What is your favorite English Translation of the Quran?

Question

The reason I re-posted this question is b/c I wanted to know the best translation WITH COMMENTARY AND EXPLANATIONS INCLUDED.

Thanks!

If you could name from where you bought it from & how much... i would appreciate it

Answer 1

I have been teaching Quran in Canada to university students for awhile now, and the best translation that I've come across is Muhammad Asad's translation, titled "The Message of The Qur'an".

Its got both, translation and commentary. Its got transliteration too!

You can buy it on amazon.com, astrolabe.com, etc. You can even buy an e-copy of it at:

http://www.diesel-ebooks.com/cgi-bin/ite...

Hope that helps!

Answer 2

The best English translation of Holy Quran with Commentary and explanation is that of Abdulla Yusuf Ali.  It is available in almost all Islamic book stalls.  The cost of the translation is about 20 dollars (About 750 Indian Rupees in India).

The English translations by Abdulla Yusuf Ali, Moulana Abul Kalam Azad, Marmaduke Pickthal and another person are vailable in "ALIM" C.D. of ISL Software Corporation which are available in all Islamic Centres.  The web site is "alim.org".  You can purchase a copy of the C.D. through on line.  The email ID is <[e-mail]>

<[e-mail]> The English translations of Saheeh Bukhari, Saheeh Muslim, Abu Dawood, Tirmidi, Fiqh Sunna, detailed history of Prophets and 60 companions of the Prophet and several other features are available in the C.D.  The C.D. costs only 40 dollars (1171/- Indian Rupees).

Answer 3

The one by Abdullah Yusuf Ali.

Dunno how much it costs or where to get it from.

Answer 4

in this web site  you can download the qu'ran with its comentary and explanation.

http://www.soft32.com/download_4097.html

Answer 5

Yusuf Ali is the best translation bar none. He studied language and knew Arabic and English fluently. He used the highest form of English for correct translation. His translation and commentary are also so complete. It's awesome. But that is found in book form and not online (I don't think). If ya get a chance get the book! It is really great to study with the commentary because it goes into great detail to further explain details, history, context, meaning, etc. I love it!

Salaam! Take care! :o)

You can  order it online on amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Meaning-Holy-Quran...

Answer 6

Most Fav:  

Mohsin Khan and Hilali( The Best of all)

http://www.searchtruth.com/chapter_displ...

2nd Most Fav

Ali Unal

http://www.mquran.org/index.php/componen...

Both of these translators are VERY Reliable and the best thing about their translation is that they are written in contemporary English.

Edit

I hope u have learned many things about Ahmadis from Y!A.

Ignore the 1st answerer, he posted an Ahmadi link and the translators are Ahmadis, not Muslim.

BE AWARE.

Answer 7

Mohammed Asads' translation is my favorite, though for some reason it is hard to find. He was a Jewish convert to Islam, and spoke around 6-7 languages fluently. His biography is fantastic, and I find the translation itself to be not only accurate but readable; some of the older english translations are a bit out of date and aren't as clear.

http://www.islamicity.com/QuranSearch/ has the whole translation available for further study

Answer 8

http://store.alislam.org/holyquran1.html

The above is an excellent website.  It has the short and long commentary of the Quran by Sher Ali and Ghulam Farid.

You can read it for free online at the below address.

www.alislam.org/quran

love for all, hatred for none

Answer 9

MY FAVORITES BUT EVERY ONE IS NO 1

1,Marmaduke Pickthall, The Glorious Qu'ran (ISBN 1-879402-51-3)

2 Abdul Majid Daryabadi ("The Holy Qur'an, English Translation " 1941 57, Lahore)

3.

---------------------Dr. Muhsin Khan and Dr. M. Taqi-ud-Din Al-Hilali, The Noble Quran (ISBN 1-59144-000-9)

4,Maulana Muhammad Ali, The Holy Qur'an: Text (ISBN 0-913321-11-7)

5 .Towards Understanding the Qur'an translated by Zafar Ishaq Ansari from Urdu Tafhim al Qur'an

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Dr. Edip Yuksel, Layth al-Shaiban, Dr. Martha Schulte-Nafeh, "Quran: a Reformist Translation" (Non-sexist, non-sectarian translation) BrainbowPress (ISBN 0-979-67150-7)

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar, The Sublime Quran (The first English translation of the Qur'an by an American woman[citation needed])

Ahmed Ali, Al-Qur'an, a Contemporary Translation

Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Meaning of the Holy Qur'an (ISBN 0-915957-76-0)

Arthur John Arberry, The Koran Interpreted: A Translation (ISBN 0-684-82507-4)

N. J. Dawood

Dr. Rashad Khalifa, Quran: The Final Testament (ISBN 1-881893-05-7)

E.H. Palmer, The Qur'an: The Sacred Books of the East Part Nine (ISBN 1-4179-3010-1)

John Meadows Rodwell The Koran (ISBN 0-8041-1125-1)

Marmaduke Pickthall, The Glorious Qu'ran (ISBN 1-879402-51-3)

M. H. Shakir, The Qur'an (ISBN 0-940368-16-1)

M.A.S Abdel Haleem, The Qur'an (Oxford World Classics) (ISBN 0-19-283193-3)

Towards Understanding the Qur'an translated by Zafar Ishaq Ansari from Urdu Tafhim al Qur'an

Maulana Muhammad Ali, The Holy Qur'an: Text (ISBN 0-913321-11-7)

Muhammad Muhsin Khan, Noble Qur'an

Muhammad Asad, The Message of The Qur'an (ISBN 1-904510-00-0)

Thomas Cleary, The Qur'an: A New Translation (ISBN 1-929694-44-X) and The Essential Koran: The Heart of Islam (ISBN 0-06-250198-4)

Abdul Majid Daryabadi ("The Holy Qur'an, English Translation " 1941 57, Lahore)

Dr. Zohurul Hoque, Translation and Commentary on The Holy Quran (ISBN 0-9678304-0-0)

Dr. T. B. Irving, Noble Qur'an: Arabic Text & English Translation (ISBN 0-915597-51-9)

Dr. Muhsin Khan and Dr. M. Taqi-ud-Din Al-Hilali, The Noble Quran (ISBN 1-59144-000-9)

George Sale, KORAN, Commonly called The Alcoran of Mohammed, Translated into English immediately from the Original Arabic; with Explanatory Notes, taken from the most approved Commentators. To which is prefixed a Preliminary Discourse

Muhammad Taqiuddin Sarwar, The Holy Qur'an (ISBN 0-941724-00-X)

Ali Ünal, The Qur'an with Annotated Interpretation in Modern English (ISBN 978-1-59784-000-1)

plz also try here

http://www.tafheem.net/

why only 3 down lol oh u anti muslims why r u not happy i m sorry that u r not happy