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Talal Itani· published 2012
Has not the story reached you, of those before you, the people of Noah, and Aad, and Thamood-and those after them? None knows them except God. Their messengers came to them with the clear proofs, but they tried to silence them, and said, "We reject what you are sent with, and we are in serious doubt regarding what you are calling us to."
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Hath not the history of those before you reached you: the folk of Noah, and (the tribes of) A'ad and Thamud, and those after them? None save Allah knoweth them. Their messengers came unto them with clear proofs, but they thrust their hands into their mouths, and said: Lo! we disbelieve in that wherewith ye have been sent, and lo! we are in grave doubt concerning that to which ye call us
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
Has not the story come to you of those who were before you, of the people of Noah, and 'Ad, and Thamud, and those who came after them? none knows them save God. Apostles came unto them with manifestsigns; but they thrust their hands into their mouths and said, 'Verily, we disbelieve in that which ye are sent with, and we are in hesitating doubt concerning that to which ye call us
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Hath not the story reached you of those who were before you, the people of Noah, and Ad, and Themoud, And of those who lived after them? None knoweth them but God. When their prophets came to them with proofs of their mission, they put their hands on their mouths and said, "In sooth, we believe not your message; and in sooth, of that to which you bid us, we are in doubt, as of a thingsuspicious
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Hath not the history of the nations your predecessors reached you; namely, of the people of Noah, and of Ad, and of Thamud, and of those who succeeded them; whose number none knoweth except God? Their apostles came unto them with evidentmiracles; but they clapped their hands to their mouths out of indignation, and said, we do not believe the message with which ye pretend to be sent; and we are in a doubt concerning the religion to which ye invite us, as justly to be suspected
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
A nuk ju ka ardhur lajmi për ata që ishin para jush, për popullin e Nuhut, për adët, për themudët dhe për ata pas tyre, të cilët i di vetëm Allahu? Atyre u erdhën të dërguarit e tyre me prova të qarta, por ata i vunë duart në gojë (nga zemërimi) dhe thanë: "Ne e mohojmë atë me të cilën jeni dërguar dhe vërtet jemi në mëdyshje të madhe lidhur me atë në të cilën na thërrisni."
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বাংলা · Bengali
(হে কাফিররা!) তোমাদের কাছে কি তোমাদের পূর্ববর্তী লোকদের সংবাদ পৌঁছেনি, নূহ, ‘আদ ও সামূদ জাতির এবং তাদের পরবর্তী আরও বহু জাতির, যাদের সংখ্যা আল্লাহ ছাড়া কেউ জানে না? তাদের নিকট তাদের রাসূলগণ সুস্পষ্ট প্রমাণসহ আগমন করেছিলেন। কিন্তু তারা (ক্রোধে) নিজেদের হাত মুখে চেপে ধরল (আঙুল কামড়াতে লাগল) এবং বলল: ‘নিশ্চয়ই তোমরা যা নিয়ে প্রেরিত হয়েছ, আমরা তা অস্বীকার করলাম। আর তোমরা যে বিষয়ের দিকে আমাদের আহ্বান করছ, সে বিষয়ে আমরা গভীর ও সংশয়পূর্ণ সন্দেহে রয়েছি।’
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Bosanski · Bosnian
Zar do vas nije doprla vijest o onima prije vas, o narodu Nuhovu, i o Adu, i o Semudu, i o onima poslije njih? Samo ih Allah zna! Poslanici su im njihovi jasne dokaze donosili, ali oni su ruke svoje na usta stavljali i govorili: "Mi ne vjerujemo u ono što se po vama šalje i mi itekako sumnjamo u ono u što nas pozivate."
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Hrvatski · Croatian
Zar do vas nije doprla vijest o onima prije vas, o narodu Noinu, i o Adu, i o Semudu, i o onima poslije njih? Samo ih Allah zna! Poslanici su im njihovi jasne dokaze donosili, ali oni su ruke svoje na usta stavljali i govorili: "Mi ne vjerujemo u ono što se po vama šalje i mi itekako sumnjamo u ono u što nas pozivate."
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Fulfulde · Fulani
E kumpite ɓeen adinooɓe on araani on, yimɓe Nuuhu e Aadi, e Samuuda e ɓeen wonunooɓe ɓaawo maɓ- ɓe, anndaa ɓe si wanaa Alla? Nulaaɓe maɓɓe ɓen addanii ɓe ɓanngannduyeeji, ɓe ndutti juuɗe maɓɓe ɗeen ka kunndule maɓɓe, ɓe mbii: "minen min yed- dii ko nulidaɗon e mun kon, minen, miɗen e cikkitii e ko noddoton men e mun sikkitiiɓe".
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
განა არ მოაღწია თქვენამდე (ო, მუჰამმადის საზოგადოებავ) – ნოეს, ადის, სამუდისა და მათ შემდეგ მოსულთა შესახებ? მათი რიცხვი, ალლაჰის გარდა, არავინ იცის. მათი შუამავლები მივიდნენ მათთან [იმ ხალხებთან] ცხადი ნიშნებით [ალლაჰის გამოცხადებითა და მტკიცებულებებით], მაგრამ მათ პირში ხელები ჩაიწყვეს და უთხრეს (თავიანთ შუამავლებს): «ჭეშმარიტად, ჩვენ არ გვწამს ის, რაც შენ გამოგეგზავნა, და (ნამდვილად) ჩვენ აშკარად დამაბნეველ ეჭვში ვართ იმის მიმართ, რისკენაც მოგვიწოდებ».
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Deutsch · German
Ist denn nicht die Kunde über diejenigen, die vor euch waren, zu euch gekommen, des Volkes Nuhs, der 'Ad und der Thamud und derjenigen nach ihnen? Keiner kennt sie außer Allah. Ihre Gesandten kamen zu ihnen mit den klaren Beweisen; da steckten sie aber (vor Grimm) ihre Hände in ihre Münder und sagten: „Wahrlich, wir verleugnen das, womit ihr gesandt seid, und wir haben ja hegenden Zweifel über das, wozu ihr uns aufruft.“
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Δε σας έφτασε η είδηση (για την καταστροφή) εκείνων που ήταν πριν από σας, του λαού του Νώε, της (φυλής) ‘Αντ, της (φυλής) Θαμούντ και αυτών (των πολλών εθνών) που ήρθαν μετά απ' αυτούς - που κανείς δεν ξέρει πόσα ήταν παρά μόνον ο Αλλάχ; Οι Αγγελιαφόροι τους ήρθαν σ' αυτούς με ξεκάθαρες αποδείξεις, αλλά έβαλαν τα χέρια τους στο στόμα τους (δαγκώνοντας τα δάχτυλά τους από θυμό) και είπαν: «Αρνούμαστε αυτό με το οποίο έχετε σταλθεί, και έχουμε αμφιβολία γι' αυτό στο οποίο μας καλείτε, η οποία (αμφιβολία) μας εγείρει τη σύγχυση (και την κατηγορία εναντίον σας ότι λέτε ψέματα).»
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हिन्दी · Hindi
क्या तुम्हारे पास उन लोगों की ख़बर नहीं आई, जो तुमसे पहले थे; नूह़ की जाति की, तथा आद और समूद की और उन लोगों की जो उनके बाद थे, जिन्हें अल्लाह के सिवा कोई नहीं जानता? उनके रसूल उनके पास स्पष्ट निशानियाँ लेकर आए, तो उन्होंने अपने हाथ अपने मुँहों में लौटा लिए[3] और उन्होंने कहा : निःसंदेह हम उसे नहीं मानते, जिसके साथ तुम भेजे गए हो और निःसंदेह हम तो उसके बारे में जिसकी ओर तुम हमें बुलाते हो, एक उलझन में डाल देने वाले संदेह में पड़े हुए हैं।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Non vi è forse arrivata notizia dei vostri predecessori, i popoli di Nūħ, Ad e Thamud? E quelli che li hanno seguiti, che nessuno conosce tranne Allāh?” A loro erano venuti i Messaggeri con le Evidenze, e portarono le mani alla bocca e dissero: «In verità neghiamo ciò con cui voi siete inviati: e in verità siamo in grande dubbio su ciò a cui ci invitate!»
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
9. Argi nepasiekė jūsų žinios apie tuos, buvusius anksčiau jūsų, Nūho (Nojaus), ir Ad ir Samud žmones? Niekas nežino jų, tik Allahas. Pas juos atėjo jų Pasiuntiniai su aiškiais įrodymais, tačiau jie susikišo savo rankas į savo burnas (kandžiodami jas iš pykčio) ir sakė: „Iš tiesų, mes netikime tuo, su kuo tu buvai siųstas, ir mes tikrai stipriai abejojame dėl to, į ką mus kvieti (t. y. islamiškąjį monoteizmą).“
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.8
Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Sila oduun warra isin duraa isinitti hindhufnee? (Oduun) Kan ummata Nuuh, Aad, Samuudiifi warra isaan boodaa kan Rabbiin malee homtuu isaan hin beekne (isin hinitti hindhufnee)? Ergamoonni isaanii ragaawwan ifa ta’aniin itti dhufanii harkoowwan isaanii afaanoowwan isaanii keessatti deebisani “nuti waan isin ittiin ergamtanitti kafarree jirra. Ammas nuti waan isin itti nu waamtan irraa shakkii dhamaasaa keessa jirra” jedhan. [3]
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Русский · Russian
Разве не дошло до вас известие о тех, которые были до вас: народе Нуха, племени ‘ад и племени самуд и тех, которые были после них? Никто не знает их, кроме Аллаха. К ним приходили их посланники с ясными знамениями, но они подносили свои руки к своим устам и говорили: «Воистину, мы отвергаем то, с чем вы посланы, и, воистину, мы пребываем в тягостном сомнении о том, к чему вы нас призываете».
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Српски · Serbian
Зар до вас није дошла вест о онима пре вас, о Нојевом народу, и о Аду, и о Семуду, и о онима после њих? Само их Аллах зна! Њихови Посланици су им доносили јасне доказе, али они су стављали на уста своје руке и говорили: „Ми не верујемо у оно што се по вама шаље и ми итекако сумњамо у оно у шта нас позивате.“
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Je, hazikuwafikia habari za wale waliokuwa kabla yenu? Kaumu ya Nuhu, na 'Aadi, na Thamud, na wale waliokuwa baada yao, ambao hakuna awajuaye isipokuwa Mwenyezi Mungu? Mitume wao waliwajia na hoja zilizo wazi, na wao wakarudisha mikono yao kwenye vinywa vyao, wakasema: Hakika sisi tumeyakufuru hayo mliyotumwa nayo, na hakika sisi tuko katika shaka kubwa na hayo mnayotuitia.
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Svenska · Swedish
Har ni inte hört vad som hände era föregångare; Noas folk, [stammarna] 'Ᾱd och Thamūd, och de som levde efter dem? Endast Gud känner till dem alla. Deras sändebud kom till dem med klara bevis, men [av ilska] bet de i sina händer och sa: ”Vi förkastar helt och hållet det ni har sänts med, och vi hyser starkt tvivel om det ni kallar oss till!”
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Türkçe · Turkish
Sizden önceki Nûh, Âd ve Semûd kavimlerinin ve onlardan sonrakilerin –ki onları Allah’tan başkası bilmez- haberi size gelmedi mi? Onlara peygamberleri mucizeler getirdiler de onlar (öfkeden parmaklarını ısırmak için) ellerini ağızlarına götürüp; “Biz sizinle gönderileni inkâr ediyoruz. Bizi çağırdığınız şeyden de derin bir şüphe içindeyiz.” dediler.
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اردو · Urdu
کیا تمہارے پاس تم سے پہلے کے لوگوں کی خبریں نہیں آئیں؟ یعنی قوم نوح کی اور عاد وﺛمود کی اور ان کے بعد والوں کی جنہیں سوائے اللہ تعالیٰ کے اور کوئی نہیں جانتا، ان کے پاس ان کے رسول معجزے ﻻئے، لیکن انہوں نے اپنے ہاتھ اپنے منھ میں دبالیے[1] اور صاف کہہ دیا کہ جو کچھ تمہیں دے کر بھیجا گیا ہے ہم اس کے منکر ہیں اور جس چیز کی طرف تم ہمیں بلا رہے ہو ہمیں تو اس میں بڑا بھاری شبہ[2] ہے.
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Talal Itani2012 And when your Lord proclaimed: "If you give thanks, I will grant you increase; but if you are ungrateful, My punishment is severe."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And when your Lord proclaimed: If ye give thanks, I will give you more; but if ye are thankless, lo! My punishment is dire
Edward Henry Palmer1880 When your Lord proclaimed, 'If ye give thanks I will surely give you increase; but if ye misbelieve, verily, my torment is severe
John Medows Rodwell1861 And when your Lord caused it to be heard that, "If we render thanks then will I surely increase you more and more: but if ye be thankless. . . . Verily, right terrible my chastisement
George Sale1734 And when your Lord declared by the mouth of Moses, saying, if ye be thankful, I will surely increase my favours towards you; but if ye be ungrateful, verily my punishment shall be severe
Talal Itani2012 And Moses said, "Even if you are ungrateful, together with everyone on earth-God is in no need, Worthy of Praise."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And Moses said: Though ye and all who are in the earth prove thankless, lo! Allah verily is Absolute, Owner of Praise
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And Moses said, 'if ye misbelieve, ye and those who are on the earth altogether - then, verily, God is rich, and to be praised
John Medows Rodwell1861 And Moses said, "If ye and all who are on the Earth be thankless, yet truly God is passing Rich, and worthy of all praise
George Sale1734 And Moses said, if ye be ungrateful, and all who are in the earth likewise; verily God needeth not your thanks, though He deserveth the highest praise
Talal Itani2012 Their messengers said, "Is there any doubt about God, Maker of the heavens and the earth? He calls you to forgive you your sins, and to defer you until a stated term." They said, "You are only humans like us; you want to turn us away from what our ancestors worshiped; so bring us a clear proof."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Their messengers said: Can there be doubt concerning Allah, the Creator of the heavens and the earth? He calleth you that He may forgive you your sins and reprieve you unto an appointed term. They said: Ye are but mortals like us, who would fain turn us away from what our fathers used to worship. Then bring some clear warrant
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Their apostles said, 'Is there doubt about God, the originator of the heavens and the earth? He calls you to pardon you for your sins, and to respite you until an appointed time.' They said, 'Ye are but mortals like ourselves; ye wish to turn us from what our fathers used to serve. Bring us, then, obvious authority
John Medows Rodwell1861 Their prophets said: "Is there any doubt concerning God, maker of the Heavens and of the Earth, who calleth you that He may pardon your sins, and respite you until an appointed time?" They said, "Ye are but men like us: fain would ye turn us from our fathers' worship. Bring us therefore some clear proof
George Sale1734 Their apostles answered, is there any doubt concerning God, the creator of heaven and earth? He inviteth you to the true faith that He may forgive you part of your sins, and may respite your punishment, by granting you space to repent, until an appointed time. They answered, ye are but men, like unto us: Ye seek to turn us aside from the gods which our fathers worshipped; wherefore bring us an evident demonstration by some miracle, that ye speak truth
Easy-read (simplified)qaalat lahum rusuluhum in nahnu illaa basharun mithlukum walaakinna llaaha yamunnu 'alaa man yashaa'u min 'ibaadihi wamaa kaana lanaa an na'tiyakum bisultaanin illaa bi'idhni llaahi wa'alaa llaahi falyatawakkali l-mu'minoon
DIN 31635qālat lahum rusuluhum ʾin naḥnu ʾillā bašarun miṯlukum walākinna llāha yamunnu ʿalā man yašāʾu min ʿibādihi wamā kāna lanā ʾan naʾtiyakum bisulṭānin ʾillā biʾiḏni llāhi waʿalā llāhi falyatawakkali l-muʾminūna
Talal Itani2012 Their messengers said to them, "We are only humans like you, but God favors whomever He wills from among His servants. We cannot possibly show you any proof, except by leave of God. In God let the faithful put their trust."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Their messengers said unto them: We are but mortals like you, but Allah giveth grace unto whom He will of His slaves. It is not ours to bring you a warrant unless by the permission of Allah. In Allah let believers put their trust
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Their apostles said unto them, 'We are only mortals like yourselves; but God is gracious unto whomsoever He will of His servants, and it is not for us to bring you an authority, save by His permission; but upon God do the believers rely
John Medows Rodwell1861 Their Apostles said to them, "We are indeed but men like you. But God bestoweth favours on such of his servants as he pleaseth, and it is not in our power to bring you any special proof, But by the leave of God. In God therefore let the faithful trust
George Sale1734 Their apostles replied unto them, we are no other than men like unto you; but God is bountiful unto such of his servants as He pleaseth: And it is not in our power to give you a miraculous demonstration of our mission, unless by the permission of God; in God therfore let the faithful trust
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The cut
0.644
Share of measured verses above it
33%
Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Talal Itani · George Sale0.67
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.60
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.59
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.59
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.59
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.59
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.56
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.55
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.54
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.45
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.
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stand behind this page. Each is listed once, in the order the page first
cites it, with the licence it was cleared under and what was actually read.
Nothing on this page rests on a source that is not here.
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.