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The Qurʾān114 suras · Arabic is canonical114 texts

The whole Qurʾān is public-domain in English via Sale (1734), Rodwell (1861), Palmer (SBE, 1880) and — newly, since 1 Jan 2026 — Pickthall (1930). Only the Arabic is doctrinally canonical; these are "interpretations."

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The 114 SurasAl-Fātiḥah → An-NāsSale · Palmer · Pickthall (PD)114

1. Al-Fatihah — The Opener7 verses · Meccan2. Al-Baqarah — The Cow286 verses · Medinan3. Ali 'Imran — Family of Imran200 verses · Medinan4. An-Nisa — The Women176 verses · Medinan5. Al-Ma'idah — The Table Spread120 verses · Medinan6. Al-An'am — The Cattle165 verses · Meccan7. Al-A'raf — The Heights206 verses · Meccan8. Al-Anfal — The Spoils of War75 verses · Medinan9. At-Tawbah — The Repentance129 verses · Medinan10. Yunus — Jonah109 verses · Meccan11. Hud — Hud123 verses · Meccan12. Yusuf — Joseph111 verses · Meccan13. Ar-Ra'd — The Thunder43 verses · Medinan14. Ibrahim — Abraham52 verses · Meccan15. Al-Hijr — The Rocky Tract99 verses · Meccan16. An-Nahl — The Bee128 verses · Meccan17. Al-Isra — The Night Journey111 verses · Meccan18. Al-Kahf — The Cave110 verses · Meccan19. Maryam — Mary98 verses · Meccan20. Taha — Ta-Ha135 verses · Meccan21. Al-Anbya — The Prophets112 verses · Meccan22. Al-Hajj — The Pilgrimage78 verses · Medinan23. Al-Mu'minun — The Believers118 verses · Meccan24. An-Nur — The Light64 verses · Medinan25. Al-Furqan — The Criterion77 verses · Meccan26. Ash-Shu'ara — The Poets227 verses · Meccan27. An-Naml — The Ant93 verses · Meccan28. Al-Qasas — The Stories88 verses · Meccan29. Al-'Ankabut — The Spider69 verses · Meccan30. Ar-Rum — The Romans60 verses · Meccan31. Luqman — Luqman34 verses · Meccan32. As-Sajdah — The Prostration30 verses · Meccan33. Al-Ahzab — The Combined Forces73 verses · Medinan34. Saba — Sheba54 verses · Meccan35. Fatir — Originator45 verses · Meccan36. Ya-Sin — Ya Sin83 verses · Meccan37. As-Saffat — Those who set the Ranks182 verses · Meccan38. Sad — The Letter "Saad"88 verses · Meccan39. Az-Zumar — The Troops75 verses · Meccan40. Ghafir — The Forgiver85 verses · Meccan41. Fussilat — Explained in Detail54 verses · Meccan42. Ash-Shuraa — The Consultation53 verses · Meccan43. Az-Zukhruf — The Ornaments of Gold89 verses · Meccan44. Ad-Dukhan — The Smoke59 verses · Meccan45. Al-Jathiyah — The Crouching37 verses · Meccan46. Al-Ahqaf — The Wind-Curved Sandhills35 verses · Meccan47. Muhammad — Muhammad38 verses · Medinan48. Al-Fath — The Victory29 verses · Medinan49. Al-Hujurat — The Rooms18 verses · Medinan50. Qaf — The Letter "Qaf"45 verses · Meccan51. Adh-Dhariyat — The Winnowing Winds60 verses · Meccan52. At-Tur — The Mount49 verses · Meccan53. An-Najm — The Star62 verses · Meccan54. Al-Qamar — The Moon55 verses · Meccan55. Ar-Rahman — The Beneficent78 verses · Medinan56. Al-Waqi'ah — The Inevitable96 verses · Meccan57. Al-Hadid — The Iron29 verses · Medinan58. Al-Mujadila — The Pleading Woman22 verses · Medinan59. Al-Hashr — The Exile24 verses · Medinan60. Al-Mumtahanah — She that is to be examined13 verses · Medinan61. As-Saf — The Ranks14 verses · Medinan62. Al-Jumu'ah — The Congregation, Friday11 verses · Medinan63. Al-Munafiqun — The Hypocrites11 verses · Medinan64. At-Taghabun — The Mutual Disillusion18 verses · Medinan65. At-Talaq — The Divorce12 verses · Medinan66. At-Tahrim — The Prohibition12 verses · Medinan67. Al-Mulk — The Sovereignty30 verses · Meccan68. Al-Qalam — The Pen52 verses · Meccan69. Al-Haqqah — The Reality52 verses · Meccan70. Al-Ma'arij — The Ascending Stairways44 verses · Meccan71. Nuh — Noah28 verses · Meccan72. Al-Jinn — The Jinn28 verses · Meccan73. Al-Muzzammil — The Enshrouded One20 verses · Meccan74. Al-Muddaththir — The Cloaked One56 verses · Meccan75. Al-Qiyamah — The Resurrection40 verses · Meccan76. Al-Insan — The Man31 verses · Medinan77. Al-Mursalat — The Emissaries50 verses · Meccan78. An-Naba — The Tidings40 verses · Meccan79. An-Nazi'at — Those who drag forth46 verses · Meccan80. 'Abasa — He Frowned42 verses · Meccan81. At-Takwir — The Overthrowing29 verses · Meccan82. Al-Infitar — The Cleaving19 verses · Meccan83. Al-Mutaffifin — The Defrauding36 verses · Meccan84. Al-Inshiqaq — The Sundering25 verses · Meccan85. Al-Buruj — The Mansions of the Stars22 verses · Meccan86. At-Tariq — The Nightcommer17 verses · Meccan87. Al-A'la — The Most High19 verses · Meccan88. Al-Ghashiyah — The Overwhelming26 verses · Meccan89. Al-Fajr — The Dawn30 verses · Meccan90. Al-Balad — The City20 verses · Meccan91. Ash-Shams — The Sun15 verses · Meccan92. Al-Layl — The Night21 verses · Meccan93. Ad-Duhaa — The Morning Hours11 verses · Meccan94. Ash-Sharh — The Relief8 verses · Meccan95. At-Tin — The Fig8 verses · Meccan96. Al-'Alaq — The Clot19 verses · Meccan97. Al-Qadr — The Power5 verses · Meccan98. Al-Bayyinah — The Clear Proof8 verses · Medinan99. Az-Zalzalah — The Earthquake8 verses · Medinan100. Al-'Adiyat — The Courser11 verses · Meccan101. Al-Qari'ah — The Calamity11 verses · Meccan102. At-Takathur — The Rivalry in world increase8 verses · Meccan103. Al-'Asr — The Declining Day3 verses · Meccan104. Al-Humazah — The Traducer9 verses · Meccan105. Al-Fil — The Elephant5 verses · Meccan106. Quraysh — Quraysh4 verses · Meccan107. Al-Ma'un — The Small kindnesses7 verses · Meccan108. Al-Kawthar — The Abundance3 verses · Meccan109. Al-Kafirun — The Disbelievers6 verses · Meccan110. An-Nasr — The Divine Support3 verses · Medinan111. Al-Masad — The Palm Fiber5 verses · Meccan112. Al-Ikhlas — The Sincerity4 verses · Meccan113. Al-Falaq — The Daybreak5 verses · Meccan114. An-Nas — Mankind6 verses · Meccan

Hadith — the SunnaArabic ancient · English all ©12 texts

Every canonical Hadith collection exists in English only under modern copyright (Muhsin Khan, Siddiqui, Darussalam) — the Arabic is ancient/PD, the English is not.

Kutub al-Sittah — the Six Sunni Books6

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī (d.870)Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim (d.875)Sunan Abī Dāwūd (d.889)Jāmiʿ al-Tirmidhī (d.892)Sunan al-Nasāʾī (d.915)Sunan Ibn Mājah (d.887)

Appended Sunni collections2

Muwaṭṭaʾ Mālik (d.795)Musnad Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal (d.855)

Shia — the Four Books4

al-Kāfī (al-Kulaynī, d.941)Man lā yaḥḍuruhu al-Faqīh (al-Ṣadūq, d.991)Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām (al-Ṭūsī, d.1067)al-Istibṣār (al-Ṭūsī)

Sīra & History4 texts

The prophetic biography and early histories — no public-domain English exists.

Biography & chronicle4

Ibn Isḥāq / Ibn Hishām — Sīrat Rasūl Allāhal-Ṭabarī — History (Tārīkh)Ibn Saʿd — Kitāb al-Ṭabaqātal-Wāqidī — Kitāb al-Maghāzī

Tafsīr — commentary5 texts

The great Qurʾān commentaries: mostly untranslated, the rest modern ©.

The major commentaries5

Tafsīr al-Ṭabarī (d.923)Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr (d.1373)Tafsīr al-Jalālayn (d.1459/1505)al-Kashshāf (al-Zamakhsharī, d.1144)untranslatedMafātīḥ al-Ghayb (al-Rāzī, d.1210)untranslated

Sufi & theologythe green islands6 texts

Where the copyright wall thins — the Persian Sufi poets reached the Victorian translators.

The classics6

Rūmī — the MasnavīʿAṭṭār — Conference of the BirdsSaʿdī — Gulistān · BūstānʿUmar Khayyām — Rubáiyátal-Ghazālī — Iḥyāʾ ʿUlūm al-DīnIbn ʿArabī — Fuṣūṣ · Futūḥāt

Held in this archive awaiting placement19 texts

Texts of this tradition the archive holds that have no chip on this map and no room placement — browsable here honestly; each awaits a reviewed binding or a structure-growth pass (the stays-reception rulings of the placement program, 2026-07).