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All scripture on this site is in the public domain. The Bible is the King James Version (1611); the Qur’an is presented in Arabic alongside a public-domain English translation; the Bhagavad Gita, Dhammapada, Tao Te Ching, and Rigveda are curated selections from Sir Edwin Arnold, F. Max Müller, James Legge, and R. T. H. Griffith respectively.

The Bible66 books
Christianity

The Bible

Old + New Testament (KJV, 1611)

The Torah5 books
Judaism

The Torah

The first five books (JPS / KJV)

The Qur'an114 books
Islam

The Qur'an

Arabic with English translation

Surah 1: Al-Fatihah (The Opener)
1 chapter
Surah 2: Al-Baqarah (The Cow)
1 chapter
Surah 3: Ali 'Imran (Family of Imran)
1 chapter
Surah 4: An-Nisa (The Women)
1 chapter
Surah 5: Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread)
1 chapter
Surah 6: Al-An'am (The Cattle)
1 chapter
Surah 7: Al-A'raf (The Heights)
1 chapter
Surah 8: Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War)
1 chapter
Surah 9: At-Tawbah (The Repentance)
1 chapter
Surah 10: Yunus (Jonah)
1 chapter
Surah 11: Hud (Hud)
1 chapter
Surah 12: Yusuf (Joseph)
1 chapter
Surah 13: Ar-Ra'd (The Thunder)
1 chapter
Surah 14: Ibrahim (Abraham)
1 chapter
Surah 15: Al-Hijr (The Rocky Tract)
1 chapter
Surah 16: An-Nahl (The Bee)
1 chapter
Surah 17: Al-Isra (The Night Journey)
1 chapter
Surah 18: Al-Kahf (The Cave)
1 chapter
Surah 19: Maryam (Mary)
1 chapter
Surah 20: Taha (Ta-Ha)
1 chapter
Surah 21: Al-Anbya (The Prophets)
1 chapter
Surah 22: Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage)
1 chapter
Surah 23: Al-Mu'minun (The Believers)
1 chapter
Surah 24: An-Nur (The Light)
1 chapter
Surah 25: Al-Furqan (The Criterion)
1 chapter
Surah 26: Ash-Shu'ara (The Poets)
1 chapter
Surah 27: An-Naml (The Ant)
1 chapter
Surah 28: Al-Qasas (The Stories)
1 chapter
Surah 29: Al-'Ankabut (The Spider)
1 chapter
Surah 30: Ar-Rum (The Romans)
1 chapter
Surah 31: Luqman (Luqman)
1 chapter
Surah 32: As-Sajdah (The Prostration)
1 chapter
Surah 33: Al-Ahzab (The Combined Forces)
1 chapter
Surah 34: Saba (Sheba)
1 chapter
Surah 35: Fatir (Originator)
1 chapter
Surah 36: Ya-Sin (Ya Sin)
1 chapter
Surah 37: As-Saffat (Those who set the Ranks)
1 chapter
Surah 38: Sad (The Letter "Saad")
1 chapter
Surah 39: Az-Zumar (The Troops)
1 chapter
Surah 40: Ghafir (The Forgiver)
1 chapter
Surah 41: Fussilat (Explained in Detail)
1 chapter
Surah 42: Ash-Shuraa (The Consultation)
1 chapter
Surah 43: Az-Zukhruf (The Ornaments of Gold)
1 chapter
Surah 44: Ad-Dukhan (The Smoke)
1 chapter
Surah 45: Al-Jathiyah (The Crouching)
1 chapter
Surah 46: Al-Ahqaf (The Wind-Curved Sandhills)
1 chapter
Surah 47: Muhammad (Muhammad)
1 chapter
Surah 48: Al-Fath (The Victory)
1 chapter
Surah 49: Al-Hujurat (The Rooms)
1 chapter
Surah 50: Qaf (The Letter "Qaf")
1 chapter
Surah 51: Adh-Dhariyat (The Winnowing Winds)
1 chapter
Surah 52: At-Tur (The Mount)
1 chapter
Surah 53: An-Najm (The Star)
1 chapter
Surah 54: Al-Qamar (The Moon)
1 chapter
Surah 55: Ar-Rahman (The Beneficent)
1 chapter
Surah 56: Al-Waqi'ah (The Inevitable)
1 chapter
Surah 57: Al-Hadid (The Iron)
1 chapter
Surah 58: Al-Mujadila (The Pleading Woman)
1 chapter
Surah 59: Al-Hashr (The Exile)
1 chapter
Surah 60: Al-Mumtahanah (She that is to be examined)
1 chapter
Surah 61: As-Saf (The Ranks)
1 chapter
Surah 62: Al-Jumu'ah (The Congregation, Friday)
1 chapter
Surah 63: Al-Munafiqun (The Hypocrites)
1 chapter
Surah 64: At-Taghabun (The Mutual Disillusion)
1 chapter
Surah 65: At-Talaq (The Divorce)
1 chapter
Surah 66: At-Tahrim (The Prohibition)
1 chapter
Surah 67: Al-Mulk (The Sovereignty)
1 chapter
Surah 68: Al-Qalam (The Pen)
1 chapter
Surah 69: Al-Haqqah (The Reality)
1 chapter
Surah 70: Al-Ma'arij (The Ascending Stairways)
1 chapter
Surah 71: Nuh (Noah)
1 chapter
Surah 72: Al-Jinn (The Jinn)
1 chapter
Surah 73: Al-Muzzammil (The Enshrouded One)
1 chapter
Surah 74: Al-Muddaththir (The Cloaked One)
1 chapter
Surah 75: Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection)
1 chapter
Surah 76: Al-Insan (The Man)
1 chapter
Surah 77: Al-Mursalat (The Emissaries)
1 chapter
Surah 78: An-Naba (The Tidings)
1 chapter
Surah 79: An-Nazi'at (Those who drag forth)
1 chapter
Surah 80: 'Abasa (He Frowned)
1 chapter
Surah 81: At-Takwir (The Overthrowing)
1 chapter
Surah 82: Al-Infitar (The Cleaving)
1 chapter
Surah 83: Al-Mutaffifin (The Defrauding)
1 chapter
Surah 84: Al-Inshiqaq (The Sundering)
1 chapter
Surah 85: Al-Buruj (The Mansions of the Stars)
1 chapter
Surah 86: At-Tariq (The Nightcommer)
1 chapter
Surah 87: Al-A'la (The Most High)
1 chapter
Surah 88: Al-Ghashiyah (The Overwhelming)
1 chapter
Surah 89: Al-Fajr (The Dawn)
1 chapter
Surah 90: Al-Balad (The City)
1 chapter
Surah 91: Ash-Shams (The Sun)
1 chapter
Surah 92: Al-Layl (The Night)
1 chapter
Surah 93: Ad-Duhaa (The Morning Hours)
1 chapter
Surah 94: Ash-Sharh (The Relief)
1 chapter
Surah 95: At-Tin (The Fig)
1 chapter
Surah 96: Al-'Alaq (The Clot)
1 chapter
Surah 97: Al-Qadr (The Power)
1 chapter
Surah 98: Al-Bayyinah (The Clear Proof)
1 chapter
Surah 99: Az-Zalzalah (The Earthquake)
1 chapter
Surah 100: Al-'Adiyat (The Courser)
1 chapter
Surah 101: Al-Qari'ah (The Calamity)
1 chapter
Surah 102: At-Takathur (The Rivalry in world increase)
1 chapter
Surah 103: Al-'Asr (The Declining Day)
1 chapter
Surah 104: Al-Humazah (The Traducer)
1 chapter
Surah 105: Al-Fil (The Elephant)
1 chapter
Surah 106: Quraysh (Quraysh)
1 chapter
Surah 107: Al-Ma'un (The Small kindnesses)
1 chapter
Surah 108: Al-Kawthar (The Abundance)
1 chapter
Surah 109: Al-Kafirun (The Disbelievers)
1 chapter
Surah 110: An-Nasr (The Divine Support)
1 chapter
Surah 111: Al-Masad (The Palm Fiber)
1 chapter
Surah 112: Al-Ikhlas (The Sincerity)
1 chapter
Surah 113: Al-Falaq (The Daybreak)
1 chapter
Surah 114: An-Nas (Mankind)
1 chapter
Bhagavad Gita1 book
Hinduism

Bhagavad Gita

Selections — Sir Edwin Arnold (1885)

Vedas1 book
Hinduism

Vedas

Rigveda — selected hymns (Griffith)

Dhammapada1 book
Buddhism

Dhammapada

F. Max Müller translation (1881)

Tao Te Ching1 book
Taoism

Tao Te Ching

James Legge translation (1891)