And you surely knew those of you who violated the Sabbath. We said to them, "Be despicable apes!"
Does the Qur'an sanction antisemitism?
Key findingsEditorial
One finding for each passage this study carries, in the order the study reads them. Each is the reason that passage was signed into the study, in full and unedited - including, where the renderings disagree, the disagreement.
- 01 2:65 The first of the three, addressed to those who broke the Sabbath. All five renderings carry apes; only Palmer and Pickthall carry despised, where Sale has driven away from the society of men, Rodwell has scouted and Itani has despicable. The version signed when four translations were cleared said all four carried despised, and that was wrong when it was signed. None of the five says who is being addressed beyond the act.
- 02 5:60 The only verse in the corpus that has both apes and swine, and it places them inside a longer list of those cursed. In because the phrase the question quotes occurs here and nowhere else. The five part company on the last group named - Taghut in Palmer and Sale, Thagout in Rodwell, idols in Pickthall, idol worshipers in Itani - and Itani alone places that group inside the list of what the cursed were turned into. The widest-divergence verse in this set on both measures, at 0.63; it stood in band 4 when signed over four and stands in band 3 over five, on a score that barely moved.
- 03 7:166 The third, again on the Sabbath transgression, and not quite in the same words: despised in Palmer, Sale and Pickthall, scouted in Rodwell, despicable in Itani, with loathed in Pickthall beside despised. Included as the third instance rather than as a separate claim - the question is about a phrase, and this is where the phrase falls.
In plain wordsEditorial written by the editors, not a translation
The phrase is in the text. Measured over all five cleared renderings, apes appears at exactly three verses in the whole corpus and nowhere else: 2:65 and 7:166 on those who broke the Sabbath, and 5:60, the only verse in the corpus with both apes and swine, inside a longer description of those cursed. All five carry apes at all three, and all five carry swine at 5:60.
What they do not agree on is the words around them, and the version of this study signed on 2026-09-05 was tidier about that than the four renderings it had. At 2:65 Palmer has apes, despised and spurned; Pickthall has apes, despised and hated; Sale has apes, driven away from the society of men; Rodwell has scouted apes; and Itani, read now, has despicable apes. Only two of the four renderings it was signed over carry despised at that verse, where the study said all four did. THAT CORRECTION IS OWED TO THE READER AND DOES NOT DEPEND ON ITANI. At 7:166 three of those four carry despised - Palmer, Sale and Pickthall - Rodwell again has scouted, and Itani again has despicable.
At 5:60 the five part company on the last group named, and Itani parts from the other four on where in the sentence that group sits. Palmer and Sale have who worship Taghut, Rodwell has who worship Thagout, Pickthall has who serveth idols - four spellings or renderings of one term, standing as a description of a further group. Itani writes He turned some of them into apes, and swine, and idol worshipers, which puts the same term inside the list of what the cursed were turned into rather than beside it. Whether those are two readings of one sentence or one reading in different words is a question about the Arabic, and it is the interpretation layer.
What the verses do not do is what the question asks about. In all five renderings the address at 2:65 and 7:166 is to a specific group described by an act - those who transgressed the Sabbath - not to a people as such, and 5:60 places the phrase inside a list of the cursed rather than as a name for anyone.
Whether that reading holds, and who the verses were spoken to, is exactly the interpretation layer, and it is blocked on rights. This study will not supply the answer, and a reader should not take the absence of one as agreement with either side.
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What this rests on
Opens with 2:65, widening across 3 passages in all.
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2:65
Why this passage is in the study finding 01
وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱعْتَدَوْا۟ مِنكُمْ فِى ٱلسَّبْتِ فَقُلْنَا لَهُمْ كُونُوا۟ قِرَدَةً خَٰسِـِٔينَ
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Easy-read (simplified)walaqad 'alimtumu lladheena 'tadaw minkum fee s-sabti faqulnaa lahum koonoo qiradatan khaasi'een
DIN 31635walaqad ʿalimtumu llaḏīna ʿtadaw minkum fī s-sabti faqulnā lahum kūnū qiradatan ḫāsiʾīna
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And ye know of those of you who broke the Sabbath, how We said unto them: Be ye apes, despised and hated
Ye know too of those among you who transgressed upon the Sabbath, and we said, 'Become ye apes, despised and spurned
Ye know too those of you who transgressed on the Sabbath, and to whom we said, "Be changed into scouted apes
Moreover ye know what befall those of your nation who transgressed on the sabbath day; we said unto them, be ye changed into apes, driven away from the society of men
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Other languages (18)
Ju e dini mirë ngjarjen e atyre që tejkaluan kufijtë lidhur me ditën e shtunë, të cilëve u thamë: "Bëhuni majmunë të përbuzur!"
আর তোমাদের মধ্যে যারা শনিবারের (মৎস্য শিকার নিষিদ্ধ) প্রসঙ্গে সীমালঙ্ঘন করেছিলো তাদের বিষয়টি তোমরা অবশ্যই জানো। আমি তদেরকে বলেছিলাম: ‘তোমরা ঘৃণিত বানরে পরিণত হয়ে যাও।’
Vama je poznato šta se dogodilo onima od vas koji su subotu oskrnavili, pa smo im Mi rekli: "Budite majmuni prezreni!"
Vama je poznato šta se dogodilo onima od vas koji su se o subotu ogriješili, pa smo im Mi rekli: "Budite majmuni prezreni!"
On nganndii ɓeen tooñɓe he mon ñande hoore-biir (samdi) min mbi'i ɓe ngontee baaɗi booraaɗi.
და (ვფიცავ, რომ) თქვენ (ო, ისრაელის შთამომავლნო) იცით მათ შესახებ თქვენგან, (რომლებიც ადრე ცხოვრობდნენ) და რომლებმაც შაბათი დაარღვიეს[1]. და ამის შემდეგ ჩვენ ვუთხარით მათ: «იყავით ზიზღის ღირსი მაიმუნები [დამცირებულნი]!»
Und ihr kennt ja diejenigen von euch, die am Sabbat übertreten haben. Da sagten Wir zu ihnen: „Werdet (in Erniedrigung) verstoßene Affen!“
Και πράγματι, γνωρίζατε αυτούς ανάμεσά σας (μάθατε για την αμαρτία των προγόνων σας) που παραβίαζαν (την εντολή Μας, το να μην ψαρεύουν) το Σάββατο. Είπαμε σ' αυτούς: «Να είστε πίθηκοι, περιφρονημένοι και απορριφθέντες.»
और निःसंदेह तुम उन लोगों को जान चुके हो, जो तुममें से शनिवार (के दिन) में सीमा से बढ़ गए। तो हमने उनसे कहा कि तुम अपमानित बंदर[33] बन जाओ।
E voi sapevate di quelli tra voi che hanno violato il Sabato, a cui Noi abbiamo detto: “Siete scimmie abominevoli!”
65. Ir tikrai jūs žinojote iš savo tarpo tuos, kurie nusidėjo dėl Šabo (t. y. šeštadienio). Mes tarėme jiems: „Tapkite beždžionėmis, niekinamomis ir atstumtomis.“
Dhugumatti isin warra isin irraa (waayee guyyaa) Sanbataa keessatti daangaa dabran beektanii jirtu, "isin jaldeeyyii salphattoota tahaa" isaaniin jenne. [26]
[И клянусь,][8] действительно, вы знали тех из вас, которые преступали [закон] в субботу. Мы сказали им: «Станьте обезьянами, отверженными!»
Вама је познато шта се догодило онима од вас који су суботу оскрнавили, па смо им Ми казали: "Будите мајмуни презрени!"
Na hakika mlikwishayajua ya wale miongoni mwenu waliopindukia mipaka kuhusu Sabato (siku ya Jumamosi) na tukawaambia: Kuweni manyani mliodhalilika.
Och ni känner till det som hände dem bland er som kränkte sabbatsbudet. Vi sa till dem: ”Bli föraktade apor!”
Şüphesiz siz, içinizden cumartesi yasağını çiğneyenleri biliyorsunuz. İşte biz onlara, “Aşağılık maymunlar olun!” demiştik.
اور یقیناً تمہیں ان لوگوں کا علم بھی ہے جو تم میں سے ہفتہ[1] کے بارے میں حد سے بڑھ گئے اور ہم نے بھی کہہ دیا کہ تم ذلیل بندر بن جاؤ۔
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وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَٰقَكُمْ وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ ٱلطُّورَ خُذُوا۟ مَآ ءَاتَيْنَٰكُم بِقُوَّةٍ وَٱذْكُرُوا۟ مَا فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ
Easy-read · not authoritative
Easy-read (simplified)wa'idh akhadhnaa meethaaqakum warafa'naa fawqakumu t-toora khudhoo maa aataynaakum biquwwatin wadhkuroo maa feehi la'allakum tattaqoon
DIN 31635waʾiḏ ʾaḫaḏnā mīṯāqakum warafaʿnā fawqakumu ṭ-ṭūra ḫuḏū mā ʾātaynākum biquwwatin waḏkurū mā fīhi laʿallakum tattaqūna
The translators word this verse differently
And recall when We received a pledge from you, and raised the Mount above you: "Take what We have given you earnestly, and remember what is in it, that you may attain righteousness."
And (remember, O Children of Israel) when We made a covenant with you and caused the mount to tower above you, (saying): Hold fast that which We have given you, and remember that which is therein, that ye may ward off (evil)
And when we took a covenant with you and held the mountain over you; ' Accept what we have brought you with strong will, and bear in mind what is therein, haply ye yet may fear
Call to mind also when we entered into a covenant with you, and lifted up the mountain over you: - "Take hold," said we, "on what we have revealed to you, with resolution, and remember what is therein, that ye may fear
Call to mind also when we accepted your covenant, and lifted up the mountain of Sinai over you, saying, receive the law which we have given you, with a resolution to keep it, and remember that which is contained therein, that ye may beware
ثُمَّ تَوَلَّيْتُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ فَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُۥ لَكُنتُم مِّنَ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ
Easy-read · not authoritative
Easy-read (simplified)thumma tawallaytum min ba'di dhaalika falawlaa fadlu llaahi 'alaykum warahmatuhu lakuntum mina l-khaasireen
DIN 31635ṯumma tawallaytum min baʿdi ḏālika falawlā faḍlu llāhi ʿalaykum waraḥmatuhu lakuntum mina l-ḫāsirīna
But after that you turned away. Were it not for God's grace and mercy towards you, you would have been among the losers.
Then, even after that, ye turned away, and if it had not been for the grace of Allah and His mercy ye had been among the losers
Then did ye turn aside after this, and were it not for God's grace towards you and His mercy, ye would have been of those who lose
But after this ye turned back, and but for God's grace and mercy toward you, ye had surely been of the lost
After this ye again turned back, so that if it had not been for God's indulgence and mercy towards you, ye had certainly been destroyed
2:65 — the verse above
فَجَعَلْنَٰهَا نَكَٰلًا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا وَمَا خَلْفَهَا وَمَوْعِظَةً لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ
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Easy-read (simplified)faja'alnaahaa nakaalan limaa bayna yadayhaa wamaa khalfahaa wamaw'izatan lilmuttaqeen
DIN 31635faǧaʿalnāhā nakālan limā bayna yadayhā wamā ḫalfahā wamawʿiẓatan lilmuttaqīna
The translators word this verse differently
Thus We made it a deterrent for their generation, and for subsequent generations, and a lesson for the righteous.
And We made it an example to their own and to succeeding generations, and an admonition to the Allah-fearing
Thus we made them an example unto those who stood before them, and those who should come after them, and a warning unto those who fear
And we made them a warning to those of their day, and to those who came after them, and a caution to the God-fearing
And we made them an example unto those who were contemporary with them, and unto those who came after them, and a warning to the pious
وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَن تَذْبَحُوا۟ بَقَرَةً قَالُوٓا۟ أَتَتَّخِذُنَا هُزُوًا قَالَ أَعُوذُ بِٱللَّهِ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجَٰهِلِينَ
Easy-read · not authoritative
Easy-read (simplified)wa'idh qaala moosaa liqawmihi inna llaaha ya'murukum an tadhbahoo baqaratan qaaloo atattakhidhunaa huzuwan qaala a'oodhu billaahi an akoona mina l-jaahileen
DIN 31635waʾiḏ qāla mūsā liqawmihi ʾinna llāha yaʾmurukum ʾan taḏbaḥū baqaratan qālū ʾatattaḫiḏunā huzuwan qāla ʾaʿūḏu billāhi ʾan ʾakūna mina l-ǧāhilīna
And recall when Moses said to his people, "God commands you to sacrifice a heifer." They said, "Do you make a mockery of us?" He said, "God forbid that I should be so ignorant."
And when Moses said unto his people: Lo! Allah commandeth you that ye sacrifice a cow, they said: Dost thou make game of us? He answered: Allah forbid that I should be among the foolish
And when Moses said to his people, 'God bids you slaughter a cow,' they said, 'Art thou making a jest of us?' Said he, 'I seek refuge with God from being one of the unwise
And when Moses said to his people, "Verily, God bids you sacrifice a COW;" they said, "Makest thou a jest of us?" He said, "God keep me from being one of the foolish
And when Moses said unto his people, verily God commandeth you to sacrifice a cow; they answered, dost thou make a jest of us? Moses said, God fobid that I should be one of the foolish
5:60
Why this passage is in the study finding 02
قُلْ هَلْ أُنَبِّئُكُم بِشَرٍّ مِّن ذَٰلِكَ مَثُوبَةً عِندَ ٱللَّهِ مَن لَّعَنَهُ ٱللَّهُ وَغَضِبَ عَلَيْهِ وَجَعَلَ مِنْهُمُ ٱلْقِرَدَةَ وَٱلْخَنَازِيرَ وَعَبَدَ ٱلطَّٰغُوتَ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ شَرٌّ مَّكَانًا وَأَضَلُّ عَن سَوَآءِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ
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Easy-read (simplified)qul hal unabbi'ukum bisharrin min dhaalika mathoobatan 'inda llaahi man la'anahu llaahu waghadiba 'alayhi waja'ala minhumu l-qiradata wal-khanaazeera wa'abada t-taaghoota oolaa'ika sharrun makaanan wa'adallu 'an sawaa'i s-sabeel
DIN 31635qul hal ʾunabbiʾukum bišarrin min ḏālika maṯūbatan ʿinda llāhi man laʿanahu llāhu waġaḍiba ʿalayhi waǧaʿala minhumu l-qiradata wal-ḫanāzīra waʿabada ṭ-ṭāġūta ʾūlāʾika šarrun makānan waʾaḍallu ʿan sawāʾi s-sabīli
Say, "Shall I inform you of worse than that for retribution from God? He whom God has cursed, and with whom He became angry; and He turned some of them into apes, and swine, and idol worshipers. These are in a worse position, and further away from the right way."
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Shall I tell thee of a worse (case) than theirs for retribution with Allah? (Worse is the case of him) whom Allah hath cursed, him on whom His wrath hath fallen and of whose sort Allah hath turned some to apes and swine, and who serveth idols. Such are in worse plight and further astray from the plain road
Say, 'Can I declare unto you something worse than retribution from God?' Whomsoever God has cursed and been wroth with - and he has made of them apes and swine - and who worship Taghut, they are in a worse plight and are more erring from the level path
SAY: Can I announce to you any retribution worse than that which awaiteth them with God? They whom God hath cursed and with whom He hath been angry - some of them hath He changed into apes and swine; and they who worship Thagout are in evil plight, and have gone far astray from the right path
Say, shall I denounce unto you a worse thing than this, as to the reward which ye are to expect with God? He whom God hath cursed, and with whom he hath been angry, having changed some of them into apes and swine, and who worship Taghut, they are in the worse condition, and err more widely from the straitness of the path
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Other languages (18)
Thuaj: "A t'ju tregoj kush do të ketë dënim më të rëndë tek Allahu? Ata që i ka mallkuar Allahu dhe në të cilët është hidhëruar e i ka shndërruar disa nga ata në majmunë e derra dhe në adhurues të tagutëve[5]. Këta janë në vendin më të keq dhe janë më të humburit nga rruga e drejtë.
(হে রাসূল! তাদেরকে) বল: ‘আমি কি তোমাদেরকে আল্লাহর কাছে এর চেয়েও নিকৃষ্ট পরিণতির সংবাদ দিবো কি? (তারা হলো মূলত এদেরই পূর্বসূরি) যাকে আল্লাহ লা‘নত দিয়েছেন, যার উপর তিনি ক্রোধান্বিত হয়েছেন এবং যাদের কাউকে তিনি (আকৃতি পরিবর্তন করে) বানর ও কাউকে শূকর বানিয়েছেন এবং (তাদের) কেউ তাগূতের(৮) উপাসনা করেছে। তারাই অবস্থানের দিক থেকে নিকৃষ্ট এবং সরল-সঠিক পথ থেকে সর্বাধিক বিচ্যুত।‘
Reci: "Hoćete li da vam kažem koji su gori od njih i koje će Allah još teže kazniti? Oni koje je Allah prokleo i na koje se rasrdio i učinio od njih majmune, i svinje, i one koji su tagutu – šejtanu robovali – njih čeka najgore mjesto i oni su najdalje s Pravog puta odlutali."
Reci: "Hoćete li da vam kažem koji su gori od njih i koje će Allah još teže kazniti? Oni koje je Allah prokleo i na koje se rasrdio i učinio od njih majmune, i svinje, i one koji su tagutu – sotoni robovali – njih čeka najgore mjesto i oni su najdalje s Pravog puta odlutali."
Maaku : "E on ngaccata mi mi humpita on ko ɓuri ɗuum ɗon bon de mbarjaari ka Alla ? Kala mo Alla Huɗi, O Tikkani on, owaɗi e maɓɓe baaɗi e girayɗi(girji),(bamɗituga) e rewooɓe bewinayɗi ɗin. Ko ɓeen ɗon ɓuri bon de nokku, ɓuri majjude kadi laawol potondirgol ngol".
უთხარი (ო, მოციქულო) მათ, ვინც ჭეშმარიტ სარწმუნოებას დასცინის: «გაცნობოთ თუ არა ის, რაც ალლაჰთან საზღაურად უფრო უარესია, ვიდრე ეს? ესენი არიან ისინი, ვინც ალლაჰმა დაწყევლა და ვისზეც განრისხდა, და რომელთაგანაც ზოგი მაიმუნებად და ღორებად აქცია, და ისინი, ვინც ცრუ ღმერთს ეთაყვანებოდნენ. ასეთები არიან ყველაზე ცუდ მდგომარეობაში (მარადიულ ცხოვრებაში) და ყველაზე მეტად გადახვეულნი ჭეშმარიტი გზიდან (ამქვეყნად)».
Sag: „Soll ich euch kundtun, was als Belohnung bei Allah (noch) schlechter ist? Diejenigen, die Allah verflucht hat und denen Er zürnt und aus denen Er Affen und Schweine gemacht hat und dem Taghut (also den falschen Gottheiten) dienen.“ Jene befinden sich in einer (noch) schlechteren Lage und sind (noch) weiter vom rechten Weg abgeirrt.
Πες (ω, Μωχάμμαντ στους πιστούς): «Να σας ενημερώσω γι' εκείνους που θα έχουν χειρότερη τιμωρία από τον Αλλάχ (απ' αυτούς τους ανυπάκουους); Είναι εκείνοι (οι πρόγονοί τους) που τους καταράστηκε ο Αλλάχ και υπέστησαν την οργή Του, και από τους οποίους μετέτρεψε κάποιους σε πιθήκους και χοίρους, και οι οποίοι λατρεύαν άλλους εκτός του Αλλάχ. Εκείνοι θα έχουν τη χειρότερη θέση (κατά τη Μέλλουσα Ζωή) και είναι εκείνοι που παραστράτησαν από τον ίσιο δρόμο (στην εγκόσμια ζωή).»
आप कह दें : क्या मैं तुम्हें अल्लाह के निकट इससे अधिक बुरा बदला वाले लोग बताऊँ, वे लोग जिनपर अल्लाह ने ला'नत की और जिनपर क्रोधित हुआ, और जिनमें से बंदर और सूअर बना दिए और जिन्होंने 'ताग़ूत' की पूजा की। ये लोग दर्जे में अधिक बुरे तथा सीधे मार्ग से अधिक भटके हुए हैं।
Di’: «Volete che v’informi di cos’è peggiore di questo, come punizione da parte di Allāh? Quelli che Allāh ha maledetto e a cui ha esteso la Sua ira, e che ha trasformato in scimmie e in maiali, e gli adoratori di idoli, quelli saranno nel luogo peggiore e saranno lontani dalla retta via!»
60. Sakyk (Muchammedai ﷺ) Rašto žmonėms): „Ar man pranešti jums kai ką blogiau, nei tai, apie atlygį iš Allaho: tie (judėjai), kurie užsitraukė Allaho Prakeiksmą ir Jo Pyktį, ir tie iš tų, kuriuos (kai kuriuos) Jis pavertė beždžionėmis ir kiaulėmis, ir tie, kurie garbino Taghūt [11] (netikras dievybes), - tokie yra žemiausiame lygyje (Pragaro Ugnyje Prikėlimo Dieną), ir dar labiau nuklydę nuo Teisingo Kelio (šiame žemiškajame gyvenime).“
Jedhi: "Sila kan adabbiin isaa Rabbiin biratti san caalaa hamaa ta’e isiniif himuu? (inni sun) Nama Rabbiin isa abaareefi isa irratti dallane, kan isaan irraa jaldeessaafi booyye taasise, isaan xaaghuuta (gabbaramtoota Rabbiin malee) gabbaran, isaan sun warra (Aakhiratti) iddoon isaanii hamaa ta'ee, irra jallatoowwani karaa qajeelarraa."
Скажи: «Сообщить ли вам о худшем, чем это, воздаянии у Аллаха? — О тех, кого проклял Аллах, на кого Он разгневался, и кого из них сделал обезьянами и свиньями, и [тех, кто] поклонялся тагуту. Такие — худшие по положению и более сбившиеся с прямого пути».
Реци: „Хоћете ли да вам кажем ко су гори од њих и које ће Аллах још теже да казни? Они које је Аллах проклео и на које се расрдио и учинио од њих мајмуне, и свиње, и оне који су обожавали ђавола - њих чека најгоре место и они су најдаље одлутали са Правог пута.“
Sema: Je, niwaambie lililo baya zaidi kuliko hilo katika malipo mbele ya Mwenyezi Mungu? Ni yule ambaye Mwenyezi Mungu alimlaani na akamkasirikia, na akawafanya miongoni mwao manyani na nguruwe, na wakamuabudu Shetani. Hao ndio wenye mahali pabaya zaidi na waliopotea zaidi njia iliyo sawa.
Säg: ”Ska jag berätta för er vilka som ska få ett ännu hårdare straff av Gud än dessa? Det är de som Gud fördömde och över vilka hans vrede vilade. Han gjorde vissa av dem till apor och grisar, och de dyrkade falska gudar. Deras ställning är värre, och de har kommit längst bort från den raka vägen.”
De ki: “Allah katında cezası bundan daha kötü olanı size haber vereyim mi? Allah'ın lânet ettiği, gazapta bulunduğu, kendilerinden maymunlar ve domuzlar kıldığı ve tağuta kulluk eden kimse. İşte onlar yeri en kötü ve de doğru yoldan en çok sapmış olanlardır.”
کہہ دیجیئے کہ کیا میں تمہیں بتاؤں؟ کہ اس سے بھی زیاده برے اجر پانے واﻻ اللہ تعالیٰ کے نزدیک کون ہے؟ وه جس پر اللہ تعالیٰ نے لعنت کی اور اس پر وه غصہ ہوا اور ان میں سے بعض کو بندر اور سور بنا دیا اور جنہوں نے معبودان باطل کی پرستش کی، یہی لوگ بدتر درجے والے ہیں اور یہی راه راست سے بہت زیاده بھٹکنے والے ہیں۔[1]
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وَإِذَا نَادَيْتُمْ إِلَى ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ ٱتَّخَذُوهَا هُزُوًا وَلَعِبًا ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لَّا يَعْقِلُونَ
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Easy-read (simplified)wa'idhaa naadaytum ilaa s-salaati takhadhoohaa huzuwan wala'iban dhaalika bi'annahum qawmun laa ya'qiloon
DIN 31635waʾiḏā nādaytum ʾilā ṣ-ṣalāti taḫaḏūhā huzuwan walaʿiban ḏālika biʾannahum qawmun lā yaʿqilūna
When you call to the prayer, they take it as a joke and a trifle. That is because they are people who do not reason.
And when ye call to prayer they take it for a jest and sport. That is because they are a folk who understand not
Nor those who, when ye call to prayer, take it for a jest and a sport; that is because they are a people who do not understand
Nor those who when ye call to prayer, make it an object of raillery and derision. This they do because they are a people who understand not
nor those who, when ye call to prayer, make a laughing-stock and a jest of it, this they do, because they are people who do not understand
قُلْ يَٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ هَلْ تَنقِمُونَ مِنَّآ إِلَّآ أَنْ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْنَا وَمَآ أُنزِلَ مِن قَبْلُ وَأَنَّ أَكْثَرَكُمْ فَٰسِقُونَ
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Easy-read (simplified)qul yaa ahla l-kitaabi hal tanqimoona minnaa illaa an aamannaa billaahi wamaa unzila ilaynaa wamaa unzila min qablu wa'anna aktharakum faasiqoon
DIN 31635qul yā ʾahla l-kitābi hal tanqimūna minnā ʾillā ʾan ʾāmannā billāhi wamā ʾunzila ʾilaynā wamā ʾunzila min qablu waʾanna ʾakṯarakum fāsiqūna
Say, "O People of the Scripture! Do you resent us only because we believe in God, and in what was revealed to us, and in what was revealed previously; and most of you are sinners?"
Say: O People of the Scripture! Do ye blame us for aught else than that we believe in Allah and that which is revealed unto us and that which was revealed aforetime, and because most of you are evil-livers
Say, 'O people of the Book! do ye disavow us, for aught but that we believe in God, and what was revealed to us before, and for that most of you are evildoers
SAY: O people of the Book! do ye not disavow us only because we believe in God, and in what He hath sent down to us, and in what He hath sent down aforetime, and because most of you are doers of ill
Say, O ye who have received the scriptures, do ye reject us for any other reason than because we believe in God, and that revelation which hath been sent down unto us, and that which was formerly sent down, and for that the greater part of you are transgressors
5:60 — the verse above
وَإِذَا جَآءُوكُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا وَقَد دَّخَلُوا۟ بِٱلْكُفْرِ وَهُمْ قَدْ خَرَجُوا۟ بِهِۦ وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْتُمُونَ
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Easy-read (simplified)wa'idhaa jaa'ookum qaaloo aamannaa waqad dakhaloo bil-kufri wahum qad kharajoo bihi wallaahu a'lamu bimaa kaanoo yaktumoon
DIN 31635waʾiḏā ǧāʾūkum qālū ʾāmannā waqad daḫalū bil-kufri wahum qad ḫaraǧū bihi wallāhu ʾaʿlamu bimā kānū yaktumūna
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When they come to you, they say, "We believe," though they have entered with disbelief, and they have departed with it. But God is well aware of what they hide.
When they come unto you (Muslims), they say: We believe; but they came in unbelief and they went out in the same; and Allah knoweth best what they were hiding
When they come to you they say, 'We believe;' but they entered in with unbelief, and they went out therewith, and God knows best what they did hide
When they presented themselves to you they said, "We believe;" but Infidels they came in unto you, and Infidels they went forth! God well knew what they concealed
When they came unto you, they said, we believe: Yet they entered into your company with infidelity, and went forth from you with the same; but God well knew what they concealed
وَتَرَىٰ كَثِيرًا مِّنْهُمْ يُسَٰرِعُونَ فِى ٱلْإِثْمِ وَٱلْعُدْوَٰنِ وَأَكْلِهِمُ ٱلسُّحْتَ لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ
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Easy-read (simplified)wataraa katheeran minhum yusaari'oona fee l-'ithmi wal-'udwaani wa'aklihimu s-suhta labi'sa maa kaanoo ya'maloon
DIN 31635watarā kaṯīran minhum yusāriʿūna fī l-ʾiṯmi wal-ʿudwāni waʾaklihimu s-suḥta labiʾsa mā kānū yaʿmalūna
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You see many of them competing with one another in sin and hostility, and their consuming of what is illicit. What they have been doing is truly evil.
And thou seest many of them vying one with another in sin and transgression and their devouring of illicit gain. Verily evil is what they do
Thou wilt see many of them vieing in sin and enmity, and in eating unlawful things, - evil is it that they have done
Many of them shalt thou see hastening together to wickedness and malice, and to eat unlawful things. Shame on them for what they have done
Thou shalt see many of them hastening unto iniquity and malice, and to eat things forbidden; and woe unto them for what they have done
7:166
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فَلَمَّا عَتَوْا۟ عَن مَّا نُهُوا۟ عَنْهُ قُلْنَا لَهُمْ كُونُوا۟ قِرَدَةً خَٰسِـِٔينَ
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Easy-read (simplified)falammaa 'ataw 'an maa nuhoo 'anhu qulnaa lahum koonoo qiradatan khaasi'een
DIN 31635falammā ʿataw ʿan mā nuhū ʿanhu qulnā lahum kūnū qiradatan ḫāsiʾīna
Then, when they rebelled against the commands to refrain, We said to them, "Be despicable apes."
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So when they took pride in that which they had been forbidden, We said unto them: Be ye apes despised and loathed
but when they rebelled against what they were forbidden, we said to them, 'Become ye apes, despised and spurned
But when they proudly persisted in that which was forbidden, we said to them, "Become scouted apes
And when they insolently rebelled against that which they had been forbidden, We said to them, 'Be ye apes despised
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Kur ata ngulën këmbë me mendjemadhësi që të bënin atë që u ishte ndaluar, Ne u thamë: "Bëhuni majmunë të përbuzur!"
অতঃপর যখন তারা নিষিদ্ধ কাজ সীমালঙ্ঘনের সাথে করতে লাগল, তখন আমি তাদেরকে বললাম: ‘তোমরা লাঞ্ছিত বানর হয়ে যাও।’
I pošto su oni bahato odbili da se okane onoga što im je zabranjivano, Mi smo im rekli: "Postanite majmuni prezreni!"
I pošto su oni bahato odbili da se okane onoga što im je zabranjivano, Mi smo im rekli: "Postanite majmuni prezreni!"
Nde ɓe townitaninoo e ko ɓe kaɗaa e mum kon, min mbi'ani ɓe : "Laatee baaɗi jaasuɗi".
და როცა მათ დაარღვიეს ის, რაც ეკრძალებოდათ, ჩვენ ვუთხარით მათ: «გადაიქეცით დამცირებულ მაიმუნებად!»
Als sie dann das überschritten, was ihnen untersagt war, sagten Wir zu ihnen: „Werdet verstoßene (und erniedrigte) Affen!“
Όταν (εκείνοι που ψάρευαν το Σάββατο) παραβίασαν επίμονα αυτό που τους απαγορεύτηκε να κάνουν, τους είπαμε: «Να είστε πίθηκοι, περιφρονημένοι και απορριφθέντες.»
फिर जब वे उस काम में सीमा से आगे बढ़ गए, जिससे वे रोके गए थे, तो हमने उनसे कहा कि अपमानित बंदर बन जाओ।
E quando rifiutarono con superbia ciò di cui furono avvertiti, dicemmo loro: «Siate scimmie umiliate!»
166. Taigi, kai jie peržengė ribas to, kas jiems buvo draudžiama, Mes tarėme jiems: „Tapkite beždžionėmis, neapkenčiamomis ir atstumtomis.“ [8]
Yeroma isaan daangaa wantoota irraa dhorgamanii dabran isaanin jenne "jaldeessa salphattoota ta’aa" (achumaan jaldeessa tahan).
А когда они пренебрегли тем, что было им запрещено, Мы сказали им: «Станьте обезьянами, отверженными!»
И пошто су они бахато одбили да се окане онога што им је забрањивано, Ми смо им казали: „Постаните презрени мајмуни!“
Walipotakabari na kuasi yale waliyokatazwa, tukawaambia, "Kuweni manyani, mliodharauliwa."
När de trotsigt fortsatte med det de förbjudits sa vi till dem: ”Bli föraktade apor!”
Yasaklandıkları şeylerde diretip ısrar edince onlara: “Aşağılık maymunlar olun!” dedik.
یعنی جب وه، جس کام سے ان کو منع کیا گیا تھا اس میں حد سے نکل گئے تو ہم نے ان کو کہہ دیا تم ذلیل بندر بن جاؤ۔[1]
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وَإِذْ قَالَتْ أُمَّةٌ مِّنْهُمْ لِمَ تَعِظُونَ قَوْمًا ٱللَّهُ مُهْلِكُهُمْ أَوْ مُعَذِّبُهُمْ عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا قَالُوا۟ مَعْذِرَةً إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُمْ وَلَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ
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Easy-read (simplified)wa'idh qaalat ummatun minhum lima ta'izoona qawman llaahu muhlikuhum aw mu'adhdhibuhum 'adhaaban shadeedan qaaloo ma'dhiratan ilaa rabbikum wala'allahum yattaqoon
DIN 31635waʾiḏ qālat ʾummatun minhum lima taʿiẓūna qawman llāhu muhlikuhum ʾaw muʿaḏḏibuhum ʿaḏāban šadīdan qālū maʿḏiratan ʾilā rabbikum walaʿallahum yattaqūna
And when a group of them said, "Why do you counsel a people whom God will annihilate, or punish with a severe punishment?" They said, "As an excuse to your Lord, and so that they may become righteous."
And when a community among them said: Why preach ye to a folk whom Allah is about to destroy or punish with an awful doom, they said: In order to be free from guilt before your Lord, and that haply they may ward off (evil)
And when a nation from amongst them said, 'Why do ye warn a people whom God would destroy, or punish with severe torment?' they said, 'As an excuse to your Lord, that haply they may fear
And when some of them said, why warn ye those whom God would destroy or chastise with terrible chastisement? they said, For our own excuse with your Lord; and that they may fear Him
And when a party among them said to another party, 'Why do you admonish a people whom God is going to destroy or punish with a severe punishment?' They said, 'In order to be absolved from blame before your Lord and that they may turn to righteousness
فَلَمَّا نَسُوا۟ مَا ذُكِّرُوا۟ بِهِۦٓ أَنجَيْنَا ٱلَّذِينَ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ ٱلسُّوٓءِ وَأَخَذْنَا ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ بِعَذَابٍۭ بَـِٔيسٍۭ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْسُقُونَ
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Easy-read (simplified)falammaa nasoo maa dhukkiroo bihi anjaynaa lladheena yanhawna 'ani s-soo'i wa'akhadhnaa lladheena zalamoo bi'adhaabin ba'eesin bimaa kaanoo yafsuqoon
DIN 31635falammā nasū mā ḏukkirū bihi ʾanǧaynā llaḏīna yanhawna ʿani s-sūʾi waʾaḫaḏnā llaḏīna ẓalamū biʿaḏābin baʾīsin bimā kānū yafsuqūna
Then, when they neglected what they were reminded of, We saved those who prohibited evil, and We seized those who did wrong with a terrible punishment, because of their sinfulness.
And when they forgot that whereof they had been reminded, We rescued those who forbade wrong, and visited those who did wrong with dreadful punishment because they were evil-livers
But when they forgot what they had been reminded of, we saved those who forbade evil, but we overtook those who did wrong with punishment; - evil was the abomination that they did
And when they forgot their warnings, we delivered those who had forbidden evil; and we inflicted a severe chastisement on those who had done wrong, for that they were evil doers
And when they forgot all that with which they had been admonished, We saved those who forbade evil and We seized the transgressors with a severe punishment because they were rebellious
7:166 — the verse above
وَإِذْ تَأَذَّنَ رَبُّكَ لَيَبْعَثَنَّ عَلَيْهِمْ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ مَن يَسُومُهُمْ سُوٓءَ ٱلْعَذَابِ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَسَرِيعُ ٱلْعِقَابِ وَإِنَّهُۥ لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ
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Easy-read (simplified)wa'idh ta'adhdhana rabbuka layab'athanna 'alayhim ilaa yawmi l-qiyaamati man yasoomuhum soo'a l-'adhaabi inna rabbaka lasaree'u l-'iqaabi wa'innahu laghafoorun raheem
DIN 31635waʾiḏ taʾaḏḏana rabbuka layabʿaṯanna ʿalayhim ʾilā yawmi l-qiyāmati man yasūmuhum sūʾa l-ʿaḏābi ʾinna rabbaka lasarīʿu l-ʿiqābi waʾinnahu laġafūrun raḥīmun
Your Lord has announced that, He would send against them, until the Day of Resurrection, those who would inflict terrible suffering upon them. Your Lord is swift in retribution, yet He is Forgiving and Merciful.
And (remember) when thy Lord proclaimed that He would raise against them till the Day of Resurrection those who would lay on them a cruel torment. Lo! verily thy Lord is swift in prosecution and lo! verily He is Forgiving, Merciful
and then thy Lord proclaimed that He would surely send against them till the resurrection day, those who should wreak them evil torment; verily, thy Lord is quick at following up, but, verily, He is forgiving, merciful
and then thy Lord declared that until the day of the resurrection, he would surely send against them (the Jews) those who should evil entreat and chastise them: for prompt is thy Lord to punish; and He is Forgiving, Merciful
And remember the time when thy Lord proclaimed that He would surely rise against them, till the Day of Resurrection, those who would afflict them with grievous torment. Surely, thy Lord is Quick in retribution and surely He is also Most forgiving, Merciful
وَقَطَّعْنَٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أُمَمًا مِّنْهُمُ ٱلصَّٰلِحُونَ وَمِنْهُمْ دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ وَبَلَوْنَٰهُم بِٱلْحَسَنَٰتِ وَٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ
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Easy-read (simplified)waqatta'naahum fee l-'ardi umaman minhumu s-saalihoona waminhum doona dhaalika wabalawnaahum bil-hasanaati was-sayyi'aati la'allahum yarji'oon
DIN 31635waqaṭṭaʿnāhum fī l-ʾarḍi ʾumaman minhumu ṣ-ṣāliḥūna waminhum dūna ḏālika wabalawnāhum bil-ḥasanāti was-sayyiʾāti laʿallahum yarǧiʿūna
And We scattered them into communities on earth. Some of them righteous, and some of them short of that. And We tested them with fortunes and misfortunes, so that they may return.
And We have sundered them in the earth as (separate) nations. Some of them are righteous, and some far from that. And We have tried them with good things and evil things that haply they might return
We cut them up in the earth into nations. Of them are the righteous, and of them are the reverse of that; we have tried them with good things and with bad things; haply they may return
And we have divided them upon the Earth as peoples: some of them are upright and some are otherwise; and by good things and by evil things have we proved them, to the intent that they might return to us
And We broke them up into separate peoples in the earth. Among them are those that are righteous and among them are those that are otherwise. And We tried them with good things and bad things that they might return to good
What this study rests on, and what it refusessigned with it5 of the 6 paragraphs signed with this study; the paragraph naming what it does not answer is at the top of the page
The selection above and this account of it are part of what was signed. Where the renderings disagree it says so; where the question runs past what has cleared the rights audit it says that too.
Read across all five cleared translations - Sale 1734, Rodwell 1861, Palmer 1880, Pickthall 1930, Itani 2012 - of 2:65, 5:60, 7:166, in full, and nothing else. This study consults no , no , no occasion of revelation and no biography, because none is yet available in an edition whose usage rights can be verified.
RE-DERIVED OVER FIVE ON 2026-09-08, superseding the version signed 2026-09-05 over four. Itani 2012 cleared on 2026-09-07, after that signing, and this study has now been read against him at every anchor. He enters as a fifth voice and is not promoted to the reading that settles what these verses say. What changed: Itani writes despicable apes at 2:65 and 7:166, a fifth wording of the epithet; and at 5:60 he alone places the fourth group - idol worshipers - inside the list of what the cursed were turned into rather than beside it as a separate description. AND A CORRECTION IS MADE THAT DOES NOT DEPEND ON ITANI. The version signed when four translations were cleared stated, in its anchor reason at 2:65, that all four of them carry apes and despised at that verse. Measured on 2026-09-08, despised is at 2:65 in Palmer and Pickthall only: Sale writes driven away from the society of men and Rodwell writes scouted. THAT WAS WRONG WHEN IT WAS SIGNED; it was found by reading every verse against every rendering, which this re-check over five translations required, and it is corrected in the synthesis and in the anchor reason. The synthesis also now states two measurements rather than asserting them: apes appears at exactly three verses in the whole corpus, and 5:60 is the only verse in the corpus carrying both apes and swine. The divergence figures below are restated on the five-based measure, and 5:60 moves down a band. What did not change: the verse set, the reasons per verse other than the three noted below, and the finding that the address is to a group described by an act rather than to a people as such.
How this set was arrived at. Candidates came from a conjunctive word search over all four renderings, returned in mushaf order with no relevance ordering, and verses matched in all four were carried forward. THE TERMS OF THAT SEARCH WERE NOT RECORDED IN THE SIGNED STUDY and cannot be recovered, so neither the search nor its all-four qualifying rule has been re-run; what follows is a fresh probe, recorded in full, whose results were read but from which nothing was taken. The re-check over five translations added and removed no verse. Why each verse is in the study is stated per verse in the selection, and is signed with this prose.
PROBE VOCABULARY OF THIS RE-DERIVATION, RECORDED SO IT CAN BE RE-RUN. The version signed when four translations were cleared named no search terms; this re-check over five translations records its own. Run 2026-09-08 over all five cleared renderings, conjunctive, mushaf order: ["apes"] - 3 verses in the whole corpus, reaching all three anchors and in all five renderings at every one; ["swine"] - 5, reaching one; ["apes","swine"] - 1, reaching one; ["sabbath"] - 5, reaching one; ["despised"] - 19, reaching two; ["despicable"] - 10, reaching two; ["scouted"] - 2, reaching two; ["spurned"] - 2, reaching two; ["loathed"] - 1, reaching one; ["taghut"] - 8, ["thagout"] - 7, ["idols"] - 59 and ["idol"] - 5, each reaching one; ["pigs"] - 1, reaching none. Union 101 verses, of which 98 are not anchors of this study. THE UNION IS NOT A CANDIDATE SET FOR THIS STUDY and no verse was taken from it: the set was confirmed by the Editor, not by the union. Five results are recorded because they bear on the finding. "apes" RETURNS EXACTLY THREE VERSES IN THE WHOLE CORPUS, and they are this study's three anchors, in all five renderings at every one - so the study's set is the whole of the corpus on its own word. ["apes","swine"] returns exactly one verse, 5:60, which is the measurement behind the claim that it is the only verse with both. "despised" reaches 2:65 in Palmer and Pickthall alone and 7:166 in Palmer, Sale and Pickthall, which is the measurement that withdraws the all-four claim above. "scouted" returns two verses in the whole corpus, 2:65 and 7:166, and in Rodwell alone at both; "despicable" reaches those same two anchors in Itani alone; "spurned" reaches them in Palmer alone; "loathed" returns one verse, 7:166, in Pickthall alone. And at 5:60 the last group named is reached by four different probes in four different renderings - "taghut" in Palmer and Sale, "thagout" in Rodwell, "idols" in Pickthall, "idol" in Itani - which is one term rendered five ways and is recorded here rather than reconciled. THE WORD IN THIS STUDY'S OWN SLUG IS NOT THE CORPUS'S WORD: ["pigs"] returns one verse and reaches none of these three; every rendering here writes swine.
Where the renderings part company, named rather than resolved. Across this set the derived divergence measure, recomputed over five renderings on 2026-09-07, runs from band 2 at 2:65 (0.57), where the five stand closest, to band 3 at 5:60 (0.63), where they stand furthest apart. The version signed when four translations were cleared named the same two verses at 0.56 and 0.63, but put 5:60 in band 4. The verse did not become less divergent - its score is 0.63 on both measures - and the band beneath it moved because the corpus was rescored over five renderings and the quintile cut moved with it. The study names the differences it turns on and does not choose between them.
Sources & method
Translations 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
Translations 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
Translations 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
Translations 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
Translations 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
Editorial status
- Editorial status
- Editorially prepared · not independently reviewed — signed by the AALAMIN Editor; no external scholarly review
- Theme
- Discovery
- Review status
- Published
- 5 September 2026
- Updated
- 14 September 2026
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