VERSE NUMBERS
Not all editions of the Qur'an (Arabic or other languages)
have the same numbering of the verses. Similarly to the
Bible, the division of the text into verses is a later
addition. That often creates problems to find a verse
reference. Usually though, the difference in verse numbers
are no more than 5 verses up or down.
Some details are given in the article
Different verse
numbering systems in the Qur'an.
According to Muslim tradition, the number of verses in
the Quran is 6666 though we have yet to see one edition
of the Qur'an which has this number of verses.
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