Qur'án
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Versions of the Qur'án
- Yusuf 'Alí's version
- [1] (includes version by George Sale and J.M. Rodwell, separately and in multilinear (parallel) format)
- A version of Sale's translation with additional commentary from Reverend E.M. Wherry is here (some of this version is included above as well)
- See http://arthursclassicnovels.com/arthurs/koran.html for a variety of other English translations.
Indexes for the Qur'án
- http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/quranindex.html (individual links to (interlinear) passages (of English translations))
- http://www.harunyahya.com/indexa.php (more concentration on Arabic transliteration entries (in English)); includes links to excerpted passages rather than individual links
- http://www.ummah.org.uk/what-is-islam/quran/noble/subject1.htm (links to the Arabic text as well as English)
Audio Versions:
English
Arabic or English
- http://english.islamway.com/bindex.php?section=echapters&recitor_id=52
- http://www.ais.org/~islam/subject/recite.html (not presently working)
- http://www.islamicity.com/mosque/quran/ (requires monthly fee membership)
- (see Google search for "Audio Qur'an")
Study of the Qur'án (by verse) from a Bahá'í Perspective:
- [2] organizes Bahá'í references by Qur'ánic verse (and the versions and notes of Sale and Rodwell)
- [3] organizes Bahá'í references by Qur'ánic verse
- [4] compares Shoghi Effendi's translations in the Kitáb-i-Íqán to those of Rodwell
Aspects of the Qur'án from a Bahá'í Perspective:
- http://bahai-library.com/articles/lambden.islam.html
- http://bahai-library.com/?file=notes_bahai_proofs_quran.html
How to Study the Qur'an
"It is certainly most difficult to thoroughly grasp all the Surihs of the Qur'an, as it requires a detailed knowledge of the social, religious and historical background of Arabia at the time of the appearance of the Prophet. The believers cannot possibly hope, therefore, to understand the Surihs after the first or even second or third reading. They have to study them again and again, ponder over their meaning, with the help of certain commentaries, and explanatory notes as found, for instance in the admirable translation made by Sale, endeavor to acquire as clear and correct understanding of their meaning and import as possible. This is naturally a slow process, but future generations of believers will certainly come to grasp it. For the present, the Guardian agrees, that it would be easier and more helpful to study the book according to subjects, and not verse by verse and also in the light of the Bab's, Bahá'u'lláh's, and Abdu'l-Bahá's interpretations which throw such floods of light on the whole of the Qur'an."
- (From a letter written on behalf of the Guardian to an individual believer, August 22, 1939: Bahá'í News, No. 134, pp. 2-3, March 1940, in Lights of Guidance, no. 1666)
Discussion of individual Súráhs:
Note: Outlines might be adapted from public domain outlines such as those at http://www.bahai-library.com/quran/quranoutlines.html to put at the page of each Suráh (the latter's verse numbering would need to be adjusted, however, to match those at http://bahai-library.com/writings/quran ).
Suráh No.: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114
