fix: don't link hyphen-only numeric ranges as verse references

src/utils/string.test.ts

@@ -385,11 +385,14 @@ describe('Test formatVerseReferencesToLinks', () => {
     expect(formatVerseReferencesToLinks(input)).toEqual(expected);
   });
 
-  // Additional test cases that match current behavior
-  it('should convert partial verse references', () => {
+  it('should not convert partial or hyphen-only references', () => {
     const input = 'See 1: and :1 and 1-1';
-    const expected = 'See 1: and :1 and <a href="/1-1" target="_blank">1-1</a>';
-    expect(formatVerseReferencesToLinks(input)).toEqual(expected);
+    expect(formatVerseReferencesToLinks(input)).toEqual(input);
+  });
+
+  it('should not convert a hyphen-only numeric range inside parentheses', () => {
+    const input = 'See Surah As-Saffat, verses (7-10) for context';
+    expect(formatVerseReferencesToLinks(input)).toEqual(input);
   });
 
   it('should convert dates that look like verse references', () => {

src/utils/string.ts

@@ -186,14 +186,16 @@ export const cleanTranscript = (text: string): string => {
 /**
  * Converts verse references in text to clickable links.
  * Example: "1:1" or "1:1-2" or "1:1-2:3" will be converted to HTML anchor tags.
+ * The chapter:verse separator must be ":"; a bare hyphen-only range like
+ * "7-10" is ambiguous and is left as plain text.
  *
  * @param {string} text - The text containing verse references
  * @returns {string} The text with verse references converted to links
  */
 export const formatVerseReferencesToLinks = (text: string): string => {
   if (!text) return '';
   return text.replace(
-    /(\d{1,3}[:-]\d{1,3}(?:-\d{1,3}(?::\d{1,3})?)?)(?![^<]*<\/a>)/g,
+    /(\d{1,3}:\d{1,3}(?:-\d{1,3}(?::\d{1,3})?)?)(?![^<]*<\/a>)/g,
     (match) => `<a href="${`/${match}`}" target="_blank">${match}</a>`,
   );
 };