The Qur’an: A New Translation By David F. Many English studies of the Qur’an tend to regard it as nothing more than a jumble of borrowed and rambling thoughts with no sense of direction. Understanding the Qur’an is intended to help the general reader, and also the scholar, to understand the Qur’an by combining a number of ap-proaches: thematic, stylistic and comparative. Fruitful in both directions: the Qur’an has been opened up in an unprecedented way to many readers of English but at the same time, this is a new interpretation of the Arabic, Professor Haleem has come to know the Qur’an better through translating it, and he has. George Sale was the first to translate it into English directly from Arabic. It has been translated into various languages by both Muslims and non-Muslims. Abstract The Holy Qur’an is a divine book revealed to the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). A Critical Study of Abdel Haleem’s New Translation of the Holy Qur’an Dr. It is of course a core element of the Islamic faith that the Qur’an is a divine revelation. I met professor Abdel Haleem in his office in London, very eager to know his views on a topic that has always been of much interest to me: the relation between the text and context of the Qur'an. He has also published several other works in this field.

In 2004, Oxford University Press published his translation of the Qur'an into English. īorn in Egypt, Abdel Haleem learned the Qur'an by heart during his childhood, and is now a hafiz. Abdel Haleem, OBE ,FCIL, is Professor of Islamic Studies at SOAS, University of London in London, England, and editor of the Journal of Qur'anic Studies.

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