The Koran

Introduction by W. Montgomery Wyatt

Introduction by W. Montgomery Wyatt
Translated by Marmaduke Pickthal
An explanatory translation by Marmaduke Pickthall
Introduction by William Montgomery Watt

While in the service of India's Nizam of Hyderabad, Marmaduke Pickthall converted to Islam, and, with the help of Muslim theologians and linguists, produced this clear and lovingly precise English interpretation of the Holy Koran. His work is honored by believer and non-believer alike for its unique combination of piety, scholarly rigor in its translation and explanatory notes, and deep feeling for the poetic beauty and moral grandeur of its Arabic original.
Gwyn Jones and Thomas Jones were, respectively, Professor of English at Aberystwyth and Cardiff and Professor of Welsh at Aberystwyth. They are the authors of numerous works of scholarship in Welsh and in English.

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An explanatory translation by Marmaduke Pickthall
Introduction by William Montgomery Watt

While in the service of India's Nizam of Hyderabad, Marmaduke Pickthall converted to Islam, and, with the help of Muslim theologians and linguists, produced this clear and lovingly precise English interpretation of the Holy Koran. His work is honored by believer and non-believer alike for its unique combination of piety, scholarly rigor in its translation and explanatory notes, and deep feeling for the poetic beauty and moral grandeur of its Arabic original.

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Gwyn Jones and Thomas Jones were, respectively, Professor of English at Aberystwyth and Cardiff and Professor of Welsh at Aberystwyth. They are the authors of numerous works of scholarship in Welsh and in English.

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