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Talal Itani· published 2012
If you are on a journey, and cannot find a scribe, then a securitydeposit should be handed over. But if you trust one another, let the trusteefulfill his trust, and let him fear God, his Lord. And do not conceal testimony. Whoever conceals it is sinner at heart. God is aware of what you do.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
If ye be on a journey and cannot find a scribe, then a pledge in hand (shall suffice). And if one of you entrusteth to another let him who is trusted deliver up that which is entrusted to him (according to the pact between them) and let him observe his duty to Allah his Lord. Hide not testimony. He who hideth it, verily his heart is sinful. Allah is Aware of what ye do
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
But if ye be upon a journey, and ye cannot find a scribe, then let a pledge be taken. But if one of you trust another, then let him who is trusted surrender his trust, and let him fear God his Lord, and conceal not testimony, for he who conceals it, verily, sinful is his heart: God knows what ye do
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Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And if ye be on a journey and shall find no notary, let pledges be taken: but if one of you trust the other, let him who is trusted, restore what he is trusted with, and fear God his Lord. And refuse not to giveevidence. He who refuseth is surely wicked at heart: and God knoweth your deeds
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Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And if ye be on a journey, and find no writer, let pledges be taken: But if one of you trust the other, let him who is trusted return what he is trusted with, and fear God his Lord. And conceal not the testimony, for he who concealeth it, hath surely a wicked heart: God knoweth that which ye do
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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
Nëse jeni në udhëtim dhe nuk gjeni shkrues, atëherë merrni peng. E, në qoftë se njëri prej jush ka besim te tjetri, atëherë borxhliu le ta kthejë atë që i është besuar dhe le t'i frikësohet Allahut, Zotit të vet. Mos e fshihni dëshminë, sepse ai që e fsheh atë ka zemër mëkatare. Allahu di mirë gjithçka që bëni.
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বাংলা · Bengali
আর যদি তোমরা সফরে থাকো এবং কোনো লেখক না পাও, তবে হস্তান্তরযোগ্য বন্ধক রাখবে। অতঃপর তোমাদের একে অপরকে বিশ্বস্ত মনে করলে (৯৮), যার কাছে আমানত রাখা হয়েছে সে যেন আমানত ফেরত দেয় এবং সে যেন তার রব আল্লাহকে ভয় করে। আর তোমরা সাক্ষ্য গোপন করো না। আর যে কেউ তা গোপন করে অবশ্যই তার অন্তর পাপী। আর তোমরা যা-ই করোনা কেন, আল্লাহ সে সম্পর্কে সম্যক অবগত রয়েছেন।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
Ako ste na putu i ne nađete pisara, onda neka se uzme zalog. A ako jedan drugome nešto povjerite, neka onaj kome je povjereno, to povjerenje ispuni i neka se boji Allaha, Gospodara svoga! I ne skrivajte svjedočenje, jer ko ga uskrati, srce njegovo je, doista, grešno. A Allah dobro zna ono što vi radite.
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Hrvatski · Croatian
Ako ste na putu i ne nađete pisara, onda neka se uzme zalog. A ako jedan drugome nešto povjerite, neka onaj kome je povjereno, to povjerenje ispuni i neka se boji Allaha, Gospodara svoga! I ne skrivajte svjedočenje, jer tko ga uskrati, srce njegovo je, doista, grešno. A Allah dobro zna ono što vi radite.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Si on ngonii e ɗatngal on keɓaani binndoowo tottiree jukunnde tamaande, si on koolandirii, oon tottaaɗo hoolaare yo tottit hoolaare nde, yo o hul Alla joom makko, wotee cuuɗe seedanfaagu kala cuuɗo ngu pellet oon ɓernde makko ko bakkadinnde, Alla na anndi ko ngollaton ko.
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ქართული · Georgian
۞ ხოლო თუ გზაში ხართ და ვერ პოულობთ მწერალს, მაშინ (მოვალესგან) უნდა იქნას აღებული გირაო (რომელიც გადაეცემა კრედიტორს ვალის გადახდის გარანტიად). ხოლო თუ ერთ-ერთი თქვენგანი ენდობა მეორეს, მაშინ (არ იქნება ცოდვა, თუ ვალი არ ჩაიწერება, არ მოიწვევენ მოწმეებს და არც იქნება გირაო; ასეთ შემთხვევაში ვალი რჩება მოვალის პასუხისმგებლობაზე) და დაე, დააბრუნოს მან, ვისაც მინდობილი აქვს, მინდობილი (ის, რაც სესხად აიღო), და დაე, ეშინოდეს ალლაჰის! თავისი უფლის! და ნუ დამალავთ მოწმობას. ხოლო ვინც დამალავს მას (მოწმობას), ის არის ის, ვისი გულიც ცოდვილია. და ალლაჰმა იცის ყველაფერი, რასაც აკეთებთ.
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Deutsch · German
Und wenn ihr auf einer Reise seid und keinen Schreiber findet, dann soll ein Pfand genommen werden. Wenn dann einer von euch dem anderen (etwas) anvertraut, so soll derjenige, dem (es) anvertraut wurde, das ihm anvertraute Pfand (wieder) aushändigen, und er soll Allah, seinen Herrn, fürchten. Und verheimlicht nicht das Zeugnis. Wer es aber verheimlicht, dessen Herz ist gewiss sündhaft. Und Allah weiß über das, was ihr tut, Bescheid.
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Ελληνικά · Greek
Και εάν είστε σε ταξίδι και δεν μπορείτε να βρείτε κάποιον γραφέα, τότε θα πρέπει (ο δανειστής) να πάρει στην κατοχή του μια εγγύηση. Και αν εμπιστεύεστε ο ένας τον άλλον (και δεν πήρε ο δανειστής μια εγγύηση), θα πρέπει ο οφειλέτης να αποπληρώσει την οφειλή του (τον συμφωνημένο χρόνο), και ας φυλαχθεί από την τιμωρία του Αλλάχ, τον Κύριό του (και να μην απαρνηθεί το δάνειο ή το χρέος του). Και (αν όμως το απαρνηθεί, τότε) μην αποκρύπτετε (ω, μάρτυρες) τη μαρτυρία, γιατί όποιος την αποκρύπτει, πράγματι, η καρδιά του είναι αμαρτωλή. Και ο Αλλάχ είναι για ό,τι κάνετε Παντογνώστης.
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हिन्दी · Hindi
और यदि तुम किसी सफ़र पर हो और कोई लिखने वाला न पाओ, तो ऐसी गिरवी आवश्यक है जो क़ब्ज़े में ले ली गई हो। फिर यदि तुममें से कोई किसी पर भरोसा करे, तो जिसपर भरोसा किया गया है वह अपनी अमानत अदा करे और अपने पालनहार अल्लाह से डरे। तथा गवाही न छिपाओ और जो उसे छिपाए, तो निःसंदेह उसका दिल पापी है। तथा अल्लाह जो कुछ तुम कर रहे हो, उसे ख़ूब जानने वाला है।
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Italiano · Italian
E se siete in viaggio e non trovate uno scriba, lasciate un pegno, se c’è fiducia tra voi; poi il depositario riconsegni il pegno e tema Allāh, il suo Dio. E non tacete mai la testimonianza. E chi la nasconde, sarà maligno in cuore, e Allāh di ciò che fate è Sapiente.
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
283. O jei jūs esate kelionėje ir negalite rasti raštininko, tada lai užstatas būna paimamas. Tada, jei vienas iš jūsų patiki kitu, lai tas, kuriuo yra patikima, apmoka savo kreditą (tiksliai) ir lai jis bijosi Allaho, savo Viešpaties. Ir neslėpkite įrodymo, nes tas, kuris jį slepia, neabejotinai, jo širdis – nuodėminga. Ir Allahas yra Visa Žinantis, ką jūs darote.
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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Yoo imala irra jiraattanii barreessaa hin argatin, qabdii fuudhamtuu taate (qabadhaa). Yoo gariin keessan garii amane immoo, inni amaname amaanaa isaa haa dhaqqabsiisu (haa galchuu); Rabbii Gooftaa isaa haa sodaatu. Ragaa hin dhoksinaa, Namni ishee dhokse dhugumatti inni onneen isaa dilaawaadha. Rabbiin waan isin hojjattan beekaadha.[113]
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Русский · Russian
Если вы в пути и не нашли писца, то — залог, который можно удержать. А если один из вас доверился другому, то пусть тот, кому доверено, возвратит доверенное и пусть боится Аллаха, своего Господа. И не скрывайте свидетельство: кто скроет его, то, воистину, грешно его сердце. Аллах — знающий о том, что вы совершаете.
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Српски · Serbian
Ако сте на путу и не нађете писара, онда нека се узме залог. А ако један другоме нешто поверите, нека онај коме је поверено, то поверење испуни и нека се боји Аллаха, свога Господара! И не скривајте сведочење, јер ко га сакрије, његово срце је, заиста, грешно. А Аллах добро зна оно што ви радите.
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Na mkiwa katika safari, na hamkupata mwandishi, basi yatosha kukabidhiwa rahani. Na mmoja wenu akimwekea amana mwenziwe, basi aliyeaminiwa airudishe amana ya mwenzake, na amche Mwenyezi Mungu, Mola wake Mlezi. Wala msifiche ushahidi. Na atakayeuficha, basi hakika moyo wake ni wenye kutenda dhambi. Na Mwenyezi Mungu anayajua mnayoyatenda
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Svenska · Swedish
Om ni befinner er på resa och ingen skrivare finns tillgänglig, kan en pant tas som säkerhet. Men om ni har förtroende för varandra ska den som fått förtroendet fullgöra sin skyldighet och frukta Gud, sin Herre. Och ni får aldrig undanhålla vittnesmålet. Den som undanhåller det har säkerligen ett syndigt hjärta. Gud har full vetskap om allt ni gör.
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Türkçe · Turkish
Eğer yolculukta iseniz bir kâtip de bulamazsanız, (borca karşılık) alınmış rehinler yeterlidir. Eğer birbirinize güvenirseniz, kendisine güvenilen kimse emanetini ödesin. Şahitliği gizlemeyin; kim onu gizlerse, o mutlaka kalben günahkârdır. Allah, yapmakta olduklarınızı bilendir.
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اردو · Urdu
اور اگر تم سفر میں ہو اور لکھنے واﻻ نہ پاؤ تو رہن قبضہ میں رکھ لیا کرو[1] ، ہاں اگر آپس میں ایک دوسرے سے مطمئن ہو تو جسے امانت دی گئی ہے وه اسے ادا کردے اور اللہ تعالیٰ سے ڈرتا رہے جو اس کا رب ہے[2]۔ اور گواہی کو نہ چھپاؤ اور جو اسے چھپالے وه گنہگار دل واﻻ ہے[3] اور جو کچھ تم کرتے ہو اسے اللہ تعالیٰ خوب جانتا ہے۔
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Talal Itani2012 And guard yourselves against a Day when you will be returned to God; then each soul will be rewarded fully for what it has earned, and they will not be wronged.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And guard yourselves against a day in which ye will be brought back to Allah. Then every soul will be paid in full that which it hath earned, and they will not be wronged
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Fear the day wherein ye shall return to God; then shall each soul be paid what it has earned, and they shall not be wronged
John Medows Rodwell1861 Fear the day wherein ye shall return to God: then shall every soul be rewarded according to its desert, and none shall have injustice done to them
George Sale1734 And fear the day wherein ye shall return unto God, then shall every soul be paid what it hath gained, and they shall not be treated unjustly
Talal Itani2012 O you who believe! When you incur debt among yourselves for a certain period of time, write it down. And have a scribe write in your presence, in all fairness. And let no scribe refuse to write, as God has taught him. So let him write, and let the debtor dictate. And let him fear God, his Lord, and diminish nothing from it. But if the debtor is mentally deficient, or weak, or unable to dictate, then let his guardian dictate with honesty. And call to witness two men from among you. If two men are not available, then one man and two women whose testimony is acceptable to all-if one of them fails to remember, the other would remind her. Witnesses must not refuse when called upon. And do not think it too trivial to write down, whether small or large, including the time of repayment. That is more equitable with God, and stronger as evidence, and more likely to prevent doubt-except in the case of a spot transaction between you-then there is no blame on you if you do not write it down. And let there be witnesses whenever you conclude a contract, and let no harm be done to either scribe or witness. If you do that, it is corruption on your part. And fear God. God teaches you. God is aware of everything.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 O ye who believe! When ye contract a debt for a fixed term, record it in writing. Let a scribe record it in writing between you in (terms of) equity. No scribe should refuse to write as Allah hath taught him, so let him write, and let him who incurreth the debt dictate, and let him observe his duty to Allah his Lord, and diminish naught thereof. But if he who oweth the debt is of low understanding, or weak, or unable himself to dictate, then let the guardian of his interests dictate in (terms of) equity. And call to witness, from among your men, two witnesses. And if two men be not (at hand) then a man and two women, of such as ye approve as witnesses, so that if the one erreth (through forgetfulness) the other will remember. And the witnesses must not refuse when they are summoned. Be not averse to writing down (the contract) whether it be small or great, with (record of) the term thereof. That is more equitable in the sight of Allah and more sure for testimony, and the best way of avoiding doubt between you; save only in the case when it is actual merchandise which ye transfer among yourselves from hand to hand. In that case it is no sin for you if ye write it not. And have witnesses when ye sell one to another, and let no harm be done to scribe or witness. If ye do (harm to them) lo! it is a sin in you. Observe your duty to Allah. Allah is teaching you. And Allah is knower of all things
Edward Henry Palmer1880 O ye who believe! if ye engage to one another in a debt for a stated time, then write it down, and let a scribe write it down between you faithfully; nor let a scribe refuse to write as God taught him, but let him write, and let him who owes dictate; but let him fear God his Lord, and not diminish therefrom aught; but if he who owes be a fool, or weak, or cannot dictate himself, then let his agent dictate faithfully, and let them call two witnesses out from amongst their men; or if there be not two men, then a man and two women, from those whom he chooses for witnesses, so that if one of the two should err, the second of the two may remind the other; and let not the witnesses refuse when they are summoned; and let them not tire of writing it, be it small or great, with its time of payment. That is more just in the sight of God, and more upright for testimony, and brings you nearer to not doubting. Unless, indeed, it be a ready-money transaction between you, which ye arrange between yourselves, then it is no crime against you that ye do not write it down; but bring witnesses to what ye sell one to another, and let not either scribe or witness come to harm, for if ye do it will be abomination in you; but fear God, for God teaches you, and God knows all things
John Medows Rodwell1861 O ye who believe! when ye contract a debt (payable) at a fixed date, write it down, and let the notary faithfully note between you: and let not the notary refuse to note, even as God hath taught him; but let him note it down, and let him who oweth the debt dictate, and let him fear God his Lord, and not diminish aught thereof. But if he who oweth the debt be foolish or weak, or be not able to dictate himself, let his friend dictate for him with fairness; and call to witness two witnesses of your people: but if there be not two men, let there be a man, and two women of those whom ye shall judge fit for witnesses: if the one of them should mistake, the other may cause her to recollect. And the witnesses shall not refuse, whenever they shall be summoned. And disdain not to put the debt in writing, be it large or small, with its time of payment: this will be more just for you in the sight of God, better suited for witnessing, and the best for avoiding doubt. But if the goods be there present, and ye pass them from hand to hand - then it shall be no fault in you not to write it down. And have witnesses when ye sell, and harm not writer or witness: it will be a crime in you to do this. But fear God and God will give you knowledge, for God hath knowledge of all things
George Sale1734 O true believers, when ye bind yourselves one to the other in a debt for a certain time, write it down; and let a writer write between you according to justice, and let not the writer refuse writing according to what God hath taught him; but let him write, and let him who oweth the debt dictate, and let him fear God his Lord, and not diminish ought thereof. But if he who oweth the debt be foolish, or weak, or be not able to dictate himself, let his agent dictate according to equity; and call to witness two witnesses of your neighbouring men; but if there be not two men, let there be a man and two women of those whom ye shall choose for witnesses: If one of those women should mistake, the other of them will cause her to recollect. And the witnesses shall not refuse, whensoever they shall be called. And disdain not to write it down, be it a large debt, or be it a small one, until its time of payment: This will be more just in the sight of God, and more right for bearing witness, and more easy, that ye may not doubt. But if it be a present bargain which ye transact between your selves, it shall be no crime in you, if ye write it not down. And take witnesses when ye sell one to the other, and let no harm be done to the writer, nor to the witness; which if ye do, it will surely be injustice in you: And fear God, and God will instruct you, for God knoweth all things
Easy-read (simplified)lillaahi maa fee s-samaawaati wamaa fee l-'ardi wa'in tubdoo maa fee anfusikum aw tukhfoohu yuhaasibkum bihi llaahu fayaghfiru liman yashaa'u wayu'adhdhibu man yashaa'u wallaahu 'alaa kulli shay'in qadeer
DIN 31635lillāhi mā fī s-samāwāti wamā fī l-ʾarḍi waʾin tubdū mā fī ʾanfusikum ʾaw tuḫfūhu yuḥāsibkum bihi llāhu fayaġfiru liman yašāʾu wayuʿaḏḏibu man yašāʾu wallāhu ʿalā kulli šayʾin qadīrun
Talal Itani2012 To God belongs everything in the heavens and the earth. Whether you reveal what is within your selves, or conceal it, God will call you to account for it. He forgives whom He wills, and He punishes whom He wills. God is Able to do all things.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Unto Allah (belongeth) whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth; and whether ye make known what is in your minds or hide it, Allah will bring you to account for it. He will forgive whom He will and He will punish whom He will. Allah is Able to do all things
Edward Henry Palmer1880 God's is what is in heaven and in the earth, and if ye show what is in your souls, or hide it, God will call you to account; and He forgives whom He will, and punishes whom He will, for God is mighty over all
John Medows Rodwell1861 Whatever is in the Heavens and in the Earth is God's: and whether ye bring forth to light what is in your minds or conceal it, God will reckon with you for it; and whom He pleaseth will He forgive, and whom He pleaseth will He punish; for God is All-powerful
George Sale1734 Whatever is in heaven, and on earth is God's: And whether ye manifest that which is in your minds, or conceal it, God will call you to account for it, and will forgive whom he pleaseth, and will punish whom he pleaseth; for God is almighty
DIN 31635ʾāmana r-rasūlu bimā ʾunzila ʾilayhi min rabbihi wal-muʾminūna kullun ʾāmana billāhi wamalāʾikatihi wakutubihi warusulihi lā nufarriqu bayna ʾaḥadin min rusulihi waqālū samiʿnā waʾaṭaʿnā ġufrānaka rabbanā waʾilayka l-maṣīru
Talal Itani2012 The Messenger has believed in what was revealed to him from his Lord, as did the believers. They all have believed in God, and His angels, and His scriptures, and His messengers: "We make no distinction between any of His messengers." And they say, "We hear and we obey. Your forgiveness, our Lord. To you is the destiny."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 The messenger believeth in that which hath been revealed unto him from his Lord and (so do) believers. Each one believeth in Allah and His angels and His scriptures and His messengers - We make no distinction between any of His messengers - and they say: We hear, and we obey. (Grant us) Thy forgiveness, our Lord. Unto Thee is the journeying
Edward Henry Palmer1880 The Apostle believes in what is sent down to him from his Lord, and the believers all believe on God, and His angels, and His Books, and His apostles,- we make no difference between any of His apostles,- they say, 'We hear and obey, Thy pardon, O Lord! for to Thee our journey tends
John Medows Rodwell1861 The apostle believeth in that which hath been sent down from his Lord, as do the faithful also. Each one believeth in God, and His Angels, and His Books, and His Apostles: we make no distinction between any of His Apostles. And they say, "We have heard and we obey. Thy mercy, Lord! for unto thee must we return
George Sale1734 The apostle believeth in that which hath been sent down unto him from his Lord, and the faithful also. Every one of them believeth in God, and his angels, and his scriptures, and his apostles: We make no distinction at all between his apostles. And they say, we have heard, and do obey: We implore thy mercy, O Lord, for unto thee must we return
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 —
0.55 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 Rodwell0.67
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.64
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.62
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.61
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.58
Talal Itani · George Sale0.57
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.52
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.46
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.46
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.39
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.