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Where each part of the Quran database comes from, the licence it carries and what we may redistribute. Restricted and unresolved terms come first.

Sources
9
Need a ruling
5
Books
9
Translations
154

Sources

5 of 9 sources are restricted or have no licence ruling yet. Their terms are shown as recorded; do not republish their content without confirming them.

  • الإعراب المفصل لكتاب الله المرتل (Bahjat Abd al-Wahid Salih), Shamela book 150578

    bahjat

    Restricted
    Licence
    not licensed for public or paid distribution
    Redistribution
    restricted · not to be republished without permission
    Notes
    ayah_irab holds this book's passages. Do not publish the text without permission.
    URL
    https://shamela.ws/book/150578
    Tables (1)
    • ayah_irab · whole table
  • Quran Foundation Content API (Quran.com)

    qf

    Unresolved
    Licence
    Quran Foundation developer terms
    Redistribution
    unresolved · no ruling yet
    Attribution
    Quran data provided by Quran Foundation. Per-edition credit in translation_meta / tafsir_meta.
    Notes
    Stored only while kept current through the Content Sync APIs (sync at least every 7 days). Redistributing the raw data as a dataset, feed or API needs a separate commercial licence; not settled.
    URL
    https://api-docs.quran.foundation
    Tables (18)
    • ayah_audio_files · whole table
    • ayahs · whole table
    • ayah_tafsirs · whole table
    • ayah_translations · whole table
    • ayah_words · whole table
    • ayah_word_translations · whole table
    • footnotes · whole table
    • languages · whole table
    • quran_answers · whole table
    • quran_question_ayahs · whole table
    • quran_questions · whole table
    • recitations · whole table
    • reciters · whole table
    • surah_audio_files · whole table
    • surah_infos · whole table
    • surahs · whole table
    • tafsir_meta · whole table
    • translation_meta · whole table
  • QUL / Tarteel (mutashabihat export, mushaf layout data)

    qul

    Unresolved
    Licence
    QUL terms (not recorded here)
    Redistribution
    unresolved · no ruling yet
    Notes
    Check the QUL terms for each resource before publishing.
    URL
    https://qul.tarteel.ai
    Tables (2)
    • ayah_mutashabihat · whole table
    • mutashabihat_phrases · whole table
  • Mushaf edition layouts and word boxes

    mushaf

    Unresolved
    Licence
    edition publishers (not recorded here)
    Redistribution
    unresolved · no ruling yet
    Notes
    Layouts from QUL, the King Fahd Complex and scanned editions; word boxes computed here. Page images stay out of the database.
    Tables (6)
    • ayah_word_edition_boxes · whole table
    • ayah_word_mushaf_positions · whole table
    • mushaf_edition_lines · whole table
    • mushaf_edition_pages · whole table
    • mushaf_editions · whole table
    • mushafs · whole table
  • Initial registry seed (origin not recorded)

    seed

    Unresolved
    Licence
    unknown
    Redistribution
    unresolved · no ruling yet
    Notes
    Reference tables with no writer in this repo. Trace each to its provider before publishing.
    Tables (14)
    • arabic_letters · whole table
    • ayah_themes · whole table
    • hizbs · whole table
    • juzs · whole table
    • manzils · whole table
    • muqattaats · whole table
    • rub_el_hizbs · whole table
    • rukus · whole table
    • sajdas · whole table
    • surah_muqattaats · whole table
    • surah_translations · whole table
    • theme_categories · whole table
    • theme_keywords · whole table
    • themes · whole table
  • Tanzil Project translations (Shakir, Sarwar, Arberry)

    tanzil

    Non-commercial only
    Licence
    Tanzil terms of use
    Redistribution
    non_commercial
    Attribution
    Source: tanzil.net, link back to https://tanzil.net/trans/ when more than three are shown.
    Notes
    Non-commercial only; redistributing the list elsewhere needs the Tanzil Project's permission. Verbatim copies, checked by gate against the source files.
    URL
    https://tanzil.net/trans/
    Tables (2)
    • ayah_translations · translation_meta.id 10001-10003
    • translation_meta · ids 10001-10003
  • Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes)

    qac

    Attribution required
    Licence
    GNU GPLv3 with terms of use
    Redistribution
    attribution
    Attribution
    The Quranic Arabic Corpus, https://corpus.quran.com, Copyright (C) 2011 Kais Dukes.
    Notes
    Terms: verbatim copies must stay unchanged, the source must be named with a link, and the notice reproduced in derived works. Morphology cells here were reviewed and corrected; syntax_graphs 1-7,373 are the unreviewed import (superseded by the book 86 layer for every ayah).
    URL
    https://corpus.quran.com
    Tables (14)
    • ayah_topics · whole table
    • ayah_word_segments · whole table
    • morphology_lemmas · whole table
    • morphology_roots · whole table
    • morphology_stems · whole table
    • parts_of_speech · whole table
    • syntax_edges · whole table
    • syntax_graph_provenance · whole table
    • syntax_graphs · whole table
    • syntax_nodes · whole table
    • syntax_phrase_types · whole table
    • syntax_relations · whole table
    • topic_relations · whole table
    • topics · whole table
  • Book 86 syntax layer (registry analysis, every claim cited)

    book86

    Our own work
    Licence
    own work
    Redistribution
    own
    Attribution
    Analysis of «إعراب القرآن الكريم» (مجموعة من المؤلفين, Dar al-Sahaba). No book text is copied: each fact stores the book id, Shamela page ids, character offsets and a quote hash.
    Notes
    Model-reviewed, not error-free. The quoted text resolves through Shamela (qg-suite); offsets are defined in quran/README.md.
    Tables (4)
    • syntax_book_edges · whole table
    • syntax_book_groundings · whole table
    • syntax_book_loads · whole table
    • syntax_book_nodes · whole table
  • Registry review, corrections and computed layers

    registry

    Our own work
    Licence
    own work
    Redistribution
    own
    Notes
    review_findings.evidence_excerpt quotes short passages of the cited books; the quoted books' redistribution terms are unresolved.
    Tables (5)
    • data_corrections · whole table
    • review_findings · whole table
    • review_runs · whole table
    • source_book_pages · whole table
    • source_books · whole table

Books cited in review

Printed books the database was read against. The findings count is the number of cell-level checks that cite the book.

Translation coverage

Ayahs with text, per translation, across 154 translations. 3 have ayahs without text and are listed first.

TranslationLanguageAyahs with textEmpty
African Development FoundationGanda6,234 / 6,2362
Kannada TranslationKannada6,170 / 6,23666
Fe Zilal al-Qur'anUrdu6,235 / 6,2361
All translations (154)
TranslationLanguageAyahs with textEmpty
Afri Translation - Mahmoud Abdulqader HamzaAfar6,236 / 6,2360
AlbanianAlbanian6,236 / 6,2360
Hasan Efendi NahiAlbanian6,236 / 6,2360
Sherif AhmetiAlbanian6,236 / 6,2360
Ramdane At MansourAmazigh6,236 / 6,2360
Amharic Translation - Africa AcademyAmharic6,236 / 6,2360
Sadiq and SaniAmharic6,236 / 6,2360
Tafsir Al-Muyasser (Arabic in Translation Mode)Arabic5,278 / 6,2360
Akan Translation (Asante) - Harun IsmailAsante6,236 / 6,2360
Shaykh Rafeequl Islam Habibur-RahmanAssamese6,236 / 6,2360
Alikhan MusayevAzeri6,236 / 6,2360
AzerbaijaniAzeri6,236 / 6,2360
Baba Mamady JaniBambara6,236 / 6,2360
Suliman KantiBambara6,236 / 6,2360
Dr. Abu Bakr Muhammad ZakariaBengali6,236 / 6,2360
Rawai Al-bayanBengali6,236 / 6,2360
Sheikh Mujibur RahmanBengali6,236 / 6,2360
Taisirul QuranBengali6,236 / 6,2360
Besim KorkutBosnian6,236 / 6,2360
Dar Al-Salam CenterBosnian6,236 / 6,2360
Muhamed MehanovićBosnian6,236 / 6,2360
Tzvetan TheophanovBulgarian6,236 / 6,2360
Cambodian Muslim Community DevelopmentCentral Khmer6,236 / 6,2360
Khmer Translation - Rowwad Translation CenterCentral Khmer6,236 / 6,2360
Magomed MagomedovChechen6,030 / 6,2360
Chinese Translation - Muhammad SulaimanChinese6,236 / 6,2360
Chinese Translation (Simplified) - Ma JianChinese6,236 / 6,2360
Muhammad MakinChinese6,236 / 6,2360
Croatian Translation - Rowwad Translation CenterCroatian6,236 / 6,2360
CzechCzech6,236 / 6,2360
Mawlawi Muhammad Anwar BadkhashaniDari6,236 / 6,2360
Abu Bakr Ibrahim Ali (Bakurube)Divehi6,236 / 6,2360
Office of the President of MaldivesDivehi6,236 / 6,2360
Dutch Translation - Rowwad Translation CenterDutch6,236 / 6,2360
Malak Faris AbdalsalaamDutch6,236 / 6,2360
Sofian S. SiregarDutch6,236 / 6,2360
A.J. ArberryEnglish6,236 / 6,2360
Al-Hilali & KhanEnglish6,236 / 6,2360
A. Maududi (Tafhim commentary)English6,236 / 6,2360
A. Yusuf AliEnglish6,236 / 6,2360
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear QuranEnglish6,236 / 6,2360
M.A.S. Abdel HaleemEnglish6,236 / 6,2360
M.H. ShakirEnglish6,236 / 6,2360
M. PickthallEnglish6,236 / 6,2360
M. SarwarEnglish6,236 / 6,2360
Saheeh InternationalEnglish6,236 / 6,2360
TransliterationEnglish6,236 / 6,2360
T. UsmaniEnglish6,236 / 6,2360
Filipino Translation (Bisayan) - Rowwad Translation CenterFilipino6,236 / 6,2360
FinnishFinnish6,236 / 6,2360
Montada Islamic FoundationFrench6,236 / 6,2360
Muhammad HamidullahFrench6,236 / 6,2360
Rashid MaashFrench6,236 / 6,2360
Rowad Translation CenterFulah6,236 / 6,2360
African Development FoundationGanda6,234 / 6,2362
Abu Reda Muhammad ibn AhmadGerman6,236 / 6,2360
Frank Bubenheim and NadeemGerman6,236 / 6,2360
Rabila Al-UmryGujarati6,236 / 6,2360
Abubakar Mahmood JummiHausa6,236 / 6,2360
Hausa Translation (Abubakar Gumi)Hausa6,236 / 6,2360
Dar Al-Salam CenterHebrew6,236 / 6,2360
Maulana Azizul Haque al-UmariHindi6,236 / 6,2360
Indonesian Islamic Affairs MinistryIndonesian6,236 / 6,2360
King Fahad Quran ComplexIndonesian6,236 / 6,2360
The Sabiq CompanyIndonesian6,236 / 6,2360
Hamza Roberto PiccardoItalian6,236 / 6,2360
Othman al-SharifItalian6,236 / 6,2360
Ryoichi MitaJapanese6,236 / 6,2360
Saeed SatoJapanese6,236 / 6,2360
Kannada TranslationKannada6,170 / 6,23666
Kannada Translation - Hamza ButurKannada6,236 / 6,2360
Khalifa AltayKazakh6,236 / 6,2360
Khalifah AltaiKazakh6,236 / 6,2360
The Rwanda Muslims Association TeamKinyarwanda6,236 / 6,2360
Hamed ChoiKorean6,236 / 6,2360
KoreanKorean6,236 / 6,2360
Burhan Muhammad-AminKurdish6,235 / 6,2360
Muhammad Saleh BamokiKurdish6,236 / 6,2360
Kyrgyz Translation - Shamsuddin HakimovKyrgyz6,236 / 6,2360
Lingala Translation - Mohammed BalangogoLingala6,236 / 6,2360
Lithuanian Translation - Rowwad Translation CenterLithuanian6,236 / 6,2360
Macedonian scholarsMacedonian6,236 / 6,2360
Abdullah Muhammad BasmeihMalay6,236 / 6,2360
Abdul-Hamid Haidar & Kanhi MuhammadMalayalam6,236 / 6,2360
Malayalam Translation (Abdul Hameed and Kunhi)Malayalam6,236 / 6,2360
Muhammad Karakunnu and Vanidas ElayavoorMalayalam6,236 / 6,2360
MaranaoMaranao6,236 / 6,2360
Muhammad Shafi’i AnsariMarathi6,236 / 6,2360
Moore Translation - Rowwad Translation CenterMoore6,236 / 6,2360
Ahl Al-Hadith Central Society of NepalNepali6,236 / 6,2360
NorwegianNorwegian6,236 / 6,2360
Ghali Apapur ApaghunaOromo6,236 / 6,2360
Pashto Translation - Rowwad Translation CenterPashto6,236 / 6,2360
Zakaria AbulsalamPashto6,236 / 6,2360
Hussein Taji Kal DariPersian6,236 / 6,2360
IslamHouse.comPersian6,236 / 6,2360
Józef BielawskiPolish6,236 / 6,2360
Helmi NasrPortuguese6,236 / 6,2360
Samir El-HayekPortuguese6,236 / 6,2360
Punjabi Translation - Arif HalimPunjabi6,236 / 6,2360
GrigoreRomanian6,236 / 6,2360
Islamic and Cultural LeagueRomanian6,236 / 6,2360
Romanian Translation - Islam4ro.comRomanian6,236 / 6,2360
Kirundi Translation - Yusuf GhetiRundi6,236 / 6,2360
Abu AdelRussian6,236 / 6,2360
Elmir KulievRussian6,236 / 6,2360
Ministry of Awqaf, EgyptRussian6,236 / 6,2360
Dar Al-Salam CenterSerbian6,236 / 6,2360
Taj Mehmood AmrotiSindhi6,236 / 6,2360
Ruwwad CenterSinhala6,236 / 6,2360
Abdullah Hassan YacoubSomali6,236 / 6,2360
Mahmud Muhammad AbduhSomali6,236 / 6,2360
Montada Islamic FoundationSpanish6,236 / 6,2360
Noor International CenterSpanish6,236 / 6,2360
Sheikh Isa GarciaSpanish6,236 / 6,2360
Ali Muhsin Al-BarwaniSwahili6,236 / 6,2360
Dr. Abdullah Muhammad Abu Bakr and Sheikh Nasir KhamisSwahili6,236 / 6,2360
Swahili Translation - Ali Muhsin Al-BarwaniSwahili6,236 / 6,2360
Swahili Translation - Rowad Translation CenterSwahili6,236 / 6,2360
Knut BernströmSwedish6,236 / 6,2360
Dar Al-Salam CenterTagalog6,236 / 6,2360
Khawaja Mirof & Khawaja MirTajik6,236 / 6,2360
Pioneers of Translation CenterTajik6,236 / 6,2360
TajikTajik6,236 / 6,2360
Abdul Hameed BaqaviTamil6,236 / 6,2360
Jan Trust FoundationTamil6,236 / 6,2360
Sheikh Omar Sharif bin Abdul SalamTamil6,236 / 6,2360
TatarTatar6,236 / 6,2360
Maulana Abder-Rahim ibn MuhammadTelugu6,236 / 6,2360
Society of Institutes and UniversitiesThai6,236 / 6,2360
Thai Translation (King Fahad Quran Complex)Thai6,236 / 6,2360
Dar Al-Salam CenterTurkish6,236 / 6,2360
Elmalili Hamdi YazirTurkish6,236 / 6,2360
Muslim ShahinTurkish6,236 / 6,2360
Shaban BritchTurkish6,236 / 6,2360
Turkish Translation (Diyanet)Turkish6,236 / 6,2360
Dr. Mikhailo YaqubovicUkrainian6,236 / 6,2360
Abul Ala Maududi(Roman Urdu)Urdu6,236 / 6,2360
Bayan-ul-QuranUrdu6,236 / 6,2360
Fatah Muhammad JalandhariUrdu6,236 / 6,2360
Fe Zilal al-Qur'anUrdu6,235 / 6,2361
Maulana Muhammad JunagarhiUrdu6,236 / 6,2360
Maulana Wahiduddin KhanUrdu6,236 / 6,2360
Shaykh al-Hind Mahmud al-Hasan (with Tafsir E Usmani)Urdu6,236 / 6,2360
Tafheem e Qur'an - Syed Abul A'la MaududiUrdu6,236 / 6,2360
Muhammad SalehUyghur6,236 / 6,2360
Alauddin MansourUzbek6,236 / 6,2360
Muhammad Sodik Muhammad YusufUzbek6,236 / 6,2360
Muhammad Sodiq Muhammad Yusuf (Latin) Uzbek6,236 / 6,2360
Uzbek Translation - Rowwad Translation CenterUzbek6,236 / 6,2360
Hasan Abdul-KarimVietnamese6,236 / 6,2360
Ruwwad CenterVietnamese6,236 / 6,2360
Abdul Hamid SilikaYau6,236 / 6,2360
Shaykh Abu Rahimah Mikael AykyuniYoruba6,236 / 6,2360

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This page lists every source behind the Quran Gallery database with its licence, attribution text, redistribution status and the tables it feeds. Terms are quoted as recorded, not paraphrased.

Below the sources are the printed books used to check the database, linked to the review findings that cite them, and the share of ayahs each translation covers.