Salam everyone,

A few months ago after my first post here, the project was little more than a translation in progress. Today, the goal I had set for myself has been reached: the website now offers a stable translation of the Quran, alongside the analytical tools that allow anyone to verify how it was built. Here is what has changed.

A Stable, Phrase-by-Phrase Translation

• 9,937 Phrases: The text is segmented into 9,937 distinct phrases based on traditional recitation pauses (specifically Moroccan reciters), rather than standard verse numbering alone.
• Sealed Translations: The French and English translations are now sealed—they will not change without a solid, debated, and documented textual argument. (Spanish, Italian, Indonesian, and Russian translations remain available).
• Interactive Display & Search: When selecting a language, the translation appears first with the Arabic text directly below it on the same card. Exact searches by word or root instantly highlight and direct you to the matching phrase.

The Reading Workshop (L'Atelier de lecture)

This is the heart of the update. All 114 surahs have been read phrase-by-phrase and verse-by-verse, cross-referencing every root with all its other occurrences across the Quran. This produced three major series of sheets (available in French, English, and Arabic):

1. 114 Surah Sheets: What each surah states, how it is structured, and recommended cross-references to read alongside it.
2. Over 50 Reading Rules: Documented regularities respected by the text, including dismissed rules along with the reasons for their rejection.
3. Methodological Principles: Core reading guidelines that emerged organically, such as "reading a surah with its neighbors" or "proof by subtraction."

The Root Dictionary & The Diwan of Divergences

• Root Dictionary: Nearly 1,800 entries covering roots and grammatical particles, detailing the retained meaning, the translation rendering, and all corresponding verses. Once sealed, a root's meaning applies consistently across the entire corpus.
• Diwan of Divergences: A registry tracking 1,736 word variations between the Hafs reading and seven other traditional readings (Warsh, Qalun, Shu'ba, al-Bazzi, Qunbul, ad-Duri, as-Susi), presented side-by-side with highlighted differences and filterable by consonants (rasm) or vowels (tashkil).

Lunisolar Calendar & Downloads (Edition 1.0)

• Calendar: A lunisolar calendar based on the Metonic cycle, re-integrating the intercalary month (Nassi') based on Surah 9:37, complete with printable monthly A4 sheets and code in Python/PHP.
• Downloads Section (Edition 1.0 - October 14, 2026): Everything is now fully portable for offline reading, printing, or research without requiring registration:
  
  • Read: Arabic/French and Arabic/English in A5 PDF and EPUB formats. Plain text options in TXT and Markdown.
  • Study: The complete Reading Workshop books and Root Dictionary in multiple languages.
  • Build: Full database exports (SQLite, CSV, JSON) for researchers and developers, complete with documentation and query examples.
  • Integrity: Every file comes with a published SHA-256 cryptographic checksum.

AI Usage Disclosure

To keep things completely transparent: this work is AI-assisted. Translations and analyses are filtered through a rigorous adversarial debate between two AIs (Claude and Gemini)—one argues a reading based on roots and corpus usage, while the other must refute it if it fails under scrutiny. However, this is only a preliminary filter: I personally verify every single proposal, resolve disagreements, and retain the final say on every choice, even against an agreement between both AIs.

Time to Verify

Nothing here is meant to be taken on blind faith. Every rule provides its occurrences, every root sheet lists its verses, and every divergence shows its comparative texts. Open a sheet, pick a verse, and verify it for yourself.

If you spot an error, a weak translation rendering, or a rule contradicted by a passage, let me know here with your arguments. That is how this translation was built, and that is how it will continue to improve.

🔗 al-quran.fr (Check the "Downloads" section for the Edition 1.0 release)

May Allah accept this from all of us.

وقيل الحمد لله رب العالمين

Most of them can’t answer this question. And if I tell them the names of the books, they just give me a confused look! 😂