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Talal Itani· published 2012
And Satan will say, when the issue is settled, "God has promised you the promise of truth, and I promised you, but I failed you. I had no authority over you, except that I called you, and you answered me. So do not blame me, but blame yourselves. I cannot come to your aid, nor can you come to my aid. I reject your associating with me in the past. The wrongdoers will have a torment most painful."
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
And Satan saith, when the matter hath been decided: Lo! Allah promised you a promise of truth; and I promised you, then failed you. And I had no power over you save that I called unto you and ye obeyed me. So blame not, but blame yourselves. I cannot help you, nor can ye help me, Lo! I disbelieved in that which ye before ascribed to me. Lo! for wrong-doers is a painful doom
Sources
Translation Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran·Public domain — copyright term expired
Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran·1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work
·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
Edward Henry Palmer1840–1882 · published 1880
And Satan says, when the affair is decided, 'Verily, God promised you a promise of truth; but I promised you and failed you; for I had no authority over you. I only called you, and ye did answer me; then blame me not, but blame yourselves; I cannot help you, nor can you help me. I disbelieved in your associating me (with God) before; verily, the wrong-doers, for them is grievous woe
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And after doom hath been given, Satan shall say, "Verily, God promised you a promise of truth: I, too, made you a promise, but I deceived you. Yet I had no power over you: But I only called you and ye answered me. Blame not me then, but blame yourselves: I cannot aid you, neither can ye aid me. I never believed that I was His equal with whom ye joined me." As for the evil doers, a grievous torment doth await them
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Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And Satan shall say, after judgment shall have been given, verily God promised you a promise of truth: And I also made you a promise; but I deceived you. Yet I had not any power over you to compel you; but I called you only, and ye answered me: Whereforeaccuse not me, but accuse your selves. I cannot assist you; neither can ye assist me. Verily I do now renounce your having associated me with God heretofore. A grievous punishment is prepared for the unjust
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
Kur çështja mori fund, shejtani tha: "Vërtet Allahu ju bëri premtim të vërtetë, ndërsa unë ju premtova e ju mashtrova, por unë nuk pata pushtet mbi ju, vetëm se ju thirra dhe ju m'u përgjigjët. Prandaj, mos më qortoni mua, por qortoni vetveten! Unë s'mund t'ju ndihmoj juve e as ju s'mund të më ndihmoni mua." Unë e mohoj adhurimin që ma bëtë më parë krahas Allahut. Sigurisht që për zullumqarët do të ketë dënim të dhembshëm.
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বাংলা · Bengali
আর যখন বিচারের কাজ সম্পন্ন হয়ে যাবে (জান্নাতীরা জান্নাতে এবং জাহান্নামীরা জাহান্নামে প্রবেশ করবে), তখন শয়তান বলবে: ‘নিশ্চয় আল্লাহ তো তোমাদেরকে প্রতিশ্রুতি দিয়েছিলেন সত্য প্রতিশ্রুতি, আর আমিও তোমাদেরকে (এটা-সেটা) প্রতিশ্রুতি দিয়েছিলাম, কিন্তু এখন আমি তা ভঙ্গ করলাম। তোমাদের ওপর আমার কোনো আধিপত্য ছিল না। আমি তোমাদেরকে দা‘ওয়াত দিয়েছি, আর তোমরা আমার দা‘ওয়াতে (নিজে থেকেই) সাড়া দিয়েছ। সুতরাং তোমরা আমাকে ভর্ৎসনা করো না; বরং নিজেদেরকেই ভর্ৎসনা করো। আমি তোমাদের উদ্ধারকারী নই, আর তোমরাও আমার উদ্ধারকারী নও। ইতঃপূর্বে তোমরা আমাকে যার (আল্লাহর) সাথে শরীক করেছ, নিশ্চয় আমি তা অস্বীকার করছি। নিশ্চয় যালিমদের জন্য রয়েছে যন্ত্রণাদায়ক শাস্তি।’
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Bosanski · Bosnian
I kada bude sve riješeno, šejtan će reći: "Allah vam je istinsko obećanje dao, a ja sam vam obećavao i svoja obećanja iznevjerio; ali, ja nisam nikakvu vlast nad vama imao, samo sam vas pozivao i vi ste mi se odazivali; zato ne korite mene, već sami sebe; niti ja mogu vama pomoći, niti vi možete pomoći meni. Ja nemam ništa s tim što ste me prije Njemu u obožavanju pridruživali. One koji su nepravedni sigurno čeka bolna patnja."
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Hrvatski · Croatian
I kada bude sve riješeno, sotona će reći: "Allah vam je istinsko obećanje dao, a ja sam vam obećavao i svoja obećanja iznevjerio; ali, ja nisam nikakvu vlast nad vama imao, samo sam vas pozivao i vi ste mi se odazivali; zato ne korite mene, već sami sebe; niti ja mogu vama pomoći, niti vi možete pomoći meni. Ja nemam ništa s tim što ste me prije Njemu u obožavanju pridruživali. One koji si nepravedni sigurno čeka bolna patnja."
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Seytaane wi'a, tuma fiyaaku on ñaawaa: "Pellet Alla fodiino on fodoore goonga; mi podanli on mi lunndii on. Alanaa kam e mo'on immorde e hujja, si wanaa mi nodii on, on njaabike kam. Wata on felam; pelee ko'e mon. Wanaa mi faabotooɗo on; ngoanaa on faabotooɓe kam. Mi yeddii ko kafidunoɗon mi kon [e Alla] ado (hannde)". Pellet, tooñooɓe ɓeen, hino woodani ɓe lepte muusɗe.
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ქართული · Georgian
და თქვა სატანამ, როდესაც საქმე გადაწყდა[1]: «ჭეშმარიტად, ალლაჰმა მოგცათ ჭეშმარიტი აღთქმა (რომ იქნება აღდგომა და საზღაური), მე კი მოგეცით აღთქმა (რომ არაფერი იქნება ასეთი), მაგრამ მე მოგატყუეთ [თქვენთვის ცრუ აღთქმა გავეცი]. და არ მქონდა ძალა თქვენზე, გარდა იმისა, რომ მოგატყუეთ. და მე არ მქონდა თქვენზე ძალაუფლება, გარდა იმისა, რომ მე მოგიხმეთ (ურწმუნოებასა და გზასცდენილებაში), და თქვენც შემომიერთდით. ამიტომ, ნუ დამადანაშაულებთ, არამედ დაადანაშაულეთ საკუთარი თავი (თქვენი ცოდვების გამო). მე ვერ დაგეხმარებით (ალლაჰის სასჯელისგან თავის დაღწევაში), თქვენც ვერ დამეხმარებით. ჭეშმარიტად, უარვყოფ იმას, რასაც [ამქვეყნად] თანაზიარად (ალლაჰთან) გამხადეთ. ჭეშმარიტად, უსამართლოები ისინი არიან, რომლებსაც ელით მტკივნეული სასჯელი!».
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Deutsch · German
Und der Satan sagt, nachdem die Angelegenheit entschieden ist: „Wahrlich, Allah hat euch ein wahres Versprechen gegeben, und ich habe euch (etwas) versprochen, es aber dann gebrochen. Und ich hatte (ja) keine Macht über euch, außer dass ich euch gerufen habe und ihr mir hierauf Folge geleistet habt. So tadelt mich nicht, sondern tadelt euch selbst. Ich kann euch nicht zu Hilfe kommen, und ihr könnt mir nicht zu Hilfe kommen. Ich sage mich los, dass ihr mich zuvor (Allah) beigesellt habt. Wahrlich, für die Ungerechten gibt es schmerzhafte Strafe.“
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Ελληνικά · Greek
Κι όταν θα τελειώσει το θέμα (με το να μπουν οι πιστοί στον Παράδεισο και οι άπιστοι στη Φωτιά), ο Σατανάς θα πει: «Πράγματι, ο Αλλάχ σας είχε υποσχεθεί την αληθινή υπόσχεση, ενώ εγώ σας είχα υποσχεθεί, αλλά αθέτησα την υπόσχεσή μου σε σας. Δεν είχα καμιά εξουσία (ή δύναμη) πάνω σας, εκτός του ότι σας κάλεσα, κι εσείς με ακολουθήσατε. Οπότε μη με κατηγορείτε, αλλά κατηγορείστε τον εαυτό σας. Ούτε θα σας σώσω, ούτε θα με σώσετε. Απαρνούμαι τις πράξεις σας όταν με αποδίδατε πριν ως εταίρο στον Αλλάχ στη λατρεία (και στην υπακοή). Πράγματι, οι άδικοι θα έχουν ένα επώδυνο μαρτύριο.»
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हिन्दी · Hindi
और जब निर्णय कर दिया[8] जाएगा, तो शैतान कहेगा : निःसंदेह अल्लाह ने तुमसे सच्चा वादा किया था। और मैंने (भी) तुमसे वादा किया था, तो मैंने तुमसे वादाखिलाफ़ी की। और मेरा तुमपर कोई आधिपत्य नहीं था, सिवाय इसके कि मैंने तुम्हें (अपनी ओर) बुलाया, तो तुमने मेरी बात मान ली। अब मेरी निंदा न करो, बल्कि स्वयं अपनी निंदा करो। न मैं तुम्हारी फ़रयाद सुन सकता हूँ और न तुम मेरी फ़रयाद सुन सकते हो। निःसंदेह मैं उसका इनकार करता हूँ, जो तुमने इससे पहले[9] मुझे साझी बनाया। निश्चय अत्याचारियों के लिए दर्दनाक यातना है।
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Italiano · Italian
E disse Satana quando si avverò la condanna: «In verità Allāh vi ha fatto una promessa vera, e io vi ho fatto una promessa e l’ho mancata, perché non ho su di voi nessuna autorità, se non la tentazione, e voi mi avete risposto: non incolpatemi, ma incolpate voi stessi; io non posso darvi nessun aiuto, e voi non potete aiutarmi. In verità rinnego ciò a cui mi avete associato in precedenza: in verità per gli ingiusti c’è una dura punizione!”
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
22. Ir Šaitan (Šėtonas) sakys, kai reikalas buvo nuspręstas: „Iš tiesų, Allahas pažadėjo jums teisingą pažadą. Ir aš jums pažadėjau, bet aš išdaviau jus. Neturiu aš jums jokios valdžios, išskyrus tai, kad kviečiau jus, ir jūs man atsakėte. Taigi, nekaltinkite manęs, bet kaltinkite patys save. Aš negaliu padėti jums, nei jūs galite padėti man. Aš neigiu jūsų buvusį veiksmą – manęs (Šėtono) priskyrimą kaip partnerį Allahui (paklūstant man pasaulio gyvenime). Iš tiesų, skausminga kančia Zalimūn (daugiadieviams ir nusidėjėliams).“
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Русский · Russian
И шайтан, когда всё будет решено, скажет: «Воистину, Аллах дал вам обещание истины, а я обещал вам — и нарушил обещание. И не было у меня над вами никакой власти, — я лишь призвал вас, и вы откликнулись мне. Так не упрекайте меня, а упрекайте самих себя. Я не буду вашим спасителем, а вы не будете моим. Воистину, я отвергаю то, в чём вы прежде делали меня сотоварищем [Аллаху]». Воистину, несправедливые — для них мучительное наказание.
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Српски · Serbian
И када буде све решено, ђаво ће да каже: „Аллах вам је истинско обећање дао, а ја сам вам обећавао и своја обећања изневерио; али, ја нисам никаквог доказа над вама имао, само сам вас позивао и ви сте ми се одазивали; зато не корите мене, већ сами себе; нити ја могу вама да помогнем, нити ви можете да помогнете мени. Ја немам ништа са тим што сте ме, поред Њега, обожавали. Незнанобошце сигурно чека болна патња.“
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Na shetani atasema itakapokatwa hukumu: Hakika Mwenyezi Mungu aliwaahidi ahadi ya kweli. Nami niliwaahidi; lakini sikuwatimizia ahadi yangu. Na sikuwa na mamlaka yoyote juu yenu, isipokuwa niliwaita, nanyi mkaniitikia. Basi msinilaumu mimi, bali jilaumuni wenyewe. Mimi siwezi kuwa mtetezi wenu, wala nyinyi hamuwezi kuwa watetezi wangu. Hakika mimi nilikufuru tangu zamani huko kunishirikisha kwenu na Mwenyezi Mungu. Hakika madhalimu wana adhabu chungu.
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Svenska · Swedish
När domen fallit kommer Satan att säga: ”Gud gav er ett sant löfte, medan jag gav er ett löfte som jag sedan svek. Jag hade aldrig någon makt över er, utan kunde bara kalla er [till min väg], och ni besvarade min kallelse. Klandra därför inte mig, utan klandra er själva! Jag kan inte hjälpa er, och ni kan inte heller hjälpa mig. Jag tar avstånd från att ni tidigare dyrkade mig vid sidan [av Gud]. De orättfärdiga ska verkligen få ett smärtsamt straff.”
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Türkçe · Turkish
"İş hükme bağlanıp bitince şeytan der ki: “Doğrusu Allah, size gerçek olan sözü vaat etti, ben de size vaatte bulundum, ama sözümden caydım. Benim size karşı zorlayıcı bir gücüm yoktu; yalnızca sizi çağırdım, siz de bana icabet ettiniz. Öyleyse beni kınamayın, siz kendinizi kınayın. Ben sizi kurtarıcı değilim, siz de beni kurtarıcı değilsiniz. Doğrusu daha önce beni ortak koşmanızı da tanımamıştım. Şüphesiz zalimlere acıklı bir azap vardır."
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اردو · Urdu
جب اور کام کا فیصلہ کردیا جائے گا تو شیطان[1] کہے گا کہ اللہ نے تو تمہیں سچا وعده دیا تھا اور میں نے تم سے جو وعدے کیے تھے ان کے خلاف کیا[2]، میرا تم پر کوئی دباؤ تو تھا ہی نہیں[3]، ہاں میں نے تمہیں پکارا اور تم نے میری مان لی[4]، پس تم مجھے الزام نہ لگاؤ بلکہ خود اپنے آپ کو ملامت کرو[5]، نہ میں تمہارا فریاد رس اور نہ تم میری فریاد کو پہنچنے والے[6]، میں تو سرے سے مانتا ہی نہیں کہ تم مجھے اس سے پہلے اللہ کا شریک مانتے رہے[7]، یقیناً ﻇالموں کے لیے دردناک عذاب ہے.[8]
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Easy-read (simplified)wabarazoo lillaahi jamee'an faqaala d-du'afaa'u lilladheena stakbaroo innaa kunnaa lakum taba'an fahal antum mughnoona 'annaa min 'adhaabi llaahi min shay'in qaaloo law hadaanaa llaahu lahadaynaakum sawaa'un 'alaynaa ajazi'naa am sabarnaa maa lanaa min mahees
DIN 31635wabarazū lillāhi ǧamīʿan faqāla ḍ-ḍuʿafāʾu lillaḏīna stakbarū ʾinnā kunnā lakum tabaʿan fahal ʾantum muġnūna ʿannā min ʿaḏābi llāhi min šayʾin qālū law hadānā llāhu lahadaynākum sawāʾun ʿalaynā ʾaǧaziʿnā ʾam ṣabarnā mā lanā min maḥīṣin
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 They will emerge before God, altogether. The weak will say to those who were proud, "We were your followers, can you protect us at all against God's punishment?" They will say, "Had God guided us, we would have guided you. It is the same for us; whether we mourn, or are patient; there is no asylum for us."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 They all come forth unto their Lord. Then those who were despised say unto those who were scornful: We were unto you a following, can ye then avert from us aught of Allah's doom? They say: Had Allah guided us, we should have guided you. Whether we rage or patiently endure is (now) all one for us; we have no place of refuge
Edward Henry Palmer1880 They all come out to God; and the weak say to those who were big with pride, 'We were followers of yours, can ye now avail us aught against God's torment?' They say, 'If God had guided us we would have guided you. It is the same to us if we are agonized or if we are penitent, we have no escape
John Medows Rodwell1861 All mankind shall come forth before God; and the weak shall say to the men of might, "Verily, we were your followers: will ye not then relieve us of some part of the vengeance of God?" They shall say, "If God had guided us, we surely had guided you. It is now all one whether we be impatient, or endure with patience. We have no escape
George Sale1734 And they shall all come forth into the presence of God at the last day: And the weak among them shall say unto those who behaved themselves arrogantly, verily we were your followers on earth; will ye not therefore avert from us some part of the divine vengeance? They shall answer, if God had directed us aright, we had certainly directed you. It is equal unto us whether we bear our torments impatiently, or whether we endure them with patience: For we have no way to escape
DIN 31635waʾudḫila llaḏīna ʾāmanū waʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti ǧannātin taǧrī min taḥtihā l-ʾanhāru ḫālidīna fīhā biʾiḏni rabbihim taḥiyyatuhum fīhā salāmun
Talal Itani2012 But those who believed and did good deeds will be admitted into gardens beneath which rivers flow, to remain therein forever, by leave of their Lord. Their greeting therein will be: "Peace."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And those who believed and did good works are made to enter Gardens underneath which rivers flow, therein abiding by permission of their Lord, their greeting therein: Peace
Edward Henry Palmer1880 But I will cause those who believe and do aright to enter gardens beneath which rivers flow, to dwell therein for aye by the permission of their Lord; their salutation therein is 'Peace
John Medows Rodwell1861 But they who shall have believed and done the things that be right, shall be brought into gardens beneath which the rivers flow: therein shall they abide for ever by the permission of their Lord: their greeting therein shall be "Peace
George Sale1734 But they who shall have believed and wrought righteousness, shall be introduced into gardens, wherein rivers flow; they shall remain therein for ever, by the permission of their Lord; and their salutation therein shall be, Peace
Talal Itani2012 Do you not see how God presents a parable? A good word is like a good tree-its root is firm, and its branches are in the sky.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Seest thou not how Allah coineth a similitude: A goodly saying, as a goodly tree, its root set firm, its branches reaching into heaven
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Dost thou not see how God strikes out a parable? A good word is like a good tree whose root is firm, and whose branches are in the sky
John Medows Rodwell1861 Seest thou not to what God likeneth a good word? To a good tree: its root firmly fixed, and its branches in the Heaven
George Sale1734 Dost thou not see how God putteth forth a parable; representing a good word, as a good tree, whose root is firmly fixed in the earth, and whose branches reach unto heaven
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 —
0.61 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
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.72
Talal Itani · George Sale0.67
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.66
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.66
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.63
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.60
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.59
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.56
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.55
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.48
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.
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13 September 2026, 10:56 UTC
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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.