The Noble Quran: Interpretation of the Meanings of the Noble Qur'an in the English Language (English and Arabic Edition) (Hardcover)

~ Muhammad Muhsin Khan (Translator), Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din Al-Hilali (Translator)

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interpretation of the meanings of the Noble Qur'an (word of God) with Arabic text in the modern English language. A summarized version of At-Tabari, Al-Qurtubi, and Ibn Kathir with comments from Sahih Al-Bukhari.

About the Author

Biography of Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan was born in the year 1345 Al-Hijri, in Qasur, a city of the Punjab Province, in Pakistan.

His grandfathers emigrated from Afghanistan escaping from the wars and ribal strifes. Dr. Muhammad Muhsin belongs to the famous Afghanese tribe AlKhoashki Al-Jamandi. The residence place of his tribe was the valley of Afghastan south east of the city of Kandhar (Afghanistan).

He had most of his education in that city, then he continued his education till he gained Degree in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Punjab, Lahore. Then he worked in the University Hospital in Lahore, after that he traveled to England and stayed there for about four years, where he got the Diploma of Chest Diseases from the University of Wales. Then he worked in the Ministry of Health, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He came during the period of late King Abdul Aziz A'l-i-Saud. He stayed in the Ministry of Health for about 15 years, most of that period was in At-Ta'if, where he worked as the Director of El-Sadad Hospital for the Chest Diseases, then he moved to AlMadinah, where he worked as a Chief of the Department of Chest Diseases in the King's Hospital. Then lastly, he worked as the Director of the Islamic University Clinic, Al-Madinah.

Allah (glory is to Him) helped him to share with Dr. M. Taqi-ud-Din Al-Hilali in the translation of the meanings of the Ahadith of the Book Sahih Al-Bukhari and the Book Al-Lulu wal Marjan and the meanings of the interpretation of the Qur'an into the English.

Biography of Dr. Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din Al-Hilali

Dr. Al-Hilali was born in the year 1311 (A.H.) in a village called Al-Fidah in a valley near Sajalmasah in Morocco (N. Africa). His grandfather migrated to this place from Al-Qairawan (Tunis), a long time ago. He was a person endued with religious knowledge and so was his father and so was his family. Dr. Al-Hilali belongs to the family of Husain bin Ali - the family of Prophet Muhammad (S) . His real name is Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din, his Kunyah is Abu Shakib.

He memorized the Qur'an while a boy of 12 years.Then he studied Arabic grammar and Tajwid and other Arabic knowledge of Ahadith of the Prophet (S).

He also learned well the English and German languages. He traveled widely all over the world in search of knowledge (India, Iraq, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, etc.). He worked as a teacher in these countries. He got his secondary school education in Al-Qarawiyyth University, completed his education in Egypt, and got his doctorate from the Berlin University (Germany). He worked in Baghdad University, as an assistant professor, then a professor. Lastly, he worked as a professor in the Islamic University, Al-Madinah (Saudi Arabia). Dr. Al-Hilali had widespread experience in the field of preaching, has written many books and had done many religious and good deeds. May Allah reward him for all that. He was possessed with true Islamic Monothetic Faith and had been inviting people to this Faith and used to reply back those who used to oppose this doctrine. He had a good way of tackling the problems with wisdom and knowledge, which made him reach a high place in the field of knowledge.

He shared with Dr. Muhammad Muhsin in the translation of the meanings of the interpretation of the Qur'an and Sahih Al-Bukhari and the book Al-Lulu-wal Marjan into the English language during the period of his stay et the Islamic University (Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah).

He died in the year 1408 Hijrah. May Allah shower His Blessings on him.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 927 pages
• Publisher: Dar-us-Salam Publications (March 1, 1999)
• Language: English, Arabic
• ISBN-10: 996074079X
• ISBN-13: 978-9960740799
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 6.6 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #275,890 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you wish to understand Islam..., December 17, 2002

By	A. Ort "aorto" (Youngstown, Ohio) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

...this is a translation you need to invest in. This is the version that is published in and distributed (usually for free) by the government of Saudi Arabia. If you wish to understand the Wahhabi interpretation of Islam, this is the translation.

It is very clear and very succinct and easy to read. It includes many tafsir (explanations from Islamic scholars) and Hadith of the Prophet Muhammad that adds depth to how the various verses have been understood and how they are understood today.

There are several appendices (at least in the version I have) which help explain the concept of jihad and the understanding of Jesus/Christianity from an Islamic point of view.

All in all, this version is very literal and very 'fundamentalist' (not in a militant sense but in the sense that the Quran is taken very literally and very seriously). One can not help but be moved by it.

Again, if you wish to understand Islam better, especially the more 'fundamendalist' (i.e. no nonsense) understanding, this translation is a must have. On an aside, I would balance it out with some other versions (for example, Muhammad Asad and Yusuf Ali) to get a 'feel' for the diversity of how the Quran is understood and presented to non-Arabic speaking people.

It's been five years since I originally wrote this review. While I stand by the original review, I have honed my senses a bit more and realize the deficiencies - and dangers - of this translation. It represents a very common translation that is very common throughout the U.S. Those free Qur'ans you see online? This is most likely the one you'll get.

What prompted the update was a book I just read by Khaled M. Abou Fadl called Conference of the Books and was so moved I had to include his words in this review.

In his chapter called "Corrupting God's Book" he takes this particular translation to task, calling it a "Trojan-horse" of a translation that is found in nearly every Islamic store or center in the U.S., noting that it has "the appearance of a translation" that takes "gross liberties" in translating the text. Not only are the Qur'anic verses spun to the Wahhabi understanding, so too the hadith-reports contained in the footnotes are "grossly corrupted."

Here it is in a nutshell:

"It is clear that the authors of the translation and their supporters do not like women, and that they projected their inadequacies and deformities upon God's text and the whole Islamic intellectual tradition."

Wow.

Still, a vital translation if you wish to understand how the Qur'an is understood according to this particular ideology.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Transliteration of Qur'an, February 11, 2001

By	Muzaffer Muctehitzade "hacibey" (Boston, Ma USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book although the name suggest that it has commentaries from three elite ulema, I think it is mostly English Translation of the Qur'an with some explanations in the paranthesis. There is another version of this book which is published in ten volumes. If you got the time to read that version has more explanations of course due to sheer volume of the book but still you see more comments from Bukhari than Tabari or Kurtubi. You could say that Tabari, Kurtubi, Ibn Keshir also used the Hadits from Bukhari but it would have been nice if referenced were made from which commentator the explanations were taken. Overall the book is good and easy to read explanations are straight in the line without going into notes at the bottom of the pages. Another succesfull book written for the similar purpose but not completed yet is the book by Hamid Algar, The Qur'an and it's interpreters.

5.0 out of 5 stars May the creator be pleased!!!!, April 9, 2009

By	C. L. Jones - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a well sought after rendition of the Quran and I am glad to be in possesion of this fact filled and noted text. I am also pleased by the arabic being contained directly across from the english text.