The Meaning of the Glorious Koran
Mohammed Marmaduke Pickthall
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The Koran (Qur'an) is regarded by Muslims as the word of God (Allah) as revealed to the prophet Muhammad. It is divided into 114 chapters (surahs), arranged roughly by length. This version, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, is a widely used English translation of the Koran by a Muslim Englishman. Many Muslims, however, including Pickthall, believe that true translations of the Koran from the original Arabic are impossible, and see translations into other languages only as useful interpretations. (Summary by Leon Mire) (16 hr 28 min)
Chapters
| 01 - Surah 001: The Opening | 0:57 | Read by Julie Bynum |
| 02 - Surah 002: The Cow | 1:04:17 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| 03 - Surah 003: The Family of 'Imran | 38:08 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| 04 - Surah 004: Women | 49:29 | Read by Carl Manchester |
| 05 - Surah 005: The Table Spread | 38:39 | Read by Sheldon Greaves |
| 06 - Surah 006: Cattle | 32:57 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| 07 - Surah 007: The Heights | 36:29 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| 08 - Surah 008: Spoils of War | 16:52 | Read by Carl Manchester |
| 09 - Surah 009: Repentance | 35:13 | Read by mb |
| 10 - Surah 010: Jonah | 24:55 | Read by Leni |
| 11 - Surah 011: Hud | 29:30 | Read by David Higham |
| 12 - Surah 012: Joseph | 23:06 | Read by Nicholas James Bridgewater |
| 13 - Surah 013: The Thunder | 12:36 | Read by Priya, India |
| 14 - Surah 014: Abraham | 11:25 | Read by Carl Manchester |
| 15 - Surah 015: Stoneland | 7:40 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| 16 - Surah 016: The Bee | 27:26 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
| 17 - Surah 017: Children of Israel | 17:26 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| 18 - Surah 018: The Cave | 16:52 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| 19 - Surah 019: Mary | 13:33 | Read by Nicholas James Bridgewater |
| 20 - Surah 020: Ta-Ha | 18:55 | Read by Leon Mire |
| 21 - Surah 021: The Prophets | 16:00 | Read by Leon Mire |
| 22 - Surah 022: The Pilrimage | 18:13 | Read by Leon Mire |
| 23 - Surah 023: The Believers | 14:38 | Read by Leni |
| 24 - Surah 024: The Light | 13:45 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| 25 - Surah 025: The Criterion | 10:23 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| 26 - Surah 026: The Poets | 17:52 | Read by Leni |
| 27 - Surah 027: The Ant | 15:03 | Read by Leni |
| 28 - Surah 028: The Story | 18:06 | Read by Leni |
| 29 - Surah 029: The Spider | 10:59 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| 30 - Surah 030: The Romans | 10:13 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| 31 - Surah 031: Luqman | 6:51 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| 32 - Surah 032: The Prostration | 4:45 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| 33 - Surah 033: The Clans | 14:21 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| 34 - Surah 034: Saba | 10:25 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| 35 - Surah 035: The Angels | 9:33 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| 36 - Surah 036: Ya-Seen | 9:03 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| 37 - Surah 037: Those Who Set the Ranks | 11:21 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| 38 - Surah 038: The Letter Sad | 9:48 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| 39 - Surah 039: The Troops | 12:56 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| 40 - Surah 040: The Forgiver (God) | 13:21 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| 41 - Surah 041: Explained in Detail | 10:07 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| 42 - Surah 042: Council | 10:32 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| 43 - Surah 043: Ornaments of Gold | 10:42 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| 44 - Surah 044: Smoke | 5:52 | Read by Nicholas James Bridgewater |
| 45 - Surah 045: Crouching | 5:53 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| 46 - Surah 046: The Wind-Curved Sandhills | 7:25 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| 47 - Surah 047: Muhammad | 6:43 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| 48 - Surah 048: Victory | 6:53 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| 49 - Surah 049: The Private Apartments | 4:33 | Read by Julie Bynum |
| 50 - Surah 050: The Letter Qaf | 5:07 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| 51 - Surah 051: The Winnowing Winds | 4:58 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| 52 - Surah 052: The Mount | 4:18 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| 53 - Surah 053: The Star | 4:41 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| 54 - Surah 054: The Moon | 4:51 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| 55 - Surah 055: The Beneficent | 5:25 | Read by shadow caster |
| 56 - Surah 056: The Event | 4:54 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| S57 - urah 057: The Iron | 6:55 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| 58 - Surah 058: The Pleading Woman | 5:38 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| 59 - Surah 059: Exile | 5:34 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| 60 - Surah 060: She that is to be Examined | 4:26 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| 61 - Surahs 061-065 | 16:00 | Read by Nicholas James Bridgewater |
| 62 - Surahs 066-070 | 19:40 | Read by Nicholas James Bridgewater |
| 63 - Surahs 071-075 | 17:00 | Read by Nicholas James Bridgewater |
| 64 - Surahs 076-080 | 14:25 | Read by Leon Mire |
| 65 - Surahs 081-085 | 7:36 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| 66 - Surahs 086-090 | 6:21 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| 67 - Surahs 091-095 | 5:01 | Read by Julie Bynum |
| 68 - Surahs 096-100 | 5:03 | Read by Julie Bynum |
| 69 - Surahs 101-114 | 7:40 | Read by Carl Manchester |
Reviews
Amazing way to understand the Qur'an. May Allah reward you.
khadyjarafiq
Amadine Ngom
Handy,cool and simple great Indeed !
thanks a lot for this book
A LibriVox Listener
Just as a book
Maximuis
Gets one star for some of the readers, not all. few did a great job reading! And zero for the book. Repeated itself so much that it pry could have been reduced to 3hrs of reading then rather 16hrs and 28mins. Had to of heard a rendition of Moses 30 times. The repeating of the book did bring to mind of a quote from the Naziâs âIf you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it, and you will even come to believe it yourselfâ. Now do I recommend listening to this book? Yes and no. if you are expecting it to be a profound, filled with deep wisdom that will keep you on the edge of your seat, and will prevent you from falling asleep. No, do not listen to this book. If you are looking to understand a little about Muslims and why they believe what they believe. Of course this is a yes. But I will warn you that you will not find many blunt and open commandments as many (not all) of there tradition seem to be hidden in sub level statements requiring constant attention to pick it out and when you hear the same statement every other sentence it really makes it hard to focus on the meat of the book. Hoped this helped and wasn't bias.
unholy quran
Javastone60
the book is based on a paranoid, pedophilia, child rapist, a man who lusted his own adopted son, murdered and commanded the murder of thousands and inspires the deep demonic hatred of God's creation. A fraudulent of a self proclaimed prophet who conned the world in one of the biggest lie ever that God has no Son. The book practically repeats itself of God has no Son nearly in every chapter. It lies about practically everything in order to fulfill his sexual lust. What is even more fascinating about the unholy quran is, no real muslim reads it. You might say you can substitute the word Muslim with Minion. The book is basically a guideline of how to bully others to do what you want. If people do not submit to the demon god Allah then you must be killed. If you don't want to be murdered then pay a ransom called the JIZYAA as a payoff to not be beheaded. How in the world can highly educated people be fooled by Islam? because either they don't wish to be murdered and candy coats the lies or education is dead.
Mankinda' man
broadfork
Muhammad seems to say that it is an error to ascribe a partner to God, but since no one follows this rule, he is the new partner of God. He seemed to be very good for the arabic people, but the fussing and fighting between men was as it always was, and as it is still. See 'Constitution of Medina' for right effort between men.
Allah is the greatest! Only true God.
Waseem Khan
The state of Hyderabad played a crucial role in this translation.