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Bethink thee of the leaders of the Children of Israel after Moses, how they said unto a prophet whom they had: Set up for us a king and we will fight in Allah's way. He said: Would ye then refrain from fighting if fighting were prescribed for you? They said: Why should we not fight in Allah's way when we have been driven from our dwellings with our children? Yet, when fighting was prescribed for them, they turned away, all save a few of them. Allah is aware of evil-doers
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
Compare translations (4)Talal Itani· published 2012
Have you not considered the notables of the Children of Israel after Moses? When they said to a prophet of theirs, "Appoint a king for us, and we will fight in the cause of God." He said, "Is it possible that, if fighting was ordained for you, you would not fight?" They said, "Why would we not fight in the cause of God, when we were driven out of our homes, along with our children?" But when fighting was ordained for them, they turned away, except for a few of them. But God is aware of the wrongdoers.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Dost thou not look at the crowd of the children of Israel after Moses time, when they said to a prophet of theirs, 'Raise up for us a king, and we will fight in God's way?' He said, 'Will ye perhaps, if it be written down for you to fight, refuse to fight?' They said, ' And why should we not fight in God's way, now that we are dispossessed of our homes and sons?' But when it was written down for them to fight they turned back, save a few of them, and God knows who are evildoers
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Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Hast thou not considered the assembly of the children of Israel after the death of Moses, when they said to a prophet of theirs, "Set up for us a king; we will do battle for the cause of God?" He said, "May it not be that if to fight were ordained you, ye would not fight?" They said, "And why should we not fight in the cause of God, since we and our children are driven forth from our dwellings?" But when fighting was commanded them, they turned back, save a few of them: But God knew the offenders
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Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Hast thou not considered the assembly of the children of Israel, after the time of Moses; when they said unto their prophet Samual, set a king over us, that we may fight for the religion of God? The prophet answered, if ye are enjoined to go to war, will ye be near refusing to fight? They answered, and what should ail us that we should not fight for the religion of God, seeing we are dispossessed of our habitations, and deprived of our children? But when they were enjoined to go to war, they turned back, except a few of them: And God knew the ungodly
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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
A nuk ke dëgjuar për parinë e bijve të Israilit, pas Musait, të cilët i thanë një pejgamberi të tyre: "Na cakto një mbret, që të luftojmë në rrugën e Allahut." Ai tha: "Po sikur të mos luftoni pasi t'ju caktohet lufta?" Ata thanë: "E si të mos luftojmë në rrugën e Allahut ne që jemi dëbuar nga vendbanimet tona dhe jemi ndarë nga djemtë tanë?" Mirëpo, kur u urdhëruan të luftojnë, ata u zmbrapsën, me përjashtim të një pakice. Allahu i njeh mirë të padrejtët.
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বাংলা · Bengali
তুমি কি মুসার পরবর্তী বানূ ইসরাইল নেতাদের দেখনি? তারা যখন তাদের নবীকে বলেছিল: ‘আমাদের জন্য একজন বাদশাহ নিযুক্ত করুন, যাতে আমরা আল্লাহর পথে যুদ্ধ করতে পারি।’ তিনি বললেন: ‘এমন তো হবে না যে, তোমাদের প্রতি যুদ্ধ ফরয করলে তখন তোমরা আর যুদ্ধ করবে না?’ তারা বলল: ‘কেন আমরা আল্লাহর পথে যুদ্ধ করব না? অথচ আমাদেরকে আমাদের আবাসভূমি ও স্বীয় সন্তান-সন্ততি হতে বহিষ্কার করা হয়েছে।’ অতঃপর যখন তাদের প্রতি যুদ্ধ ফরয করা হলো, তখন তাদের কিছুসংখ্যক লোক ছাড়া সবাই পৃষ্ঠ প্রদর্শন করলো। আর আল্লাহ যালিমদের সম্পর্কে সবিশেষ জ্ঞানী।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
Zar ne znaš kada su prvaci sinova Israilovih poslije Musaa svome vjerovjesniku rekli: "Pošalji nam kralja da se na Allahovom putu borimo!" "Možda se vi nećete boriti, ako vam borba bude propisana?'', reče on. "Zašto da se ne borimo na Allahovom putu?'', rekoše. "A mi smo iz zemlje naše prognani i od sinova naših odvojeni!" A kada im borba bi propisana, oni, osim nekolicine, okrenuše se. A Allah dobro zna zulumćare.
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Hrvatski · Croatian
Zar ne znaš kada su prvaci sinova Izraelovih poslije Mojsija svome vjerovjesniku rekli: "Pošalji nam kralja da se na Allahovom putu borimo!" "Možda se vi nećete boriti, ako vam borba bude propisana?'' reče on. "Zašto da se ne borimo na Allahovom putu?'' rekoše. "A mi smo iz zemlje naše prognani i od sinova naših odvojeni!" A kada im borba bi propisana, oni, osim nekolicine, okrenuše se. A Allah dobro zna nepravedne.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
E a tinaali ngun mbatu ɓiɗɓe Israa'ila, ɓaawo Muusaa, tuma nde ɓe wi'annoo Annabaajo maɓɓe on: "Imminan men lamɗo, men haɓa fii laawol Alla ngol?" O maaki: "Hara on tijjaaki si hare nden farlaama e mo'on nde roŋkoton haɓude?" ɓe mbi'i: "Ko haɗata men haɓugol e fii laawol Alla ngol, gomɗii men njaltinaama e galleeji amen e ɓiɗɓe amen?" Nde hare nden farlanoo e maɓɓe, ɓe hucciti, si wanaa seeɗaaɓe e maɓɓe. Alla ko annduɗo tooñooɓe ɓen
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ქართული · Georgian
ნუთუ შენ არ გინახავს (ან არ დაფიქრებულხარ) ისრაელის ძეთა დიდებულებზე მუსას შემდეგ, როცა ერთხელ მათ თავიანთ წინასწარმეტყველს უთხრეს: «(დაგვინიშნე) მეფე, რათა მისი ხელმძღვანელობით გავერთიანდეთ და ვიბრძოლოთ ალლაჰის გზაზე». მან (მათმა შუამავალმა) უთხრა: «მეშინია, რომ თუ თქვენზე სავალდებულო გახდება ბრძოლა, არ იბრძოლებთ».
მათ თქვეს (მისი შიშის უარყოფით): «რატომ არ უნდა ვიბრძოლოთ ალლაჰის გზაზე, როცა ჩვენ გამოგვდევნეს ჩვენი სახლებიდან და ჩვენი შვილებისგან (რომლებიც ტყვედ წაიყვანეს)?» მაგრამ როცა მათ დაენიშნათ მეფე და ბრძოლა სავალდებულო გახდა, მათ ზურგი აქციეს (შეშინდნენ და გაიქცნენ), (გარდა მცირე ნაწილისა მათგან, რომლებიც ალლაჰმა განამტკიცა თავისი წყალობით). და ალლაჰმა იცის უსამართლონი.
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Deutsch · German
Hast du nicht die führende Schar unter den Kindern Israils nach Musa gesehen, als sie zu einem ihrer Propheten sagten: „Setze einen König für uns ein, damit wir auf dem Weg Allahs kämpfen.“ Er sagte: „Werdet ihr vielleicht, wenn euch der Kampf vorgeschrieben wird, doch nicht kämpfen?“ Sie sagten: „Warum sollten wir (denn) nicht auf dem Weg Allahs kämpfen, wo wir doch aus unseren Wohnstätten und von unseren Söhnen vertrieben worden sind?“ Als ihnen dann der Kampf doch vorgeschrieben wurde, kehrten sie sich ab bis auf wenige von ihnen. Und Allah weiß über die Ungerechten Bescheid.
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Ελληνικά · Greek
Μα δεν έμαθες (ω, Μωχάμμαντ) για τους αρχηγούς των παιδιών του Ισραήλ, μετά από την εποχή του Μωυσή, όταν είπαν σε έναν προφήτη ανάμεσά τους (τον Σαμουήλ): «Διόρισε για μας έναν βασιλιά, ώστε να πολεμήσουμε στον δρόμο του Αλλάχ.»; Είπε: «Ίσως αν οριζόταν σ’ εσάς να πολεμήσετε, (πιθανότατα) δεν θα πολεμούσατε;» Είπαν: «Και γιατί να μην πολεμήσουμε στον δρόμο του Αλλάχ, ενώ διωχθήκαμε από τα σπίτια μας και (αιχμαλωτίστηκαν) τα παιδιά μας;» Αλλά όταν ορίστηκε σ' αυτούς να πολεμήσουν, αποστράφηκαν (αθετώντας την υπόσχεσή τους), εκτός από λίγους απ' αυτούς. Και ο Αλλάχ γνωρίζει καλά τους άδικους.
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हिन्दी · Hindi
(ऐ नबी!) क्या आपने मूसा के बाद बनी इसराईल के प्रमुखों को नहीं देखा, जब उन्होंने अपने एक नबी से कहा : हमारे लिए एक बादशाह निर्धारित कर दो कि हम अल्लाह के मार्ग में युद्ध करें। उस (नबी) ने कहा : ऐसा न हो कि यदि तुमपर युद्ध करना अनिवार्य कर दिया जाए, तो तुम युद्ध न करो? उन्होंने कहा : और हमें क्या है कि हम अल्लाह के मार्ग में युद्ध न करें, हालाँकि हमें हमारे घरों और हमारे बेटों से निकाल दिया गया है? फिर जब उनपर युद्ध करना अनिवार्य कर दिया गया, तो उनमें से बहुत थोड़े लोगों के सिवा सब फिर गए। और अल्लाह उन अत्याचारियों को भली-भाँति जानने वाला है।
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Italiano · Italian
Non hai visto la corte dei figli d’Israīl dopo Mūsā, quando dissero a un Profeta inviato loro: «Mandaci un re, così combatteremo per la causa di Allāh». Disse: «Volete forse dire che, se vi fosse ordinato di combattere, voi non combattereste?» Risposero: «E perché non dovremmo combattere in favore di Allāh se siamo stati cacciati dalle nostre case insieme ai nostri figli?» Ma quando fu ordinato loro di combattere, voltarono le spalle, tranne pochi di loro. E Allāh conosce gli ingiusti.
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
246. Ar jūs nepagalvojote apie Israilio (Izrealio) vaikų grupę po Mūsos (Mozės) laikotarpio? Kai jie sakė savo Pranašui: „Paskirk mums karalių ir mes kovosime vardan Allaho.“ Jis tarė: „Ar jūs susilaikytumėte nuo kovojimo, jei kova jums būtų įsakyta?“ Jie sakė: „Kodėl mes turėtume nekovoti vardan Allaho, jei buvome išvaryti iš savo namų bei mūsų vaikai (šeimos buvo paimtos į nelaisvę)?“ Tačiau kai kova buvo jiems įsakyta, jie nusigręžė visi, išskyrus kelis iš jų. Ir Allahas yra Visa Žinantis apie Zalimūn (daugiadievius ir nusidėjėlius).
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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Sila gara qondaaltota Ilmaan Israa’iil irraa ta’an kan booda Muusaa hin ilaallee? yeroo isaan nabiyyii isaaniitiin "hogganaa nuuf godhi karaa Rabbii keessatti lollaa" jedhan. (Inni) "Sila yoo lolli isin irratti murteeffame loluu dhabuu keessan hin sodaattamuu?" jedhe. "maaltu nuuf jiraayyi karaa Rabbii keessatti hin lolle, Odoo manneeniifi ilmaan keenya irraa baafamnee jirruu?" jedhan. Yeroma lolli isaan irratti murteeffame namoota muraasa isaan irraa ta’an malee irraa gara galan. Rabbiin miidhaa raawwattoota ni beeka.
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Русский · Russian
Разве ты не видел знать из числа сынов Исраила после Мусы, когда они сказали своему пророку: «Назначь нам царя, чтобы мы сражались на пути Аллаха»? Он сказал: «А не случится ли так, что если вам будет предписано сражение, вы не станете сражаться?» Они сказали: «А почему нам не сражаться на пути Аллаха, если мы уже изгнаны из наших жилищ и [разлучены с] нашими детьми?» Но когда им было предписано сражение, они отвернулись, кроме немногих из них. Аллах — знающий несправедливых.
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Српски · Serbian
Зар не знаш када су прваци синова Израиљевих, након Мојсија, казали своме веровеснику: "Постави нам краља да се на Аллаховом путу боримо!" "Можда се ви нећете борити, ако вам борба буде прописана?'' Рече он. "Зашто да се не боримо на Аллаховом путу?'' Рекоше. "А ми смо из земље наше прогнани и од синова наших одвојени!" А када им борба би прописана, они, осим неколицине, окренуше се. А Аллах добро зна неправеднике.
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Je, hukuwaona watukufu katika Wana wa Israili baada ya Musa, walipomwambia Nabii wao: Tuwekee mfalme ili tupigane katika Njia ya Mwenyezi Mungu? Akasema: Je, haielekei ikiwa mtaandikiwa vita kuwa msipigane? Wakasema: Itakuwaje tusipigane katika Njia ya Mwenyezi Mungu, ilhali tumeshatolewa katika maboma yetu na watoto wetu? Lakini walipoandikiwa kupigana vita, wakageuka, isipokuwa wachache miongoni mwao. Na Mwenyezi Mungu anawajua vyema madhalimu.
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Svenska · Swedish
Har du inte hört om israeliternas ledare efter Moses tid, när de sa till en av sina profeter: ”Utnämn en kung för oss, så att vi kan strida för Guds sak.” Han sa: ”Kan det vara så att ni vägrar strida när ni väl ålagts det?” De sa: ”Varför skulle vi inte strida för Guds sak när vi har drivits bort från våra hem och skilts från våra barn?” Men när de blev ålagda att strida vände de om, alla utom ett fåtal. Gud har full vetskap om de orättfärdiga.
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Türkçe · Turkish
Mûsâ'dan sonra İsrailoğulları'nın ileri gelenlerini görmedin mi? Peygamberlerinden birine: "Bize bir hükümdar gönder de Allah yolunda savaşalım" demişlerdi. Peygamberleri:" Ya, savaş size farz olunca savaşmazsanız?" demişti. "Bizler neden Allah yolunda savaşmayalım ki, biz yurtlarımızdan ve oğullarımızdan uzaklaştırıldık" demişlerdi. Fakat üzerlerine savaş farz kılınınca içlerinden pek azı hariç yüz çevirdiler. Allah, zalimleri şüphesiz bilir.
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اردو · Urdu
کیا آپ نے (حضرت) موسیٰ کے بعد والی بنی اسرائیل کی جماعت کو نہیں دیکھا[1] جب کہ انہوں نے اپنے پیغمبر سے کہا کہ کسی کو ہمارا بادشاه بنا دیجیئے[2] تاکہ ہم اللہ کی راه میں جہاد کریں۔ پیغمبر نے کہا کہ ممکن ہے جہاد فرض ہوجانے کے بعد تم جہاد نہ کرو، انہوں نے کہا بھلا ہم اللہ کی راه میں جہاد کیوں نہ کریں گے؟ ہم تو اپنے گھروں سے اجاڑے گئے ہیں اور بچوں سے دور کردیئے گئے ہیں۔ پھر جب ان پر جہاد فرض ہوا تو سوائے تھوڑے سے لوگوں کے سب پھر گئے اور اللہ تعالیٰ ﻇالموں کو خوب جانتا ہے۔
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Talal Itani2012 Who is he who will offer God a generous loan, so He will multiply it for him manifold? God receives and amplifies, and to Him you will be returned.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Who is it that will lend unto Allah a goodly loan, so that He may give it increase manifold? Allah straiteneth and enlargeth. Unto Him ye will return
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Who is there that will lend to God a good loan? He will redouble it many a double; God closes His hand and holds it out, and unto Him shall ye return
John Medows Rodwell1861 Who is he that will lend to God a goodly loan? He will double it to him again and again: God is close, but open handed also: and to Him shall ye return
George Sale1734 Who is he that will lend unto God on good usury? Verily he will double it unto him manifold; for God contracteth and extendeth his hand as he pleaseth, and to him shall ye return
Talal Itani2012 Their prophet said to them, "God has appointed Saul to be your king." They said, "How can he have authority over us, when we are more worthy of authority than he, and he was not given plenty of wealth?" He said, "God has chosen him over you, and has increased him in knowledge and stature." God bestows His sovereignty upon whomever He wills. God is Embracing and Knowing.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Their Prophet said unto them: Lo! Allah hath raised up Saul to be a king for you. They said: How can he have kingdom over us when we are more deserving of the kingdom than he is, since he hath not been given wealth enough? He said: Lo! Allah hath chosen him above you, and hath increased him abundantly in wisdom and stature. Allah bestoweth His Sovereignty on whom He will. Allah is All-Embracing, All-Knowing
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Then their prophet said to them, 'Verily, God has raised up for you Talut as a king;' they said, 'How can the kingdom be his over us; we have more right to the kingdom than he, for he has not an amplitude of wealth?' He said, 'Verily, God has chosen him over you, and has provided him with an extent of knowledge and of form. God gives the kingdom unto whom He will; God comprehends and knows
John Medows Rodwell1861 And their prophet said to them, "Now hath God set (Talout) Saul king over you." They said, "How shall he reign over us, when we are more worthy of the kingdom than he, and of wealth he hath no abundance?" He said, "Verily God hath chosen him to be over you, and hath given him increase in knowledge and stature; God giveth his kingdom to whom he pleaseth; and God is Liberal, Knowing
George Sale1734 And their prophet said unto them, verily God hath set Jalut, king over you: They answered, how shall he reign over us, seeing we are more worthy of the kingdom than he, neither is he possessed of great riches? Samual said, verily God hath chosen him before you, and hath caused him to increase in knowledge and stature, for God giveth his kingdom unto whom he pleaseth; God is bounteous and wise
Talal Itani2012 And their prophet said to them, "The proof of his kingship is that the Ark will be restored to you, bringing tranquility from your Lord, and relics left by the family of Moses and the family of Aaron. It will be carried by the angels. In that is a sign for you, if you are believers."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And their Prophet said unto them: Lo! the token of his kingdom is that there shall come unto you the ark wherein is peace of reassurance from your Lord, and a remnant of that which the house of Moses and the house of Aaron left behind, the angels bearing it. Lo! herein shall be a token for you if (in truth) ye are believers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Then said to them their prophet, 'The sign of his kingdom is that there shall come to you the ark with the shechina in it from your Lord, and the relics of what the family of Moses and the family of Aaron left; the angels shall bear it.' In that is surely a sign to you if ye believe
John Medows Rodwell1861 And their prophet said to them, "Verily, the sign of his kingship shall be that the Ark shall come to you: in it is a pledge of security from your Lord and the relics left by the family of Moses, and the family of Aaron; the angels shall bear it: Truly herein shall be a sign indeed to you if ye are believers
George Sale1734 And their prophet said unto them, verily the sign of his kingdom shall be, that the ark shall come unto you; Therein shall be tranquility from your Lord, and the relics which have been left by the family of Moses, and the family of Aaron; the angels shall bring it. Verily this shall be a sign unto you, if ye believe
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 —
0.57 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 Sale0.69
Talal Itani · George Sale0.64
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.63
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.60
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.57
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.54
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.53
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.51
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.49
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.45
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
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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.