diff --git a/src/api.ts b/src/api.ts
index 010b2eaa36..3f268a0cdc 100644
--- a/src/api.ts
+++ b/src/api.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import {
   ReciterResponse,
   TafsirContentResponse,
   PagesLookUpResponse,
+  WordByWordTranslationsResponse,
 } from 'types/ApiResponses';
 import AudioData from 'types/AudioData';
 import { MushafLines, QuranFont } from 'types/QuranReader';
@@ -100,11 +101,11 @@ export const getAvailableTranslations = async (language: string): Promise<Transl
  *
  * @param {string} language we use this to get translated names of authors in specific the current language.
  *
- * @returns {Promise<TranslationsResponse>}
+ * @returns {Promise<WordByWordTranslationsResponse>}
  */
 export const getAvailableWordByWordTranslations = async (
   language: string,
-): Promise<TranslationsResponse> => fetcher(makeWordByWordTranslationsUrl(language));
+): Promise<WordByWordTranslationsResponse> => fetcher(makeWordByWordTranslationsUrl(language));
 
 /**
  * Get the current available languages with the name translated in the current language.
diff --git a/src/components/Navbar/SettingsDrawer/WordByWordSection.tsx b/src/components/Navbar/SettingsDrawer/WordByWordSection.tsx
index 1afd710038..e796f918ed 100644
--- a/src/components/Navbar/SettingsDrawer/WordByWordSection.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Navbar/SettingsDrawer/WordByWordSection.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* eslint-disable i18next/no-literal-string */
 /* eslint-disable max-lines */
-import React from 'react';
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 
 import { Action } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
 import { useRouter } from 'next/router';
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { shallowEqual, useSelector } from 'react-redux';
 import Section from './Section';
 import styles from './WordByWordSection.module.scss';
 
+import { getAvailableWordByWordTranslations } from '@/api';
 import Counter from '@/dls/Counter/Counter';
 import Checkbox from '@/dls/Forms/Checkbox/Checkbox';
 import Select, { SelectSize } from '@/dls/Forms/Select';
@@ -18,10 +19,10 @@ import Link, { LinkVariant } from '@/dls/Link/Link';
 import Separator from '@/dls/Separator/Separator';
 import usePersistPreferenceGroup from '@/hooks/auth/usePersistPreferenceGroup';
 import {
-  setSelectedWordByWordLocale,
   selectReadingPreferences,
-  setWordByWordDisplay,
+  setSelectedWordByWordLocale,
   setWordByWordContentType,
+  setWordByWordDisplay,
   setWordClickFunctionality,
 } from '@/redux/slices/QuranReader/readingPreferences';
 import {
@@ -31,19 +32,14 @@ import {
   increaseWordByWordFontScale,
   selectWordByWordFontScale,
 } from '@/redux/slices/QuranReader/styles';
+import AvailableWordByWordTranslation from '@/types/AvailableWordByWordTranslation';
 import QueryParam from '@/types/QueryParam';
 import { WordByWordDisplay, WordByWordType, WordClickFunctionality } from '@/types/QuranReader';
-import { removeItemFromArray } from '@/utils/array';
+import { removeItemFromArray, uniqueArrayByObjectProperty } from '@/utils/array';
 import { logValueChange } from '@/utils/eventLogger';
 import { getLocaleName } from '@/utils/locale';
 import PreferenceGroup from 'types/auth/PreferenceGroup';
 
-export const WBW_LOCALES = ['en', 'ur', 'id', 'bn', 'tr', 'fa', 'hi', 'ta', 'inh'];
-export const WORD_BY_WORD_LOCALES_OPTIONS = WBW_LOCALES.map((locale) => ({
-  label: getLocaleName(locale),
-  value: locale,
-}));
-
 const WordByWordSection = () => {
   const { t, lang } = useTranslation('common');
   const {
@@ -62,6 +58,33 @@ const WordByWordSection = () => {
 
   const wordByWordFontScale = useSelector(selectWordByWordFontScale, shallowEqual);
 
+  const [hasError, setHasError] = useState(false);
+  const [translations, setTranslations] = useState<AvailableWordByWordTranslation[]>([]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    getAvailableWordByWordTranslations(lang)
+      .then((res) => {
+        if (res.status === 500) {
+          setHasError(true);
+        } else {
+          const data = uniqueArrayByObjectProperty(res.wordByWordTranslations, 'isoCode');
+          setTranslations(data);
+        }
+      })
+      .catch(() => {
+        setHasError(true);
+      });
+  }, [lang]);
+
+  if (hasError) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  const WORD_BY_WORD_LOCALES_OPTIONS = translations.map(({ isoCode }) => ({
+    label: getLocaleName(isoCode),
+    value: isoCode,
+  }));
+
   /**
    * Persist settings in the DB if the user is logged in before dispatching
    * Redux action, otherwise just dispatch it.
diff --git a/src/utils/array.ts b/src/utils/array.ts
index a7f4346340..ceaebb60a1 100644
--- a/src/utils/array.ts
+++ b/src/utils/array.ts
@@ -70,3 +70,16 @@ export const removeItemFromArray = <T>(itemToRemove: T, array: T[]): T[] =>
 export const mergeTwoArraysUniquely = <T>(array1: T[], array2: T[]): T[] => {
   return Array.from(new Set(array1.concat(array2)));
 };
+
+/**
+ * Return a unique array of objects with no dublicates based on an object property
+ *
+ * @param {any[]} array
+ * @param {string} property
+ * @returns {T[]}
+ */
+export const uniqueArrayByObjectProperty = (array: any[], property: string) => {
+  return array.filter(
+    (obj, index) => array.findIndex((item) => item[property] === obj[property]) === index,
+  );
+};
diff --git a/types/AvailableWordByWordTranslation.ts b/types/AvailableWordByWordTranslation.ts
index 2b81d61deb..6bf7408b73 100644
--- a/types/AvailableWordByWordTranslation.ts
+++ b/types/AvailableWordByWordTranslation.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 import AvailableTranslation from './AvailableTranslation';
+import TranslatedName from './TranslatedName';
 
 interface AvailableWordByWordTranslation extends AvailableTranslation {
-  isoCode?: string;
+  id: number;
+  name: string;
+  authorName: string;
+  slug: string;
+  languageName: string;
+  isoCode: string;
+  translatedName: TranslatedName;
 }
 export default AvailableWordByWordTranslation;