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Three English Qur'an Translations
Yusuf Ali and Pickthal English Qur'an Translations are the most distributed translations and they are around for quite a while by now. Recently I came accross a new translation by Mohammed Aqib Qadri. He translated the Urdu book titled "Kanzul Iman" which was authored by great Islamic scholar Ahmed Raza Khan. Kanzul Iman was the Urdu translation of the Qur'an. According to the introduction of Mohammed Aqib Qadri, his translation was extensively checked by many highly qualified scholars from Islamic Madrasa or school. I am providing this three translations so that the reader may compare them and understand the superiority of Ahmed Raza Khan's work and benefit from the process insha-Allaah.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND THANKS

I THANK ALL OF THE FOLLOWING PARTIES who provided the source files. Please note that these files are not in public domain and copyright belongs to Mohammed Aqib Qadri and The Islamic Computing Centre of UK. COMMERCIAL OR "FOR PROFIT" USE IS PROHIBITED. I copied the files from www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/qmtintro.html. Please see usc.edu site for all other information regarding the Yusuf Ali and Pickthal translations. Please also see Mohammed Aqib Qadri's site at www.ahlesunnat.biz for other information regarding to his translation.





Chapter 1 (7 verses): Al-Fatiha - The Opening Chapter AUDIO=YES
Chapter 2 (286 verses): Al-Baqara - The Cow AUDIO=YES
Chapter 3 (200 verses): Al-i Imran - The Family of Imran AUDIO=YES
Chapter 4 (176 verses): An-Nisa - Women AUDIO=YES
Chapter 5 (120 verses): Al-Maeda - The Table AUDIO=YES
Chapter 6 (165 verses): Al-Anaam - The Cattle AUDIO=YES
Chapter 7 (206 verses): Al-a'Åraf The Heights AUDIO=YES
Chapter 8 (75 verses): Al-Anfal - Spoils of war, Booty AUDIO=YES
Chapter 9 (129 verses): At-Tawba - Repentance AUDIO=YES
Chapter 10 (109 verses): Yunus AUDIO=YES
Chapter 11 (123 verses): Hud AUDIO=YES
Chapter 12 (111 verses): Yusuf - Joseph AUDIO=YES
Chapter 13 (43 verses): Al-Rad - The Thunder AUDIO=YES
Chapter 14 (52 verses): Ibrahim - Abraham AUDIO=YES
Chapter 15 (99 verses): Al-Hijr - Stoneland AUDIO=YES
Chapter 16 (128 verses): Al-Nahl - The Bee AUDIO=YES
Chapter 17 (111 verses): Al-Isra - The Night Journey AUDIO=YES
Chapter 18 (110 verses): Al-Kahf - The Cave AUDIO=YES
Chapter 19 (98 verses): Maryam - Mary AUDIO=YES
Chapter 20 (135 verses): Ta-Ha AUDIO=YES
Chapter 21 (112 verses): Al-Anbiya - The Prophets AUDIO=YES
Chapter 22 (78 verses): Al-Hajj - The Pilgrimage AUDIO=YES
Chapter 23 (118 verses): Al-Mumenoon - The Believers AUDIO=YES
Chapter 24 (64 verses): Al-Noor - The Light AUDIO=YES
Chapter 25 (77 verses): Al-Furqan - The Criterion AUDIO=YES
Chapter 26 (227 verses): Al-Shuara - The Poets AUDIO=YES
Chapter 27 (93 verses): Al-Naml - The Ants AUDIO=YES
Chapter 28 (88 verses): Al-Qasas - The Story, Stories AUDIO=YES
Chapter 29 (69 verses): Al-Ankaboot - The Spider AUDIO=YES
Chapter 30 (60 verses): Al-Room - The Byzantines AUDIO=YES
Chapter 31 (34 verses): Luqman - Prophet Luqman AUDIO=YES
Chapter 32 (30 verses): As-Sajda - The Prostration AUDIO=YES
Chapter 33 (73 verses): Al-Ahzab - The Clans AUDIO=YES
Chapter 34 (54 verses): Saba AUDIO=YES
Chapter 35 (45 verses): Fatir - The angels AUDIO=YES
Chapter 36 (83 verses): Yaaseen AUDIO=YES
Chapter 37 (182 verses): As-Saaffat - Those who set the ranks AUDIO=YES
Chapter 38 (88 verses): Sad - The Letter Sad AUDIO=YES
Chapter 39 (75 verses): Az-Zumar - The Troops, Throngs AUDIO=YES
Chapter 40 (85 verses): Al-Ghafir - The Forgiver (God) AUDIO=YES
Chapter 41 (54 verses): Fussilat - Explained in detail AUDIO=YES
Chapter 42 (53 verses): Ash-Shura - Consultation AUDIO=YES
Chapter 43 (89 verses): Az-Zukhruf - Ornaments of Gold AUDIO=YES
Chapter 44 (59 verses): Ad-Dukhan - The Smoke AUDIO=YES
Chapter 45 (37 verses): Al-Jathiya - Croutching AUDIO=YES
Chapter 46 (35 verses): Al-Ahqaf - The wind-curved sandhills AUDIO=YES
Chapter 47 (38 verses): Muhammad (Peace be upon him) AUDIO=YES
Chapter 48 (29 verses): Al-Fath - The Victory, Conquest AUDIO=YES
Chapter 49 (18 verses): Al-Hujraat - The Private Apartments AUDIO=YES
Chapter 50 (45 verses): Qaf - The letter Qaf AUDIO=YES
Chapter 51 (60 verses): Adh-Dhariyat - The Winnowing Winds AUDIO=YES
Chapter 52 (49 verses): At-Tur - The Mount AUDIO=YES
Chapter 53 (62 verses): An-Najm - The Star AUDIO=YES
Chapter 54 (55 verses): Al-Qamar - The Moon AUDIO=YES
Chapter 55 (78 verses): Ar-Rahman - The Beneficent AUDIO=YES
Chapter 56 (96 verses): Al-Waqia - The Event AUDIO=YES
Chapter 57 (29 verses): Al-Hadid - The Iron AUDIO=YES
Chapter 58 (22 verses): Al-Mujadila - The pleading woman AUDIO=YES
Chapter 59 (24 verses): Al-Hashr - Exile AUDIO=YES
Chapter 60 (13 verses): Al-Mumtahina - Examining her AUDIO=YES
Chapter 61 (14 verses): As-Saff - The Ranks AUDIO=YES
Chapter 62 (11 verses): Al-Jumua - The Congregation, Friday AUDIO=YES
Chapter 63 (11 verses): Al-Munafiqoon - The Hypocrites AUDIO=YES
Chapter 64 (18 verses): At-Taghabun - Mutual Disillusion AUDIO=YES
Chapter 65 (12 verses): At-Talaq - Divorce AUDIO=YES
Chapter 66 (12 verses): At-Tahrim - Banning AUDIO=YES
Chapter 67 (30 verses): Al-Mulk - The Sovereignty AUDIO=YES
Chapter 68 (52 verses): Al-Qalam - The Pen AUDIO=YES
Chapter 69 (52 verses): Al-Haaqqa - The Reality AUDIO=YES
Chapter 70 (44 verses): Ma'arij - The Ascending Stairways AUDIO=YES
Chapter 71 (28 verses): Nooh - Prophet Nuuh AUDIO=YES
Chapter 72 (28 verses): Al-Jinn - The Jinn AUDIO=YES
Chapter 73 (20 verses): Al-Muzzammil - The Enshrouded One AUDIO=YES
Chapter 74 (56 verses): Al-Muddaththir - The Cloaked One AUDIO=YES
Chapter 75 (40 verses): Al-Qiyama - The Resurrection AUDIO=YES
Chapter 76 (31 verses): Al-Insan - The Man AUDIO=YES
Chapter 77 (50 verses): Al-Mursalat - The Emisseries AUDIO=YES
Chapter 78 (40 verses): An-Naba - The Tidings AUDIO=YES
Chapter 79 (46 verses): An-Naziat - Soul Snatchers AUDIO=YES
Chapter 80 (42 verses): Al-Abasa - He Frawned AUDIO=YES
Chapter 81 (29 verses): At-Takwir - The Overthrowing AUDIO=YES
Chapter 82 (19 verses): Al-Infitar - Bursting Apart AUDIO=YES
Chapter 83 (36 verses): Al-Mutaffifin - The Cheating AUDIO=YES
Chapter 84 (25 verses): Al-Inshiqaq - The Splitting Open AUDIO=YES
Chapter 85 (22 verses): Al-Burooj - The Constellations AUDIO=YES
Chapter 86 (17 verses): At-Tariq - The Morning Star AUDIO=YES
Chapter 87 (19 verses): Al-a'Åla - The Most High AUDIO=YES
Chapter 88 (26 verses): Al-Ghashiya - The Overwhelming AUDIO=YES
Chapter 89 (30 verses): Al-Fajr - The Dawn AUDIO=YES
Chapter 90 (20 verses): Al-Balad - The City AUDIO=YES
Chapter 91 (15 verses): Ash-Shams - The Sun AUDIO=YES
Chapter 92 (21 verses): Al-Lail, Al-Layl - The Night AUDIO=YES
Chapter 93 (11 verses): Ad-DHuha - The Morning Hours AUDIO=YES
Chapter 94 (8 verses): Al-Inshirah - Solace, Consolation, Relief AUDIO=YES
Chapter 95 (8 verses): At-Tin - The Fig AUDIO=YES
Chapter 96 (19 verses): Al-Alaq - The clot, Read AUDIO=YES
Chapter 97 (5 verses): Al-Qadr - The Power, Fate AUDIO=YES
Chapter 98 (8 verses): Al-Bayyina - The Clear Evidence AUDIO=YES
Chapter 99 (8 verses): Al-Zalzala - The Earthquake AUDIO=YES
Chapter 100 (11 verses): Al-Adiyat - The Courser, The Chargers AUDIO=YES
Chapter 101 (11 verses): Al-Qaria - The Calamity AUDIO=YES
Chapter 102 (8 verses): At-Takathur - Rivalry in world increase, competition AUDIO=YES
Chapter 103 (3 verses): Al-Asr - The Epoch AUDIO=YES
Chapter 104 (9 verses): Al-Humaza - The Traducer, The Gossipmonger AUDIO=YES
Chapter 105 (5 verses): Al-Fil - The Elephant AUDIO=YES
Chapter 106 (4 verses): Quraish - Winter AUDIO=YES
Chapter 107 (7 verses): Al-Maun - Small Kindnesses, Almsgiving AUDIO=YES
Chapter 108 (3 verses): Al-Kawthar - Abundance, Plenty AUDIO=YES
Chapter 109 (6 verses): Al-Kafiroon - Disbelievers AUDIO=YES
Chapter 110 (3 verses): An-Nasr - Divine Support AUDIO=YES
Chapter 111 (5 verses): Al-Masadd - Palm Fibre, The Flame AUDIO=YES
Chapter 112 (4 verses): Al-Ikhlas - Sincerity AUDIO=YES
Chapter 113 (5 verses): Al-Falaq - The Daybreak, Dawn AUDIO=YES
Chapter 114 (6 verses): An-Nas - Mankind AUDIO=YES