Site Change Log
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20260501-Long-sought-after-verse
After several years a copy of the [Al-Muntakhab] translation gives us the full 24:31 rendition: And say to those of the women who have conformed to Islam to restrain their eyes which includesa) Obliquity of the eyes,b) Staring a person up and downc) Staring a person out of countenance,d) To guard their sexual morality and
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2060501-Multiple-Translation-Corrections
Ten translation rows were corrected across eight ayat today, addressing reports collected over the previous five months. Most of the issues share a single root cause — a one-character truncation at the end of the stored text, almost certainly an off-by-one introduced somewhere in an earlier import pipeline. Two were different bugs. Truncations restored In
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20260501-bridges-surahs-76-79-recovery
Cleaning up the Fadel Soliman / Bridges translation, where Surah 79 (An-Nazi’at) had been uploaded with the wrong surah number and landed on top of Surah 76 (Al-Insan) instead of in its own slot.
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20260430-broken-link-cleanup-second-pass
Another pass at the broken-link cleanup, this time going after the structural causes rather than one-off fixes.
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20260429-broken-link-cleanup-pass
Another full crawl of the staging site, after a day of data fixes.
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20260429-spam-cleanup-and-front-page-tidy
A round of behind-the-scenes cleanup.
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20260428-delays applying other fixes
Readers have reported several needed fixes, they are queued up.We can turn from code back to data now that we have updated the site.
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20260428-color-coded-categories-surah-picker
The surah translation picker now uses the same color-coded category bands as the ayah-by-ayah comparison page — Source/Literal in deep blue, Generally Accepted in green, Controversial in amber, Orientalist in red, In-Progress in cyan, Obsolete in grey. Popular/Featured stays neutral.
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20260428-cross-links-between-verses-and-translations
Looking at the verses of a surah and want to read the whole thing in your preferred translation? A new “Read the full Surah” link gets you there.
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20260311 – polish up some translations
During our recent revamp, we stepped on the name of one translation (Bridges)and neglected a pending update on another (The Wise Quran Project).
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20260309 – added Root Index
Card no. 4 now takes you to the index of Arabic Roots No more need to find a root in a verse first.
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20260306 – Added Help Page
As we reported here: /2026/03/02/whats-new-at-islamawakened/ our site has been revamped, refactored, and given a face-lift.TO HELP new and old readers we now have a Help page to give a how-to overview.
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What’s New at IslamAwakened
IslamAwakened has been free since 2003, growing from 4 English translations of the Qur’an to what it is today: over 70 English translations, word-by-word analysis in 6 languages, root concordance, audio recitation, and translations in more than 20 non-English languages. That’s a lot of depth — and honestly, most of you probably didn’t know half
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20251229 – Some minor fixes, three refreshes
Saeed Malik translation refreshed by author request.
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20251203 – A few updates
Ads have been removed from the home.(There will still be some in searches.)