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Talal Itani· published 2012
God does not burden any soul beyond its capacity. To its credit is what it earns, and against it is what it commits. "Our Lord, do not condemn us if we forget or make a mistake. Our Lord, do not burden us as You have burdened those before us. Our Lord, do not burden us with more than we have strength to bear; and pardon us, and forgive us, and have mercy on us. You are our Lord and Master, so help us against the disbelieving people."
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Allahtasketh not a soul beyond its scope. For it (is only) that which it hath earned, and against it (only) that which it hath deserved. Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget, or miss the mark! Our Lord! Lay not on us such a burden as thou didst lay on those before us! Our Lord! Impose not on us that which we have not the strength to bear! Pardon us, absolve us and have mercy on us, Thou, our Protector, and give us victory over the disbelieving folk
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
God will not require of the soul save its capacity. It shall have what it has earned, and it shall owe what has been earned from it. Lord, catch us not up, if we forget or make mistake; Lord, load us not with a burden, as Thou hast loaded those who were before us. Lord, make us not to carry what we have not strength for, but forgive us, and pardon us, and have mercy on us. Thou art our Sovereign, then help us against the people who do not believe
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
God will not burden any soul beyond its power. It shall enjoy the good which it hath acquired, and shall bear the evil for the acquirement of which it laboured. O our Lord! punish us not if we forget, or fall into sin; O our Lord! and lay not on us a load like that which thou hast laid on those who have been before us; O our Lord! and lay not on us that for which we have not strength: but blot out our sins and forgive us, and have pity on us. Thou art our protector: give us victory therefore over the infidel nations
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Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
God will not force any soul beyond its capacity: It shall have the good which it gaineth, and it shall suffer the evil which it gaineth. O Lord punisth us not, if we forget, or actsinfully: O Lord lay not on us a burden like that which thou hast laid on those who have been before us; neither make us, O Lord, to bear what we have not strength to bear, but be favourable unto us, and spare us, and be merciful unto us. Thou art our patron, help us therefore against the unbelieving nations
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
Allahu nuk rëndon askënd përtej mundësive që ka. Në dobi të tij është e mira që bën, kurse në dëm të tij është e keqja që vepron. (Thoni:) "Zoti ynë, mos na ndëshko nëse harrojmë ose gabojmë! Zoti ynë, mos na ngarko me barrë të rëndë, siç i ngarkove ata që ishin para nesh! Zoti ynë, mos na ngarko sa nuk kemi fuqi! Na i shlyej gjynahet, na fal dhe na mëshiro! Ti je Mbrojtësi ynë, prandaj na ndihmo kundër njerëzve jobesimtarë."
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বাংলা · Bengali
আল্লাহ কখনোই কাউকে তার সাধ্যাতীত কোনো দায়িত্ব চাপিয়ে দেন না। সে ভালো যা কিছু উপার্জন করে তার প্রতিফল তারই, আর মন্দ যা কামাই করে তার প্রতিফলও তার উপরই বর্তায়। ‘হে আমাদের রব! যদি আমরা কিছু ভুলে যাই অথবা ভুল করি তবে আপনি আমাদেরকে পাকড়াও করবেন না। হে আমাদের রব! আমাদের পূর্ববর্তীগণের উপর যেমন বোঝা চাপিয়ে দিয়েছিলেন আমাদের উপর তেমন বোঝা চাপিয়ে দিবেন না। হে আমাদের রব! আপনি আমাদেরকে এমন কিছু বহন করাবেন না যার সামর্থ্য আমাদের নাই। আমাদের গুনাহসমূহ মোচন করুন, আমাদেরকে ক্ষমা করুন এবং আমাদের প্রতি দয়া করুন। আপনিই তো আমাদের অভিভাবক। অতএব, কাফির সম্প্রদায়ের বিরুদ্ধে আমাদেরকে সাহায্য করুন।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
Allah svaku osobu obavezuje samo onoliko kolike su njene mogućnosti; njoj u korist je ono dobro koje zaradi, a na njenu štetu je ono zlo koje sebi privrijedi. Gospodaru naš, nemoj nas kazniti ako zaboravimo ili nehotice pogriješimo! Gospodaru naš, ne tovari na nas breme kao što si ga natovario na one prije nas! Gospodaru naš, ne opterećuj nas onim za što nemamo snage! Preko grijeha naših prijeđi, oprosti nam i smiluj nam se! Ti si Gospodar naš, pa nas pomozi protiv naroda koji ne vjeruje!
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Hrvatski · Croatian
Allah svaku osobu obavezuje samo onoliko kolike su njene mogućnosti; njoj u korist je ono dobro koje zaradi, a na njenu štetu je ono zlo koje sebi privrijedi. Gospodaru naš, nemoj nas kazniti ako zaboravimo ili nehotice pogriješimo! Gospodaru naš, ne tovari na nas breme kao što si ga natovario na one prije nas! Gospodaru naš, ne opterećuj nas onim za što nemamo snage! Preko grijeha naših prijeđi, oprosti nam i smiluj nam se! Ti si Gospodar naš, pa nas pomozi protiv naroda koji ne vjeruje!
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Alla fawataa fittaandu kondu hattanaani,woodanii ndu kondu faggii, fawiima e dow mayru kondu faggitii,Joomi amen woto nanngir min ko min njejjitii koo wollo ko min ngoopi koo, woto a faw he amen tampere hono no ndoondirna-ɗaa ɓeen adiiɓe amen, Joomi amen woto faw min ko min kattanaani, yaafa amin cuura bakkatuuJi amen njurma-ɗaa min ko aan woni keedo amin wollu min e dow yimɓe heefereeɓe ɓee.
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ქართული · Georgian
ალლაჰი არ აკისრებს არცერთ სულს იმაზე მეტს, რაც მას ძალუძს. მას (სულს) ერგება ის სიკეთე, რაც მოიპოვა, და მის წინააღმდეგ იქნება ის ბოროტება, რაც თავად მოიპოვა. «ო, უფალო ჩვენო! ნუ მოგვთხოვ (ნუ დაგვსჯი), თუ დაგვავიწყდა ან შევცდით. ო, უფალო ჩვენო! ნუ დაგვაკისრებ მძიმე ტვირთს, როგორც დააკისრე მათ, ვინც ჩვენამდე იყვნენ (იუდეველებს, ქრისტიანებს და სხვებს). ო, უფალო ჩვენო! ნუ დაგვაკისრებ იმას, რაც ჩვენს ძალას აღემატება. შეგვინდე, გვაპატიე და მოგვმადლე წყალობა! შენ ხარ ჩვენი მფარველი, მაშ, დაგვეხმარე ურწმუნო ხალხის წინააღმდეგ!»
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Deutsch · German
Allah erlegt keiner Seele mehr auf, als sie zu leisten vermag. Ihr kommt (nur) zu, was sie verdient hat, und angelastet wird ihr (nur), was sie verdient hat. (Und sie sagen:) „Unser Herr, belange uns nicht, wenn wir (etwas) vergessen oder einen Fehler begehen. Unser Herr, lege uns keine Bürde auf, wie Du sie denjenigen auferlegt hast, die vor uns waren. Unser Herr, bürde uns nichts auf, wozu wir keine Kraft haben. Verzeihe uns, vergib uns und erbarme Dich unser! Du bist unser Schutzherr, so verhilf uns zum Sieg über das ungläubige Volk!“
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Ελληνικά · Greek
Ο Αλλάχ δεν επιβάλλει σε καμία ψυχή, παρά όσα αντέχει. (Κάθε ψυχή) θα λάβει (αμοιβή για) ό,τι καλό έκανε, και θα φορτωθεί με (τιμωρία για) ό,τι κακό διέπραξε. (Και ο Αγγελιαφόρος και οι πιστοί είπαν:) «Κύριέ μας, μην μας τιμωρείς αν ξεχάσαμε (να κάνουμε κάτι που μας διέταξες) ή σφάλλαμε κατά λάθος. Κύριέ μας, μην εναποθέτεις σε μας βάρος (δύσκολες υποχρεώσεις που δεν θα τις αντέχαμε) όπως το εναπόθεσες (ως τιμωρία) σ’ αυτούς πριν από μας (λογώ της αδικίας τους). Κύριέ μας, μην επιβάλλεις σε μας κάτι πέραν των δυνατοτήτων μας. Και δώσε μας χάρη (μην μας τιμωρείς λόγω των αμαρτιών μας), συγχώρεσέ μας και δείξε έλεος σ’ εμάς. Εσύ είσαι ο Κηδεμόνας μας, δώσε μας λοιπόν νίκη υπέρ των άπιστων ανθρώπων.
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हिन्दी · Hindi
अल्लाह किसी प्राणी पर भार नहीं डालता परंतु उसकी क्षमता के अनुसार। उसी के लिए है जो उसने (नेकी) कमाई और उसी पर है जो उसने (पाप) कमाया। ऐ हमारे पालनहार! हमारी पकड़ न कर यदि हम भूल जाएँ या हमसे चूक हो जाए। ऐ हमारे पालनहार! और हमपर कोई भारी बोझ न डाल, जैसे तूने उसे उन लोगों पर डाला जो हमसे पहले थे। ऐ हमारे पालनहार! और हमसे वह चीज़ न उठवा जिस (के उठाने) की हम में शक्ति न हो। तथा हमें माफ़ कर और हमें क्षमा कर दे और हमपर दया कर। तू ही हमारा स्वामी (संरक्षक) है, इसलिए काफ़िरों के मुक़ाबले में हमारी मदद कर।
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Italiano · Italian
Allāh non attribuisce a nessuna anima se non ciò che può sostenere: ad essa va ciò che ha meritato, e ciò che ha meritato va contro di essa. Dio nostro, non condannarci se dimentichiamo o sbagliamo! Dio nostro, non imporci un peso come quello che hai imposto ai nostri predecessori! Dio nostro, non appesantirci con ciò che non siamo capaci di portare, e perdonaci e assolvici e graziaci! Tu sei il nostro protettore, sostienici contro il popolo miscredente!
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
286. Allahas neapsunkina žmogaus daugiau nei jo galimybės. Jis gauna atlygį už tą (gerą), ką jis įgijo, ir jis yra baudžiamas už tą (blogą), ką jis įgijo. „Mūsų Viešpatie, nebausk mūsų, jei mes pamirštame arba suklystame! Mūsų Viešpatie, neapkrauk mūsų tokia našta, kokią Tu užkrovei tiems, kurie buvo iki mūsų (judėjams ir krikščionims)! Mūsų Viešpatie, nesuteik mums naštos sunkesnės, nei mes turime jėgų pakelti! Dovanok mums ir suteik mums Atleidimą! Būk mums gailestingas! Tu esi mūsų Maula (Globėjas, Rėmėjas ir Saugotojas, ir t. t.) ir suteik mums pergalę prieš netikinčius žmones.“
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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Rabbiin lubbuu takkas dandeettii ishee malee hin dirqisiisu. (Toltuu irraa) wanti isheen carraaqqate isheedhumaafi; (hamtuu irraa) wamti isheen carraaqqattes ishee irratti (ta’a). "Gooftaa keenya! Yoo daganne yookiin dogoggorre nu hin qabin. Gooftaa keenya! Ba’aa guddaa akka warra nuun duraa irratti baachifte nurratti hin baachisin. Gooftaa keenya! Waan isatti dandeettiin nuuf hin jirre nu hin baachisin. Irras nuuf dabri; nuuf araaramis Rahmatas nuuf godhi. Ati gargaaraa keenya, Ummata kaafirootaa irratti nuuf tumsi. [115]
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Русский · Russian
Аллах не возлагает на душу больше того, что она способна вынести. Ей — то, что она приобрела, и против неё — то, что она заслужила. «Господь наш! Не взыщи с нас, если мы забыли или ошиблись. Господь наш! Не возлагай на нас бремя, подобно тому, как Ты возложил его на тех, которые были до нас. Господь наш! Не возлагай на нас того, чего мы не в силах вынести. Будь снисходителен к нам, прости нам и помилуй нас. Ты — наш Покровитель, так помоги же нам против людей, отвергших веру».
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Српски · Serbian
Аллах сваку особу обавезује само онолико колике су њене могућности; у њену корист је добро које учини, а на њену штету је зло које уради. Господару наш, немој да нас казниш ако заборавимо или ненамерно погрешимо! Господару наш, не оптерети нас бременом као што си оптеретио оне пре нас! Господару наш, не оптерећуј нас оним за шта немамо снаге! Преко наших греха пређи, опрости нам и смилуј нам се! Ти си наш Господар, па нас помози против народа који не верује!
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Mwenyezi Mungu haikalifishi nafsi yoyote isipokuwa kwa kiwango cha iwezavyo. Faida ya iliyoyachuma ni yake, na hasara ya iliyoyachuma ni juu yake pia. (Semeni) Mola wetu Mlezi! Usituchukulie ubaya tukisahau au tukikosea. Mola wetu Mlezi! Usitubebeshe mzigo kama uliyowabebesha wale waliokuwa kabla yetu. Mola wetu Mlezi! Usitutwike tusiyoyaweza, na uyatupilie mbali mabaya yetu, na utusamehe na uturehemu. Wewe ndiye Mlinzi wetu. Basi tupe ushindi dhidi ya kaumu ya makafiri.
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Svenska · Swedish
Gud ålägger ingen människa mer än vad hon förmår. Hon ska belönas för det goda hon gjort och hållas till svars för det dåliga. ”Herre! Ställ oss inte till svars om vi glömmer eller begår misstag. Herre! Lägg inte på oss en sådan börda som du lade på våra föregångare. Herre! Ålägg oss inte sådant som ligger bortom vår förmåga. Ha överseende med oss, förlåt oss och förbarma dig över oss. Du är vår Beskyddare så ge oss seger över det otrogna folket!”
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Türkçe · Turkish
Allah, hiç kimseye gücünün üstünde bir şey (sorumluluk) yüklemez. (Herkesin) kazandığı (iyilik) lehine ve işlediği (kötülük) ise aleyhinedir! Rabbimiz, eğer unuttuk veya hata yaptıysak bizi hesaba çekme. Rabbimiz! Bizden öncekilere yüklediğin gibi bize de ağır bir görev yükleme. Rabbimiz! Gücümüzün yetmeyeceğini bize taşıtma. Bizi affet, bizi bağışla ve bize merhamet et. Sen bizim mevlâmızsın. Kâfir topluma karşı bize yardım et.
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اردو · Urdu
اللہ تعالیٰ کسی جان کو اس کی طاقت سے زیاده تکلیف نہیں دیتا، جو نیکی وه کرے وه اس کے لئے اور جو برائی وه کرے وه اس پر ہے، اے ہمارے رب! اگر ہم بھول گئے ہوں یا خطا کی ہو تو ہمیں نہ پکڑنا، اے ہمارے رب! ہم پر وه بوجھ نہ ڈال جو ہم سے پہلے لوگوں پر ڈاﻻ تھا، اے ہمارے رب! ہم پر وه بوجھ نہ ڈال جس کی ہمیں طاقت نہ ہو اور ہم سے درگزر فرما! اور ہمیں بخش دے اور ہم پر رحم کر! تو ہی ہمارا مالک ہے، ہمیں کافروں کی قوم پر غلبہ عطا فرما۔
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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 —
0.62 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
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.73
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.68
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.67
Talal Itani · George Sale0.64
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.64
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.63
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.60
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.60
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.55
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.51
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.