LibGuides: Primary Sources: Islam

Religious Texts

Internet Sacred Texts Archive Use with some care. These may not be the most scholarly works and some translations may not be the best, but it is a place to find open access copies of primary texts in many religious traditions.

Holy Quran Yusuf Ali's 1946 translation with commentary.

Sacred Texts Maintained by the University of Calgary. Search under specific religion.

Primary Sources at Other Universities

Columbia University Libraries’ Middle East and Islamic Studies

Princeton University Digital Library of Islamic Manuscripts
UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies (This Center emphasizes Armenian Studies more than do most Near Eastern/Middle Eastern programs.)

Harvard University's Open Collections Program: Islam Heritage Project

Texts

Only open access versions of religious or sacred texts are provided here. These may be considered out-of-date translations.Please check the Library's collection for more recent, or more scholarly, translations of these texts.

Other Resources

archnet is an online resource on architecture, urbanization, art, and culture in the Islamic world. It contains a variety of resources not all of which may be primary.

Directory of Free Arab Journals In Arabic. Covers the Middle East, North Africa and parts of Sub-Saharan Africa.