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He sendeth down water from the sky, so that valleys flow according to their measure, and the flood beareth (on its surface) swelling foam - from that which they smelt in the fire in order to make ornaments and toolsriseth a foam like unto it - thus Allahcoineth (the similitude of) the true and the false. Then, as for the foam, it passeth away as scum upon the banks, while, as for that which is of use to mankind, it remaineth in the earth. Thus Allahcoineth the similitudes
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
Compare translations (4)Talal Itani· published 2012
He sends down water from the sky, and riverbeds flow according to their capacity. The currentcarries swelling froth. And from what they heat in fire of ornaments or utensils comes a similar froth. Thus God exemplifies truth and falsehood. As for the froth, it is swept away, but what benefits the people remains in the ground. Thus God presents the analogies.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
He sends down from the sky water, and the water-courses flow according to their bulk, and the torrent bears along the floating scum: and from what they set fire to, craving ornaments or utensils, comes a scum like that;- thus does God hit the truth and the falsehood;- and as for the scum it is thrown off, and as for what profits man it stays on the earth. Thus does God strike out parables
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
He sendeth down the rain from Heaven: then flow the torrents in their due measure, and the flood beareth along a swelling foam. And from the metals which are molten in the fire for the sake of ornaments or utensils, a like scum ariseth. In this way doth God depict (set forth) truth and falsehood. As to the foam, it is quicklygone: and as to what is useful to man, it remaineth on the earth. Thus doth God set forth comparisons
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Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
He causeth water to descend from heaven, and the brooks flow according to their respective measure, and the floods bear the floating froth: And from the metals which they melt in the fire, seeking to cast ornaments or vessels for use, there ariseth a scum like unto it: Thus God setteth forth truth and vanity. But the scum is thrown off, and that which is useful to mankind remaineth on the earth. Thus doth God put forth parables
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 sjell shi nga qielli, nëpërmjet të cilit rrjedhin lumenjtë me masë, ndërkohë që rrjedha mbart mbeturinat mbi sipërfaqe. Por, edhe nga ato (metale të çmuara) që i shkrijnë në zjarr për të bërë stoli ose vegla dalin mbeturina të ngjashme. Kështu e sjell Allahu shembullin e së vërtetës dhe të së pavërtetës. Sa u përket mbeturinave, ato hidhen, ndërsa ajo që është e dobishme për njerëzit mbetet në tokë. Kështu i sqaron Allahu shembujt.
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বাংলা · Bengali
তিনি আসমান থেকে বৃষ্টি বর্ষণ করেন, ফলে উপত্যকাগুলো তাদের পরিমাণ (ও ধারণক্ষমতা) অনুসারে প্লাবিত হয়। আর প্লাবন পানির ওপরের আবর্জনা বহন করে নিয়ে যায়। এরূপে অলংকার ও তৈজসপত্র তৈরির উদ্দেশ্যে তারা আগুনে যা কিছু উত্তপ্ত করে তাতেও অনুরূপ আবর্জনা (দূরীভূত) হয়।(৪) এমনিভাবে আল্লাহ হক ও বাতিলের দৃষ্টান্ত দেন। অতঃপর (প্লাবনের সাথের বা উত্তপ্ত ধাতুর ওপরের) আবর্জনা নিঃশেষ হয়ে যায়, আর যা মানুষের উপকার করে, তা জমিনে থেকে যায়। এমনিভাবেই আল্লাহ দৃষ্টান্তসমূহ পেশ করে থাকেন।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
On vodu s neba spusti, pa svakom udolinom poteče onoliko koliko može da prihvati i bujica nosi pjenu koja narasta. I ono što ljudi tope na vatri u želji da dobiju nakit ili oruđe ima, također, otpad, sličan pjeni. Tako Allah navodi primjer za istinu i neistinu: pjena se raspršuje, dok ono što koristi ljudima ostaje na Zemlji. Tako, eto, Allah navodi primjere.
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Hrvatski · Croatian
On vodu s neba spusti, pa svakom udolinom poteče onoliko koliko može da prihvati i bujica nosi pjenu koja narasta. I ono što ljudi tope na vatri u želji da dobiju nakit ili oruđe ima također otpad, sličan pjeni. Tako Allah navodi primjer za istinu i neistinu: pjena se raspršuje, dok ono što koristi ljudima ostaje na Zemlji. Tako, eto, Allah navodi primjere.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
O jippinirii ka kammu ndiyam, ɗam ili e jooli=caatli =emmbere majjam. Ilol ngol roondii ngufo hummbu-ngo. No e kon ko ɓe kuɓɓata yiite e mun fii ɗaɓɓu ɗaɓɓugol cuɗaari maa nafa-hoy, ngufo sugu mun. Ko wano nii Alla waɗirta misal goonga e fenannde. Si ko ngufo ngon, ngo yahray ɓeeɓugol, ammaa ko nafata yimɓe ɓeen kon, ɗum ñiiɓa ka leydi. Ko wano nii Alla waɗirta yeruuji ɗiin.
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ქართული · Georgian
მან გარდმოავლინა წყალი [წვიმა] ციდან – და ველები აივსო [წყლით] თავისი ზომის შესაბამისად. და (ამ) წყალდიდობამ წაიღო ქაფი, რომელიც (ზედაპირზე) ამოვიდა [1]. და იმ [ოქრო, ვერცხლი, სპილენძი]-დან, რომელსაც ისინი [ადამიანები] ცეცხლში აცხელებენ (როდესაც ადნობენ), სამკაულებისა და იარაღების გასაკეთებლად (ასევე ჩნდება) ასეთი ქაფი [2]. ამგვარად, ალლაჰი წარმოაჩენს ჭეშმარიტებასა და სიცრუეს. რაც შეეხება ქაფს, ის გადაიგდება, ხოლო ის, რაც სასარგებლოა ხალხისთვის [წყალი და ლითონი], დედამიწაზე რჩება. ასე იძლევა ალლაჰი მაგალითებს.
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Deutsch · German
Er lässt vom Himmel Wasser herabkommen, und dann fließen Täler entsprechend ihrem Maß, daraufhin trägt die Flut Schaum an der Oberfläche. Und aus dem, worüber man das Feuer anzündet, um Schmuck oder Gerät anzufertigen, entsteht ein ähnlicher Schaum. Auf diese Weise prägt Allah (im Gleichnis) das Wahre und das Falsche. Was nun den Schaum angeht, so vergeht er nutzlos. Was aber den Menschen nützt, so bleibt das in der Erde. Auf diese Weise prägt Allah die Gleichnisse.
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Ελληνικά · Greek
(Το παράδειγμα της αλήθειας και της πλάνης είναι σαν αυτό του νερού), (ο Αλλάχ) στέλνει νερό από τον ουρανό, και έτσι ρέουν κοιλάδες, η κάθε μία ανάλογα με τη χωρητικότητά της, και ο χείμαρρος μεταφέρει πάνω του αφρό, και [το ίδιο παράδειγμα είναι σαν και] αυτών (των μετάλλων) που οι άνθρωποι βάζουν στη φωτιά επιδιώκοντας να φτιάξουν στολίδια ή ωφέλιμα πράγματα, (τα λιωμένα μέταλλα έχουν πάνω τους) παρόμοιο αφρό (σκουριά). Έτσι ο Αλλάχ δίνει το παράδειγμα της αλήθειας και της πλάνης: όσον αφορά τον αφρό, αυτός θα φύγει και θα εξαφανιστεί, αλλά ό,τι είναι ωφέλιμο στους ανθρώπους (από νερό ή μέταλλα) θα παραμείνει στη γη. Έτσι δίνει ο Αλλάχ τα παραδείγματα (για να φανεί η αλήθεια).
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हिन्दी · Hindi
उसने आकाश से कुछ पानी उतारा, तो कई नाले अपनी-अपनी समाई के अनुसार बह निकले। फिर (पानी के) रेले ने उभरा हुआ झाग उठा लिया। और जिस चीज़ को वे कोई आभूषण अथवा सामान बनाने के लिए आग में तपाते हैं, उससे भी ऐसा ही झाग उभरता है। इसी प्रकार, अल्लाह सत्य तथा असत्य का उदाहरण प्रस्तुत करता है। फिर जो झाग है, वह सूखकर नष्ट हो जाता है और जो चीज़ लोगों को लाभ पहुँचाती है, वह धरती में रह जाती है। इसी प्रकार, अल्लाह उदाहरण प्रस्तुत करता है।[10]
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Italiano · Italian
Ha fatto scendere dal cielo l’acqua e da questa sono corsi i fiumi in base alla sua quantità: così le correnti generano la schiuma che si solleva. Anche quello che fanno sciogliere al fuoco per forgiare gioielli e oggetti produce della schiuma. Così Allāh evidenzia la verità e la falsità. In quanto alla schiuma, scompare nel nulla, e ciò che serve alla gente rimane in terra. Così Allāh porta in verità gli esempi.
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
17. Jis nuleidžia vandenį (lietų) iš dangaus, ir slėniai pritvinsta pagal jų plotą, tačiau nusineša putą, kylančią į paviršių – ir (taip pat) iš to (geležies rūdos), ką jie kaitina ugnyje, kad sukurtų papuošalus arba indus, kyla puta panaši į tai, taip Allahas (parabolėmis) atskleidžia tiesą ir melą. Tada, puta išnyksta kaip putos ant krantų, o tai, kas yra skirta žmonijos gerovei - lieka žemėje. Taip Allahas pateikia paraboles (tiesai ir melui, t. y. Tikėjimui ir netikėjimui).
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Русский · Russian
Он ниспослал с неба воду, и долины наполнились по своей мере, и поток понёс вздымающуюся пену. И из того, что они расплавляют в огне, стремясь получить украшение или утварь, — пена, подобная ей. Так Аллах приводит [притчу об] истине и лжи: что же касается пены, то она исчезает, будучи отброшенной; а то, что приносит пользу людям, пребывает на земле. Так Аллах приводит притчи.
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Српски · Serbian
Он воду са неба спуста, па сваком долином тече онолико колико може да прихвати и бујица носи пену која нараста. И оно што људи топе на ватри у жељи да добију накит или оруђе има, такође, отпад сличан пени. Тако Аллах наводи пример за истину и неистину: пена се распршује, док оно што користи људима остаје на Земљи. Тако Аллах наводи примере.
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Ameteremsha maji kutoka mbinguni. Na mabonde yakamiminika maji kwa kiasi chake. Na mafuriko yakabeba mapovu yaliyokusanyika juu yake. Na kutokana na wanavyoyeyusha katika moto kwa kutaka mapambo au vyombo hutokea povu vile vile. Namna hivyo ndivyo Mwenyezi Mungu anavyopiga mifano ya haki na batili. Basi lile povu linapita kama takataka tu. Na ama kinachowafaa watu hubakia kwenye ardhi. Hivyo ndivyo anavyopiga Mwenyezi Mungu mifano.
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Svenska · Swedish
Han låter regnet falla från himlen, tills dalarna flödar, var och en enligt sin storlek, och på sin yta bär flödet med sig svallande skum. Och av det som [människor] smälter i elden för att göra smycken eller redskap uppstår liknande skum. Så beskriver Gud sanning och falskhet: skummet försvinner, men det som gynnar människorna stannar kvar på jorden. Så framställer Gud sina liknelser.
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Türkçe · Turkish
O, gökten su indirdi de dereler kendi ölçülerince dolup aktı ve sel, üste çıkan köpüğü aldı götürdü. Süs eşyası veya yararlanılacak bir şey elde etmek için ateşte erittikleri şeylerden de böyle köpük olur. İşte Allah, hak ile batıla böyle misal getirir. Köpüğe gelince sönüp gider. İnsanlara yararlı olan ise yerde kalır. İşte Allah, böyle misaller verir.
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اردو · Urdu
اسی نے آسمان سے پانی برسایا پھر اپنی اپنی وسعت کے مطابق نالے بہہ نکلے[1] ۔ پھر پانی کے ریلے نے اوپر چڑھے جھاگ کو اٹھا لیا[2]، اور اس چیز میں بھی جس کو آگ میں ڈال کر تپاتے ہیں زیور یا ساز وسامان کے لئے اسی طرح کے جھاگ ہیں[3]، اسی طرح اللہ تعالیٰ حق وباطل کی مثال بیان فرماتا ہے[4]، اب جھاگ تو ناکاره ہو کر چلا جاتا ہے[5] لیکن جو لوگوں کو نفع دینے والی چیز ہے وه زمین میں ٹھہری رہتی ہے[6]، اللہ تعالیٰ اسی طرح مثالیں بیان فرماتا ہے.[7]
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DIN 31635walillāhi yasǧudu man fī s-samāwāti wal-ʾarḍi ṭawʿan wakarhan waẓilāluhum bil-ġuduwwi wal-ʾāṣāli
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Talal Itani2012 To God prostrates everyone in the heavens and the earth, willingly or unwillingly, as do their shadows, in the morning and in the evening.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And unto Allah falleth prostrate whosoever is in the heavens and the earth, willingly or unwillingly, as do their shadows in the morning and the evening hours
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And God do those who are in the heavens and the earth adore, whether they will or no! as do their shadows also morn and eve
John Medows Rodwell1861 And unto God doth all in the Heavens and on the Earth bow down in worship, willingly or by constraint: their very shadows also morn and even
George Sale1734 Whatsoever is in heaven and on earth worshippeth God, voluntarily or of force; and their shadows also, morning and evening
Easy-read (simplified)qul man rabbu s-samaawaati wal-'ardi quli llaahu qul afaattakhadhtum min doonihi awliyaa'a laa yamlikoona li'anfusihim naf'an walaa darran qul hal yastawee l-'a'maa wal-baseeru am hal tastawee z-zulumaatu wan-nooru am ja'aloo lillaahi shurakaa'a khalaqoo kakhalqihi fatashaabaha l-khalqu 'alayhim quli llaahu khaaliqu kulli shay'in wahuwa l-waahidu l-qahhaar
DIN 31635qul man rabbu s-samāwāti wal-ʾarḍi quli llāhu qul ʾafāttaḫaḏtum min dūnihi ʾawliyāʾa lā yamlikūna liʾanfusihim nafʿan walā ḍarran qul hal yastawī l-ʾaʿmā wal-baṣīru ʾam hal tastawī ẓ-ẓulumātu wan-nūru ʾam ǧaʿalū lillāhi šurakāʾa ḫalaqū kaḫalqihi fatašābaha l-ḫalqu ʿalayhim quli llāhu ḫāliqu kulli šayʾin wahuwa l-wāḥidu l-qahhāru
Talal Itani2012 Say, "Who is the Lord of the heavens and the earth?" Say, "God." Say, "Have you taken besides Him protectors, who have no power to profit or harm even themselves?" Say, "Are the blind and the seeing equal? Or are darkness and light equal? Or have they assigned to God associates, who created the likes of His creation, so that the creations seemed to them alike? Say, "God is the Creator of all things, and He is The One, the Irresistible."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Say (O Muhammad): Who is Lord of the heavens and the earth? Say: Allah. Say: Take ye then (others) beside Him for protectors, which, even for themselves, have neither benefit nor hurt? Say: Is the blind man equal to the seer, or is darkness equal to light? Or assign they unto Allah partners who created the like of His creation so that the creation (which they made and His creation) seemed alike to them? Say: Allah is the Creator of all things, and He is the One, the Almighty
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Say, 'Who is Lord of the heavens and the earth?' say, 'God;' say, 'Do ye take beside God patrons who cannot control profit or harm for themselves?' say, 'Shall the blind and the seeing be held equal? or shall the darkness and the light be held equal? or have they made associates with God who can create as He creates, so that the creation seem familiar to them?' say, 'God is the creator of everything, and He is the one, the dominant
John Medows Rodwell1861 SAY: Who is Lord of the Heavens and of the Earth? SAY: God. SAY: Why then have ye taken beside Him protectors, who even for their own selves have no power for help or harm? SAY: What! shall the blind and the seeing be held equal? Shall the darkness and the light be held equal? Or have they given associates to God who have created as He hath created, so that their creation appear to them like His? SAY: God is the Creator of all things! He is the One! the Conquering
George Sale1734 Say, who is the Lord of heaven and earth? Answer, God. Say, have ye therefore taken unto yourselves protectors beside Him, who are unable either to help, or to defend themselves from hurt? Say, shall the blind and the seeing be esteemed equal? Or shall darkness and light be accounted the same? Or have they attributed companions unto God who have created as He hath created, so that their creation bear any resemblance unto His? Say, God the creator of all things; he is the one, the victorious God
Talal Itani2012 For those who respond to their Lord is the best. But as for those who do not respond to Him, even if they possessed everything on earth, and twice as much, they could not redeem themselves with it. Those will have the worst reckoning; and their home is Hell-a miserable destination.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 For those who answered Allah's call is bliss; and for those who answered not His call, if they had all that is in the earth, and therewith the like thereof, they would proffer it as ransom. Such will have a woeful reckoning, and their habitation will be hell, a dire abode
Edward Henry Palmer1880 For those who respond to their Lord is good; but those who respond not to Him, had they all that is in the earth and the like thereof as well, they would give it for a ransom; these shall have an evil reckoning up! and their resort is hell,- an evil couch shall it be
John Medows Rodwell1861 To those who respond to their Lord shall be an excellent reward; but those who respond not to his call, had they all that the earth containeth twice over, they would surely give it for their ransom. Evil their reckoning! and Hell their home! And wretched the bed
George Sale1734 Unto those who obey their Lord, shall be given the most excellent reward: But those who obey Him not, although they were possessed of whatever is in the whole earth and as much more, they would give it all for their ransom. These will be brought to a terrible account: Their abode shall be hell; an unhappy couch shall it be
Easy-read (simplified)afaman ya'lamu annamaa unzila ilayka min rabbika l-haqqu kaman huwa a'maa innamaa yatadhakkaru ooloo l-'albaab
DIN 31635ʾafaman yaʿlamu ʾannamā ʾunzila ʾilayka min rabbika l-ḥaqqu kaman huwa ʾaʿmā ʾinnamā yataḏakkaru ʾūlū l-ʾalbābi
Talal Itani2012 Is he who knows that what was revealed to your from your Lord is the truth, like him who is blind? Only those who reason will remember.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Is he who knoweth that what is revealed unto thee from thy Lord is the truth like him who is blind? But only men of understanding heed
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Is he who knows that naught but the truth is sent down upon thee from thy Lord like him who is blind? Only those possessed of minds will remember
John Medows Rodwell1861 Shall he then who knoweth that what hath been sent down to thee from thy Lord is the truth, act like him who is blind? Men of insight only will bear this in mind
George Sale1734 Shall he therefore, who knoweth that what hath been sent down unto thee from thy Lord, is truth, be rewarded as he who is blind? The prudent only will consider
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 —
0.67 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 Sale0.72
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.71
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.71
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.69
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.67
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.64
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.64
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.64
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.64
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.61
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
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characterise what the difference means. The renderings are placed
together so the difference is visible; reading it is the reader's work.
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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.
CLEARED. Licence read verbatim from the block embedded in this very file. Ingested exactly as shipped: no normalisation, no stripping of marks, no Unicode recomposition.
Parsed structurally from the EPUB: an h3 names the surah, one p per verse with its number in its own span. An unnumbered p is the basmala and is not a verse, except in surah 1 where the basmala IS verse 1. 112 unnumbered paragraphs were found, which is 114 surahs less surah 1 and surah 9. Text is stored VERBATIM: NFC normalisation and XML entity unescaping only, because CC BY-ND forbids modification.
CLEARED on a licence read first-hand from the translator's own download page, not from an aggregator. Tanzil also hosts this translation, but under a blanket "non-commercial purposes only" term that directs the user to the translator or publisher for permission - a hosting disclaimer, not a grant - so the grant was taken from the licensor directly. The "God" edition was ingested; ClearQuran also publishes an "Allah" edition, differing in how the divine name is rendered, which is not ingested.
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.