The Meaning of the Glorious Koran


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(4.5 stars; 81 reviews)

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.


(5 stars)


(5 stars)

Handy,cool and simple great Indeed !

thanks a lot for this book


(5 stars)

Just as a book


(1 star)

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 Nazi’s “If you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it, and you will even come to believe it yourself”. 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


(0.5 stars)

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


(5 stars)

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.


(5 stars)

The state of Hyderabad played a crucial role in this translation.