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Talal Itani· published 2012
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.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
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
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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
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
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Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
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
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Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
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 greatriches? 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
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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
Pejgamberi i tyre u tha: "Allahu jua ka dërguar Talutin për mbret." Ata thanë: "Si mund të jetë ai mbret yni, kur neve na takon më shumë sundimi?! Madje, ai as që ka ndonjë pasuri të madhe." Ai tha: "Allahu e zgjodhi atë kundrejt jush dhe e pajisi me dituri të gjerë e me fuqi trupore. Allahu ia jep pushtetin kujt të dojë. Allahu është shumë Bujar e i Gjithëdijshëm.
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বাংলা · Bengali
আর তাদের নবী তাদেরকে বলেছিল: ‘আল্লাহ তালূতকে তোমাদের জন্যে বাদশাহ করে পাঠিয়েছেন।’ তারা বললো: ‘আমাদের উপর তাঁর রাজত্ব কিভাবে হবে? অথচ আমরা তো তাঁর চেয়ে রাজত্ব লাভের বেশি হকদার। তাছাড়া তাকে প্রচুর ঐশ্বর্যও দেয়া হয়নি!’ সে বলল: ‘আল্লাহ অবশ্যই তাঁকে তোমাদের জন্য মনোনীত করেছেন এবং তিনি তাঁকে জ্ঞানে ও দৈহিকভাবে সমৃদ্ধ করেছেন।’ আর আল্লাহ যাকে ইচ্ছে স্বীয় রাজত্ব দান করেন। আর আল্লাহ প্রাচুর্যময়, সর্বজ্ঞানী।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
"Allah vam je Taluta za vladara poslao", reče im vjerovjesnik njihov. "Odakle da nam on bude vladar kada smo mi priličniji od njega da vladamo? Njemu ni veliko bogatstvo nije dato!", rekoše oni. "Doista je Allah njega da vam vlada izabrao", reče on, "i velikim znanjem i snagom tjelesnom ga obdario. Allah daje vlast kome On hoće. Allah je neizmjerno darežljiv i Onaj Koji sve zna!
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Hrvatski · Croatian
"Allah vam je Taluta za vladara poslao" reče im vjerovjesnik njihov. "Odakle da nam on bude vladar kada smo mi priličniji od njega da vladamo? Njemu ni veliko bogatstvo nije dato!" rekoše oni. "Doista je Allah njega da vam vlada izabrao", reče on, "i velikim znanjem i snagom tjelesnom ga obdario. Allah daje vlast kome On hoće. Allah je neizmjerno darežljiv i Onaj Koji sve zna!"
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Annabaajo maɓɓe on maakani ɓe:"Alla Imminanii on Taaluuta laamɗo". Ɓe mbi'i:"Hol no laamu laatoraŋta mo e hoore amen,ko menen ɓuri mo haandude e laamu,o rokkaaka yaajeende jawdi?" O maaki:"Alla Suɓike mo e dow mo'on,O Ɓeydi mo yaajeende ka ganndal e ka ɓanndu". Alla no rokka laamu makko ngun on mo o muuyi,Alla ko yaajuɗo [ɓural] annduɗo.
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ქართული · Georgian
და მათმა შუამავალმა უთხრა: «აი, თქვენი თხოვნის პასუხად, ალლაჰმა გამოგიგზავნათ ტალუთი მეფედ (რომელიც გაგიძღვებათ მტრებთან ბრძოლაში)». (მათმა დიდებულებმა) თქვეს: «როგორ შეიძლება მას ჰქონდეს ჩვენზე ძალაუფლება, როცა ჩვენ უფრო ღირსნი ვართ ძალაუფლებისა, ვიდრე ის, და მას არ აქვს საკმარისი ქონება?» (მათმა შუამავალმა) თქვა:
«უეჭველად, ალლაჰმა ის (ტალუთი) აირჩია თქვენზე (მეფედ) და მან უკეთ იცის, რაშია სარგებელი მისი მსახურებისთვის — და მას გაუფართოვა ცოდნა და სხეული (ანუ მიანიჭა უპირატესობა გონებრივ და ფიზიკურ ძალაში). და ალლაჰი ანიჭებს თავის ძალაუფლებას იმას, ვისაც ისურვებს». და ალლაჰი ყოვლისმომცველი, ყოვლისმცოდნეა.
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Deutsch · German
Und ihr Prophet sagte zu ihnen: „Wahrlich, Allah hat euch (hiermit) Talut als König geschickt.“ Sie sagten: „Wie sollte er die (Königs)herrschaft über uns haben, wo wir doch ein größeres Anrecht auf die (Königs)herrschaft haben als er, und ihm nicht beachtliches Vermögen zuteil wurde?“ Er sagte: „Wahrlich, Allah hat ihn vor euch auserwählt und ihm ein Übermaß an Wissen und Körperkraft verliehen.“ Allah gibt Seine Herrschaft, wem Er will. Und Allah ist allumfassend und allwissend.
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Ελληνικά · Greek
Και ο Προφήτης τους (ο Σαμουήλ) τους είπε: «Πράγματι, ο Αλλάχ διόρισε σ’ εσάς τον Ταλούτ (Σαούλ) ως βασιλιά πάνω σας.» Είπαν (οι αρχηγοί των παιδιών του Ισραήλ): «Πώς μπορεί να έχει τη βασιλεία σ’ εμάς, ενώ είμαστε πιο άξιοι για τη βασιλεία απ' αυτόν (αφού η βασιλεία ήταν αποκλειστικά για μια φυλή, και ο Ταλούτ δεν προερχόταν από εκείνη τη φυλή, και ούτε ένας από τη φυλή του ήταν προφήτης), και δεν του έχει δοθεί μεγάλος πλούτος (ώστε να ιδρύσει τη βασιλεία του);» Είπε: «Πράγματι, ο Αλλάχ τον επέλεξε (για να είναι βασιλιάς) πάνω σας, και τον αύξησε με ευρεία γνώση και δύναμη στο σώμα. Και ο Αλλάχ δίνει σ' όποιον θέλει βασιλεία. Και ο Αλλάχ είναι Ουάσι‘ (Αυτός του Οποίου το έλεος και η γενναιοδωρία επαρκούν για όλους) και ‘Αλείμ (Παντογνώστης).
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हिन्दी · Hindi
तथा उनके नबी ने उनसे कहा : निःसंदेह अल्लाह ने तुम्हारे लिए 'तालूत' को बादशाह निर्धारित किया है। उन्होंने कहा : उसका राज्य हमपर कैसे हो सकता है, जबकि हम राज्य के उससे अधिक हक़दार हैं और उसे धन का विस्तार भी प्राप्त नहीं? उस (नबी) ने कहा : निःसंदेह अल्लाह ने उसे तुमपर चुन लिया है और उसे अधिक ज्ञान तथा शारीरिक बल प्रदान किया है। और अल्लाह अपना राज्य जिसे चाहता है, प्रदान करता है तथा अल्लाह बहुत विस्तार वाला, सब कुछ जानने वाला है।[164]
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Italiano · Italian
E disse loro il Profeta: «In verità Allāh vi ha inviato Tālūt come Re!” Dissero: «Come può lui essere il nostro sovrano quando noi abbiamo più diritto di lui, e non ha avuto ricchezza? Disse: «In verità Allāh lo ha elevato su di voi e gli ha aumentato la sapienza e la corporatura. E Allāh concede la sovranità a chi vuole, e Allāh è Immenso, Sapiente”.
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
247. Ir jų Pranašas (Samuelis) tarė jiems: „Iš tiesų Allahas paskyrė Talūtą (Saulių) karaliumi jums.“ Jie sakė: „Kaip jis gali būti karaliumi mums, jei mes tinkamesni karalystei, ir jam nebuvo duota jokio turto.“ Jis tarė: „Iš tiesų, Allahas parinko jį jums ir padidino gausiai jo žinias ir stotą. Ir Allahas suteikia Savo karalystę tam, kam nori. Ir Allahas yra Visa Pakankamas Savo kūrinijos poreikiams, Visa Žinantis.“
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Русский · Russian
Их пророк сказал им: «Воистину, Аллах уже назначил для вас Талута царём». Они сказали: «Как может он властвовать над нами, когда мы более достойны власти, чем он, и ему не было дано обилие имущества?» Он сказал: «Воистину, Аллах избрал его над вами и даровал ему обширные знания и телесную силу». Аллах наделяет Своей властью, кого пожелает, Аллах — объемлющий, знающий.
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Српски · Serbian
„Аллах вам је Саула за владара одредио“, рече им њихов веровесник. „Одакле да нам он буде владар када смо ми пречи од њега да владамо? Њему ни велико богатство није дато!“, рекоше они. „Заиста је Аллах њега да влада вама изабрао“, рече он, „и великим знањем и телесном снагом га обдарио. Аллах даје власт коме Он хоће. Аллах је неизмерно дарежљив и све зна!
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Na Nabii wao akawaambia: Hakika, Mwenyezi Mungu ameshawateulia Taluti (Sauli) kuwa ndiye mfalme. Wakasema: Vipi atakuwa na ufalme juu yetu, ilhali sisi tuna haki zaidi kupata ufalme kuliko yeye, naye hakupewa wasaa wa mali? Akasema: Hakika, Mwenyezi Mungu amemteua yeye juu yenu na amemzidishia ukunjufu wa elimu na kiwiliwili. Na Mwenyezi Mungu humpa ufalme wake amtakaye. Na Mwenyezi Mungu ni Mwenye wasaa, Mwenye kujua.
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Svenska · Swedish
Deras profet sa till dem: ”Gud har utsett Saul till er kung.” De sa: ”Hur kan han ha makt över oss när vi har större rätt till makten än han, och när han inte har fått rikedom i överflöd?” Han sa: ”Gud har utvalt honom framför er och gett honom överlägsen kunskap och kroppslig styrka.” Gud ger makt åt den han vill; Guds [godhet] och kunskap omfattar allt.
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Türkçe · Turkish
Peygamberleri onlara, dedi ki: Allah, Tâlût’u size hükümdar gönderdi. O bizim üzerimize nasıl hükümdar olabilir? Biz hükümdarlığa ondan daha layığız. Ona, malca da bir bolluk verilmemiştir, dediler. Peygamber de: Allah, onu sizin üzerinize seçti, onun bilgisini ve gücünü artırdı. Allah, mülkünü dilediğine verir. Allah’ın lütfu geniştir. O, her şeyi bilendir, dedi.
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اردو · Urdu
اور انہیں ان کے نبی نے فرمایا کہ اللہ تعالیٰ نے طالوت کو تمہارا بادشاه بنا دیا ہے تو کہنے لگے بھلا اس کی ہم پر حکومت کیسے ہوسکتی ہے؟ اس سے تو بہت زیاده حقدار بادشاہت کے ہم ہیں، اس کو تو مالی کشادگی بھی نہیں دی گئی۔ نبی نے فرمایا سنو، اللہ تعالیٰ نے اسی کو تم پر برگزیده کیا ہے اور اسے علمی اور جسمانی برتری بھی عطا فرمائی ہے[1] بات یہ ہے کہ اللہ جسے چاہے اپنا ملک دے، اللہ تعالیٰ کشادگی واﻻ اور علم واﻻ 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 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.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 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
Edward Henry Palmer1880 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
John Medows Rodwell1861 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
George Sale1734 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
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
Talal Itani2012 When Saul set out with the troops, he said, "God will be testing you with a river. Whoever drinks from it does not belong with me. But whoever does not drink from it, does belong with me, except for whoever scoops up a little with his hand." But they drank from it, except for a few of them. Then, when he crossed it, he and those who believed with him, they said, "We have no strength to face Goliath and his troops today." But those who knew that they would meet God said, "How many a small group has defeated a large group by God's will. God is with the steadfast."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And when Saul set out with the army, he said: Lo! Allah will try you by (the ordeal of) a river. Whosoever therefore drinketh thereof he is not of me, and whosoever tasteth it not he is of me, save him who taketh (thereof) in the hollow of his hand. But they drank thereof, all save a few of them. And after he had crossed (the river), he and those who believed with him, they said: We have no power this day against Goliath and his hosts. But those who knew that they would meet Allah exclaimed: How many a little company hath overcome a mighty host by Allah's leave! Allah is with the steadfast
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And when Talut set out with his soldiery, he said, 'God will try you with a river, and he who drinks therefrom, he is not of mine; but whoso tastes it not, he is of mine, save he who laps it lapping with his hand.' And they drank from it save a few of them, and when he crossed it, he and those who believed with him, they said, 'We have no power this day against Galut and his soldiery,' those who thought that they should meet their Lord said, 'How many a small division of men have conquered a numerous division, by the permission of God, for God is with the patient
John Medows Rodwell1861 And when Saul marched forth with his forces, he said, "God will test you by a river: He who drinketh of it shall not be of my band; but he who shall not taste it, drinking a drink out of the hand excepted, shall be of my band." And, except a few of them, they drank of it. And when they had passed it, he and those who believed with him, the former said, "We have no strength this day against (Djalout) Goliath and his forces:" But they who held it as certain that they must meet God, said, "How oft, by God's will, hath a small host vanquished a numerous host! and God is with the steadfastly enduring
George Sale1734 And when Jalut departed with his soldiers, he said, verily God will prove you by the river: For he who drinketh thereof, shall not be on my side -- but he who shall not taste thereof he shall be on my side -- except he who drinketh a draught out of his hand. And they drank thereof, except a few of them. And when they had passed the river, he and those who believed with him, they said, we have no strength to day, against Jalut and his forces. But they who considered that they should meet God at the resurrection, said, how often hath a small army discomfited a great army, by the will of God? And God is with those who patiently persevere
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
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.67
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.65
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.64
Talal Itani · George Sale0.64
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.62
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.57
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.53
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.49
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.49
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.
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.