The Message of the Qur'an — Muhammad Asad

All 114 surahs with Muhammad Asad's English translation, the Malayalam translation by K.C. Saleem, the Arabic text and Asad's footnotes.

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The Message of the Qur'an is Muhammad Asad's translation and commentary, first published in 1980 after a lifetime's research, and widely held to be among the most significant English renderings of the Qur'an. Asad — born Leopold Weiss in 1900 — spent years among the Bedouin of Arabia, and that grounding in classical Arabic usage shapes the translation throughout. This site carries his complete text together with the Malayalam translation by K.C. Saleem.

All 114 surahs

  1. 1. Surah Al-Fatihah — The Opening · 7 verses · Makkah
  2. 2. Surah Al-Baqarah — The Cow · 286 verses · Madinah
  3. 3. Surah Al-'Imran — The House of 'Imran · 200 verses · Madinah
  4. 4. Surah An-Nisa — Women · 176 verses · Madinah
  5. 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah — The Repast · 120 verses · Madinah
  6. 6. Surah Al-An'am — Cattle · 165 verses · Makkah
  7. 7. Surah Al-A'raf — The Faculty Of Discernment · 206 verses · Makkah
  8. 8. Surah Al-Anfal — Spoils Of War · 75 verses · Madinah
  9. 9. Surah At-Tawbah — Repentance · 129 verses · Madinah
  10. 10. Surah Yunus — Jonah · 109 verses · Makkah
  11. 11. Surah Hud — · 123 verses · Makkah
  12. 12. Surah Yusuf — Joseph · 111 verses · Makkah
  13. 13. Surah Ar-Ra'd — Thunder · 43 verses · Period Uncertain
  14. 14. Surah Ibrahim — Abraham · 52 verses · Makkah
  15. 15. Surah Al-Hijr — · 99 verses · Makkah
  16. 16. Surah An-Nahl — The Bee · 128 verses · Makkah
  17. 17. Surah Al-Isra' — The Night Journey · 111 verses · Makkah
  18. 18. Surah Al-Kahf — The Cave · 110 verses · Makkah
  19. 19. Surah Maryam — Mary · 98 verses · Makkah
  20. 20. Surah Ta Ha — O Man · 135 verses · Makkah
  21. 21. Surah Al-Anbiya — The Prophets · 112 verses · Makkah
  22. 22. Surah Al-Hajj — The Pilgrimage · 78 verses · Period Uncertain
  23. 23. Surah Al-Mu'minun — The Believers · 118 verses · Makkah
  24. 24. Surah An-Nur — The Light · 64 verses · Madinah
  25. 25. Surah Al-Furqan — The Standard Of True And False · 77 verses · Makkah
  26. 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara' — The Poets · 227 verses · Makkah
  27. 27. Surah An-Naml — The Ants · 93 verses · Makkah
  28. 28. Surah Al-Qasas, — The Story · 88 verses · Makkah
  29. 29. Surah Al-'Ankabut — The Spider · 69 verses · Period Uncertain
  30. 30. Surah Ar-Rum — The Byzantines · 60 verses · Makkah
  31. 31. Surah Luqman — · 34 verses · Makkah
  32. 32. Surah As-Sajdah — Prostration · 30 verses · Makkah
  33. 33. Surah Al-Ahzab — The Confederates · 73 verses · Madinah
  34. 34. Surah Saba- — Sheba · 54 verses · Makkah
  35. 35. Surah Al-Fatir — The Originator · 45 verses · Makkah
  36. 36. Surah Ya Sin — O Thou Human Being · 83 verses · Makkah
  37. 37. Surah As-Saffat — Those Ranged In Ranks · 186 verses · Makkah
  38. 38. Surah Sad — · 88 verses · Makkah
  39. 39. Surah Az-Zumar — The Throngs · 75 verses · Makkah
  40. 40. Surah Ghafir — Forgiving · 85 verses · Makkah
  41. 41. Surah Fussilat — Clearly Spelled Out · 54 verses · Makkah
  42. 42. Surah Ash-Shura — Consultation · 53 verses · Makkah
  43. 43. Surah Zukhruf — Gold · 89 verses · Makkah
  44. 44. Surah Ad-Dukhan — Smoke · 59 verses · Makkah
  45. 45. Surah Al-Jathiyah — Kneeling Down · 37 verses · Makkah
  46. 46. Surah Al-Ahqaf — The Sand-Dunes · 35 verses · Makkah
  47. 47. Surah Muhammad — · 38 verses · Madinah
  48. 48. Surah Al-Fath — Victory · 29 verses · Madinah
  49. 49. Surah Al-Hujurat — The Private Apartments · 18 verses · Madinah
  50. 50. Surah Qaf — · 45 verses · Makkah
  51. 51. Surah Adh-Dhariyat — The Dust-Scattering Winds · 60 verses · Makkah
  52. 52. Surah At-Tur — Mount Sinai · 49 verses · Makkah
  53. 53. Surah An-Najm — The Unfolding · 62 verses · Makkah
  54. 54. Surah Al-Qamar — The Moon · 55 verses · Makkah
  55. 55. Surah Ar-Rahman — The Most Gracious · 78 verses · Period Uncertain
  56. 56. Surah Al-Waqiah — That Which Must Come To Pass · 96 verses · Makkah
  57. 57. Surah Al-Hadid — Iron · 29 verses · Madinah
  58. 58. Surah Al-Mujadalah — The Pleading · 22 verses · Madinah
  59. 59. Surah Al-Hashr — The Gathering · 24 verses · Madinah
  60. 60. Surah Al-Mumtahanah — The Examined One · 13 verses · Madinah
  61. 61. Surah As-Saff — The Ranks · 14 verses · Madinah
  62. 62. Surah Al-Jumu'ah — The Congregation · 11 verses · Madinah
  63. 63. Surah Al-Munafiqun — The Hypocrites · 11 verses · Madinah
  64. 64. Surah At-Taghabun — Loss And Gain · 18 verses · Period Uncertain
  65. 65. Surah At-Talaq — Divorce · 12 verses · Madinah
  66. 66. Surah At-Tahrim — Prohibition · 12 verses · Madinah
  67. 67. Surah Al-Mulk — Dominion · 30 verses · Madinah
  68. 68. Surah Al-Qalam — The Pen · 52 verses · Makkah
  69. 69. Surah Al-Haqqah — The Laying-Bare Of The Truth · 52 verses · Makkah
  70. 70. Surah Al-Ma'Arij — The Ways Of Ascent · 44 verses · Makkah
  71. 71. Surah Nuh — Noah · 28 verses · Makkah
  72. 72. Surah Al-Jinn — The Unseen Beings · 28 verses · Makkah
  73. 73. Surah Al-Muzzammil — The Enwrapped One · 20 verses · Makkah
  74. 74. Surah Al-Muddaththir — The Enfolded One · 56 verses · Makkah
  75. 75. Surah Al-Qiyamah — Resurrection · 40 verses · Makkah
  76. 76. Surah Al-Insan — Man · 31 verses · Period Uncertain
  77. 77. Surah Al-Mursalat — Those Sent Forth · 50 verses · Makkah
  78. 78. Surah An-Naba — The Tiding · 40 verses · Makkah
  79. 79. Surah An-Nazi'at — Those That Rise · 46 verses · Makkah
  80. 80. Surah 'Abasa — He Frowned · 42 verses · Makkah
  81. 81. Surah At-Takwir — Shrouding In Darkness · 29 verses · Makkah
  82. 82. Surah Al-Infitar — The Cleaving Asunder · 19 verses · Makkah
  83. 83. Surah Al-Mutaffifin — Those Who Give Short Measure · 36 verses · Period Uncertain
  84. 84. Surah Al-Inshiqaq — The Splitting Asunder · 25 verses · Makkah
  85. 85. Surah Al-Buruj — The Great Constellations · 22 verses · Makkah
  86. 86. Surah At-Tariq — That Which Comes In The Night · 17 verses · Makkah
  87. 87. Surah Al-A'La — The All-Highest · 19 verses · Makkah
  88. 88. Surah Al-Ghashiyah — The Overshadowing Event · 26 verses · Makkah
  89. 89. Surah Al-Fajr — The Daybreak · 30 verses · Makkah
  90. 90. Surah Al-Balad — The Land · 20 verses · Makkah
  91. 91. Surah Ash-Shams — The Sun · 15 verses · Makkah
  92. 92. Surah Al-Layl — The Night · 21 verses · Makkah
  93. 93. Surah Ad-Duha — The Bright Morning Hours · 11 verses · Makkah
  94. 94. Surah Ash-Sharh — The Opening-Up Of The Heart · 8 verses · Makkah
  95. 95. Surah At-Tin — The Fig · 8 verses · Makkah
  96. 96. Surah Al-Alaq — The Germ-Cell · 19 verses · Makkah
  97. 97. Surah Al-Qadr — Destiny · 5 verses · Makkah
  98. 98. Surah Al-Bayyinah — The Evidence Of The Truth · 8 verses · Period Uncertain
  99. 99. Surah Al-Zalzalah — The Earthquake · 8 verses · Period Uncertain
  100. 100. Surah Al-Adiyat — The Chargers · 11 verses · Makkah
  101. 101. Surah Al-Qariah — The Sudden Calamity · 11 verses · Makkah
  102. 102. Surah At-Takathur — Greed For More And More · 8 verses · Makkah
  103. 103. Surah Al-Asr — The Flight Of Time · 3 verses · Makkah
  104. 104. Surah Al-Humazah — The Slanderer · 9 verses · Makkah
  105. 105. Surah Al-Fil — The Elephant · 5 verses · Makkah
  106. 106. Surah Quraysh — · 4 verses · Makkah
  107. 107. Surah Al-Ma'Un — Assistance · 7 verses · Makkah
  108. 108. Surah Al-Kawthar — Good In Abundance · 3 verses · Period Uncertain
  109. 109. Surah Al-Kafirun — Those Who Deny The Truth · 6 verses · Makkah
  110. 110. Surah An-Nasr — Succour · 3 verses · Makkah
  111. 111. Surah Al-Masad — The Twisted Strands · 5 verses · Makkah
  112. 112. Surah Al-Ikhlas — The Declaration Of [God's] Perfection · 4 verses · Makkah
  113. 113. Surah Al-Falaq — The Rising Dawn · 5 verses · Makkah
  114. 114. Surah An-Nas — Men · 6 verses · Makkah