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Talal Itani· published 2012
O you who believe! Retaliation for the murdered is ordained upon you: the free for the free, the slave for the slave, the female for the female. But if he is forgiven by his kin, then grant any reasonabledemand, and pay with good will. This is a concession from your Lord, and a mercy. But whoever commitsaggression after that, a painful tormentawaits him.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
O ye who believe! Retaliation is prescribed for you in the matter of the murdered; the freeman for the freeman, and the slave for the slave, and the female for the female. And for him who is forgiven somewhat by his (injured) brother, prosecution according to usage and payment unto him in kindness. This is an alleviation and a mercy from your Lord. He who transgresseth after this will have 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
O ye who believe! Retaliation is prescribed for you for the slain: the free for the free, the slave for the slave, the female for the female; yet he who is pardoned at all by his brother, must be prosecuted in reason, and made to pay with kindness. That is an alleviation from your Lord, and a mercy; and he who transgresses after that for him is grievous woe
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Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
O believers! retaliation for bloodshedding is prescribed to you: the free man for the free, and the slave for the slave, and the woman for the woman: but he to whom his brother shall make any remission, is to be dealt with equitably; and to him should he pay a fine with liberality. This is a relaxation from your Lord and a mercy. For him who after his shall transgress, a sore punishment
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Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
O true believers, the law of retaliation is ordained you for the slain: The free shall die for the free, and the servant for the servant, and a woman for a woman: But he whom his brother shall forgive, may be prosecuted, and obliged to make satisfaction according to what is just, and a fine shall be set on him with humanity. This is indulgence from your Lord, and mercy. And he who shall transgress after this, by killing the murderer, shall suffer a grievous punishment
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
O besimtarë! Është caktuar për ju kisasi[16] për vrasje: i liri për të lirin, skllavi për skllavin dhe femra për femrën. Nëse i afërmi i të vrarit e fal vrasësin (duke pranuar dëmshpërblimin), atëherë dëmshpërblimi duhet të kërkohet njerëzishëm dhe të zbatohet (nga vrasësi) në mënyrë të mirë. Kjo është lehtësim dhe mëshirë nga Zoti juaj. E, kushdo që pas kësaj i kalon kufijtë, do të ketë dënim të dhembshëm.
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বাংলা · Bengali
হে মুমিনগণ! নিহতদের ব্যাপারে তোমাদের উপর ‘কিসাস’ (১৭) ফরয করা হয়েছে। স্বাধীন ব্যক্তির বদলে স্বাধীন ব্যক্তির, ক্রীতদাসের বদলে ক্রীতদাসের এবং নারীর বদলে নারীর মৃত্যুদণ্ড দিতে হবে। তবে তার ভাইয়ের পক্ষ থেকে কোন ক্ষমা (১৮) প্রদর্শন করা হলে যথাযথ বিধির অনুসরণ করা ও সততার সাথে তার রক্ত-বিনিময় আদায় করা কর্তব্য। এটা তোমাদের রব-এর পক্ষ থেকে শিথিলতা ও অনুগ্রহ। সুতরাং এর পরও যে সীমালঙ্ঘন করে, তার জন্য রয়েছে যন্ত্রণাদায়ক শাস্তি।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
O vi koji vjerujete! Propisuje vam se odmazda za ubijene: slobodan za slobodnog, rob za roba, i žensko za žensko. A prema onome kome od njegovog brata bude nešto oprošteno, neka onaj ko prihvati otkup postupi pravedno, a i on neka njemu isplati lijepo i po propisu. To je olakšanje od Gospodara vašeg i milost. A ko nasilje i poslije toga izvrši, njemu slijedi bolna patnja.
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Hrvatski · Croatian
O vi koji vjerujete! Propisuje vam se odmazda za ubijene: slobodan za slobodnog, rob za roba, i žensko za žensko. A prema onome kome od njegovog brata bude nešto oprošteno, neka onaj tko prihvati otkup postupi pravedno, a i on neka njemu isplati lijepo i po propisu. To je olakšanje od Gospodara vašeg i milost. A tko nasilje i poslije toga izvrši, njemu slijedi bolna patnja.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Heey mon gomɗimɓe,njottiigu farlaama he mo'on:dimo sabu dimo, jeyaaɗo sabu jeyaaɗo,deyel sabu deyel.Kala ya'fanaaɗo goɗɗum he musiɗɗo makko,ko jokkitirogol no moƴƴiri tottira e makko no moƴƴiri.Ɗum ɗoo ko hoynaneede immorde e Joomi mo'on e yurmeende.Kala oon tooñɗo ɓaawo ɗuum,no woodani mo lepte muusuɗe.
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ქართული · Georgian
ჰეი, თქვენ, რომელთაც ირწმუნეთ! თქვენთვის სავალდებულოდ დადგინდა საზღაური (ყისასი) მოკლულთა გამო: თავისუფალი — თავისუფლის სანაცვლოდ, მონა — მონის სანაცვლოდ, და ქალი — ქალის სანაცვლოდ. ხოლო თუ მკვლელს მისი ძმისგან [ანუ მოკლულის მემკვიდრის ან ახლობლისგან] რაიმე ეპატიება, მაშინ მკვლელობით საზღაურის აღება უქმდება. ამის ნაცვლად, ყველაფერი შარიათით დადგენილი წესის შესაბამისად უნდა განხორციელდეს [ანუ მკვლელმა შარიათით განსაზღვრული გამოსასყიდი (დია) უნდა გადაიხადოს], ხოლო გადახდა მას, ვინც აპატია, საუკეთესო წესით უნდა მოხდეს — დაუყოვნებლივ და სრულად. ეს [გამოსასყიდის დაწესება და პატიების ნებართვა] თქვენი უფლისგან შემსუბუქება და წყალობაა — როგორც მკვლელის, ისე მოკლულის ახლობლების მიმართ. ხოლო ვინც ამის შემდეგ ზღვარს გადააბიჯებს [ანუ პატიების ან გამოსასყიდის მიღების შემდეგ მკვლელს მაინც მოკლავს, ან მკვლელი არ გადაიხდის დადგენილ გამოსასყიდს], მისთვის მტკივნეული სასჯელია.
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Deutsch · German
O die ihr glaubt, vorgeschrieben ist euch die Wiedervergeltung für die Getöteten: der Freie für den Freien, der Sklave für den Sklaven und das Weib für das Weib. Wenn nun einem von seinem Bruder etwas erlassen wird, dann soll die Verfolgung (der Ansprüche) in rechtlicher Weise und die (Zahlungs)leistung an ihn auf gute Weise erfolgen. Das ist eine Erleichterung von Seiten eures Herrn und Barmherzigkeit. Wer aber nach diesem eine Übertretung begeht, so gibt es für ihn eine schmerzhafte Strafe.
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Ελληνικά · Greek
Ω, σεις που πιστεύετε! Ο Αλ-Κισάς (ο νόμος της ισότητας μεταξύ του εγκλήματος και της ποινής -οφθαλμόν αντί οφθαλμού, οδόντα αντί οδόντος-) έχει οριστεί για σας σε υποθέσεις φόνου εκ προθέσεως: ο ελεύθερος αντί του ελευθέρου, ο δούλος αντί του δούλου, και η γυναίκα αντί της γυναίκας (δηλ. πρέπει να σκοτώσουν τον συγκεκριμένο δολοφόνο και όχι κάποιον άλλον. Όπως στην προ-Ισλαμική εποχή όταν ένας άντρας σκοτωνόταν, η φυλή του έλεγε, ‘Ένας άντρας από εμάς ισοδυναμεί με τρείς από εσάς, και ένας δούλος από εμάς ισοδυναμεί με έναν ευγενή από εσάς και μια γυναίκα από εμάς ισοδυναμεί με έναν άντρα από εσάς.’). Μα αν ο δολοφόνος συγχωρεθεί από τον αδελφό του (δηλ. από τον επικεφαλής της οικογένειας του φονευθέντος, -και αναφέρθηκε εδώ ως αδελφός ως υπενθύμιση ότι είναι αδέλφια στο Ισλάμ και όχι εχθροί-), με αντάλλαγμα φόρο αίματος, τότε ας το ζητήσει (ο επικεφαλής της οικογένειας) με τον καλύτερο τρόπο (χωρίς να βλάψει τον δολοφόνο), και (ο δολοφόνος) θα πρέπει να τον πληρώσει με τον καλύτερο τρόπο (χωρίς αναβολή ή μείωση). Αυτή είναι ανακούφιση και έλεος από τον Κύριό σας. Έτσι, μετά απ' αυτό όποιος παραβαίνει τα όρια (δηλαδή σκοτώσει τον δολοφόνο αφού εισπράξει το φόρο αίματος), θα έχει ένα οδυνηρό μαρτύριο.
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हिन्दी · Hindi
ऐ ईमान वालो! तुमपर क़त्ल किए गए व्यक्तियों के बारे में क़िसास (बदला लेना) फ़र्ज़ (अनिवार्य)[95] कर दिया गया है। आज़ाद के बदले आज़ाद, ग़ुलाम के बदले ग़ुलाम और औरत के बदले औरत (को क़त्ल किया जाएगा)। फिर जिसे उसके भाई की ओर से कुछ भी क्षमा[96] कर दिया जाए, तो ऐसे में सामान्य रीति के अनुसार (क़ातिल का) अनुसरण करना चाहिए और भले तरीक़े से उसके पास पहुँचा देना चाहिए। यह तुम्हारे पालनहार की ओर से एक प्रकार की सुविधा तथा एक दया है। फिर जो इसके बाद अत्याचार[97] करे, तो उसके लिए दर्दनाक यातना है।
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Italiano · Italian
O credenti, vi si impone la Shari’ah nel vendicare quelli che vengono uccisi: un libero per un libero; schiavo con schiavo; femmina con femmina. Se qualcuno riceve il perdono dal fratello, bisogna giudicarlo in base a questo sentimento e deve pagare un risarcimento con benevolenza: quello è un sollievo e un atto di pietà da parte del vostro Dio; chi ucciderà ancora, dopo ciò, avrà una punizione dolorosa.
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
178. O jūs, kurie tikite! Al-Kisas (lygiateisiškumo bausmės įstatymas) yra nurodytas jums žmogžudystės atveju: laisvasis už laisvąjį, vergas už vergą, moteris už moterį. Bet jei žudikui atleidžia nužudytojo brolis (arba giminės ir t. t.) už kraujo pinigus, tada tvirtai ir sąžiningai to laikytis ir sąžiningai sumokėti kraujo pinigus paveldėtojams. Tai – palengvinimas ir gailestingumas iš jūsų Viešpaties. Ir po to, tas, kuris peržengs nustatytas ribas (t. y. paėmęs kraujo pinigus nužudys žudiką), tai jam (bus paskirta) skausminga kančia.
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Русский · Russian
О вы, которые уверовали! Вам предписано возмездие за убитых: свободный — за свободного, раб — за раба, женщина — за женщину. Но если кто-либо был прощён своим братом, то пусть он [убийца] последует одобряемому и выплатит ему [родственнику убитого] с добродетельным отношением. Это — облегчение от вашего Господа и милость. А кто преступит пределы после этого, тому — мучительное наказание.
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Српски · Serbian
О ви који верујете! Прописује вам се одмазда за убијене: слободан за слободног, роб за роба, и женско за женско. А онај коме род убијеног опрости, нека они великодушно поступе, а нека им он доброчинством узврати. То је олакшање од вашег Господара и милост. А ко насиље и после тога изврши, њему следи болна патња.
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Enyi mlioamini! Mmepewa ruhusa kulipa kisasi katika waliouawa - muungwana kwa muungwana, na mtumwa kwa mtumwa, na mwanamke kwa mwanamke. Na anayesamehewa na ndugu yake chochote, basi ashikwe kulipa kwa wema, na yeye alipe kwa ihsani. Huko ni kupunguziwa kulikotokana na Mola wenu Mlezi, na ni rehema. Na atakayevuka mipaka baada ya haya, basi yeye atapata adhabu chungu.
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Svenska · Swedish
Troende! I fall av mord är rättvis vedergällning föreskriven för er; en fri man för en fri man, en slav för en slav, och en kvinna för en kvinna. Om [gärningsmannen] däremot förlåts av sin broder, [som är den målsägande släktingen i utbyte mot blodspengar], så ska han [som förlät] begära [blodspengarna] med gott uppförande och [gärningsmannen ska överlämna] dem på ett hederligt sätt. Denna [regel] är en lindring från er Herre och nåd. Den som begår överträdelser efter detta kommer att få ett smärtsamt straff.
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Türkçe · Turkish
Ey İman edenler! Öldürülenler hakkında size kısas farz kılındı. Hür olan ile hür, köle ile köle, kadın ile kadın. Öldüren kişi, kardeşi (maktulün velisi) tarafından bağışlanmışsa artık ona örfe uymak ve bağışlayana güzellikle diyet ödemek gerekir. Bu, Rabbinizden bir hafifletme ve rahmettir. Bundan sonra da haddi aşan kimseye elem verici azap vardır.
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اردو · Urdu
اے ایمان والو! تم پر مقتولوں کا قصاص لینا فرض کیا گیا ہے، آزاد آزاد کے بدلے، غلام غلام کے بدلے، عورت عورت کے بدلے[1] ۔ ہاں جس کسی کو اس کے بھائی کی طرف سے کچھ معافی دے دی جائے اسے بھلائی کی اتباع کرنی چاہئے اور آسانی کے ساتھ دیت ادا کرنی چاہئے[2]۔ تمہارے رب کی طرف سے یہ تخفیف اور رحمت[3] ہے اس کے بعد بھی جو سرکشی کرے اسے درد ناک عذاب ہوگا۔[4]
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Talal Itani2012 That is because God has revealed the Book in truth; and those who differ about the Book are in deep discord.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 That is because Allah hath revealed the Scripture with the truth. Lo! those who find (a cause of) disagreement in the Scripture are in open schism
Edward Henry Palmer1880 That (is), because God has revealed the Book with truth, and verily those who disagree about the Book are in a wide schism
John Medows Rodwell1861 This shall be their doom, because God had sent down "the Book" with the very truth. And verily they who dispute about that Book are in a far-gone severance from it
George Sale1734 This they shall endure, because God sent down the book of the Koran with truth, and they who disagree concerning that book, are certainly in a wide mistake
Talal Itani2012 Righteousness does not consist of turning your faces towards the East and the West. But righteous is he who believes in God, and the Last Day, and the angels, and the Scripture, and the prophets. Who gives money, though dear, to near relatives, and orphans, and the needy, and the homeless, and the beggars, and for the freeing of slaves; those who perform the prayers, and pay the obligatory charity, and fulfill their promise when they promise, and patiently persevere in the face of persecution, hardship, and in the time of conflict. These are the sincere; these are the pious.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 It is not righteousness that ye turn your faces to the East and the West; but righteous is he who believeth in Allah and the Last Day and the angels and the Scripture and the prophets; and giveth wealth, for love of Him, to kinsfolk and to orphans and the needy and the wayfarer and to those who ask, and to set slaves free; and observeth proper worship and payeth the poor-due. And those who keep their treaty when they make one, and the patient in tribulation and adversity and time of stress. Such are they who are sincere. Such are the Allah-fearing
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Righteousness is not that ye turn your faces towards the east or the west, but righteousness is, one who believes in God, and the last day, and the angels, and the Book, and the prophets, and who gives wealth for His love to kindred, and orphans, and the poor, and the son of the road, beggars, and those in captivity; and who is steadfast in prayer, and gives alms; and those who are sure of their covenant when they make a covenant; and the patient in poverty, and distress, and in time of violence; these are they who are true, and these are those who fear
John Medows Rodwell1861 There is no piety in turning your faces toward the east or the west, but he is pious who believeth in God, and the last day, and the angels, and the Scriptures, and the prophets; who for the love of God disburseth his wealth to his kindred, and to the orphans, and the needy, and the wayfarer, and those who ask, and for ransoming; who observeth prayer, and payeth the legal alms, and who is of those who are faithful to their engagements when they have engaged in them, and patient under ills and hardships, and in time of trouble: these are they who are just, and these are they who fear the Lord
George Sale1734 It is not righteousness that ye turn your faces in prayer towards the east and the west, but righteousness is of him who believeth in God and the last day, and the angels, and the scriptures, and the prophets; who giveth money for God's sake unto his kindred, and unto orphans, and the needy, and the stranger, and those who ask, and for redemption of captives; who is constant at prayer, and giveth alms; and of those who perform their covenant, when they have covenanted, and who behave themselves patiently in adversity, and hardships, and in time of violence: These are they who are true, and these are they who fear God
Talal Itani2012 It is decreed for you: when death approaches one of you, and he leaves wealth, to make a testament in favor of the parents and the relatives, fairly and correctly-a duty upon the righteous.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 It is prescribed for you, when death approacheth one of you, if he leave wealth, that he bequeath unto parents and near relatives in kindness. (This is) a duty for all those who ward off (evil)
Edward Henry Palmer1880 It is prescribed for you that when one of you is face to face with death, if he leave (any) goods, the legacy is to his parents, and to his kinsmen, in reason. A duty this upon all those that fear
John Medows Rodwell1861 It is prescribed to you, when any one of you is at the point of death, if he leave goods, that he bequeath equitably to his parents and kindred. This is binding on those who fear God
George Sale1734 It is ordained you, when any of you is at the point of death, if he leave any goods, that he bequeath a legacy to his parents, and kindred, according to what shall be reasonable. This is a duty incumbent on those who fear God
These figures count the words the translations share. They measure wording, not meaning, and they do not say which translation is right.
Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
0.64 on a scale
where 0 means identical wording and 1 means no shared words. It is
computed, not judged.
The page says a verse is worded differently only above the cut below. The cut is a stated convention, not a property of the text, and it can be changed.
The cut
0.644
Share of measured verses above it
33%
Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.71
Talal Itani · George Sale0.71
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.69
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.66
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.65
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.63
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.62
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.62
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.55
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.54
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.