The Meaning of the Glorious Koran: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, credited to Mohammed Marmaduke Pickthall, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, translated by Mohammed Marmaduke Pickthall. The Koran (Qur’an) is regarded by Muslims as the word of God (Allah) as revealed to the prophet Muhammad. It is divided into 114 chapters (surahs), arranged roughly by length. This version, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, is a widely used English translation of the Koran by a Muslim Englishman. Many Muslims, however, including Pickthall, believe that true translations of the Koran from the original Arabic are impossible, and see translations into other languages only as useful interpretations. (Summary by Leon Mire)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran
• Author credits: Mohammed Marmaduke Pickthall
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 69
• Listed recording duration: 16:28:14

Catalogue topics

• religion
• sacred text
• holy scripture
• Islam
• Koran
• Qur'an
• Quran

Opening tracks: first 24 of 69

1. 01 - Surah 001: The Opening — 0:57
2. 02 - Surah 002: The Cow — 1:04:18
3. 03 - Surah 003: The Family of 'Imran — 38:08
4. 04 - Surah 004: Women — 49:30
5. 05 - Surah 005: The Table Spread — 38:36
6. 06 - Surah 006: Cattle — 32:58
7. 07 - Surah 007: The Heights — 36:29
8. 08 - Surah 008: Spoils of War — 16:52
9. 09 - Surah 009: Repentance — 35:14
10. 10 - Surah 010: Jonah — 24:56
11. 11 - Surah 011: Hud — 29:31
12. 12 - Surah 012: Joseph — 23:07
13. 13 - Surah 013: The Thunder — 12:36
14. 14 - Surah 014: Abraham — 11:26
15. 15 - Surah 015: Stoneland — 7:40
16. 16 - Surah 016: The Bee — 27:26
17. 17 - Surah 017: Children of Israel — 17:26
18. 18 - Surah 018: The Cave — 16:53
19. 19 - Surah 019: Mary — 13:34
20. 20 - Surah 020: Ta-Ha — 18:56
21. 21 - Surah 021: The Prophets — 16:00
22. 22 - Surah 022: The Pilrimage — 18:13
23. 23 - Surah 023: The Believers — 14:39
24. 24 - Surah 024: The Light — 13:46

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