Contents
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This is the main Qur'an version.
The Arabic is presented as embedded graphics in the GIF format.
To allow for viewing on slower systems, each Surah is broken down into traditional sections, which usually include about a dozen verses.
Each verse is presented in Arabic along with a pronunciation guide, and The Yusuf Ali English text.
The system used in the pronunciation guide can be viewed in this file.
This text is hyperlinked with other English versions and transcriptions of the Qur'an at this site.
The Yusuf Ali English text is based on the 1934 book, The Holy Qur-an, Text, Translation and Commentary, (published in Lahore, Cairo and Riyadh).
This version is widely used because it is a clear, modern and eloquent translation by a well-respected Muslim scholar.
The English text was revised in 2009-10 to more closely match the source book.
This improved text is also available here, presented one surah per file.
Notice.
The English text presented here was free of copyright in the US until 1996, at which point it had a pro-forma copyrighted status created which will last until 2033.
However in many countries, including its original country of publication, Pakistan, this text is currently in the public domain.
Here's how this happened.
Yusuf Ali died in 1952, and Pakistan (his country of residence)
has copyright rules of life+50.
So the Pakistan copyright expired in 2002.
The Ali Qur'an English text was first published in the US in 1946, but was never registered or renewed, so it was never copyrighted in the US.
The GATT copyright law granted US copyrights to works not in the public domain in the country of publication as of 1/1/1996, for a full term of 95 years from the date of original publication.
This includes works that were "never" copyrighted in the US or whose US copyrights had already expired, in which category this work falls.
We are sure that Yusuf Ali labored on this work so that the world could benefit from it, not to lock it up as someone's personal intellectual property.
However, if anyone can establish that they are the copyright holder, we will promptly comply with their wishes.
Sra I.: Ftia, or the Opening Chapter.
Sra II.: Baqara, or the Heifer.
Sra III.: l-i-'Imrn, or The Family of 'Imrn.
Sra IV.: Nisa, or The Women.
Sra V.: Mda, or The Table Spread.
Sra VI.: An'm, or Cattle.
Sra VII.: A'rf, or the Heights
Sra VIII.: Anfl, or the Spoils of War.
Sra IX.: Tauba (Repentance) or Barat (Immunity).
Sra X.: Ynus, or Jonah.
Sra XI.: Hd (The Prophet Hd).
Sra XII.: Ysuf, or Joseph.
Sra XIII.: Ra'd, or Thunder.
Sra XIV.: Ibrhm, or Abraham.
Sra XV.: Al-Hijr, or The Rocky Tract.
Sra XVI.: Nal or The Bee.
Sra XVII.: Ban Isr-l, or the Children of Israel,
Sra XVIII.: Kahf, or the Cave.
Sra XIX.: Maryam, or Mary.
Sra Xx.: -h. (Mystic Letters,. H.)
Sra XXI.: Anbiya, or The Prophets
Sra XXII.: ajj, or The Pilgrimage.
Sra XXIII.: Mu-minn, or The Believers.
Sra XXIV.: Nr, or Light.
Sra XXV.: Furqn, or The Criterion.
Sra XXVI.: Shu'ara, or The Poets.
Sra XXVII.: Naml, or the Ants.
Sra XXVIII.: Qaa, or the Narration.
Sra XXIX.: 'Ankabt, or the Spider
Sra XXX.: Rm, or The Roman Empire.
Sra XXXI.: Luqmn (the Wise).
Sra XXXII: Sajda, or Adoration.
Sra XXXIII.: Azb, or The Confederates.
Sra XXXIV.: Sab, or the City of Sab
Sra XXXV.: Fir, or The Originator of Creation; or Malka, or The Angels.
Sra Xxxvi.: Y-Sn (being Abbreviated Letters).
Sra XXXVII.: fft, or Those Ranged in Ranks.
Sra Xxxviii.: d (being one of the Abbreviated Letters).
Sra XXXIX.: Zumar, or the Crowds.
Sra XL.: M-min, or The Believer.
Sra XLI.: -mm (Abbreviated Letters), or -Mm Sajda, or Fuilat
Sra XLII.: Shr, or Consultation.
Sra XLIII.: Zukhruf, or Gold Adornments.
Sra XLIV.: Dukhn, or Smoke (or Mist.)
Sra XLV.: Jathiya, or Bowing the Knee.
Sra XLVI.: Aqf, or Winding Sand-tracts.
Sra XLVII.: Muammad (the Prophet).
Sra XLVIII.: Fat- or Victory.
Sra XLIX.: ujurt, or the Inner Apartments.
Sra L.: Qf.
Sra LI.: Zriyt, or the Winds That Scatter.
Sra LII.: r, or the Mount.
Sra LIII.: Najm, or the Star.
Sra LIV.: Qamar, or the Moon.
Sra LV.: Ramn, or (God) Most Gracious.
Sra LVI.: Wqi'a, or The Inevitable Event.
Sra LVII.: add, or Iron.
Sra LVIII.: Mujdila, or The Woman who Pleads.
Sra LIX.: ashr, or The Gathering
Sra LX.: Mumtaana, or the Woman to be Examined.
Sra LXI.: aff, or Battle Array.
Sra LXII.: Jumu'a, or the Assembly (Friday) Prayer.
Sra LXIII.: Munfiqn, or the Hypocrites.
Sra LXIV.: Tagbun, or Mutual Loss and Gain.
Sra LXV.: alq, or Divorce.
Sra LXVI.: Tarm, or Holding (something) to be Forbidden.
Sra LXVII.: Mulk, or Dominion.
Sra LXVIII.: Qalam, or the Pen, or Nn.
Sra LXIX.: qqa, or the Sure Reality.
Sra LXX.: Ma'rij, or the Ways of Ascent.
Sra Lxxi.: N, or Noah.
Sra LXXII.: Jinn, or the Spirits.
Sra LXXIII.: Muzzammil, or Folded in Garments.
Sra LXXIV.: Muddaththir, or One Wrapped Up.
Sra LXXV.: Qiymat, or the Resurrection.
Sura LXXVI.: Dahr, or Time, or Insn, or Man.
Sra LXXVII.: Mursalt, or Those Sent Forth.
Sra Lxxviii.: Nabaa, or The (Great) News.
Sara LXXIX.: Nzi't, or Those Who Tear Out.
Sra LXXX.: 'Abasa, or He Frowned.
Sra LXXXI.: Takwr, or the Folding Up.
Sra LXXXII.: Infir, or The Cleaving Asunder.
Sra Lxxxiii.: Taff, or Dealing in Fraud.
Sra LXXXIV.: Inshiqq, or The Rending Asunder.
Sra LXXXV.: Burj, or The Zodiacal Signs.
Sra LXXXVI.: riq, or The Night-Visitant.
Sra Lxxxvii.: A'l, or The Most High.
Sra Lxxxviii.: Gshiya, or The Overwhelming Event.
Sra LXXXIX.: Fajr, or The Break of Day.
Sra XC.: Balad, or The City.
Sra XCI.: Shams, or The Sun.
Sra XCII.: Lail, or The Night.
Sra XCIII.: Dhuh, or The Glorious Morning Light.
Sra XCIV.: Inshir, or The Expansion.
Sra XCV.: Tn, or The Fig.
Sra XCVI.: Iqraa, or Read! or Proclaim!
Sra XCVII.: Qadr, or The Night of Power (or Honour).
Sra XCVIII.: Baiyina, or The Clear Evidence.
Sra XCIX.: Zilzl, or The Convulsion.
Sra C.: 'Adiyt, or Those that run.
Sra CI.: Al-Qri'a, or The Day of Noise and Clamour.
Sra CII.: Takathur or Piling Up.
Sra CIII.: 'Ar, or Time through the Ages.
Sra CIV.: Humaza, or the Scandal-monger.
Sra CV.: Fl, or The Elephant.
Sra CVI.: Quraish or The Quraish, (Custodians of the Ka'ba).
Sra CVII.: M'n, or Neighbourly Needs.
Sra CVIII.: Kauthar, or Abundance.
Sra CIX: Kfirn, or Those who reject Faith.
Sra CX.: Nar, or Help.
Sra CXI.: Lahab, or (the Father of) Flame.
Sra CXII.: Ikhl, or Purity (of Faith).
Sra CXIII: Falaq, or The Dawn.
Sra CXIV.: Ns, or Mankind.
This is the main Qur'an version.
The Arabic is presented as embedded graphics in the GIF format.
To allow for viewing on slower systems, each Surah is broken down into traditional sections, which usually include about a dozen verses.
Each verse is presented in Arabic along with a pronunciation guide, and The Yusuf Ali English text.
The system used in the pronunciation guide can be viewed in this file.
This text is hyperlinked with other English versions and transcriptions of the Qur'an at this site.
The Yusuf Ali English text is based on the 1934 book, The Holy Qur-an, Text, Translation and Commentary, (published in Lahore, Cairo and Riyadh).
This version is widely used because it is a clear, modern and eloquent translation by a well-respected Muslim scholar.
The English text was revised in 2009-10 to more closely match the source book.
This improved text is also available here, presented one surah per file.
Notice.
The English text presented here was free of copyright in the US until 1996, at which point it had a pro-forma copyrighted status created which will last until 2033.
However in many countries, including its original country of publication, Pakistan, this text is currently in the public domain.
Here's how this happened.
Yusuf Ali died in 1952, and Pakistan (his country of residence)
has copyright rules of life+50.
So the Pakistan copyright expired in 2002.
The Ali Qur'an English text was first published in the US in 1946, but was never registered or renewed, so it was never copyrighted in the US.
The GATT copyright law granted US copyrights to works not in the public domain in the country of publication as of 1/1/1996, for a full term of 95 years from the date of original publication.
This includes works that were "never" copyrighted in the US or whose US copyrights had already expired, in which category this work falls.
We are sure that Yusuf Ali labored on this work so that the world could benefit from it, not to lock it up as someone's personal intellectual property.
However, if anyone can establish that they are the copyright holder, we will promptly comply with their wishes.
Sra I.: Ftia, or the Opening Chapter.
Sra II.: Baqara, or the Heifer.
Sra III.: l-i-'Imrn, or The Family of 'Imrn.
Sra IV.: Nisa, or The Women.
Sra V.: Mda, or The Table Spread.
Sra VI.: An'm, or Cattle.
Sra VII.: A'rf, or the Heights
Sra VIII.: Anfl, or the Spoils of War.
Sra IX.: Tauba (Repentance) or Barat (Immunity).
Sra X.: Ynus, or Jonah.
Sra XI.: Hd (The Prophet Hd).
Sra XII.: Ysuf, or Joseph.
Sra XIII.: Ra'd, or Thunder.
Sra XIV.: Ibrhm, or Abraham.
Sra XV.: Al-Hijr, or The Rocky Tract.
Sra XVI.: Nal or The Bee.
Sra XVII.: Ban Isr-l, or the Children of Israel,
Sra XVIII.: Kahf, or the Cave.
Sra XIX.: Maryam, or Mary.
Sra Xx.: -h. (Mystic Letters,. H.)
Sra XXI.: Anbiya, or The Prophets
Sra XXII.: ajj, or The Pilgrimage.
Sra XXIII.: Mu-minn, or The Believers.
Sra XXIV.: Nr, or Light.
Sra XXV.: Furqn, or The Criterion.
Sra XXVI.: Shu'ara, or The Poets.
Sra XXVII.: Naml, or the Ants.
Sra XXVIII.: Qaa, or the Narration.
Sra XXIX.: 'Ankabt, or the Spider
Sra XXX.: Rm, or The Roman Empire.
Sra XXXI.: Luqmn (the Wise).
Sra XXXII: Sajda, or Adoration.
Sra XXXIII.: Azb, or The Confederates.
Sra XXXIV.: Sab, or the City of Sab
Sra XXXV.: Fir, or The Originator of Creation; or Malka, or The Angels.
Sra Xxxvi.: Y-Sn (being Abbreviated Letters).
Sra XXXVII.: fft, or Those Ranged in Ranks.
Sra Xxxviii.: d (being one of the Abbreviated Letters).
Sra XXXIX.: Zumar, or the Crowds.
Sra XL.: M-min, or The Believer.
Sra XLI.: -mm (Abbreviated Letters), or -Mm Sajda, or Fuilat
Sra XLII.: Shr, or Consultation.
Sra XLIII.: Zukhruf, or Gold Adornments.
Sra XLIV.: Dukhn, or Smoke (or Mist.)
Sra XLV.: Jathiya, or Bowing the Knee.
Sra XLVI.: Aqf, or Winding Sand-tracts.
Sra XLVII.: Muammad (the Prophet).
Sra XLVIII.: Fat- or Victory.
Sra XLIX.: ujurt, or the Inner Apartments.
Sra L.: Qf.
Sra LI.: Zriyt, or the Winds That Scatter.
Sra LII.: r, or the Mount.
Sra LIII.: Najm, or the Star.
Sra LIV.: Qamar, or the Moon.
Sra LV.: Ramn, or (God) Most Gracious.
Sra LVI.: Wqi'a, or The Inevitable Event.
Sra LVII.: add, or Iron.
Sra LVIII.: Mujdila, or The Woman who Pleads.
Sra LIX.: ashr, or The Gathering
Sra LX.: Mumtaana, or the Woman to be Examined.
Sra LXI.: aff, or Battle Array.
Sra LXII.: Jumu'a, or the Assembly (Friday) Prayer.
Sra LXIII.: Munfiqn, or the Hypocrites.
Sra LXIV.: Tagbun, or Mutual Loss and Gain.
Sra LXV.: alq, or Divorce.
Sra LXVI.: Tarm, or Holding (something) to be Forbidden.
Sra LXVII.: Mulk, or Dominion.
Sra LXVIII.: Qalam, or the Pen, or Nn.
Sra LXIX.: qqa, or the Sure Reality.
Sra LXX.: Ma'rij, or the Ways of Ascent.
Sra Lxxi.: N, or Noah.
Sra LXXII.: Jinn, or the Spirits.
Sra LXXIII.: Muzzammil, or Folded in Garments.
Sra LXXIV.: Muddaththir, or One Wrapped Up.
Sra LXXV.: Qiymat, or the Resurrection.
Sura LXXVI.: Dahr, or Time, or Insn, or Man.
Sra LXXVII.: Mursalt, or Those Sent Forth.
Sra Lxxviii.: Nabaa, or The (Great) News.
Sara LXXIX.: Nzi't, or Those Who Tear Out.
Sra LXXX.: 'Abasa, or He Frowned.
Sra LXXXI.: Takwr, or the Folding Up.
Sra LXXXII.: Infir, or The Cleaving Asunder.
Sra Lxxxiii.: Taff, or Dealing in Fraud.
Sra LXXXIV.: Inshiqq, or The Rending Asunder.
Sra LXXXV.: Burj, or The Zodiacal Signs.
Sra LXXXVI.: riq, or The Night-Visitant.
Sra Lxxxvii.: A'l, or The Most High.
Sra Lxxxviii.: Gshiya, or The Overwhelming Event.
Sra LXXXIX.: Fajr, or The Break of Day.
Sra XC.: Balad, or The City.
Sra XCI.: Shams, or The Sun.
Sra XCII.: Lail, or The Night.
Sra XCIII.: Dhuh, or The Glorious Morning Light.
Sra XCIV.: Inshir, or The Expansion.
Sra XCV.: Tn, or The Fig.
Sra XCVI.: Iqraa, or Read! or Proclaim!
Sra XCVII.: Qadr, or The Night of Power (or Honour).
Sra XCVIII.: Baiyina, or The Clear Evidence.
Sra XCIX.: Zilzl, or The Convulsion.
Sra C.: 'Adiyt, or Those that run.
Sra CI.: Al-Qri'a, or The Day of Noise and Clamour.
Sra CII.: Takathur or Piling Up.
Sra CIII.: 'Ar, or Time through the Ages.
Sra CIV.: Humaza, or the Scandal-monger.
Sra CV.: Fl, or The Elephant.
Sra CVI.: Quraish or The Quraish, (Custodians of the Ka'ba).
Sra CVII.: M'n, or Neighbourly Needs.
Sra CVIII.: Kauthar, or Abundance.
Sra CIX: Kfirn, or Those who reject Faith.
Sra CX.: Nar, or Help.
Sra CXI.: Lahab, or (the Father of) Flame.
Sra CXII.: Ikhl, or Purity (of Faith).
Sra CXIII: Falaq, or The Dawn.
Sra CXIV.: Ns, or Mankind.
