Online Quran Project

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The Online Quran Project (OQP) (sometimes spelled as Online Qur’an Project/Online Qur’ān Project) is a Qur’anic project launched in late 2007, aiming to provide an online, multilingual searchable Qur’an text with worldwide translations. The site is translated into several languages, as it is used by Muslims and non-Muslims worldwide. The Online Quran Project is the first website to offer a Qur’an text with full diacritics (tajweed) rules.

History

The Online Qur’an Project originated 2007, when co-founder Iman Mohammad Kashi was looking for different Qur'an translation online. With access to limited number of translation online, he first started to undergo a project to collect and distribute different translation. After some time he decided to make his work public and Kashi, along with co-founder Uwe Hideki Matzen, founded the Online Quran Project in November 2007. Some year after the release of the first version a major updated was added, to supply the growing demand and features request. Mid 2008 the project had collected and distributed more than 100 translation in over 20 different languages. In late April 2010 the project was released in its second version that supported notes and comments (tafsir) to a wide range of translations. In February 2008 the Ahmadiyya movement in Denmark was requested to make the first full Danish Qur’an[1] translation public available. The Sunni Imam Abdul Wahid Reino Arild Pedersen was in June 2008 consulted about the project and made some suggestions. The Al-Furqaan Foundation[2] and Tahrike Tarsile Qur’an[3], Inc. was also contacted in hope of contributing translation with commentaries. In March 2009 the Spanish Qur’an translator, Raúl González Bórnez, granted permission to include the first translation with commentaries – this translation was made available by the Ministry of foreign affairs, Islamic Republic of Iran[4]. September same year, Edip Yuksel,[5] the translator of ‘Quran - A Reformist Translation’ also made the translation with commentaries available for the Online Quran Project.[6] As of May 2010 the project site is restoring the original translation with commentaries by the well-known English Qur’an translator Abdullah Yusuf Ali.[7] Online websites,[8][9] resources pages,[10][11] and academic sites[12] and books[13] are in growing numbers referring to the Online Quran Project.

Qur’an Text

Today, one finds quite a number of typographical errors in the Qur’anic texts publicly available online, mainly due to the following:

  • Missing Diacritics
  • Text Conversion
  • Technical Difficulties

Online Quran Project make use of the following Al-Qur’an text, with including

  • Superscript alifs [dagger alif] (like in عَلىٰ),
  • Pause marks (like ۖ and Sajda)
  • Rub al-hizb signs (۞).

Qur’an Translation Text

A wide number of translations exist at the Online Quran Project:

Albanian Translation

  • Feti Mehdiu
  • Hasan Efndi Nahi
  • Shrif/Sherif Ahmeti

Azerbaijani Translation

  • Vasim Məmmədəliyev-Ziya Bünyadov

Bengali Translation

  • Saudi Qur'an Institute (مؤسسة القرآن السعودية)

Bosnian Translation

  • Besim Korkut
  • Mustafa Mlivo
  • Transliteration

Czech Translation

  • A.R. Nykl
  • Ivan Hrbek

Chinese Translation

  • Hong Kong Islamic Youth Association

Danish Translation

  • (A. S. Madsen)

Dutch Translation

  • Salomo Keyzer
  • Sofian S. Siregar

English Translation

  • Abdel Haleem, M.A.S.
  • Ali Quli Qara'i (‘Alī Qulī Qarā’ī)
  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali (عبد الله يوسف علي)
  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali (عبد الله يوسف علي) original
  • Ahmed Ali (أحمد علي)
  • Aisha Bewley
  • Ali Ünal
  • Amatul Rahman Omar
  • Arthur John Arberry
  • Bijan Moeinian
  • Edward Henry Palmer
  • Faridul Haque
  • George Sale
  • Hamid S. Aziz
  • Hassan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
  • Abul Ala Moududi
  • Hilali & Khan
  • J. M. Rodwell
  • M. Ahmed & Samira
  • M. A. S. Abdel Haleem
  • Mirza Abul Fazl
  • Hashim Amir Ali
  • Ghulam Ahmed Parwez
  • Muhammad Asad
  • M. Mahoud Ghali
  • Muhammad Taqi Usmani|Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani
  • M. H. Shakir (م. هـ. شاكر)
  • Maulana Muhammad Ali
  • M. Marmaduke William Pickthall (محمد بيكهال)
  • Muhammad Sarwar (محمد سروار)
  • Rashad Khalifa
  • Shabbir Ahmed (QXP)
  • Sher Ali
  • Syed V. Ahamed
  • Umm Muhammad (Saheed International)
  • Tahir al-Qadri (محمد طاہر القادری)
  • T. B. Irving (Hajj Ta'lim Ali Abu Nasr)
  • Transliteration
  • Free Minds (Progressive Muslims)
  • Servant of God "The Majestic Reading: Quran"

Finnish Translation

  • Z. I. Ahsen Böre

French Translation

  • Muhammad Hamidullah (محمد حميد الله)
  • Jean-Louis Michon
  • Kazimirski Biberstein

German Translation

  • Al-Azhar Islamic University
  • Adel Theodor Khoury
  • Amir Muhammad Adib Zaidan (أمير محمد أديب زيدان)
  • Abdullah as-Samit/Frank Bubenheim & Nadeem Elyas (نديم إلياس‎)
  • Muhammad Ahmad Rassoul (محمد أحمد رسول)

Hausa Translation

  • Saudi Qur'an Institute (مؤسسة القرآن السعودية)

Indonesian Translation

  • Government version

Italian Translation

  • Hamza Roberto Piccardo

Japanese Translation

  • Saudi Qur'an Institute (مؤسسة القرآن السعودية)

Korean Translation

  • Saudi Qur'an Institute (مؤسسة القرآن السعودية)

Malay Translation

  • Abdullah Muhammad Basmeih (عبد الله محمد ب.)

Malayalam Translation

  • Cheriyamundam Abdul Hameed & Kunhumohammed Parappur

Maranao Translation

  • AbdulAziz Guro Alim Saromantang (عبد العزيز غ. س.)

Norwegian Translation

  • Einar Berg
  • Tahir al-Qadri

Persian Translation

  • Mohammad Mehdi Fuladvand (مهدی فولادوند)
  • Hussain Ansarian (حسین انصاریان)
  • Mahdi Elahi Ghomshei (مهدی الهی قمشه‌ای)
  • Naser Makarem Shirazi (ناصر مکارم شیرازی)

Polish Translation

  • Jana Murzy Tarak Buczackiego
  • Józef Bielawski

Portuguese Translation

  • Samir El-Hayek

Romanian Translation

  • George Grigore

Russian Translation

  • Sumaja Muhammad Afifi & Abdel' Salam al-Mansi (Сумайя Мухаммад Афифи & Абдель Салям эль-Манси) (سمية محمد عفيفي & عبد السلام المنسي)
  • Kuliev E. (Эльмир Кулиев)
  • M.-N.O. Osmanov (М.-Н.О. Османов)
  • V. Porokhova (Валерия Порохова)

Sindhi Translation

  • Saudi Qur'an Institute (مؤسسة القرآن السعودية)

Somali Translation

  • Saudi Qur'an Institute (مؤسسة القرآن السعودية)

Spanish Translation

  • Abdel Ghani Melara Navio (عبد الغني م.ن.)
  • Julio Cortes
  • La Asociación Estudiantil Musulmana de Oregon State University
  • Raúl González Bórnez
  • Muhammad Asad (محمد أسد) - translated from original English

Swahili Translation

  • Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Swedish Translation

  • Mohammed Knut Bernström (محمد كنوت ب.)
  • Rashad Khalifa (رشاد خليفة)

Tatar Translation

  • Yakub Ibn Nugman (يعقوب بن نقمان)

Turkish Translation

  • Abdülbâki Gölpinarli
  • Alİ Bulaç
  • Elmalili Mohammad Hamdí Yazir
  • Süleyman Ateş
  • Diyanet İşleri
  • Diyanet Vakfı
  • Edip Yüksel
  • Suat Yıldırım
  • Süleyman Ateş
  • Transliteration I
  • Transliteration II
  • Yasar Nuri Ozturk (Öztürk Meali)

Urdu Translation

  • Ahmed Rida Khan ( احمد رضا خان)
  • Abul A'la Maudoodi (ابوالاعلٰی مودودی)
  • Ahmed Ali (احمد علی لاہوری)
  • Ashraf Ali Thanvi (اشرف علی تھانوی)
  • Mehmood ul Hasan Khan (محمود الحسن)
  • Fateh Muhammad Jalandhry (فتح محمد جالندھری)
  • Muhammed Taqi Usmani (محمد تقی عثمانی)
  • Tahir al-Qadri (محمد طاہر القادری)

Most of the translation are available public for download and use at Online Quran Project Community Site.

Uzbek Translation

  • Sheikh Muhammad Sodiq Muhammad Yusuf
  • Sheikh Alouddin Mansur
  • Sheikh Abdulaziz Mansur

See Also

  • Qur'an - A hub page that leads to other articles related to the Qur'an

External Links

References

  1. ↑ The translation by Abdus Salaam Madsen. This translation was the first and only translation to exists in Danish in more than 20 year. First with the "Koranen i ny dansk oversættelse" (The Quran in a new Danish translation) by Ellen Wullf, published late 2006 there existed more than one full Danish translation of the Qur’an.
  2. ↑ Non-profit organization, Islamic dawah organization with the aim of working towards spreading the message of Islam to all of mankind. - see Al-Furqaan Foundation - About.
  3. ↑ Most famously know for publishing the widely accept translation by Shakir and somewhat controversial Shi'a twelver tafsir, "The Holy Quran", translated by Sayyed Mir Ahmed Ali with a comprehensive introduction and commentary by Ayatullah Mirza Mahdi Puya Yazdi.
  4. ↑ It is now available at the Ministry of foreign affairs website.
  5. ↑ Dr. Edip Yuksel, is a prominent member of the Submitters, who are followers of Rashad Khalifa. See Debate - Edip Yuksel vs. Ali Sina
  6. ↑ In September 2009 three quranic project online received a mail with the translation (revised version) - see e.g. Quranix.
  7. ↑ More information about the restoring process and the digitalized text is to be found at the Community Site for the Online Quran Project.
  8. ↑ Tanzil Project
  9. ↑ IQRA Technologies Ltd.
  10. ↑ eHow, How to Learn the Quran Quickly.
  11. ↑ WikiIslam - Qur'an (definition).
  12. ↑ [1] - see the quranic corpus at the site, lead by the University of Leeds - Language Resource Group.
  13. ↑ Nancy Lee, 2009, "Lyrics of Lament: From Tragedy to Transformation", Fortress Press.
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