Does the Noble Quran transmit the statements mentioned therein verbatim as they were uttered?

All that is mentioned in the Qur’an is the word of Allah. As for what is narrated from another person, it is a نقل (transmission) of the meaning of the speech, not its exact wording. Al-Suyuti reported from Ibn Jinni that everything that came in the Qur’an from non-Arabs of past generations is an Arabization of their meanings, not their actual words. He cited the verse: (They said, “Indeed, these two are magicians who want to drive you out of your land with their magic and do away with your exemplary way [of life]”), explaining that this eloquence was not in the language of non-Arabs.