diff --git a/plugin-designs/bless-india-posters/src/footer-verses.json b/plugin-designs/bless-india-posters/src/footer-verses.json
index b967b20c7..4eb7ce01a 100644
--- a/plugin-designs/bless-india-posters/src/footer-verses.json
+++ b/plugin-designs/bless-india-posters/src/footer-verses.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "_meta": {
     "reference": "Numbers 6:24-26",
     "source": "verbatim strict public-domain translations (ebible.org via bible.helloao.org)",
-    "display_normalizations": "display-only, no word or vowel change: ru sentence-initial capital; zh remove the ASCII space after the full stop between verses; pt drop mismatched outer quotes; ar alef-wasla to plain alef"
+    "display_normalizations": "display-only, no word or vowel change: ru sentence-initial capital; zh remove the ASCII space after the full stop between verses; pt drop mismatched outer quotes; ar alef-wasla to plain alef; ar ref uses Arabic-Indic digits + RLM after colon + en dash (matches the UPG-100 packet); ar verse quotes are « » guillemets"
   },
   "es": {
     "text": "Jehová te bendiga, y te guarde: Haga resplandecer Jehová su rostro sobre ti, y haya de ti misericordia: Jehová alce á ti su rostro, y ponga en ti paz.",
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
   },
   "ar": {
     "text": "يُبَارِكُكَ الرَّبُّ وَيَحْرُسُكَ. يُضِيءُ الرَّبُّ بِوَجْهِهِ عَلَيْكَ وَيَرْحَمُكَ. يَرْفَعُ الرَّبُّ وَجْهَهُ عَلَيْكَ وَيَمْنَحُكَ سَلَامًا.",
-    "ref": "العدد 6:24-26",
+    "ref": "العدد ٦:‏٢٤–٢٦",
     "dir": "rtl",
     "translation": "Arabic Van Dyck Bible",
     "licence": "public domain",
diff --git a/plugin-designs/bless-india-posters/src/generators/poster-render.js b/plugin-designs/bless-india-posters/src/generators/poster-render.js
index 6418623e4..5551f8f6e 100644
--- a/plugin-designs/bless-india-posters/src/generators/poster-render.js
+++ b/plugin-designs/bless-india-posters/src/generators/poster-render.js
@@ -2561,8 +2561,10 @@ async function renderPoster(zone, pins, zoneFC) {
   // so it is not double-quoted.
   const vRtl = !!(verse && verse.dir === 'rtl');
   const vBracketed = /^[『「«“‘"']/.test(String((verse && verse.text) || ''));
-  const vqOpen = vBracketed ? '' : '“';
-  const vqClose = vBracketed ? '' : '”';
+  // Quote marks: Latin curly “ ” for LTR; Arabic guillemets « » for RTL verses (the Arabic convention,
+  // and it matches the UPG-100 packet). None when the text already opens with its own quote/bracket.
+  const vqOpen = vBracketed ? '' : (vRtl ? '«' : '“');
+  const vqClose = vBracketed ? '' : (vRtl ? '»' : '”');
   const vTextAttrs = vRtl ? ' direction="rtl" style="unicode-bidi:embed;"' : '';
   const vRef = vRtl ? `⁨${esc(verse.ref)}⁩` : esc(verse.ref);
   // ── OSM STREET BASEMAP (city sheets only) ────────────────────────────────