A new edition of the Noble Quran with Indo-Pak/Persian script Arabic and translation and tafseer in both English and Urdu.
How the Page Is Laid Out
The right column of each page has the Arabic text. The middle column carries the Urdu translation, and the left column the English. Beneath the three columns, the English tafsir is followed by the Urdu tafsir where it exists.
A brief subject index in both English and Urdu is included toward the back.
Who This Solves a Real Problem For
Households where the generations read different languages.
That situation is extremely common in South Asian families in the West: grandparents read Urdu comfortably and English with effort, children read English fluently and Urdu barely, and the parents sit between them. Buying two Qurans means the family never reads the same page.
One book with both translations means a grandfather and a grandchild can look at the same verse together, each reading the column that works for him. That is not a small thing.
The Script
Indo-Pak/Persian script — the letterforms the Urdu-reading side of the household learned, which makes the Arabic column usable for them rather than merely decorative.
Comparing the Persian / Indo-Pak Script Qurans
All of these use the Persian (Indo-Pak) script — the letterforms taught across Pakistan, India and Bangladesh, which differ noticeably from the Uthmani script of Arab editions. What separates them is the line count, and that is not a matter of taste.
Fewer lines per page means larger text. It also means the pages break in different places — so a memorizer who learned from one line count should stay with it, because recall is partly built on where a passage sits on the page.
| Edition | Lines | Size (in) | Feature | Best for |
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| Qur'an 11-Line Indo-Pak (Extra Large 106) | 11 | 11 x 15 | Extra large | Weak eyesight, masjid |
| Quran 11-Line Indo-Pak (7x10\" 91) | 11 | 8 x 10 | Large bold | Beginners and children |
| Quran 13-Line Indo-Pak with Zipper case (Small 4x5\" / 97P) | 13 | 4 x 5.6 | Zipper case | Travel, pocket |
| Tajweed Quran with Indo-Pak Script Medium Size (13 Line) | 13 | 5.5 x 7 | Tajweed color-coded | Portable tajweed |
| Quran 13-Line Indo-Pak (6x9\" HB) | 13 | 6 x 8.75 | Standard | Everyday use |
| Quran 13-Line Indo-Pak (7x10\" 108) | 13 | 7 x 9.65 | Large, 2-color | Home reading, teaching |
| Quran 15-Line Indo-Pak (6x9\" 167A) | 15 | 5.8 x 8.75 | Off-white paper | Less glare, long sittings |
| Quran 15-Line Indo-Pak (6x9\" 207) | 15 | 6 x 8.6 | Standard | Everyday use |
| Tajweedi Quran 15-Line Indo-Pak (6x9\" 136) | 15 | 6 x 9 | Tajweed color-coded | Learning tajweed |
| Quran 15-Line Indo-Pak (7x10-in 208) | 15 | 7 x 10 | Large, 2-color | Home reading, teaching |
| Tajweedi Qur'an 15-Line Indo-Pak (7x10\") | 15 | 7 x 10 | Tajweed color-coded | Tajweed, large page |
| Clear Quran (Arabic-English) 15-Line Indo-Pak | 15 | 8 x 9.8 | Clear Quran English | Hifz plus translation |
| Quran 16-Line Indo-Pak (Hafizi 7A) | 16 | 5.75 x 8 | Hafizi | Memorization |
| Tajweedi Quran 16-Line Indo-Pak (Hafizi 7B) | 16 | 6 x 8.6 | Hafizi, tajweed | Memorization with tajweed |
| Quran 16-Line Pocketsize Zipper Case | 16 | Pocket | Hafizi, zipper case | Hafiz traveling |
| Quran Pocketsize (Indo-Pak Script 17 Line) | 17 | 3.65 x 5 | Bold pocket | Travel, memorization |
| Noble Qur'an Arabic-English (6x9\" Persian Script) | 15 | 6 x 9 | English translation | Arabic with meaning |
| This edition | 15 | 7 x 9.5 | English + Urdu | Mixed-language household |
Editions marked tajweed print the recitation rules into the text in color. Those marked with a translation carry English or Urdu alongside the Arabic; the rest are Arabic only.
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