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Talal Itani· published 2012
They disbelieve those who say, "God is the Christ, the son of Mary." Say, "Who can prevent God, if He willed, from annihilating the Christ son of Mary, and his mother, and everyone on earth?" To God belongs the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth and what is between them. He creates whatever He wills, and God has power over everything.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
They indeed have disbelieved who say: Lo! Allah is the Messiah, son of Mary. Say: Who then can do aught against Allah, if He had willed to destroy the Messiah son of Mary, and his mother and everyone on earth? Allah's is the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them. He createth what He will. And Allah is Able to do all things
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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
They misbelieve who say, 'Verily, God is the Messiah the son of Mary;' say, 'Who has any hold on God, if he wished to destroy the Messiah the son of Mary, and his mother, and those who are on earth altogether?'God's is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and what is between the two; He createth what He will, for God is mighty over all
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Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Infidels now are they who say, "Verily God is the Messiah IbnMaryam (son of Mary)! SAY: And who could aught obtain from God, if he chose to destroy the Messiah IbnMaryam, and his mother, and all who are on the earth together? For with God is the sovereignty of the Heavens and of the Earth, and of all that is between them! He createth what He will; and over all things is God potent
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Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
They are infidels, who say, verily God is Christ the son of Mary. Say unto them, and who could obtain any thing from God to the contrary, if he pleased to destroy Christ the son of Mary, and his mother, and all those who are on the earth? For unto God belongeth the kingdom of heaven and earth, and whatsoever is contained between them; he createth what he pleaseth, and God is almighty
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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
Pa dyshim, janë jobesimtarë ata që thonë: "Allahu është Mesihu, biri i Merjemes!" Thuaju: "Atëherë, kush do të mund ta pengonte Allahun, nëse Ai do të dëshironte të shkatërronte Mesihun - birin e Merjemes, nënën e tij dhe të gjithë ata që janë në Tokë?! Vetëm Allahut i takon sundimi i qiejve e i Tokës dhe i gjithçkaje që gjendet mes tyre. Ai krijon çfarë të dëshirojë. Allahu është i Plotfuqishëm për çdo gjë.
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বাংলা · Bengali
অবশ্যই তারা কুফরী করেছে, যারা বলে ‘নিশ্চয় মারইয়াম পুত্র মাসীহই আল্লাহ’। বলো: যদি আল্লাহ ধ্বংস করতে চান মারইয়াম পুত্র মাসীহকে ও তার মাকে এবং জমিনে যারা আছে তাদের সকলকে; তাহলে তাঁকে বাঁধা দেবার শক্তি কার আছে?’ আর আসমানসমূহ, জমিন ও এ দুয়ের মধ্যবর্তী যা রয়েছে, তার সার্বভৌমত্ব আল্লাহরই। তিনি যা ইচ্ছা, তা সৃষ্টি করেন। আর আল্লাহ সব কিছুর ওপর ক্ষমতাবান।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
Nevjernici su oni koji govore: "Doista je Bog Mesih, sin Merjemin!" Reci: "Ko može spriječiti Allaha da, ako hoće, uništi Mesiha, sina Merjemina, i majku njegovu, i sve one koji su na Zemlji?" Allahova je vlast na nebesima i na Zemlji i na onome što je između njih; On stvara šta hoće, i Allah nad svime ima moć.
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Hrvatski · Croatian
Nevjernici su oni koji govore: "Doista je Bog Mesija, sin Marijin!" Reci: "Tko može spriječiti Allaha da, ako hoće, uništi Mesiju, sina Marijina, i majku njegovu, i sve one koji su na Zemlji?" Allahova je vlast na nebesima i na Zemlji i na onome što je između njih; On stvara šta hoće, i Allah nad svime ima moć.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Wollahi yeddii ɓeen wi'iɓe : "Allaahu kamko woni Mem a-sella ɓiɗɗo Maryama on". Maaku : "Ko hommbo waawi e Alla huunde si o Fa'andike nde o hallkata Mema-sella ɓiɗɗo Maryama on, e yumma makko, e ko woni ka leydi kon fof ?" Ko Alla Woodani Laamu kammuuli ɗin, e leydi ndin, e ko woni hakkunde majji. Homo Taga ko O Muuyi. Alla ko kattanɗo kala huunde.
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ქართული · Georgian
უკვე ურწმუნოები გახდნენ ისინი [ქრისტიანები], რომლებმაც თქვეს: «ალლაჰი არის მესია, მარიამის ძე». უთხარი (ო, მოციქულო): «ვინ შეძლებს რამეს ალლაჰის წინაშე, თუ იგი მოისურვებს მესიის, მარიამის ძის, მისი დედისა და ყველა იმ ადამიანის დაღუპვას, ვინც დედამიწაზეა?» და მხოლოდ ალლაჰს ეკუთვნის ძალაუფლება ცათა და მიწის და ყველაფრის, რაც მათ შორისაა. ის ქმნის იმას, რაც სურს, და ალლაჰი ყოვლისშემძლეა.
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Deutsch · German
Ungläubig sind ja diejenigen, die sagen: „Allah ist Al-Masih, der Sohn Maryams.“ Sag: „Wer vermag denn gegen Allah etwas (auszurichten), wenn Er Al-Masih, den Sohn Maryams, seine Mutter und all diejenigen, die auf der Erde sind, vernichten will?“ Und Allah gehört die Herrschaft der Himmel und der Erde und dessen, was dazwischen ist. Er erschafft, was Er will. Und Allah hat zu allem die Macht.
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Ελληνικά · Greek
Πράγματι, έχουν αποστατήσει αυτοί που λένε: «Ο Αλλάχ είναι ο Μεσσίας (Ιησούς Χριστός), ο υιός της Μάριαμ (Μαρίας).» Πες (ω, Μωχάμμαντ): «Ποιος, λοιπόν, θα είχε την παραμικρή δύναμη απέναντι στον Αλλάχ, αν Εκείνος ήθελε να καταστρέψει τον Μεσσία, τον υιό της Μάριαμ (Μαρίας), και τη μητέρα του, και όλους όσους βρίσκονται στη Γη;» Και στον Αλλάχ ανήκει η Κυριαρχία των ουρανών και της Γης και όλων όσων βρίσκονται ανάμεσά τους. Δημιουργεί ό,τι θέλει, και ο Αλλάχ είναι για τα πάντα Ικανός.
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हिन्दी · Hindi
निश्चय वे लोग काफ़िर[19] हो गए, जिन्होंने कहा कि निःसंदेह अल्लाह मरयम का पुत्र मसीह ही तो है। (ऐ नबी!) कह दें : यदि अल्लाह मसीह बिन मरयम और उसकी माता तथा धरती में मौजूद सभी लोगों को विनष्ट करना चाहे, तो कौन अल्लाह को रोकने का अधिकार रखता है? तथा अल्लाह ही के लिए आकाशों और धरती का राज्य है और उसकी भी जो उन दोनों के बीच है। वह पैदा करता है जो चाहता है तथा अल्लाह हर चीज़ का पूर्ण सामर्थ्य रखता है।
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Italiano · Italian
Sono miscredenti quelli che dicono: «In verità Allāh è il Messīħ, figlio di Maryem!» ﴿لَقَدْ كَفَرَ الَّذِينَ قَالُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْمَسِيحُ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ﴾ Di’: «Chi si sarebbe opposto ad Allāh se avesse voluto distruggere il Messīħ, figlio di Maryem, e sua madre e tutti quelli che sono sulla terra?» E in verità ad Allāh appartiene il Regno dei cieli e della terra e ciò che c’è di mezzo! Lui crea tutto ciò che vuole. E Allāh è Onnipotente.
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
17. Iš tiesų, netikėjime yra tie, kurie sako, kad Allahas yra Mesijas, Marjamos (Marijos) sūnus [7]. Sakyk (Muchammedai ﷺ ): „Kas turi bent mažiausiai galios prieš Allahą, jei Jis panorėtų sunaikinti Mesiją, Marjamos (Marijos) sūnų, jo motiną ir visus, kurie yra kartu žemėje?“ Ir Allahui priklauso dangų ir žemės bei viso, kas yra tarp jų, valdžia. Jis sukuria tai, ką Jis nori. Ir Allahas Gali padaryti viską.
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Русский · Russian
Действительно, отвергли веру те, которые сказали: «Воистину, Аллах — это Мессия, сын Марьям». Скажи: «Кто же может воспрепятствовать Аллаху хоть в чём-либо, если Он пожелает погубить Мессию, сына Марьям, и его мать, и всех, кто на земле, — тогда как Аллаху принадлежит владычество небес, земли и всего, что между ними?» Он творит, что пожелает. Аллах всемогущ над всем сущим.
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Српски · Serbian
Неверници су они који говоре: „Заиста је Аллах Месија Маријин син!“ Реци: „Ко може да спречи Аллаха да, ако хоће, уништи Месију, Маријиног сина, и његову мајку, и све оне који су на Земљи?“ Аллахова је власт на небесима и на Земљи и на ономе што је између њих; Он ствара шта хоће, и Аллах над свиме има моћ.
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Hakika wamekufuru wale waliosema: 'Hakika Mwenyezi Mungu ni Masihi mwana wa Maryam.' Sema: Basi ni nani mwenye kumiliki chochote mbele ya Mwenyezi Mungu ikiwa Yeye angetaka kumwangamiza Masihi mwana wa Maryamu, na mama yake, na wote walio katika ardhi? Na ni wa Mwenyezi Mungu tu ufalme wa mbingu na ardhi na vilivyo kati yake. Huumba apendavyo. Na Mwenyezi Mungu anao uweza juu ya kila kitu.
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Svenska · Swedish
De som säger: ”Gud är Messias, Marias son”, har sannerligen förkastat tron. Säg: ”Vem skulle kunna hindra Gud, om han velat förinta Messias, Marias son, hans mor och alla som finns på jorden?” Till Gud hör herraväldet över himlarna och jorden och allt som finns däremellan. Han skapar vad han vill. Gud har makt över allt.
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Türkçe · Turkish
Allah, Meryem oğlu Mesih’tir, diyenler kâfir olmuştur. De ki: Allah, Meryem oğlu Mesih’i, anasını ve yeryüzünde olanların hepsini yok etmeyi dilese, Allah’a karşı kim buna engel olabilir. Göklerin, yerin ve arasındakilerin mülkü Allah’ındır. O, dilediğini yaratır. Allah’ın her şeye gücü yeter.
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اردو · Urdu
یقیناً وه لوگ کافر ہوگئے جنہوں نے کہا کہ اللہ ہی مسیح ابن مریم ہے، آپ ان سے کہہ دیجیئے کہ اگر اللہ تعالیٰ مسیح ابن مریم اور اس کی والده اور روئے زمین کے سب لوگوں کو ہلاک کر دینا چاہے تو کون ہے جو اللہ تعالیٰ پر کچھ بھی اختیار رکھتا ہو؟ آسمانوں و زمین اور دونوں کے درمیان کا کل ملک اللہ تعالیٰ ہی کا ہے، وه جو چاہتا ہے پیدا کرتا ہے، اور اللہ تعالیٰ ہر چیز پر قادر ہے۔[1]
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Easy-read (simplified)yaa ahla l-kitaabi qad jaa'akum rasoolunaa yubayyinu lakum katheeran mimmaa kuntum tukhfoona mina l-kitaabi waya'foo 'an katheerin qad jaa'akum mina llaahi noorun wakitaabun mubeen
DIN 31635yā ʾahla l-kitābi qad ǧāʾakum rasūlunā yubayyinu lakum kaṯīran mimmā kuntum tuḫfūna mina l-kitābi wayaʿfū ʿan kaṯīrin qad ǧāʾakum mina llāhi nūrun wakitābun mubīnun
Talal Itani2012 O People of the Book! Our Messenger has come to you, clarifying for you much of what you kept hidden of the Book, and overlooking much. A light from God has come to you, and a clear Book.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 O People of the Scripture! Now hath Our messenger come unto you, expounding unto you much of that which ye used to hide in the Scripture, and forgiving much. now hath come unto you light from Allah and plain Scripture
Edward Henry Palmer1880 O ye people of the Book! our Apostle has come to you to explain to you much of what ye had hidden of the Book, and to pardon much. There has come to you from God a light, and a perspicuous Book
John Medows Rodwell1861 O people of the Scriptures! now is our Apostle come to you to clear up to you much that ye concealed of those Scriptures, and to pass over many things. Now hath a light and a clear Book come to you from God
George Sale1734 O ye who have received the scriptures, now is our apostle come unto you, to make manifest unto you many things which ye concealed in the scriptures; and to pass over many things. Now is light and a perspicuous book of revelations come unto you from God
DIN 31635yahdī bihi llāhu mani tabaʿa riḍwānahu subula s-salāmi wayuḫriǧuhum mina ẓ-ẓulumāti ʾilā n-nūri biʾiḏnihi wayahdīhim ʾilā ṣirāṭin mustaqīmin
Talal Itani2012 God guides with it whoever follows His approval to the ways of peace, and He brings them out of darkness into light, by His permission, and He guides them in a straight path.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Whereby Allah guideth him who seeketh His good pleasure unto paths of peace. He bringeth them out of darkness unto light by His decree, and guideth them unto a straight path
Edward Henry Palmer1880 God guides thereby those who follow His pleasure to the way of peace, and brings them into a right way
John Medows Rodwell1861 by which God will guide him who shall follow after his good pleasure, to paths of peace, and will bring them out of the darkness to the light, by his will: and to the straight path will he guide them
George Sale1734 Thereby will God direct him who shall follow his good pleasure, into the paths of peace; and shall lead them out of darkness into light, by his will, and shall direct them in the right way
DIN 31635waqālati l-yahūdu wan-naṣārā naḥnu ʾabnāʾu llāhi waʾaḥibbāʾuhu qul falima yuʿaḏḏibukum biḏunūbikum bal ʾantum bašarun mimman ḫalaqa yaġfiru liman yašāʾu wayuʿaḏḏibu man yašāʾu walillāhi mulku s-samāwāti wal-ʾarḍi wamā baynahumā waʾilayhi l-maṣīru
Talal Itani2012 The Jews and the Christians say, "We are the children of God, and His beloved." Say, "Why then does He punish you for your sins?" In fact, you are humans from among those He created. He forgives whom He wills, and He punishes whom He wills. To God belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and what lies between them, and to Him is the return.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 The Jews and Christians say: We are sons of Allah and His loved ones. Say: Why then doth He chastise you for your sins? Nay, ye are but mortals of His creating. He forgiveth whom He will, and chastiseth whom He will. Allah's is the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, and unto Him is the journeying
Edward Henry Palmer1880 But the Jews and the Christians say, 'We are the sons of God and His beloved.' Say, 'Why then does He punish you for your sins? nay, ye are mortals of those whom He has created! He pardons whom He pleases, and punishes whom He pleases; for God's is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and what is between the two, and unto Him the journey is
John Medows Rodwell1861 Say the Jews and Christians, "Sons are we of God and his beloved." SAY: Why then doth he chastise you for your sins? Nay! ye are but a part of the men whom he hath created! He will pardon whom he pleaseth, and chastise whom he pleaseth, and with God is the sovereignty of the Heavens and of the Earth, and of all that is between them, and unto Him shall all things return
George Sale1734 The Jews and the Christians say, we are the children of God, and his beloved. Answer, why therefore doth he punish you for your sins? Nay, but ye are men, of those whom he hath created. He forgiveth whom he pleaseth, and punisheth whom he pleaseth, and unto God belongeth the kingdom of heaven and earth, and of what is contained between them both; and unto him shall all things return
Easy-read (simplified)yaa ahla l-kitaabi qad jaa'akum rasoolunaa yubayyinu lakum 'alaa fatratin mina r-rusuli an taqooloo maa jaa'anaa min basheerin walaa nadheerin faqad jaa'akum basheerun wanadheerun wallaahu 'alaa kulli shay'in qadeer
DIN 31635yā ʾahla l-kitābi qad ǧāʾakum rasūlunā yubayyinu lakum ʿalā fatratin mina r-rusuli ʾan taqūlū mā ǧāʾanā min bašīrin walā naḏīrin faqad ǧāʾakum bašīrun wanaḏīrun wallāhu ʿalā kulli šayʾin qadīrun
Talal Itani2012 O People of the Book! Our Messenger has come to you, making things clear to you-after a cessation of messengers-so that you cannot say, "No preacher has come to us, and no warner." In fact, a preacher has come to you, and a warner; and God is Capable of everything.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 O People of the Scripture! Now hath Our messenger come unto you to make things plain unto you after an interval (of cessation) of the messengers, lest ye should say: There came not unto us a messenger of cheer nor any warner. Now hath a messenger of cheer and a warner come unto you. Allah is Able to do all things
Edward Henry Palmer1880 O people of the Book! our Apostle has come to you, explaining to you the interval of apostles; lest ye say, 'There came not to us a herald of glad tidings nor a warner.' But there has come to you now a herald of glad tidings and a warner, and God is mighty over all
John Medows Rodwell1861 O people of the Book! now hath our Apostle come to you to clear up to you the cessation of Apostles, lest you should say, "There hath come to us no bearer of good tidings, nor any warner." But now hath a bearer of good tidings and a warner reached you. And God is Almighty
George Sale1734 O ye who have received the scriptures, now is our apostle come unto you, declaring unto you the true religion, during the cessation of apostles, lest ye should say, there came unto us no bearer of good tidings, nor any warner: But now is a bearer of good tidings, and a warner come unto you; and God is almighty
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 —
0.57 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 · George Sale0.66
Talal Itani · George Sale0.62
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.61
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.60
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.60
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.59
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.54
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.53
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.51
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.49
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.