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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.
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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.
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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
And whenever a chapter is revealed, they look at one another, "Does anyone see you?" Then they slip away. God has diverted their hearts, because they are a people who do not understand.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
And whenever a surah is revealed, they look one at another (as who should say): Doth anybody see you? Then they turn away. Allah turneth away their hearts because they are a folk who understand not
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
And whenever a surah is sent down, some of them look at the others - 'Does any one see you?' - Then they turn away! God has turned their hearts, for that they are a people who do not discern
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And whenever a Sura is sent down, they look at one another. . . . "Doth any one see you?" then turn they aside. God shall turn their hearts aside, because they are a people devoid of understanding
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And whenever a sura is sent down, they look at one another, saying, doth any one see you? Then do they turn aside. God shall turn aside their hearts from the truth; because they are a people who do not understand
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
Madje, sa herë që shpallet ndonjë sure, ata shikojnë njëri-tjetrin (duke thënë): "A po ju sheh dikush?", pastaj largohen. Allahu ua shmang zemrat, sepse ata janë njerëz që nuk kuptojnë.
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
আর যখনই (মুনাফিকদের অবস্থা সম্বলিত) কোন সূরা নাযিল হয়, তখন তারা একে অপরের দিকে তাকায় এবং জিজ্ঞেস করে: কেউ কি তোমাদেরকে দেখতে পাচ্ছে? তারপর তারা (সমবেতস্থল থেকে চুপিসারে) সরে পড়ে। আসলে আল্লাহ তাদের অন্তরকে (হিদায়াত ও কল্যাণ থেকে) বিমুখ করে দেন। কারণ, তারা এক অবুঝ সম্প্রদায়।
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
A kad bude objavljena koja sura, samo se zagledaju: "Da li vas ko vidi?", i onda se udaljuju. Allah je srca njihova skrenuo, zato što su oni ljudi koji ne shvataju.
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
A kad bude objavljena koja sura, samo se zagledaju: "Vidi li vas tko?" i onda se udaljuju. Allah je srca njihova skrenuo, zato što su oni ljudi koji ne shvaćaju.
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
Si tawii cortewol jippinaama, yoga maɓɓe ndaara yoga [ɓe mbi'a] : "Hara goɗɗo no yi*a on?" refti ɓe haɓana=pirlito. Alla firlitii ɓerɗe maɓɓe tawde ko ɓe yimɓe ɓe paamataa.
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
როდესაც გარდმოევლინება რაიმე სურა (რომელშიც გამომჟღავნებულია ორპირთა საქმეები), ზოგიერთნი მათგან [ორპირთაგან, ვინც მოციქულის შეკრებაში ზის] ერთმანეთს შეხედავენ და იტყვიან: «გხედავთ ვინმე (მორწმუნეთაგან)?» შემდეგ კი ზურგს აქცევენ. ალლაჰმა განაშოროს მათი გულები იმის გამო, რომ ისინი არიან ადამიანები, რომლებიც ვერ ხვდებიან.
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
Und wenn eine Surah (als Offenbarung) hinabgesandt wird, schauen sie einander an (und sagen): „Sieht euch irgendjemand?“ Hierauf wenden sie sich ab. Allah hat ihre Herzen abgewendet, weil sie Leute sind, die nicht verstehen.
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
Όταν αποκαλύπτεται ένα Κεφάλαιο (στον Προφήτη που να φανερώσει την κατάσταση των υποκριτών), κοιτάζουν (οι υποκριτές) ο ένας τον άλλον (λέγοντας): «Σας βλέπει κανείς (αν σηκωθείτε να φύγετε από τη συγκέντρωση του Προφήτη);» Έπειτα φεύγουν (από φόβο για σκάνδαλο). Ο Αλλάχ έχει στρέψει τις καρδιές τους (μακριά από την καθοδήγηση και το καλό), γιατί είναι ένας λαός που δεν κατανοεί.
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 भी कोई सूरत उतारी जाती है, तो उनमें से कुछ एक-दूसरे की तरफ देखते हैं कि क्या तुम्हें कोई देख रहा है? फिर वे वापस पलट जाते हैं। अल्लाह ने उनके दिलों को फेर दिया है, क्योंकि निःसंदेह वे ऐसे लोग हैं जो नहीं समझते।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
E quando viene fatta scendere una Surah, si guardano tra di loro per capire se li vede qualcuno, e poi si allontanano. Allāh ha allontanato i loro cuori, perché sono un popolo che non comprende!
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
127. Ir kaskart, kai nusileidžia sūra (Korano skyrius), jie žiūri vienas į kitą (sakydami): „Ar kas nors tave mato?“ Tada jie nusigręžia. Allahas nugręžė jų širdis (nuo šviesos), nes jie yra žmonės, kurie nesupranta.
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
Yeroo suuraan (isaan saaxiltu) takka buufamte, gariin isaanii gara garii isaanii ilaala “namni tokkolleen sila isin argaa jiraa?” jedhaa. Sana booda garagalanii deemu. Rabbiin onneewwan isaanii garagalche Waan isaan ummata hubannoo hin qabne ta’aniif.
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
И когда ниспосылается сура, они переглядываются: «Видит ли вас кто-нибудь?», и затем уходят. Аллах отвратил их сердца за то, что они — люди, которые не понимают.
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
А кад буде објављено које поглавље, само се загледају: „Да ли вас ко види?“ И онда се окрену и напусте. Аллах је скренуо њихова срца, зато што су они људи који не схватају.
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
Na ikishateremka sura, hutazamana wao kwa wao, (kama kwamba wanasema:) "Je, yuko yeyote anayewaona nyinyi" Kisha huondoka wakaenda. Mwenyezi akaziondoa nyoyo zao kwa kuwa hao ni kaumu wasiofahamu.
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Och när en sura uppenbaras tittar de på varandra: ”Ser någon er?” Sedan vänder de sig bort. Gud vänder bort deras hjärtan därför att de är ett folk utan förstånd.
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
Bir sure indirildiği zaman, birbirlerine bakarlar; "Sizi birisi görüyor mu?" derler, sonra da çekip giderler. Allah onların kalplerini ters çevirmiştir. Çünkü onlar anlamayan bir toplulukturlar.
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
اور جب کوئی سورت نازل کی جاتی ہے تو ایک دوسرے کو دیکھنے لگتے ہیں کہ تم کو کوئی دیکھتا تو نہیں پھر چل دیتے ہیں[1] اللہ تعالیٰ نے ان کا دل پھیر دیا ہے اس وجہ سے کہ وه بے سمجھ لوگ ہیں۔[2]
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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5 cleared translations, newest first, by year of publication, so the modern English comes before the historical ones. That is an ordering by date, not a judgement. Each is shown complete — this platform never excerpts a translation — and each renders under its translator's name. No translation here is marked as the correct one.
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Easy-read
Easy-read is a simplified pronunciation,
not authoritative — a rule-by-rule romanisation, not a reading.
Each verse ends in its pause form, as it is said when you stop there. Pauses inside a verse and other tajwid rules are not shown. It is derived from the Tanzil
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Talal Itani2012 But as for those in whose hearts is sickness: it adds disgrace to their disgrace, and they die as unbelievers.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 But as for those in whose hearts is disease, it only addeth wickedness to their wickedness, and they die while they are disbelievers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 but as for those in whose hearts is sickness, it only adds a plague to their plague, and they die misbelievers
John Medows Rodwell1861 But as to those in whose hearts is a disease, it will add doubt to their doubt, and they shall die infidels
George Sale1734 But unto those in whose hearts there is an infirmity, it will add farther doubt unto their present doubt; and they shall die in their infidelity
Talal Itani2012 Do they not see that they are tested once or twice every year? Yet they do not repent, and they do not learn.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 See they not that they are tested once or twice in every year? Still they turn not in repentance, neither pay they heed
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Do they not see that they are tried in every year once or twice? Yet they do not turn again, nor do they mind
John Medows Rodwell1861 Do they not see that they are proved every year once or twice? Yet they turn not, neither are they warned
George Sale1734 Do they not see that they are tried every year once or twice? Yet they repent not, neither are they warned
Easy-read (simplified)laqad jaa'akum rasoolun min anfusikum 'azeezun 'alayhi maa 'anittum hareesun 'alaykum bil-mu'mineena ra'oofun raheem
DIN 31635laqad ǧāʾakum rasūlun min ʾanfusikum ʿazīzun ʿalayhi mā ʿanittum ḥarīṣun ʿalaykum bil-muʾminīna raʾūfun raḥīmun
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 There has come to you a messenger from among yourselves, concerned over your suffering, anxious over you. Towards the believers, he is compassionate and merciful.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 There hath come unto you a messenger, (one) of yourselves, unto whom aught that ye are overburdened is grievous, full of concern for you, for the believers full of pity, merciful
Edward Henry Palmer1880 There has come to you an apostle from amongst yourselves; hard for him to bear is it that ye commit iniquity; he is anxious over you after the believers, pitiful, compassionate
John Medows Rodwell1861 Now hath an Apostle come unto you from among yourselves: your iniquities press heavily upon him. He is careful over you, and towards the faithful, compassionate, merciful
George Sale1734 Now hath an apostle come unto you of our own nation, an excellent person: It is grievous unto him that ye commit wickedness; He is careful over you, and compassionate and merciful towards the believers
DIN 31635faʾin tawallaw faqul ḥasbiya llāhu lā ʾilāha ʾillā huwa ʿalayhi tawakkaltu wahuwa rabbu l-ʿarši l-ʿaẓīmi
Talal Itani2012 If they turn away, say, "God is enough for me; there is no god except He; in Him I have put my trust; He is the Lord of the Sublime Throne."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Now, if they turn away (O Muhammad) say: Allah sufficeth me. There is no Allah save Him. In Him have I put my trust, and He is Lord of the Tremendous Throne
Edward Henry Palmer1880 But if they turn their backs, then say, 'God is enough for me! there is no god but He! upon Him do I rely, for He is Lord of the mighty throne
John Medows Rodwell1861 If they turn away, SAY: God sufficeth me: there is no God but He. In Him put I my trust. He is the possessor of the Glorious Throne
George Sale1734 If they turn back, say, God is my support: There is no God but He. On Him do I trust; and He is the Lord of the magnificent throne
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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
0.51 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.
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 Pickthall0.61
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.57
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.56
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.54
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.53
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.52
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.49
Talal Itani · George Sale0.48
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.47
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.30
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