- Ever wondered why no one has been able to answer the challenge of Quran: to produce a single Surah like it? Well these websites will help you understand Inshallah. You will learn about Quran’s unmatched unique style, rhetorical techniques, the choice and order of words and much more
- Learn about all of the amazing scientific miracles in the Quran. Quran mentions many facts from biology, astronomy and many other fields of science – many of which were discovered recently and weren’t known in the Prophets (SAW) time!
A word of caution: We shouldn’t take these as main evidence for us to believe in Islam but these should be supporting evidences. This is because scientific research keeps on changing over time.
Where can I learn about the miracles of the quran
October 26, 2009 — Abu AbdullahWhere can I listen to Quran Recitation with Translation
October 16, 2009 — Abu Abdullah- Listen to quranic recitation with translation in english:
- On this website, if you scroll to the bottom, you will see a section for “Recitations with translations”. They have very comprehensive collection.
http://quranicaudio.com/ - If you want to have more control, for example be able to listen from anywhere in the surah by selecting verse by verse, go to the site, launch quran explorer and in the translation drop down (on the right side) select the “Eng-Pictall-Audio”
http://quranexplorer.com/ - Like the previous one, this one lets you select the surah and the verse but whats different here is that it will only play the english translation and not the arabic one with it. Go to options and select “Ibrahim Walk” as the recitation
http://lightuponlight.com/QuranReader/
- On this website, if you scroll to the bottom, you will see a section for “Recitations with translations”. They have very comprehensive collection.
- Listen to the recitation with the urdu translation
- If you want to have more control, for example be able to listen from anywhere in the surah by selecting verse by verse, go to the site, launch quran explorer and in the translation drop down (on the right side) select the “Urdu-Jalandhary-Audio”
http://quranexplorer.com/ - This one lets you download the entire surahs recitation with urdu translation. Go to Audio menu at the top then “Quran Urdu Translation” and you will see the available translations.
http://www.quranurdu.com/
- If you want to have more control, for example be able to listen from anywhere in the surah by selecting verse by verse, go to the site, launch quran explorer and in the translation drop down (on the right side) select the “Urdu-Jalandhary-Audio”
Where can I find the index and topics of the Quran
July 16, 2009 — Abu Abdullah- Listing of various topics of the quran categorized under different sections in English and Urdu
- Index of the Quran from A to Z with links to the verses
Where can I learn about quranic grammar and vocabulary
June 6, 2009 — Abu Abdullah- List ALL the roots used in Al Quran, including possible meanings (from Several Classical Arabic dictionaries/lexicons), gives All examples of usage (allowing cross-reference) and detailed grammar information for every word used.
- Compilation of 80% words of quran. Its amazing how the list can fit on just 28 pages. This list if compiled in many languages.
- Presents the meanings of the Arabic words of the Qur’aan in the order of their occurrence arranged by the Surahs. Subhanallah, if you take out the repeated words, the total number of words in Qur’aan may well be less than 2000!
- (New) This is one of the best resource if you want to understand quranic grammar. This websites gives a word by word translation and for every word, it will give you things like: grammar structure such as part of speech and how its used in different forms in other verses!
- Arabic English Dictionary:
- Dictionary of Koran by J. Penrice:http://www.ghazali.org/books/penrise-1873.pdf
- Wortbat Porter 4th edition Arabic-English Dictionary: http://www.ghazali.org/books/wortbat-porter-4thed.pdf
- Al-Mawrid – rowhi ba`albaki http://www.ghazali.org/books/mawrid-95-7th-rbaal.pdf
Where can I read word for word Quran Translation?
April 19, 2009 — Abu Abdullah- All of these are almost same with slight differences between them. In my opinion, alhuda’s translations are better especially for those who want to learn the arabic grammar as well.
- Word for Word translation in Urdu
- Word for Word translation – non pdf version. Lets you play the audio as well as click on each word and hear its pronounciation. Also lets you navigate so you can jump to any verse of any specified surah
- (New) You can listen to the word by word translation from Uztazah Farhat Hashmi course. The best thing is that you can now listen to the word by word translation of a single verse or verses.
How can I read Quran on my mobile device
April 7, 2009 — Abu Abdullah- IQuran – As the name suggest, this program lets you read Quran with translation and listen to audio on your IPhone. Muhsin Khan, Yousuf Ali and Pictall are the ones supported now
- Quran for other mobile phones. Same company as IQuran above and with similar features
- (New)Quran with Urdu and English translation for IPhone and PDA’s. Go the bottom of the website
If you know of other good programs for mobile devices, please post in the comments
Where can I learn and practise tajweed
March 17, 2009 — Abu Abdullah- This is a very comprehensive resource to learn tajweed. There are many audio and video series on makharij and tajweed rules
- This is a lecture series by Shaikh Yasir Qadhi teaching the full tajweed from makharij to tajweed rules. In the begining of each lecture, he goes over some related topics as well
- The entire recitation of the quran with tajweed by a sister at Al-Huda. The sister recites first and then the students recite back
- A scanned tajweed book in urdu
- Qari Mohammad Siddique Minshawi recitation of juzz 30. He recited first and then the children recite back to him. Good way to practise your tajweed with
- “Nurani Qaida” online. The best part is that you can click on the alphabets and it will pronounce the letters for you. Good way to learn and pracitse makharij
- This one is really nice. You click on the arabic letter and it will show you the actual tongue movement and direction. A very good way to find the proper mkaharij. However, in the demo, it will only show you for first 5 or 6 letters and you will have to register for free to get access to all the letters
- Various tajweed topics are discussed on this site. There are also rules for the 10 qiraa’at (recitations)!
- Use this website to listen to each word of the sura with tajweed. Select a surah from Juzz 30 and simply click the invidual word of the sura to hear it being recited with tajweed
- Tajweed rules described in detail with color coded examples from the quran
- (New) Practise from the tajweed quran. This website has the scanned images of tajweed quran. You can view the individual pages or use the slideshow mode.
Where can I listen to tafseer lectures
February 27, 2009 — Abu Abdullah- Taleem Al-Quran 2005 by Ustaza Farhat Hashmi. Lectures have both word analysis and tafseer and are in Urdu
- Taleem Al-Quran 2008 by Hijab Iqbal in English
- Taleem Al-Quran 2007 by Ustaza Farhat Hashmi. This is an on going course. New lectures are frequently put on the website. This is in urdu as well.
- Tafseer of Surah Yousuf by Sheikh Yasir Qadhi
- New video lectures:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlFPWpR8F50&feature=channel
- Old (i.e. recorded few years ago) audio lectures: http://www.audioislam.com/?subcategory=Tafseer (scroll down)
- Explanation of Tafseer Al Saadi written by Al Imam Abdul-Rahman Bin Naser Al Saadi. This is thematic tafseer.
- (New) Tafseer of Juzz Amma (30 Juzz) by Br Nauman from the Bayyinah Institute. The good thing about him is that he also shares gems by looking at it from arabic language terms. Go to the bottom of the page to see the recordings.
Do you know of other good tafseer lectures? Post it in the comments of this post
Where can I read Quran with Translation?
February 12, 2009 — Abu Abdullah- This website has shaih internation translation which I consider to be the best one available. It also lets you search the quran as well as play the audio by select the verse
- These websites have good look and feel and simulate a real reading experience such as the ability to “flip” the pages and zoom. The last one has color coded tajweed as well as madina mushaf.
- This one claims to have verified the actual verses and has the right harakahs and symbols. It also lets you search by root words and play the audio
- this one has translation in many languages
- Has translation in many languages and recitations from various recitors especially in Urdu
- Word for Word Quran translation
- Quran in PDF. These are ideal for offline use i.e. without internet connection.
- Entire Quran in Arabic without translationhttp://www.quranpda.com/Quran_Arabic_InPak_PDF.zip
- Quran with Urdu Translationhttp://www.quranpda.com/Quran_Arabic_Urdu_PDF.zip
- Quran with English Translationhttp://www.quranpda.com/Quran_Arabic_Eng_PDF.zip
- (New) You can read the Quran in many languages all at once side by side. This website also has shaheeh international translation. The website is very simple and easy to use
- (New) Quran translation from the printing press in Medina. You can read the translation in English, Urdu and in other languages
Where can I listen to and download the recitations?
February 12, 2009 — Abu Abdullah- Most of the recitations from known Qura’a can be found on these website:
- This website lets you download the mp3 for a single verse itself. So you select the reciter, select the surah and then select the verse that you want to download
- This website lets you play the recitations. The advantage here is that you can start the recitation from a particular verse. Click on options to select the reciter.
- This site lets you choose from about 100 different reciters. It includes both the well-known famous ones to those who are not so well-known, but good. For the famous qaris, you can choose 2 or 3 different qiraat that they recite in: warsh, qaloon,Al bazzi, mujawwad, etc
According to many scholars, if you want to improve your tajweed listen to the masters such as Abdul Basit and Husaree
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