mabdinasira/quran-somali

Quran - Somali Translations # Qur'an Somali Translation / Tarjumaadda Soomaaliga ee Quraanka **Three complete Somali translations of the Holy Quran with Arabic text in JSON format** Somali translations of the Quran | Quraan Soomaali | القرآن الصومالية | Al-Quran Somali | Mushaf Somali --- ## 🔍 Keywords / Search Terms **Quran Somali**, Quraan Soomaali, Quran translation Somali, Al-Quran Somali, Koran Somali, القرآن الصومالية, Mushaf Somali, Somali Tafseer, Tafsiir Soomaali, Somali Quran, Soomaali Quraan, Islamic texts Somali, Somalia Quran, Quraanka Soomaaliga, Somali Islamic resources, Holy Quran Somali language, Quran in Somali script --- ## 📊 Translation Metadata - **Language:** Somali (ISO 639-1: so, ISO 639-3: som) - **Script:** Latin (Somali orthography) - **Format:** JSON (UTF-8 encoded) - **Region:** Somalia, Somaliland, Djibouti, Ethiopian Somali region, Kenyan Somali region - **Speakers:** ~20+ million native speakers - **Translators:** Abdullah Hassan Jacob, Mahmud Muhammad Abduh, Shaykh Mahmood Muhammad Abdu - **Content:** Complete Quran - 114 Surahs, 6,236 Verses - **Includes:** Arabic text + Somali translation --- ## 📖 What's Included This repository contains **THREE complete Somali translations** of the Qur'an: 1. **Abdullah Hasan Jacob** (Classic) - Most widely used traditional translation 2. **Mahmud Muhammad Abduh** (Modern) - Contemporary language for modern readers 3. **Shaykh Mahmood Muhammad Abdu** (Contemporary) - Alternative modern approach Each translation includes: - ✅ All 114 surahs - ✅ All 6,236 verses - ✅ Arabic text (simplified Unicode) - ✅ Somali translation - ✅ Proper JSON formatting - ✅ UTF-8 encoding **Total Size:** ~8 MB --- ## 🚀 Quick Start ```bash # Navigate to folder cd ~/Desktop/quran_somali # Get Al-Fatihah (classic translation) python3 query_quran.py 1 # Get Ayat Al-Kursi python3 query_quran.py 2:255 # Use modern translation python3 query_quran.py 1 -t abduh # Compare translations python3 query_quran.py …