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THE MEANING OF
The Glorious Koran
AN EXPLANATORY TRANSLATION
BY
MARMADUKE PICKTHALL
LONDON
GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN LTD
MUSEUM STREET
LIST OF SÛRAHS
| Number | Name | Where revealed | Page |
| I. | The Opening | Mecca | 20 |
| II. | The Cow | Al-Madînah | 22 |
| III. | The Family of 'Imrân | Al-Madînah | 65 |
| IV. | Women | Al-Madînah | 91 |
| V. | The Table Spread | Al-Madînah | 117 |
| VI. | Cattle | Mecca | 136 |
| VII. | The Heights | Mecca | 157 |
| VIII. | Spoils Of War | Al-Madînah | 180 |
| IX. | Repentance | Al-Madînah | 191 |
| X. | Jonah | Mecca | 209 |
| XI. | Hûd | Mecca | 222 |
| XII. | Joseph | Mecca | 236 |
| XIII. | The Thunder | Mecca | 248 |
| XIV. | Abraham | Mecca | 255 |
| XV. | Al-Ḥijr | Mecca | 261 |
| XVI. | The Bee | Mecca | 268 |
| XVII. | The Children of Israel | Mecca | 282 |
| XVIII. | The Cave | Mecca | 294 |
| XIX. | Mary | Mecca | 307 |
| XX. | Țâ Hâ | Mecca | 316 |
| XXI. | The Prophets | Mecca | 328 |
| XXII. | The Pilgrimage | Al-Madînah | 338 |
| XXIII. | The Believers | Mecca | 348 |
| XXIV. | Light | Al-Madînah | 357 |
| XXV. | The Criterion | Mecca | 366 |
| XXVI. | The Poets | Mecca | 373 |
| XXVII. | The Ant | Mecca | 385 |
| XXVIII. | The Story | Mecca | 394 |
| XXIX. | The Spider | Mecca | 404 |
| XXX. | The Romans | Mecca | 411 |
| XXXI. | Luqmân | Mecca | 419 |
| XXXII. | The Prostration | Mecca | 423 |
| XXXIII. | The Clans | Al-Madînah | 426 |
| XXXIV. | Saba | Mecca | 438 |
| XXXV. | The Angels | Mecca | 444 |
| XXXVI. | Yâ Sîn | Mecca | 450 |
| XXXVII. | Those who set the Ranks | Mecca | 456 |
| XXXVIII. | Șad | Mecca | 465 |
| XXXIX. | The Troops | Mecca | 472 |
| XL. | The Believer | Mecca | 481 |
| XLI. | Fușilat | Mecca | 490 |
| XLII. | Counsel | Mecca | 496 |
| XLIII. | Ornaments of Gold | Mecca | 502 |
| XLIV. | Smoke | Mecca | 509 |
| XLV. | Crouching | Mecca | 513 |
| XLVI. | The Wind-curved Sandhills | Mecca | 517 |
| XLVII. | Muhammad | Al-Madînah | 522 |
| XLVIII. | Victory | Al-Madînah | 527 |
| XLIX. | The Private Apartments | Al-Madînah | 533 |
| L. | Qâf | Mecca | 536 |
| LI. | The Winnowing Winds | Mecca | 540 |
| LII. | The Mount | Mecca | 544 |
| LIII. | The Star | Mecca | 548 |
| LIV. | The Moon | Mecca | 552 |
| LV. | The Beneficent | Mecca | 556 |
| LVI. | The Event | Mecca | 561 |
| LVII. | Iron | Al-Madînah | 565 |
| LVIII. | She that disputeth | Al-Madînah | 570 |
| LIX. | Exile | Al-Madînah | 574 |
| LX. | She that is to be examined | Al-Madînah | 578 |
| LXI. | The Ranks | Al-Madînah | 582 |
| LXII. | The Congregation | Al-Madînah | 584 |
| LXIII. | The Hypocrites | Al-Madînah | 586 |
| LXIV. | Mutual Disillusion | Mecca | 588 |
| LXV. | Divorce | Al-Madînah | 591 |
| LXVI. | Banning | Mecca | 594 |
| LXVII. | The Sovereignty | Mecca | 598 |
| LXVIII. | The Pen | Mecca | 601 |
| LXIX. | The Reality | Mecca | 604 |
| LXX. | The Ascending Stairways | Mecca | 607 |
| LXXI. | Noah | Mecca | 610 |
| LXXII. | The Jinn | Mecca | 613 |
| LXXIII. | The Enshrouded One | Mecca | 616 |
| LXXIV. | The Cloaked One | Mecca | 618 |
| LXXV. | The Rising of the Dead | Mecca | 621 |
| LXXVI. | "Time" or "Man" | Mecca | 623 |
| LXXVII. | The Emissaries | Mecca | 626 |
| LXXVIII. | The Tidings | Mecca | 629 |
| LXXIX. | "Those Who Drag Forth" | Mecca | 631 |
| LXXX. | "He Frowned" | Mecca | 634 |
| LXXXI. | The Overthrowing | Mecca | 636 |
| LXXXII. | The Cleaving | Mecca | 638 |
| LXXXIII. | Defrauding | Mecca | 640 |
| LXXXIV. | The Sundering | Mecca | 642 |
| LXXXV. | The Mansions of the Stars | Mecca | 644 |
| LXXXVI. | The Morning Star | Mecca | 646 |
| LXXXVII. | The Most High | Mecca | 648 |
| LXXXVIII. | The Overwhelming | Mecca | 649 |
| LXXXIX. | The Dawn | Mecca | 651 |
| XC. | The City | Mecca | 653 |
| XCI. | The Sun | Mecca | 654 |
| XCII. | The Night | Mecca | 655 |
| XCIII. | The Morning Hours | Mecca | 656 |
| XCIV. | Solace | Mecca | 657 |
| XCV. | The Fig | Mecca | 658 |
| XCVI. | The Clot | Mecca | 659 |
| XCVII. | Power | Mecca | 661 |
| XCVIII. | The Clear Proof | Al-Madînah | 662 |
| XCIX. | The Earthquake | Mecca | 663 |
| C. | The Coursers | Mecca | 664 |
| CI. | The Calamity | Mecca | 665 |
| CII. | Rivalry in Worldly Increase | Mecca | 666 |
| CIII. | The Declining Day | Mecca | 667 |
| CIV. | The Traducer | Mecca | 668 |
| CV. | The Elephant | Mecca | 669 |
| CVI. | "Winter" or "Qureysh" | Mecca | 670 |
| CVII. | Small Kindnesses | Mecca | 671 |
| CVIII. | Abundance | Mecca | 672 |
| CIX. | The Disbelievers | Mecca | 673 |
| CX. | Succour | Al-Madînah | 674 |
| CXI. | Palm Fibre | Mecca | 675 |
| CXII. | The Unity | Mecca | 676 |
| CXIII. | The Daybreak | Mecca | 677 |
| CXIV. | Mankind | Mecca | 678 |
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TO HIS EXALTED HIGHNESS THE NIZAM
the translator expresses his gratitude for the most generous grant of leave which enabled him this to complete this work while in His Exalted Highness's service.
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