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This is the first detailed account of the life and ideas of 'Abdullah Yusuf 'Ali, whose The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary is the most widely used English translation of the Qur'an. This is a candid and sympathetic study that draw on Yusuf 'Ali's writings and private papers, as well as unpublished sources.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali, 1872-1952, South Asian Islamic scholar.
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The Quran is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation from God - Allah. It is organized in 114 chapters - surah which consist of verses - āyāt. This English translation of Quran was made by the anglophile British Indian civil servant Abdullah Yusuf Ali.
The Holy Qur'an (also known as The Koran) is the sacred book of Islam. For Muslims, it is the word of the one God. The Qur'an was revealed to the last prophet and messenger Muḥammad (محمد) from the year 610 until his death in 632 by the angel Gabriel (جبريل). According to the Qur'an, God exists and is unique, and He is the author of all the sacred books of the three monotheistic religions that are Islam, Christianity, and Judaism. He thus revealed the Gospel to the penultimate prophet Jesus and the Torah to the prophet Moses. We read thus in verse 3 of sura 3: "It is He Who sent down to thee (step by step), in truth, the Book, confirming what went before it; and He sent down the L...
Complete and unabridged, this is The Qur’an in an elegantly designed, hardcover edition.