We created man in the best design.
Does the Qur'an command female genital cutting?
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 95:4 Surely We created man of the best stature. In ONLY as nearest context, and it asserts nothing about the practice: it is here because it is the verse most often reached for in the argument that the created form is not to be improved upon.
- 02 30:30 Set thy purpose for religion as a man by nature upright - the nature (framed) of God, in which He hath created man; there is no altering the creation of God. In ONLY as nearest context. The clause about no altering of God's creation is the one cited in this debate; the verse's own subject is religion, and it says nothing about any surgical practice.
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No. The Qur'an does not command it, does not recommend it, and does not mention it.
That is not an inference. The declared probe set - circumcise, circumcised, circumcision, and cut flesh - was run as whole words, case-insensitively, over all 31,173 rendering rows of the five cleared renderings and returned ZERO verses: not one verse where a single translator uses any of these words, let alone a majority. The stem circumcis is not a word, so under whole-word matching it is reported through the one word that carries it: 'uncircumcised' returns six rows in two verses, 2:88 (Palmer, Rodwell and Sale), 4:155 (Palmer, Rodwell and Sale), where Sale, Rodwell and Palmer write that hearts are uncircumcised - a figure of speech about hearts, not a practice. Pickthall renders the same clause "hardened", and Itani "sealed" at the first verse and "closed" at the second. None of the five renderings names circumcision, of either sex, as a practice.
Because a reader deserves better than a bare denial, two verses are carried as CONTEXT and marked as such. Neither is evidence for the practice; both are cited in arguments against it. 95:4 says man was created in the best stature. 30:30 contains the clause there is no altering the creation of God. A reader should know that the second verse's own subject is religion and the upright nature, not surgery, and that using it as a legal argument either way is a reading laid over it.
Where does the practice come from, then? From CUSTOM in particular regions, and from a small number of reports whose authenticity has been disputed within the tradition itself. This study cannot report on those, quote them, or weigh their gradings: no hadith collection has cleared the rights audit. That absence has a named cause and it should not be read as though the reports do not exist.
What CAN be said flatly, from the text this platform holds and can show: the practice has no basis in the Qur'an. Anyone who tells a reader otherwise can be asked for the verse, and there is none.
Scope of this study
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What this study does not answer, and which source would be needed. It does not say on what occasion any of these verses was given: this study holds no source whose usage rights can be verified. It does not report how any commentator has read them: this study holds no either - the Arabic of , and is public domain by age, but no English edition with verifiable usage rights exists. And it offers no academic-historical reading: this study holds no such scholarship. Each of those is an absence with a named cause, not an omission.
What this rests on
Opens with 95:4, widening across 2 passages in all.
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The versesSource fact 2 passages, each with every cleared translation
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95:4
Why this passage is in the study finding 01
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِىٓ أَحْسَنِ تَقْوِيمٍ
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Easy-read (simplified)laqad khalaqnaa l-'insaana fee ahsani taqweem
DIN 31635laqad ḫalaqnā l-ʾinsāna fī ʾaḥsani taqwīmin
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Surely We created man of the best stature
We have indeed created man in the best of symmetry
That of goodliest fabric we created man
Verily We created man of a most excellent fabric
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- 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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se vërtet Ne e krijuam njeriun në trajtën më të bukur,
অবশ্যই আমি মানুষকে সৃষ্টি করেছি সর্বোত্তম গঠনে।
Mi čovjeka stvaramo u najljepšem obliku,
Mi čovjeka stvaramo u najljepšem obliku,
Min tagii neɗɗo e mba'adi ɓurndi fortaade e feewde.
ჭეშმარიტად, ჩვენ ადამიანი შევქმენით უმშვენიერესი ფორმით.
Wir haben ja den Menschen in schönster Gestaltung erschaffen,
Ότι πράγματι, δημιουργήσαμε τον άνθρωπο στην καλύτερη μορφή (όρθιο, ίσιο και ισορροπημένο στη μορφή και στη φύση του).
निःसंदेह हमने इनसान को सबसे अच्छी संरचना में पैदा किया है।
creammo l’uomo nel migliore dei modi,
4. Mes tikrai sukūrėme žmogų geriausios formos.
Dhugumatti, Nuti nama dhaabbata irra gaarii ta'e keessatti isa uumne.
действительно, Мы сотворили человека в наилучшем сложении.
Ми човека стварамо у најлепшем облику,
Bila ya shaka tumemuumba mtu kwa umbo lilio bora kabisa.
vi har sannerligen skapat människan i den allra bästa form.
Biz, gerçekten insanı en güzel bir biçimde yarattık.
یقیناً ہم نے انسان کو بہترین صورت میں پیدا کیا.[1]
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وَطُورِ سِينِينَ
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Easy-read (simplified)watoori seeneen
DIN 31635waṭūri sīnīna
And Mount Sinai.
By Mount Sinai
And by Mount Sinai
By Mount Sinai
and by mount Sinai
وَهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ٱلْأَمِينِ
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Easy-read (simplified)wahaadhaa l-baladi l-'ameen
DIN 31635wahāḏā l-baladi l-ʾamīni
And this safe land.
And by this land made safe
And by this safe land
And by this inviolate soil
and this territory of security
95:4 — the verse above
ثُمَّ رَدَدْنَٰهُ أَسْفَلَ سَٰفِلِينَ
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Easy-read (simplified)thumma radadnaahu asfala saafileen
DIN 31635ṯumma radadnāhu ʾasfala sāfilīna
Then reduced him to the lowest of the low.
Then we reduced him to the lowest of the low
Then we will send him back the lowest of the low
Then brought him down to be the lowest of the low
afterwards We rendered him the vilest of the vile
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ فَلَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍ
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Easy-read (simplified)illaa lladheena aamanoo wa'amiloo s-saalihaati falahum ajrun ghayru mamnoon
DIN 31635ʾillā llaḏīna ʾāmanū waʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti falahum ʾaǧrun ġayru mamnūnin
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Except those who believe and do righteous deeds; for them is a reward without end.
Save those who believe and do good works, and theirs is a reward unfailing
save those who believe and act aright; for theirs is a hire that is not grudged
Save who believe and do the things that are right, for theirs shall be a reward that faileth not
Except those who believe, and work righteousness; for they shall receive an endless reward
30:30
Why this passage is in the study finding 02
فَأَقِمْ وَجْهَكَ لِلدِّينِ حَنِيفًا فِطْرَتَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّتِى فَطَرَ ٱلنَّاسَ عَلَيْهَا لَا تَبْدِيلَ لِخَلْقِ ٱللَّهِ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلدِّينُ ٱلْقَيِّمُ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
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Easy-read (simplified)fa'aqim wajhaka lilddeeni haneefan fitrata llaahi llatee fatara n-naasa 'alayhaa laa tabdeela likhalqi llaahi dhaalika d-deenu l-qayyimu walaakinna akthara n-naasi laa ya'lamoon
DIN 31635faʾaqim waǧhaka lilddīni ḥanīfan fiṭrata llāhi llatī faṭara n-nāsa ʿalayhā lā tabdīla liḫalqi llāhi ḏālika d-dīnu l-qayyimu walākinna ʾakṯara n-nāsi lā yaʿlamūna
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So devote yourself to the religion of monotheism-the natural instinct God has instilled in mankind. There is no altering God's creation. This is the true religion, but most people do not know.
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So set thy purpose (O Muhammad) for religion as a man by nature upright - the nature (framed) of Allah, in which He hath created man. There is no altering (the laws of) Allah's creation. That is the right religion, but most men know not
Set thy face steadfast towards the religion as an 'Hanif, according to the constitution whereon God has constituted men; there is no altering the creation of God, that is the standard religion, though most men do not know
Set thou thy face then, as a true convert, towards the Faith which God hath made, and for which He hath made man. No change is there in the creation of God. This is the right Faith, but the greater part of men know it not
Wherefore be thou orthodox, and set thy face towards the true religion, the institution of God, to which He hath created mankind disposed: There is no change in what God hath created. This is the right religion; but the greater part of men know it not
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- 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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Pra, ktheje fytyrën nga feja (e vërtetë) duke qenë besimdrejtë, natyra e pastër në të cilën Allahu i ka krijuar njerëzit. S'ka ndryshim të krijimit të Allahut. Kjo është feja e drejtë, por shumica e njerëzve nuk e dinë.
সুতরাং তুমি একনিষ্ঠ হয়ে তোমার মুখমণ্ডল (সমস্ত মনোযোগ) এই দীনের দিকে স্থির রাখো, একেবারে খাঁটি তাওহীদের উপর প্রতিষ্ঠিত হয়ে। এটি আল্লাহর সেই স্বভাবগত দীন (ফিতরাত), যার ওপর তিনি মানবজাতিকে সৃষ্টি করেছেন। আল্লাহর সৃষ্টিতে কোনো পরিবর্তন নেই। এটিই হচ্ছে সুপ্রতিষ্ঠিত দীন; কিন্তু অধিকাংশ মানুষ তা জানে না।
Ti upravi lice svoje vjeri iskreno; prirodnoj vjeri Allahovoj, prema kojoj je ljude stvorio. Nema izmjene Allahovog stvaranja, to je prava vjera, ali većina ljudi to ne zna.
Ti upravi lice svoje vjeri iskreno; prirodnoj vjeri Allahovoj, prema kojoj je ljude stvorio. Nema izmjene Allahovog stvaranja, to je prava vjera, ali većina ljudi to ne zna.
Feewtinir yeeso maa ngon e diina kan ñiiɓugol [e mun]. [Ɗuum] ko tagoore Alla ngu O tagiri yimɓe ɓen e mum - waɗtitugol alaa e tagoore Alla nde -. Ko ɗuum woni diina focciika kan; kono ɓurɓe ɗuuɗude e yimɓe ɓen nganndaa.
მიმართე შენი სახე [მხოლოდ] ჭეშმარიტ სარწმუნოებას, [იყავი] ჰანიფი [ერთღმერთიანი], [რაც შეესაბამება] მოწყობას/ბუნებას [ადამიანისა], რომლითაც ალლაჰმა შექმნა ხალხი თავიდანვე. არ შეიძლება ალლაჰის ქმნილების შეცვლა. ეს არის სწორი [მართალი] სარწმუნოება, მაგრამ ხალხთა უმეტესობა ამას ვერ ხვდება.
So richte dein Gesicht aufrichtig zur Religion hin als Anhänger des rechten Glaubens, - (gemäß) der natürlichen Veranlagung Allahs, in der Er die Menschen erschaffen hat. Keine Abänderung gibt es für die Schöpfung Allahs. Dies ist die richtige Religion, aber die meisten Menschen wissen nicht.
Θέσε λοιπόν (ω, Προφήτη) το πρόσωπό σου με αφοσίωση προς τη θρησκεία (το Ισλάμ) ακολουθώντας την και παρεκκλίνοντας από όλες τις ψεύτικες θρησκείες. Είναι η θρησκεία του Αλλάχ στην οποία δημιούργησε τους ανθρώπους. Δεν υπάρχει αλλαγή στη θρησκεία του Αλλάχ (και μην την αλλάξετε με τον πολυθεϊσμό και την απιστία). Αυτή είναι η ορθή θρησκεία, αλλά οι περισσότεροι άνθρωποι δε γνωρίζουν.
Solleva con sincerità il tuo volto per professare la Fede: questa è l’indole che Allāh infuse nell’uomo alla sua creazione. La creazione di Allāh non si modifica mai: quella è la giusta Fede, ma gran parte della gente non lo sa.
30. Taigi pasuk tu (Muchammedai ﷺ) savo veidą link religijos Hanifa (negarbinti nieko kito, tik Vienintelį Allahą). Allaho Fitra (t. y. Allaho islamiškasis monoteizmas), su kuria Jis sukūrė žmones. Lai nebūna jokio pakeitimo Khalk-illah (t. y. Allaho religijoje – islamiškame monoteizme). Tai yra teisinga religija, tačiau dauguma žmonių nežino.
fuula kee diiniif sirreessi Karaa haqaatti dabuun, Uumaa Rabbii ishee inni irratti nama uumes (qabadhaa). Uumaa Rabbiitiif jijjiiruun hin taane. Santu amantii qajeelaadha. Garuu irra hedduun namootaa hin beekanu.
Так обрати же свой лик к религии, будучи приверженцем единобожия, в соответствии с первородной природой, согласно которой Аллах сотворил людей. Нет изменения в творении Аллаха. Это — верная религия, однако большинство людей не знают.
Ти управи лице своје вери, као прави верник, вери Аллаховој, према којој је Он људе створио – не може се мењати Аллахова вера, али већина људи то не зна.
Basi uelekeze uso wako sawasawa kwenye Dini kwa unyoofu, ndilo umbile la Mwenyezi Mungu alilowaumbia watu. Hapana mabadiliko katika uumbaji wa Mwenyezi Mungu. Hiyo ndiyo Dini iliyonyooka sawa. Lakini watu wengi hawajui.
Följ den sanna, monoteistiska tron helhjärtat; den disposition som Gud har låtit ingjuta i människans själva natur. Guds skapelse ändras inte, och detta är den rätta tron, men de flesta människor inser det inte.
Sen yüzünü hanif olarak dine, Allah’ın insanları üzerinde yarattığı fıtratına dosdoğru çevir. Allah’ın yaratmasında hiçbir değiştirme yoktur. İşte bu dosdoğru dindir. Fakat insanların çoğu bilmezler.
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ضَرَبَ لَكُم مَّثَلًا مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ هَل لَّكُم مِّن مَّا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَٰنُكُم مِّن شُرَكَآءَ فِى مَا رَزَقْنَٰكُمْ فَأَنتُمْ فِيهِ سَوَآءٌ تَخَافُونَهُمْ كَخِيفَتِكُمْ أَنفُسَكُمْ كَذَٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ ٱلْـَٔايَٰتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ
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Easy-read (simplified)daraba lakum mathalan min anfusikum hal lakum min maa malakat aymaanukum min shurakaa'a fee maa razaqnaakum fa'antum feehi sawaa'un takhaafoonahum kakheefatikum anfusakum kadhaalika nufassilu l-'aayaati liqawmin ya'qiloon
DIN 31635ḍaraba lakum maṯalan min ʾanfusikum hal lakum min mā malakat ʾaymānukum min šurakāʾa fī mā razaqnākum faʾantum fīhi sawāʾun taḫāfūnahum kaḫīfatikum ʾanfusakum kaḏālika nufaṣṣilu l-ʾāyāti liqawmin yaʿqilūna
He illustrates an example for you, from your own selves: do you make your servants full partners in the wealth We have given you? Do you revere them as you revere one another? We thus explain the revelations for a people who understand.
He coineth for you a similitude of yourselves. Have ye, from among those whom your right hands possess, partners in the wealth We have bestowed upon you, equal with you in respect thereof, so that ye fear them as ye fear each other (that ye ascribe unto Us partners out of that which We created)? Thus We display the revelations for people who have sense
He has struck out for you a parable from yourselves; have ye of what your right hand possess partners in what we have bestowed upon you, so that ye share alike therein? do ye fear them as ye fear each other?- Thus do we detail the signs unto a people who have sense
He setteth forth to you an instance drawn from yourselves. Have ye among the slaves whom your right hands have won, any partner in what we have bestowed on you, so that ye share alike? Fear ye them as ye fear each other? (Thus make we our signs clear to men of understanding)
He propoundeth unto you a comparison taken from yourselves. Have ye, among the slaves whom your right hands possess, any partner in the substance which We have bestowed on you, so that ye become equal sharers therein with them, or that ye fear them as ye fear one another? Thus do We distinctly explain our signs, unto people who understand
بَلِ ٱتَّبَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَهُم بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ فَمَن يَهْدِى مَنْ أَضَلَّ ٱللَّهُ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن نَّٰصِرِينَ
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Easy-read (simplified)bali taba'a lladheena zalamoo ahwaa'ahum bighayri 'ilmin faman yahdee man adalla llaahu wamaa lahum min naasireen
DIN 31635bali tabaʿa llaḏīna ẓalamū ʾahwāʾahum biġayri ʿilmin faman yahdī man ʾaḍalla llāhu wamā lahum min nāṣirīna
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Yet the wrongdoers follow their desires without knowledge. But who can guide whom God leaves astray? They will have no helpers.
Nay, but those who do wrong follow their own lusts without knowledge. Who is able to guide him whom Allah hath sent astray? For such there are no helpers
Nay, when those who are unjust follow their lusts without knowledge,- and who shall guide him whom God has led astray? and they shall have none to help
No, ye do not. But the wicked, devoid of knowledge, follow their own desires: and those whom God shall mislead, who shall guide, and who shall be their protector
But those who act unjustly by attributing companions unto God, follow their own lusts, without knowledge: And who shall direct him whom God shall cause to err? They shall have none to help them
30:30 — the verse above
مُنِيبِينَ إِلَيْهِ وَٱتَّقُوهُ وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ
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Easy-read (simplified)muneebeena ilayhi waattaqoohu wa'aqeemoo s-salaata walaa takoonoo mina l-mushrikeen
DIN 31635munībīna ʾilayhi wāttaqūhu waʾaqīmū ṣ-ṣalāta walā takūnū mina l-mušrikīna
The translators word this verse differently
Turning towards Him-and be conscious of Him, and perform the prayer, and do not be of the idolaters.
Turning unto Him (only); and be careful of your duty unto Him and establish worship, and be not of those who ascribe partners (unto Him)
Turn repentant towards Him; and fear Him, and be steadfast in prayer; and be not of the idolaters
And be ye turned to Him, and fear Him, and observe prayer, and be not of those who unite gods with God
And be ye turned unto Him, and fear Him, and be constant at prayer, and be not idolaters
مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ فَرَّقُوا۟ دِينَهُمْ وَكَانُوا۟ شِيَعًا كُلُّ حِزْبٍۭ بِمَا لَدَيْهِمْ فَرِحُونَ
Easy-read · not authoritative
Easy-read (simplified)mina lladheena farraqoo deenahum wakaanoo shiya'an kullu hizbin bimaa ladayhim farihoon
DIN 31635mina llaḏīna farraqū dīnahum wakānū šiyaʿan kullu ḥizbin bimā ladayhim fariḥūna
Of those who divided their religion, and became sects; each faction pleased with what they have.
Of those who split up their religion and became schismatics, each sect exulting in its tenets
Of those who have divided their religion and become sects, every party in what they have, rejoice
Of those who have split up their religion, and have become sects, where every party rejoices in what is their own
Of those who have made a schism in their religion, and are divided into various sects; every sect rejoice in their own opinion
What this study rests on, and what it refusessigned with it3 of the 4 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 the four public-domain translations - Sale 1734, Rodwell 1861, Palmer 1880, Pickthall 1930 - of 95:4, 30:30, 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. Itani 2012, the fifth translation shown with these verses, was not consulted in choosing this study's verses. Where a sentence here counts or compares the renderings, it has been checked against all five.
How this set was arrived at. The verses were found by a word search of the four public-domain translations, using terms chosen by the editor and listed here as they were searched - circumcis; circumcise; circumcised; circumcision; cut + flesh. The matching rule, stated for the re-run over five, is whole word and case-insensitive over rendering rows: circumcis is a stem and not a word, and stands for the word 'uncircumcised', reported in the answer above. 'Cut' and 'flesh' together in one verse: zero verses. The search was a way of finding passages, not a judgement about what they mean: that several translators chose the same English word is not evidence about the Arabic. A different choice of terms gives a different set.
Where the translations part company, named rather than resolved. How differently the translations word each verse is shown on that verse's page, and the study names the differences it turns on rather than choosing 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
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- Theme
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- Published
- 5 September 2026
- Updated
- 25 September 2026
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