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The Qur'an (also known as the Koran) is the primary sacred text of Islam. Devout Muslims believe that only an Arabic version of this text is the actual Qur'an, so please be aware of this. This page links four versions of the Qur'an: the text in Unicode, the text in Arabic using embedded gifs with the Yusuf Ali translation, the 1880 Palmer English version, and the more recent Pickthall English version. The books of the Qur'an (or Surahs, in Arabic) are given standardized names in this hypertext, consisting of the name of the surah in Arabic and an English translation (where feasible) of the name of the Surah. The Palmer text is primarily provided because it is part of the Sacred Books of the East series; sacred-texts is building a complete online version of this series. The other advantage of the Palmer text is that it is very definitely in the public domain. The Pickthall text is more literary and certainly more readable, and is probably a better version for citation purposes. However the copyright status of Pickthall's text is unknown. The Yusuf Ali text is probably the best for modern readers.

Please note that there are alternate titles for several of the Surahs; the titles are not considered part of the canonical, revealed Qur'an. Notably, Surah 17 is known both as Al-Isra, typically translated The Night Journey and Bani Israel, typically translated The Children of Israel.

Technical note: linking to this hypertext
The Surahs are numbered consistently across the three versions. The Arabic and Pickthall texts have verse-level NAME tags which you can use to link to specific locations if you wish. Unfortunately it was not possible to mechanically identify the verse breakdown in the Palmer text, so it is only possible to link to a particular Surah of Palmer. The verse anchors are in the format xxx_yyy where xxx is the three digit zero-prefixed number of the Surah (shown below in the first column) and yyy is the three digit zero-prefixed verse number. Therefore to link to the Pickthall text of Surah 54, verse 23, you would use the following HTML tag:
<A HREF="http://www.theology101.org/isl/pick/054.htm#054_023">
&nbsp. . . </A>
If you have any questions about the name of a specific 'anchor' you can view the page source in your browser and find the specific NAME tag fairly easily. You are welcome to link to these files as much as you want and don't need to ask permission to do so.


Number Surah English Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
001 al-Fatihah The Opening Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
002 al-Baqarah The Cow Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
003 Al-Imran The Family Of Imran Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
004 an-Nisa' Women Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
005 al-Ma'idah The Food Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
006 al-An`am The Cattle Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
007 al-A`raf The Elevated Places Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
008 al-Anfal The Spoils Of War Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
009 at-Taubah Repentance Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
010 Yunus Jonah Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
011 Hud Hud Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
012 Yusuf Joseph Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
013 ar-Ra`d The Thunder Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
014 Ibrahim Abraham Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
015 al-Hijr The Rock Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
016 an-Nahl The Bee Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
017 bani Isra'il The Israelites Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
018 al-Kahf The Cave Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
019 Maryam Mary Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
020 Ta Ha Ta Ha Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
021 al-Anbiya' The Prophets Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
022 al-Hajj The Pilgrimage Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
023 al-Mu'minun The Believers Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
024 an-Nur The Light Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
025 al-Furqan The Criterion Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
026 ash-Shu`ara' The Poets Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
027 an-Naml The Ant Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
028 al-Qasas The Narrative Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
029 al-`Ankabut The Spider Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
030 ar-Rum The Romans Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
031 Luqman Lukman Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
032 as-Sajdah The Adoration Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
033 al-Ahzab The Allies Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
034 Saba' Sheba Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
035 al-Fatir The Creator Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
036 Ya Sin Ya Sin Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
037 as-Saffat The Rangers Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
038 Sad Sad Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
039 az-Zumar The Companies Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
040 al-Mu'min The Forgiving One Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
041 Ha Mim Sajdah Revelations Well Expounded Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
042 ash-Shura The Counsel Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
043 az-Zukhruf The Embellishment Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
044 ad-Dukhan The Evident Smoke Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
045 al-Jathiyah The Kneeling Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
046 al-Ahqaf The Sandhills Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
047 Muhammad Muhammad Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
048 al-Fath The Victory Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
049 al-Hujurat The Chambers Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
050 Qaf Qaf Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
051 adh-Dhariyat The Scatterers Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
052 at-Tur The Mountain Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
053 an-Najm The Star Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
054 al-Qamar The Moon Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
055 ar-Rahman The Merciful Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
056 al-Waqi`ah That Which is Coming Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
057 al-Hadid The Iron Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
058 al-Mujadilah She Who Pleaded Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
059 al-Hashr The Exile Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
060 al-Mumtahanah She Who is Tested Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
061 as-Saff The Ranks Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
062 al-Jumu`ah The Day of Congregation Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
063 al-Munafiqun The Hypocrites Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
064 at-Taghabun The Cheating Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
065 at-Talaq The Divorce Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
066 at-Tahrim The Prohibition Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
067 al-Mulk The Kingdom Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
068 al-Qalam The Pen Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
069 al-Haqqah The Inevitable Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
070 al-Ma`arij The Ladders Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
071 Nuh Noah Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
072 al-Jinn The Jinn Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
073 al-Muzammil The Mantled One Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
074 al-Mudathir The Clothed One Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
075 al-Qiyamah The Resurrection Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
076 ad-Dahr The Man Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
077 al-Mursalat The Emissaries Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
078 an-Naba' The Tidings Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
079 an-Nazi`at Those Who Pull Out Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
080 `Abasa He Frowned Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
081 at-Takwir The Cessation Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
082 al-Infitar The Cleaving Asunder Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
083 at-Tatfif The Defrauders Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
084 al-Inshiqaq The Rending Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
085 al-Buruj the Constellations Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
086 at-Tariq The Night-Comer Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
087 al-A`la The Most High Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
088 al-Ghashiya The Overwhelming Calamity Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
089 al-Fajr The Dawn Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
090 al-Balad The City Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
091 ash-Shams The Sun Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
092 al-Layl The Night Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
093 ad-Duha The Early Hours Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
094 al-Inshirah The Expansion Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
095 at-Tin The Fig Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
096 al-`Alaq The Clot Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
097 al-qadr The Majesty Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
098 al-Bayyinah The Proof Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
099 al-Zilzal The Shaking Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
100 al-`Adiyat The Assaulters Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
101 al-Qari`ah The Terrible Calamity Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
102 at-Takathur Worldly Gain Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
103 al-`Asr Time Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
104 al-Humazah The Slanderer Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
105 al-Fil The Elephant Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
106 al-Quraysh The Quraish Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
107 al-Ma`un The Daily Necessaries Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
108 al-Kauthar Abundance Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
109 al-Kafirun The Unbelievers Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
110 an-Nasr The Help Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
111 al-Lahab The Flame Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
112 al-Ikhlas The Unity Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
113 al-Falaq The Daybreak Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer
114 an-Nas The Men Arabic (Unicode) Arabic/Yusuf Ali Pickthall Palmer