Following is a list of English translations of the Quran. The first translations were created in the 17th and 19th centuries by non-Muslims, but the majority of existing translations have been produced in the 20th and 21st centuries. The earliest known English translation is '' The Alcoran'' (1649) which is attributed to Alexander Ross, chaplain to King Charles I''.'' It was translated from the French translation, ''

L'Alcoran de Mahomet ''L'Alcoran de Mahomet'' ("The Qur'an of Muhammad") was the third Western translation of the Qur'an, preceded by '' Lex Mahumet pseudoprophete'' (" heLaw of the False Prophet Muhammad") and the translation by Mark of Toledo. The translation was ...

'', by the

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. ''The Koran, Commonly Called the Alcoran of Mohammed'' (1734) was the first scholarly translation of the Quran and was the most widely available English translation for 200 years and is still in print. George Sale based this two-volume translation on the Latin translation by

Louis Maracci Ludovico Marracci (6 October 1612 – 5 February 1700), also known by Luigi Marracci, was an Italians, Italian Oriental studies, Oriental scholar and professor of Arabic in the Sapienza University of Rome, College of Wisdom at Rome. He is chiefly ...

(1698).

Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 18 ...

had a copy of Sale's translation, now in the

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, that was used for House Representative

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ceremony on 3 January 2007. Muslims did not begin translating the Quran into English until the early 20th century. ''The Qur'an'' (1910) was translated by

Mirza Abul Fazl Mirza Abul Fazl ( bn, মির্জা আবুল ফজল; 1865 - 1956), was a native of East Bengal, now independent Bangladesh, later moved to Allahabad, India. Life Mirza was the great grandson of Haji Ali Shirazi. His genealogical tre ...

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. He was the first Muslim to present a translation of the Qur'an in English.''The English Translation of the Holy Qur'an with Commentary'' (1917), translated by

Maulana Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali (; ar, محمد علي‎; 1874 – 13 October 1951) was an Indian people, Indian writer, scholar, and leading figure of the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement. Biography Ali was born in Murar, Kapurthala State (now in Ludhiana dis ...

, was "the first English translation by an

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follower to be generally available and to be made accessible to the West." Muhammad Ali was the leader of the Lahori Ahmadis.

Wallace Fard Muhammad Wallace Dodd Fard, also known as Wallace Fard Muhammad or Master Fard Muhammad (; reportedly born February 26, – disappeared ), was the founder of the Nation of Islam. He arrived in Detroit in 1930 with an obscure background and several alia ...

, the founder of the

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, exclusively used Ali's translation. ''

The Koran Interpreted ''The Koran Interpreted'' is a translation of the Qur'an (the Islamic religious text) by Arthur John Arberry. The translation is from the original Arabic into English. First published in 1955, it is one of the most prominent written by a non- Mu ...

'' (1955) by

Arthur Arberry Arthur John Arberry (12 May 1905, in Portsmouth – 2 October 1969, in Cambridge) FBA was a British scholar of Arabic literature, Persian studies, and Islamic studies. He was educated at Portsmouth Grammar School and Pembroke College, Cambrid ...

was the first English translation of the Quran by an academic scholar of Arabic, Islam, and

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. Arberry attempted to maintain the rhythms and cadence of the Arabic text. For many years, it was the scholarly standard for English translations. ''The Holy Qur'an: Arabic Text and English Translation'' (1990) was the first translation by a Muslim woman, Amatul Rahman Omar.

Non-Muslim translations

* ''iarchive:alcoranofmahomet00dury, The Alcoran, Translated Out of Arabic into French. By the Andrew du Ryer, Lord of Malezair, and Resident for the French King, at Alexandria. And Newly Englished, for the Satisfaction of all that Desire to Look into the Turkish Vanities''. London: Anno Dom, 1649. * ''The Koran, Commonly Called the Alcoran of Mohammed, tr. into English Immediately from the Original Arabic; with Explanatory Notes, Taken from the Most Approved Commentators. To Which Is Prefixed a Preliminary Discourse.'' Translated by

George Sale George Sale (1697–1736) was a British Orientalist scholar and practising solicitor, best known for his 1734 translation of the Quran into English. In 1748, after having read Sale's translation, Voltaire wrote his own essay "De l'Alcoran ...

. London: C. Ackers, 1734. * ''The Koran''. Translated by

John Medows Rodwell John Medows Rodwell (1808–1900) was a friend of Charles Darwin while both matriculated at Cambridge. He became an English clergyman of the Church of England and an Islamic studies scholar. He served as Rector of St.Peter's, Saffron Hill, Londo ...

. London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1861. * ''The Quran.'' Translated by

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, 1880. * ''The Qur'an: Translated, with a Critical Re-arrangement of the Surahs.'' Translated by Richard Bell.

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: T. & T. Clark, 1939. *''

. 2 volumes.'' Translated by

. New York:

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,1955. * ''The Koran: A New Translation.'' Translated by

N. J. Dawood Nessim Joseph Dawood (27 August 1927 – 20 November 2014) was an Iraqi Jewish translator, who is best known for his translation of the Quran. Life Nessim Joseph Dawood was born in Baghdad to a Jewish family. His family name was Yehuda, but in the ...

. New York:

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, 1956. * ''The Qur'an: A New Translation''. Translated by Thomas Cleary. United States: Starlatch Press'','' 2004. . * ''The Qur'an.'' Translated by Alan Jones. Edinburgh:

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, 2007. * ''The Qur'an: A New Annotated Translation.'' Translated by A.J Droge.

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: Equinox Publishing Limited, 2012. * ''The Qur'an (Norton Critical Editions).'' Translated by

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. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2017. . * ''The Quran with Christian Commentary: A Guide to Understanding the Scripture of Islam.'' Translated by Gordon D. Nickel.

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, 2020. * ''The Critical Qur'an: Explained from Key Islamic Commentaries and Contemporary Historical Research.'' Translated by Robert B. Spencer. New York:

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Ahmadi translations

* ''The Holy Qurán.'' Translated by Mohammad Khan.

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: Rajinder Press, 1905. * ''The English Translation of the Holy Qur'an with Commentary.'' Translated by

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: 1917. * '' The Holy Quran: Arabic Text and English Translation.''Translated by

Maulvi Sher Ali Maulvi Sher Ali Ranjha (24 November 1875 – 13 November 1947) was a prominent Ahmadi scholar and a companion of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, who claimed to be the Promised Messiah and the awaited mahdi. Early life Sher Ali was born to a well off and ed ...

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: 1955. * ''

The English Commentary of the Holy Quran ''The Holy Quran with English translation and commentary'' is a 5 volume commentary of the Quran published in 1963 by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. It was prepared by a board of translators consisting of Maulvi Sher Ali, Mirza Bashir Ahmad ...

''. 5 volumes. Translated by

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and

Malik Ghulam Farid Malik Ghulam Farid (1897–1977), was a notable Ahmadiyya Muslim scholar. He was deputed the task of preparing the 5 Volume The English Commentary of the Holy Quran, in 1942, by Mirza Mahmood Ahmad, the second Khalifa Khalifa or Khalifah (Arab ...

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, 1963. * ''The Wonderful Koran: A New English Translation.'' Translated by Pir Salahuddin.

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: The Raftar-I-Zamana Publications, 1969. * '' The Quran.'' Translated by

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. London:

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, 1970. * ''The Holy Qur'an: Arabic Text and English Translation.''Translated by Amatul Rahman Omar and Abdul Mannan Omar. Noor Foundation International, Inc., 1990. .

Notes

Intra-faith translations

* '' The Study Quran: A New Translation and Commentary'' (2015). Edited by

Seyyed Hossein Nasr Seyyed Hossein Nasr (; fa, سید حسین نصر, born April 7, 1933) is an Iranian philosopher and University Professor of Islamic studies at George Washington University. Born in Tehran, Nasr completed his education in Iran and the United St ...

, Caner K. Dagli,

Maria Massi Dakake Maria Massi Dakake ( ) is an American scholar of Islamic studies and associate professor of Religious Studies at George Mason University. Her research mainly focuses on Islamic intellectual history, Quranic studies, Shi`ite and Sufi traditions, a ...

Joseph E. B. Lumbard Joseph E.B. Lumbard (born 1969) is an American Muslim scholar of Islamic studies and associate professor of Quranic studies at the College of Islamic studies, Islamic Studies at Hamad Bin Khalifa University in Qatar. He is the author, editor, and ...

, and

Mohammed Rustom Mohammed Rustom (born 1980) is Full Professor of Islamic studies and global philosophy at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada and Director of the Carleton Centre for the Study of Islam. His research interests include Arabic and Persian Sufi li ...

.New York:

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, 2015. .

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Qur'anist translations

* ''Quran: The Final Testament''. Translated by

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. Islamic Productions, 1981. . * ''Exposition of the Holy Quran.'' Translated by

Ghulam Ahmed Pervez Ghulam Ahmad Parwez ( pa, ; 1903–1985), widely known as Allama Parwez, was a pioneer of Quranic doctrine from pre-Independence India and later Pakistan. He attempted to rationally interpret Quranic themes, by challenging the established Sun ...

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: Tolu-E-Islam Trust, 1996. * ''The Qur'an As It Explains Itself.'' Translated by Shabbir Ahmed.

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: Lighthouse, 2003. . * ''The Quran: A Reformist Translation''. Translated by Edip Yuksel, Layth Saleh al-Shaiban, and Martha Schulte-Nafeh. London: Brainbow Press, 2007. . * ''The Message - A Translation of the Glorious Qur'an.'' Translated by the Monotheistic Group. London: Brainbow Press, 2008.

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Shi'a translations

* ''The Qur'an.'' Translated by

: Asgar & Co., 1911. * ''The Qur'an''. Translated by Mohammed Habib ShakirNew York: Tahirke Tarsile Qur'an, 1968. * ''The Holy Qur'an: The Arabic Text and English Translation'' (1981). Translated by Muhammad Sarwar. Englewood: The Islamic Seminary Inc.,1981. * ''The Holy Qur'an.'' Translated by Syed V. Mir Ahmed Ali.

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: Osweh Printing & Publication Co., 1988. * ''The Quran: A Poetic Translation''. Translated by Fazlollah Nikayin. 2000. . * ''The Qur'an in Persian and English.'' Translated by Tahere Saffarzadeh. 2001. * ''The Qur'an with an English Paraphrase'', Translated by Ali Quli Qara'i. Iranian Centre for Translation of the Holy Qur'an/Islamic Publications International, 2005. . * ''The Sublime Qur'an''. Translated by

Laleh Bakhtiar Laleh Mehree Bakhtiar (born Mary Nell Bakhtiar; July 29, 1938 – October 18, 2020) was an Iranian-American Islamic and Sufi scholar, author, translator, and clinical psychologist. Bakhtiar was the first American woman to translate the Quran i ...

. Chicago: Kazi Publications, Inc., 2007. . * ''The Magnificent Qur'an: A 21st Century English Translation.''Translated by Ali Salami. Tempe: Leilah Publication, 2016. .

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Sunni translations

*''The Koran''. Translated by Hairat Dihlawi.

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: M. H. Press, 1916. *''

The Meaning of the Glorious Koran ''The Meaning of the Glorious Koran'' (1930) is an English Language translation of the Quran with brief introductions to the Surahs by Marmaduke Pickthall. In 1928, Pickthall took a two-year sabbatical to complete his translation of the meaning ...

.'' Translated by

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall (born Marmaduke William Pickthall; 7 April 187519 May 1936) was an English Islamic scholar noted for his 1930 English translation of the Quran, called '' The Meaning of the Glorious Koran''. His translation of the Qu ...

. New York:

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, 1930. * '' The Holy Qur'an: Translation and Commentary.'' Translated by

Abdullah Yusuf Ali Abdullah Yusuf Ali, CBE, MA, LL.M, FRSA, FRSL (; ur, عبداللہ یوسف علی‎; 14 April 1872 – 10 December 1953) was an Indian-British barrister who wrote a number of books about Islam including an exegesis of the Qur'an. A support ...

: Shaik Muhammad Ashraf Publishers of Bakhshi Bazaar, 1934. * ''Tafseru-l-Qur'aan'' Translated by

Abdul Majid Daryabadi Abdul Majid Daryabadi (16 March 1892 – 6 January 1977) was an Islamic scholar, philosopher, writer, critic, researcher, journalist and exegete of the Quran in Indian subcontinent in 20th century. He was as one of the most influential Indian Mus ...

. India: 1957. * ''The Running Commentary of the Holy Qur-an with Under-Bracket Comments''. Translated by Khadim Rahmani Nuri of

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, India: Sufi Hamsaya-Gurudwar, 1964. * '' The Meaning of the Qur'an''.Translated by Muhammad Akbar.

: 1967. * '' The Message of the Qur'an: Presented in Perspective'' (1974) Translated by

Hashim Amir Ali Hashim Amir Ali (Urdu: هاشم أمير على), (8 May 1903 - 1987), was an Islamic scholar and author. Life In 1938 Ali came under the influence of Mirza Abul Fazl, who aroused his interest in and reverence for the Qur'an. He was a scholar ...

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: C. E. Tuttle Co.,1974. . * ''

The Message of the Qur'an ''The Message of The Qur'an'' is an English translation and interpretation of the 1924 Cairo edition of the Qur'an by Muhammad Asad, an Austrian Jew who converted to Islam. It is considered one of the most influential Quranic translations of the ...

.'' Translated by

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: Dar al-Andalus Limited, 1980. . * ''The Qur'an: The First American Version.'' Translated by Thomas Ballantyne Irving (Al Hajj Ta'lim Ali Abu Nasr).

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: Amana Books, 1985. * ''Al-Qur'an: A Contemporary Translation''. Translated by Ahmed Ali.

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, 1988. * ''The Clarion Call of the Eternal Quran''. Translated by Muhammad Khalilur Rahman.

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: 1991. * ''The Glorious Qur'an''. Translated by Ahmad Zidan and Mrs. Dina Zidan. Zidan,1993. * ''A Simple Translation of The Holy Quran''. Translated by Mir Aneesuddin.

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: Islamic Academy of Sciences, 1993. * ''The Glorious Qur'an''. Translated by Syed Vickar Ahamed.

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: TR Group of Companies, 1999. * ''The Holy Qur'an''. Translated by Emily B. Assami (Umm Muhammad), Amatullah J. Bantley, and Mary M. Kennedy.

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: Dar Abul Qasim Publishing House, 1997. * ''Al-Qur'an: Guidance for Mankind.'' Translated by M. Farooq-e-Azam Malik. Dearborn: The Institute of Islamic Knowledge, 1997. * ''Towards Understanding the Ever-glorious Qur'an''. Translated by Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali.

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: Publishing House for Universities, 1997. * ''The Noble Qur'an: A New Rendering of Its Meaning in English'' (1999) Translated by Abdalhaqq Bewley and

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. London: Madinah Press, 1999. . * '' Interpretation of the Meanings of the Noble Qur'an.'' Translated by

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and

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. Chicago: Kazi Publications Inc., 1999. . * '' The Majestic Qur'an: An English Rendition of Its Meanings''. Translated by Nureddin Uzunoğlu, Tevfik Rüştü Topuzoğlu, Ali Özek, and Mehmet Maksutoğlu. United States: Starlatch Press, 2000. * ''An Interpretation of the Qur'an'' (2000). Translated by

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, 2002. *''Translation and Commentary on The Holy Quran'' (2000). Translate by

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. Holy Quran Publishing Project, 2000. *''The Qur'an''. Translated by M. J. Gohari.

: Oxford Logos Society, 2002. *''Quran: The Living Truth.'' Translated by Shaikh Basheer Ahmed Muhuyiddin.

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: Manas Foundation, 2003. *''The Tajwidi Qur'an''. Translated by

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: An-noor Educational Foundation, 2003. * ''The Qur'an (Oxford World Classics).'' Translated by M.A.S. Abdel-Haleem.

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, 2004. * ''Jamal Ul Qur'an (The Beauteous Qur'an). 3rd edition.'' Translated by

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and Anis Ahmad Sheikh.

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: Zia-ul-Qur'an Publications, 2004. * ''Quran Made Easy''. Translated by Afzal Hoosen Elias.

: Zam Zam Publishers, 2007. * ''The Meanings of the Noble Qur'an with Explanatory Notes'', 2 volumes. Translated by

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: Tughra Books, 2008. . * ''The Gracious Qur'an: A Modern Phrased Interpretation in English.'' Translated by Ahmad Zaki Hammad. Reston: Lucent Interpretations, 2008. * ''The Qur'an: A New Translation.'' Translated by Tarif Khalidi. New York:

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, 2009. * ''The Holy Qur'an: Guidance for Life''. Translated by

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