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9:122

وَمَا كَانَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ لِيَنفِرُوا۟ كَآفَّةً فَلَوْلَا نَفَرَ مِن كُلِّ فِرْقَةٍ مِّنْهُمْ طَآئِفَةٌ لِّيَتَفَقَّهُوا۟ فِى ٱلدِّينِ وَلِيُنذِرُوا۟ قَوْمَهُمْ إِذَا رَجَعُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَحْذَرُونَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)wamaa kaana l-mu'minoona liyanfiroo kaaffatan falawlaa nafara min kulli firqatin minhum taa'ifatun liyatafaqqahoo fee d-deeni waliyundhiroo qawmahum idhaa raja'oo ilayhim la'allahum yahdharoon

DIN 31635wamā kāna l-muʾminūna liyanfirū kāffatan falawlā nafara min kulli firqatin minhum ṭāʾifatun liyatafaqqahū fī d-dīni waliyunḏirū qawmahum ʾiḏā raǧaʿū ʾilayhim laʿallahum yaḥḏarūna

EditionTanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

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Talal Itani · published 2012

It is not advisable for the believers to march out altogether. Of every division that marches out, let a group remain behind, to gain understanding of the religion, and to notify their people when they have returned to them, that they may beware.

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 the believers should not all go out to fight. Of every troop of them, a party only should go forth, that they (who are left behind) may gain sound knowledge in religion, and that they may warn their folk when they return to them, so that they may beware

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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

The believers should not march forth altogether; and if a troop of every division of them march not forth, it is only that they may study their religion and warn their people when they return to them, that haply they may beware

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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

The faithful must not march forth all together to the wars: and if a party of every band of them march not out, it is that they may instruct themselves in their religion, and may warn their people when they come back to them, that they take heed to themselves

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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

The believers are not obliged to go forth to war all together; If a part of every band of them go not forth, it is that they may diligently instruct themselves in their religion; and may admonish their people, when they return unto them, that they may take heed to themselves

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

Nuk u takon besimtarëve të dalin në luftë të gjithë përnjëherësh. Por, prej çdo bashkësie të tyre, le të qëndrojë një grup për të mësuar fenë dhe për t'ua tërhequr vërejtjen popullit të tyre kur të kthehen tek ata, në mënyrë që të ruhen (nga gjynahet).

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 মু’মিনদের উচিত নয় যে, তারা সবাই যুদ্ধের জন্য এক সাথে বের হয়ে যাবে।(২১) অতঃপর তাদের প্রত্যেক দলের একটি অংশ কেন বের হয় না, যাতে তারা দীনের গভীর জ্ঞান(২২) অর্জন করতে পারে এবং যখন তারা তাদের কাছে ফিরে আসবে, তখন তারা তাদের সম্প্রদায়কে (আল্লাহর শাস্তির) ভীতিপ্রদর্শন করতে পারে, যাতে তারা (তাঁর আদেশ-নিষেধ মেনে) সতর্ক হয়।

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

Nije trebalo da svi vjernici odjednom idu u boj. Neka se po nekoliko njih iz svake zajednice potrudi da se upute u vjerske nauke i neka upozoravaju svoj narod kada im se vrate, da bi na oprezu bili.

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Hrvatski · Croatian

Nije trebalo da svi vjernici odjednom idu u boj. Neka se po nekoliko njih iz svake zajednice potrudi da se upute u vjerske nauke i neka upozoravaju svoj narod kada im se vrate, da bi na oprezu bili.

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Fulfulde · Fulani

Haananaa gooŋɗinɓe ɓen nde ɓe njahata (jihaadi) ɓe fof maɓɓe. Ko haɗno fedde kala e maɓɓe yalta fii yo ɓe faamino ka diina, e fii yo ɓe jeertin yimɓe maɓɓe ɓe si ɓe nduttitike e maɓɓe, mbelejo'o, kamɓe ɓe ndeentoto.

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ქართული · Georgian

მორწმუნეებს არ შეჰფერის ყველას ერთად გასვლა (ომში მტერთან), ისევე როგორც ყველას ერთად დარჩენა და უქმად ყოფნა ალლაჰის გზაზე, და რატომ არ გამოვა მათი ყოველი ჯგუფიდან ერთი ნაწილი, რათა შეისწავლონ რელიგია (და ალლაჰის შარიათი), და როცა დაბრუნდებიან თავიანთ ხალხთან, ასწავლონ და შეაგონონ ისინი.

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Deutsch · German

Und es steht den Gläubigen nicht zu, allesamt auszurücken. Wenn doch von jeder Gruppe von ihnen ein Teil ausrücken würde, um (mehr) von der Religion zu erlernen und um ihre Leute zu warnen, wenn sie zu ihnen zurückkehren, auf dass sie sich vorsehen mögen.

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

Δεν πρέπει οι πιστοί να βγουν όλοι για το Τζιχάντ. (Αν μένει ο Προφήτης στη Μαντίνα και στέλνει ταξιαρχίες για μάχη) ας βγουν κάποιοι από κάθε ομάδα (ή φυλή), (και ας μείνουν μαζί του κάποιοι άλλοι) για να αποκτήσουν γνώση στη θρησκεία, και για να νουθετήσουν τους λαούς τους (με ό,τι έμαθαν) όταν θα επιστρέψουν σ' αυτούς, ίσως και (οι λαοί τους) να προσέξουν (από την τιμωρία του Αλλάχ, και έτσι να τηρούν τις εντολές Του και να απέχουν από τις απαγορεύσεις 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.

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हिन्दी · Hindi

और संभव नहीं कि ईमान वाले सब के सब निकल पड़ें, तो उनके हर गिरोह में से कुछ लोग क्यों न निकले, ताकि वे धर्म में समझ हासिल करें और ताकि वे अपने लोगों को डराएँ, जब वे उनके पास वापस जाएँ, ताकि वे बच जाएँ।[56]

Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari

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Italiano · Italian

Non c’è bisogno che i credenti accorrano tutti insieme: è sufficiente che lo faccia un gruppo di ogni categoria per ricevere l’educazione nella religione, poi torneranno dalla loro gente per insegnare loro, affinché evitino ciò che devono evitare.

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

122. Ir ne (nedera) tikintiesiems eiti kovoti (džihad) visiems kartu. Iš kiekvienos jų kariuomenės, tik dalis turi išeiti, kad tie (kurie lieka užnugaryje) gautų (islamo) religinius pamokymus ir kad jie perspėtų savo žmones, kai jie pas juos grįš, kad jie saugotųsi (blogio).

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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.8

Afaan Oromoo · Oromo

Mu’uminoonni (nabiyyii wajjin yoo ta’e malee) dimshaashatti duulatti bahuun isaaniin hin malu. Sila maaliif garee hunda irraa muraasni tokko hin lolle? (Warri biroo immoo) akka amantii keessatti hubannoo godhatanii yeroo gara isaaniitti deebi’an, akka ummata isaanii dinniinaniif (gorsaniif) jecha (maaliif hin hafne). Akka isaan (hamtuu) eeggataniif. [36]

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Русский · Russian

Не подобает верующим отправляться в поход всем вместе. Почему бы из каждого их отряда не выступила небольшая группа, чтобы они могли углубиться в знании религии и предостеречь свой народ, когда вернутся к ним, — быть может, они остерегутся?

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Српски · Serbian

Не треба сви верници да иду у бој. Нека се по неколико њих из сваке заједнице потруде да се подуче верским наукама и нека упозоравају свој народ када им се врате, да би били на опрезу.

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Kiswahili · Swahili

Na haiwapasi Waumini kutoka wote pamoja. Lakini kwa nini hawatoki baadhi katika kila kundi miongoni mwao, wakajifunze vyema Dini, na kisha waje kuwaonya wenzao watakapowarudia, ili wajihadharishe?

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Svenska · Swedish

Men alla troende bör inte gå ut i strid. Ur varje grupp bör en del stanna för att fördjupa sig i kunskapen om tron och förmana sitt folk när de återvänder till dem, så att de är på sin vakt.

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Türkçe · Turkish

Müminlerin toptan savaşa çıkmaları uygun değildir. Ama her topluluktan bir grup çıksın. Ta ki dinde derin bilgiye kavuşma ve kavimleri geri döndüklerinde onları uyarmak için (geride bir topluluk kalsın). Umulur ki sakınırlar.

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اردو · Urdu

اور مسلمانوں کو یہ نہ چاہئے کہ سب کے سب نکل کھڑے ہوں سو ایسا کیوں نہ کیا جائے کہ ان کی ہر بڑی جماعت میں سے ایک چھوٹی جماعت جایا کرے تاکہ وه دین کی سمجھ بوجھ حاصل کریں اور تاکہ یہ لوگ اپنی قوم کو جب کہ وه ان کے پاس آئیں، ڈرائیں تاکہ وه ڈر جائیں۔[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.

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9:120

مَا كَانَ لِأَهْلِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ وَمَنْ حَوْلَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَعْرَابِ أَن يَتَخَلَّفُوا۟ عَن رَّسُولِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا يَرْغَبُوا۟ بِأَنفُسِهِمْ عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ لَا يُصِيبُهُمْ ظَمَأٌ وَلَا نَصَبٌ وَلَا مَخْمَصَةٌ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا يَطَـُٔونَ مَوْطِئًا يَغِيظُ ٱلْكُفَّارَ وَلَا يَنَالُونَ مِنْ عَدُوٍّ نَّيْلًا إِلَّا كُتِبَ لَهُم بِهِۦ عَمَلٌ صَٰلِحٌ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُضِيعُ أَجْرَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)maa kaana li'ahli l-madeenati waman hawlahum mina l-'a'raabi an yatakhallafoo 'an rasooli llaahi walaa yarghaboo bi'anfusihim 'an nafsihi dhaalika bi'annahum laa yuseebuhum zama'un walaa nasabun walaa makhmasatun fee sabeeli llaahi walaa yata'oona mawti'an yagheezu l-kuffaara walaa yanaaloona min 'aduwwin naylan illaa kutiba lahum bihi 'amalun saalihun inna llaaha laa yudee'u ajra l-muhsineen

DIN 31635mā kāna liʾahli l-madīnati waman ḥawlahum mina l-ʾaʿrābi ʾan yataḫallafū ʿan rasūli llāhi walā yarġabū biʾanfusihim ʿan nafsihi ḏālika biʾannahum lā yuṣībuhum ẓamaʾun walā naṣabun walā maḫmaṣatun fī sabīli llāhi walā yaṭaʾūna mawṭiʾan yaġīẓu l-kuffāra walā yanālūna min ʿaduwwin naylan ʾillā kutiba lahum bihi ʿamalun ṣāliḥun ʾinna llāha lā yuḍīʿu ʾaǧra l-muḥsinīna

Talal Itani2012 It is not for the inhabitants of Medina and the Desert-Arabs around them to stay behind the Messenger of God, nor to prefer themselves to him. That is because they never suffer any thirst, nor fatigue, nor hunger in the cause of God, nor do they take one step that enrages the disbelievers, nor do they gain anything from an enemy, but it is recorded to their credit as a righteous deed. God does not waste the reward of the righteous.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 It is not for the townsfolk of Al-Madinah and for those around them of the wandering Arabs so stay behind the messenger of Allah and prefer their lives to his life. That is because neither thirst nor toil nor hunger afflicteth them in the way of Allah, nor step they any step that angereth the disbelievers, nor gain they from the enemy a gain, but a good deed is recorded for them therefor. Lo! Allah loseth not the wages of the good

Edward Henry Palmer1880 It was not for the people of Medinah, and those around about them of the Arabs of the desert, to stay behind the Apostle of God and not to prefer their souls to his: that is because neither thirst, nor toil, nor heat, nor hunger befell them on God's way. Nor do they stop to anger the misbelievers, nor do they get any (harm) from the enemy without a good work being written down to them; verily, God wastes not the hire of those who do well

John Medows Rodwell1861 No cause had the people of Medina and the Arabs of the desert around them, to abandon God's Apostle, or to prefer their own lives to his; because neither thirst, nor the labour nor hunger, could come upon them when on path of God; neither do they step a step which may anger the unbelievers, neither do they receive from the enemy any damage, but it is written down to them as a good work. Verily, God suffereth not the reward of the righteous to perish

George Sale1734 There was no reason why the inhabitants of Medina, and the Arabs of the desert who dwell around them, should stay behind the apostle of God, or should prefer themselves before him. This is unreasonable: Because they are not distressed either by thirst, or labour, or hunger, for the defence of God's true religion; neither do they stir a step, which may irritate the unbelievers; neither do they receive from the enemy any damage, but a good work is written down unto them for the same; for God suffereth not the reward of the righteous to perish

9:121

وَلَا يُنفِقُونَ نَفَقَةً صَغِيرَةً وَلَا كَبِيرَةً وَلَا يَقْطَعُونَ وَادِيًا إِلَّا كُتِبَ لَهُمْ لِيَجْزِيَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ أَحْسَنَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)walaa yunfiqoona nafaqatan sagheeratan walaa kabeeratan walaa yaqta'oona waadiyan illaa kutiba lahum liyajziyahumu llaahu ahsana maa kaanoo ya'maloon

DIN 31635walā yunfiqūna nafaqatan ṣaġīratan walā kabīratan walā yaqṭaʿūna wādiyan ʾillā kutiba lahum liyaǧziyahumu llāhu ʾaḥsana mā kānū yaʿmalūna

Talal Itani2012 Nor do they spend any expenditure, small or large, nor do they cross any valley, but it is recorded to their credit. That God may reward them in accordance with the best of their deeds.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Nor spend they any spending, small or great, nor do they cross a valley, but it is recorded for them, that Allah may repay them the best of what they used to do

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Nor do they expend in alms a small or great expense, nor do they cross a wady without it being written down to them; that God may reward them with better than that which they have done

John Medows Rodwell1861 Nor give they alms either small or great, nor traverse they a torrent, but it is thus reckoned to them; that God may reward them with better than they have wrought

George Sale1734 And they contribute not any sum either small or great, nor do they pass a valley, but it is written down unto them, that God may reward them with a recompense exceeding that which they have wrought

9:122 — the verse above

9:123

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ قَٰتِلُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ يَلُونَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْكُفَّارِ وَلْيَجِدُوا۟ فِيكُمْ غِلْظَةً وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ مَعَ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)yaa ayyuhaa lladheena aamanoo qaatiloo lladheena yaloonakum mina l-kuffaari walyajidoo feekum ghilzatan wa'lamoo anna llaaha ma'a l-muttaqeen

DIN 31635yā ʾayyuhā llaḏīna ʾāmanū qātilū llaḏīna yalūnakum mina l-kuffāri walyaǧidū fīkum ġilẓatan waʿlamū ʾanna llāha maʿa l-muttaqīna

Talal Itani2012 O you who believe! Fight those of the disbelievers who attack you, and let them find severity in you, and know that God is with the righteous.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 O ye who believe! Fight those of the disbelievers who are near to you, and let them find harshness in you, and know that Allah is with those who keep their duty (unto Him)

Edward Henry Palmer1880 O ye who believe! fight those who are near to you of the misbelievers, and let them find in you sternness; and know that God is with those who fear

John Medows Rodwell1861 Believers! wage war against such of the infidels as are your neighbours, and let them find you rigorous: and know that God is with those who fear him

George Sale1734 O true believers, wage war against such of the infidels as are near you; and let them find severity in you: And know that God is with those who fear him

9:124

وَإِذَا مَآ أُنزِلَتْ سُورَةٌ فَمِنْهُم مَّن يَقُولُ أَيُّكُمْ زَادَتْهُ هَٰذِهِۦٓ إِيمَٰنًا فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ فَزَادَتْهُمْ إِيمَٰنًا وَهُمْ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)wa'idhaa maa unzilat sooratun faminhum man yaqoolu ayyukum zaadathu haadhihi eemaanan fa'ammaa lladheena aamanoo fazaadathum eemaanan wahum yastabshiroon

DIN 31635waʾiḏā mā ʾunzilat sūratun faminhum man yaqūlu ʾayyukum zādathu hāḏihi ʾīmānan faʾammā llaḏīna ʾāmanū fazādathum ʾīmānan wahum yastabširūna

Talal Itani2012 Whenever a chapter is revealed, some of them say, "Which of you has this increased in faith?" As for those who believe: it increases them in faith, and they rejoice.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And whenever a surah is revealed there are some of them who say: Which one of you hath thus increased in faith? As for those who believe, it hath increased them in faith and they rejoice (therefor)

Edward Henry Palmer1880 And whenever a surah is sent down, there are some of them who say, 'Which of you has this increased in faith?' But as for those who believe, it does increase them in faith, and they shall rejoice

John Medows Rodwell1861 Whenever a Sura is sent down, there are some of them who say, "Whose faith hath it increased?" It will increase the faith of those who believe, and they shall rejoice

George Sale1734 Whenever a sura is sent down, there are some of them who say, which of you hath this caused to increase in faith? It will increase the faith of those who believe, and they shall rejoice

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

وَمَا كَانَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ لِيَنفِرُوا كَافَّةً فَلَوْلَا نَفَرَ مِن كُلِّ فِرْقَةٍ مِّنْهُمْ طَائِفَةٌ لِّيَتَفَقَّهُوا فِي الدِّينِ وَلِيُنذِرُوا قَوْمَهُمْ إِذَا رَجَعُوا إِلَيْهِمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَحْذَرُونَ

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 — 0.57 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 · George Sale 0.67
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.64
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell 0.63
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell 0.62
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale 0.60
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale 0.55
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell 0.54
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall 0.52
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer 0.50
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale 0.41

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.

Easy-read

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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