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Talal Itani· published 2012
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.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
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
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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
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
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Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
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
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Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
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
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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
Hebrenjtë dhe të krishterët thonë: "Ne jemi bijtë e Allahut dhe të dashurit e Tij." Thuaju: "Atëherë, përse ju ndëshkon për gjynahet tuaja?! Përkundrazi, ju jeni njerëz nga ata që ka krijuar. Ai fal kë të dojë dhe ndëshkon kë të dojë. Vetëm Allahut i takon sundimi i qiejve e i Tokës dhe i gjithçkaje që gjendet mes tyre dhe tek Ai është kthimi."
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বাংলা · Bengali
আর ইয়াহূদী ও খ্রিস্টানরা বলে: ‘আমরা আল্লাহর পুত্র ও তাঁর প্রিয়পাত্র।’ তুমি বলো: ‘তবে তিনি তোমাদের পাপের জন্য তোমাদেরকে শাস্তি দিবেন কেন? বরং তোমরা তো সে রকমই মানুষ, যেমন তিনি অন্যান্য মানুষ সৃষ্টি করেছেন।’ তিনি যাকে ইচ্ছে ক্ষমা করেন এবং যাকে ইচ্ছে শাস্তি দেন। আর আসমানসমূহ ও জমিনে এবং এ দুয়ের মধ্যে যা কিছু আছে, তার সার্বভৌমত্ব আল্লাহরই। আর সবাইকে তাঁরই দিকে প্রত্যাবর্তন করতে হবে ।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
Jevreji i kršćani kažu: "Mi smo djeca Božija i miljenici Njegovi." Reci: "Pa zašto vas On kažnjava zbog grijeha vaših?" A nije tako! Vi ste kao i ostali ljudi koje On stvara: kome hoće On će oprostiti, a koga hoće On će patnji podvrgnuti. Allahova je vlast na nebesima i na Zemlji i na onome što je između njih, i kod Njega je konačno odredište.
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Hrvatski · Croatian
Židovi i kršćani kažu: "Mi smo djeca Božja i miljenici Njegovi." Reci: "Pa zašto vas On kažnjava zbog grijeha vaših?" A nije tako! Vi ste kao i ostali ljudi koje On stvara: kome hoće On će oprostiti, a koga hoće On će patnji podvrgnuti. Allahova je vlast na nebesima i na Zemlji i na onome što je između njih, i kod Njega je konačno odredište.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Alyahuuda e Annasaara'en mbi'i : "minen ko min ɓiɗɓe Alla e yiɗɓe Makko"! Maaku: "Awa ko fii holɗum O Leptirta on bakkatuujii mon ɗin?" Ko woni, onon ko on ɓanndiyaŋkooɓe jeyaaɓe e kon ko O Tagi". Homo yaafo o mo O muuyi, oLepta on o muuyi. Ko Alla woodani Laamu kammuuli ɗin, e leydi ndin, e ko woni hakkunde majji kon. Ko Fa'ade ka makko woni ruttorde nde.
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ქართული · Georgian
იუდეველებმა და ქრისტიანებმა თქვეს: «ჩვენ ვართ ალლაჰის შვილები და მისი საყვარლები». უთხარი (მათ) (ო, მოციქულო): «მაშინ რატომ გსჯით იგი თქვენი ცოდვებისათვის? პირიქით, თქვენ ხართ ადამიანები იმათგან, ვინც მან შექმნა. ის პატიობს, ვისაც ინებებს, და სჯის, ვისაც ინებებს. და მხოლოდ ალლაჰს ეკუთვნის ძალაუფლება ცათა და მიწის და ყველაფრის, რაც მათ შორისაა, და მასთანაა დაბრუნება».
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Deutsch · German
Und die Juden und Christen sagen: „Wir sind die Söhne Allahs und Seine Lieblinge.“ Sag: „Warum bestraft Er euch dann für eure Sünden?“ Vielmehr seid ihr menschliche Wesen von denen, die Er erschaffen hat. Er vergibt, wem Er will, und Er (be)straft, wen Er will. Und Allah gehört die Herrschaft der Himmel und der Erde und dessen, was dazwischen ist, und zu Ihm ist der Ausgang.
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Ελληνικά · Greek
Οι Εβραίοι και οι Χριστιανοί λένε: «Είμαστε οι γιοι του Αλλάχ και οι αγαπημένοι Του.» Πες (ω, Μωχάμμαντ): «Τότε γιατί σας τιμωρεί για τις αμαρτίες σας; Στ’ αλήθεια, είστε μόνο άνθρωποι, απ' όσους δημιούργησε• συγχωρεί όποιον θέλει και τιμωρεί όποιον θέλει.» Και στον Αλλάχ ανήκει η Κυριαρχία των ουρανών και της Γης, και όλων όσων βρίσκονται ανάμεσά τους. Και σ' Αυτόν βρίσκεται ο τελικός προορισμός (των πάντων).
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हिन्दी · Hindi
तथा यहूदियों और ईसाइयों ने कहा कि हम अल्लाह के पुत्र और उसके प्यारे हैं। आप कह दें : फिर वह तुम्हें तुम्हारे पापों के कारण सज़ा क्यों देता है? बल्कि तुम (भी) उसके पैदा किए हुए प्राणियों में से एक मनुष्य हो। वह जिसे चाहता है, क्षमा करता है और जिसे चाहता है, सज़ा देता है। तथा अल्लाह ही के लिए आकाशों और धरती का राज्य[20] है और उसका भी जो उन दोनों के बीच है। और उसी की ओर लौटकर जाना है।
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Italiano · Italian
E dissero gli ebrei e i nazareni ﴿وَقَالَتِ الْيَهُودُ وَالنَّصَارَى نَحۡنُ أَبۡنَٰٓؤُاْ ٱللَّهِ وَأَحِبَّٰٓؤُهُۥ ﴾: “Noi siamo figli di Allāh e Suoi eletti!” Di’: «Perché vi punisce per i vostri peccati? Invece siete dei semplici uomini tra quelli che ha creato; perdona chi vuole e punisce chi vuole.” E ad Allāh appartiene il Regno dei cieli e della terra e di ciò che c’è di mezzo, e a Lui è il ritorno.
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
18. Ir (visi) judėjai ir krikščionys sako: „Mes esame Allaho vaikai ir Jo numylėtiniai.“ Sakyk: „Kodėl tada Jis baudžia jus už jūsų nuodėmes?“ Ne, jūs esate tik žmonės tų, kuriuos Jis sukūrė. Jis atleidžia tam, kam Jis nori, ir Jis baudžia tą, ką Jis nori. Ir Allahui priklauso dangų ir žemės bei viso, kas yra tarp jų, valdžia. Ir pas Jį (visų) sugrįžimas.
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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Yahuudonniifi Kiristaanonni "nuti ilmaan Rabbiitiifi jaalalleewwan Isaati" jedhan. (Ati) jedhi: " maaliif badiilee keessaniin isin adaba? Dhugumatti isin nama Inni uume irraayi. (Inni) nama fedheef ni araarama; nama fedhe immoo ni adaba. Mootummaan samiilee, dachiifi wantoota gidduu isaan lamaanii kan Rabbiiti. Deebiin garuma Isaatti" (jedhi). [9]
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Русский · Russian
Иудеи и христиане сказали: «Мы — сыны Аллаха и Его любимцы». Скажи: «Почему же тогда Он наказывает вас за ваши грехи? Нет, вы — люди из числа тех, кого Он сотворил. Он прощает, кого пожелает, и подвергает наказанию, кого пожелает. Аллаху принадлежит владычество небес, земли и всего, что между ними, и к Нему — конечный исход».
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Српски · Serbian
Јевреји и хришћани кажу: „Ми смо деца Аллахова и Његови миљеници.“ Реци: „Па зашто вас Он кажњава због ваших греха?“ А није тако! Ви сте као и остали људи које Он ствара: коме хоће Он ће да опрости, а кога хоће Он ће да подвргне патњи. Аллахова је власт на небесима и на Земљи и на ономе што је између њих, и код Њега је коначно одредиште.
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Na Mayahudi na Wakristo walisema: Sisi ni wana wa Mwenyezi Mungu na vipenzi vyake. Sema: Basi kwa nini anawaadhibu kwa sababu ya dhambi zenu? Bali nyinyi ni wanadamu tu kama wale wengine aliowaumba. Humfutia dhambi amtakaye na humuadhibu amtakaye. Na ni wa Mwenyezi Mungu tu ufalme wa mbingu na ardhi na vilivyo kati yake. Na marejeo ni kwake Yeye.
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Svenska · Swedish
Judarna och de kristna säger: ”Vi är Guds barn och hans älskade.” Säg: ”Varför straffar han er då för era synder? Nej, ni är vanliga människor som alla andra han har skapat. Han förlåter den han vill och straffar den han vill. Till Gud hör herraväldet över himlarna och jorden och allt som finns däremellan, och han är slutmålet för allas färd.”
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Türkçe · Turkish
Yahudi ve Hristiyanlar: Biz, Allah’ın oğulları ve sevdikleri kimseleriz dediler. De ki: Öyleyse günahlarınız sebebiyle Allah, size niye azap ediyor? Hayır, siz de onun yarattıklarından bir beşersiniz! Allah dilediğini bağışlar, dilediğine azap eder. Göklerin, yerin ve ikisinin arasındakilerin mülkü Allah’ındır. Ve ancak dönüş de O’nadır.
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اردو · Urdu
یہود و نصاریٰ کہتے ہیں کہ ہم اللہ کے بیٹے اور اس کے دوست ہیں[1] ، آپ کہہ دیجیئے کہ پھر تمہیں تمہارے گناہوں کے باعﺚ اللہ کیوں سزا دیتا ہے؟[2] نہیں بلکہ تم بھی اس کی مخلوق میں سے ایک انسان ہو وه جسے چاہتا ہے بخش دیتا ہے، اور جسے چاہتا ہے عذاب کرتا ہے[3]، زمین و آسمان اور ان کے درمیان کی ہر چیز اللہ تعالیٰ کی ملکیت ہے اور اسی کی طرف لوٹنا ہے۔
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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
Talal Itani2012 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.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 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
Edward Henry Palmer1880 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
John Medows Rodwell1861 Infidels now are they who say, "Verily God is the Messiah Ibn Maryam (son of Mary)! SAY: And who could aught obtain from God, if he chose to destroy the Messiah Ibn Maryam, 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
George Sale1734 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
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
Talal Itani2012 When Moses said to his people, "O my people, remember God's blessings upon you, when He placed prophets among you, and made you kings, and gave you what He never gave any other people."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And (remember) when Moses said unto his people: O my people! Remember Allah's favour unto you, how He placed among you prophets, and He made you kings, and gave you that (which) He gave not to any (other) of (His) creatures
Edward Henry Palmer1880 When Moses said to his people, 'O my people! remember the favour of God towards you when He made amongst you prophets, and made for you kings, and brought you what never was brought to anybody in the worlds
John Medows Rodwell1861 And remember when Moses said to his people, "O my people! call to mind the goodness of God towards you when he appointed Prophets among you, and appointed you kings, and gave you what never had been given before to any human beings
George Sale1734 Call to mind when Moses said unto his people, O my people, remember the favour of God towards you, since he hath appointed prophets among you, and constituted you kings, and bestowed on you what he hath given to no other nation in the world
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Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.64
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.58
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.57
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.56
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.56
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.55
Talal Itani · George Sale0.55
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.53
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.40
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.39
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.
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.