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The Reviewer Questions

The six standing questions put to any qualified human scholar who reads a sample. Answer any one in writing and it is published.

1. The balance of the selection

Is the choice of what to translate and cite representative, or does it lean?

2. The similarities-only rule

Where commentaries agree, the agreement is stated; where they conflict, it is left aside, never adjudicated. Is that the right discipline?

3. Sparse works

Some editions speak rarely. Are they fairly represented?

4. The disputed attribution

Tanwir al-Miqbas' attribution is contested; is its use handled honestly?

5. The double-counting of translations

Where two editions share a base, are links counted twice?

6. The self-review caveat

The readings were written by the same kind of model that reviewed them. What does a human find that the machine gates cannot?

AL-WAQF · the Scholar’s Desk · 2026-09-09.