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Talal Itani· published 2012
O you who believe! Do not approach the prayer while you are drunk, so that you know what you say; nor after sexualorgasm-unless you are travelling-until you have bathed. If you are sick, or traveling, or one of you comes from the toilet, or you have had intercourse with women, and cannot find water, find clean sand and wipe your faces and your hands with it. God is Pardoning and Forgiving.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
O ye who believe! Draw not near unto prayer when ye are drunken, till ye know that which ye utter, nor when ye are polluted, save when journeying upon the road, till ye have bathed. And if ye be ill, or on a journey, or one of you cometh from the closet, or ye have touched women, and ye find not water, then go to high clean soil and rub your faces and your hands (therewith). Lo! Allah is Benign, Forgiving
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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
O ye who believe! approach not prayer while ye are drunk, until ye well know what ye say; nor yet while polluted,- unless ye be passing by the way,- until ye have washed yourselves. But if ye are sick, or on a journey, or one of you come from the privy, or if ye have touched a woman, and ye cannot find water, then usegoodsurface sand and wipe your faces and your hands therewith; verily, God pardons and forgives
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Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
O ye true believers, come not to prayer when ye are drunken, but wait till ye can understand what ye utter; nor when ye are polluted, unless ye be travelling on the road, until ye have washed you. If ye be sick, or on a journey, or have come from the uncleanplace, or have touched a woman, and ye find not water, then rub pure sand, and bathe your face and your hands with it: verily, God is Lenient, Merciful
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Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
O true believer , come not to prayer when ye are drunk, until ye understand what ye say; nor when ye are polluted by emission of seed, unless ye be travelling on the road, until ye wash yourselves. But if ye be sick, or on a journey, or any of you come from easingnature, or have touched women, and find no water; takefine clean sand and rub your faces and your hands therewith; for God is merciful and inclined to forgive
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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
O besimtarë! Mos iu afroni namazit (e as xhamisë) duke qenë të dehur, derisa të dini çfarë po thoni, as duke qenë xhunubë (të papastër), përveçse si kalimtarë, derisa të laheni. Ndërkaq, nëse jeni të sëmurë ose jeni në udhëtim, ose keni kryer nevojën a keni bërë marrëdhënie me gra e nuk gjeni ujë (për t'u pastruar), atëherë fërkoni fytyrat dhe duart tuaja me dhé të pastër. Me të vërtetë, Allahu është Shlyes i gjynaheve dhe Falës i Madh.
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বাংলা · Bengali
হে মুমিনগণ! নেশাগ্রস্ত অবস্থায় তোমরা সালাতের নিকটবর্তী হয়ো না; যতক্ষণ না তোমরা যা বলো তা বুঝতে পারো।(১৯) অনুরূপ অপবিত্র অবস্থায় (সালাতের জায়গা মসজিদসমূহের নিকটবর্তী হয়ো না); যতক্ষণ না তোমরা গোসল করো, তবে যদি তোমরা পথ অতিক্রমকারী হও (তবে ভিন্ন কথা)। আর যদি তোমরা অসুস্থ হও বা সফরে থাকো বা তোমাদের কেউ প্রস্রাব-পায়খানা থেকে আসে কিংবা তোমরা স্ত্রী সম্ভোগ করো, তবে যদি পানি না পাও, তাহলে পবিত্র মাটিতে তায়াম্মুম করো। সুতরাং তোমরা তোমাদের মুখমণ্ডল ও হাত মাসহ করো। নিশ্চয় আল্লাহ গুনাহ মার্জনাকারী,পরম ক্ষমাশীল।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
O vi koji vjerujete, ne pristupajte namazu pijani, dok ne budete znali šta govorite, niti kada ste džunubi, osim kao prolaznici, sve dok se ne okupate. A ako ste bolesni, ili na putu, ili ako je neko od vas došao iz nužnika, ili ako ste imali odnos sa suprugama, a ne nađete vode, onda dlanovima čistu zemlju dotaknite i lica svoja i ruke svoje potarite. Allah je, doista, Onaj Koji stalno grijehe poništava i oprašta.
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Hrvatski · Croatian
O vi koji vjerujete, ne pristupajte molitvi pijani, dok ne budete znali što govorite, niti kada ste nečisti, osim kao prolaznici, sve dok se ne okupate. A ako ste bolesni, ili na putu, ili ako je neko od vas došao iz nužnika, ili ako ste imali odnos sa suprugama, a ne nađete vode, onda dlanovima čistu zemlju dotaknite i lica svoja i ruke svoje potarite. Allah je, doista, Onaj Koji stalno grijehe poništava i oprašta.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Ee hey mon gooŋɗinɓe, wata on ɓaɗto juulde den hara ko on siwruɓe haa aganndon ko wowloton ; wanaa de ngonduɗon e janaaba, ha lootoɗon maa ko on taƴitooɓe laawol haa laɓɓinoɗon. Si on laatike nawnuɓe, maa hiɗon e hoore jahal, maa ɓaawo hoggo arii goɗɗo e mon(yaadon dow wuro), maa on soccondirii e rewɓe ɓen on heɓaali ndiyam, taamoree mbullaari(leydi) laaɓundi : mowlon geece mon ɗen e juuɗe mon ɗen. Pellet, Alla Laatike jaafotooɗo Cuhroowo
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ქართული · Georgian
ჰეი, თქვენ, რომელთაც ირწმუნეთ! ნუ მიუახლოვდებით ლოცვას, როცა ხართ მთვრალნი, ვიდრე არ გაიგებთ, რას ამბობთ; და ასევე — ნუ მიუახლოვდებით (ლოცვას) დიდ უწმინდურებაში ყოფნისას, გარდა გზაში ყოფნისა [თუ არ გაქვთ წყალი ან უბრალოდ გაივლით მეჩეთში], ვიდრე არ განიბანებით [სრულ განბანვას არ აღასრულებთ]. და თუ ავად ხართ (ისე, რომ ვერ იყენებთ წყალს ან მისი გამოყენება ავადმყოფობას გააუარესებს), ან ხართ მგზავრობაში, ან ვინმე თქვენგან მოვიდა საპირფარეშოდან, ან შეეხეთ ქალებს [გქონდათ მათთან სიახლოვე] და ვერ იპოვეთ წყალი, მაშინ (წყლით განბანვის ნაცვლად) აღასრულეთ განწმენდა სუფთა მიწით [თაიამმუმი] და მოიწმინდეთ (მისით) თქვენი სახეები და ხელები. ჭეშმარიტად, ალლაჰი შემწყნარებელი, მიმტევებელია!
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Deutsch · German
O die ihr glaubt, nähert euch nicht dem Gebet, während ihr (be)trunken seid, bis ihr wisst, was ihr sagt, und auch nicht im Zustand der (großen rituellen) Unreinheit - es sei denn, ihr geht bloß vorbei -, bis ihr die Ganzkörperwaschung vollzogen habt. Und wenn ihr krank seid oder auf einer Reise oder jemand von euch vom Abort kommt oder ihr eure Frauen berührt (, indem ihr ihnen beigeschlafen) habt und dann kein Wasser (vor)findet, so vollzieht (die rituelle Waschung) mit gutem Erdboden (in Form von „Tayammum“) und streicht euch über eure Gesichter und Hände. Wahrlich, Allah ist allverzeihend und allvergebend.
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Ελληνικά · Greek
Ω, εσείς που πιστεύετε! Μην πλησιάζετε (τελείτε) την προσευχή ενώ είστε μεθυσμένοι, μέχρι (να εξαφανιστεί το μεθύσι σας και) να ξέρετε τι λέτε! [Αυτή ήταν η πρώτη εντολή του Αλλάχ σχετικά με το αλκοόλ, το οποίο απαγορεύτηκε σταδιακά]. Ούτε (να τελείτε την προσευχή ενώ είστε) σε κατάσταση Τζανάμπα (μεγάλης ακαθαρσίας π.χ. μετά από σεξουαλική επαφή), (ούτε να μπείτε στα τζαμιά όταν είστε σε κατάσταση Τζανάμπα) παρά μόνο όταν περνάτε (χωρίς να μείνετε μέσα), μέχρι να κάνετε Γουσλ (πλήρες ντους). Και όταν είστε άρρωστοι (που δεν μπορείτε να χρησιμοποιήσετε το νερό), ή ταξιδεύετε, ή κάποιος απ' εσάς έχει ανακουφιστεί, ή έχετε σεξουαλική επαφή με τις γυναίκες (σας), και δεν βρίσκετε νερό, τότε πηγαίνετε προς καθαρή σκόνη (ή άμμο ή χώμα, για να εκτελέσετε Ταγιάμμουμ χτυπώντας την με τις δύο παλάμες μία φορά) και σκουπίστε (με τις παλάμες σας) τα πρόσωπα και τα χέρια σας (με την παλάμη του αριστερού πάνω στο δεξί χέρι μέχρι τον καρπό και το αντίστροφο). Πράγματι, ο Αλλάχ είναι ‘Αφόου (Αυτός που δίνει άφεση για τα πάντα) και Γαφούρ (Αυτός που συγχωρεί τα πάντα).
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हिन्दी · Hindi
ऐ ईमान वालो! जब तुम नशे[35] (की हालत) में हो, तो नमाज़ के क़रीब न जाओ, यहाँ तक कि जो कुछ ज़बान से कह रहे हो, उसे (ठीक) से समझने लगो और न जनाबत[36] की हालत में, (मस्जिदों के क़रीब जाओ) यहाँ तक कि स्नान कर लो। परंतु रास्ता पार करते हुए (चले जाओ, तो कोई बात नहीं)। यदि तुम बीमार हो अथवा यात्रा में हो या तुममें से कोई शौच से आए या तुमने स्त्रियों से सहवास किया हो, फिर पानी न पा सको, तो पवित्र मिट्टी से तयम्मुम[37] कर लो; उसे अपने चेहरे तथा हाथों पर फेर लो। निःसंदेह अल्लाह माफ करने वाला और क्षमा करने वाला है।
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Italiano · Italian
O credenti, non avvicinatevi alla preghiera ubriachi, finché non saprete quel che dite, né da impuri, tranne quando siete di passaggio, finché non avrete fatto l’abluzione. E se siete malati o siete in viaggio – o alcuni di voi hanno defecato, o avete toccato le donne senza trovare dell’acqua, fate Attayammam[41] ﴿التّيمّم﴾ e strofinateci i palmi e passatela sul viso e le mani: Allāh è in verità Colui che accoglie il pentimento, il Perdonatore.
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
43. O jūs, kurie tikite! Nesiartinkite prie As-Salat (maldos), kai esate girti iki tol, kol suvokiate (reikšmę to), ką tariate, nei tada, kai esate Džanaba būsenos (t. y. nešvarumo būsena po lytinių santykių iki tol, kol išsimaudoma), išskyrus, kai esate kelyje (neturėdami pakankamai vandens arba tik pravažiuodami šalia mečetės), iki tol, kol nuprausite visą kūną. O jei sergate arba esate kelionėje, arba ateinate atlikę gamtinius reikalus, arba turėjote sueitį su moterimi (lytinius santykius) ir nerandate vandens, - atlikite Tajamum su švaria žeme ir patrinkite ja savo veidus bei rankas (Tajamum) [6]. Iš tiesų, Allahas yra Visada Dažnai Dovanojantis, Dažnai Atleidžiantis.
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Русский · Russian
О вы, которые уверовали! Не приближайтесь к молитве, будучи пьяны, пока не будете знать, что говорите, и не [приближайтесь к ней] в состоянии полового осквернения — пока не совершите полное омовение — разве что когда проходите [через мечеть]. А если вы больны, или в пути, или кто-либо из вас пришёл из отхожего места, или вы касались женщин, и вы не нашли воды, то совершите таяммум[31] чистой землёй и протрите ею свои лица и руки. Воистину, Аллах всегда был [и пребудет] извиняющим, прощающим.
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Српски · Serbian
О ви који верујете, не приступајте пијани молитви, док не будете знали шта говорите, нити када сте нечисти од интимног односа, осим као пролазници (кроз џамију), све док се не окупате. А ако сте болесни, или на путу, или ако је неко од вас дошао из нужника, или ако сте имали однос са супругама, а не нађете воду, онда длановима чисту земљу дотакните и лица своја и руке своје потарите. Аллах је, заиста, Онај Који стално грехе поништава и опрашта.
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Enyi mlioamini! Msiikaribie Swala hali ya kuwa mmelewa, mpaka myajue mnayoyasema. Wala mkiwa na janaba (msikaribie swala wala msikiti), isipokuwa wanaopita njia (msikitini), mpaka muoge. Na mkiwa wagonjwa, au katika safari, au mmoja wenu akitoka chooni, au mkiwagusa (yaani kuwajamii) wanawake, na msipate maji, basi ukusudieni mchanga safi. Basi upangusieni kwenye nyuso zenu na mikono yenu. Hakika, Mwenyezi Mungu ni Msamehevu, Mwenye kufuta dhambi.
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Svenska · Swedish
Troende! Närma er inte bönen i berusat tillstånd, utan först när ni vet vad ni säger. Och inte heller [ska ni vistas i moskén] i ett tillstånd av stor rituell orenhet, förrän ni har tvagat hela kroppen – såvida ni inte bara passerar [genom den]. Om någon av er är sjuk eller på resa, eller har förrättat sina behov, eller har haft intimt umgänge med kvinnor och inte finner vatten, ska han ta ren jord och stryka över ansiktet och händerna. Gud är överseende och ständigt förlåtande.
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Türkçe · Turkish
Ey iman edenler! Sarhoş iken ne dediğinizi bilinceye dek namaza yaklaşmayın. Cünüp iken de içinden geçici olmanız dışında gusledinceye kadar namaza (ve camiye) yaklaşmayın. Eğer hasta veya yolculukta iseniz veya tuvaletten gelmişseniz yahut kadınlarınızla münasebette bulunmuş da su bulamamışsanız, temiz bir toprakla teyemmüm edin, yüzlerinize ve ellerinize hafifçe sürün (mesh edin). Şüphesiz Allah affeden ve bağışlayandır.
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اردو · Urdu
اے ایمان والو! جب تم نشے میں مست ہو نماز کے قریب بھی نہ جاؤ[1] ، جب تک کہ اپنی بات کو سمجھنے نہ لگو اور جنابت کی حالت میں جب تک کہ غسل نہ کر لو[2]، ہاں اگر راه چلتے گزر جانے والے ہو تو اور بات ہے[3] اور اگر تم بیمار ہو یا سفر میں ہو یا تم میں سے کوئی قضائے حاجت سے آیا ہو یا تم نے عورتوں سے مباشرت کی ہو اور تمہیں پانی نہ ملے تو پاک مٹی کا قصد کرو اور اپنے منھ اور اپنے ہاتھ مل لو[4]۔ بے شک اللہ تعالیٰ معاف کرنے واﻻ، بخشنے واﻻ ہے۔
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DIN 31635fakayfa ʾiḏā ǧiʾnā min kulli ʾummatin bišahīdin waǧiʾnā bika ʿalā hāʾulāʾi šahīdan
Talal Itani2012 Then how will it be, when We bring a witness from every community, and We bring you as a witness against these?
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 But how (will it be with them) when We bring of every people a witness, and We bring thee (O Muhammad) a witness against these
Edward Henry Palmer1880 How then when we bring from every nation a witness, and bring thee as a witness against these
John Medows Rodwell1861 How! when we shall bring up against them witnesses from all peoples, and when we shall bring thee up as witness against these
George Sale1734 How will it be with the unbelievers, when we shall bring a witness out of each nation against itself, and shall bring thee, O Mohammed, a witness against these people
DIN 31635yawmaʾiḏin yawaddu llaḏīna kafarū waʿaṣawu r-rasūla law tusawwā bihimu l-ʾarḍu walā yaktumūna llāha ḥadīṯan
Talal Itani2012 On that Day, those who disbelieved and disobeyed the Messenger will wish that the earth were leveled over them. They will conceal nothing from God.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 On that day those who disbelieved and disobeyed the messenger will wish that they were level with the ground, and they can hide no fact from Allah
Edward Henry Palmer1880 on the day when those who misbelieve and rebel against the Apostle would fain that the earth were levelled with them? but they cannot hide the news from God
John Medows Rodwell1861 On that day they who were Infidels and rebelled against the prophet, shall wish that the earth were levelled with them! But nothing shall they hide from God
George Sale1734 In that day they who have not believed, and have rebelled against the apostle of God, shall wish the earth was levelled with them; and they shall not be able to hide any matter from God
Easy-read (simplified)alam tara ilaa lladheena ootoo naseeban mina l-kitaabi yashtaroona d-dalaalata wayureedoona an tadilloo s-sabeel
DIN 31635ʾalam tara ʾilā llaḏīna ʾūtū naṣīban mina l-kitābi yaštarūna ḍ-ḍalālata wayurīdūna ʾan taḍillū s-sabīla
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 Have you not considered those who were given a share of the Book? They buy error, and wish you would lose the way.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Seest thou not those unto whom a portion of the Scripture hath been given, how they purchase error, and seek to make you (Muslims) err from the right way
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Do ye not see those who have been given a portion of the Book? they buy error, and they wish that ye may err from the way
John Medows Rodwell1861 Hast thou not remarked those to whom a part of the Scriptures hath been given? Vendors are they of error, and are desirous that ye go astray from the way
George Sale1734 Hast thou not observed those unto whom part of the scripture was delivered? They sell error, and desire that ye may wander from the right way
DIN 31635wallāhu ʾaʿlamu biʾaʿdāʾikum wakafā billāhi waliyyan wakafā billāhi naṣīran
Talal Itani2012 But God knows your enemies best. God is sufficient as a Protector, and God is sufficient as a Supporter.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Allah knoweth best (who are) your enemies. Allah is sufficient as a Guardian, and Allah is sufficient as a Supporter
Edward Henry Palmer1880 But God knows best who your enemies are, and God suffices as a patron, and sufficient is God as a help
John Medows Rodwell1861 But God knoweth your enemies; and God is a sufficient patron, and God is a sufficient helper
George Sale1734 but God well knoweth your enemies. God is a sufficient patron, and God is a sufficient helper
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 —
0.61 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 Rodwell0.70
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.67
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.65
Talal Itani · George Sale0.65
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.63
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.63
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.58
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.57
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.55
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.50
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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characterise what the difference means. The renderings are placed
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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.