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Talal Itani· published 2012
They do not value God as He should be valued, when they say, "God did not reveal anything to any human being." Say, "Who revealed the Scripture which Moses brought-a light and guidance for humanity?" You put it on scrolls, displaying them, yet concealing much. And you were taught what you did not know-neither you, nor your ancestors. Say, "God;" then leave them toyingaway in their speculation.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
And they measure not the power of Allah its true measure when they say: Allah hath naught revealed unto a human being. Say (unto the Jews who speak thus): Who revealed the Book which Moses brought, a light and guidance for mankind, which ye have put on parchments which ye show, but ye hide much (thereof), and (by which) ye were taught that which ye knew not yourselves nor (did) your fathers (know it)? Say: Allah. Then leave them to their play of cavilling
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
They do not prize God at His true worth when they say, 'God has never revealed to mortal anything.' Say, 'Who revealed the Book wherewith Moses came, a light and a guidance unto men? Ye put it on papers which ye show, though ye hide much; and ye are taught what ye knew not, neither you nor your fathers.' Say, 'God,' then leave them in their discussion to play
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Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
No just estimate do they form of God when they say, "Nothing hath God sent down to man." SAY: Who sent down the Book which Moses brought, a light and guidance to man, which ye set down on paper, publishingpart, but concealing most: though ye have now been taught that which neither ye nor your fathers knew? SAY: It is God: then leave them in their pastime of cavillings
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Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And they do not make a just estimate of the attributes of God, when they say, 'God has not revealed anything to any man. Say, 'Who revealed the Book which Moses brought, a light and a guidance for the people -- though you treat it as scrapes of paper, some of which you show while you hide much thereof and you have been taught that which neither you nor your fathers knew?' Say, 'God.' Then leave them to amuse themselves with idletalk
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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
Ata nuk e madhëruan Allahun ashtu siç e meriton, kur thanë: "Allahu nuk i ka zbritur asgjë njeriut." Thuaj: "Atëherë, kush e zbriti Librin që e solli Musai si dritë dhe udhërrëfyes për njerëzit?! Ju e keni shpërndarë atë në fletë, disa prej të cilave i shfaqni, kurse shumicën i fshihni, ndonëse tani keni mësuar diçka që as ju, as etërit tuaj nuk e keni ditur më parë?!" Thuaj: "Allahu (e zbriti atë)! Pastaj lëri ata që të dëfrehen me gënjeshtrat e tyre."
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বাংলা · Bengali
আর তারা আল্লাহকে যথার্থ সম্মান দেয়নি, যখন তারা বলছে: আল্লাহ কোন মানুষের ওপর কিছুই নাযিল করেননি। বল: ‘কে নাযিল করেছে মূসার আনীত কিতাব ? যা মানুষের জন্য আলো ও হিদায়াতস্বরূপ, যা তোমরা বিভিন্ন কাগজে লিখে রাখতে, তোমরা তার কিছু প্রকাশ করতে, আর অনেকাংশ গোপন রাখতে। আর তোমাদেরকে শিক্ষা দেয়া হয়েছিল, যা তোমরা ও তোমাদের পিতৃপুরুষরা জানতে না? বলো: ‘আল্লাহই’। অতঃপর তাদেরকে তাদের অযাচিত সমালোচনার ওপর ছেড়ে দাও, তারা খেলতে থাকুক।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
Oni ne poznaju Allaha kako treba, kad govore: "Nijednom čovjeku Allah nije ništa objavio!" Reci: "A ko je objavio Knjigu koju je donio Musa kao svjetlo i uputu ljudima, koju na listove stavljate i pokazujete, a mnogo i krijete, i poučeni ste onome što ni vi ni preci vaši niste znali?" Reci: "Allah!" Zatim ih ostavi, neka se lažima svojim zabavljaju.
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Hrvatski · Croatian
Oni ne poznaju Allaha kako treba, kad govore: "Nijednom čovjeku Allah nije ništa objavio!" Reci: "A tko je objavio Knjigu koju je donio Mojsije kao svjetlo i uputu ljudima, koju na listove stavljate i pokazujete, a mnogo i krijete, i poučeni ste onome što ni vi ni predci vaši niste znali?" Reci: "Allah!" Zatim ih ostavi, neka se lažima svojim zabavljaju.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Ɓe mawniniraali Alla no O haani mawninireede non tuma ɓe wmbi'noo : "Alla Jippinaani e neɗɗanke hay huunde". Maaku : "Ko hommno jippini deftere nde Muusaa addi nden, ko nde annoora e peewal wonan de yimɓe ɓen? Hoɗon mbaɗa ndee ɗeri, peññinon goɗɗum e majji, cuuɗon ko heewi.ngandinaɗon ko onon ngndaano onon, wanaa baabiraaɓe mo'on. Maaku : "Ko Alla". Refti accaaɓe e jumpougol maɓɓe heɓe pija.
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ქართული · Georgian
და მათ (მრავალღმერთიანებმა) არ დააფასეს ალლაჰი სათანადოდ, როცა თქვეს: «ალლაჰს არაფერი ჩამოუვლენია ადამიანისთვის». თქვი (ო, მოციქულო): «მაშ, ვინ ჩამოავლინა წიგნი, რომლითაც მოვიდა მუსა — როგორც ნათელი და ხელმძღვანელობა ადამიანებისთვის?» თქვენ [ო, იუდეველებო] მას ფურცლებად აქცევთ, აჩვენებთ მის ნაწილს [თორას] და ბევრს მალავთ. და თქვენ [ო, არაბებო] ნასწავლი გაქვთ ის [ყურანი], რაც არ იცოდით არც თქვენ და არც თქვენმა მამებმა. თქვი: «ალლაჰმა (ჩამოავლინა იგი)!» შემდეგ მიატოვე ისინი, რომ თავიანთ ცარიელ საუბარში ერთობოდნენ.
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Deutsch · German
Und sie schätzen Allah nicht ein, wie es Ihm gebührt, da sie sag(t)en: „Allah hat nichts auf ein menschliches Wesen (als Offenbarung) hinabgesandt.“ Sag: „Wer sandte (denn) die Schrift hinab, mit der Musa als Licht und Rechtleitung für die Menschen kam, die ihr zu (beschriebenen) Blättern macht, die ihr offen (vor)zeigt, während ihr vieles verbergt? Und euch wurde gelehrt, was ihr nicht wusstet, weder ihr noch eure Väter.“ Sag: „(Von) Allah.“ Sodann lasse sie mit ihren schweifenden Gesprächen ihr Spiel treiben.
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Ελληνικά · Greek
Και (οι ειδωλολάτρες της Μάκκας και μερικοί Εβραίοι) δεν εκτίμησαν το μεγαλείο του Αλλάχ όπως Του αρμόζει, όταν είπαν (για να διαψεύσουν την αποστολή του Μωχάμμαντ): «Ο Αλλάχ δεν έστειλε τίποτα (Βιβλίο) σε κανέναν άνθρωπο.» Πες (ω, Μωχάμμαντ): «Ποιος, λοιπόν, έστειλε το Βιβλίο (την Τορά) που έφερε ο Μωυσής (στον λαό του) ως φως και καθοδήγηση για τους ανθρώπους; Το οποίο Βιβλίο (την Τορά) το κάνετε (ω, Εβραίοι) σε ξεχωριστά φύλλα, αποκαλύπτοντας μερικά απ' αυτά και κρύβοντας πολλά απ' αυτά! Και μάθατε (ω, Άραβες, απ' αυτό το Κορ’άν) αυτά που ούτε εσείς ούτε οι πρόγονοί σας τα ξέρατε!» Πες (ω, Μωχάμμαντ): «Ο Αλλάχ (είναι Αυτός που έστειλε την Τορά).» Έπειτα άφησέ τους να διασκεδάσουν στην πλάνη τους.
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हिन्दी · Hindi
तथा उन्होंने अल्लाह की महिमा नहीं की, जो उसकी महिमा का हक़ था, जब उन्होंने कहा कि अल्लाह ने किसी मनुष्य पर कोई चीज़ नहीं उतारी। कहो : वह पुस्तक किसने उतारी, जो मूसा लेकर आए? जो लोगों के लिए प्रकाश तथा मार्गदर्शन थी, तुम उसे पन्नों में करके रखते हो, जिन्हें तुम प्रकट करते हो और बहुत-से छिपाते हो, तथा तुम्हें वह ज्ञान दिया गया, जिसे न तुम जानते थे और न तुम्हारे बाप-दादा। आप कह दें कि अल्लाह ने। फिर उन्हें छोड़ दें अपनी व्यर्थ की चर्चा में खेलते रहें।
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Italiano · Italian
Non diedero ad Allāh l’attenzione che Gli spetta, quando dissero: «Allāh non ha fatto scendere nulla su un uomo!» Di’: «Chi ha fatto scendere il Libro che diede a Mūsā, come Illuminazione e Guida ﴿نُورًا وَهُدًى﴾ ai popoli? Lo utilizzate come carta che a volte mostrate e spesso nascondete, e vi è stato insegnato ciò che prima non sapevate, né voi, né i vostri padri!» Di’: «Allāh!» Poi lascia che si divertano nelle discussioni.
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
91. Jie (judėjai, kureišų genties pagonys, stabmeldžiai) neįvertino Allaho vertinimu, tinkamu Jam, kai jie sakė: „Nieko (apreiškimu) Allahas nenuleido jokiam žmogui.“ Sakyk (Muchammedai ﷺ ): „Kas tada nuleido Knygą, kurią Mūsa (Mozė) atnešė, šviesą ir teisingą vedimą žmonijai, kurį jūs (judėjai) suskirstėte (padalinote) į popieriaus lapus, nuslėpdami (dalį to) ir atskleisdami daug. O jūs (tikintieji Allahą ir Jo Pasiuntinį Muchammedą ﷺ ) buvote išmokyti (per Koraną) to, ko nei jūs, anei jūsų tėvai žinojo.“ Sakyk: „Allahas (nuleido tai).“ Tada palik juos linksmintis savo bergždžiuose ginčuose.
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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Guddina Isaaf malu Rabbiin hin guddifne. Yeroo "Rabbiin nama irratti homaa hin buufne" jedhan. kitaaba Muusaan dhufeen (tawraat) eenyutu buuse? jedhi. "Ifaafi namootaaf qajeelfama haala ta'een. kan isin waraqaalee heddu isa gootan (Kan feetan) ishee mul'iftu, Heddu immoo dhoksitan, Waan isiniifi abbootiin keessan hin beekne beeksifamtanii jirtan" jedhi. "(Kan isa buuse) Rabbuma" jedhi. Ergasii haala isaan dhara isaanii keessa taphataniin isaan dhiisi.
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Русский · Russian
Они не воздали Аллаху должного величия, когда сказали: «Аллах не ниспослал никому из людей ничего!» Скажи: «Кто ниспослал Писание, которое Муса принёс как свет и руководство для людей? Вы сделали из него свитки, часть из которых вы показываете, а многое скрываете. И вас научили тому, чего не знали ни вы, ни ваши отцы». Скажи: «Аллах!», а затем оставь их, забавляющимися в пустословии.
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Српски · Serbian
Они не познају Аллаха како треба, кад говоре: „Ниједном човеку Аллах није ништа објавио!“ Реци: „А ко је објавио Књигу коју је донео Мојсије као светло и упуту људима, коју на листове стављате и показујете, а много и кријете, и подучени сте ономе што ни ви ни преци ваши нисте знали?“ Реци: „Аллах!“ Затим их остави, нека се лажима својим забављају.
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Na hawakumkadiria Mwenyezi Mungu kwa haki ya kadri yake, waliposema: Mwenyezi Mungu hakumteremshia mwanaadamu chochote. Sema: Nani aliyekiteremsha Kitabu alichokuja nacho Musa, chenye nuru na uwongofu kwa watu, mlichokifanya kurasa kurasa mkizionyesha, na mengi mkiyaficha? Na mkafunzwa mliyokuwa hamyajui nyinyi wala baba zenu? Sema: 'Mwenyezi Mungu.' Kisha waache wacheze katika porojo lao.
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Svenska · Swedish
De har inte vördat Gud som han förtjänar att vördas när de säger: ”Gud har inte uppenbarat något till någon människa!” Säg: ”Vem uppenbarade då skriften som Mose kom med som ett ljus och en vägledning för människorna? Ni gör den till lösa blad som ni visar upp, medan ni döljer mycket. Och ni har fått lära er det som varken ni eller era förfäder visste.” Säg: ”Det är Gud.” Lämna dem sedan att roa sig med sina ordlekar.
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Türkçe · Turkish
Allah’ın bir kimseye, hiçbir şey indirmediğini söyleyerek, Allah’ın kadrini gereği gibi bilemediler. De ki: Öyleyse Mûsâ’nın insanlar için aydınlatıcı ve yol gösterici olarak getirdiği, o kitabı kim indirdi? Siz onu parça parça kâğıtlara (yazıyor) bir kısmını açıklıyor, çoğunu da gizliyorsunuz. Sizin de atalarınızın da bilemediği şeyler (Kur'an'la) size öğretilmiştir. (Rasûlüm) “Allah'tır” (onu indiren) de, sonra onları bırak da daldıkları sapıklarında oynayadursunlar.
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اردو · Urdu
اور ان لوگوں نے، اللہ کی جیسی قدر کرنا واجب تھی ویسی قدر نہ کی جب کہ یوں کہہ دیا کہ اللہ نے کسی بشر پر کوئی چیز نازل نہیں کی[1] آپ یہ کہیئے کہ وه کتاب کس نے نازل کی ہے جس کو موسیٰ ﻻئے تھے جس کی کیفیت یہ ہے کہ وه نور ہے اور لوگوں کے لئے وه ہدایت ہے جس کو تم نے ان متفرق اوراق میں رکھ چھوڑا[2] ہے جن کو ﻇاہر کرتے ہو اور بہت سی باتوں کو چھپاتے ہو اور تم کو بہت سی ایسی باتیں بتائی گئی ہیں جن کو تم نہ جانتے تھے اور نہ تمہارے بڑے[3]۔ آپ کہہ دیجیئے کہ اللہ نے نازل فرمایا ہے[4] پھر ان کو ان کے خرافات میں کھیلتے رہنے دیجیئے۔
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Talal Itani2012 Those are they to whom We gave the Book, and wisdom, and prophethood. If these reject them, We have entrusted them to others who do not reject them.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Those are they unto whom We gave the Scripture and command and prophethood. But if these disbelieve therein, then indeed We shall entrust it to a people who will not be disbelievers therein
Edward Henry Palmer1880 It is to these we give the Book and judgment and prophecy; and if these disbelieve therein we have given them in charge to a people who shall not disbelieve
John Medows Rodwell1861 These are they to whom we gave the Scripture and Wisdom and Prophecy: but if these their posterity believe not therein, we will entrust these gifts to a people who will not disbelieve therein
George Sale1734 It is to these whom We gave the Book and dominion and Prophethood. But if they are ungrateful for these favours it matters not, for We have now entrusted them to a people who are not ungrateful for them
Easy-read (simplified)oolaa'ika lladheena hadaa llaahu fabihudaahumu qtadih qul laa as'alukum 'alayhi ajran in huwa illaa dhikraa lil'aalameen
DIN 31635ʾūlāʾika llaḏīna hadā llāhu fabihudāhumu qtadih qul lā ʾasʾalukum ʿalayhi ʾaǧran ʾin huwa ʾillā ḏikrā lilʿālamīna
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Talal Itani2012 Those are they whom God has guided, so follow their guidance. Say, "I ask of you no compensation for it; it is just a reminder for all mankind."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Those are they whom Allah guideth, so follow their guidance. Say (O Muhammad, unto mankind): I ask of you no fee for it. Lo! it is naught but a Reminder to (His) creatures
Edward Henry Palmer1880 It is these that God hath guided, and by their guidance be thou led. Say, 'I will not ask you for it a hire: it is naught save a reminder to the worlds
John Medows Rodwell1861 These are they whom God hath guided: follow therefore their guidance. SAY: No pay do I ask of you for this: Verily it is no other than the teaching for all creatures
George Sale1734 These it is whom God guide aright, so follow thou their guidance. Say, 'I ask not of you any reward for it. This is naught but an admonition for all mankind
Talal Itani2012 This too is a Scripture that We revealed-blessed-verifying what preceded it, that you may warn the Mother of Cities and all around it. Those who believe in the Hereafter believe in it, and are dedicated to their prayers.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And this is a blessed Scripture which We have revealed, confirming that which (was revealed) before it, that thou mayst warn the Mother of Villages and those around her. Those who believe in the Hereafter believe herein, and they are careful of their worship
Edward Henry Palmer1880 This is the Book which we have revealed, a blessing and a confirmation to those which were before it, and that the mother of cities may be warned, with those who are round about her. Those who believe in the last day believe therein, and they unto their prayers will keep
John Medows Rodwell1861 And this Book which we have sent down is blessed, confirming that which was before it; and in order that thou mightest warn the mother-city and those who dwell round about it. They who believe in the next life will believe in It, and will keep strictly to their Prayers
George Sale1734 And this is a Book which We have revealed, full of blessings, to fulfill that which preceded it, and to enable thee to warn the Mother of towns and those around her. And those, who believe in the Hereafter, believe therein and they strictly observe their Prayers
Talal Itani2012 Who does greater wrong than someone who invents falsehood against God, or says, "It was revealed to me," when nothing was revealed to him, or says, "I will reveal the like of what God revealed"? If only you could see the wrongdoers in the floods of death, as the angels with arms outstretched: "Give up your souls. Today you are being repaid with the torment of shame for having said about God other than the truth, and for being too proud to accept His revelations."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Who is guilty of more wrong than he who forgeth a lie against Allah, or saith: I am inspired, when he is not inspired in aught; and who saith: I will reveal the like of that which Allah hath revealed? If thou couldst see, when the wrong-doers reach the pangs of death and the angels stretch their hands out (saying): Deliver up your souls. This day ye are awarded doom of degradation for that ye spake concerning Allah other than the truth, and used to scorn His portents
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Who is more unjust than he who devises against God a lie, or says, 'I am inspired,' when he was not inspired at all? and who says, 'I will bring down the like of what God has sent down;' but didst thou see when the unjust are in the floods of death, and the angels stretch forth their hands, 'Give ye forth your souls; today shall ye be recompensed with the torment of disgrace, for that ye did say against God what was not true, and were too proud to hear His signs
John Medows Rodwell1861 But is any more wicked than he who deviseth a lie of God, or saith, "I have had a revelation," when nothing was revealed to him? And who saith, "I can bring down a book like that which God hath sent down"? But couldst thou see when the ungodly are in the floods of death, and the angels reach forth their hands, saying, "Yield up your souls: - this day shall ye be recompensed with a humiliating punishment for your untrue sayings about God, and for proudly rejecting his signs
George Sale1734 And who is more unjust than he who forges a lie against God, or says, 'It has been revealed to me,' while nothing has been revealed to him; and who says, 'I will sent down the like of that which God has sent down?' And if thou couldst only see, when the wrongdoers are in the agonies of death, and the angels stretch forth their hands, saying, 'Yield up your souls. This day shall you be awarded the punishment of disgrace because of that which you spoke against God falsely and because you turned away from His Signs with disdain
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 —
0.63 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 · John Medows Rodwell0.68
Talal Itani · George Sale0.66
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.65
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.64
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.63
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.63
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.62
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.61
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.59
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.56
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.