Text Updates

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• Release date: February 12, 2021

• All Texts:
  • Three occurrences of بَعْدَمَا in ayas 2:181, 8:6, and 13:37 are replaced by بَعْدَ مَا.

• Uthmani:
  • Two occurrences of يَـٰصَىٰحِبَىِ are replaced by يَـٰصَـٰحِبَىِ in ayas 12:39 and 12:41 to match Medina Mushaf.
  • HIGH_NOON (U+06E8) is replaced by TATWEEL + HIGH_NOON in the word نُـۨجِى in aya 21:88.
  • SMALL_WAW (U+06E5) is replaced by TATWEEL + SMALL_WAW in the word لِيَسُـۥـُٔوا in aya 17:7.
  • SMALL_YEH (U+06E6) in the middle of words are replaced by TATWEEL + HIGH_YEH (U+06E7), e.g. in إِبْرَ‌ٰهِـۧمَ.
  • All occurrences of لءا are replaced by لـَٔا, e.g. in بِالْـَٔاخِرَةِ.

• Uthmani Minimal:
  • Capital Yeh's before Hamza (e.g. in شَيء) are replaced by dotless Yeh (ى) to remain compatible with Medina Mushaf.

• Simple:
  • The following changes are made to increase compatibility with Uthmani text:
    • 39:56 يا حَسرَتا ⇒‎ يا حَسرَتىٰ
    • 5:31 يا وَيلَتا ‎⇒ يا وَيلَتىٰ
    • 17:32 الزِّنا ⇒‎ الزِّنىٰ

• Release date: May 12, 2008
• Texts affected: Simple
• Changes:
  • An extra sukun above noon at the beginning of sura Al-Ghalam (68:1) is removed in the simple text.

<!–*Update (Feb 15, 2009): A clean (no-diacritics) version of our simple text is provided.–>

• Release date: February 4, 2008
• Texts affected: Uthmani
• Changes:
  • A shadda is added above beh (due to idgham rule) in the clause بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيم at the beginning of suras 95 and 97.

• Release date: January 1, 2008