Sources and attribution

Everything this site draws on, with its publisher and terms of use.

Read the Quran

  • Electronic Mosaf Project (Ayat)

    Publisher: Electronic Technology Centre, King Saud University, Riyadh

    Languages: English, العربية, Español, Français, Português, Deutsch, Русский, 中文, Bahasa Indonesia

    A Quran reader from King Saud University, a Saudi government institution. It pairs a scanned Madinah mushaf with your choice of translation and Husary's recitation.

    Licence terms

    No terms or reuse page found; there is no link to one anywhere on the reader. The page carries a credits line instead: "Special thanks to King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Qur'an (source of Quran images files), Tanzil.net (source of Quran text and translations), mosshaf.com (source of Tafasir (explanations)) and Verse by Verse Quran (source of recitations audio files)", followed by "Disclaimer: No translation of Quran can be a hundred percent accurate, nor it can be used as a replacement of the Quran text." Treat as: no explicit terms found; linking only. Note the translations are redistributed from Tanzil.net, so Tanzil's own terms govern the text.

  • Encyclopedia of the Noble Quran (QuranEnc)

    Publisher: Noor International Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Languages: English, العربية, Español, Français, Português, Deutsch, Русский, 中文, हिन्दी, Bahasa Indonesia

    A library of Quran translations published by the Noor International Center in Riyadh. It is the only source here that carries a translation in every language this site is published in, each at its own address.

    Licence terms

    Explicit reuse terms published in the "Terms and Policies" panel on https://quranenc.com/en/home. Verbatim: "Contents of the translations can be downloaded and re-published, with the following terms and conditions: 1. No modification, addition, or deletion of the content. 2. Clearly referring to the publisher and the source (QuranEnc.com). 3. Mentioning the version number when re-publishing the translation. 4. Keeping the transcript information inside the document. 5. Notifying the source (QuranEnc.com) of any note on the translation. 6. Updating the translation according to the latest version issued from the source (QuranEnc.com). 7. Inappropriate advertisements must not be included when displaying translations of the meanings of the Noble Quran."

  • IslamHouse

    Publisher: Islamic Propagation Office in Rabwah, a cooperative dawah office in Riyadh supervised by the Ministry of Islamic Affairs

    Languages: English, العربية, Español, Français, Português, Deutsch, Русский, 中文, हिन्दी, Bahasa Indonesia

    A large library of books, articles and audio introducing Islam, run by a dawah office in Riyadh under the supervision of the Saudi Ministry of Islamic Affairs. It publishes in every language this site covers.

    Licence terms

    No explicit reuse or copyright terms found. The only policy document linked from the site is a privacy policy at https://d1.islamhouse.com/html/policy.htm, which covers visitor data and says nothing about republishing. The site's own "About Us" link (https://d1.islamhouse.com/data//ar/about/index.html) returns HTTP 404. Treat as: no explicit terms found; linking only.

  • King Fahd Glorious Quran Printing Complex, translations of the meanings of the Quran

    Publisher: King Fahd Glorious Quran Printing Complex, Madinah (Saudi Ministry of Islamic Affairs)

    Languages: English, العربية, Español, Français, Português, Deutsch, Русский, 中文, हिन्दी, Bahasa Indonesia

    The Saudi state publisher of the printed mushaf and of official translations of its meanings, part of the Ministry of Islamic Affairs in Madinah. It is listed here for the record: its catalogue offers no per-language address to send a reader to.

    Licence terms

    No reuse or copyright terms page found. The only policy document on the site is https://qurancomplex.gov.sa/privacypolicy/ (fetched, HTTP 200), which is a privacy policy for the Complex's websites and is silent on republishing. Treat as: no explicit terms found; linking only.

  • Quran.com

    Publisher: Quran Foundation

    Languages: English, العربية, Español, Français, Português, Русский, 中文, Bahasa Indonesia

    A widely used Quran reader from the Quran Foundation, an independent non-profit rather than a government body. Each language it supports has its own edition of the reader.

    Licence terms

    Full terms at https://quran.com/terms-and-conditions (fetched, HTTP 200), titled "END USER SOFTWARE LICENSE AND TERMS OF SERVICE AGREEMENT". It governs use of the service rather than granting content redistribution rights, so the safe reading is linking only. Privacy policy at https://quran.com/privacy, organisation background at https://quran.com/about-us, both HTTP 200.

Cited on the introduction pages

Artwork

  • Quran.svg (Wikimedia Commons)

    Quran mark by Viiticus, from Wikimedia Commons, restyled as a single-colour drawing.

    Licence terms

    Viiticus, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/), via Wikimedia Commons. Modified: recoloured to a single fill and simplified.