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Differences

191

Questions raised about specific verses, with categories, evidence tier and sources.

Updated 16 Oct 2026
11 fields
id
Item number (URL /differences/{id})
ref
Main verse, sura:verse (Ḥafṣ numbering)
verses
All verses covered, separated by ;
title
Short title
categories
Category tags, separated by ;
evidence_tier
Strength of the cited evidence
body_en
The question, English
body_ar
The question, Arabic (where written)
literal_en
Literal translation of the verse wording
sources_en
Sources cited
url
Page on TheQuran.com

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Abrogation claims

0

Each published claim that a classical authority held a verse abrogated, with volume and page.

Coming as items are published

Updated 16 Oct 2026
13 fields
id
Claim number
abrogated
Verse claimed abrogated, sura:verse
abrogating
Verse said to abrogate it (blank if none named)
abrogating_label
How the authority names the abrogating text
authority
Scholar
work
Work cited
death_ce
Scholar's death year (CE)
naskh_type
Type of abrogation
volume
Volume
page
Page in the cited edition
verdict
Our reading of the claim
verification
Checked against the printed edition?
url
Page on TheQuran.com

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Abrogation authorities

0

The classical authorities, their works, editions cited and claim totals.

Coming as items are published

Updated 16 Oct 2026
11 fields
slug
Identifier
scholar_en
Scholar
scholar_ar
Scholar (Arabic)
work_en
Work
work_ar
Work (Arabic)
death_ah
Death year (AH)
death_ce
Death year (CE)
edition
Edition cited
verified_on
Date checked against the print
claims
Published claims
verses
Distinct verses claimed abrogated

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Different readings: word differences

1,057

Words where one of seven transmissions reads differently from Ḥafṣ.

Updated 16 Oct 2026
10 fields
id
Row number
ref
Verse, sura:verse (Ḥafṣ numbering)
word
Word position in the Ḥafṣ verse
reader
Reader
transmitter
Transmitter
hafs_word
Ḥafṣ word (Tanzil)
reading_word
The other transmission's word
kind
Kind of difference (dots, letters, added, omitted…)
corpus_coranicum_check
Confirmed in Corpus Coranicum at word or verse level
url
Page on TheQuran.com

Credit: TheQuran.com · Corpus Coranicum (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Tanzil Project (CC BY 3.0) · Quranpedia qiraat index v2026-09-12

Repetitions

464

Repeated verses, refrains, near-identical pairs, shared passages and formulas.

Updated 16 Oct 2026
9 fields
id
Pattern number
category
Category
kind
Sub-kind
words
Length in words
occurrences
Times it occurs
similarity
Similarity 0–1 (near-identical pairs)
verses
Verses, separated by ;
phrase
Repeated wording (Tanzil Ḥafṣ)
url
Page on TheQuran.com

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Figures and charts

482

Every chart on the site as label/value rows.

Updated 16 Oct 2026
5 fields
chart
Chart identifier
chart_title
Chart title
label
Bar or slice
value
Count
url
Chart on TheQuran.com

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Charts

Differences by category
Differences by category
Differences by evidence tier
Differences by evidence tier
Differences items per sura
Differences items per sura
Word differences from Ḥafṣ, by transmission
Word differences from Ḥafṣ, by transmission
Word differences from Ḥafṣ, by kind
Word differences from Ḥafṣ, by kind
Word differences from Ḥafṣ, per sura
Word differences from Ḥafṣ, per sura
Repetition patterns by category
Repetition patterns by category
Verses involved in a repetition, per sura
Verses involved in a repetition, per sura
Meccan and Medinan suras
Meccan and Medinan suras
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