The Holy Qur'an: Transliteration in Roman Script with Arabic Text and English Translation - Hardcover

Abdullah Yusuf

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8171512070 ISBN 13: 9788171512072

Publisher: Kitab Bhavan, 2001

Synopsis

The Holy Qur'an is ideal for individuals who do not know how to read Arabic script. This edition has in one column the Arabic script, second column has Transliteration in Roman Script and the third column has the English translation by Abdullah Yusuf Ali. In the his preface Abdullah Yusuf Ali had this to say to his readers: "Read, study and digest the Holy Book. Read slowly, and let it sink into your heart and soul. Such study will, like virtue, be its own reward."

About this title

About the Author

Abdullah Yusuf Ali was born on 4 April 1872, in Surat, a textile town in Gujarat, Western India, which formed part of the ‘Presidency of Mumbai’ in the days of Raj. He belonged to a mercantile community known as the Bohras, who trace their Muslim ancestry to the efforts of preachers dispatched by the Fatimid caliphs in Cairo. His father, a merchant, was a very religious man who made sure that his son learned Qur’an before anything else. Upon the completion of young Yusuf’s committing the entire Qur’an to memory, his father celebrated the occasion with a grand banquet, thus showing to his son the importance of his achievement and the importance of the Qur’an. In addition to studying contemporary knowledge at school, “Abdullah continued to receive lessons in Arabic language and never ceased in his studies of the Qur’an.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kitab Bhavan
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8171512070
• ISBN 13: 9788171512072
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 652