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The Quran
Selected surahs in Arabic, with Pickthall’s classic English and a plain meaning of every ayah.
ٱلْقُرْآن
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About the Quran
Muslims believe the Quran is the word of Allah, revealed in Arabic to the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) through the angel Jibril over about 23 years, from about 610 CE in Mecca and later in Medina. It has 114 surahs (chapters) and 6,236 ayat (verses) in the common Hafs count. Muslims recite it in Arabic in daily prayer, and many memorise it in full. Translations are understood as meanings of the Quran, not the Quran itself.
- The Arabic is shown exactly as in the Tanzil text, never changed. It is never read aloud by a machine voice: listen to a qualified reciter (qari) for recitation.
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Surahs
ٱلْفَاتِحَة
1. Al-Fatiha
The Opening · 7 ayat
ٱلْبَقَرَة
2. Al-Baqarah
The Cow · selected ayat
يس
36. Ya-Sin
Ya Sin · 83 ayat
ٱلرَّحْمَٰن
55. Ar-Rahman
The Most Merciful · 78 ayat
ٱلْوَاقِعَة
56. Al-Waqi'ah
The Event · 96 ayat
ٱلْمُلْك
67. Al-Mulk
The Sovereignty · 30 ayat
ٱلضُّحَىٰ
93. Ad-Duha
The Morning Hours · 11 ayat
ٱلشَّرْح
94. Ash-Sharh
The Relief · 8 ayat
ٱلتِّين
95. At-Tin
The Fig · 8 ayat
ٱلْعَلَق
96. Al-'Alaq
The Clot · 19 ayat
ٱلْقَدْر
97. Al-Qadr
The Night of Power · 5 ayat
ٱلْبَيِّنَة
98. Al-Bayyinah
The Clear Proof · 8 ayat
ٱلزَّلْزَلَة
99. Az-Zalzalah
The Earthquake · 8 ayat
ٱلْعَادِيَات
100. Al-'Adiyat
The Coursers · 11 ayat
ٱلْقَارِعَة
101. Al-Qari'ah
The Calamity · 11 ayat
ٱلتَّكَاثُر
102. At-Takathur
Rivalry in Increase · 8 ayat
ٱلْعَصْر
103. Al-'Asr
The Declining Day · 3 ayat
ٱلْهُمَزَة
104. Al-Humazah
The Slanderer · 9 ayat
ٱلْفِيل
105. Al-Fil
The Elephant · 5 ayat
قُرَيْش
106. Quraysh
Quraysh · 4 ayat
ٱلْمَاعُون
107. Al-Ma'un
Small Kindnesses · 7 ayat
ٱلْكَوْثَر
108. Al-Kawthar
Abundance · 3 ayat
ٱلْكَافِرُون
109. Al-Kafirun
The Disbelievers · 6 ayat
ٱلنَّصْر
110. An-Nasr
Divine Support · 3 ayat
ٱلْمَسَد
111. Al-Masad
Palm Fibre · 5 ayat
ٱلْإِخْلَاص
112. Al-Ikhlas
Sincerity · 4 ayat
ٱلْفَلَق
113. Al-Falaq
The Daybreak · 5 ayat
ٱلنَّاس
114. An-Nas
Mankind · 6 ayat
Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani, Version 1.1), tanzil.net, CC BY 3.0, verbatim: tanzil.net. Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain; text from English Wikisource. Al-Fatiha aligned to the Hafs count (basmala as verse 1, his verses 6 and 7 joined); Quraysh: his verses 4 and 5 joined.. Plain meanings: IndiaDigital, awaiting review by an Islamic scholar.
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