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When you encounter those who disbelieve, strike at their necks. Then, when you have routed them, bind them firmly. Then, either release them by grace, or by ransom, until war lays down its burdens. Had God willed, He could have defeated them Himself, but He thus tests some of you by means of others. As for those who are killed in the way of God, He will not let their deeds go to waste.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Now when ye meet in battle those who disbelieve, then it is smiting of the necks until, when ye have routed them, then making fast of bonds; and afterward either grace or ransom till the war lay down its burdens. That (is the ordinance). And if Allah willed He could have punished them (without you) but (thus it is ordained) that He may try some of you by means of others. And those who are slain in the way of Allah, He rendereth not their actionsvain
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
And when ye meet those who misbelieve - then striking off heads until ye have massacred them, and bind fast the bonds! Then either a free grant (of liberty) or a ransom until the war shall have laid down its burdens. That!- but if God please He would conquer them - but (it is) that He may try some of you by the others. And those who are slain in God's cause, their works shall not go wrong
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Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
When ye encounter the infidels, strike off their heads till ye have made a great slaughter among them, and of the restmake fast the fetters. And afterwards let there either be free dismissals or ransomings, till the war hath laid down its burdens. Thus do. Were such the pleasure of God, he could himself take vengeance upon them: but He would rather prove the one of you by the other. And whoso fight for the cause of God, their works he will not suffer to miscarry
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Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
When ye encounter the unbelievers, strike off their heads, until ye have made a great slaughter among them; and bind them in bonds: And either give them a free dismission afterwards, or exact a ransom; until the war shall have laid down its arms. This shall ye do: Verily if God pleased, He could take vengeance on them, without your assistance; but He commandeth you to fight his battles, that He may prove the one of you by the other. And as to those who fight in defence of God's truereligion, God will not suffer their works to perish
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
Kur të ndesheni me jobesimtarët, goditini në qafë derisa t'i këputni (duke i vrarë) e pastaj lidhini fort. Më pas, ose lirojini me mirësi, ose me shpërblim, derisa të mbarojë lufta. Kështu pra, se, po të donte Allahu, do t'i mposhtte ata (pa luftë), por Ai dëshiron t'ju sprovojë me njëri-tjetrin. Atyre që vriten në rrugën e Allahut, Ai nuk do t'ua humbë kurrë veprat e tyre.
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বাংলা · Bengali
অতএব, হে মু’মিনরা! তোমরা যখন কাফিরদের সাথে যুদ্ধে অবতীর্ণ হও, তখন তাদের ঘাড়ে আঘাত করো। পরিশেষে তোমরা যখন তাদেরকে সম্পূর্ণভাবে পর্যুদস্ত করবে, তখন বন্দিদেরকে শক্তভাবে বেঁধে রাখো। তারপর (বন্দিদেরকে) হয় অনুগ্রহ করো, না হয় মুক্তিপণ আদায় করে ছেড়ে দাও; যতক্ষণ না যুদ্ধ তার (অস্ত্রের) বোঝা রেখে দেয়।(১৬) এটাই বিধান। আর আল্লাহ ইচ্ছা করলে (যুদ্ধ ছাড়াই) তাদের কাছ থেকে প্রতিশোধ গ্রহণ করতে পারতেন; কিন্তু তিনি তোমাদের একজনকে অন্যের দ্বারা পরীক্ষা করতে চান। আর যারা আল্লাহর পথে শহীদ হয়, তিনি কখনোই তাদের আমলসমূহ বিনষ্ট করবেন না।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
Kad se u borbi s nevjernicima sretnete po šijama ih udarajte sve dok ih ne oslabite, a onda ih vežite, i poslije, ili ih velikodušno sužanjstva oslobodite ili otkupninu zahtijevajte, sve dok borba ne prestane. Tako učinite! Da Allah hoće, On bi im se osvetio, ali On vas želi iskušati jedne pomoću drugih. On neće poništiti djela onih koji na Allahovu putu poginu.
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Hrvatski · Croatian
Kad se u borbi s nevjernicima sretnete po šijama ih udarajte sve dok ih ne oslabite, a onda ih vežite, i poslije, ili ih velikodušno sužanjstva oslobodite ili otkupninu zahtijevajte, sve dok borba ne prestane. Tako učinite! Da Allah hoće, On bi im se osvetio, ali On vas želi iskušati jedne pomoću drugih. On neće poništiti djela onih koji na Allahovu putu poginu.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Si on kawri e yedduɓe ɓeen (ka hare), ko soppugol daaɗe ɗeen. Haa si on ɗuɗɗinii bargol ɓe, kaɓɓon koyɗe ɗen. Ko si on moƴƴora e maɓɓe ngaccitugol ɓe ɓaawo ɗuum, maa si ko soktiigu, haa hare ndeen wallina jogaaji mayre. Ko non ñaawiraa, si Allah no muuyunoo, O wallitotono on e maɓɓe, ko woni tan, ko no O jarribora yoga mon e dow yoga. Waraaɓe fii Allah ɓeen, pellet, O yeebataa golle maɓɓe ɗeen.
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ქართული · Georgian
და როდესაც თქვენ (საომარ ლაშქრობაში ყოფნისას) შეხვდებით მათ, ვინც ურწმუნო გახდა (და თქვენს წინააღმდეგ საბრძოლველად გამოვიდა), მაშინ მახვილით კისერზე დაარტყით. ხოლო როდესაც მათ გატეხავთ (მათ ძალას დაამარცხებთ და ამით დაასუსტებთ), მაშინ (ტყვედ აიყვანეთ ისინი და) მტკიცედ შეკარით ბორკილები. შემდეგ, ამის შემდეგ, შეგიძლიათ მათ მიმართ ან წყალობა გამოიჩინოთ (გამოსასყიდის გარეშე გაათავისუფლოთ), ან გამოსასყიდი აიღოთ (ან შეგიძლიათ მონებად აქციოთ, ან დასაჯოთ), ვიდრე ომი თავის ტვირთს არ დადებს [ვიდრე ომი არ დასრულდება]. ასეთია (განჩინება) მებრძოლ ურწმუნოებთან დაკავშირებით! და ალლაჰს რომ ენება, თავადვე იძიებდა მათზე შურს, მაგრამ (ეს ომი იმიტომ მოხდა), რომ თქვენი ნაწილი მეორის საშუალებით გამოეცადა (და გამოეჩინა, ვინ იღვწის მის გზაზე, ვინ ითმენს განსაცდელს და ამისთვის დააჯილდოოს). ხოლო მათ, ვინც ალლაჰის გზაზე მოკლეს, იგი არასოდეს დაუკარგავს მათ საქმეებს.
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Deutsch · German
Wenn ihr nun auf diejenigen, die ungläubig sind, (im Kampf) trefft, dann schlagt (ihnen auf) die Nacken. Wenn ihr sie schließlich schwer niedergeschlagen habt, dann legt (ihnen) die Fesseln fest an. Danach (lasst sie) als Wohltat frei oder gegen Lösegeld, bis der Krieg seine Lasten ablegt. Dies (soll so sein)! Und wenn Allah wollte, würde Er sie fürwahr (allein) besiegen. Er will aber damit die einen von euch durch die anderen prüfen. Und diejenigen, die auf dem Weg Allahs getötet werden, deren Werke lässt Er nicht verlorengehen;
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Ελληνικά · Greek
(Ω, πιστοί) όταν συναντάτε τους άπιστους (πολεμιστές στη μάχη), χτυπήστε τους λαιμούς (τους), ώσπου όταν τους αποδυναμώσετε και τους υποτάξετε, δέστε τότε τους αιχμάλωτους (για να μη σας σκοτώσουν και να μη δραπετεύσουν). Έπειτα, (μπορείτε να τους απελευθερώσετε) είτε ως χάρη (χωρίς λύτρα), είτε με λύτρα. (Συνεχίστε να τους πολεμάτε και να τους αιχμαλωτίζετε) μέχρι να τελειώσει ο πόλεμος. Αυτή είναι (η εντολή του Αλλάχ), και αν ο Αλλάχ ήθελε, θα μπορούσε να τους υποβάλλει σε τιμωρία (και δε θα χρειαζόταν να τους πολεμήσετε), αλλά (σας διέταξε να αγωνιστείτε εναντίον τους) για να δοκιμάσει κάποιους από σας μέσω των άλλων. Όσοι αγωνίζονται (-ή σκοτώνονται-) στον δρόμο του Αλλάχ, (ο Αλλάχ) δε θα αφήσει τις πράξεις τους να χαθούν.
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हिन्दी · Hindi
अतः जब तुम काफ़िरों से मुठभेड़ करो, तो गरदनें मारना है, यहाँ तक कि जब उन्हें अच्छी तरह से क़त्ल कर चुको, तो (उन्हें) कसकर बाँध लो। फिर बाद में या तो उपकार करना है और या छुड़ौती लेना। यहाँ तक कि युद्ध अपने हथियार रख दे।[2] यही (अल्लाह का आदेश) है। और यदि अल्लाह चाहे, तो अवश्य उनसे बदला ले। किंतु (यह आदेश इसलिए दिया) ताकि तुममें से कुछ की कुछ के साथ परीक्षा ले। और जो लोग अल्लाह की राह में मारे गए, तो वह (अल्लाह) उनके कर्मों को कदापि व्यर्थ नहीं करेगा।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Se incontrate i miscredenti, colpiteli sul collo. E, una volta caduti, legateli in catene; poi, a guerra finita, potrete liberarli con benevolenza o con riscatto. Ciò perché, se Allāh volesse, li avrebbe distrutti. Ma vorrebbe mettervi alla prova gli uni contro gli altri. E quelli che sono stati uccisi per la causa di Allāh, Lui non renderà vane le loro azioni:
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
4. Todėl kai sutiksite (mūšio lauke) tuos, kurie netiki, kirskite per (jų) kaklus tol, kol juos nugalėsite, ir suriškite juos tvirtai (t. y. paimkite juos kaliniais). O po to (yra laikas) gailesčiui (paleisti juos be išpirkos), arba išpirkai (priklausomai nuo to, kas yra naudingiau), iki karo pabaigos. Taip (jums yra įsakyta tęsti džihadą prieš netikinčiuosius). Jeigu Allahas panorėtų, būtų pats juos nubaudęs. Bet (Jis tai daro) norėdamas išmėginti vienus jūsų kitais. O tie, kurie žuvo Allaho Kelyje, Jis jų darbų niekada nesunaikins.
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Русский · Russian
Когда же вы встретите тех, которые отвергли веру, то наносите удар по шеям, пока не нанесёте им тяжёлое поражение, а затем крепко затягивайте путы. А потом — либо милость [освобождения], либо выкуп, пока война не сложит своё бремя. Таково [повеление]! А если бы Аллах пожелал, то отомстил бы им [Сам], однако [Он предписал сражение], чтобы испытать одних из вас посредством других. А тех, которые были убиты на пути Аллаха, Он никогда не сделает тщетными их деяния.
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Српски · Serbian
Кад се у борби с неверницима сретнете по вратовима их ударајте све док их не ослабите, а онда их вежите када их заробите, и после, или их великодушно ослободите или откупнину захтевајте, све док борба не престане. Тако учините! Да Аллах хоће, Он би им се осветио, али Он вас жели искушати једне помоћу других. Он неће поништити дела оних који на Аллаховом путу погину.
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Basi mnapowakuta wale waliokufuru, wapigeni shingoni mwao, mpaka mkiwadhoofisha, wafungeni pingu. Tena waachilieni kwa hisani au wajikomboe, mpaka vita vipoe. Ndivyo hivyo. Na lau angelitaka Mwenyezi Mungu, angeliwashinda mwenyewe, lakini haya ni kwa sababu awatie mitihani nyinyi kwa nyinyi. Na wale waliouliwa katika njia ya Mwenyezi Mungu, hatayapoteza matendo yao.
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Svenska · Swedish
När ni möter de otrogna [i strid], ska ni låta era [svärd] falla mot deras nackar tills ni har kuvat dem. Ta sedan [de överlevande] till fånga för att antingen frige dem eller ta lösen, tills kriget har upphört. Om Gud hade velat kunde han själv ha krossat dem, men genom detta sätter han er alla på prov. Vad gäller de som stupar för hans skull kommer han aldrig att låta deras gärningar gå förlorade.
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Türkçe · Turkish
Kâfirlerle, (savaşta) karşılaştığınız zaman boyunlarına vurun! Onları iyice bozguna uğratınca (esirleri) sımsıkı bağlayın. Sonra savaş, yüklerini atıp sona erince de onları ya karşılıksız olarak ya da fidye ile salıverin. İşte böyle! Eğer Allah dileseydi, (iman edenler, kâfirlere karşı savaş yapmadan da) galip gelirdi. Fakat bu, sizi birbirinizle denemek içindir. Allah yolunda öldürülenlerin amellerini Allah asla boşa çıkarmayacaktır.
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اردو · Urdu
تو جب کافروں سے تمہاری مڈبھیڑ ہوتو گردنوں پر وار مارو[1] ۔ جب ان کو اچھی طرح کچل ڈالو تو اب خوب مضبوط قید وبند سے گرفتار کرو[2]، (پھر اختیار ہے) کہ خواه احسان رکھ کر چھوڑ دو یا فدیہ[3] لے کر تاوقتیکہ لڑائی اپنے ہتھیار رکھ دے[4]۔ یہی حکم ہے[5] اور اللہ اگر چاہتا تو (خود) ہی ان سے بدلہ لے لیتا[6]، لیکن (اس کا منشا یہ ہے) کہ تم میں سے ایک کا امتحان دوسرے کے ذریعہ سے لے لے[7]، جو لوگ اللہ کی راه میں شہید کر دیے جاتے ہیں اللہ ان کے اعمال ہرگز ضائع نہ کرے گا.[8]
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DIN 31635wallaḏīna ʾāmanū waʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti waʾāmanū bimā nuzzila ʿalā muḥammadin wahuwa l-ḥaqqu min rabbihim kaffara ʿanhum sayyiʾātihim waʾaṣlaḥa bālahum
Talal Itani2012 While those who believe, and work righteousness, and believe in what was sent down to Muhammad-and it is the truth from their Lord-He remits their sins, and relieves their concerns.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And those who believe and do good works and believe in that which is revealed unto Muhammad - and it is the truth from their Lord - He riddeth them of their ill-deeds and improveth their state
Edward Henry Palmer1880 But those who believe and do right and believe in what is revealed to Mohammed,- and it is the truth from their Lord,- He will cover for them their offences and set right their mind
John Medows Rodwell1861 But whoso believe, and do things that are right, and believe in what hath been sent down to MUHAMMAD - for it is the truth from their Lord - their sins will He cancel, and dispose their hearts aright
George Sale1734 But as to those who believe, and work righteousness, and believe in the revelation which hath been sent down unto Mohammed, -- for it is the truth from their Lord, -- He will expiate their evil deeds from them, and will dispose their heart aright
DIN 31635ḏālika biʾanna llaḏīna kafarū tabaʿū l-bāṭila waʾanna llaḏīna ʾāmanū tabaʿū l-ḥaqqa min rabbihim kaḏālika yaḍribu llāhu lilnnāsi ʾamṯālahum
Talal Itani2012 That is because those who disbelieve follow falsehoods, while those who believe follow the truth from their Lord. God thus cites for the people their examples.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 That is because those who disbelieve follow falsehood and because those who believe follow the truth from their Lord. Thus Allah coineth their similitudes for mankind
Edward Henry Palmer1880 That is because those who misbelieve follow falsehood, and those who believe follow the truth from their Lord. Thus does God set forth for men their parables
John Medows Rodwell1861 This - because the infidels followed vanity, while those who believe, followed the truth from their Lord. Thus to men doth God set forth their likenesses
George Sale1734 This will He do, because those who believe not follow vanity, and because those who believe follow the truth from their Lord. Thus God propoundeth unto men their examples
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lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
0.66 on a scale
where 0 means identical wording and 1 means no shared words. It is
computed, not judged.
The page says a verse is worded differently only above the cut below. The cut is a stated convention, not a property of the text, and it can be changed.
The cut
0.644
Share of measured verses above it
33%
Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.79
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.73
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.72
Talal Itani · George Sale0.72
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.70
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.66
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.62
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.58
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.57
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.54
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
Gate
verify/divergence_gate.py re-derives and fails on drift
The platform does not say which is right, and does not
characterise what the difference means. The renderings are placed
together so the difference is visible; reading it is the reader's work.
Sources, editions and licences for everything above
ReceiptsSource fact
7 sources
stand behind this page. Each is listed once, in the order the page first
cites it, with the licence it was cleared under and what was actually read.
Nothing on this page rests on a source that is not here.
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.