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Talal Itani· published 2012
O you who believe! When you journey in the way of God, investigate, and do not say to him who offers you peace, "You are not a believer," aspiring for the goods of this world. With God are abundant riches. You yourselves were like this before, and God bestowedfavor on you; so investigate. God is well aware of what you do.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
O ye who believe! When ye go forth (to fight) in the way of Allah, be careful to discriminate, and say not unto one who offereth you peace: "Thou art not a believer," seeking the chance profits of this life (so that ye may despoil him). With Allah are plenteous spoils. Even thus (as he now is) were ye before; but Allah hath since then been gracious unto you. Therefore takecare to discriminate. Allah is ever Informed of what ye do
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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! when ye are knocking about in the way of God be discerning, and do not say to him who offers you a salutation, 'Thou art no believer,'craving after the chances of this world's life, for with God are many spoils! So were ye aforetime, but God was gracious to you, be ye then discerning; verily, God of what ye do is well aware
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Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
O believers! when ye go forth to the fight for the cause of God, be discerning, and say not to every one who meeteth you with a greeting, "Thou art not a believer" in your greed after the chance good things of this present life! With God are abundant spoils. Such hath been your wont in timespast; but god hath been gracious to you. Be discerning, then, for God well knoweth what ye do
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Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
O true believers, when ye are on a march in defence of the truereligion, justly discern such as ye shall happen to meet, and say not unto him who saluteth you, thou art not a true believer; seeking the accidental goods of the present life; for with God is much spoil: Such have ye formerly been; but God hath been gracious unto you; therefore make a just discernment, for God is well acquainted with 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
O besimtarë! Kur të dilni (për të luftuar) në rrugën e Allahut, shqyrtoni çdo gjë me kujdes e mos i thoni atij që ju përshëndet me selam: "Nuk je besimtar", duke kërkuar kështu pasurinë e kësaj bote, sepse tek Allahu ka begati të shumta. Ashtu ishit edhe ju më parë, por Allahu ju dha mirësi, andaj shqyrtoni çdo gjë me kujdes! Allahu e di mirë çfarë veproni.
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বাংলা · Bengali
হে মুমিনগণ! যখন তোমরা আল্লাহর রাস্তায় (জিহাদের জন্যে) বের হবে তখন যাচাই-বাছাই করে নিবে (কে তোমাদের বন্ধু, কে শত্রু)। আর যদি কেউ তোমাদের নিকট ইসলামকে প্রকাশ করে, পার্থিব জীবনের স্বার্থ হাসিলের আশায় তাকে বলবে না যে, ‘তুমি মু’মিন নও’।(৩৮) অথচ আল্লাহর কাছে রয়েছে প্রচুর গনীমত। তোমরাতো পূর্বে এর মতোই ছিলে।(৩৯) অতঃপর আল্লাহ তোমাদের প্রতি অনুগ্রহ করলেন। সুতরাং (কাউকে হত্যার আগে) তোমরা যাচাই-বাছাই করবে। নিশ্চয় তোমরা যা করো সে সম্পর্কে আল্লাহ সম্যক অবগত।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
O vi koji vjerujete, kada u boj na Allahovom putu krenete, sve dobro provjerite i onome ko vam nazove selam nemojte reći: "Ti nisi vjernik!", u želji za prolaznim dobrima dunjalučkog života, jer kod Allaha su mnoga dobra. Takvi ste ranije i vi bili, pa vam je Allah darovao milost Svoju. Zato, sve dobro provjerite, a Allah, doista, dobro zna ono što vi radite.
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Hrvatski · Croatian
O vi koji vjerujete, kada u boj na Allahovom putu krenete, sve dobro provjerite i onome tko vam nazove selam nemojte reći: "Ti nisi vjernik!" u želji za prolaznim dobrima ovosvjetskog života, jer kod Allaha su mnoga dobra. Takvi ste ranije i vi bili, pa vam je Allah darovao milost Svoju. Zato, sve dobro provjerite, a Allah, doista, dobro zna ono što vi radite.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Ee hey mon gooŋɗinɓe, si on njaahii e ɗatngal ɓannginee [tefon] wata on mbi'an on berliiɗo e mon kisal : "Wanaa a gooŋɗinɗo", hiɗon ɗaɓɓa jawdi nguurdam aduna, ko ka Alla konhoyri ɗuuɗundi woni. Ko wano non laatornoɗon ko adii, Alla dokkei e mon. Ɓannginee. Pellet, Alla Laatike kumpitiiɗo ko ngolloton.
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ქართული · Georgian
ჰეი, თქვენ, რომელთაც ირწმუნეთ! როდესაც ალლაჰის გზაზე გამოდიხართ, გაარჩიეთ (ისინი, ვისთანაც მიდიხართ და ვისაც ტოვებთ) და ნუ ეტყვით იმას, ვინც მშვიდობით მოგესალმებათ [ვისაც მორწმუნის ნიშნები აქვს და თქვენთან არ იბრძვის]: «შენ არ ხარ მორწმუნე» — (შეიძლება იგი მორწმუნე იყოს, რომელიც თავის რწმენას მალავს) — ამქვეყნიური ცხოვრების წარმავალი სიკეთეების მოპოვების სურვილით. რადგან ალლაჰთანაა უხვი ნადავლი. ასეთები იყავით თქვენც ადრე [თქვენი წარმართული ტომებისგან მალავდით თქვენს რწმენას], მაგრამ ალლაჰმა მოწყალება გაიღო თქვენზე. ამიტომ გაარჩიეთ (თქვენი მოქმედებები, რათა შეცდომით მორწმუნე არ მოკლათ). ჭეშმარიტად, ალლაჰმა უწყის ის, რასაც აკეთებთ.
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Deutsch · German
O die ihr glaubt, wenn ihr auf dem Weg Allahs umherreist, dann vergewissert euch und sagt nicht zu einem, der euch den Friedensgruß (und Islam) entgegenbringt: „Du bist kein Gläubiger!“, wobei ihr nach den Glücksgütern des diesseitigen Lebens trachtet. Doch bei Allah ist Gutes in Fülle. So wart ihr zuvor (auch), aber dann hat Allah euch eine Wohltat erwiesen. Demnach vergewissert euch. Wahrlich, Allah ist kundig dessen, was ihr tut.
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Ελληνικά · Greek
Ω, εσείς που πιστεύετε! Όταν πηγαίνετε να πολεμήσετε στο δρόμο του Αλλάχ, βεβαιωθείτε (ποιον πολεμάτε, για να μην σκοτώσετε έναν πιστό που κρύβει την πίστη του από τον άπιστο λαό του που σας πολεμάει). Και μην λέτε σ' αυτόν που σας δείχνει ότι είναι Μουσουλμάνος (και δεν σας πολεμάει μαζί με τον άπιστο λαό του): «Δεν είσαι πιστός (αλλά δείχνεις ότι είσαι πιστός για να προστατεύσεις τον εαυτό σου).», αναζητάτε μ' αυτό (να πάρετε τα χρήματά του ως λάφυρα, και) τα κέρδη της εγκόσμιας ζωής, ενώ ο Αλλάχ έχει άφθονα κέρδη. Ήσασταν πριν και εσείς έτσι (σαν αυτόν, κρύβατε την πίστη σας από τον λαό σας), αλλά ο Αλλάχ σας ευλόγησε (δίνοντάς σας δύναμη). Επομένως, βεβαιωθείτε, πράγματι, ο Αλλάχ για ό,τι κάνετε έχει απεριόριστη γνώση.
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हिन्दी · Hindi
ऐ ईमान वालो! जब तुम अल्लाह के मार्ग में (जिहाद के लिए) निकलो, तो छानबीन[64] कर लिया करो। और जो तुम्हें सलाम[65] करे, उसे यह न कहो कि तुम ईमान वाले नहीं हो। तुम सांसारिक जीवन का सामान चाहते हो, तो अल्लाह के पास बहुत-सी ग़नीमतें हैं। पहले तुम भी ऐसे[66] ही थे, फिर अल्लाह ने तुमपर उपकार किया। अतः ठीक से छानबीन कर लिया करो। निःसंदेह अल्लाह तुम्हारे कर्मों से सूचित है।
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Italiano · Italian
O credenti, se andate in guerra per la causa di Allāh, siate chiari, e non dite a chi vi offre la pace: «Non sei credente!», desiderando il guadagno terreno, e da Allāh ci sono abbondanti beni. Così eravate una volta, e Allāh vi ha concesso molto della Sua grazia. Siate chiari: in verità Allāh di tutto ciò che fate è Conoscitore.
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
94. O jūs, kurie tikite! Kai jūs einate (kovoti) vardan Allaho, liudykite (tiesą) ir nesakykite niekam, kas sveikinasi su jumis (priimdami islamą): „Tu nesi tikintis.“, siekdami greitai gendančių šio žemiškojo gyvenimo daiktų. Daug daugiau naudos ir grobio yra pas Allahą. Vienodai, koks jis yra dabar, buvote jūs patys prieš tai, kol Allahas suteikė jums Savo Malones (t. y. atvedė jus į islamą), taigi būkite atsargūs diskriminuoti. Allahas yra Visada Gerai Žinantis apie tai, ką jūs darote.
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Русский · Russian
О вы, которые уверовали! Когда вы выступаете по пути Аллаха, удостоверяйтесь и не говорите тому, кто приветствует вас миром: «Ты не являешься верующим», стремясь к преходящим благам мирской жизни; ведь у Аллаха — многочисленные трофеи. Такими были и вы прежде, но Аллах оказал вам милость; так удостоверяйтесь же. Воистину, Аллах всегда был [и пребудет] сведущим о том, что вы совершаете.
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Српски · Serbian
О ви који верујете, када кренете у бој на Аллаховом путу, све добро проверите и ономе ко вам назове поздрав мира немојте рећи: „Ти ниси верник!“ У жељи за пролазним добрима овосветског живота, јер код Аллаха су многа добра. Такви сте и ви били раније, па вам је Аллах даровао Своју милост. Зато, све добро проверите, а Аллах, заиста, добро зна оно што ви радите.
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Enyi mlioamini! Mnaposafiri katika Njia ya Mwenyezi Mungu, basi chunguzeni sawasawa, wala msimwambie anayewatolea salamu: 'Wewe si Muumini'; kwa kutaka manufaa ya maisha ya dunia hii, hali ya kuwa kwa Mwenyezi Mungu ndiko zipo ghanima nyingi. Hivyo ndivyo mlivyokuwa nyinyi zamani, na Mwenyezi Mungu akawaneemesha. Basi chunguzeni sawasawa. Hakika, Mwenyezi Mungu kwa yale mnayoyatenda anazo habari zote.
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Svenska · Swedish
Troende! När ni rycker ut för Guds sak, var då noggranna i ert omdöme. Säg inte till den som [visar att han är muslim och] hälsar er med fredshälsningen: ”Du tror inte alls!”, i jakt på en världslig vinst. Hos Gud finns ju riklig vinning. Så var ni själva tidigare [muslimer i hemlighet], men Gud visade er sin nåd. Var därför noggranna. Gud är väl medveten om vad ni gör.
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Türkçe · Turkish
Ey iman edenler! Allah yolunda savaşa çıktığınızda durumu iyice araştırıp anlamadan size selam veren kimseye, dünya hayatını arzulayarak; “Sen Mümin değilsin!” demeyin. Zira Allah katında pek çok ganimetler vardır. Daha önceden siz de öyleydiniz de, Allah size ihsan etti. Öyleyse iyice araştırıp anlayın. Allah şüphesiz yaptıklarınızdan haberdardır.
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اردو · Urdu
اے ایمان والو! جب تم اللہ کی راه میں جا رہے ہو تو تحقیق کر لیا کرو اور جو تم سے سلام علیک کرے تو اسے یہ نہ کہہ دو کہ تو ایمان واﻻ نہیں[1] ۔ تم دنیاوی زندگی کے اسباب کی تلاش میں ہو تو اللہ تعالیٰ کے پاس بہت سی غنیمتیں ہیں[2]۔ پہلے تم بھی ایسے ہی تھے، پھر اللہ تعالیٰ نے تم پر احسان کیا لہٰذا تم ضرور تحقیق وتفتیش کر لیا کرو، بے شک اللہ تعالیٰ تمہارے اعمال سے باخبر ہے۔
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Talal Itani2012 Never should a believer kill another believer, unless by error. Anyone who kills a believer by error must set free a believing slave, and pay compensation to the victim's family, unless they remit it as charity. If the victim belonged to a people who are hostile to you, but is a believer, then the compensation is to free a believing slave. If he belonged to a people with whom you have a treaty, then compensation should be handed over to his family, and a believing slave set free. Anyone who lacks the means must fast for two consecutive months, by way of repentance to God. God is All-Knowing, Most Wise.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 It is not for a believer to kill a believer unless (it be) by mistake. He who hath killed a believer by mistake must set free a believing slave, and pay the blood-money to the family of the slain, unless they remit it as a charity. If he (the victim) be of a people hostile unto you, and he is a believer, then (the penance is) to set free a believing slave. And if he cometh of a folk between whom and you there is a covenant, then the blood-money must be paid unto his folk and (also) a believing slave must be set free. And whoso hath not the wherewithal must fast two consecutive months. A penance from Allah. Allah is Knower, Wise
Edward Henry Palmer1880 It is not for a believer to kill a believer save by mistake; and whosoever kills a believer by mistake then let him free a believing neck; and the blood-money must be paid to his people save what they shall remit as alms. But if he be from a tribe hostile to you and yet a believer, then let him free a believing neck. And if it be a tribe betwixt whom and you there is an alliance, then let the blood-money be paid to his friends, and let him free a believing neck; but he who cannot find the means, then let him fast for two consecutive months - a penance this from God, for God is knowing, wise
John Medows Rodwell1861 A believer killeth not a believer but by mischance: and whoso killeth a believer by mischance shall be bound to free a believer from slavery; and the blood-money shall be paid to the family of the slain, unless they convert it into alms. But if the slain believer be of a hostile people, then let him confer freedom on a slave who is a believer; and if he be of a people between whom and yourselves there is an alliance, then let the blood-money be paid to his family, and let him set free a slave who is a believer: and let him who hath not the means, fast two consecutive months. This is the penance enjoined by God; and God is Knowing, Wise
George Sale1734 It is not lawful for a believer to kill a believer, unless it happen by mistake; and whoso killeth a believer by mistake, the penalty shall be the freeing of a believer from slavery, and a fine to be paid to the family of the deceased, unless they remit it as alms: And if the slain person be of a people at enmity with you, and be a true believer, the penalty shall be the freeing of a believer; but if he be of a people in confederacy with you, a fine to be paid to his family, and the freeing of a believer. And he who findeth not wherewith to do this, shall fast two months consecutively, as a penance enjoined from God; and God is knowing and wise
Talal Itani2012 Whoever kills a believer deliberately, the penalty for him is Hell, where he will remain forever. And God will be angry with him, and will curse him, and will prepare for him a terrible punishment.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Whoso slayeth a believer of set purpose, his reward is hell for ever. Allah is wroth against him and He hath cursed him and prepared for him an awful doom
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And whoso kills a believer purposely, his reward is hell, to dwell therein for aye; and God will be wrath with him, and curse him, and prepare for him a mighty woe
John Medows Rodwell1861 But whoever shall kill a believer of set purpose, his recompense shall be hell; for ever shall he abide in it; God shall be wrathful with him, and shall curse him, and shall get ready for him a great torment
George Sale1734 But whoso killeth a believer designedly, his reward shall be hell; he shall remain therein for ever; and God shall be angry with him; and shall curse him, and shall prepare for him a great punishment
Talal Itani2012 Not equal are the inactive among the believers-except the disabled-and the strivers in the cause of God with their possessions and their persons. God prefers the strivers with their possessions and their persons above the inactive, by a degree. But God has promised goodness to both. Yet God favors the strivers, over the inactive, with a great reward.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Those of the believers who sit still, other than those who have a (disabling) hurt, are not on an equality with those who strive in the way of Allah with their wealth and lives. Allah hath conferred on those who strive with their wealth and lives a rank above the sedentary. Unto each Allah hath promised good, but He hath bestowed on those who strive a great reward above the sedentary
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Not alike are those of the believers who sit at home without harm, and those who are strenuous in God's way with their wealth and their persons. God hath preferred those who are strenuous with their wealth and their persons to those who sit still, by many degrees, and to each hath God promised good, but God hath preferred the strenuous for a mighty hire over those who sit still
John Medows Rodwell1861 Those believers who sit at home free from trouble, and those who do valiantly in the cause of God with their substance and their persons, shall not be treated alike. God hath assigned to those who contend earnestly with their persons and with their substance, a rank above those who sit at home. Goodly promises hath He made to all. But God hath assigned to the strenuous a rich recompense, above those who sit still at home
George Sale1734 Those believers who sit still at home, not having any hurt, and those who employ their fortunes and their persons for the religion of God, shall not be held equal. God hath preferred those who employ their fortunes and their persons in that cause, to a degree of honour above those who sit at home: God hath indeed promised every one paradise, but God hath preferred those who fight for the faith before those who sit still
DIN 31635daraǧātin minhu wamaġfiratan waraḥmatan wakāna llāhu ġafūran raḥīman
Talal Itani2012 Degrees from Him, and forgiveness, and mercy. God is Forgiving and Merciful.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Degrees of rank from Him, and forgiveness and mercy. Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful
Edward Henry Palmer1880 degrees from him, and pardon and mercy, for God is forgiving and merciful
John Medows Rodwell1861 Rank of his own bestowal, and forgiveness, and mercy; for God is Indulgent, Merciful
George Sale1734 by adding unto them a great reward, by degrees of honour conferred on them from him, and by granting them forgiveness, and mercy; for God is indulgent and merciful
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 —
0.65 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 Rodwell0.71
Talal Itani · George Sale0.71
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.69
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.68
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.66
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.64
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.62
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.60
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.59
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.56
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.