Koran (Al-Qur'an)
Translated by Marmaduke Pickthall
The Koran is the Islamic scripture from seventh-century Arabia, arranged in 114 suras of religious teaching, prayers, narratives and rules for community life. Marmaduke Pickthall’s 1930 English translation follows the traditional order of the suras.
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The opening
Chapter 1: AL-FATIHA (THE OPENING)
AL-FATIHA (THE OPENING)
001.001 Y: In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.
P: In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
S: In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
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About this edition
- The words
- Marmaduke Pickthall's English translation, copied word for word.
- Copied from
Project Gutenberg eBook #16955, Three translations of the Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side; transcription re-proofed by Irfan Ali against paper copies.
- Left out
- The source library's header, footer and license, in 2 places
- The source website's menus, layout and notices
- Printed ornaments and dividers
- Kept as written
Its religious judgments, accounts of warfare and rules about punishment, slavery and relations between men and women are kept as the author wrote them.