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About
quran-json is a dual purpose project where on the one hand it provides a command-line utility for downloading the content of The Quran in multiple languages, and on the other hand it provides a copy of the content that can be downloaded. The content is provided in the JSON format.
share/
- share/quran-json/TheQuran/ar/ contains The Quran in its original Arabic.
- share/quran-json/TheQuran/en/ contains an English translation of The Quran.
- share/quran-json/TheQuran/fa/ contains a Farsi translation of The Quran.
- share/quran-json/TheQuran/pt/ contains a Portuguese translation of The Quran.
- share/quran-json/TheQuran/nl/ contains a Dutch translation of The Quran.
- share/quran-json/TheQuran/fr/ contains a French translation of The Quran.
- share/quran-json/TheQuran/it/ contains an Italian translation of The Quran.
The
share/quran-json/TheQuran
directory contains multiple sub-directories, where each sub-directory represents
a locale (eg en for English, ar for Arabic, and so on). Within each sub-directory,
there is a JSON file for each surah (also known as a chapter).
The structure of each JSON file can be described as an array where the first element is an object that contains information about a surah, and the rest of the array contains the content of the surah. The content is composed of two-element arrays - where the first element is the ayah number (also known as a verse number), and the second element is the content of the ayah.
See Surah Al-Fatihah (English) for an example.
bin/
The bin/quran-json executable is a utility for downloading the content of The Quran in multiple languages.
Usage
Usage: quran-json pull [OPTIONS] -l, --locale LOCALE A locale (eg 'en') -r, --replace Replace existing JSON files -u, --update Update surah metadata
Thanks
Alhamdulillah
Thanks to the following websites for providing the downloadable content:
- https://searchtruth.com for the original Arabic, and the Farsi, Italian translations
- https://quran.com for the English, Portuguese, Dutch, and French translations
Thanks to the translators:
- Dr. Mustafa Khattab for the English translation
- Hussain Ansarian for the Farsi translation
- Sofian S. Siregar for the Dutch translation
- Muhammad Hamidullah for the French translation
- Hamza Roberto Piccardo for the Italian translation
License
The "source code" is released under the GPL license
The translators hold the copyright for the translated content