''The Meaning of the Glorious Koran'' (1930) is an English Language translation of the Quran with brief introductions to the

Surah A ''surah'' (; ar, سورة, sūrah, , ), is the equivalent of "chapter" in the Qur'an. There are 114 ''surahs'' in the Quran, each divided into '' ayats'' (verses). The chapters or ''surahs'' are of unequal length; the shortest surah (''Al-Ka ...

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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 Qur ...

. In 1928, Pickthall took a two-year sabbatical to complete his translation of the meaning of the Quran, a work that he considered the summit of his achievement. Pickthall noted the impossibility of perfectly translating the Arabic into English, and he titled his work ''The Meaning of the Glorious Koran'' (A. A. Knopf, New York 1930). It was the first translation by a Muslim whose native language was English, and remains among the two most popular translations, the other being the work of

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 sup ...

Editions

*Everyman's Library (1993), *Amana Publications; 1st ed edition (1996), *Tahrike Tarsile Qur'an; 2nd edition (1999), *The Meaning of the Glorious Qur'an; New Modern English Edition with brief explanatory notes and Index of subjects; 7th Edition (2011), Published by IDCI, available at
www.idci.co.uk

External links

The Meaning of The Glorious Koran
An Explanatory Translation, ''Alfred A. Knopf'', New York, First Edition (1930).
Quran Explorer
Online Quran software with default set to Pickthall's translation and audio in English.
Al-Quran
project includes the Quran translation, "The Meaning of the Glorious Koran", by Marmaduke Pickthall.

project includes the Quran translation, "The Meaning of the Glorious Koran", by Marmaduke Pickthall. * English translations of the Quran 1930 books {{Islam-book-stub