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God has sent down the best of narrations: a Scripture consistent and paired. The skins of those who reverence their Lord shiver from it, then their skins and their hearts soften up to the remembrance of God. Such is God's guidance; He guides with it whomever He wills. But whomever God leaves astray, for him there is no guide.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Allah hath (now) revealed the fairest of statements, a Scripture consistent, (wherein promises of reward are) paired (with threats of punishment), whereat doth creep the flesh of those who fear their Lord, so that their flesh and their hearts soften to Allah'sreminder. Such is Allah's guidance, wherewith He guideth whom He will. And him whom Allahsendeth astray, for him there is no guide
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 has sent down the best of legends, a book uniform and repeating; whereat the skins of those who fear their Lord do creep! then their skins and their hearts soften at the remembrance of God. That is the guidance of God! He guides therewith whom He will. But he whom God leads astray there is no guide for him
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
The best of recitals hath God sent down a book in unison with itself, and teaching by iteration. The very skins of those who fear their Lord do creep at it! Then do their skins and their hearts soften at the remembrance of their Lord! This is God's guidance: by it will He guide whom He pleaseth; and, whom God shall mislead, no guide shall there be for him
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
God hath revealed a most excellentdiscourse; a book conformable to itself, and containing repeated admonitions. The skins of those who fear their Lord shrink for fear thereat: Afterwards their skins growsoft, and their hearts also, at the remembrance of their Lord. This is the direction of God: He will direct thereby whom He pleaseth; and whomsoever God shall cause to err, he shall have no director
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 ka zbritur fjalën më të bukur, një Libër me pjesë të ngjashme dhe përsëritje të harmonishme. Prej tij, lëkurat e atyre që i frikësohen Zotit të tyre rrëqethen; pastaj, lëkurat dhe zemrat e tyre zbuten në përmendjen e Allahut. Ky është udhëzimi i Allahut, me të cilën Ai udhëzon kë të dojë. E atë që Allahu e lë në humbje, askush nuk mund ta udhëzojë.
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বাংলা · Bengali
আল্লাহ নাযিল করেছেন সর্বোৎকৃষ্ট বাণী (আল কুরআন), সাদৃশ্যপূর্ণ একটি কিতাব(১৫) যা বারবার পাঠ করা হয়। যারা তাদের রবকে ভয় করে, এতে তাদের গা শিহরিত হয়, তারপর তাদের দেহ ও মন আল্লাহর স্মরণে বিনম্র হয়ে যায়। এটা (১৬) আল্লাহর হিদায়াত, তিনি যাকে চান তাকে এর দ্বারা হিদায়াত করেন। আর আল্লাহ যাকে পথভ্রষ্ট করেন, তার জন্য কোন হিদায়াতকারী নেই।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
Allah objavljuje najljepši govor, Knjigu sličnu po smislu, čije se poruke ponavljaju, zbog kojih podilazi jeza one koji se Gospodara svog boje, a kad se spomene ime Allahovo, kože njihove i srca njihova se smiruju. Ona je Allahov Pravi put na koji On ukazuje onom kome On hoće. A onog koga Allah ostavi u zabludi niko na Pravi put neće moći uputiti.
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Hrvatski · Croatian
Allah objavljuje najljepši govor, Knjigu sličnu po smislu, čije se poruke ponavljaju, zbog kojih podilazi jeza one koji se Gospodara svog boje, a kad se spomene ime Allahovo, kože njihove i srca njihova se smiruju. Ona je Allahov Pravi put na koji On ukazuje onom kome On hoće. A onog koga Allah ostavi u zabludi nitko na Pravi put neće moći uputiti.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Allah jippinii ko ɓuri moƴƴude e yeewtere, deftere nanndunde [ñaawooje], ɗimmitunde. Nde guri ɓen hulooɓe Joomi muyn riɓirta (nanugol nde), refti guri e ɓerɗe maɓɓe deeƴira jaŋtoore Allah nden. Ko ɗuum woni peewal Allah ngal O feewnira on mo muuyani. Kala non mo Allah majjini, haray peewnoowo mo alaa.
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ქართული · Georgian
ალლაჰმა გარდმოავლინა საუკეთესო ამბავი [ყურანი] — წიგნი, რომლის ნაწილები მსგავსია, და განმეორებადი [სადაც განმეორებით არის მოყვანილი მტკიცებულებები და განმარტებები, ისტორიები და დებულებები]. მისგან ჟრუანტელი უვლით იმათ კანს, რომელთაც ეშინიათ თავიანთი უფლის. შემდეგ კი მათი კანი და გულები რბილდება ალლაჰის ხსენებისთვის (როცა ისმენენ სამოთხის დაპირებას). ეს არის გზა ალლაჰისა. ალლაჰი ამით [ყურანით] წარუძღვის, ვისაც ისურვებს. ხოლო იმას, ვისაც ალლაჰი გზას აუბნევს, არავინ ეყოლება სწორ გზაზე დამდგენი.
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Deutsch · German
Allah hat die beste Botschaft hinabgesandt, ein Buch mit gleichartigen, sich wiederholenden (Versen), vor dem die Haut derjenigen, die ihren Herrn fürchten, erschauert. Hierauf werden ihre Haut und ihr Herz weich (und neigen sich) dem Gedenken Allahs hin. Dies ist die Rechtleitung Allahs. Er leitet damit recht, wen Er will. Und wen Allah in die Irre gehen lässt, so hat er keinen Rechtleiter.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Ο Αλλάχ έστειλε τα καλύτερα Λόγια (το Κορ’άν), ένα Βιβλίο του οποίου τα μέρη μοιάζουν το ένα με το άλλο (στην τελειότητα και την αλήθεια, και δεν περιέχουν αντιφάσεις μεταξύ τους), και μέσα στο οποίο (Βιβλίο) επαναλαμβάνονται [οι κανόνες, οι ιστορίες, οι νουθεσίες και οι αποδείξεις, και έτσι, όποιος διαβάσει οποιοδήποτε Κεφάλαιο, θα βρίσκει ό,τι χρειάζεται από νουθεσίες κλπ.]. Ανατριχιάζει το δέρμα εκείνων που φοβούνται τον Κύριό τους, απ' αυτό (το Βιβλίο, όταν ακούν τις απειλές του για την τιμωρία των άπιστων), και μετά μαλακώνει το δέρμα και οι καρδιές τους με την εξύμνηση του Αλλάχ (το Κορ’άν, όταν ακούν τις υποσχέσεις του για την ανταμοιβή των πιστών). Αυτή είναι η καθοδήγηση του Αλλάχ, με την οποία καθοδηγεί όποιους θέλει. Αλλά όποιον τον κάνει ο Αλλάχ να παραστρατήσει, δεν υπάρχει κανείς που μπορεί να τον καθοδηγήσει.
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हिन्दी · Hindi
अल्लाह ने सबसे अच्छी बात (क़ुरआन) अवतरित की, ऐसी पुस्तक जो परस्पर मिलती-जुलती, (जिसकी आयतें) बार-बार दोहराई जाने वाली हैं। इससे उन लोगों की खालों के रोंगटे खड़े हो जाते हैं, जो अपने पालनहार से डरते हैं। फिर उनकी खालें तथा उनके दिल अल्लाह के स्मरण की ओर कोमल हो जाते हैं। यह अल्लाह का मार्गदर्शन है, जिसके द्वारा वह जिसे चाहता है, संमार्ग पर लगा देता है, और जिसे अल्लाह गुमराह कर दे, तो उसे कोई राह पर लाने वाला नहीं।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Allāh ha fatto discendere la migliore narrazione, un Libro simile, in versetti ripetuti: leggendolo, fa rabbrividire la pelle di quelli che temono il loro Dio; poi la loro pelle si distende e i loro cuori si inteneriscono al nome di Allāh: quella è la vera fede di Allāh, con la quale Lui guida chi vuole, e chi Allāh svia non troverà nessuna guida.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
23. Allahas nuleido Geriausią Pareiškimą, Knygą (šį Koraną). Jos dalys panašios viena į kitą (gerumu ir tiesa) ir dažnai kartojamos. Odos tų, kurie bijo savo Viešpaties, pašiurpsta nuo to (kai jie tai recituoja arba girdi). Tada jų oda ir jų širdys suminkštėja Allaho prisiminimui. Tai Allaho vedimas. Jis Veda tuo tą, ką Jis nori. Ir ką Allahas paklaidina, tam nėra jokio vedimo.
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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Rabbiin haasawa gaarii, kitaaba (miidhagina keessatti) wal fakkaatu, kan oduun isaa lama lamaan deemtu, kan isa irraa gogaaleen warra Gooftaa isaanii sodaatanii suukannooftu, ergasii gogaaleen isaaniitiifi onneewwan isaanii gara yaadannoo Rabbiitti laafu buusee jira. Kun qajeelfama Rabbiiti; isaan nama fedhe qajeelcha. Nama Rabbiin jallise qajeelchaan isaaf hin jiru.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.0
Русский · Russian
Аллах ниспослал наилучшее из речей — Книгу, [аяты которой] схожи и часто повторяются. От неё содрогаются кожи тех, которые боятся своего Господа. А затем их кожи и сердца смягчаются при поминании Аллаха. Это — руководство Аллаха, которым Он ведёт, кого пожелает. Кого Аллах оставит в заблуждении — тому нет наставляющего [на путь].
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Српски · Serbian
Аллах објављује најлепши говор, Књигу сличну по смислу, чије се поруке понављају, због којих подилази језа оне који се Господара свог боје, а кад се спомене Аллах, коже њихове и срца њихова се смирују. То је Аллахов Прави пут на који Он указује оном коме Он хоће. А оног кога Аллах остави у заблуди нико на Прави пут неће моћи да упути.
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Mwenyezi Mungu ameteremsha hadithi nzuri kabisa, Kitabu chenye kufanana na kukaririwa; husisimua kwacho ngozi za wenye kumhofu Mola wao Mlezi. Kisha ngozi zao na nyoyo zao hulainika kwa kumkumbuka Mwenyezi Mungu. Huo ndio uongofu wa Mwenyezi Mungu, na kwa huo humwongoa amtakaye. Na ambaye ameachwa na Mwenyezi Mungu kupotea, basi hapana wa kumwongoa.
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Svenska · Swedish
Gud har uppenbarat det allra vackraste tal: en samstämmig skrift med återkommande teman. De som bävar inför sin Herre känner huden skälva av dess ord, varefter hud och hjärtan finner ro vid åminnelsen av Gud. Detta är Guds vägledning, med vilken han visar rätt väg åt vem han vill. Men den som Gud låter gå vilse har ingen som leder honom rätt.
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Türkçe · Turkish
Allah, ayetleri birbirine benzeyen ve yer yer tekrar eden kitabı, sözlerin en güzeli olarak indirmiştir. Rablerinden korkanların bu kitaptan tüyleri ürperir, sonra hem derileri ve hem de kalpleri Allah'ın zikrine ısınıp yumuşar. İşte bu kitap Allah'ın hidayetidir. Onunla istediğini doğru yola hidayet eder. Allah kimi de saptırırsa artık ona yol gösteren bulunmaz.
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اردو · Urdu
اللہ تعالیٰ نے بہترین کلام نازل فرمایا ہے جو ایسی کتاب ہے کہ آپس میں ملتی جلتی اور بار بار دہرائی ہوئی آیتوں کی ہے[1] ، جس سے ان لوگوں کے رونگٹے کھڑے ہو جاتے ہیں جو اپنے رب کا خوف رکھتے ہیں[2] آخر میں ان کے جسم اور دل اللہ تعالیٰ کے ذکر کی طرف نرم ہو جاتے ہیں[3]، یہ ہے اللہ تعالیٰ کی ہدایت جس کے ذریعہ جسے چاہے راه راست پر لگا دیتا ہے۔ اور جسے اللہ تعالیٰ ہی راه بھلا دے اس کا ہادی کوئی نہیں.
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Talal Itani2012 Have you not considered how God sends down water from the sky, then He makes it flow into underground wells, then He produces with it plants of various colors, then they wither and you see them yellowing, then He turns them into debris? Surely in this is a reminder for those with understanding.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Hast thou not seen how Allah hath sent down water from the sky and hath caused it to penetrate the earth as watersprings, and afterward thereby produceth crops of divers hues; and afterward they wither and thou seest them turn yellow; then He maketh them chaff. Lo! herein verily is a reminder for men of understanding
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Hast thou not seen that God sends down from the heaven water, and conducts it into springs in the earth? then He brings forth therewith corn varied in kind, then it dries up, and ye see it grow yellow; then He makes it grit;- verily, in that is a reminder for those endowed with minds
John Medows Rodwell1861 Seest thou not that God sendeth down water from heaven, and guideth it along so as to form springs in the earth - then bringeth forth by it corn of varied sorts - then causeth he it to wither, and thou seest it become yellow - then crumbleth it away? Lo! herein is teaching for men of insight
George Sale1734 Dost thou not see that God sendeth down water from heaven, and causeth the same to enter and form sources in the earth; and produceth thereby corn of various sorts? Afterwards He causeth the same to wither; and thou seest it become yellow: Afterwards He maketh it crumble into dust. Verily herein is an instruction to men of understanding
DIN 31635ʾafaman šaraḥa llāhu ṣadrahu lilʾislāmi fahuwa ʿalā nūrin min rabbihi fawaylun lilqāsiyati qulūbuhum min ḏikri llāhi ʾūlāʾika fī ḍalālin mubīnin
Talal Itani2012 What about someone whose heart God has opened to Islam, so that he follows a light from His Lord? Woe to those whose hearts are hardened against the mention of God. Those are in manifest error.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Is he whose bosom Allah hath expanded for Al-Islam, so that he followeth a light from his Lord, (as he who disbelieveth)? Then woe unto those whose hearts are hardened against remembrance of Allah. Such are in plain error
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Is he whose breast God has expanded for Islam, and who is in light from his Lord .... ? And woe to those whose hearts are hardened against a remembrance of God! those are in obvious error
John Medows Rodwell1861 Shall he then whose breast God hath opened to Islam, and who hath light from his Lord . . .? But woe to those whose hearts are hardened against the remembrance of God! They plainly err
George Sale1734 Shall he, therefore, whose breast God hath enlarged to receive the religion of Islam, and who followeth the light from his Lord, be as he whose heart is hardened? But woe unto those whose hearts are hardened against the remembrance of God! They are in a manifest error
Talal Itani2012 What about someone who covers his face against the terrible misery of the Day of Resurrection? To the evildoers it will be said, "Taste what you used to earn."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Is he then, who will strike his face against the awful doom upon the Day of Resurrection (as he who doeth right)? And it will be said unto the wrong-doers: Taste what ye used to earn
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Shall he who must screen himself with his own face from the evil torment on the resurrection day. . . . ? And it shall be said of those who do wrong, taste what ye have earned
John Medows Rodwell1861 Shall he who shall have nought but his own face to shelter him with from the torment of the punishment on the day of the resurrection . . .? Aye, to the evil doers it shall be said, "Taste what ye have earned
George Sale1734 Shall he therefore who shall be obliged to screen himself with his face from the severity of the punishment on the day of resurrection, be as he who is secure therefrom? And it shall be said unto the ungodly, taste that which ye have deserved
Easy-read (simplified)kadhdhaba lladheena min qablihim fa'ataahumu l-'adhaabu min haythu laa yash'uroon
DIN 31635kaḏḏaba llaḏīna min qablihim faʾatāhumu l-ʿaḏābu min ḥayṯu lā yašʿurūna
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Talal Itani2012 Those before them also denied the truth, so the penalty came upon them from where they did not perceive.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Those before them denied, and so the doom came on them whence they knew not
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Those before them called the (prophets) liars, and the torment came to them from whence they perceived it not
John Medows Rodwell1861 They who were before them said it was a lie; but a punishment came upon them whence they looked not for it
George Sale1734 Those who were before them, accused their apostles of imposture; wherefore a punishment came upon them from whence they expected it not
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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
0.64 on a scale
where 0 means identical wording and 1 means no shared words. It is
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The cut
0.644
Share of measured verses above it
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Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Talal Itani · George Sale0.78
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.77
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.70
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.68
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.65
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.64
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.64
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.58
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.51
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.47
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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.