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Talal Itani· published 2012
Or lest you say, "Had the Scripture been revealed to us, we would have been better guided than they." Clarification has come to you from your Lord, and guidance, and mercy. Who then does greater wrong than he who gives the lie to God's messages, and turns away from them? We will repay those who turn away from Our messages with the worstkind of punishment, because of their turning away.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
Or lest ye should say: If the Scripture had been revealed unto us, we surely had been better guided than are they. Now hath there come unto you a clear proof from your Lord, a guidance and mercy; and who doeth greater wrong than he who denieth the revelations of Allah, and turneth away from them? We award unto those who turn away from Our revelations an evil doom because of their aversion
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
Or, lest ye should say, 'Had we had a book revealed to us we should surely have been more guided than they;' but there is come to them a manifest sign from their Lord, and a guidance and a mercy; who then is more unjust than he who calls God's signs lies, and turns from them? we will reward those who turn from our signs with an evil punishment for that they turned away
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Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Or lest ye should say, "If a book had been sent down to us, we had surely followed the guidance better than they." But now hath a clear exposition come to you from your Lord, and a guidance and a mercy. Who then is more wicked than he who treateth the signs of God as lies, and turneth aside from them? We will recompense those who turn aside from our signs with an evil punishment, because they have turned aside
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Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Or lest ye should say, if a book of divine revelations had been sent down unto us, we would surely have better directed than they. And now hath a manifest declaration come unto you from your Lord, and a direction and mercy: And who is more unjust than he who deviseth lies against the signs of God, and turneth aside from them? We will reward those who turn aside from our signs with a grievous punishment, because they have turned aside
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
Ose që të mos thoni: "Sikur të na ishin shpallur neve Shkrimet, ne do të ishim më të udhëzuar se ata." Tashmë ju ka ardhur nga Zoti juaj dëshmi e qartë dhe udhëzim e mëshirë. Kush është më mizor se ai që i përgënjeshtron ajetet e Allahut dhe ua kthen shpinën atyre?! Ne do t'i ndëshkojmë me dënim të rëndë ata që shmangen nga ajetet Tona, për shkak se kthenin shpinën.
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বাংলা · Bengali
যাতে তোমরা এ কথাও বলতে না পারো যে, ‘যদি আমাদের প্রতি কিতাব নাযিল হত, তবে আমরা তো তাদের চেয়ে বেশি হিদায়াত প্রাপ্ত হতাম।’ এখন তো তোমাদের কাছে তোমাদের রবের পক্ষ থেকে সুস্পষ্ট প্রমাণ, হিদায়াত ও রহমত এসেছে।(৪৫) অতঃপর যে আল্লাহর আয়াতসমূহে মিথ্যারোপ করবে এবং তা থেকে মুখ ফিরিয়ে নেবে, তার চেয়ে বড় যালিম আর কে? যারা আমার আয়াতসমূহ থেকে মুখ ফিরিয়ে নেয়, তাদের বিমুখ হওয়ার কারণে, অচিরেই আমি তাদেরকে নিকৃষ্ট শাস্তি দিবো।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
i da ne kažete: "Da je Knjiga objavljena nama, bolje bismo se od njih držali Pravog puta." Pa objavljuje vam se, eto, od Gospodara vašeg jasan dokaz i uputa i milost; i ima li, onda, većeg zulumćara od onoga koji Allahove ajete ne priznaje i od njih odvraća?! A Mi ćemo teškom kaznom kazniti one koji od ajeta Naših odvraćaju, zato što to stalno čine.
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Hrvatski · Croatian
i da ne kažete: "Da je Knjiga objavljena nama, bolje bismo se od njih držali Pravog puta." Pa objavljuje vam se, eto, od Gospodara vašeg jasan dokaz i uputa i milost; i ima li, onda, većeg nepravednika od onoga koji Allahove ajete ne priznaje i od njih odvraća?! A Mi ćemo teškom kaznom kazniti one koji od ajeta Naših odvraćaju, zato što to stalno čine.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
maa ɗum mb'on : "Sinno minen, deftere ndee Jippinano e amen, min laatotono ɓurɓe ɓe feewde". Gooŋɗii arii on immorde to Joom mon, ɓanngannduyee(peeñɗi), e peewal, e yurmeende. Alaa ɓurɗo tooñde haa hewta on jedduɗo Aayeeje Alla ɗean o ɗuurnii ɗe. Arma Min njoɓiroya ɓeen ɗuurnotooɓe Aayeeje amen ɗeen lepte bonɗe, sabu ko ɓe laatinoo heɓe ɗuurnoo.
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ქართული · Georgian
ან (რათა) თქვენ არ გეთქვათ: «ჩვენ რომც ჩამოგვეგზავნა წიგნი (როგორც ჩამოეგზავნათ იუდეველებსა და ქრისტიანებს), ჩვენ აუცილებლად უფრო მეტად ვიდგებოდით (ჭეშმარიტ) გზაზე, ვიდრე ისინი!» მაგრამ უკვე მოვიდა თქვენთან თქვენი უფლისგან ნათელი ნიშანი [თქვენთვის გასაგებ არაბულ ენაზე], და გზამკვლევი, და წყალობა; (მაშინ) ვინ არის უფრო უსამართლო, ვიდრე ის, ვინც უარყოფს ალლაჰის ნიშნებს და მათგან თავს არიდებს! ჩვენ მივუზღავთ მათ, ვინც ჩვენს ნიშნებს თავს არიდებენ, ცუდი სასჯელით იმისთვის, რომ ისინი თავს არიდებდნენ.
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Deutsch · German
Oder damit ihr (nicht) sagt: „Wenn die Schrift auf uns hinabgesandt worden wäre, wären wir gewiss eher rechtgeleitet als sie.“ So ist bereits ein klarer Beweis von eurem Herrn und (ebenso) Rechtleitung und Barmherzigkeit zu euch gekommen. Wer ist nun ungerechter, als wer die Zeichen Allahs für Lüge erklärt und sich von ihnen abwendet? Wir werden denjenigen, die sich von Unseren Zeichen abwenden, mit einer bösen Strafe vergelten, dass sie sich abzuwenden pflegten.
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Ελληνικά · Greek
Ή να πείτε: «Αν μόνο μας είχε σταλεί ένα Βιβλίο, θα ήμασταν πιο καθοδηγημένοι απ' αυτούς (τους Εβραίους και τους Χριστιανούς).» Πράγματι, ήρθε σε σας από τον Κύριό σας μία ξεκάθαρη απόδειξη (το Κορ’άν), και καθοδήγηση και έλεος. Ποιος είναι πιο άδικος απ' εκείνον που διέψευσε τα Εδάφια του Αλλάχ και απομακρύνθηκε απ' αυτά; Πράγματι, θα τιμωρήσουμε εκείνους που απομακρύνονται από τα Εδάφιά Μας με το χειρότερο μαρτύριο, για την απομάκρυνσή τους.
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हिन्दी · Hindi
या यह न कहो कि यदि हमपर पुस्तक उतारी गई होती, तो हम उनसे भी अधिक सीधी राह पर होते। तो लो, अब तुम्हारे पास तुम्हारे पालनहार की ओर से एक खुला तर्क और मार्गदर्शन एवं दया आ चुकी है। अतः उससे बड़ा अत्यचारी कौन होगा, जो अल्लाह की आयतों को मिथ्या कहे और उनसे कतरा जाए? और जो लोग हमारी आयतों से कतराते हैं, हम उनके कतराने के बदले उन्हें कड़ी यातना देंगे।
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Italiano · Italian
O diciate: «Se il Libro fosse stato fatto scendere su di noi direttamente, saremmo stati guidati meglio di loro». Ma vi è arrivata un’evidenza dal vostro Dio, e una Guida e una Grazia! Chi è più ingiusto di chi smentisce i Segni di Allāh e volta le spalle? Ripagheremo quelli che voltano le spalle ai Nostri Segni con la punizione peggiore, a causa di ciò con cui volteranno le spalle.
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
157. Arba kad jūs (arabų pagonys) nesakytumėte: „Jei tik Knyga būtų buvus nuleista mums, mes tikrai būtume buvę geriau vedami nei jie (judėjai ir krikščionys).“ Taigi, dabar atėjo jums aiškus įrodymas (Koranas) iš jūsų Viešpaties, ir teisingas vedimas, ir pasigailėjimas. Kas tada elgiasi blogiau nei tas, kuris atmeta Allaho Ajat (įrodymus, įkalčius, eilutes, pamokas, ženklus, apreiškimus ir t. t.) ir nusigręžia nuo jų? Mes atkeršysime tiems, kurie nusigręžia nuo Mūsų Ajat bjauria kančia, dėl to, kad jie nusigręžė (nuo jų).
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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Yookiin akka isin hinjenneefi "nuti odoo kitaabni nurratti buufamee dhugumatti silaa isaan (yahuudotaafi kiristaanota) caalaa qajeella turre" (hin janneefi). Dhugumatti, ragaan ifa ta’e (Qur’aanni), qajeelfamaafi rahmanni Gooftaa keessan irraa isiniif dhufeera. Nama keeyyattoota Rabbii kijibsiiseefi ishee irraa gara gale caalaa namni miidhaa hojjate eenyu? (hinjiru). Nuti warra keeyyattoota keenya irraa gara galan sababaa isaan gara galaa turaniif adabbii hamaa isaanii galata galchina (adabna).
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Русский · Russian
Или чтобы вы не сказали: «Если бы нам было ниспослано Писание, мы последовали бы верному руководству лучше, чем они!» Уже пришли к вам ясные знамения от вашего Господа, а также руководство и милость. Кто же более несправедлив, чем тот, кто счёл знамения Аллаха ложью и отвернулся от них? Мы воздадим тем, кто отвращается от Наших знамений, ужасным наказанием за то, что они отвращались.
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Српски · Serbian
И да не кажете: „Да је Књига објављена нама, боље бисмо се од њих држали Правог пута.“ Па објављује вам се, ето, од Господара вашег јасан доказ и упута и милост. И има ли, онда, већег неправедника од онога који Аллахове речи и доказе не признаје и од њих одвраћа?! А Ми ћемо тешком муком да казнимо оне који од Наших знакова одвраћају, зато што то стално чине.
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Au mkasema: "Lau hakika sisi tungeteremshiwa Kitabu hicho, basi tungelikuwa waongofu zaidi kuwaliko wao." Basi hakika imekwishawajia hoja iliyo wazi kutoka kwa Mola wenu Mlezi, na uongofu, na rehema. Kwa hivyo, ni nani aliye dhalimu mkubwa zaidi kuliko yule anayekadhibisha Ishara za Mwenyezi Mungu, na akajitenga nazo? Tutawalipa wale wanaojitenga na Ishara zetu adhabu mbaya kabisa kwa sababu ya walivyokuwa wakijitenga.
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Svenska · Swedish
Eller säga: ”Om skriften hade uppenbarats för oss hade vi varit bättre vägledda än de!” Nu har ett klart bevis kommit till er från er Herre, och vägledning och nåd. Vem är då mer orättfärdig än den som vägrar tro på Guds tecken och vänder sig bort från dem? Vi ska straffa de som vänder sig bort från våra tecken med ett svårt straff för att de vände sig bort.
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Türkçe · Turkish
Yahut da; "Kitap bize indirilmiş olsaydı, onlardan daha fazla hidayet üzere olurduk.” demeyesiniz diye; size, Rabbinizden açık bir belge, hidayet ve rahmet gelmiştir. Allah’ın ayetlerini yalanlayanlardan ve onlardan yüz çevirenden daha zalim kim olabilir? Ayetlerimizden yüz çevirenleri, yüz çevirmelerinden ötürü çok kötü bir azapla cezalandıracağız.
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اردو · Urdu
یا یوں نہ کہو کہ اگر ہم پر کوئی کتاب نازل ہوتی تو ہم ان سے بھی زیاده راه راست پر ہوتے۔ سو اب تمہارے پاس تمہارے رب کے پاس سے ایک کتاب واضح اور رہنمائی کا ذریعہ اور رحمت آچکی ہے[1] ۔ اب اس شخص سے زیاده ﻇالم کون ہوگا جو ہماری ان آیتوں کو جھوٹا بتائے اور اس سے روکے[2]۔ ہم جلد ہی ان لوگوں کو جو کہ ہماری آیتوں سے روکتے ہیں ان کے اس روکنے کے سبب سخت سزا دیں گے۔
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DIN 31635wahāḏā kitābun ʾanzalnāhu mubārakun fāttabiʿūhu wāttaqū laʿallakum turḥamūna
Talal Itani2012 This too is a blessed Scripture that We revealed; so follow it, and be righteous, that you may receive mercy.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And this is a blessed Scripture which We have revealed. So follow it and ward off (evil), that ye may find mercy
Edward Henry Palmer1880 This is the Book which we have sent down; it is a blessing; follow it then and fear; haply ye may obtain mercy
John Medows Rodwell1861 Blessed, too, this Book which we have sent down. Wherefore follow it and fear God, that ye may find mercy
George Sale1734 And this book which We have now sent down, is blessed; therefore follow it and fear God that ye may obtain mercy
DIN 31635ʾan taqūlū ʾinnamā ʾunzila l-kitābu ʿalā ṭāʾifatayni min qablinā waʾin kunnā ʿan dirāsatihim laġāfilīna
Talal Itani2012 Lest you say, "The Scripture was revealed to two parties before us, and we were unaware of their teachings."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Lest ye should say: The Scripture was revealed only to two sects before us, and we in sooth were unaware of what they read
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Lest ye say, 'The Book was only sent down to two sects before us; verily, we, for what they read, care naught
John Medows Rodwell1861 Lest ye should say, "The Scriptures were indeed sent down only unto two peoples before us, but we were not able to go deep into their studies
George Sale1734 Lest ye should say, the scriptures were only sent down unto two people before us; and we neglected to peruse them with attention
Talal Itani2012 Are they waiting for anything but for the angels to come to them, or for your Lord to arrive, or for some of your Lord's signs to come? On the Day when some of your Lord's signs come, no soul will benefit from its faith unless it had believed previously, or had earned goodness through its faith. Say, "Wait, we too are waiting."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Wait they, indeed, for nothing less than that the angels should come unto them, or thy Lord should come, or there should come one of the portents from thy Lord? In the day when one of the portents from thy Lord cometh, its belief availeth naught a soul which theretofore believed not, nor in its belief earned good (by works). Say: Wait ye! Lo! We (too) are waiting
Edward Henry Palmer1880 What do they expect but that the angels should come for them, or that thy Lord should come, or that some signs of thy Lord should come? On the day when some signs do come, its faith shall profit no soul which did not believe before, unless it has earned some good by its faith. Say, 'Wait ye expectant, then we wait expectant too
John Medows Rodwell1861 What wait they for, but the coming of the angels to them, or the coming of thy Lord Himself, or that some of the sings of the Lord should come to pass? On the day when some of thy Lord's signs shall come to pass, its faith shall not profit a soul which believed not before, nor wrought good works in virtue of its faith. SAY: Wait ye. Verily, we will wait also
George Sale1734 Do they wait for any other than that the angels should come unto them, to part their souls from their bodies; or that thy Lord should come to punish them; or that some of the signs of thy Lord should come to pass, shewing the day of judgement to be at hand? On the day whereon some of thy Lord's signs shall come to pass, its faith shall not profit a soul which believed not before, or wrought not good in its faith. Say, wait ye for this day; we surely do wait for it
DIN 31635ʾinna llaḏīna farraqū dīnahum wakānū šiyaʿan lasta minhum fī šayʾin ʾinnamā ʾamruhum ʾilā llāhi ṯumma yunabbiʾuhum bimā kānū yafʿalūna
Talal Itani2012 As for those who divided their religion and became sects-you have nothing to do with them. Their case rests with God; then He will inform them of what they used to do.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Lo! As for those who sunder their religion and become schismatics, no concern at all hast thou with them. Their case will go to Allah, Who then will tell them what they used to do
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Verily, those who divided their religion and became sects, thou hast not to do with them, their matter is in God's hands, He will yet inform them of that which they have done
John Medows Rodwell1861 As to those who split up their religion and become sects, have thou nothing to do with them: their affair is with God only. Hereafter shall he tell them what they have done
George Sale1734 They who make a division in their religion, and become sectaries, have thou nothing to do with them; their affair belongeth only unto God. Hereafter shall He declare unto them that which they have done
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Talal Itani · George Sale0.63
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.60
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.59
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.57
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.56
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.55
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.54
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.52
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.48
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.35
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.