How to use Divine Discourses
This site is not Google. It is a workbench for studying the Qur'an the way Dr. Khan taught. One surah at a time. As a coherent discourse. With attention to language and structure.
Four ways to start
- Pick a surah you want to understand. Type its name or number in the Ask box on the home page. Examples: Fatihah, al-Asr, 103, 2.
- Look up one verse. Type the reference. Examples: 1:1, 2:255, 103:1.
- Investigate a word. Type the English meaning or the Arabic root. Examples: mercy, patience, r-h-m, s-b-r.
- Compare two ideas. Open Compare and set two roots side by side. Try r-h-m against E-Ayn-d to see how the Qur'an balances mercy and punishment.
Three depth levels
Simple shows verse text and translations. Use this to read.
Scholar adds word-by-word morphology and root links. Use this to study.
Encyclopedic adds structural patterns and full sources. Use this to verify.
Change depth with the gear icon, bottom right, or press 1 (Simple), 2 (Scholar), or 3 (Encyclopedic) on any page. Your selection is saved in your browser, never sent anywhere. No tracking, no cookies. Every claim on the site carries a small verification pill — see what the labels mean.
The method Dr. Khan taught
A surah is one discourse, not a collection of verses. Read it whole. Find the central claim. Trace the words that carry that claim back to their roots. See how the structure of the surah serves its message.
The Exercise on Surah al-Asr demonstrates this method on the shortest meaningful surah. Start there if you have ten minutes.
What the labels mean
Every factual claim on this site carries one of three small pills. Hover or tap a pill to read its definition.
| ● | Verified — drawn from the Leeds Corpus or another named primary source. |
| ○ | Pending — awaiting triangulation from a second independent source. Treat as provisional. |
| ~ | Nuanced — the counting method varies across sources. See the source detail for the specific approach used. |
This site does not generate exegesis. Every interpretive claim is sourced.
If you get stuck
Open the Exercise page. Watch the method work on al-Asr. Then come back and try the same approach on a surah you choose.
You can reopen the welcome tour anytime from the "?" button on the home page.