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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.
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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.
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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.
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
He said, "O my people, have you considered? What if I have clear evidence from my Lord, and He has given me goodlivelihood from Himself? I have no desire to do what I forbid you from doing. I desire nothing but reform, as far as I can. My successlies only with God. In Him I trust, and to Him I turn."
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
He said: O my people! Bethink you: if I am (acting) on a clear proof from my Lord and He sustaineth me with fairsustenance from Him (how can I concede aught to you)? I desire not to do behind your backs that which I ask you not to do. I desire naught save reform so far as I am able. My welfare is only in Allah. In Him I trust and unto Him I turn (repentant)
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
He said, 'O my people! Do ye see? If I stand upon a manifestsign from my Lord, and He provides me from Himself with a goodly provision, and I consent not with you to that which I forbid you, I only wish to better you so far as I can,- nor comes my grace through any one but God; on Him do I rely, and unto Him I turn
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
He said, "O my people! How think ye? If I have a clear revelation from my Lord, and if from Himself He hath supplied me with goodly supplies, and if I will not follow you in that which I myself forbid you, do I seek aught but your amendment so far as in me lieth? My solehelp is in God. In Him do I trust, and to Him do I turn me
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
He said, O my people, tell me; if I have received an evidentdeclaration from my Lord, and He hath bestowed on me an excellent provision, and I will not consent unto you in that which I forbid you; do I seek any other than your reformation, to the utmost of my power? My support is from God alone; on Him do I trust, and unto Him do I turn me
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
Ai tha: "O populli im! Më thoni, a edhe nëse unë po mbështetem në prova të qarta nga Zoti im dhe Ai më ka dhënë nga ana e Tij begati të mirë (ta lë rrugën e drejtë)?! Unë nuk dua të bëj atë që po jua ndaloj. Unë dua vetëm të përmirësoj aq sa mundem. E, suksesi im varet vetëm nga Allahu. Atij i jam mbështetur dhe tek Ai kthehem.
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
সে (শু‘আইব) বললো: ‘হে আমার সম্প্রদায়! তোমরা কি মনে করো, আমি যদি আমার রবের পক্ষ থেকে সুস্পষ্ট প্রমাণের ওপর থাকি এবং তিনি আমাকে তাঁর পক্ষ থেকে উত্তম রিযক দান করে থাকেন, (তাহলে কী করে আমি আমার দায়িত্ব পরিত্যাগ করব)? যে কাজ থেকে আমি তোমাদেরকে নিষেধ করছি, সেই কাজ নিজে করে তোমাদের বিরোধিতা করতে চাই না। আমি আমার সাধ্যমতো (তাওহীদ ও আল্লাহর আনুগত্যের দিকে দাওয়াতের মাধ্যমে তোমাদের) সংশোধন চাই। আল্লাহর সহায়তা ছাড়া আমার কোন তাওফীক নেই। আমি তাঁরই ওপর তাওয়াক্কুল করেছি এবং তাঁরই কাছেই ফিরে যাবো।’
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
"O narode moj", govorio je on, "šta mislite, ako sam pri jasnom dokazu od Gospodara moga i On mi dao lijepu opskrbu?! Ja ne želim činiti ono što vama zabranjujem; jedino želim učiniti dobro koliko mogu, a uspjeh moj zavisi samo od Allaha; u Njega se uzdam i Njemu se obraćam.
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
"O narode moj," govorio je on, "što mislite, ako sam pri jasnom dokazu od Gospodara moga i On mi dao lijepu opskrbu?! Ja ne želim činiti ono što vama zabranjujem; jedino želim učiniti dobro koliko mogu, a uspjeh moj zavisi samo od Allaha; u Njega se uzdam i Njemu se obraćam.
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
O maaki: "eeheymon yo yimɓe am, kaalaneekam: si miɗo e ɓanngannduyee immorde ka Joomi am, O arsikii lam immorde ka makko arsike moƴƴo?... mi faandaaki lunndaade on e kon haɗay-mi on e muuɗum. mi faandaaki si wonaa moƴƴingol fotde yeru am on. Kawral am wonaani si wonaa ka Alla. Ko e makko mi fawii, ko ka makko mi ruttotoo".
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
(შუამავალმა შუ'აიბმა) უთხრა: «ჰეი, ჩემო ხალხო! თუ გიფიქრიათ, თუ მე ჩემი ღმერთისგან ცხად მტკიცებულებაზე ვარ და მან მომცა თავისგან მშვენიერი სარჩო? და არ მსურს, რომ შეგეწინააღმდეგოთ იმაში, რასაც გიკრძალავთ. მე მხოლოდ გამოსწორება მსურს, რამდენადაც შემიძლია. და ჩემი წარმატება მხოლოდ ალლაჰისგანაა. მასზე ვარ მინდობილი და მხოლოდ მას მივმართავ (მონანიებით).
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
Er sagte: „O mein Volk, was meint ihr, wenn ich mich auf einem klaren Beweis von meinem Herrn befinde und Er mir eine gute Versorgung gewährt hat? Und ich will mich (dann in meinem Vorhaben) von euch nicht unterscheiden, indem ich das tue, was ich euch untersage. Ich will nur Besserung, soweit ich kann. Und mein Erfolg liegt nur bei Allah (allein). Auf Ihn verlasse ich mich, und Ihm wende ich mich reuig zu.
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
Είπε (ο Σου‘άιμπ): «Ω, λαέ μου! Βλέπετε, εάν έχω μια ξεκάθαρη απόδειξη από τον Κύριό μου (που επιβεβαιώνει την ειλικρίνειά μου), και μου παρέχει καλά αγαθά απ' Αυτόν (χωρίς να εξαπατήσω κανέναν), (πώς θα είναι λοιπόν η κατάστασή σας αν αρνείστε το κάλεσμά μου;)! Και δε θέλω να διαπράττω ό,τι σας απαγορεύω, (ούτε θέλω κάποια προσωπικά συμφέροντα) αλλά αυτό που θέλω είναι μόνο η διόρθωση (της κατάστασή σας) όσο καλύτερα μπορώ. Η επιτυχία μου δε βασίζεται σε κανέναν παρά μόνο στον Αλλάχ. Αυτόν και μόνο εμπιστεύομαι και προς Αυτόν και μόνο στρέφομαι με μεταμέλεια.
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
शुऐब ने कहा : ऐ मेरी जाति के लोगो! तुम बताओ, यदि मैं अपने पालनहार की ओर से स्पष्ट प्रमाण पर हूँ और उसने मुझे अच्छी जीविका प्रदान की हो, (तो कैसे तुम्हारा साथ दूँ?) मैं नहीं चाहता कि तुम्हारा विरोध करते हुए वह कार्य करूँ, जिससे तुम्हें रोक रहा हूँ। मैं जहाँ तक हो सके, सुधार ही चाहता हूँ और यह जो कुछ करना चाहता हूँ, मुझे इसका सामर्थ्य अल्लाह ही से मिलेगा। मैंने उसी पर भरोसा किया है और उसी की ओर लौटता हूँ।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Disse: «O popolo mio, avete visto se ho una consapevolezza dal mio Dio? E Lui mi ha donato da parte Sua una buona grazia. Io non voglio discordare con voi su quello che vi ho sconsigliato: voglio solo correggere quello che posso. E il mio successo non può esistere se non da Allāh. In Lui confido e a Lui torno umilmente.
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
88. Jis tarė: „Mano žmonės, pasakykite man, jei aš turėsiu aiškų įrodymą iš savo Viešpaties ir Jis būtų suteikęs man gerą aprūpinimą nuo Savęs (ar aš gadinčiau jį maišydamas tai su neteisėtai įgytais pinigais?). Norėčiau, priešingai nei jūs, nedaryti to, ką jums draudžiu. Aš tik noriu pagerinti iš geriausių savo gebėjimų. Ir mano teisingas vedimas negali būti kitaip, nei tik iš Allaho. Juo aš pasitikiu ir Jam atgailauju.
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
Ni jedhe: “Yaa ummata kiyya! Mee naaf himaa; yoon ragaa ifa ba’aa Gooftaa kiyya irraa ta’e irra jiraadhee, innis kennaa gaarii Isa biraa ta’e naaf kenne, (sila qabeenya karaan alaatiin walitti makuun qabaa), Ani waanin irraa isin dhorge (hojjachuun) isin faallessuu hin fedhu, Ani hangan danda’een (isin) tolchuu malee hin fedhu, Haqa qunnamuun kiyyas Rabbi irraa malee hin taane, Isa irratti hirkadhe; garuma isaan deebi’a.
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
Он сказал: «О народ мой! Как вы думаете: а если я опираюсь на ясное доказательство от моего Господа, и Он даровал мне от Себя благой удел, — [то что вы скажете тогда]? И я не желаю, [отличаясь] от вас, [совершать] то, от чего удерживаю вас. Воистину, я не желаю ничего, кроме исправления, насколько это в моих силах. И нет мне успеха, кроме как от Аллаха; на Него я уповаю и к Нему обращаюсь [с покаянием].
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
„О мој народе“, говорио је он, „шта мислите, ако ја имам јасан доказ од мога Господара, а притом ми је Он дао и лепу опскрбу?! Ја не желим да чиним оно што вама забрањујем; једино желим да учиним добро колико могу, а мој успех зависи само од Аллаха; у Њега се уздам и Њему се обраћам.
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
Akasema: Enyi kaumu yangu! Mnaonaje ikiwa ninao ushahidi ulio wazi kutoka kwa Mola wangu Mlezi, na ikawa Yeye ameniruzuku riziki njema kutoka kwake? Wala mimi sitaki kuwahalifu nikafanya yale ninayowakataza. Sitaki isipokuwa kutengeneza kiasi ninavyoweza. Na sipati kuwezeshwa haya isipokuwa na Mwenyezi Mungu. Kwake Yeye ninategemea, na kwake Yeye ninarudi.
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Svenska · Swedish
Han sa: ”Mitt folk! Tänk om jag har ett klart bevis från min Herre, och han har skänkt mig från sin frikostiga försörjning. Jag ska själv inte göra sådant som jag förbjuder er. Jag vill bara, så gott jag förmår, ställa till rätta. Det är bara med Guds hjälp jag kan lyckas med det. Det är endast till honom jag sätter min lit och endast till honom jag vänder mig.”
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
Şuayb, şöyle dedi: ''Ey kavmim! Söyleyin bakayım. Ya ben Rabbimden gelen açık bir delil üzere isem ve katından bana güzel bir rızık vermişse! Ben size yasakladığımı kendim yapmak istemiyorum. Ben sadece gücüm yettiğince (sizi) düzeltmek istiyorum. Başarım ancak Allah’ın yardımı iledir. Ben sadece O’na tevekkül ettim ve sadece O’na yöneliyorum.''
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
کہا اے میری قوم! دیکھو تو اگر میں اپنے رب کی طرف سے روشن دلیل لئے ہوئے ہوں اور اس نے مجھے اپنے پاس سے بہترین روزی دے رکھی ہے[1] ، میرا یہ اراده بالکل نہیں کہ تمہارا خلاف کر کے خود اس چیز کی طرف جھک جاؤں جس سے تمہیں روک رہا ہوں[2]، میرا اراده تو اپنی طاقت بھر اصلاح کرنے کا ہی ہے۔ میری توفیق اللہ ہی کی مدد سے ہے[3]، اسی پر میرا بھروسہ ہے اور اسی کی طرف میں رجوع کرتا ہوں.[4]
Translated by Muhammad Ibrahim Junagarhi, developed under the supervision of the Rowwad Translation Center. The original translation is available for the purpose of expressing opinion, evaluation, and continuous development.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.3
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Talal Itani2012 What is left by God is best for you, if you are believers. And I am not a guardian over you."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 That which Allah leaveth with you is better for you if ye are believers; and I am not a keeper over you
Edward Henry Palmer1880 God's residue is better for you if ye be believers. But I am not a guardian over you
John Medows Rodwell1861 A residue, the gift of God, will be best for you if ye are believers
George Sale1734 The residue which shall remain unto you as the gift of God, after ye shall have done justice to others, will be better for you, than wealth gotten by fraud; if ye be true believers. I am no guardian over you
Easy-read (simplified)qaaloo yaa shu'aybu asalaatuka ta'muruka an natruka maa ya'budu aabaa'unaa aw an naf'ala fee amwaalinaa maa nashaa'u innaka la'anta l-haleemu r-rasheed
Talal Itani2012 They said, "O Shuaib, does your prayer command you that we abandon what our ancestors worshiped, or doing with our wealth what we want? You are the one who is intelligent and wise."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 They said: O Shu'eyb! Doth thy way of prayer command thee that we should forsake that which our fathers (used to) worship, or that we (should leave off) doing what we will with our own property. Lo! thou art the mild, the guide to right behaviour
Edward Henry Palmer1880 They said, 'O Shohaib! Do thy prayers bid thee that we should forsake what our fathers served, or that we should not do as we please with our wealth? Thou art, forsooth, the clement and straightforward one
John Medows Rodwell1861 They said to him, "O Shoaib! is it thy prayers which enjoin that we should leave what our fathers worshipped, or that we should not do with our substance as pleaseth us? Thou forsooth art the mild, the right director
George Sale1734 They answered, O Shoaib, do thy prayers enjoin thee, that we should leave the gods which our fathers worshipped; or that we should not do what we please with our substance? Thou only, it seems, art the wise person, and fit to direct
Talal Itani2012 "O my people, let not your hostility towards me cause you to suffer what was suffered by the people of Noah, or the people of Hud, or the people of Saleh. The people of Lot are not far away from you."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And, O my people! Let not the schism with me cause you to sin so that there befall you that which befell the folk of Noah and the folk of Hud, and the folk of Salih; and the folk of Lot are not far off from you
Edward Henry Palmer1880 O my people! let not a breach with me make you so sin that there befall you the like of that which befell the people of Noah, or the people of Hud, or the people of Zalih - nor are the people of Lot so far from you
John Medows Rodwell1861 O my people! let not your opposition to me draw down upon you the like of that which befel the people of Noah, or the people of Houd, or the people of Saleh: and the abodes of the people of Lot are not far distant from you
George Sale1734 O my people, let not your opposing of me, draw on you a vengeance like unto that which fell on the people of Noah, or the people of Hud, or the people of Saleh: Neither was the people of Lot far distant from you
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 —
0.64 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 Sale0.71
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.68
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.67
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.66
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.65
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.63
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.60
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.60
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.60
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.58
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.