Centenary of Maulana Muhammad Ali’s English Translation of the Quran (Background, History and Influence on Later Translations)
Compiled by Dr Zahid Aziz
Summary
In this booklet, published in 2017, Dr Zahid Aziz has traced the influences on Maulana Muhammad Ali that resulted in the first translation and commentary of the Holy Quran by a Muslim. The Maulana’s translation afforded a true picture of the Holy Book to the Western world and also laid the foundation for future translations by Muslims.
Acknowledgement
We are thankful to the Webmaster of ahmadiyya.org for having provided us with the material of this booket that allowed us to prepare this online text version.
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Table of Contents:
- About this Book
- Maulana Muhammad Ali on the English Translation and Commentary of the Holy Quran
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Work on the Translation:
- Chapter 2: Publication and Reviews:
- Chapter 3: Later Translations:
- Hafiz Ghulam Sarwar
- Abdul Majid Daryabadi rescued from agnosticism
- Marmaduke Pickthall’s translation
- Pickthall and Lahore Ahmadiyya leaders
- Comparison of translations in The Moslem World
- Criticism of “Ahmadiyya propaganda”
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali’s translation
- Translation by M.H. Shakir
- Muhammad Asad and his Message of the Quran
- Chapter 4: Revised 1951 Edition and Later:
- Chapter 5: Status and Role of the Quran
- Appendix: Illustrations:
- Title page of the first edition
- A typical page from the first edition
- Photograph of cover and title page of first edition
- Title pages of 1920 and 1928 editions
- Typical page from Bayan-ul-Quran
- Title page of the 1951 revised edition
- Title pages of 1963 and 1973 editions
- Title page of the year 2002 edition
- Typical page from the year 2002 edition