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Anoor

The Quran

Every verse in four layers: the Arabic, the Arabic in English letters, Pickthall's English translation, and what it means in plain English. Turn any layer on or off as you read.

The plain-English explanations are written from Tafsir al-Jalalayn, a classical commentary read for five centuries, and each surah's goes up only after it has been reviewed - the surahs marked plain English have it now.

  1. 1 Al-FaatihaThe Opening · 7 verses · Meccan الفاتحة
  2. 2 Al-BaqaraThe Cow · 286 verses · Medinan البقرة
  3. 3 Aal-i-ImraanThe Family of Imraan · 200 verses · Medinan آل عمران
  4. 4 An-NisaaThe Women · 176 verses · Medinan النساء
  5. 5 Al-MaaidaThe Table · 120 verses · Medinan المائدة
  6. 6 Al-An'aamThe Cattle · 165 verses · Meccan الأنعام
  7. 7 Al-A'raafThe Heights · 206 verses · Meccan الأعراف
  8. 8 Al-AnfaalThe Spoils of War · 75 verses · Medinan الأنفال
  9. 9 At-TawbaThe Repentance · 129 verses · Medinan التوبة
  10. 10 YunusJonas · 109 verses · Meccan يونس
  11. 11 HudHud · 123 verses · Meccan هود
  12. 12 YusufJoseph · 111 verses · Meccan يوسف
  13. 13 Ar-Ra'dThe Thunder · 43 verses · Medinan الرعد
  14. 14 IbrahimAbraham · 52 verses · Meccan ابراهيم
  15. 15 Al-HijrThe Rock · 99 verses · Meccan الحجر
  16. 16 An-NahlThe Bee · 128 verses · Meccan النحل
  17. 17 Al-IsraaThe Night Journey · 111 verses · Meccan الإسراء
  18. 18 Al-KahfThe Cave · 110 verses · Meccan الكهف
  19. 19 MaryamMary · 98 verses · Meccan مريم
  20. 20 Taa-HaaTaa-Haa · 135 verses · Meccan طه
  21. 21 Al-AnbiyaaThe Prophets · 112 verses · Meccan الأنبياء
  22. 22 Al-HajjThe Pilgrimage · 78 verses · Medinan الحج
  23. 23 Al-MuminoonThe Believers · 118 verses · Meccan المؤمنون
  24. 24 An-NoorThe Light · 64 verses · Medinan النور
  25. 25 Al-FurqaanThe Criterion · 77 verses · Meccan الفرقان
  26. 26 Ash-Shu'araaThe Poets · 227 verses · Meccan الشعراء
  27. 27 An-NamlThe Ant · 93 verses · Meccan النمل
  28. 28 Al-QasasThe Stories · 88 verses · Meccan القصص
  29. 29 Al-AnkabootThe Spider · 69 verses · Meccan العنكبوت
  30. 30 Ar-RoomThe Romans · 60 verses · Meccan الروم
  31. 31 LuqmanLuqman · 34 verses · Meccan لقمان
  32. 32 As-SajdaThe Prostration · 30 verses · Meccan السجدة
  33. 33 Al-AhzaabThe Clans · 73 verses · Medinan الأحزاب
  34. 34 SabaSheba · 54 verses · Meccan سبإ
  35. 35 FaatirThe Originator · 45 verses · Meccan فاطر
  36. 36 YaseenYaseen · 83 verses · Meccan يس
  37. 37 As-SaaffaatThose drawn up in Ranks · 182 verses · Meccan الصافات
  38. 38 SaadThe letter Saad · 88 verses · Meccan ص
  39. 39 Az-ZumarThe Groups · 75 verses · Meccan الزمر
  40. 40 Al-GhaafirThe Forgiver · 85 verses · Meccan غافر
  41. 41 FussilatExplained in detail · 54 verses · Meccan فصلت
  42. 42 Ash-ShuraConsultation · 53 verses · Meccan الشورى
  43. 43 Az-ZukhrufOrnaments of gold · 89 verses · Meccan الزخرف
  44. 44 Ad-DukhaanThe Smoke · 59 verses · Meccan الدخان
  45. 45 Al-JaathiyaCrouching · 37 verses · Meccan الجاثية
  46. 46 Al-AhqafThe Dunes · 35 verses · Meccan الأحقاف
  47. 47 MuhammadMuhammad · 38 verses · Medinan محمد
  48. 48 Al-FathThe Victory · 29 verses · Medinan الفتح
  49. 49 Al-HujuraatThe Inner Apartments · 18 verses · Medinan الحجرات
  50. 50 QaafThe letter Qaaf · 45 verses · Meccan ق
  51. 51 Adh-DhaariyatThe Winnowing Winds · 60 verses · Meccan الذاريات
  52. 52 At-TurThe Mount · 49 verses · Meccan الطور
  53. 53 An-NajmThe Star · 62 verses · Meccan النجم
  54. 54 Al-QamarThe Moon · 55 verses · Meccan القمر
  55. 55 Ar-RahmaanThe Beneficent · 78 verses · Medinan الرحمن
  56. 56 Al-WaaqiaThe Inevitable · 96 verses · Meccan الواقعة
  57. 57 Al-HadidThe Iron · 29 verses · Medinan الحديد
  58. 58 Al-MujaadilaThe Pleading Woman · 22 verses · Medinan المجادلة
  59. 59 Al-HashrThe Exile · 24 verses · Medinan الحشر
  60. 60 Al-MumtahanaShe that is to be examined · 13 verses · Medinan الممتحنة
  61. 61 As-SaffThe Ranks · 14 verses · Medinan الصف
  62. 62 Al-Jumu'aFriday · 11 verses · Medinan الجمعة
  63. 63 Al-MunaafiqoonThe Hypocrites · 11 verses · Medinan المنافقون
  64. 64 At-TaghaabunMutual Disillusion · 18 verses · Medinan التغابن
  65. 65 At-TalaaqDivorce · 12 verses · Medinan الطلاق
  66. 66 At-TahrimThe Prohibition · 12 verses · Medinan التحريم
  67. 67 Al-MulkThe Sovereignty · 30 verses · Meccan الملك
  68. 68 Al-QalamThe Pen · 52 verses · Meccan القلم
  69. 69 Al-HaaqqaThe Reality · 52 verses · Meccan الحاقة
  70. 70 Al-Ma'aarijThe Ascending Stairways · 44 verses · Meccan المعارج
  71. 71 NoohNoah · 28 verses · Meccan نوح
  72. 72 Al-JinnThe Jinn · 28 verses · Meccan الجن
  73. 73 Al-MuzzammilThe Enshrouded One · 20 verses · Meccan المزمل
  74. 74 Al-MuddaththirThe Cloaked One · 56 verses · Meccan المدثر
  75. 75 Al-QiyaamaThe Resurrection · 40 verses · Meccan القيامة
  76. 76 Al-InsaanMan · 31 verses · Medinan الانسان
  77. 77 Al-MursalaatThe Emissaries · 50 verses · Meccan المرسلات
  78. 78 An-NabaThe Announcement · 40 verses · Meccan النبإ
  79. 79 An-Naazi'aatThose who drag forth · 46 verses · Meccan النازعات
  80. 80 AbasaHe frowned · 42 verses · Meccan عبس
  81. 81 At-TakwirThe Overthrowing · 29 verses · Meccan التكوير
  82. 82 Al-InfitaarThe Cleaving · 19 verses · Meccan الإنفطار
  83. 83 Al-MutaffifinDefrauding · 36 verses · Meccan المطففين
  84. 84 Al-InshiqaaqThe Splitting Open · 25 verses · Meccan الإنشقاق
  85. 85 Al-BuroojThe Constellations · 22 verses · Meccan البروج
  86. 86 At-TaariqThe Morning Star · 17 verses · Meccan الطارق
  87. 87 Al-A'laaThe Most High · 19 verses · Meccan الأعلى
  88. 88 Al-GhaashiyaThe Overwhelming · 26 verses · Meccan الغاشية
  89. 89 Al-FajrThe Dawn · 30 verses · Meccan الفجر
  90. 90 Al-BaladThe City · 20 verses · Meccan البلد
  91. 91 Ash-ShamsThe Sun · 15 verses · Meccan الشمس
  92. 92 Al-LailThe Night · 21 verses · Meccan الليل
  93. 93 Ad-DhuhaaThe Morning Hours · 11 verses · Meccan الضحى
  94. 94 Ash-SharhThe Consolation · 8 verses · Meccan الشرح
  95. 95 At-TinThe Fig · 8 verses · Meccan التين
  96. 96 Al-AlaqThe Clot · 19 verses · Meccan العلق
  97. 97 Al-QadrThe Power, Fate · 5 verses · Meccan القدر
  98. 98 Al-BayyinaThe Evidence · 8 verses · Medinan البينة
  99. 99 Az-ZalzalaThe Earthquake · 8 verses · Medinan الزلزلة
  100. 100 Al-AadiyaatThe Chargers · 11 verses · Meccan العاديات
  101. 101 Al-Qaari'aThe Calamity · 11 verses · Meccan القارعة
  102. 102 At-TakaathurCompetition · 8 verses · Meccan التكاثر
  103. 103 Al-AsrThe Declining Day, Epoch · 3 verses · Meccan العصر
  104. 104 Al-HumazaThe Traducer · 9 verses · Meccan الهمزة
  105. 105 Al-FilThe Elephant · 5 verses · Meccan الفيل
  106. 106 QuraishQuraysh · 4 verses · Meccan قريش
  107. 107 Al-Maa'unAlmsgiving · 7 verses · Meccan الماعون
  108. 108 Al-KawtharAbundance · 3 verses · Meccan الكوثر
  109. 109 Al-KaafiroonThe Disbelievers · 6 verses · Meccan الكافرون
  110. 110 An-NasrDivine Support · 3 verses · Medinan النصر
  111. 111 Al-MasadThe Palm Fibre · 5 verses · Meccan المسد
  112. 112 Al-IkhlaasSincerity · 4 verses · Meccan الإخلاص
  113. 113 Al-FalaqThe Dawn · 5 verses · Meccan الفلق
  114. 114 An-NaasMankind · 6 verses · Meccan الناس

Arabic: the Uthmani text of the Tanzil Project, used unchanged under CC BY 3.0. Quran text © Tanzil Project - check tanzil.net/updates for changes.

Transliteration: made by Anoor from the Tanzil text, each word as it is said on its own - in recitation the words run together.

Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain.

Plain English: written by Anoor from Tafsir al-Jalalayn (al-Mahalli and al-Suyuti), one of the most widely read classical commentaries. It is a simple explanation, not a scholarly commentary - for a ruling or a deeper reading, ask a scholar. Something wrong? Tell us.