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Divorced women shall wait by themselves for three periods. And it is not lawful for them to conceal what God has created in their wombs, if they believe in God and the Last Day. Meanwhile, their husbands have the better right to take them back, if they desire reconciliation. And women have rights similar to their obligations, according to what is fair. But men have a degree over them. God is Mighty and Wise.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Women who are divorced shall wait, keeping themselves apart, three (monthly) courses. And it is not lawful for them that they should conceal that which Allah hath created in their wombs if they are believers in Allah and the Last Day. And their husbands would do better to take them back in that case if they desire a reconciliation. And they (women) have rights similar to those (of men) over them in kindness, and men are a degree above them. Allah is Mighty, Wise
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
Divorced women must wait for themselves three courses; and it is not lawful to them that they hide what God has created in their wombs, if they believe in God and in the last day. Their husbands will do better to take them back in that (case) if they wish for reconciliation; for, the same is due to them as from them; but the men should have precedence over them. God is mighty and wise
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Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
The divorced shall wait the result, until they have had their courses thrice, nor ought they to conceal what God hath created in their wombs, if they believe in God and the last day; and it will be more just in their husbands to bring them back when in this state, if they desire what is right. And it is for the women to act as they (the husbands) act by them, in all fairness; but the men are a step above them. God is Mighty, Wise
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
The women who are divorced shall wait concerning themselves until they have their courses thrice, and it shall not be lawful for them to conceal that which God hath created in their wombs, if they believe in God and the last day; and their husbands will act more justly to bring them back at this time, if they desire a reconciliation. The women ought also to behave towards their husbands in likemanner as their husbands should behave towards them, according to what is just: But the men ought to have a superiority over them. God is mighty and wise
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
Gratë e ndara duhet të presin tri cikle mujore dhe atyre nuk u lejohet të fshehin atë që ka krijuar Allahu në mitrat e tyre, nëse e besojnë Allahun dhe Ditën e Fundit. Burrat e tyre kanë të drejtë t'i kthejnë ato gjatë kësaj kohe, në qoftë se duan pajtim. Ato kanë po aq të drejta sa dhe detyra, sipas arsyes së shëndoshë, ndonëse burrat kanë një shkallë sipër tyre. Allahu është i Gjithëfuqishëm dhe i Urtë.
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বাংলা · Bengali
আর তালাকপ্রাপ্তা নারীগণ তিন ঋতুস্রাব (৫৯) অতিবাহিত হওয়া পর্যন্ত (পুনরায় বিয়ের বন্ধন থেকে) বিরত থাকবে। আর তারা আল্লাহ ও আখিরাতের উপর ঈমান রাখলে তাদের গর্ভাশয়ে আল্লাহ যা সৃষ্টি করেছেন তা গোপন রাখা তাদের পক্ষে হালাল নয়। আর যদি তারা (ইদ্দত চলাকালীন সময়ে) আপোশ-নিষ্পত্তি করতে চায়, তবে এতে তাদের পুনঃ গ্রহণে তাদের স্বামীরাই বেশি অধিকার রাখে। আর নারীদের তেমনি ন্যায়সংগত অধিকার আছে, যেমন আছে তাদের উপর পুরুষদের অধিকার। আর (৬০) নারীদের উপর পুরুষদের একটি আলাদা মর্যাদা আছে। আর আল্লাহ মহাপরাক্রমশালী, প্রজ্ঞাময়।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
Puštene žene neka čekaju tri mjesečna pranja; i nije im dopušteno da kriju ono što je Allah stvorio u matericama njihovim, ako u Allaha i u onaj svijet vjeruju! Muževi njihovi su preči da ih vrate dok su u tome, ako žele pomirenje. One imaju onoliko prava koliko i obaveza; treba da ih izvrše lijepo i po propisu. A muškarci su nad njima za jedan stepen! Allah je, doista, silan i mudar.
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Hrvatski · Croatian
Puštene žene neka čekaju tri mjesečnice; i nije im dopušteno da kriju ono što je Allah stvorio u maternicama njihovim, ako u Allaha i u Onaj svijet vjeruju! Muževi njihovi su preči da ih vrate dok su u tome, ako žele pomirenje. One imaju onoliko prava koliko i obaveza; trebaju ih izvršiti lijepo i po propisu. A muškarci su nad njima za jednu razinu! Allah je, doista, silan i mudar.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Seeraaɓe ɓen yo habbiŋtin ko'e maɓɓe ɗen laaɓe tati; dagaŋtaako ɓe suuɗugol kon ko Alla Tagi ka ndeer renngaaji maɓɓe, si wonii hiɓe gomɗimɓe Alla e ñalaande sakkitiinde. Ko moodiɓɓe maɓɓe jojjidi ruttugol ɓe e ɗum, si hawrii hiɓe faalaa weldital. No woodani ɓen [rewɓe] yeru kon ko fawiiɓe, no moƴƴiri. No woodani worɓe ɓen: ɓural e dow maɓɓe. Alla ko fooluɗo ñeeñɗuɗo.
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ქართული · Georgian
განქორწინებულმა (ქალებმა, რომლებსაც მენსტრუაცია აქვთ) უნდა მოიცადონ (განქორწინების შემდეგ, სხვა კაცზე დაქორწინების გარეშე და თავის შეკავებით) საკუთარი თავი სამი პერიოდი [ან სამი მენსტრუაცია, ან სამი სუფთა პერიოდი] (რათა დადასტურდეს, რომ ისინი ორსულად არ არიან). და მათთვის [განქორწინებული ქალებისთვის] არ არის ნებადართული დამალონ ის, რაც ალლაჰმა მათ საშვილოსნოში შექმნა [არის თუ არა ორსულობა ან როდის დგება მენსტრუაცია], თუ ისინი (ჭეშმარიტად) ირწმუნებენ ალლაჰს და უკანასკნელ დღეს. და მათი ქმრები მეტად უფლებამოსილნი არიან დააბრუნონ ისინი [განქორწინებული ცოლი] ამ დროს [‘იდდის — განქორწინების შემდგომი ვადის პერიოდში], თუ შერიგებას ისურვებენ. და მათთვის [ქალებისთვის] არის იგივე, რაც (დაკისრებულია) მათზე მიღებული წესის მიხედვით (ალლაჰის დადგენილების შესაბამისად). და ქმრებს აქვთ მათზე [ცოლებზე] ხარისხი [ვალდებულება უზრუნველყონ ცოლი]. და ალლაჰი — ძლევამოსილი, ბრძენია.
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Deutsch · German
Und die geschiedenen Frauen sollen (mit sich) selbst drei Perioden abwarten. Und es ist ihnen nicht erlaubt, zu verheimlichen, was Allah in ihren Mutterleibern erschaffen hat, wenn sie an Allah und den Jüngsten Tag glauben. Und ihre Ehemänner haben ein größeres Anrecht, sie zurückzunehmen, wenn sie eine Aussöhnung wollen. Und ihnen (also den Frauen) steht in rechtlicher Weise (gegenüber den Männern) das gleiche zu, wie (den Männern) gegenüber ihnen. Die Männer stehen aber eine Stufe über ihnen. Und Allah ist allmächtig und allweise.
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Ελληνικά · Greek
Οι διαζευγμένες γυναίκες παραμένουν στην αναμονή για τρεις περιόδους (κατά τις οποίες δεν μπορούν να παντρευτούν κάποιον άλλον), και δεν επιτρέπεται σ' αυτές να κρύψουν αυτό που ο Αλλάχ δημιούργησε στις μήτρες τους (από παιδιά), αν πιστεύουν στον Αλλάχ και στην Έσχατη Ημέρα. Και οι σύζυγοί τους έχουν το δικαίωμα να τις πάρουν πίσω (στον έγγαμο βίο) κατά αυτό (το χρονικό διάστημα), αν σκοπεύουν συμφιλίωση (και διόρθωση και καλοσύνη και όχι για να τις βλάψουν). Και γι’ αυτές υπάρχουν δικαιώματα (απέναντι στους συζύγους τους), όπως τα καθήκοντα που υπάρχουν σ’ αυτές (προς αυτούς), σύμφωνα με τον δίκαιο τρόπο. Και οι άνδρες (οι σύζυγοί) έχουν ένα βαθμό (ευθύνης) πάνω σ' αυτές. Και ο Αλλάχ είναι ‘Αζείζ (Παντοδύναμος, Ανίκητος) και Χακείμ (Πάνσοφος).
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हिन्दी · Hindi
तथा जिन स्त्रियों को तलाक़ दे दी गई है, वे तीन बार मासिक धर्म आने तक अपने आपको (विवाह से) प्रतीक्षा में रखें। और उनके लिए ह़लाल (वैध) नहीं कि वह चीज़ छिपाएँ जो अल्लाह ने उनके गर्भाशयों में पैदा[144] की है, यदि वे अल्लाह तथा अंतिम दिन पर ईमान रखती हैं। तथा उनके पति इस अवधि में उन्हें वापस लौटाने के अधिक हक़दार[145] हैं, यदि वे मामला ठीक रखने[146] का इरादा रखते हों। तथा परंपरा के अनुसार उन (स्त्रियों)[147] के लिए उसी तरह अधिकार (हक़) है, जैसे उनके ऊपर (पुरुषों का) अधिकार है। तथा पुरुषों को उन (स्त्रियों) पर एक दर्जा प्राप्त है और अल्लाह सब पर प्रभुत्वशाली, पूर्ण हिकमत वाला है।
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Italiano · Italian
Le divorziate devono ritirarsi per tre cicli mestruali, e a loro è proibito nascondere ciò che Allāh ha creato nei loro ventri, se credono in Allāh e nell’Ultimo Giorno. E i loro mariti hanno più diritto di riprenderle, se entrambi voglio tornare insieme. E loro godono di pari diritti e doveri, ma gli uomini sono di un grado sopra di loro. E Allāh è Potente, Saggio.
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
228. O išsiskyrusi moteris turi laukti tris menstruacijų laikotarpius. Ir neleistina joms nuslėpti tai, ką Allahas sukūrė jų gimdose, jei jos tiki Allahą ir Paskutiniąją Dieną. Ir jų sutuoktiniai turi didesnę teisę susigrąžinti jas tuo laikotarpiu, jei jie siekia susitaikymo. Ir jos (moterys) turi teises (į išlaikymą) panašias į jų (sutuoktinių teises į paklusnumą ir pagarbą) pagal pripažintas normas, bet vyrai turi aukštesnį (pareigų mastą) joms. Ir Allahas yra Visagalis, Visa Išmanantis.
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Русский · Russian
Разведённые женщины выжидают самостоятельно три менструальных цикла. И не дозволено им скрывать то, что Аллах сотворил в их утробах, если они веруют в Аллаха и в Последний день. Их мужья имеют больше прав вернуть их в это [время выжидания], если они хотят примирения. У жён такие же права, как и обязанности, согласно принятому обычай. А у мужей над ними — степень. Аллах — могущественный, мудрый.
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Српски · Serbian
Разведене жене нека чекају три месечна прања; и није им допуштено да крију оно што је Аллах створио у материцама њиховим, ако у Аллаха и у Будући свет верују! Мужеви њихови имају право да их, док оне чекају, поврате, ако желе помирење. Оне имају исто толико права колико и дужности; треба да их изврше лепо и по пропису. А мушкарци су над њима за један степен! Аллах је, заиста, силан и мудар.
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Na wanawake waliopewa talaka, wazizuie nafsi zao tahara (au hedhi) tatu. Wala sio halali kwao kuficha alichoumba Mwenyezi Mungu katika matumbo yao ya uzazi, ikiwa wanamuamini Mwenyezi Mungu na Siku ya Mwisho. Na waume wao wana haki zaidi ya kuwarejesha katika muda huo, ikiwa wanataka kufanya suluhu. Nao wanawake wanayo haki sawa na ile haki iliyo juu yao. Na wanaume wana daraja zaidi juu yao. Na Mwenyezi Mungu ni Mwenye nguvu, Mwenye hekima.
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Svenska · Swedish
Vid skilsmässa ska kvinnor iaktta en väntetid på tre menstruationsperioder [innan de kan gifta om sig]. Det är inte tillåtet för dem, om de tror på Gud och den yttersta dagen, att dölja det som Gud skapar i deras livmoder. Och deras makar har full rätt till att ta tillbaka dem om de vill återförenas. [Hustrurna] har samma rättigheter som de har skyldigheter, enligt god sed. Männen har dock företräde över dem. Gud är allsmäktig, vis.
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Türkçe · Turkish
Boşanmış kadınlar, kendi başlarına üç (adet) dönemi beklerler. Eğer onlar Allah’a ve ahiret gününe iman etmişlerse, Allah’ın kendi rahimlerinde yarattığını gizlemeleri helal değildir. Eğer, bu süre içinde barışmak isterlerse kocaları onları almaya daha çok hak sahibidirler. Erkeklerin hanımları üzerinde bulunan hakları gibi, hanımların da kocaları üzerinde meşrû çerçevede hakları vardır. Erkekler, kadınlardan bir derece daha üstündürler. Allah, mutlak galiptir, Hakîm'dir.
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اردو · Urdu
طلاق والی عورتیں اپنے آپ کو تین حیض تک روکے رکھیں[1] ، انہیں حلال نہیں کہ اللہ نے ان کے رحم میں جو پیدا کیا ہو اسے چھپائیں[2]، اگر انہیں اللہ تعالیٰ پر اور قیامت کے دن پر ایمان ہو، ان کے خاوند اس مدت میں انہیں لوٹا لینے کے پورے حقدار ہیں اگر ان کا اراده اصلاح کا ہو[3]۔ اور عورتوں کے بھی ویسے ہی حق ہیں جیسے ان پر مردوں کے ہیں اچھائی کے ساتھ۔[4] ہاں مردوں کو عورتوں پر فضلیت ہے اور اللہ تعالیٰ غالب ہے حکمت واﻻ ہے۔
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DIN 31635lillaḏīna yuʾlūna min nisāʾihim tarabbuṣu ʾarbaʿati ʾašhurin faʾin fāʾū faʾinna llāha ġafūrun raḥīmun
Talal Itani2012 Those who vow abstinence from their wives must wait for four months. But if they reconcile-God is Forgiving and Merciful.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Those who forswear their wives must wait four months; then, if they change their mind, lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Those who swear off from their women, they must wait four months; but if they break their vow God is forgiving and merciful
John Medows Rodwell1861 They who intend to abstain from their wives shall wait four months; but if they go back from their purpose, then verily God is Gracious, Merciful
George Sale1734 They who vow to abstain from their wives, are allowed to wait four months: But if they go back from their vow, verily God is gracious and merciful
Talal Itani2012 Divorce is allowed twice. Then, either honorable retention, or setting free kindly. It is not lawful for you to take back anything you have given them, unless they fear that they cannot maintain God's limits. If you fear that they cannot maintain God's limits, then there is no blame on them if she sacrifices something for her release. These are God's limits, so do not transgress them. Those who transgress God's limits are the unjust.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Divorce must be pronounced twice and then (a woman) must be retained in honour or released in kindness. And it is not lawful for you that ye take from women aught of that which ye have given them; except (in the case) when both fear that they may not be able to keep within the limits (imposed by) Allah. And if ye fear that they may not be able to keep the limits of Allah, in that case it is no sin for either of them if the woman ransom herself. These are the limits (imposed by) Allah. Transgress them not. For whoso transgresseth Allah's limits: such are wrong-doers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Divorce (may happen) twice; then keep them in reason, or let them go with kindness. It is not lawful for you to take from them anything of what you have given them, unless both fear that they cannot keep within God's bounds. So if ye fear that ye cannot keep within God's bounds there is no crime in you both about what she ransoms herself with. These are God's bounds, do not transgress them; and whoso transgresses God's bounds, they it is who are unjust
John Medows Rodwell1861 Ye may divorce your wives twice: Keep them honourably, or put them away with kindness. But it is not allowed you to appropriate to yourselves aught of what ye have given to them, unless both fear that they cannot keep within the bounds set up by God. And if ye fear that they cannot observe the ordinances of God, no blame shall attach to either of you for what the wife shall herself give for her redemption. These are the bounds of God: therefore overstep them not; for whoever oversteppeth the bounds of God, they are evil doers
George Sale1734 Ye may divorce your wives twice; and then either retain them with humanity, or dismiss them with kindness. But it is not lawful for you to take away any thing of what ye have given them, unless both fear that they cannot observe the ordinances of God. And if ye fear that they cannot observe the ordinances of God, it shall be no crime in either of them of account of that for which the wife shall redeem her self. These are the ordinances of God; therefore transgress them not; for whoever transgresseth the ordinances of God, they are unjust doers
Talal Itani2012 If he divorces her, she shall not be lawful for him again until she has married another husband. If the latter divorces her, then there is no blame on them for reuniting, provided they think they can maintain God's limits. These are God's limits; He makes them clear to people who know.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And if he hath divorced her (the third time), then she is not lawful unto him thereafter until she hath wedded another husband. Then if he (the other husband) divorce her it is no sin for both of them that they come together again if they consider that they are able to observe the limits of Allah. These are the limits of Allah. He manifesteth them for people who have knowledge
Edward Henry Palmer1880 But if he divorce her (a third time) she shall not be lawful to him after that, until she marry another husband; but, if he divorce her too, it is no crime in them both to come together again, if they think that they can keep within God's bounds. These are God's bounds which He explains to a people who know
John Medows Rodwell1861 But if the husband divorce her a third time, it is not lawful for him to take her again, until she shall have married another husband; and if he also divorce her, then shall no blame attach to them if they return to each other, thinking that they can keep within the bounds fixed by God. And these are the bounds of God; He maketh them clear to those who have knowledge
George Sale1734 But if the husband divorce her a third time, she shall not be lawful for him again, until she marry another husband. But if he also divorce her, it shall be no crime in them, if they return to each other, if they think they can observe the ordinances of God; and these are the ordinances of God, he declareth them to people of understanding
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
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.61
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.60
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.54
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.52
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.52
Talal Itani · George Sale0.52
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.49
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.44
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.43
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.40
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.