The Koran Interpreted - A Translation

This classic, authoritative translation brings the full meaning and power of the sacred book of Islam to Western readers. "Certainly the most beautiful English version, and among those by non-Muslim translators, the one that comes closest to conveying the impressions made on Muslims by the original".--Wilfred Cantwell Smith, Harvard University.

About the author

Arthur John Arberry, as Head of the Department of Classics at Cairo University, acquired a firsthand knowledge of literary and social conditions in the Islamic Middle East. Between 1947 and 1969 he served as Sir Thomas Adams Professor of Arabic at Cambridge University. He published some twenty books in Islamic studies during his lifetime, many dealing with mysticism and poetry. Professor Arberry died in England in 1969.

Product details

• Authors: Arthur J. Arberry, Arthur John Arberry
• Assisted by: A. J. Arberry (Editor), Arthur J. Arberry (Editor), Arthur John Arberry (Editor)
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.12.1996
• EAN: 9780684825076
• ISBN: 978-0-684-82507-6
• No. of pages: 358
• Weight: 1 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions