Sources & credits
MyQuran24 presents the Arabic Quran text from the Tanzil Project. The digital text is free to use under its published licence and terms, which require attribution and unchanged text.
Arabic Quran text
Downloaded directly from Tanzil’s official download page on 13 October 2026, with pause marks, sajdah signs, and tatweel below superscript alefs enabled. Rub-el-hizb signs and sequential tanweens were not enabled. The full original download is retained, including its copyright block.
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Preserving the text
Every ayah in the reader preserves the source characters. At the beginning of most surahs, Tanzil includes the basmalah in the first ayah’s text; we display that prefix on its own line while preserving the original text. In Al-Faatiha it remains ayah 1, and At-Tawba has no opening basmalah.
Arabic text is selectable Unicode, displayed right to left. Surah names and verse counts come from Tanzil Quran metadata (© 2008–2009 Tanzil.info, marked CC-BY in the original XML). Original metadata.
English translation of the meanings
The English text is by Marmaduke Pickthall, whose translation was first published in 1930 as The Meaning of the Glorious Koran. The original published translation is public domain in the USA and outside the usual UK life-plus-70-year copyright term (Pickthall died in 1936). We distribute the translation without digital-library branding. This is a translation of the meanings, credited to its translator.
The source says that Irfan Ali re-proofed and corrected the digital transcription against paper copies. We have retained its English wording and punctuation, reflowing line breaks and spacing for screen display. This is not a certified facsimile of a particular 1930 printing. Four malformed verse labels in the digital source were corrected: 0.033 → 17:33; 039.04 → 39:46; 04.032 → 45:32; 05.026 → 56:26. All 6,236 references are checked against the Arabic surah and ayah sequence.
Where the Arabic source includes an opening basmalah before ayah 1, its English meaning is shown separately using Pickthall’s translation of 1:1. It is not counted as an additional ayah.
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Digitisation acknowledgement
We acknowledge Project Gutenberg eBook 16955 for the proofread digital transcription, downloaded on 13 October 2026. This acknowledgement is a source reference. Its distribution guidance permits removing library branding from unrestricted text and separately acknowledging the source.
Tanzil copyright notice & terms
Published text licence · Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 · Local notice
PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE OR CHANGE THIS COPYRIGHT BLOCK ==================================================================== Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani, Version 1.1) Copyright (C) 2007-2026 Tanzil Project License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 This copy of the Quran text is carefully produced, highly verified and continuously monitored by a group of specialists at Tanzil Project. TERMS OF USE: - Permission is granted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this text, but CHANGING IT IS NOT ALLOWED. - This Quran text can be used in any website or application, provided that its source (Tanzil Project) is clearly indicated, and a link is made to tanzil.net to enable users to keep track of changes. - This copyright notice shall be included in all verbatim copies of the text, and shall be reproduced appropriately in all files derived from or containing substantial portion of this text. Please check updates at: http://tanzil.net/updates/ ====================================================================
Arabic typography
The reader uses Amiri Quran, © 2010–2022 The Amiri Quran Project Authors, distributed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. The font is hosted locally. Full font licence.
Read aloud
Arabic recitation is by Ibrahim Al-Akdar, in the Hafs an Asim narration, streamed from MP3Quran. The provider’s published reuse policy explicitly permits visitors and developers to copy its materials or use its links. We use the original audio links, with the reciter and provider credited. This is permitted reuse, rather than a claim that the recordings are public domain. Catalogue and permission details.
English read aloud uses an available browser or device voice to speak Pickthall’s public-domain translation. It is a synthetic reading of the English meanings. Voice availability and pronunciation vary by device. We prefer an English voice that runs locally when available; some browser voices use a platform speech service. No recorded third-party English audiobook is included or redistributed.
Playback starts only when you press Play. Arabic streaming connects your device to MP3Quran’s audio host, which may receive standard connection information such as your IP address. Changing surah or audio language stops playback.
Your reading preferences
Text size, theme, English translation visibility, and reading position are stored in your browser on this device. No account is needed. This version has no analytics or tracking scripts.
Use the English translation switch in the reader to show or hide Pickthall’s text. Your choice is remembered. The theme defaults to Auto: dark from 8pm until 7am, and light during the day, using your device’s local clock. It updates while the page is open and when you return to it. Choose Light or Dark to keep that appearance at all hours, or select Auto again to follow night hours.