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The Meaning of the Glorious Koran

translated by Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)

The hundred and fourteen surahs of the Quran in Marmaduke Pickthall's 1930 translation.

Contents

  1. Surah 1: Al-Fatiha (The Opening)7 verses
  2. Surah 2: Al-Baqara (The Cow)286 verses
  3. Surah 3: Al-E-Imran (The Family of 'Imran, the House of 'Imran)200 verses
  4. Surah 4: An-Nisa (Women)176 verses
  5. Surah 5: Al-Maeda (The Table, the Table Spread)120 verses
  6. Surah 6: Al-Anaam (Cattle, Livestock)165 verses
  7. Surah 7: Al-Araf (The Heights)206 verses
  8. Surah 8: Al-Anfal (Spoils of War, Booty)75 verses
  9. Surah 9: Al-Tawba (Repentance, Dispensation)129 verses
  10. Surah 10: Yunus (Jonah)109 verses
  11. Surah 11: Hud (Hud)123 verses
  12. Surah 12: Yusuf (Joseph)111 verses
  13. Surah 13: Al-Rad (The Thunder)43 verses
  14. Surah 14: Ibrahim (Abraham)52 verses
  15. Surah 15: Al-Hijr (Al-Hijr, Stoneland, Rock City)99 verses
  16. Surah 16: An-Nahl (The Bee)128 verses
  17. Surah 17: Al-Isra (Isra', the Night Journey, Children of Israel)111 verses
  18. Surah 18: Al-Kahf (The Cave)110 verses
  19. Surah 19: Maryam (Mary)98 verses
  20. Surah 20: Ta-Ha (Ta-Ha)135 verses
  21. Surah 21: Al-Anbiya (The Prophets)112 verses
  22. Surah 22: Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage)78 verses
  23. Surah 23: Al-Mumenoon (The Believers)118 verses
  24. Surah 24: Al-Noor (The Light)64 verses
  25. Surah 25: Al-Furqan (The Criterion, the Standard)77 verses
  26. Surah 26: Al-Shuara (The Poets)227 verses
  27. Surah 27: Al-Naml (The Ant, the Ants)93 verses
  28. Surah 28: Al-Qasas (The Story, Stories)88 verses
  29. Surah 29: Al-Ankaboot (The Spider)69 verses
  30. Surah 30: Al-Room (The Romans, the Byzantines)60 verses
  31. Surah 31: Luqman (Luqman)34 verses
  32. Surah 32: As-Sajda (The Prostration, Worship, Adoration)30 verses
  33. Surah 33: Al-Ahzab (The Clans, the Coalition, the Combined Forces)73 verses
  34. Surah 34: Saba (Saba, Sheba)54 verses
  35. Surah 35: Fatir (The Angels, Originator)45 verses
  36. Surah 36: Ya-Seen (Ya-Seen)83 verses
  37. Surah 37: As-Saaffat (Those Who Set the Ranks, Drawn Up in Ranks)182 verses
  38. Surah 38: Sad (The Letter Sad)88 verses
  39. Surah 39: Az-Zumar (The Troops, Throngs)75 verses
  40. Surah 40: Al-Ghafir (The Forgiver (God) )85 verses
  41. Surah 41: Fussilat (Explained in Detail)54 verses
  42. Surah 42: Ash-Shura (Council, Consultation)53 verses
  43. Surah 43: Az-Zukhruf (Ornaments of Gold, Luxury)89 verses
  44. Surah 44: Ad-Dukhan (Smoke)59 verses
  45. Surah 45: Al-Jathiya (Crouching)37 verses
  46. Surah 46: Al-Ahqaf (The Wind-Curved Sandhills, the Dunes)35 verses
  47. Surah 47: Muhammad (Muhammad)38 verses
  48. Surah 48: Al-Fath (Victory, Conquest)29 verses
  49. Surah 49: Al-Hujraat (The Private Apartments, the Inner Apartments)18 verses
  50. Surah 50: Qaf (The Letter Qaf)45 verses
  51. Surah 51: Adh-Dhariyat (The Winnowing Winds)60 verses
  52. Surah 52: At-Tur (The Mount)49 verses
  53. Surah 53: An-Najm (The Star)62 verses
  54. Surah 54: Al-Qamar (The Moon)55 verses
  55. Surah 55: Ar-Rahman (The Beneficent, the Mercy Giving)78 verses
  56. Surah 56: Al-Waqia (The Event, the Inevitable)96 verses
  57. Surah 57: Al-Hadid (The Iron)29 verses
  58. Surah 58: Al-Mujadila (She That Disputeth, the Pleading Woman)22 verses
  59. Surah 59: Al-Hashr (Exile, Banishment)24 verses
  60. Surah 60: Al-Mumtahina (She That is to Be Examined, Examining Her)13 verses
  61. Surah 61: As-Saff (The Ranks, Battle Array)14 verses
  62. Surah 62: Al-Jumua (The Congregation, Friday)11 verses
  63. Surah 63: Al-Munafiqoon (The Hypocrites)11 verses
  64. Surah 64: At-Taghabun (Mutual Disillusion, Haggling)18 verses
  65. Surah 65: At-Talaq (Divorce)12 verses
  66. Surah 66: At-Tahrim (Banning, Prohibition)12 verses
  67. Surah 67: Al-Mulk (The Sovereignty, Control)30 verses
  68. Surah 68: Al-Qalam (The Pen)52 verses
  69. Surah 69: Al-Haaqqa (The Reality)52 verses
  70. Surah 70: Al-Maarij (The Ascending Stairways)44 verses
  71. Surah 71: Nooh (Nooh)28 verses
  72. Surah 72: Al-Jinn (The Jinn)28 verses
  73. Surah 73: Al-Muzzammil (The Enshrouded One, Bundled Up)20 verses
  74. Surah 74: Al-Muddaththir (The Cloaked One, the Man Wearing a Cloak)56 verses
  75. Surah 75: Al-Qiyama (The Rising of the Dead, Resurrection)40 verses
  76. Surah 76: Al-Insan (Man)31 verses
  77. Surah 77: Al-Mursalat (The Emissaries, Winds Sent Forth)50 verses
  78. Surah 78: An-Naba (The Tidings, the Announcement)40 verses
  79. Surah 79: An-Naziat (Those Who Drag Forth, Soul-Snatchers)46 verses
  80. Surah 80: Abasa (He Frowned)42 verses
  81. Surah 81: At-Takwir (The Overthrowing)29 verses
  82. Surah 82: Al-Infitar (The Cleaving, Bursting Apart)19 verses
  83. Surah 83: Al-Mutaffifin (Defrauding, the Cheats, Cheating)36 verses
  84. Surah 84: Al-Inshiqaq (The Sundering, Splitting Open)25 verses
  85. Surah 85: Al-Burooj (The Mansions of the Stars, Constellations)22 verses
  86. Surah 86: At-Tariq (The Morning Star, the Nightcomer)17 verses
  87. Surah 87: Al-Ala (The Most High, Glory to Your Lord in the Highest)19 verses
  88. Surah 88: Al-Ghashiya (The Overwhelming, the Pall)26 verses
  89. Surah 89: Al-Fajr (The Dawn, Daybreak)30 verses
  90. Surah 90: Al-Balad (The City, This Countryside)20 verses
  91. Surah 91: Ash-Shams (The Sun)15 verses
  92. Surah 92: Al-Lail (The Night)21 verses
  93. Surah 93: Ad-Dhuha (The Morning Hours, Morning Bright)11 verses
  94. Surah 94: Al-Inshirah (Solace, Consolation, Relief)8 verses
  95. Surah 95: At-Tin (The Fig, the Figtree)8 verses
  96. Surah 96: Al-Alaq (The Clot, Read)19 verses
  97. Surah 97: Al-Qadr (Power, Fate)5 verses
  98. Surah 98: Al-Bayyina (The Clear Proof, Evidence)8 verses
  99. Surah 99: Al-Zalzala (The Earthquake)8 verses
  100. Surah 100: Al-Adiyat (The Courser, the Chargers)11 verses
  101. Surah 101: Al-Qaria (The Calamity, the Stunning Blow, the Disaster)11 verses
  102. Surah 102: At-Takathur (Rivalry in World Increase, Competition)8 verses
  103. Surah 103: Al-Asr (The Declining Day, Eventide, the Epoch)3 verses
  104. Surah 104: Al-Humaza (The Traducer, the Gossipmonger)9 verses
  105. Surah 105: Al-Fil (The Elephant)5 verses
  106. Surah 106: Quraish (Winter, Quraysh)4 verses
  107. Surah 107: Al-Maun (Small Kindnesses, Almsgiving, Have You Seen)7 verses
  108. Surah 108: Al-Kauther (Abundance, Plenty)3 verses
  109. Surah 109: Al-Kafiroon (The Disbelievers, Atheists)6 verses
  110. Surah 110: An-Nasr (Succour, Divine Support)3 verses
  111. Surah 111: Al-Masadd (Palm Fibre, the Flame)5 verses
  112. Surah 112: Al-Ikhlas (Sincerity)4 verses
  113. Surah 113: Al-Falaq (The Daybreak, Dawn)5 verses
  114. Surah 114: An-Nas (Mankind)6 verses

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Edition and rights

The Meaning of the Glorious Koran: An Explanatory Translation, Alfred A. Knopf, New York / George Allen & Unwin, London, 1930 (PG transcription proofed against printed copies; printing not identified)

First published 1930; translator Marmaduke Pickthall died 19 May 1936. Public domain in the US since 1 January 2026 (95 years after publication, for works published in 1930) and in life+70 countries since 1 January 2007.

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16955 Text taken from Project Gutenberg with the PG header, footer and licence removed, as PG's terms allow for public-domain works. Normalisation: verse marker printed '0.033' in surah 17 taken as 17:33 by sequence; verse marker printed '039.04' in surah 39 taken as 39:46 by sequence; verse marker printed '04.032' in surah 45 taken as 45:32 by sequence; verse marker printed '05.026' in surah 56 taken as 56:26 by sequence; Only Pickthall's lines (prefixed 'P:') taken from PG #16955, which interleaves three translations; the Yusuf Ali ('Y:') and Shakir ('S:') lines are not used; Surah names from the file's chapter headings, given in title case (e.g. 'AL-BAQARA (THE COW)' -> 'Al-Baqara (The Cow)'); revelation-place notes not kept; Verses numbered as in the file (standard Kufan count, 6236 verses); the basmala heading surahs 2-114 in the file is Yusuf Ali's wording and is not included; 1:1 is Pickthall's; Hard-wrapped lines rejoined; wording, spelling and punctuation untouched.

Changes made in transcription (8)
  • verse marker printed '0.033' in surah 17 taken as 17:33 by sequence
  • verse marker printed '039.04' in surah 39 taken as 39:46 by sequence
  • verse marker printed '04.032' in surah 45 taken as 45:32 by sequence
  • verse marker printed '05.026' in surah 56 taken as 56:26 by sequence
  • Only Pickthall's lines (prefixed 'P:') taken from PG #16955, which interleaves three translations; the Yusuf Ali ('Y:') and Shakir ('S:') lines are not used
  • Surah names from the file's chapter headings, given in title case (e.g. 'AL-BAQARA (THE COW)' -> 'Al-Baqara (The Cow)'); revelation-place notes not kept
  • Verses numbered as in the file (standard Kufan count, 6236 verses); the basmala heading surahs 2-114 in the file is Yusuf Ali's wording and is not included; 1:1 is Pickthall's
  • Hard-wrapped lines rejoined; wording, spelling and punctuation untouched

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