Translations and sources

The translations we quote

• The Qur'an in English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930). Public domain. Arabic text from Tanzil (CC BY 3.0).
• The Torah and the Hebrew Bible: the Jewish Publication Society translation (JPS 1917). Public domain.
• The New Testament: the World English Bible, British Edition. Public domain.

We quote each scripture in a translation its own readers have long used, and we keep the order Torah, Bible, Qur'an. Every quotation carries a reference you can open and check.

Honorifics

Muslims say “peace be upon him” after the name of a prophet. On this site the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ is written with the Arabic sign ﷺ (“may God bless him and grant him peace”), and with “(peace be upon him)” the first time he is named on a page. Other prophets, and Mary, have “(peace be upon him)” or “(peace be upon her)” the first time they are named.

Each faith in its own words

Where a page sets the three traditions side by side, each column is written in that tradition's own voice. We show common ground beside real differences, and we do not blend them.

Pictures

We never depict God, and we never show the face of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him. Other photographs are credited on the page where they appear, with their licence.

Recitations and audio

Name recitations stream from Quran.com. Verse recitations by Abdul Basit Abdul Samad stream from the Islamic Network's Al Quran Cloud, which licenses them for free, non-commercial, educational use.