Terms of Service

1. About Us

The Site is operated by the ayatulkursi.org editorial collective, an informal volunteer team. Contact: [email protected].

2. Acceptance of Terms

By visiting the Site, you confirm that you are at least 16 years old (or have parental permission) and that you accept these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you continue to use the Site after we change these Terms, your continued use constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.

3. The Content We Publish

The Site publishes educational material about Ayat al-Kursi and the Qur’an: translations, tafsir summaries, hadith references, recitation audio, PDFs, and blog articles. All content is provided for informational and spiritual benefit only. It is not a fatwa and is not a substitute for advice from a qualified scholar. See our full Disclaimer.

4. Intellectual Property

4.1 Our content

All original text, layout, design, logos, and code on the Site are © the ayatulkursi.org editorial collective, unless otherwise noted. You may:

• Read, save, and print material for personal, non-commercial study.
• Share short excerpts on social media with a link back to the source page.
• Quote up to 200 words in academic or dawah contexts with a clear citation and backlink.

You may not, without written permission:

• Republish full articles or substantial portions on other sites.
• Use our content in commercial products, courses, or paid materials.
• Remove copyright or attribution notices.
• Train machine-learning models on our content at scale.

4.2 Public-domain and third-party content

The Arabic text of the Qur’an is in the public domain. English translations we cite (Sahih International, Pickthall, Yusuf Ali) are the work of their respective translators; we use them with attribution. Hadith texts are cited from published collections with source references. Audio files are used under the reciter’s licence or with permission. If you believe any material infringes copyright, see our DMCA page.

5. Acceptable Use

You agree not to:

• Attempt to disrupt the Site, its servers, or its users (DDoS, scraping abuse, etc.).
• Introduce malware, viruses, or any other harmful code.
• Scrape or copy the Site using automated tools in violation of Section 4.1.
• Use the Site for unlawful, fraudulent, or hateful purposes.
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any part of the Site.

6. External Links

The Site links to third-party resources (Quran.com, Sunnah.com, Amazon, etc.) for the reader’s convenience. We do not control those sites and are not responsible for their content, privacy practices, or availability. Affiliate links are disclosed on our Affiliate Disclosure page.

7. User Submissions

If you send us feedback, corrections, article suggestions, or any other submission, you grant us a worldwide, royalty-free licence to use it to improve the Site. You warrant that the submission is yours and does not infringe third-party rights. We are not obliged to publish or respond to submissions.

8. No Warranties

The Site is provided “as is” and “as available”. We make reasonable efforts to ensure accuracy, but we make no warranty, express or implied, that:

• The Site will be error-free, uninterrupted, or secure;
• Every translation, transliteration, or citation is free of typographical error;
• Any spiritual, physical, or material benefit will result from using the Site.

9. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the ayatulkursi.org editorial collective and its volunteers are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages arising from your use of the Site — including loss of data, loss of profits, or loss of opportunity. Our total liability for any claim relating to the Site is limited to €50 or the equivalent in your local currency. Nothing in these Terms limits liability for fraud, death, or personal injury caused by our negligence where such limitation is prohibited by law.

10. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify us against any claim arising from your misuse of the Site, your violation of these Terms, or your infringement of any third-party right.

11. Changes to the Site & Terms

We may modify, suspend, or discontinue any part of the Site at any time without notice. We may update these Terms to reflect legal, regulatory, or editorial changes. The “Last updated” date above reflects the most recent version.

12. Governing Law & Jurisdiction

These Terms are governed by the laws of the European Union and, subsidiarily, the laws of the EU member state in which the primary administrator of the editorial collective resides. Any dispute arising from the Site shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts of that member state, without prejudice to mandatory consumer-protection rights that apply in your country of residence.

13. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions stay in full effect.

14. Contact

Email: [email protected]