# The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930)

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THE MEANING OF
The Glorious Koran
AN EXPLANATORY TRANSLATION
BY
MARMADUKE PICKTHALL
LONDON
GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN LTD
MUSEUM STREET
Translator's Foreword
Introduction
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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