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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
Like the behavior of the people of Pharaoh, and those before them. They rejected the signs of God, so God seized them for their sins. God is Powerful, Severe in punishment.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
(Their way is) as the way of Pharaoh's folk and those before them; they disbelieved the revelations of Allah, and Allah took them in their sins. Lo! Allah is Strong, severe in punishment
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
As was the wont of Pharaoh's people and those before them! they disbelieved in the signs of God, and God overtook them in their sins; verily, God is strong and keen to punish
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Their state is like that of the people of Pharaoh and of those before them who believed not in the signs of God: therefore God seized upon them in their sin! God is Mighty, severe in punishing
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
These have actedaccording to the wont of the people of Pharaoh, and of those before them, who disbelieved in the signs of God: Therefore God took them away in their iniquity; for God is mighty, and severe in punishing
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
Ashtu siç u ndodhi njerëzve të Faraonit dhe atyre që ishin para tyre, të cilët i mohuan ajetet (shpalljet dhe shenjat) e Allahut, ndërkohë që Allahu i shkatërroi për gjynahet që bënë. Me të vërtetë, Allahu është i Fuqishëm dhe i rreptë në ndëshkim.
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
তাদের অভ্যাস ফির’আউনের বংশধর ও তাদের পূর্ববর্তীদের অভ্যাসের মতো, তারা আল্লাহর আয়াতসমূহকে অস্বীকার করেছিল। ফলে আল্লাহ তাদের পাপের জন্য তাদেরকে পাকড়াও করেন। নিশ্চয় আল্লাহ শক্তিমান, কঠোর শাস্তিদাতা।
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
Tako je bilo i s faraonovim ljudima i onima prije njih: u Allahove dokaze nisu vjerovali, pa ih je Allah zbog grijeha njihovih kaznio. – Allah je, uistinu, moćan i strašno kažnjava!
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
Tako je bilo i s faraonovim ljudima i onima prije njih – u Allahove dokaze nisu vjerovali, pa ih je Allah zbog grijeha njihovih kaznio. Allah je, uistinu, moćan i strašno kažnjava!
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
Wano mboowdi yimɓe Fir'awna e ɓen adinooɓe ɓe. Ɓe njeddii kaawisaaji Alla ɗin. Alla Nanngitiri ɓe bakkatuuji maɓɓe ɗin. Pellet, Alla ko Tiiɗuɗo caɗtuɗo lepte.
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
(მათი ურწმუნოება და მასთან ერთად მოსული სასჯელი) ჰგავს ფარაონის ხალხს და იმ ხალხს, რომლებიც მათ წინ ცხოვრობდნენ. ისინი ურწმუნონი გახდნენ ალლაჰის სასწაულებისადმი (აიათებისადმი), და ალლაჰმა დასაჯა ისინი მათი ცოდვების გამო. ჭეშმარიტად, ალლაჰი ძლიერი და მკაცრია სასჯელში.
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
(Es ist wie) nach der Art der Leute Fir'auns und derjenigen vor ihnen: Sie verleugneten die Zeichen Allahs, und da ergriff Allah sie für ihre Sünden. Wahrlich, Allah ist stark und streng im Bestrafen.
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
Όπως έγινε πριν με τους ανθρώπους από τον λαό του Φαραώ και εκείνους που ήταν πριν απ' αυτούς - απέρριψαν τα Σημάδια του Αλλάχ, έτσι ο Αλλάχ τους τιμώρησε για τις αμαρτίες τους. Πράγματι, ο Αλλάχ είναι Καουέι (Πανίσχυρος) και Αυστηρός στην τιμωρία Του.
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
(इनका हाल) फ़िरऔनियों तथा उनसे पहले के लोगों के हाल की तरह हुआ। उन्होंने अल्लाह की निशानियों का इनकार किया, तो अल्लाह ने उन्हें उनके गुनाहों के कारण पकड़ लिया। निःसंदेह अल्लाह बहुत शक्तिशाली, बहुत कठोर दंड वाला है।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Come il popolo del Faraone e quelli che lo hanno preceduto: smentivano i Segni di Allāh, e Allāh li perseguì per i loro peccati: in verità Allāh è Forte, duro nel punire.
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
52. Panašiai į elgesį Firauno (Faraono) žmonių ir tų, kurie buvo prieš juos – jie neigė Allaho Ajat (įrodymus, eilutes ir t.t.), taigi Allahas nubaudė juos už jų nuodėmes. Iš tiesų, Allahas yra Visa Stiprus, Rūstus bausmėje.
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
Подобно участи рода Фараона и тех, которые были до них: они отвергли знамения Аллаха, и тогда Аллах схватил их за их грехи. Воистину, Аллах — сильный, суров в наказании.
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
Тако је било и са фараоновим људима и онима пре њих - у Аллахове доказе нису веровали, па их је Аллах казнио због њихових греха. Аллах је, уистину, моћан и страшно кажњава.
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
Kama ada ya watu wa Firauni na wale waliokuwa kabla yao, walizikufuru Ishara za Mwenyezi Mungu. Basi Mwenyezi Mungu akawachukua kwa madhambi yao. Hakika Mwenyezi Mungu ni Mwenye nguvu, Mkali wa kuadhibu.
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Likt Faraos män och de före dem – de förkastade Guds budskap, så Gud straffade dem för deras synder. Gud är stark och hans straff är strängt.
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
Firavun hanedanı ve onlardan öncekilerin gidişi/tutumu gibi onlar, Allah’ın ayetlerini inkâr ettiler, Allah da onları günahları sebebiyle yakalayıp yok etti. Allah; güçlüdür, cezası çok şiddetlidir.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
مثل فرعونیوں کے حال کے اور ان سے اگلوں کے[1] ، کہ انہوں نے اللہ کی آیتوں سے کفر کیا پس اللہ نے ان کے گناہوں کے باعﺚ انہیں پکڑ لیا۔ اللہ تعالیٰ یقیناً قوت واﻻ اور سخت عذاب واﻻ ہے۔
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 If only you could see, as the angels take away those who disbelieve, striking their faces and their backs: "Taste the agony of the Burning."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 If thou couldst see how the angels receive those who disbelieve, smiting faces and their backs and (saying): Taste the punishment of burning
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Couldst thou see when the angels take away the souls of those who misbelieve; they smite them on their faces and hinder parts.- 'Taste ye the torment of burning
John Medows Rodwell1861 If thou didst see, when the angels cause the infidels to die! They smite their faces and their backs, and - "Taste ye the torture of the burning
George Sale1734 And if thou didst behold when the angels cause the unbelievers to die: They strike their faces and their backs, and say unto them, taste ye the pain of burning
DIN 31635ḏālika bimā qaddamat ʾaydīkum waʾanna llāha laysa biẓallāmin lilʿabīdi
Talal Itani2012 "That is because of what your hands have committed, and because God is not unjust to the servants."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 This is for that which your own hands have sent before (to the Judgment), and (know) that Allah is not a tyrant to His slaves
Edward Henry Palmer1880 that is for what your hands have sent on before; and for that God is no unjust one towards his servants
John Medows Rodwell1861 This, for what your hands have sent on before you:" - and God is not unjust to his servants
George Sale1734 This shall ye suffer for that which your hands have sent before you; and because God is not unjust towards his servants
Talal Itani2012 That is because God would never change a blessing He has bestowed on a people unless they change what is within themselves, and because God is Hearing and Knowing.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 That is because Allah never changeth the grace He hath bestowed on any people until they first change that which is in their hearts, and (that is) because Allah is Hearer, Knower
Edward Henry Palmer1880 That is because God is not one to change a favour He has favoured a people with, until they change what they have in themselves, and for that God both hears and knows
John Medows Rodwell1861 This, because God changeth not the favour with which he favoureth a people, so long as they change not what is in their hearts; and for that God Heareth, Knoweth
George Sale1734 This hath come to pass because God changeth not his grace, wherewith He hath favoured any people, until they change that which is in their souls; and for that God both heareth and seeth
DIN 31635kadaʾbi ʾāli firʿawna wallaḏīna min qablihim kaḏḏabū biʾāyāti rabbihim faʾahlaknāhum biḏunūbihim waʾaġraqnā ʾāla firʿawna wakullun kānū ẓālimīna
Talal Itani2012 Such was the case with the people of Pharaoh, and those before them. They denied the signs of their Lord, so We annihilated them for their wrongs, and We drowned the people of Pharaoh-they were all evildoers.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 (Their way is) as the way of Pharaoh's folk and those before them; they denied the revelations of their Lord, so We destroyed them in their sins. And We drowned the folk of Pharaoh. All were evil-doers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 As was the wont of Pharaoh's people and those before them! they said our signs were lies, and we destroyed them in their sins, and drowned Pharaoh's people; and all of them were evildoers
John Medows Rodwell1861 Their state is like that of the people of Pharaoh, and of those before them who treated their Lord's signs as lies. We therefore destroyed them in their sins, and we drowned the people of Pharaoh; for they were all doers of wrong
George Sale1734 According to the wont of the people of Pharaoh, and of those before them, who charged the signs of their Lord with imposture, have they acted: Wherefore We destroyed them in their sins, and We drowned the people of Pharaoh; for they were all unjust persons
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 —
0.62 on a scale
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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.
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0.644
Share of measured verses above it
33%
Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.74
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.70
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.69
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.62
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.62
Talal Itani · George Sale0.61
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.60
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.55
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.53
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.51
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