A word by word translation gives the meaning of each individual word of the Quran rather than of the
ayah as a whole. It is what powers word-level tooltips and learner views. The data is available as
JSON and SQLite.
Words are identified by location — surah:ayah:word. So
2:3:5 is the fifth word of Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 3. Word numbering starts at 1.
JSON
A flat object keyed by word location.
JSON
{
"1:1:1": "In (the) name",
"1:1:2": "(of) Allah",
"1:1:3": "the Most Gracious",
"1:1:4": "the Most Merciful"
}
SQLite columns
Column
Type
What it holds
surah_number
INTEGER
Surah the word belongs to.
ayah_number
INTEGER
Ayah within that surah.
word_number
TEXT
Position of the word within the ayah, starting at 1.
text
TEXT
The translation of that word.
This resource carries the translations only, not the Arabic. To show the word itself alongside its
meaning you also need a word by word Quran script from the
Quran Scripts page — join the two on the word location.