Resources

These links will help you build a reference library.

From Sha Plus Software:
Arabic_Quran.pdf (3.28 MB): Complete arabic Quran in pdf format.
Their Quran viewer link is to this site: http://www.2muslims.com/directory/Detailed/223253.shtml
Arabic & Yusuf Ali’s translation are included, others available. Disclaimer says the audio is disfunctional.
My guess is that it is a large download.
Meaning of 80% of words in the Quran (recommended) : Compilation of meanings of mostly used words in the Quran. Available for download as PDF files.
Quran Dictionary : Word by word meaning of the Quran from the beginning to the the end. For most of the words meaning are displayed only for the first occurance of that word in the Quran.

http://www.uga.edu/islam/quran.html
This site includes lists of links to on line resources and Muhaddith’s library which has an extensive collection of Arabic texts. They will sell you a CD for about $30. Their English translations are somewhat limited, but probably worth it if you are deep into the subject. Links include how to obtain a free hard copy of the Qur’an in English.

Muttaqun On Line offers an Arabic/English/Audio combination, the download is large!!
The Noble Qur’an in PDF format – English and Arabic. Click on each verse to hear it recited in Arabic. 197 MB download.

Their on line display has translations by Yusuf Ali, Pickthal, Shakir & Khan plus several other languages; the whole lot can be viewed in parallel. It includes a search engine.

Quran.org.uk has many resources. Be sure to open the drop down box in the links division!

The Holy Qur’an: Translation and Commentary

by A Pooya Yazdi & SV Mir Ahmed Ali (in *.rar format requiring WinRAR)…

Meaning of the Holy Qur’an – Marmaduke Pickthall

Download the complete translation in pdf format…

The Meaning of the Holy Qur’an – Yusuf Ali

Download the complete translation in pdf format..

The Pooya Yazdi translation I have is a .chm file which requires special software if you use Linux or other non Windows operating systems.

AbdurRahman.org has some interesting links:

• [Only English Translation]
  • Translation of the Meaning of The Noble Qur.aan in the English Language ( .chm file ) Save and Open [ Framed HTML Version] * [ PDF version here]
    By Dr. Muhammad Taqiuddeen al-Hilaalee, Ph.D. and Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan
    Published by DARUSSALAM ©, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Translation of the Meaning of the Quran – by Saheeh International – Riyadh
    Translated By AbulQasim Publishing House,1997 (Al-Muntada Alislami)
  • Quran – by Pikhtal – 209p[PDF]
  • Quran- by Yousuf Ali – 245p[PDF]
• [Arabic Text & English Translation]
  • Translation of the meanings of The Nobl Qur’an , in the English Language – By Dr. Muhammad Taqiuddeen al-Hilaalee, Ph.D. and Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan .
    King Fahd Complex for the Printing of The Holy Quran, Madina, K.S.A – 978p[PDF]
    ArabicText – English Translation & Commentary [Please note that there is No English Transliteration]
    Visit http://www.qurancomplex.com to read this book online .

The Noble Qur’an chm version should be close to 1mb. The 978p pdf must be at least twice that size, and more if it includes the commentary included on the web site. Hilali & Khan reportedly used Yusuf Ali’s translation and wove in three tafsirs [in brackets]. A web contact fluent in both Arabic & English informs me that this translation is 95% accurate. The inaccuracies involve fighting & marriage. Basically, where “fight” is printed, the true word is “kill”; where marry is printed, the true word is an infamous four letter obscenity.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir ( http://www.tafsir.com ) On line, no search engine. Visit http://www.qtafsir.com for the same text and a good search engine.

• Tafseer Ibn Katheer – Arabic and English – Framed HTML version [Easy to navigate and Read]
• Download Complete Tafseer Ibn Katheer (Arabic and English ) – in HTML help file format (.chm file)
  Please note there are some errors in arabic. English is OK [I doubt that it is complete, the available version is abridged; it only contains 3000 topics. I do not know the size of the origional, but it is a 10 volume set.
• Download Complete Tafseer Ibn Katheer (English only ) – in HTML help file format (.chm file)

Crusader-Armory: Qur’an, Hadith, downloads and resources

I have concatenated The Noble Qur’an (Hilali & Kahn) into a Windows help file, Noble Qur’an.chm. If you use Windows, you can save it to your desktop and …
http://www.geocities.com/crusadersarmory/ – 60k – Cached – Similar pages –

There are two versions. The older versions are monolithic and must be searched with the Ctrl F Windows search. The entire book may be searched at once. The do not have Search or Index tabs.
The new versions, in the New Extended Library, can not be searched monolithically. They have full functioning Search, Index & Favorites tabs. Both versions include Abu Dawud. Bukhari, Muslim & Malik’s Muwatta. The new version includes
Ibn Kathir’s Tafsir and a selection of the most egregious ayat & ahyadith. Only the new versions merge at run time.

Islamia on line also has Hilali & Khan.Dr. M. Muhasin Khan & Shaykh Al-Hilali English Translation [PDF] [ZIP]

5.35MB PDF or Zip archive. English Translation Source: Dr. Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din Al-Hilali, Formerly Professor of Islamic Faith and Teachings, Islamic University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah and Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan, Formerly Director, University Hospital, Islamic University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah. “The Noble Qurân” – Published and freely distributed by His Excellency King Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz.

(Actual Scan) Dr. M. Muhasin Khan & Shaykh Al-Hilali Translation [PDF] [CHM] [EXE]

29.5MB PDF Format. Actual scans of English Translation Qurân publish by King Fahad Complex. Arabic script with English Translation. English Translation Source: Dr. Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din Al-Hilali, Formerly Professor of Islamic Faith and Teachings, Islamic University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah and Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan, Formerly Director, University Hospital, Islamic University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah. “The Noble Qurân” – Published and freely distributed by His Excellency King Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz.

And Tafsir.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (islambase.co.uk) [RAR]
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (muttaqun.com) [ZIP]

7.9 MB (1 CHM file in Zip or RAR archive) of Tafsir Ibn Kathir in English & Arabic (has some Arabic errors).

Translation of Sahih Muslim at (abdurrahman.org) [HTML] [PDF]
Translation of Sunan Abu-Dawud (abdurrahman.org)
Translation of Malik’s Muwatta at USC-MSA [HTML] [PDF] (islambase.co.uk)
Translation of Riyad-us-Saliheen [HTML] [PDF]
Hadith Qudsi, Sahih Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, Sunan Abu-Dawud, Malik’s Muwatta

3.4MB Zip archive contains entire USC-MSA Hadith & Sunnah (Traditions of the Prophet PBUH) website offline. Hadith Qudsi, Sahih Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, Sunan Abu-Dawud, Malik’s Muwatta: English Translation (USC-MSA Offline version)
[Note: the site contains more information about these colections; it is worth a visit. ]
Sahih Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, Sunan Abu-Dawud, Malik’s Muwatta
(CHM format with search facilities)

7.2MB EXE contains entire collection of Sahih Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, Sunan Abu-Dawud, Malik’s Muwatta: English Translation

• Sahih Al Bukhari CHM Format Features a Java-Based search

  7.45MB It is the complete version of Sahih Bukhari; which has been translated into English By Sheikh Muhsin Khan.
• Sahih Al Bukhari CHM Format

  8MB Bukhari CHM Format of Sahih Al Bukhari.

[The version at USC is abridged, not complete. The version I have is only 3.017MB. I need to check this one, but it will take an hour to download.]

Note: the Javascript search tends to hang. I searched for the following ahadith, which Ibn Iblis lists here as 4.52.163(a):

Bukhari Ch 61 # 2756: …It is mentioned from Ibn ‘Umar from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, “My provision has been placed under the shadow of my spear, and abasement and humility have been placed on the one who disobeys my command.

That ahadith is not to be found in the collection, so I must conclude that it is incomplete.

There is much more at Islamia and the other sites mentioned in this post.

The following links are supplied for readers whose interest extends beyond Islam.

This site appears to specialize in Chineese, but it has several translations including Arabic, Chineese, English & Finnish. It is not easy to determine from the list which files are compatible with which software.

Another translation site offers free downloads of Bibles and software, with several translations available, including Arabic. The page is not in English, it was automatically translated when I opened it. I copied some links:

Download King James Version as zipped txt

Download the Common Edition, The New Testament as zipped txt

Download the Deutercanonical Books Of The Bible (Apocrypha) as zipped txt

Download the Douay-Rheims Version as zipped txt | other source (1.5 MB)

Download the American Standard Bible as zipped html files (3.2MB) | zipped txt file (1.3 MB)

Download the Bible in Basic English as zipped html files (2.6 MB) | zipped txt file (1.3 MB)

Download Arabic Bible arbibl98.zip 4.5MBv98.5.0ar (SP2) – Arabic Smith and Van Dyke (1865 AD) Old and New Testaments. Electronic Arabic Bible designed for Arabic BiDi Windows® 98 or later (also runs under Arabic BiDi Windows® 95/NT 4.0)

Download E-Sword Bible program – Download 17MB main module plus many add-ons – International Bibles (Greek, Hebrew, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Indonesian, Latin, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Ukrainian) Dictionaries and others. You can search in parallel Bibles different versions and/or languages, Strong’s definitions are displayed as ToolTips and many other amazing features. The best Bible freeware ever!

At Download.com, you can download Bible Pro 12.10.9 [15.71MB] with multiple translations, commentaries & references.

Bible.com has an on line search with several translations and many languages, including Arabic.

All In One Bible Resources has a powerful and flexible search facility with many translations & versions including Arabic.

Skeptic’s Annotated Bible has a graphic oriented index for finding anything negative you may be craving to find.
The Annotated Qur’an is just one click away, with a similar user interface. They’ve given the Book of Mormon the same treatment.

For a side by side comparison of the Bible & Qur’an, arranged by topic, see Islam and Christianity the Koran vs the Bible.

Ocean is a Baha’i resource, about 25MB, libray with parallel search capability and enough books to make you go blind. It includes the Bible, Apocrypha, Baha’i texts, three Qur’an translations, Sahih Bukhari, Jewish scriptures, Sikh, Tao & Buddhist writings.It is available on CD.

Al Muhaddith Project – Search Engine
This is the only on line source known to me for The Reliance of the Traveller, the key to Islamic law. There is more, much more available to those who can read Arabic. [http://www.muhaddith.org/cgi-bin/e_Optns.exe?] [http://www.muhaddith.org/]

Note: I should have updated this entry previously! One academic site hosts a huge text file which may or may not be complete and accurate. It takes a long time to load, and you need to use the Windows Search [Ctrl F] to find anything.  In many of my posts, I linked to Scribid. That version of Reliance has been removed, breaking those links.

Muslim Access Tafseer of the Salaf Imam Ibn Taymiyyah An Introduction to the Principles of Tafseer © 1993 Al-Hidaayah.
The volume is not complete: 8 & 9 are broken links! Note: this site has slow script, you need Firefox2 so that you can disable the script in order to load it in a decent time span. Several other books on this site have broken links.

—I have not checked these. Some of them may be instructive.

• Importance of the Sunnah
  • The authority of the Prophet and his Sunnah
  • On the Obligation of Man to Accept the Authority of the Prophet (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) – by al-Imaam ash-Shaafi`ee
  • The Status of Sunnah in Islam
  • Using The Aahaad Hadith In Issues Of `Aqidah
  • Examining Our Love for the Prophet sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam
  • What is Related From the Early Muslims and Imams About Following the Sunnah – by Qadi `Iyyaad
  • Rights of the Prophet, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam – by Sh. Muhammad Saalih Aal-`Uthaymeen
  • Introduction to The Sunnah and Its Position in the Islamic Law
  • Following the Messenger of Allah is a Must
  • The Deviation of those who are satisfied with The Qur’an to the exclusion of Hadeeth
  • The religion of Islam (Hadha A-Din) by Seyyid Qutb [You may pick up a gem or two here.]

  They are from http://www.islamworld.net/ .

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Another goldmine from Islam World

Jihad

• Jihad in the Quran and Sunnah by SHEIKH ABDULLAH BIN MUHAMMAD BIN HUMAID
• The Right to Judge by Sayyid Qutb
• Paving the Way by Sayyid Qutb [broken link]
• The World’s Bravest People By Muhammad Alshareef
• The Help of Allah and His Victory from Adwaa al-Bayaan by `Allaamah Muhammad al-Ameen ash-Shanqeetee
• The Reasons for Victory [broken link]
• Jihad by Hasan Al-Banna
• Causes of Victory and Defeat [broken link]
• The Islamic Verdict on Hijacking and Kidnapping
• The Islamic Verdict on Suicide Bombings
• September 11, 2001 attacks – Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi Condemns Attacks Against Civilians and Statement of Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia
• Islam – A Religion of Terror?– The truth about Jihad, suicide bombings, terrorism, and the media

{Yeah, right,}

—I did not check these

Islamic History

• The Battle of Badr
• Muslim Scientists
• Muslim Contributors to Science
• Sultan Abdul Hameed The Second And The Fall Of The Islamic Khilafa
• The Role of Sheikh-ul Islam Ibn Taymiyah in Jihad Against the Tatars
• The Liberation of Constantinople
• The Battle of Ain Jaloot: A Turning Point in History
• Islams first contacts with the Balkan nations
• The Treaty of Hudaybiyyah By Sh. Safi-ur-Rahman Al Mubarakfuri
• Al-`Izz Ibn `Abdus-Salam – Sultan of the `Ulama’ By Dr. Muhammad Esma’il Sieny
• Indisputable Evidence By Dr. Safar Al-Hawali

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Aisha Bewley began a translation of Bukhari, which probably is not Bowdlerized. It has this in common with the version at Sunni Path: (Not included in the USC version.)

LXXXVII: What is said about spears

It is mentioned from Ibn ‘Umar from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, “My provision has been placed under the shadow of my spear, and abasement and humility have been placed on the one who disobeys my command.”

She also offers some history.

Sacred Texts has several works you might not find elsewhere, though you probably won’t find the smoking gun in them. There is plenty of background information to be had.

If you want to delve into the science of how to study the Qur’an, see

Ulm-ul-Qur’an An Introduction to the Science of the Qur’an (How to Study and Understand the Quran) By: Dr. Hasanuddin Ahmed, I.A.S.

Living Islam is a Sufi site with a considrable library. These links lead to abstracts and download links for the pdf files.

A Critical Reading of Lings’ ‘Muhammad’
Advice to Our Brothers the Ulema of Najd[also as webtext]
Al-Shâfi`î and Tas.awwuf [also as webtext]
Al-Tahâwî [also as webtext]
Amina Wadud’s Innovation of Misguidance
An Introduction To The Science Of Hadîth: Kitâb Ma`rifat Anwâ` `Ilm Al-Hadîth (Book-review)
Contemporaries and Colleagues of Imâm Ahmad
Dâr al-Hadîth al-Ashrafiyya in Damascus
Defending the Ihya from those Devoid of Shame [also as webtext / short]
Fighting women of Islâm [also as webtext]
Fourth-Century Ash`arî Father and Son: Abû Sahl and Abû al-T.ayyib al-S.u`lûkî
From al-Qârî’s Dictionary of Hadîth Forgeries
Hadith of Adam tawassul through the Prophet
Imâm Ahmad’s `Aqîda & Pseudo-Hanbali Aqida [also as webtext]
Imâm Al-Qurtûbî
Ink of the Ulema Hadith
Isnâd-Criticism by the First Four Caliphs
Knowledge And Imposition Of Hands
On the Hidden Treasure Hadith
Reg. the wiping of the eyes upon hearing the call to prayer.
Renewer Hadith
Review of Ibn al-Salah Translation
Strictness and Laxity in H.adîth Criticism [also as webtext]
Sufyan Al-Thawri
Superiority of Fiqh over Hadith [also as webtext]
Suyuti’s works in print at Princeton[also as webtext]
Taqwiyat al-Iman
Tawassul and Tabarruk of the Salaf
The “Disclaimed” (Munkar) H.adîth[also as webtext]
The “Famous H.adîth” and “Forgery” Compilations
The Hadith “My Companions are like the stars…”
The Hadith “Whoever visits my grave, …”
The Righteous Life and Works of Imâm al-Qâd.î Y. al-Nabhânî
The Sufi Cloak
The Two Su`lukis
Tuhfat al-Labib bi-Nusrat al-Habib
Verifyable Transmission (Isnâd) and the Sects
Weak hadith in Sahîh Al-Bukhari?

Memahami Bid`ah – The Meaning of Bid`ah (Malay)
Definisi Bid`ah Mengikut Ahlul Sunnah wal Jamaah – The Sunni Definition Of Bid`ah (Malay)

Islam Web has a fair sized Shia library.

Java Man has three books, one of which is a must read also available elsewhere:

Enjoining Right and Forbidding Wrong – By Ibn Taimia

Islam Basics offers an Islamic library, both on line and in pdf format. To read the books on line, use Firefox2, from the View menu, select Character Encoding: Unicode.

Auspices of the Ultimate Victory of Islam
By: Yusuf Al-Qaradawi

Al Islam (Ahmadiya) has a Qur’an translation with Tafsir included. Note that this is a series of scanned pages, not text. Note further that the verse numbering system differs from the convention used by modern translations.

Islamic Finder has a directory which may prove useful in your quest for resources.

There is another large library at islaamlib.

Discovered through a link in an article by Dr. Andrew Bostom at American Thinker. Islamibayanaat has a Tafsir, rich in history and detail in the parts I examined, 960 pages, 8 * 30MB packages or numerous smaller sections to download. My guess is that the book is probably the work of Dr. Taqi Usmani, a retired Jurist and Shariah (financeial) expert. The following section links to an index which will facilitate selecting the files you wish to download for examining the tafsir of particular Surahs.

Last update – 1/17/2008. English Maariful Quran Courtesy of Darul Uloom Karachi, Pakistan – This may move to Darul Uloom Karachi website in the future. Alhamdulillah, this set is complete. This is a combined effort with www.BanglaKitab.com. To Download the files Right Click and select “Save Target As” and use Acrobat Reader(Free) to open.

The left sidebar has a link to a tafsir of hadith, which appears to be incomplete, a work in progress. These books are scanned images, not text, quoting them will require typing the quotes or use of OCR software and probably extensive editing.

Their home page includes other potentially interesting links, including this fairly extensive library.