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Talal Itani· published 2012
We have appointed only angels to be wardens of the Fire, and caused their number to be a stumbling block for those who disbelieve; so that those given the Scripture may attain certainty; and those who believe may increase in faith; and those given the Scripture and the believers may not doubt; and those in whose hearts is sickness and the unbelievers may say, "What did God intend by this parable?" Thus God leads astray whom He wills, and guides whom He wills. None knows the soldiers of your Lord except He. This is nothing but a reminder for the mortals.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
We have appointed only angels to be wardens of the Fire, and their number have We made to be a stumbling-block for those who disbelieve; that those to whom the Scripture hath been given may have certainty, and that believers may increase in faith; and that those to whom the Scripture hath been given and believers may not doubt; and that those in whose hearts there is disease, and disbelievers, may say: What meaneth Allah by this similitude? Thus Allahsendeth astray whom He will, and whom He will He guideth. None knoweth the hosts of thy Lord save Him. This is naught else than a Reminder unto mortals
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
We have made only angels guardians of the fire, and we have only made their number a trial to those who misbelieve; that those who have been given the Book may be certain, and that those who believe may be increased in faith; and that those who have been given the Book and the believers may not doubt; and that those in whose hearts is sickness, and the misbelievers may say, 'What does God mean by this as a parable?' Thus God leads astray whom He pleases, and guides him He pleases: and none knows the hosts of thy Lord save Himself; and it is only a reminder to mortals
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
None but angels have we made guardians of the fire: nor have we made this to be their number but to perplex the unbelievers, and that they who possess the Scriptures may be certain of the truth of the Koran, and that they who believe may increase their faith; And that they to whom the Scriptures have been given, and the believers, may not doubt; And that the infirm of heart and the unbelievers may say, What meaneth God by this parable? Thus God misleadeth whom He will, and whom He will doth He guide aright: and none knoweth the armies of thy Lord but Himself: and this is no other than a warning to mankind
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Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
We have appointed none but angels to preside over hell fire: And we have expressed the number of them only for an occasion of discord to the unbelievers; that they to whom the scriptures have been given, may be certain of the veracity of this book, and the true believers may increase in faith; and that those to whom the scriptures have been given, and the true believers may not doubt hereafter; and that those in whose hearts there is an infirmity, and the unbelievers may say, what mystery doth God intend by this number? Thus doth God cause to err whom He pleaseth; and He directeth whom He pleaseth. None knoweth the armies of thy Lord, besides Him: And this is no other than a memento unto mankind. Assuredly
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
Ne i kemi bërë roja të Zjarrit vetëm melekët, kurse numrin e tyre e kemi bërë vetëm sprovë për jobesimtarët, si dhe që të binden ata të cilëve u është dhënë Libri e besimtarëve t’u shtohet imani. Po ashtu, që të mos kenë mëdyshje ata që u është dhënë Libri dhe besimtarët, ndërsa ata që kanë sëmundje (dyshim) në zemër dhe jobesimtarët të thonë: "Çfarë deshi të thotë Allahu me këtë shembull?" Kështu, Allahu lë në humbje kë të dojë dhe udhëzon kë të dojë. E ushtritë e Zotit tënd nuk i di askush përveç Tij. Kjo është vetëm këshillë për njerëzit.
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বাংলা · Bengali
আর আমি জাহান্নামের প্রহরী হিসেবে ফেরেশতাদেরই নিযুক্ত করেছি। আর তাদের (প্রহরীদের) সংখ্যা আমি কেবল কাফিরদের জন্য পরীক্ষাস্বরূপ নির্ধারণ করেছি, যাতে আহলে কিতাবরা নিশ্চিত বিশ্বাস লাভ করে, মুমিনদের ঈমান আরও বৃদ্ধি পায়, আহলে কিতাব ও মুমিনরা কোনো সন্দেহে না থাকে, আর যাদের অন্তরে রোগ রয়েছে এবং কাফিররা বলতে থাকে, ‘আল্লাহ এ উদাহরণ দ্বারা কী বোঝাতে চেয়েছেন?’ এভাবেই আল্লাহ যাকে ইচ্ছা পথভ্রষ্ট করেন এবং যাকে ইচ্ছা সৎপথে পরিচালিত করেন। আর আপনার রবের বাহিনী সম্পর্কে তিনি ছাড়া আর কেউ জানে না। আর এটি তো মানুষের জন্য উপদেশ ছাড়া আর কিছুই নয়।
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Bosanski · Bosnian
Mi smo čuvarima Vatre samo meleke postavili i odredili njihov broj kao iskušenje onima koji ne vjeruju – da se oni kojima je Knjiga data uvjere, i da se onima koji vjeruju vjerovanje poveća, i da oni kojima je Knjiga data i oni koji su vjernici ne sumnjaju, i da oni čija su srca bolesna i oni koji su nevjernici kažu: “Šta je Allah htio ovim primjerom?” Tako Allah kome hoće daje da je u zabludi i na Pravi put upućuje koga hoće. A vojske Gospodara tvoga samo On zna. I ona – Vatra ljudima je samo opomena.
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Hrvatski · Croatian
Mi smo čuvarima Vatre samo anđele postavili i odredili njihov broj kao iskušenje onima koji ne vjeruju – da se oni kojima je Knjiga data uvjere, i da se onima koji vjeruju vjerovanje poveća, i da oni kojima je Knjiga data i oni koji su vjernici ne sumnjaju, i da oni čija su srca bolesna i oni koji su nevjernici kažu: “Što je Allah htio ovim primjerom?” Tako Allah kome hoće daje da je u zabludi i na Pravi put upućuje koga hoće. A vojske Gospodara tvoga samo On zna. I ona – Vatra ljudima je samo opomena.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Min mbaɗaani aynooɓe yimɓe Yiite ngen, si wonaa Malaa'ika. Min mbaɗiraani limoore maɓɓe si wonaa jarraborgol yedduɓe ɓen, e fii yo henan okkaaɓe defte ɓeen, e fii no gooŋɗinɓe ɓeen ɓeydora gooŋɗinal, e fii wata okkaaɓe defte ɓen e gooŋɗinɓe ɓen cikkito; e fii yo ɓeen ɓe ñawu woni e ɓerɗe mum e he'eferɓe ɓeen mbi'u: "Hara ko holɗum Allah faandorii e ngal misaal?" Ko wano non Allah majjinirta mo o muuyani, homo feewna kadi mo O muuyani. Hay gooto anndaa yeru koneeli Joomi maa ɗiin, si wonaa Kaŋko. Ngen [Yiite] wonaali, si wonaa waajo wonan'de neɗɗaŋke.
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ქართული · Georgian
და ჩვენ ცეცხლის [ჯოჯოხეთის] მცველებად მხოლოდ ანგელოზები დავაყენეთ (და არა სხვები), ხოლო მათი რაოდენობა მხოლოდ გამოცდად ვაქციეთ მათთვის, ვინც ურწმუნო გახდა, და რათა დარწმუნდნენ ისინი, ვისაც წიგნი ებოძა (რომ ყურანი ალლაჰისგან მომდინარე ჭეშმარიტებაა) (რადგან მათ წიგნებშიც სწორედ ჯოჯოხეთის მცველთა ეს რაოდენობაა მოხსენიებული), და (რათა) კიდევ უფრო მოემატოთ რწმენა მათ, ვინც ირწმუნა. და (რათა) ეჭვი არ შეეპაროთ მათ, ვისაც წიგნი ებოძა, და მორწმუნეებს (რომ ყურანი ალლაჰისგან გარდმოვლენილი წიგნია). ხოლო თქვეს მათ, რომელთა გულებში სნეულებაა [თვალთმაქცებმა], და ურწმუნოებმა: «რა სურდა ალლაჰს ამით, ასეთი მაგალითის მოყვანით?» ასე[1] ალლაჰი აცდენს ჭეშმარიტ გზას, ვისაც ინებებს, და ჭეშმარიტ გზაზე დააყენებს, ვისაც ინებებს. და არავინ იცის შენი უფლის ლაშქრები, გარდა მისი. ხოლო ეს [ჯოჯოხეთის ხსენება] ადამიანებისთვის მხოლოდ შეგონებაა.
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Deutsch · German
Und Wir haben als Wächter des (Höllen)feuers nur Engel eingesetzt, und Wir haben ihre Zahl nur zu einer Versuchung gemacht für diejenigen, die ungläubig sind, damit diejenigen Gewissheit erreichen, denen die Schrift gegeben wurde, und damit diejenigen, die glauben, (noch mehr) an Glauben zunehmen, und damit diejenigen, denen die Schrift gegeben wurde, und (auch) die Gläubigen nicht zweifeln und damit diejenigen, in deren Herzen Krankheit ist, und (auch) die Ungläubigen sagen: „Was meint denn Allah mit diesem Gleichnis?“ Auf diese Weise lässt Allah in die Irre gehen, wen Er will, und leitet recht, wen Er will. Und keiner kennt die Heerscharen deines Herrn außer Ihm. Und es ist nur eine Ermahnung für die Menschen.
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Ελληνικά · Greek
Και δεν θέσαμε κανέναν, παρά αγγέλους ως φύλακες του Πυρός. Κι δεν ορίσαμε τον αριθμό τους (ως δεκαεννιά), παρά μόνο για να είναι ως δοκιμασία για τους άπιστους (που ένας απ' αυτούς είπε: «Δεν μπορούν κάθε δέκα από σας να νικήσουν έναν απ' αυτούς;»), και ώστε αυτοί που έλαβαν το Βιβλίο (Εβραίοι και Χριστιανοί που έλαβαν την αυθεντική Τορά και το αυθεντικό Ιν-τζείλ) να σιγουρευτούν [ότι το Κορ’άν είναι η αλήθεια, καθώς συμφωνεί με τα αυθεντικά Βιβλία που είχαν, αναφορικά με τον αριθμό δεκαεννιά], και ώστε να αυξηθούν οι πιστοί στην πίστη (καθώς το Κορ’άν είναι η αλήθεια), και για να μην αμφισβητούν αυτοί που έλαβαν το Βιβλίο (Εβραίοι και Χριστιανοί), ούτε οι πιστοί, και για να πουν εκείνοι που στις καρδιές τους βρίσκεται μια ασθένεια (της υποκρισίας) και οι άπιστοι: «Τι ήθελε ο Αλλάχ να πει μ’ αυτήν την παραβολή (αυτόν τον αριθμό);» Έτσι ο Αλλάχ οδηγεί όποιον θέλει στο να παραστρατήσει και καθοδηγεί όποιον θέλει. Και κανείς δε γνωρίζει τις στρατιές του Κυρίου σου, παρά μόνο Αυτός. Και αυτή (η Κόλαση) δεν είναι, παρά μια (προειδοποιητική) υπενθύμιση για την ανθρωπότητα.
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हिन्दी · Hindi
और हमने जहन्नम के रक्षक फ़रिश्ते ही बनाए हैं और उनकी संख्या को काफ़िरों के लिए परीक्षण बनाया है। ताकि अह्ले किताब[8] विश्वास कर लें और ईमान वाले ईमान में आगे बढ़ जाएँ। और किताब वाले एवं ईमान वाले किसी संदेह में न पड़ें। और ताकि वे लोग जिनके दिलों में रोग है और वे लोग जो काफ़िर[9] हैं, यह कहें कि इस उदाहरण से अल्लाह का क्या तात्पर्य है? ऐसे ही, अल्लाह जिसे चाहता है गुमराह करता है और जिसे चाहता है सीधा मार्ग दिखाता है। और आपके पालनहार की सेनाओं को उसके सिवा कोई नहीं जानता। और यह तो केवल मनुष्य के लिए उपदेश है।
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Italiano · Italian
Sorvegliano il Fuoco gli angeli, e non ne fissammo il numero se non per mettere alla prova i miscredenti, perché se ne accertino quelli che hanno ricevuto il Libro e si rafforzi la fede dei credenti e non dubitino quelli che hanno ricevuto il Libro e i credenti, e affinché quelli che hanno una malattia in cuore e i miscredenti dicano: «Cosa vuole dire Allāh con questo esempio?» Così Allāh svia chi vuole e guida chi vuole, e nessuno conosce i soldati del tuo Dio se non Lui, e ciò non è altro che un avvertimento per l’umanità.
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
31. Ir Mes nepadarėme Ugnies saugotojais (ko nors kito) nei angelų. Ir Mes padarėme jų skaičių išbandymu netikintiesiems, kad tie, kuriems buvo duotas Raštas (judėjai ir krikščionys), būtų įtikinti ir tų, kurie patikėjo, tikėjimas padidėtų, o tie, kuriems buvo duotas Raštas, bei patikėjusieji neabejotų, o tie, kurių širdyse yra liga (t. y. veidmainystė), ir netikintys sakytų: „Ką Allahas nori pasakyti šiuo pavyzdžiu?“ Tad Allahas paklaidina, ką Jis nori, ir veda teisingai, ką Jis nori. Ir niekas nežino tavojo Viešpaties kareivių, išskyrus Jį. Ir tai (Ugnies paminėjimas) yra ne kas kita kaip Priminimas žmonijai.
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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Eegdota Ibiddaa malaykota malee kan biraa hin goone. Lakkoofsa isaaniis warra kafaraniif qormaata malee hingoone, warri kitaaba kennaman akka mirkaneeffatan, warri amanan iimaana akka dabalatanuuf, warri kitaaba kennamaniifi mu'uminoonnis akka hin shakkinee, fi akka warri onnee isaanii keessa dhukkubni jiruufi kaafiroonni ‘Rabbiin (lakkoofsa) kanaan fakkeenya maalii fedhe’ jedhaniif (kana goone). Akka kanatti Rabbiin nama fedhe jallisee nama fedhe immoo qajeelcha. (Baay'ina) waraana Gooftaa keetii Isa malee homtuu hin beeku. Isheen namaaf gorsa malee waan biraatii miti.
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Русский · Russian
Мы сделали стражами адского огня лишь ангелов и установили их число только в качестве испытания для тех, которые отвергли веру, — чтобы убедились те, которым было даровано Писание, и приумножились верой те, которые уверовали, и чтобы не сомневались ни те, кому было даровано Писание, ни верующие; и чтобы сказали те, в чьих сердцах — болезнь, а также отвергшие веру: «Что хотел Аллах этим примером?» Так Аллах сбивает с пути, кого пожелает, и наставляет на верный путь, кого пожелает. Воинства твоего Господа не знает никто, кроме Него. Это — не что иное, как напоминание для людей.
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Српски · Serbian
Ми смо чуварима Ватре само анђеле поставили и одредили смо њихов број као искушење онима који не верују - да се увере они којима је дата Књига, и да се онима који верују повећа веровање, и да они којима је дата Књига и они који су верници не сумњају, и да они чија су срца болесна и они који су неверници кажу: „Шта је Аллах хтео овим примером?“ Тако Аллах коме хоће даје да је у заблуди, и на Прави пут упућује кога хоће. А војске твога Господара зна само Он. А Ватра је људима само опомена.
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Na hatukuwafanya walinzi wa Motoni ila ni Malaika, wala hatukuifanya idadi yao hiyo ila kuwatatanisha waliokufuru, wapate kuwa na yakini waliopewa Kitabu, na wazidi Imani wale walioamini, wala wasiwe na shaka waliopewa Kitabu na Waumini, na wapate kusema wenye maradhi katika nyoyo zao na makafiri: "Mwenyezi Mungu amekusudia nini kwa mfano huu?" Ndiyo kama hivyo Mwenyezi Mungu humwacha apotee amtakaye, na humwongoa amtakaye. Na hapana yeyote anayejua majeshi ya Mola wako Mlezi ila Yeye tu. Na haya si chochote ila ni ukumbusho kwa binadamu.
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Svenska · Swedish
Och vi har inte låtit annat än änglar vakta över elden och vi har endast angett deras antal som en prövning för de otrogna. Detta för att skriftens folk må nå full visshet och för att de troende ska stärkas i sin tro, ja, för att fullständigt utplåna varje rest av tvivel hos skriftens folk och hos de troende, och för att de med sjuka hjärtan och de otrogna ska säga: ”Vad vill Gud med detta antal?” Så låter Gud den han vill gå vilse och vägleder den han vill. Ingen känner till din Herres härskaror utom han själv. Detta är bara en påminnelse för mänskligheten.
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Türkçe · Turkish
Biz; kendilerine kitap verilenler kesin bir bilgiyle inansın, iman edenlerin imanları artsın, kendilerine kitap verilenler ile iman edenler şüpheye kapılmasın, kalplerinde bir hastalık olanlar ile küfre sapanlar da, “Allah, bu örnekle (on dokuz sayısı ile) neyi anlatmak istedi?” desin diye o ateşin koruyucularını meleklerden başkasını kılmadık ve onların sayısını da kâfirler için yalnızca bir fitne/imtihan yaptık. Allah; dilediğini işte böyle saptırır, dilediğine de hidayet eder. Rabbinin ordularını kendisinden başkası bilemez. Bu, insanlar için bir öğütten başka bir şey değildir.
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اردو · Urdu
ہم نے دوزخ کے داروغے صرف فرشتے رکھے ہیں۔ اور ہم نے ان کی تعداد صرف کافروں کی آزمائش کے لیے مقرر کی ہے[1] تاکہ اہل کتاب یقین کرلیں[2]، اوراہل ایمان کے ایمان میں اضافہ ہو جائے[3] اور اہل کتاب اور اہل ایمان شک نہ کریں اور جن کے دلوں میں بیماری ہے وه اور کافر کہیں کہ اس بیان سے اللہ تعالیٰ کی کیا مراد ہے[4]؟ اسی طرح اللہ تعالیٰ جسے چاہتا ہے گمراه کرتا ہے اور جسے چاہتا ہے ہدایت دیتا ہے[5]۔ تیرے رب کے لشکروں کو اس کے سوا کوئی نہیں جانتا[6]، یہ تو کل بنی آدم کے لیے سراسر پند ونصیحت ہے.[7]
Translated by Muhammad Ibrahim Junagarhi, developed under the supervision of the Rowwad Translation Center. The original translation is available for the purpose of expressing opinion, evaluation, and continuous development.
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5 cleared translations, newest first, by year of publication, so the modern English comes before the historical ones. That is an ordering by date, not a judgement. Each is shown complete — this platform never excerpts a translation — and each renders under its translator's name. No translation here is marked as the correct one.
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Each verse ends in its pause form, as it is said when you stop there. Pauses inside a verse and other tajwid rules are not shown. It is derived from the Tanzil
Simple edition, while the Arabic above is the
Uthmani edition; both are cleared, but they are not the
same edition and their orthography differs.
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 —
0.56 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
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.63
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.62
Talal Itani · George Sale0.61
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.60
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.58
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.57
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.54
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.52
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.49
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.46
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
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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.