Editorial Standards, Sources & Accountability
Qur’anic content carries a duty of care. This page states plainly where every text on this site comes from, what has and has not been reviewed, and how to tell us when something is wrong.
Who reviews this content
Quran Transliteration is published and maintained by its operating entity. It does not currently have a scholarly review board, and no page here should be read as carrying certified scholarly endorsement.
The Arabic text, translations and tafsir are reproduced from established published editions rather than authored here — that is the basis on which they can be relied upon. Our own editorial writing (guides, surah summaries, hadith reflections) is compiled from those sources and is not a substitute for a qualified teacher.
For questions of ruling or practice, consult a qualified scholar in your own madhhab.
Known limitation: the verse transliteration
The verse-by-verse transliteration currently served is a third-party public edition reproduced as-is. Being plain ASCII, it cannot distinguish sounds that our own transliteration key documents — ḥ from h, ṣ from s, ʿayn from hamzah — and it carries transcription errors inherited from that edition.
Replacing it with a documented, reproducible transliteration generated from the vocalised Arabic is our highest content priority. Until then, treat the transliteration as a pronunciation aid and the Arabic as authoritative. The hand-written transliterations elsewhere on the site — in the duas, the salah guide and the 99 Names — do use the full diacritical scheme.
Where each text comes from
| Content | Source | How we handle it |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic text (Uthmani & Indo-Pak scripts) | Quran.com API v4, per-word text | Ingested by scripts/generate-quran-data.mjs and stored offline. Not altered beyond joining words into verses. |
| English transliteration | alquran.cloud — en.transliteration edition | Reproduced verbatim. Plain ASCII, and not the diacritical scheme documented on our transliteration key. See the accuracy note above. |
| English translation | Saheeh International (en.sahih) | Reproduced without alteration. |
| Urdu translation | Sayyid Abul A'la Maududi (ur.maududi) | Reproduced without alteration. |
| Hindi translation | hi.hindi edition via alquran.cloud | Reproduced without alteration. |
| Audio recitation & word timings | Quran.com / audio.qurancdn.com | Streamed live for 10 reciters. Word-level timings come from Quran.com's API; we reshape the array but do not author the timings. |
| Tafsir | Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged, English) via Quran.com | Fetched on demand. Reproduced without alteration or added commentary. |
| Hadith, duas, Islamic terms, salah guidance | Compiled in-house from named collections | Each hadith carries its narrator, collection reference and grade; each dua carries its reference. Compiled editorially, not certified by a scholar. |
| The 99 Names | Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3507 enumeration | Sourcing and its scholarly caveats are stated on the page itself rather than presented as a closed revealed list. |
| Arabic typeface | Amiri (SIL Open Font License) | Used for Arabic rendering and embedded in the generated PDFs. |
Translations are the copyrighted work of their respective translators and publishers, reproduced here for religious and educational reading. If you hold rights in any edition listed above and object to its inclusion, contact us and we will remove it.
Reporting an error
If you find a mistake in any Arabic text, transliteration, translation or reference, please report it. Include the surah and ayah number (or the page URL) and what you believe the correct reading should be.
- Use the contact form — corrections reach us directly
- Editorial guidelines — how we handle sources, corrections and updates
Corrections to Qur’anic text are prioritised above all other work.
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- About Quran Transliteration — what the site is and who operates it
- Editorial guidelines
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