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Talal Itani· published 2012
And when Moses came to Our appointment, and his Lord spoke to him, he said, "My Lord, allow me to look and see You." He said, "You will not see Me, but look at the mountain; if it stays in its place, you will see Me." But when his Lord manifested Himself to the mountain, He turned it into dust, and Moses fell down unconscious. Then, when he recovered, he said, "Glory be to you, I repent to you, and I am the first of the believers."
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
And when Moses came to Our appointed tryst and his Lord had spoken unto him, he said: My Lord! Show me (Thy Self), that I may gaze upon Thee. He said: Thou wilt not see Me, but gaze upon the mountain! If it stand still in its place, then thou wilt see Me. And when his Lord revealed (His) glory to the mountain He sent it crashing down. And Moses fell down senseless. And when he woke he said: Glory unto Thee! I turn unto Thee repentant, and I am the first of (true) believers
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
And when Moses came to our appointment, and his Lord spake unto him, he said, 'O my Lord! show me, - that I may look on thee!' He said, Thou canst not see me; but look upon the mountain, and if it remain steady in its place, thou shalt see me;' but when his Lord appeared unto the mountain He made it dust, and Moses fell down in a swoon! And when he came to himself, he said, 'Celebrated be thy praise! I turn repentant unto Thee, and I am the first of those who are resigned
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Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And when Moses came at our set time and his Lord spake with him, he said, "O Lord, shew thyself to me, that I may look upon thee." He said, "Thou shalt not see Me; but look towards the mount, and if it abidefirm in its place, then shalt thou see Me." And when God manifested Himself to the mountain he turned it to dust! and Moses fell in a swoon. And when he came to himself, he said, "Glory be to thee! To thee do I turn in penitence, and I am the first of them that believe
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Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And when Moses came at Our appointed time and his Lord spoke to him, he said, 'My Lord, show Thyself to me that I may look at Thee.' God replied, 'Thou shalt not see Me. But look at the mountain; and if it remains in its place, then thou shalt see Me.' And when his Lord manifested Himself on the mountain, He broke it into pieces and Moses fell down unconscious. And when he recovered, he said, 'Holy art Thou, I turn to thee and I am the first to believe
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
E, kur Musai erdhi në kohën e caktuar dhe Zoti i tij i foli atij, ai tha: "O Zoti im, shfaqu, që të të shoh!" Allahu tha: "S'do të mund të më shohësh, por shikoje malin: nëse mbetet në vendin e vet, atëherë do të më shohësh!" Kur Zoti i tij iu shfaq malit, e bëri rrafsh me tokë, ndërsa Musait i ra të fikët. Kur erdhi në vete, tha: "I Patëmeta je Ti! Po kthehem te Ti i penduar. Unë jam i pari i besimtarëve."
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বাংলা · Bengali
আর মূসা যখন আমার নির্ধারিত সময়ে (ও স্থানে) উপস্থিত হয়েছিল এবং তার রব তার সাথে কথা বললেন, তখন সে (তার রবকে) বললো: ‘হে আমার রব! আমাকে দেখা দিন, আমি আপনাকে দেখতে চাই।’ তিনি বললেন: ‘(দুনিয়াতে) তুমি আমাকে কখনোই দেখতে পাবে না; বরং তুমি পাহাড়ের দিকে তাকাও, সেটা যদি (প্রতিক্রিয়া ছাড়াই) নিজের জায়গায় স্থির থাকে তবে তুমি আমাকে (অচিরেই দুনিয়াতে) দেখতে পাবে।’ যখন তার রব পাহাড়ে বিকশিত হলেন, তখন তা পাহাড়কে চূর্ণ-বিচূর্ণ করল(৩৪) এবং মূসা বেহুঁশ হয়ে পড়ে গেলো। যখন সে জ্ঞান ফিরে পেলো তখন বললো: ‘(হে আমার রব!) আপনি পবিত্র মহান, আমি (দুনিয়াতে আপনাকে দেখার আবেদন থেকে অনুতপ্ত হয়ে) আপনার কাছে তাওবাহ করলাম এবং আমি (আমার সম্প্রদায়ের) মু’মিনদের মধ্যে প্রথম।’
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Bosanski · Bosnian
I kad Nam Musa dođe u određeno vrijeme, i kada mu Gospodar njegov progovori, on reče: "Gospodaru moj, ukaži mi se da Te vidim!" "Nećeš Me vidjeti", reče, "ali pogledaj u ono brdo, pa ako ono ostane na svome mjestu, vidjet ćeš Me!" I kad se Gospodar njegov onom brdu otkri, On ga sa zemljom sravni, a Musa izgubi svijest i strovali se. Čim se osvijesti, reče: "Uzvišen si Ti! Kajem Ti se, ja sam vjernik prvi!"
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Hrvatski · Croatian
I kad Nam Mojsije dođe u određeno vrijeme, i kada mu Gospodar njegov progovori, on reče: "Gospodaru moj, ukaži mi se da Te vidim!" "Nećeš Me vidjeti," reče, "ali pogledaj u ono brdo, pa ako ono ostane na svome mjestu, vidjet ćeš Me!" I kad se Gospodar njegov onom brdu otkri, On ga sa zemljom sravni, a Mojsije izgubi svijest i strovali se. Čim se osvijesti, reče: "Uzvišen si Ti! Kajem Ti se, ja sam vjernik prvi!"
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Nde Muusaa arunoo fii happu amen on Joomi makko yeewti mo, o maaki : "Joomi, hollam mi ndaare!" O Daali : "A yi'ataa kam ; kono ndaar fello ngon : si ngo ñiiɓii e nokku maggo, aray ka yi'at kam". Nde Joomi makko feeñannoo fello ngon, O waɗti ngo ɗiggu ngo, Muusaa yani faɗɗaa. Nde o ɗigtunoo, o maaki : "Senaare woodani Ma! mi tuubanii ma, min ko mi arano e gooŋɗinɓe ɓeen".
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ქართული · Georgian
და როდესაც მოვიდა მუსა ჩვენს მიერ დადგენილ ვადაზე [ორმოცი დღის დასრულებისას] და ესაუბრა მას მისი ღმერთი. (მუსამ) თქვა: «უფალო ჩემო! მაჩვენე შენი თავი, რათა შეგხედო». (ალლაჰმა) თქვა: «შენ ვერ მიხილავ (ამ ქვეყნიურ ცხოვრებაში), მაგრამ შეხედე იმ მთას: თუ ის დარჩება თავის ადგილას, მაშინ მიხილავ». და როდესაც გამოეცხადა მისი ღმერთი მთას, ის (მთა) მტვრად გადაიქცა, და მუსა უგონოდ დაეცა . ხოლო როცა გონს მოვიდა, თქვა: «ყოვლადუნაკლო ხარ შენ! ვინანიებ შენს წინაშე, და მე ვარ პირველი მორწმუნეთაგან (ჩემი ხალხიდან)».
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Deutsch · German
Als sodann Musa zu Unserer festgesetzten Zeit kam und sein Herr zu ihm sprach, sagte er: „Mein Herr, zeige (Dich) mir, (so)dass ich Dich anschaue!“ Er sagte: „Du wirst Mich nicht sehen. Aber schau den Berg an! Sollte er nun fest an seiner Stelle bleiben, dann wirst du Mich sehen.“ Als nun sein Herr dem Berg offenbar erschien, ließ Er ihn in sich zusammensinken, und Musa fiel bewusstlos nieder. Als er dann (wieder) zu sich kam, sagte er: „Gepriesen seist Du! Ich wende mich in Reue Dir zu, und ich bin der Erste der Gläubigen.“
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Ελληνικά · Greek
Όταν ο Μωυσής ήρθε στην ώρα και τον τόπο που ορίσαμε και ο Κύριός του μίλησε μαζί του, είπε (ο Μωυσής): «Κύριέ μου! Δείξε μου (τον Εαυτό Σου), για να Σε κοιτάξω.» Ο Αλλάχ είπε: «Δεν μπορείς να Με δεις [στην εγκόσμια ζωή]. Αλλά κοίτα το βουνό, αν θα αντέξει να μείνει σταθερό στη θέση του, τότε μόνο θα Με δεις.» Όταν ο Κύριός του εμφανίστηκε για το βουνό [με τρόπο που ταιριάζει στη Μεγαλοπρέπειά Του], το ισοπέδωσε και ο Μωυσής έπεσε αναίσθητος. [Σύμφωνα με ένα Χαντίθ: εμφανίστηκε μόνο όσο είναι το μέγεθος του ενός τρίτου από το μικρό δάχτυλο]. Όταν (ο Μωυσής) συνήλθε, είπε: «Δόξα Σοι! Στρέφομαι με μεταμέλεια προς Εσένα και είμαι ο πρώτος από τους πιστούς.»
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हिन्दी · Hindi
और जब मूसा हमारे निर्धारित समय पर आ गया और उसके पालनहार ने उससे बात की, तो उसने कहा : ऐ मेरे पालनहार! मुझे दिखा कि मैं तुझे देखूँ। (अल्लाह ने) फरमाया : तू मुझे कदापि नहीं देख सकेगा। लेकिन इस पर्वत की ओर देख! यदि वह अपने स्थान पर स्थिर रहा, तो तू मुझे देख लेगा। फिर जब उसका पालनहार पर्वत के समक्ष प्रकट हुआ, तो उसे चूर-चूर कर दिया और मूसा बेहोश होकर गिर गया। फिर जब उसे होश आया, तो उसने कहा : तू पवित्र है! मैंने तेरी ओर तौबा की और मैं ईमान लाने वालों में सबसे पहला[47] हूँ।
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Italiano · Italian
E quando Mūsā arrivò al Nostro incontro, e gli parlò il suo Dio, disse: «Dio mio, permetti che io Ti veda!» Disse: «Non Mi vedrai, ma volgi il tuo sguardo alla montagna: se rimane al suo posto, allora Mi vedrai». E quando il suo Dio Si manifestò alla montagna, la ridusse in polvere e Mūsā cadde privo di sensi. E quando si riprese, disse: «Gloria Tua! lo sono pentito e sono il primo dei credenti!»
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
143. Ir kai Mūsa (Mozė) atėjo Mūsų paskirtu laiku ir į (paskirtą) vietą, ir jo Viešpats (Allahas) kalbėjo su juo, jis tarė: „Mano Viešpatie, parodyk man (Save), kad galėčiau į Tave pažvelgti.“ Allahas tarė: „Tu negali matyti Manęs, tačiau pažvelk į kalną: jei jis stovės ramiai savo vietoje, tada tu pamatysi Mane.“ Tai kai jo Viešpats pasirodė kalnui [5], Jis privertė ji sugriūti į dulkes ir Mūsa (Mozė) apalpo. Tada, kai jis atgavo savo pojūčius, jis tarė: „Šlovė Tau, aš atsigręžiu į Tave atgailaudamas ir esu pirmasis iš tikinčiųjų.“
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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Yeroo Muusaan beellama keenyaaf dhufee Rabbiin isaa isaan dubbatu "Yaa gooftaa kiyya (uf) na argisiisi sin ilaalaa!" jedhe. (Rabbiin) "Nan argitu; garuu gara gaaraa ilaali; yoo bakka isaatti ragga'eef Na argitaa" jedhe. Yeroo Rabbiin isaa gaaraaf mul’atu caccaphaa isa godhe. Muusaan gaggabee kufe, Yeroma bayyanatu (bayfatu) nijedhe "ati qulqulloofte; ani gara keetti (tawbaa) deebi’e, ani jalqaba mu’uminootaati (ummata kiyyarraa)". [27]
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Русский · Russian
И когда Муса пришёл к назначенному Нами сроку, и его Господь заговорил с ним, он сказал: «Господь мой! Покажись, чтобы я взглянул на Тебя». Он ответил: «Ты никогда не увидишь Меня; но посмотри на гору: если она устоит на своём месте, тогда ты увидишь Меня». Когда же его Господь явил Себя горе, Он сровнял её с землёй, и Муса пал поражённым. Придя же в себя, он сказал: «Пречист Ты! Я раскаялся перед Тобой, и я — первый из уверовавших».
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Српски · Serbian
И кад Нам дође Мојсије у одређено време, и када му Господар проговори, он рече: „Господару мој, укажи ми се да Те видим!“ „Нећеш да Ме видиш“, рече, „али погледај у оно брдо, па ако оно остане на своме месту, видећеш Ме!“ И кад се његов Господар откри оном брду, Он га са земљом сравни, а Мојсије изгуби свест и стровали се. Чим се освести, рече: „Узвишен си Ти! Кајем Ти се, ја сам најчвршћи верник!“
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Na alipokuja Musa kwenye miadi yetu, na Mola wake Mlezi akamuongelesha, alisema: Mola wangu Mlezi! Nionyeshe nikutazame. Mwenyezi Mungu akasema: Hutaniona. Lakini utazame huo mlima. Ikiwa utabaki mahali pake, basi utaniona. Basi alipojionyesha Mola wake Mlezi kwa mlima huo, akaufanya upasukepasuke, na Musa akaanguka chini akazimia. Basi alipozindukana, akasema: Subhanaka (Umetakasika)! Nimetubia kwako, na mimi ni wa kwanza wa Waumini.
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Svenska · Swedish
Och när Mose kom till vårt utsatta möte och hans Herre talade till honom, sa han: ”Herre! Visa dig för mig så att jag kan se dig!” Han sa: ”Du kan inte se mig, men se på berget. Om det förblir stadigt på sin plats ska du se mig.” När hans Herre visade sig för berget krossades det, och Mose föll medvetslös. När han återfick medvetande sa han: ”Upphöjd är du! Jag vänder mig till dig i ånger, och jag är den förste att tro.”
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Türkçe · Turkish
Mûsâ, belirlediğimiz vakitte gelince Rabbi onunla konuştu. Mûsâ dedi ki: "Rabbim! Bana (kendini) göster de sana bakayım!" Rabbi: "Beni göremeyeceksin, fakat dağa bak; dağ yerinde durursa sen de beni göreceksin." dedi. Rabbi dağa tecelli edince onu yerle bir etti. Mûsâ bayılarak yere kapandı. Ayıldığında: "Sen tüm noksanlıklardan münezzehsin, sana tevbe ettim. (Kavmim içinde) Sana iman edenlerin ilkiyim." dedi.
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اردو · Urdu
اور جب موسیٰ (علیہ السلام) ہمارے وقت پر آئے اور ان کے رب نے ان سے باتیں کیں تو عرض کیا کہ اے میرے پروردگار! اپنا دیدار مجھ کو کرا دیجئے کہ میں آپ کو ایک نظر دیکھ لوں ارشاد ہوا کہ تم مجھ کو ہرگز نہیں دیکھ سکتے[1] لیکن تم اس پہاڑ کی طرف دیکھتے رہو وه اگر اپنی جگہ پر برقرار رہا تو تم بھی مجھے دیکھ سکو گے۔ پس جب ان کے رب نے پہاڑ پر تجلی فرمائی تو تجلی نے اس کے پرخچے اڑا دیئے اور موسیٰ (علیہ السلام) بےہوش ہوکر گر پڑے[2]۔ پھر جب ہوش میں آئے تو عرض کیا، بےشک آپ کی ذات منزه ہے میں آپ کی جناب میں توبہ کرتا ہوں اور میں سب سے پہلے آپ پر ایمان ﻻنے واﻻ ہوں۔[3]
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Easy-read (simplified)wa'idh anjaynaakum min aali fir'awna yasoomoonakum soo'a l-'adhaabi yuqattiloona abnaa'akum wayastahyoona nisaa'akum wafee dhaalikum balaa'un min rabbikum 'azeem
DIN 31635waʾiḏ ʾanǧaynākum min ʾāli firʿawna yasūmūnakum sūʾa l-ʿaḏābi yuqattilūna ʾabnāʾakum wayastaḥyūna nisāʾakum wafī ḏālikum balāʾun min rabbikum ʿaẓīmun
Talal Itani2012 Remember how We saved you from Pharaoh's people, who subjected you to the worst of sufferings-killing your sons and sparing your women. In that was a tremendous trial from your Lord.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And (remember) when We did deliver you from Pharaoh's folk who were afflicting you with dreadful torment, slaughtering your sons and sparing your women. That was a tremendous trial from your Lord
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And when we saved you from Pharaoh's people who wrought you evil woe, killing your sons, and letting your women live; and in that was a mighty trial from your Lord
John Medows Rodwell1861 And remember when we rescued you from the people of Pharaoh they had laid on you a cruel affliction; they slew your sons, and let only your daughters live, and in this was a great trial from your Lord
George Sale1734 And remember the time when We delivered you from Pharaoh's people who afflicted you with grievous torment, slaughtering your sons and sparing your women. And therein was a great trial for you from your Lord
Talal Itani2012 And We appointed to Moses thirty nights, and completed them with ten; and thus the time appointed by his Lord was forty nights. And Moses said to his brother Aaron: "Take my place among my people, and be upright, and do not follow the way of the mischief-makers."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And when We did appoint for Moses thirty nights (of solitude), and added to them ten, and he completed the whole time appointed by his Lord of forty nights; and Moses said unto his brother, Aaron: Take my place among the people. Do right, and follow not the way of mischief-makers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And we appointed for Moses thirty nights, and completed them with ten (more), so that the time appointed by his Lord was completed to forty nights. And Moses said unto his brother Aaron, 'Be thou my vicegerent amongst my people, and do what is right, and follow not the path of the evildoers
John Medows Rodwell1861 And we appointed a meeting with Moses for thirty nights, which we completed with ten other nights, so that his whole time with his Lord amounted to forty nights. Then said Moses to his brother Aaron, "Take thou my place among my people, and act rightly, and follow not the way of the corrupt doers
George Sale1734 And We made Moses a promise of thirty nights and supplemented them with ten. Thus the period appointed by his Lord was completed -- forty nights. And Moses said to his brother, Aaron, 'Take my place amongst my people in my absence, and manage them well and follow not the way of the mischief-makers
Easy-read (simplified)qaala yaa moosaa innee stafaytuka 'alaa n-naasi birisaalaatee wabikalaamee fakhudh maa aataytuka wakun mina sh-shaakireen
DIN 31635qāla yā mūsā ʾinnī ṣṭafaytuka ʿalā n-nāsi birisālātī wabikalāmī faḫuḏ mā ʾātaytuka wakun mina š-šākirīna
Talal Itani2012 He said, "O Moses, I have chosen you over all people for My messages and for My Words. So take what I have given you, and be one of the thankful."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 He said: O Moses! I have preferred thee above mankind by My messages and by My speaking (unto thee). So hold that which I have given thee, and be among the thankful
Edward Henry Palmer1880 He said, 'O Moses! verily, I have chosen thee over the people with my messages and my words, take then what I have brought thee, and be of those who thank
John Medows Rodwell1861 He said, "O Moses! thee above all men have I chosen by my commissions, and by my speaking to thee. Take therefore what I have brought thee, and be one of those who render thanks
George Sale1734 God said, 'O Moses, I have chosen thee above the people of thy time by My Messages and by My Word. So take firm hold of that which I have given thee and be of the grateful
Talal Itani2012 And We inscribed for him in the Tablets all kinds of enlightenments, and decisive explanation of all things. "Hold fast to them, and exhort your people to adopt the best of them. I will show you the fate of the sinners."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And We wrote for him, upon the tablets, the lesson to be drawn from all things and the explanation of all things, then (bade him): Hold it fast; and command thy people (saying): Take the better (course made clear) therein. I shall show thee the abode of evil-livers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And we wrote for him upon tablets an admonition concerning everything, and a detailing of everything: 'Take them then with firmness, and bid thy people take them for what is best thereof. I will show you the abode of those who work abominations
John Medows Rodwell1861 And we wrote for him upon the tables a monition concerning every matter, and said, "Receive them thyself with steadfastness, and command thy people to receive them for the observance of its most goodly precepts: - I will shew you the abode of the wicked
George Sale1734 And We wrote for him upon the Tablets about everything an admonition and an explanation of all things. 'So hold them fast and bid thy people follow the best thereof. Soon shall I show you the abode of the transgressors
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 —
0.53 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 · John Medows Rodwell0.58
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.57
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.56
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.56
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.54
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.51
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.51
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.50
Talal Itani · George Sale0.49
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.47
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.