freococo/arabic_myanmar_quran_voices

📖 Arabic-Myanmar Quran Voice Dataset

🕌 Overview

This dataset contains high-quality MP3 audio recordings of the entire Holy Qur’an with:

• Arabic recitation of each verse
• Followed immediately by its Myanmar (Burmese) translation

It is the first complete Arabic-Myanmar Quran audio interpretation of its kind publicly released in Myanmar. The goal is to make the Qur’an more accessible to:

• Elderly persons
• Blind or visually impaired people
• Myanmar speakers who wish to understand the meanings while listening

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🎙️ Voice & Production Credits

Narrator / Translator:

• Qārī-i-Aʿẓam of Myanmar (قاري اعظم ميانمار)
  Hazrat Fadilat al-Shaykh Maulana Hafiz Qari Tin Myint Makki Al-Hanafi Sahib (Hafizahullah)
  فضيلة الشيخ حضرت مولانا حافظ القاري تن منت المكي الحنفي صاحب حفظه الله
  • Principal of Quran College, Dala, Yangon

Production Team:

• Scholars under Hazrat Maulana Hafiz Qari Tin Myint Sahib’s guidance
• Hosted and distributed by MMSY – Myanmar Muslim Student & Youth

"Each ayah is recited in Arabic, then followed by the translated meaning in clear Myanmar language."

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📊 Dataset Statistics

Feature	Value
Total Surahs	114
Total Duration	2 days, 19 hours, 30 minutes (~67.5 hours)
Shortest Track	1 minute, 12 seconds
Longest Track	5 hours, 20 minutes, 37 seconds
Format	.mp3 files + metadata.csv

Each sample includes:

• audio/XXX.mp3: the audio track for one surah
• A row in metadata.csv with all details

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📦 Usage

import pandas as pd

# Show all columns (disable column truncation)
pd.set_option("display.max_columns", None)
pd.set_option("display.width", 0)

# Load metadata CSV directly from Hugging Face
df = pd.read_csv("https://huggingface.co/datasets/freococo/arabic_myanmar_quran_voices/resolve/main/metadata.csv")

# Preview first 5 rows
print(df.head())

# Optionally, print the full dataset
# print(df)

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⚠️ Important Notes

• This dataset is in folder + CSV format (not .tar).
• Each row in metadata.csv maps directly to a .mp3 file in the audio/ folder.
• Some .mp3 files are over 2 to 5 hours long, which may cause the Hugging Face Dataset Viewer to crash or become unresponsive.
• For reliable access and usage, please load the dataset programmatically using the code in the Usage section above.
• No Hugging Face streaming logic is required.

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📥 Original Source & Downloads

• Quran Audio MP3:

  • MediaFire folder
  • Box folder

• MMSY Web App:

  • Myanmar Muslim Student & Youth

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📚 Intended Use

• Educational & devotional listening
• Audio access for elderly, blind, or visually impaired
• Myanmar-language learners of the Qur’an
• Dataset for religious ASR, TTS, and multilingual research

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✨ Acknowledgments

We give all credit and heartfelt thanks to:

• Maulana Hafiz Qari Tin Myint Makki Al-Hanafi and his scholars
• MMSY (Myanmar Muslim Student & Youth) for hosting and distributing this resource
• The volunteers who made this possible for the public

This is a public domain audio dataset meant to serve the Ummah and researchers alike.

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⚠️ Disclaimer

I, freococo, am not the creator or copyright owner of the original MP3 recordings or their content. I only curated and published this dataset for:

• The love of languages and Myanmar accessibility
• Support for open-source AI development
• The benefit of education, research, and humanity 💛

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💡 Citation

You may cite the dataset as:

@dataset{freococo_arabic_myanmar_quran_voices,
  title  = {Arabic-Myanmar Quran Voice},
  author = {freococo},
  year   = {2025},
  url    = {https://huggingface.co/datasets/freococo/arabic_myanmar_quran_voices},
  note   = {Original narration by Maulana Hafiz Qari Tin Myint Makki Al-Hanafi and team. Curated and released by freococo.}
}