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Talal Itani· published 2012
Even so, We awakened them, so that they may ask one another. A speaker among them said, "How long have you stayed?" They said, "We have stayed a day, or part of a day." They said, "Your Lord knows best how long you have stayed." "Send one of you to the city, with this money of yours, and let him see which food is most suitable, and let him bring you some provision thereof. And let him be gentle, and let no one becomeaware of you."
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
And in likemanner We awakened them that they might question one another. A speaker from among them said: How long have ye tarried? They said: We have tarried a day or some part of a day, (Others) said: Your Lord best knoweth what ye have tarried. Now send one of you with this your silver coin unto the city, and let him see what food is purest there and bring you a supply thereof. Let him be courteous and let no man know of you
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
Thus did we raise them up that they might question each other. Spake a speaker amongst them, 'How long have ye tarried?' They said, 'We have tarried a day or part of a day.' They said, 'Your Lord knows best your tarrying; so send one of you with this coin of yours to the city, and let him look which of them has purest food, and let him bring you provision thereof; and let him be subtle and not let any one perceive you
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
So we awaked them that they might question one another. Said one of them, "How long have ye tarried here?" They said, "We have tarried a day or part of day." They said, "Your Lord knoweth best how long ye have tarried: Send now one of you with this your coin into the city, and let him mark who therein hath purest food, and from him let him bring you a supply: and let him be courteous, and not discover you to any one
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Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And so We awaked them from their sleep, that they might ask questions of one another. One of them spake and said, how long have ye tarried here? They answered, we have tarried a day, or part of a day. The others said, your Lord, best knoweth the time ye have tarried: And now send one of you with this your money into the city, and let him see which of its inhabitants hath the best and cheapest food, and let him bring you provision from him; and let him behavecircumspectly, and not discover you to any one
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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
Kështu, Ne i zgjuam ata që të mund të pyesin njëri-tjetrin. Njëri prej tyre tha: "Sa keni qëndruar?" Thanë: "Kemi qëndruar një ditë ose një pjesë të ditës." Atëherë thanë: "Zoti juaj e di më së miri se sa keni qëndruar. Dërgoni njërin nga ju në qytet me këto monedha argjendi, që të shohë se cili ushqim është më i pastër dhe që t'ju sjellë diçka prej tij. Por, le të tregohet i kujdesshëm dhe le të mos marrë vesh askush për ju.
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বাংলা · Bengali
আর এভাবেই আমি তাদেরকে (দীর্ঘ ঘুমের পরে) জাগিয়ে তুলেছিলাম, যাতে তারা (ঘুমন্ত অবস্থার সময়ের ব্যাপারে) একে অপরকে জিজ্ঞাসাবাদ করে। তাদের একজন বললো: ‘তোমরা কত সময় (ঘুমের মধ্যে) অবস্থান করলে?’ তাদের কেউ কেউ উত্তরে বললো: ‘আমরা একদিন কিংবা একদিনের কিছু অংশ অবস্থান করেছি।’ তাদের কেউ কেউ বললো: ‘তোমরা কত সময় অবস্থান করেছ, তা তোমাদের রবই ভালো জানেন। সুতরাং তোমরা তোমাদের কাউকে তোমাদের এই রৌপ্যমুদ্রাগুলো দিয়ে শহরে পাঠাও। অতঃপর সে যেন দেখে কোন খাদ্য উত্তম, তারপর তা থেকে যেন কিছু খাদ্য তোমাদের জন্য নিয়ে আসে। আর সে অবশ্যই যেন (শহরে প্রবেশ করা, বের হওয়া ও লেনদেনের সময়) বিচক্ষণতার সাথে কাজ করে এবং কাউকে যেন তোমাদের (অবস্থানের) ব্যাপারে না জানায়।’
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Bosanski · Bosnian
I Mi smo ih, isto tako, probudili da bi jedni druge pitali. "Koliko ste ovdje ostali?", upita jedan od njih. "Ostali smo dan ili dio dana", odgovoriše. "Gospodar vaš najbolje zna koliko ste ostali", rekoše. "Pošaljite jednog od vas s ovim srebrenjacima vašim u grad, pa nek vidi u koga je najčistije jelo i neka vam od njega donese hrane i neka bude pažljiv, neka nikome ne govori ništa o vama,
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Hrvatski · Croatian
I Mi smo ih, isto tako, probudili da bi jedni druge pitali. "Koliko ste ovdje ostali?" upita jedan od njih. "Ostali smo dan ili dio dana", odgovoriše. "Gospodar vaš najbolje zna koliko ste ostali", rekoše. "Pošaljite jednog od vas s ovim srebrenjacima vašim u grad, pa nek vidi u koga je najčistije jelo i neka vam od njega donese hrane i neka bude pažljiv, neka nikome ne govori ništa o vama,
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Ko nii Min immintiniri ɓe fii yo ɓe laɓnondir hakkunde maɓɓe, bi'oowo wi'i e maɓɓe: "No foti heewde ko ñiiɓɗon?" Ɓe mbi'i: "Min ñiiɓii ñallal maa goɗɗum e ñallal." Ɓe mbi'i: "Ko Joomi mon woni ngannduɗo emmbere ko ñiiɓuɗon, nulee goɗɗo e mon won'dude e ɗii kaaki=ceede mon ɗoo ka saare, yo o ndaaru ko hommbo e maɓɓe ɓuri laaɓde ñaamitee, yo o addan on ñaametee immorde e on ɗon, yo o molto wata go'oto tin fii mon.
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ქართული · Georgian
ამგვარად აღვადგინეთ [გავაღვიძეთ] ისინი [იმავე სახით, როგორებიც იყვნენ.], რათა ერთურთისათვის ეკითხათ [იმაზე, რამდენ ხანს იმყოფებოდნენ ისინი გამოქვაბულში]. თქვა ვიღაცამ მათგან: «რამდენხანს შევყოვნდით?!» თქვეს: «ერთ დღეს ან დღის რაღაც მონაკვეთს». [სხვებმა კი] თქვეს: «თქვენმა უფალმა უკეთ იცის, რამდენხანს შეყოვნდით, გაგზავნეთ ერთი
თქვენგანი ამ თქვენი ფულით ქალაქში. შეხედოს [ქალაქის მცხოვრებთაგან], ვისი საჭმელიც უფრო სუფთაა და მოგიტანოთ სარჩო მისგან. მაგრამ სიფრთხილე გამოიჩინოს და თქვენი არსებობა არ აგრძნობინოს არავის.
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Deutsch · German
Und auf diese Weise erweckten Wir sie auf, damit sie sich gegenseitig fragten. Einer von ihnen sagte: „Wie lange habt ihr verweilt?“ Sie sagten: „Wir haben einen Tag oder den Teil eines Tages verweilt.“ Sie sagten: „Euer Herr ist wissender darüber, wie lange ihr verweilt habt. So schickt einen von euch mit diesen euren Silbermünzen in die Stadt; er soll sehen, welche ihre reinste Speise ist, und euch davon eine Versorgung bringen. Und er soll (dabei) behutsam sein und ja niemanden etwas von euch merken lassen.
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Ελληνικά · Greek
(Όπως τους κάναμε τα παραπάνω θαύματα), ομοίως, τους κάναμε να ξυπνήσουν για να ρωτήσει ο ένας τον άλλον. Είπε ένας απ' αυτούς: «Πόσο καιρό κοιμηθήκατε;» Είπαν: «Κοιμηθήκαμε για μία ημέρα ή ένα μέρος μίας ημέρας.» Είπαν (οι άλλοι): «Ο Κύριός σας ξέρει καλύτερα πόσο καιρό κοιμηθήκατε. Στείλτε λοιπόν έναν από σας μ' αυτά τα ασημένια νομίσματά σας στην πόλη, και ας δει ποιος έχει πιο καλό φαγητό και να φέρει αγαθά απ' αυτόν, και να είναι ευγενικός και να μην κάνει κανέναν να μάθει για σας.
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हिन्दी · Hindi
और इसी प्रकार, हमने उन्हें जगा दिया, ताकि वे आपस में एक-दूसरे से पूछें। उनमें से एक कहने वाले ने कहा : तुम कितना समय ठहरे? उन्होंने कहा : हम एक दिन या दिन का कुछ हिस्सा ठहरे। (फिर) उन्होंने कहा : तुम्हारा पालनहार अधिक जानता है कि तुम कितना (समय) ठहरे। (अब) अपने में से किसी को अपना यह चाँदी का सिक्का देकर नगर की ओर भेजो। फिर वह देखे कि किसके पास अधिक स्वच्छ (पवित्र) भोजन है, तो वह उसमें से तुम्हारे लिए कुछ खाना ले आए, तथा वह नरमी व सावधानी बरते और तुम्हारे बारे में किसी को बिल्कुल ख़बर न होने दे।
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Italiano · Italian
E così li facemmo risvegliare per interrogarsi a vicenda. Disse uno di loro: “Quanto tempo siete rimasti qui?» Dissero: «Siamo rimasti un giorno o parte di un giorno?» Dissero: «Il vostro Dio sa quanto siete rimasti. Inviate uno di voi con questo vostro denaro in città per vedere cosa c’è di buono da mangiare, e che vi porti una parte delle provviste, e che faccia in modo che nessuno si accorga di voi.
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
19. Panašiai, Mes pažadinom juos (iš jų ilgo gilaus miego), kad jie klausinėtų vienas kitą. Kalbėtojas iš jų tarpo sakė: „Kiek laiko jūs (čia) praleidote?“ Jie atsakė: „(Galbūt) mes praleidome dieną arba dalį dienos.“Jis tarė: „(Vienintelis) jūsų Viešpats geriausiai žino, kiek jūs (čia) prabuvote. Taigi siųskite vieną iš jūsų su šia sidabrine jūsų moneta į miestą ir lai jis išsiaiškina, koks maistas yra geras ir leistinas ir atneša dalį jo jums. Ir lai jis būna atsargus ir neleidžia jokiam žmogui sužinoti apie jus.
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Русский · Russian
И так Мы пробудили их, чтобы они расспрашивали друг друга. Один из них сказал: «Сколько вы пробыли?» Они сказали: «Мы пробыли день или часть дня». Они сказали: «Ваш Господь лучше знает, сколько вы пробыли. Пошлите одного из вас с этой вашей серебряной монетой в город; пусть посмотрит, у кого еда чище, и пусть принесёт вам из неё пропитание; и пусть будет осторожен и не даст никому узнать о вас.
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Српски · Serbian
И Ми смо их, исто тако, пробудили да би једни друге питали. „Колико сте овде остали?“ Упита један од њих. „Остали смо дан или део дана“, одговорише. „Ваш Господар најбоље зна колико сте остали“, рекоше. „Пошаљите једног од вас са овим вашим сребрењацима у град, па нека види код кога је најчистије јело и нека вам од њега донесе храну и нека буде пажљив, и нека никоме не говори ништа о вама,
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Na kwa namna hiyo tuliwainua usingizini ili wapate kuulizana wao kwa wao. Alisema msemaji katika wao: Mmekaa muda gani? Wakasema: Tumekaa siku moja au sehemu ya siku. Wakasema: Mola wenu Mlezi ndiye anayejua zaidi muda mliokaa. Hebu mtumeni mmoja wenu na hizi fedha zenu aende mjini, akatazame chakula chake kipi kilicho bora kabisa awaletee cha kula. Naye afanye mambo hayo kwa busara, wala kamwe asiwataje kwa yeyote.
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Svenska · Swedish
Och så väckte vi dem också åter så att de skulle fråga varandra [om vad som hänt]. En av dem sa: ”Hur länge har vi varit här?” Då sa några av dem: ”Vi har väl varit här en dag eller en del av en dag.” Andra sa: ”Vår Herre vet bäst hur länge vi har varit här. Låt nu en av oss gå med dessa silvermynt till staden för att köpa det bästa ätbara och införskaffa förnödenheter därifrån. Han bör dock vara diskret och inte låta någon få den minsta aning om vår existens.
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Türkçe · Turkish
Böylece biz, birbirlerine sorsunlar diye onları uyandırdık. İçlerinden biri: “Ne kadar kaldınız?" dedi. (Bir kısmı) “Bir gün, ya da bir günden az”, dediler. (Diğerleri de) şöyle dediler: “Ne kadar kaldığınızı Rabbiniz daha iyi bilir. Şimdi siz birinizi şu gümüş para ile kente gönderin de baksın; (şehir halkından) hangisinin yiyeceği daha temiz ve lezzetli ise ondan size bir rızık getirsin. Ayrıca, çok nazik davransın (da dikkat çekmesin) ve sizi hiçbir kimseye sakın sezdirmesin.''
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اردو · Urdu
اسی طرح ہم نے انہیں جگا کر اٹھا دیا[1] کہ آپس میں پوچھ گچھ کرلیں۔ ایک کہنے والے نے کہا کہ کیوں بھئی تم کتنی دیر ٹھہرے رہے؟ انہوں نے جواب دیا کہ ایک دن یا ایک دن سے بھی کم[2]۔ کہنے لگے کہ تمہارے ٹھہرے رہنے کا بخوبی علم اللہ تعالیٰ ہی کو ہے[3]۔ اب تو تم اپنے میں سے کسی کو اپنی یہ چاندی دے کر شہر بھیجو وه خوب دیکھ بھال لے کہ شہر کا کون سا کھانا پاکیزه تر ہے[4]، پھر اسی میں سے تمہارے کھانے کے لئے لے آئے، اور وه بہت احتیاط اور نرمی برتے اور کسی کو تمہاری خبر نہ ہونے دے.[5]
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Talal Itani2012 You would have seen the sun, when it rose, veering away from their cave towards the right, and when it sets, moving away from them to the left, as they lay in the midst of the cave. That was one of God's wonders. He whom God guides is truly guided; but he whom He misguides, for him you will find no directing friend.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And thou mightest have seen the sun when it rose move away from their cave to the right, and when it set go past them on the left, and they were in the cleft thereof. That was (one) of the portents of Allah. He whom Allah guideth, he indeed is led aright, and he whom He sendeth astray, for him thou wilt not find a guiding friend
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And thou mightst have seen the sun when it rose decline from their cave towards the right hand, and when it set leave them on the left hand, while they were in the spacious part thereof. That is one of the signs of God. Whom God guides he is guided indeed, and whom He leads astray thou shalt surely find for him no patron to guide aright
John Medows Rodwell1861 And thou mightest have seen the sun when it arose, pass on the right of their cave, and when it set, leave them on the left, while they were in its spacious chamber. This is one of the signs of God. Guided indeed is he whom God guideth; but for him whom He misleadeth, thou shalt by no means find a patron, director
George Sale1734 And thou mightest have seen the sun, when it had risen, to decline from their cave towards the right hand; and when it went down, to leave them on the left hand: And they were in the spacious part of the cave. This was one of the signs of God. Whomsoever God shall direct, he shall be rightly directed; and whomsoever He shall cause to err, thou shalt not find any to defend or to direct
Talal Itani2012 You would think them awake, although they were asleep. And We turned them over to the right, and to the left, with their dog stretching its paws across the threshold. Had you looked at them, you would have turned away from them in flight, and been filled with fear of them.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And thou wouldst have deemed them waking though they were asleep, and We caused them to turn over to the right and the left, and their dog stretching out his paws on the threshold. If thou hadst observed them closely thou hadst assuredly turned away from them in flight, and hadst been filled with awe of them
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Thou mightst have reckoned them waking though they were sleeping, as we turned them towards the right and towards the left; and their dog spreading out his fore-paws on the threshold. Hadst thou come suddenly upon them thou wouldst surely have turned and fled away from them, and wouldst surely have been filled by them with dread
John Medows Rodwell1861 And thou wouldst have deemed them awake, though they were sleeping: and we turned them to the right and to the left. And in the entry lay their dog with paws outstretched. Hadst thou come suddenly upon them, thou wouldst surely have turned thy back on them in flight, and have been filled with fear at them
George Sale1734 And thou wouldst have judged them to have been awake, while they were sleeping; and We caused them to turn themselves to the right hand, and to the left. And their dog stretched forth his fore-legs in the mouth of the cave: If thou hadst come suddenly upon them, verily thou wouldest have turned thy back and fled from them, and thou wouldest have been filled with fear at the sight of them
Talal Itani2012 "If they discover you, they will stone you, or force you back into their religion; then you will never be saved."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 For they, if they should come to know of you, will stone you or turn you back to their religion; then ye will never prosper
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Verily, they - should they perceive you - would stone you, or would force you back again unto their faith, and ye would never prosper then
John Medows Rodwell1861 For they, if they find you out, will stone you or turn you back to their faith, and in that case it will fare ill with you for ever
George Sale1734 Verily, if they come up against you, they will stone you, or force you to return to their religion; and then shall ye not prosper for ever
Talal Itani2012 So it was, that We caused them to be discovered, that they would know that the promise of God is true, and that of the Hour there is no doubt. As they were disputing their case among themselves, they said, "Build over them a building." Their Lord knows best about them. Those who prevailed over their case said, "We will set up over them a place of worship."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And in like manner We disclosed them (to the people of the city) that they might know that the promise of Allah is true, and that, as for the Hour, there is no doubt concerning it. When (the people of the city) disputed of their case among themselves, they said: Build over them a building; their Lord knoweth best concerning them. Those who won their point said: We verily shall build a place of worship over them
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Thus did we make their people acquainted with their story, that they might know that God's promise is true; and that the Hour, there is no doubt concerning it. When they disputed amongst themselves concerning their affair, and said, 'Build a building over them, their Lord knows best about them;' and those who prevailed in their affair said, 'We will surely make a mosque over them
John Medows Rodwell1861 And thus made we their adventure known to their fellow citizens, that they might learn that the promise of God is true, and that as to "the Hour" there is no doubt of its coming. When they disputed among themselves concerning what had befallen them, some said, "Build a building over them; their Lord knoweth best about them." Those who prevailed in the matter said, "A place of worship will we surely raise over them
George Sale1734 And so We made their people acquainted with what had happened to them; that they might know that the promise of God is true, and that there is no doubt of the last hour; when they disputed among themselves concerning their matter. And they said, erect a building over them: Their Lord best knoweth their condition. Those who prevailed in their affair answered, we will surely build a chapel over them
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 —
0.51 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 · John Medows Rodwell0.57
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.57
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.56
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.55
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.54
Talal Itani · George Sale0.54
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.50
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.49
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.42
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.37
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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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.