Features
- Cover Type: Hard Cover with 1084 pages
- Published by: Ultimate Book October 20, 2000
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0967473209
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0967473208
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Book Dimensions:
9.2 x 6.2 x 1.8 inches
- Weighs: 2.5 pounds
Product Description
The First Poetic Translation of the Quran from the Original Arabic.
About The Author
Fazlollah Nikayin, lecturer, translator and linguist, was born in Tehran in 1938. He has worked with the B.B.C. and taught at the University of Cambridge, England and the Islamic Azad University, Tehran. Since 1989 he devoted all his time and talent to this brilliant, poetic translation of the Holy Quran. He is married, has two sons and presently lives in Skokie, Illinois.
Reader ReviewsI was nervous about spending so much money for a Qur'an translation. I have read several translations by Yusuf Ali, Shakir, Pickthall, Irving, Asad and Puya/Ali and none cost so much. I found this translation an excellent complement to my other translations because it offers a fresh approach while remaining faithful to the meaning of the Arabic. I am glad I purchased it because there is no other translation like it. I think it is the only novel translation that does not depart from true Qur'anic meaning. It is a good gift to a non-Muslim because there is no Arabic in it, it is translation only in a nice modern-looking hardback....
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