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Talal Itani· published 2012
It is they who disbelieved, and barred you from the Sacred Mosque, and prevented the offering from reaching its destination. Were it not for faithful men and faithful women, whom you did not know, you were about to hurt them, and becameguilty of an unintentional crime. Thus God admits into His mercy whomever He wills. Had they dispersed, We would have punished those who disbelieved among them with a painful penalty.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
These it was who disbelieved and debarred you from the Inviolable Place of Worship, and debarred the offering from reaching its goal. And if it had not been for believing men and believing women, whom ye know not - lest ye should tread them under foot and thus incurguilt for them unknowingly; that Allah might bring into His mercy whom He will - If (the believers and the disbelievers) had been clearlyseparated We verily had punished those of them who disbelieved with painful punishment
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
Those who misbelieved and turned (you) away from the Sacred Mosque, and (turned away) the offering, kept from arriving at its destined place; and had it not been for believing men and believing women whom ye knew not, whom ye might have trampled on, and so a crime might have occurred to you on their account without your knowledge - that God may makewhomsoever He pleases enter into His mercy. Had they been distinct from one another, we would have tormented those of them who misbelieved with grievouswoe
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
These are they who believed not, and kept you away from the sacred Mosque, as well as the offering which was prevented from reaching the place of sacrifice. And had it not been that ye would have trodden down believers, both men and women, whom ye knew not, so that a crime might have lighted on you without your knowledge on their account, and that God would bring whom He will within His mercy, this would have been otherwiseordered. Had they been apart, we had surely punished such of them as believed not, with a sore punishment
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Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
These are they who believed not, and hindered you from visiting the holytemple, and also hindered the offering, being detained, that it should not arrive at the place where it ought to be sacrificed. Had it not been that ye might have trampled on diverstrue believers, both men and women, whom ye knew not, being promiscuouslyassembled with the infidels, and that a crime might therefore have lighted on you on their account, without your knowledge, He had not restrained your hands from them: But this was done, that God might lead whom He pleaseth into his mercy. If they had been distinguished from one another, we had surely chastised such of them as believed not, with a severechastisement
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
Janë ata që mohuan e ju penguan nga Xhamia e Shenjtë dhe penguan kurbanet që të arrinin në vendin e vet. Sikur të mos ishin disa burra besimtarë dhe disa gra besimtare, që ju nuk i dinit, të cilët mund t'i vrisnit e të binit në faj hiç pa e ditur (do t'ju lejonte të luftonit, por ju ndaloi), në mënyrë që Allahu të fusë në mëshirën e Tij kë të dojë. Sikur ata të dalloheshin, Ne do t'i kishim ndëshkuar jobesimtarët nga mesi i tyre me një dënim të dhembshëm.
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বাংলা · Bengali
তারাই তো কুফরী করেছিল এবং তোমাদেরকে মাসজিদুল হারামে প্রবেশ করা থেকে বাধা দিয়েছিল, আর কুরবানীর পশুগুলোকে কুরবানীর স্থানে পৌঁছতে বাধা দিয়েছিল। যদি (সেদিন মক্কা নগরীতে) মু‘মিন পুরুষরা ও মু‘মিন নারীরা না থাকত, যাদের অনেককেই তোমরা জানতে না, (ফলে) তোমরা না জেনে তাদেরকে পদদলিত করতে, তাদের কারণে তোমরা অপরাধী ও দোষী সাব্যস্ত হতে, (১৩) যাতে আল্লাহ যাকে ইচ্ছা স্বীয় রহমতে প্রবেশ করান। যদি (সেদিন মক্কায়) মুমিনরা কাফিরদের থেকে পৃথক থাকত, তাহলে আমি অবশ্যই তাদের মধ্যে কাফিরদেরকে যন্ত্রণাদায়ক শাস্তি দিতাম।
(১৩) এ কারণেই আল্লাহ তোমাদেরকে তখন যুদ্ধের অনুমতি দেন নি।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
Oni ne vjeruju i brane vam da pristupite Časnom hramu, i da kurbani koje vodite sa sobom do mjesta svojih stignu. I da nije bilo bojazni da ćete pobiti vjernike, muškarce i žene, koje ne poznajete, pa tako, i ne znajući, zbog njih sramotu doživjeti – Mi bismo vam ih prepustili. A nismo ih prepustili ni zato da bi Allah u milost Svoju uveo onog koga hoće. A da su oni bili odvojeni, doista bismo bolnom kaznom kaznili one među njima koji nisu vjerovali.
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Hrvatski · Croatian
Oni ne vjeruju i brane vam da pristupite Časnom hramu, i da kurbani koje vodite sa sobom do mjesta svojih stignu. I da nije bilo bojazni da ćete pobiti vjernike, muškarce i žene, koje ne poznajete, pa tako, i ne znajući, zbog njih sramotu doživjeti – Mi bismo vam ih prepustili. A nismo ih prepustili ni zato da bi Allah u milost Svoju uveo onog koga hoće. A da su oni bili odvojeni, doista bismo bolnom kaznom kaznili one među njima koji nisu vjerovali.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Ko ɓeen ngoni ko jeddi, ɓe paddii on e Juurlirde Hormorde ndeen, [ɓe haɗi] neldaari ndin nde ndi yottotoo nokku mayri. Si wonaano sabu worɓe gooŋɗinɓe e rewɓe gooŋɗinnɓe ɓe on nganndataano haa kaɓon ɓe, bakkaatu heɓa on e fee maɓɓe, ko aldaa e ganndugol... fii yo Allah naatnu e yurmeende makko nden, on mo O muuyani. Si ɓe seetndondir-no [e gooŋɗinɓe ɓen], ko pellet, Min leptirayno yedduɓe ɓen e maɓɓe, lepte mu'usuuɗe.
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ქართული · Georgian
ისინი არიან ურწმუნონი, რომლებმაც (ჰუდაიბიას დღეს) თქვენ უკუგაქციეს წმინდა მეჩეთიდან [არ შეგიშვეს მასში] და შეაკავეს მსხვერპლსაკლავი ცხოველები, რათა არ მიეღწიათ თავიანთი დაკვლის ადგილისთვის. და რომ არა (სუსტი) მორწმუნე კაცები და (სუსტი) მორწმუნე ქალები (რომლებიც იმ დროს მექქაში იმყოფებოდნენ და საკუთარ თავზე შიშის გამო რწმენას მალავდნენ) (და) რომლებსაც არ იცნობდით და (ამიტომ) შეიძლებოდა ფეხქვეშ გაგეტარებინათ (და გაგენადგურებინათ) ისინი, და მათ გამო სირცხვილში იქნებოდით, რათა ალლაჰმა შეიყვანოს თავის წყალობაში, ვისაც ინებებს. (მაგრამ) თუ ისინი [სუსტი მორწმუნეები, რომლებმაც თავიანთი რწმენა დამალეს] გამოეყოფოდნენ (მექქის მრავალღმერთიანებს და მიატოვებდნენ მათ), (მაშინ) ჩვენ, უეჭველად, დავსჯიდით მათ შორის ურწმუნოებს მტკივნეული სასჯელით.
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Deutsch · German
Sie sind es, die ungläubig gewesen sind und euch von der geschützten (Haram-)Gebetsstätte abgehalten und die Opfertiere daran gehindert haben, ihren Schlachtort zu erreichen. Und wäre es nicht wegen der gläubigen Männer und der gläubigen Frauen gewesen, die ihr nicht kanntet und die ihr (dann) niedergetreten und dadurch unwissentlich ihretwegen Schuld auf euch geladen hättet (, haben Wir euch vom Kampf abgehalten). (Dies,) damit Allah in Seine Barmherzigkeit eingehen lässt, wen Er will. Wenn diese sich (von den Ungläubigen) deutlich getrennt hätten, hätten Wir diejenigen von ihnen, die ungläubig sind, gewiss mit schmerzhafter Strafe bestraft.
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Ελληνικά · Greek
Εκείνοι (οι άπιστοι από τη Μάκκα) είναι αυτοί που αρνήθηκαν την πίστη, σας εμπόδισαν από το Ιερό Τζαμί και εμπόδισαν τα ζώα θυσίας από το να φτάσουν στον τόπο θυσίας τους. Αν δεν υπήρχαν (ανάμεσά τους στη Μάκκα, αδύναμοι) πιστοί, άντρες και γυναίκες, που (έκρυψαν την πίστη τους, τους οποίους) δεν τους ξέρατε και θα μπορούσατε να τους πλήττατε -φέρνοντας έτσι λόγω αυτών ενοχές εν αγνοία σας-, (θα σας είχαμε δώσει την άδεια να μπείτε στη Μάκκα ως νικητές). (Αλλά δίνουμε αναβολή στην τιμωρία των άπιστων) για να εισάγει ο Αλλάχ στο έλεός Του όποιους θέλει (όπως τους αδύναμους πιστούς στη Μάκκα, και εκείνους τους άπιστους που θα εισέλθουν στο Ισλάμ πριν μπείτε στη Μάκκα). Αν είχαν διαχωριστεί (οι αδύναμοι πιστοί από τους άπιστους), θα είχαμε τιμωρήσει (μέσω εσάς) αυτούς που αρνήθηκαν την πίστη με μία οδυνηρή τιμωρία.
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हिन्दी · Hindi
ये वही लोग हैं, जिन्होंने कुफ़्र किया और तुम्हें मस्जिदे-ह़राम से रोका तथा क़ुर्बानी के बंधे हुए जानवरों को भी इससे रोका कि वे अपने ज़बह होने के स्थान पर पहुँचें। और यदि यह बात न होती कि तुम कुछ मुसलमान पुरुषों तथा कुछ मुसलमान स्त्रियों को, जिन्हें तुम नहीं जानते, रौंद डालोगे, तो तुमपर अनजाने में उनके कारण दोष आ जाएगा[13] (तो उनपर आक्रमण कर दिया जाता); ताकि अल्लाह जिसे चाहे, अपनी दया में दाख़िल करे। यदि वे (मुसलमान एवं काफ़िर) अलग-अगल हो गए होते, तो हम अवश्य उनमें से कुफ़्र करने वालों को दर्दनाक यातना देते।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
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Italiano · Italian
Loro sono i miscredenti, che vi impedirono l’accesso all’inviolabile Moschea (Al – Masjid Al-Ħarām ٱلۡمَسۡجِدِ ٱلۡحَرَامِ), e impedirono che le vittime da sacrificare raggiungessero il luogo del sacrificio. Ma c’erano tra la folla uomini credenti e donne credenti che non potevate distinguere, e che nella mischia avreste potuto travolgere andando incontro, ignari, alla colpa. Allāh fa entrare nella Sua misericordia chi Lui vuole. Se i fedeli si fossero distinti, avremmo inflitto ai miscredenti tra di loro una dolorosa punizione.
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
25. Jie yra tie, kurie netikėjo (Allaho Vienumą - islamiškąjį monoteizmą) ir atstūmė jus nuo Al-Masdžid Al Haram (Mekkoje) ir neleido aukojamiems gyvuliams pasiekti aukos vietą. (Mes būtume leidę jums žengti į Mekką) jeigu ne tikintieji vyrai ir tikinčios moterys, kurių jūs nepažinojote ir galėjote juos nužudyti prisidėję prie nuodėmės to nežinodami, Allahas įveda Savo Malonėn ką Jis nori - jeigu jie (tikintieji ir netikintieji) būtų atskirti, Mes tikrai užtrauktume skausmingą kančią netikintiesiems.
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Русский · Russian
Они — те, которые отвергли веру, преградили вам путь к Заповедной Мечети и удержали жертвенных животных, не дав им достичь места заклания. И если бы не верующие мужчины и верующие женщины, которых вы не знали, — так что вы могли бы по неведению погубить их и из-за них вас постигло бы бесчестье, — [то иное было бы вам дозволено]. Это — для того, чтобы Аллах ввёл в Свою милость, кого пожелает. А если бы они отделились, Мы непременно подвергли бы тех из них, которые отвергли веру, мучительному наказанию.
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Српски · Serbian
Они не верују и бране вам да приступите Часном храму, и да жртвенице које водите са собом до места својих стигну. И да није било бојазни да ћете побити вернике, мушкарце и жене, које не познајете, па тако, и не знајући, због њих срамоту доживите – Ми бисмо вам их препустили. А нисмо их препустили зато да би Аллах у Своју милост увео онога кога хоће. А да су они били одвојени, заиста бисмо болном патњом казнили оне међу њима који нису веровали.
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Hao ndio waliokufuru na wakawazuia msiingie Msikiti Mtakatifu, na wakawazuilia dhabihu kufika mahala pao. Na lau si wanaume Waumini na wanawake Waumini msiowajua mkawasaga na mkaingia makosani kutokana nao bila ya kujua... Mwenyezi Mungu (amefanya haya) ili amuingize amtakaye katika rehema yake. Lau wangelitengana, bila ya shaka tungeliwaadhibu wale waliokufuru kwa adhabu chungu.
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Svenska · Swedish
Dessa stod fast i sin otro och spärrade vägen för er till den heliga moskén och hindrade de fastbundna offerdjuren från att nå fram till sin offerplats. Om det inte vore för de troende män och kvinnor bland dem – som ni inte kände till och som ni ovetande kunde ha dödat, och därmed dragit på er skam och skuld – [hade ni fått tillåtelse att strida]. Men Gud ville föra in dem han vill i sin nåd. Hade de troende varit tydligt åtskilda från de andra, skulle vi förvisso ha straffat de otrogna bland dem med ett smärtsamt straff.
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Türkçe · Turkish
Onlar, sizin Kâbe’yi ziyaret etmenize ve bekletilen kurbanların yerlerine ulaşmasına engel olan kâfirlerdir. Eğer, oradaki henüz tanımadığınız iman etmiş erkeklerle iman etmiş kadınları bilmeyerek ezmeniz ve böylece size bir vebal gelecek olmasaydı, (Allah, Mekke’ye girmenize izin verirdi). Allah, dilediğini rahmetine koymak için böyle yapmıştır. Eğer (Müminler) seçilip ayrılmış olsalardı elbette kâfirleri elem verici bir azaba çarptırırdık.
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اردو · Urdu
یہی وه لوگ ہیں جنہوں نے کفر کیا اور تم کو مسجد حرام سے روکا اور قربانی کے لئے موقوف جانور کو اس کی قربان گاه میں پہنچنے سے (روکا)[1] ، اور اگر ایسے (بہت سے) مسلمان مرد اور (بہت سی) مسلمان عورتیں نہ ہوتیں جن کی تم کو خبر نہ تھ[2] یعنی ان کے پس جانے کا احتمال نہ ہوتا جس پر ان کی وجہ سے تم کو بھی بے خبری میں ضرر پہنچتا[3]، (تو تمہیں لڑنے کی اجازت دے دی جاتی[4] لیکن ایسا نہیں کیا گیا[5]) تاکہ اللہ تعالیٰ اپنی رحمت میں جس کو چاہے داخل کرے اور اگر یہ الگ الگ ہوتے تو ان میں جو کافر تھے ہم ان کو درد ناک سزا دیتے.[6]
Translated by Muhammad Ibrahim Junagarhi, developed under the supervision of the Rowwad Translation Center. The original translation is available for the purpose of expressing opinion, evaluation, and continuous development.
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Easy-read (simplified)sunnata llaahi llatee qad khalat min qablu walan tajida lisunnati llaahi tabdeelaa
DIN 31635sunnata llāhi llatī qad ḫalat min qablu walan taǧida lisunnati llāhi tabdīlan
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 It is God's pattern, ongoing since the past. You will never find any change in God's pattern.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 It is the law of Allah which hath taken course aforetime. Thou wilt not find for the law of Allah aught of power to change
Edward Henry Palmer1880 God's course which has been followed before, and thou shalt find no change in the course of God
John Medows Rodwell1861 Such is God's method carried into effect of old; no change canst thou find in God's mode of dealing
George Sale1734 According to the ordinance of God, which hath been put in execution heretofore against opposers of the prophets; for thou shalt not find any change in the ordinance of God
Easy-read (simplified)wahuwa lladhee kaffa aydiyahum 'ankum wa'aydiyakum 'anhum bibatni makkata min ba'di an azfarakum 'alayhim wakaana llaahu bimaa ta'maloona baseeraa
DIN 31635wahuwa llaḏī kaffa ʾaydiyahum ʿankum waʾaydiyakum ʿanhum bibaṭni makkata min baʿdi ʾan ʾaẓfarakum ʿalayhim wakāna llāhu bimā taʿmalūna baṣīran
Talal Itani2012 It is He who withheld their hands from you, and your hands from them, in the valley of Mecca, after giving you advantage over them. God is Observer of what you do.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And He it is Who hath withheld men's hands from you, and hath withheld your hands from them, in the valley of Mecca, after He had made you victors over them. Allah is Seer of what ye do
Edward Henry Palmer1880 He it was who restrained their hands from you, and your hands from them in the mid-valley of Mecca after He had given you the victory over them; for God on what ye do doth look
John Medows Rodwell1861 And He it was who held their hands from you and your hands from them in the valley of Mecca, after that He had given you the victory over them: for God saw what ye did
George Sale1734 It was He who restrained their hands from you, and your hands from them, in the valley of Mecca; after that He had given you the victory over them: And God saw that which ye did
Talal Itani2012 Those who disbelieved filled their hearts with rage-the rage of the days of ignorance. But God sent His serenity down upon His Messenger, and upon the believers, and imposed on them the words of righteousness-of which they were most worthy and deserving. God is aware of everything.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 When those who disbelieve had set up in their hearts zealotry, the zealotry of the Age of Ignorance, then Allah sent down His peace of reassurance upon His messenger and upon the believers and imposed on them the word of self-restraint, for they were worthy of it and meet for it. And Allah is Aware of all things
Edward Henry Palmer1880 When those who misbelieved put in their hearts pique - the pique of ignorance - and God sent down His shechina upon His Apostle and upon the believers, and obliged them to keep to the word of piety, and they were most worthy of it and most suited for it; for God all things doth know
John Medows Rodwell1861 When the unbelievers had fostered rage in their hearts - the rage of ignorance (of heathens) - God sent down His peace on His Apostle and on the faithful, and stablished in them the word of piety, for they were most worthy and deserving of it: and God knoweth all things
George Sale1734 When the unbelievers had put in their hearts an affected preciseness, the preciseness of ignorance, and God sent down his tranquillity on his apostle and on the true believers; and firmly fixed in them the word of piety, and they were the most worthy of the same, and the most deserving thereof: For God knoweth all things
Talal Itani2012 God has fulfilled His Messenger's vision in truth: "You will enter the Sacred Mosque, God willing, in security, heads shaven, or hair cut short, not fearing. He knew what you did not know, and has granted besides that an imminent victory."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Allah hath fulfilled the vision for His messenger in very truth. Ye shall indeed enter the Inviolable Place of Worship, if Allah will, secure, (having your hair) shaven and cut, not fearing. But He knoweth that which ye know not, and hath given you a near victory beforehand
Edward Henry Palmer1880 God truly verified for His Apostle the vision that ye shall verity enter the Sacred Mosque, if God please, in safety with shaven heads or cut hair, ye shall not fear; for He knows what ye know not, and He has set for you, beside that, a victory nigh at hand
John Medows Rodwell1861 Now hath God in truth made good to His Apostle the dream in which he said, "Ye shall surely enter the sacred Mosque, if God will, in full security, having your heads shaved and your hair cut: ye shall not fear; for He knoweth what ye know not; and He hath ordained you, beside this, a speedy victory
George Sale1734 Now hath God in truth verified unto his apostle the vision, wherein He said; ye shall surely enter the holy temple of Mecca, if God please, in full security; having your heads shaved, and your hair cut: Ye shall not fear: For God knoweth that which ye know not; and He hath appointed you, besides this, a speedy victory
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 —
0.66 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
Talal Itani · George Sale0.77
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.73
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.70
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.69
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.67
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.67
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.65
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.61
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.55
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.55
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.