diff --git a/GanjooRazor/Pages/Recitations/AudioClip.cshtml b/GanjooRazor/Pages/Recitations/AudioClip.cshtml
index a9506226..2f92d95f 100644
--- a/GanjooRazor/Pages/Recitations/AudioClip.cshtml
+++ b/GanjooRazor/Pages/Recitations/AudioClip.cshtml
@@ -156,19 +156,15 @@
         <script src="~/dist/jplayer/jquery.jplayer.min.js"></script>
         <script src="~/dist/add-on/jplayer.playlist.min.js"></script>
         <script>
-            var verses = [];
+            @* Verse text is untrusted (user-submitted content, sanitized for storage but not for
+               safe embedding inside a <script> block) - it must never be spliced into a JS string
+               literal via @Html.Raw as it was here before, since a verse containing a stray "'" or
+               "</script>" would break out of the string. JsonSerializer.Serialize both quotes the
+               value correctly and HTML/JS-escapes '<', '>' and '&' by default, so the whole array
+               can be assigned directly and stays inert as data. *@
+            var verses = @Html.Raw(System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer.Serialize(Model.Poem.Verses.Select(v => v.Text)));
 
-            @{
-                <text>
-                    @Html.Raw($" var normaltext = { (Model.Poem.Verses.Where(v => v.VersePosition == RMuseum.Models.Ganjoor.VersePosition.Paragraph).Any() ? "true" : "false") }")
-                </text>
-                for (int i = 0; i < Model.Poem.Verses.Length; i++)
-                {
-                    <text>
-                        @Html.Raw($"verses[{i}] = '{Model.Poem.Verses[i].Text}';")
-                    </text>
-                }
-            }
+            @Html.Raw($" var normaltext = { (Model.Poem.Verses.Where(v => v.VersePosition == RMuseum.Models.Ganjoor.VersePosition.Paragraph).Any() ? "true" : "false") }")
 
                 function prepareclip(xmlfilename, poemtitle, auartist, oggurl, mp3url, verseArray) {
                     var verseStart = [];
diff --git a/GanjooRazor/Pages/Recitations/ReportRecitation.cshtml b/GanjooRazor/Pages/Recitations/ReportRecitation.cshtml
index f78275d3..4c4a0313 100644
--- a/GanjooRazor/Pages/Recitations/ReportRecitation.cshtml
+++ b/GanjooRazor/Pages/Recitations/ReportRecitation.cshtml
@@ -244,19 +244,16 @@
                 <script src="~/dist/jplayer/jquery.jplayer.min.js"></script>
                 <script src="~/dist/add-on/jplayer.playlist.min.js"></script>
                 <script>
-                    var verses = [];
+                    @* Verse text is untrusted (user-submitted content, sanitized for storage but not
+                       for safe embedding inside a <script> block) - it must never be spliced into a
+                       JS string literal via @Html.Raw as it was here before, since a verse containing
+                       a stray "'" or "</script>" would break out of the string.
+                       JsonSerializer.Serialize both quotes the value correctly and HTML/JS-escapes
+                       '<', '>' and '&' by default, so the whole array can be assigned directly and
+                       stays inert as data. *@
+                    var verses = @Html.Raw(System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer.Serialize(Model.Poem.Verses.Select(v => v.Text)));
 
-                    @{
-                        <text>
-                            @Html.Raw($" var normaltext = { (Model.Poem.Verses.Where(v => v.VersePosition == RMuseum.Models.Ganjoor.VersePosition.Paragraph).Any() ? "true" : "false") }")
-                        </text>
-                        for (int i = 0; i < Model.Poem.Verses.Length; i++)
-                        {
-                            <text>
-                                @Html.Raw($"verses[{i}] = '{Model.Poem.Verses[i].Text}';")
-                            </text>
-                        }
-                    }
+                    @Html.Raw($" var normaltext = { (Model.Poem.Verses.Where(v => v.VersePosition == RMuseum.Models.Ganjoor.VersePosition.Paragraph).Any() ? "true" : "false") }")
 
                         function prepareclip(xmlfilename, poemtitle, auartist, oggurl, mp3url, verseArray) {
                             var verseStart = [];