Qur'an The Final Revelation

The Quran is the final revelation for the guidance of mankind, from the same Almighty God who sent Abraham, Moses and Jesus.

This Quran is translated and interpreted word-for-word from Arabic into English in a simple way, so that it can be understood easily by everyone.

Two Editorial Decisions Worth Noticing

Allah is used throughout rather than God — the reasoning being that Allah is a name without gender, plural or diminutive, and that translating it flattens a distinction the Arabic makes.

Clarifying words appear in parentheses. Arabic frequently omits what English requires, and a strictly literal rendering produces sentences a reader cannot parse. Marking the additions rather than folding them silently into the text lets the reader see exactly what the Arabic said and what the translator supplied.

That transparency is unusual and it is the honest way to do it.

Its Da'wah Framing

The opening line names Abraham, Moses and Jesus, and it is doing deliberate work: establishing continuity with what a Western reader already accepts before asking him to consider anything new.

All twenty-five prophets named in the Quran are identified, which serves the same purpose — most readers find more familiar names than they expected.

Who It Is For

Non-Muslims reading the Quran for the first time, and new Muslims. Also useful for anyone doing da'wah who wants something to hand over.

Related Items

• The Clear Quran (Arabic-English) — The Clear Quran, Arabic and English
• Al-Qur'an by Farooq Malik — Farooq Malik's contemporary American English
• Easy to Read Word-for-Word Holy Qur'an — a fuller word-for-word set