawazahmed0/quran-api@6be8e17f2a0c13b1f33b1c3057f73cb28d5e848e/editions/eng-georgesale.json
Convention
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
Edition
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
Licence text
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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