- 01Muhammed's life and the Koran's historical setting
- 02Muhammed, originality, and moral teaching
- 03The Koran's literary style and Semitic repetition
- 01English translations of the Qur'an
The Qur'an
632 · 97 chapters · 24/7 tutor
Foundational Islamic scripture and civilization.
97Chapters
257Lessons
761Topics
Certificate of completion included
This course was produced by Cavua from a public-domain text.
Skills this course leaves you with.
- Identify the structure and major suras of the Qur'an
- Explain the historical and religious context of the Qur'an in Islamic tradition
- Summarize the translator's introduction, preface, and editorial principles
- Interpret selected suras and their themes using the provided translation
- Recognize major themes such as revelation, monotheism, judgment, and prophecy
Curriculum
The full table of contents.
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- Chapters
- 97
- Lessons
- 257
- Topics
- 761
- 01Arrangement of the Suras in this translation
- 02Muhammad's life and the chronology of the Suras
- 03Early biographical sources for Muhammad
- 04Meccan sources and religious influences on the Koran
- 01Books of Abraham and legends of Ad and Themoud
- 02Gnostic influence and the Crucifixion
- 03Ebionite, Essene, and Sabeite parallels
- 04Limited access to Christian Scriptures
- 01Scriptural phraseology in the Qur'an
- 02Absence of pre-Muhammad Arabic Bible versions
- 03Jewish and Christian sources of Muhammad's information
- 01Muhammad's use of Jewish and other sources
- 02Sincerity, imposture, and self-deception
- 01Muhammad as a great but imperfect reformer
- 02The Koran's theological and moral merits
- 03Islam's expansion and empire-building
- 01Assessment of the Koran and Muhammad
- 02Translation sources and editorial method
- 03Rendering names and recurring terms
- 01Specimen translation of the Fatthah
- 01Revelation of the first verses
- 02Meaning of 'Thick Blood' and the closing warning
- 03Commentary on the opening formula and recitation
- 01The Fatrah and Muhammad’s prophetic uncertainty
- 02Call to arise and warn
- 03The condemned unbeliever and Hell-fire
- 04Nineteen angels and the warning to mankind
- 05Human response to the Warning
- 06Traditions about the mantle vision
- 01Night prayer and recitation
- 02Warning to the gainsayers
- 03Mercy in easing the night vigil
- 01Divine reassurance and future blessing
- 02Orphan, guidance, and charity
- 01Divine consolation and relief
- 02Refuge in the Lord of daybreak
- 01Protection from night, sorceresses, and envy
- 02Refuge in the Lord of men
- 03Praise, worship, and the straight path
- 01Textual history and devotional use
- 02Arabic transliteration and English rendering
- 03Six-verse denunciation of unbelievers
- 01The Unity
- 02Abu Lahab
- 03The Abundance
- 01The Backbiter
- 02Religion
- 03Desire
- 01Condemnation of greed and warning of judgment
- 02The Night: contrasting paths of generosity and covetousness
- 01The Prophet’s vindication and the owners of the garden
- 02Judgment, unbelief, and patient waiting
- 01Divine witness by the soil and human creation in trouble
- 01Moral choice and the steep path
- 02Sura CV.-The Elephant
- 01Appeal to the Koreisch and their privileges
- 02The Night of Power
- 01The Night-Comer and human creation
- 02The Koran as a discriminating discourse
- 03The Sun, Moon, and Day oaths
- 01Divine oaths and the purification of the soul
- 02The rebuke to the blind seeker and the honored revelation
- 03Human creation, provision, resurrection, and the final judgment
- 01Praise of the Most High and creation
- 02Revelation, warning, and the fate of believers and unbelievers
- 03Preference for this life over the hereafter
- 04Scriptural confirmation in the Books of Abraham and Moses
- 01Sura XCV: The Fig
- 02Sura CIII: The Afternoon
- 03Sura LXXXV: The Starry
- 01The Blow and the weighing of deeds
- 02The Earthquake and atom-weight recompense
- 03The Cleaving of the heaven
- 01Signs of the Day of Doom and human accountability
- 02Cosmic upheaval and the unrolled Book
- 03The warning of the illustrious Messenger
- 01The heavens and earth split asunder
- 02The book of deeds and final reckoning
- 03Signs of the moon and unbelief
- 01The Chargers
- 02Those Who Drag Forth
- 01The Day of Severing and the fate of deniers
- 02Signs of divine power in creation
- 03Hell for the unbelievers and reward for the god-fearing
- 01The great news and signs of creation
- 02The Day of Severance and the fate of transgressors
- 03Reward of the God-fearing and the final warning
- 04The Overshadowing: punishment and reward
- 01Divine oaths and the fate of former peoples
- 02Human ingratitude and neglect of the vulnerable
- 03The Day of Judgment and the tranquil soul
- 01The Resurrection and self-accusing soul
- 02Signs of the Last Day and human accountability
- 03Revelation, recitation, and the life to come
- 01Death, judgment, and resurrection signs
- 02Those who stint the measure
- 03The records of the wicked and the righteous
- 04The righteous in delight and the mockery of believers
- 01The Day of the Inevitable and the destruction of former peoples
- 02The trumpet blast, judgment, and the two destinies
- 03The Qur'an as a divine warning, not poetry or soothsaying
- 01Signs of judgment and the righteous
- 02Abraham and the visiting messengers
- 03Punishment of earlier peoples and the call to flee to God
- 01Divine warning and purpose of creation
- 02Oath by the mountain and sacred signs
- 03The coming chastisement and the blessed in gardens
- 04Rebuttal of accusations against the prophet
- 01Rhetorical challenges to unbelief
- 02The sudden coming of the inevitable day
- 01The three bands and their destinies
- 02Proofs of resurrection and divine power
- 01The Qur'an as a preserved revelation
- 02Deathbed judgment and the three destinies
- 01Muhammad's vision and the Sidrah-tree
- 02Idol worship, intercession, and moral accountability
- 03God's power, past destructions, and the call to prostrate
- 01The Day of Judgment and the Ascents
- 02The prayerful and their reward
- 03Threat to the unbelievers
- 01God's signs in creation and the balance
- 02Judgment, Hell, and the two gardens
- 03The second pair of gardens and the closing doxology
- 01The Hour and the Moon Cleft
- 02Noah, the Adites, and the Koran as a Warning
- 03Themoud, Lot, and Pharaoh
- 01Angels in ordered ranks and the one God
- 02Stars guarding the lower heaven
- 03The Meccans' denial of resurrection
- 01The day of reckoning and judgment
- 02Punishment of the wicked and denial of resurrection
- 03The gardens of delight for sincere servants
- 01The blessed and the tree Ez-zakkoum
- 02Noah saved from the flood
- 03Abraham's challenge to idolatry
- 04The sacrifice of Abraham's son
- 01Moses and Aaron rescued and honored
- 02Elias, Lot, and Jonas
- 01Meccan claims about God’s daughters and the angels
- 02Djinn denial and the angels’ orderly worship
- 03The apostles’ promised succour and victory
- 01Noah's warning and plea for forgiveness
- 02God's signs in creation and Noah's complaint
- 03The plot of the idolaters and their destruction
- 01Man's creation, guidance, and recompense
- 02The righteous, their charity, and Paradise
- 01The Smoke and the Day of Severing
- 02Pharaoh, Israel, and the warning to unbelievers
- 03The tree of Ez-Zakkoum and the fate of the pious
- 01Signs of creation and resurrection
- 02Earlier nations destroyed for rejecting prophets
- 03Human accountability and the Day of Judgment
- 04Hell, Paradise, and the final warning
- 05Patience, worship, and the coming resurrection
- 01The history of Moses
- 01Moses and Aaron confront Pharaoh
- 02The contest with the magicians
- 03The magicians’ faith and Pharaoh’s threat
- 04The sea crossing and Israel’s deliverance
- 05Moses returns to the people
- 01The calf made from the trinkets
- 02Aaron's warning and Samiri's punishment
- 03Admonition and the Day of Resurrection
- 01Adam’s covenant, fall, and divine guidance
- 02Warnings against worldly distraction and prayer
- 03Demand for a sign and final challenge
- 01The lucid Book and Muhammad's grief over unbelief
- 01Moses sent to Pharaoh
- 02The staff and the white hand
- 03The magicians and their conversion
- 04The exodus from Egypt
- 01Abraham's challenge to idol worship
- 02Abraham's prayer and the day of reckoning
- 01Noah's warning and the ark
- 02The Adites and Houd's rebuke
- 01The Adites and their destruction
- 02Saleh and the Themoudites
- 01Lot warns his people
- 02Shoaib and the dwellers in Madian
- 01The Qur'an in clear Arabic and the warning to kin
- 02The poets and the erring who follow them
- 01Pharaoh's claim to divinity
- 01Opening declaration of the Book and warning to the infidels
- 01Creation, provision, and divine measure
- 02Creation of man and the djinn
- 03Iblis's refusal and the promise of Hell
- 01God's mercy and chastisement
- 02Abraham's guests and the promise of a son
- 03Lot's family and the destruction of Sodom
- 01Judgment on El Aika and Hedjr
- 02Creation for a worthy end and the coming Hour
- 03Consolation, warning, and steadfast worship
- 01Zachariah's prayer for an heir
- 02Announcement of John and his signs
- 03Mary's seclusion and the annunciation
- 01Mary and the birth of Jesus
- 02Jesus speaks from the cradle
- 03Jesus as servant and prophet
- 04God's oneness and the dispute over Jesus
- 05Abraham's rebuke of idolatry
- 01Abraham, Moses, Ismael, and Edris
- 02The promised Garden of Eden
- 03God's sovereignty and the resurrection
- 04The gathering of believers and sinners
- 01God of Mercy has no offspring
- 02Mary, Jesus, and the birth narrative
- 03Prophets, revelation, and judgment
- 01David's strength, penitence, and kingdom
- 02The story of the two pleaders
- 01David’s judgment and repentance
- 02Solomon’s trial and granted dominion
- 03Job’s affliction and cry to God
- 01Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and the righteous
- 01Creation of man and the angels' prostration
- 02Eblis's pride, banishment, and request for respite
- 03Eblis's vow to seduce mankind and the warning to all creatures
- 01Warning to a heedless people
- 02The people of the city and the man who believed
- 01Signs in creation: earth, night, sun, moon, and the ark
- 02The single blast and final judgment
- 01The trumpet and the resurrection
- 02Paradise and the separation of sinners
- 03Signs, warnings, and human ingratitude
- 01God's power to revive the dead
- 02Creation as proof of resurrection
- 03The divine command 'Be, and it is'
- 01The Luminous Book and the Arabic Koran
- 02God the Creator and human ingratitude
- 03Rejection of daughters for God
- 01Abraham's rejection of idolatry
- 02Worldly wealth and the warning against Satan
- 01Moses sent to Pharaoh and his nobles
- 02Pharaoh's boast and the drowning of his people
- 03Jesus as a sign and servant of God
- 01Jesus’ message and the coming Hour
- 02Paradise, Hell, and divine judgment
- 03God’s sovereignty and the Hour’s knowledge
- 01Final warning to the unbelievers
- 01Djinn hear the Koran and believe
- 02Djinn describe their varied kinds and fate
- 03Warning to the Meccans and exclusive worship of God
- 01God's sovereignty and the Day of Judgment
- 02Warnings to the unbelievers and signs in creation
- 01Marks of the believers and their reward
- 02Creation of man and signs in nature
- 01Noah and the Ark
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01How many chapters are in the Qur'an course?
The Qur'an course has 97 chapters, each with its own lessons and topics.
02How many lessons are in the Qur'an course?
There are 257 lessons across the course, and you can ask your 24/7 tutor about any of them.
03Can I see what the Qur'an course covers before I start?
Yes. The full curriculum is listed on this page, beginning with "TRANSLATED FROM THE ARABIC BY THE REV. J.M. RODWELL, M.A. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE REV.".
04Do I get a certificate for the Qur'an course?
Yes. Finishing the course earns a personal Cavua certificate of completion.
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