The Meaning of the Glorious Koran

English translation of the Quran by Marmaduke Pickthall

The Meaning of the Glorious Koran

Author| Marmaduke Pickthall
Language| English
Subject| Islam
Genre| Religious
Published| 1930
Quran

History

* Waḥy
* First revelation
* Asbab al-Nuzul

* Historicity

Manuscripts

* Samarkand Kufic Quran
* Sanaa manuscript
* Topkapi manuscript
* Birmingham manuscript
* Codex Mashhad

Divisions

* Surah
* List
* Meccan
* Medinan

* Āyah
* Juz'
* Muqatta'at
* Al-Fatiha
* Al-Musabbihat
* Al-Mu'awwidhatayn

Content

* Quranic counter-discourse
* Self-referential discourse of the Quran
* Quranic cosmology
* Punishment narratives in the Quran
* Prophets
* No compulsion
* Women
* Animals

* Legends
* Miracles
* Parables

* Science
* Eschatology
* God

Reading

* Qāriʾ
* Hifz

* Tajwid
* Tarteel

* Ahruf
* Qira'at

Translations

* List
* Ahmadiyya
* Bengali
* English
* Hebrew

Exegesis

* List
* Hermeneutics
* Esotericism
* Abrogation

* Biblical parallels

* Related persons

* Mentioned by name

Characteristics

* I'jaz
* Inerrancy

Related

* Criticism
* Attempted imitations
* Quran and Sunnah
* Quranism
* Shi’a view

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The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930) is an English-language translation of the Quran with brief introductions to the Surahs by Marmaduke Pickthall. In 1928, Pickthall took a two-year sabbatical to complete his translation of the meaning of the Quran, a work that he considered the summit of his achievement. Pickthall noted the impossibility of perfectly translating the Arabic into English, and he titled his work The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (A. A. Knopf, New York 1930). It was the first translation by a Muslim whose native language was English, and remains among the two most popular translations, the other being the work of Abdullah Yusuf Ali.[1]

## Editions

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* The Meaning of the Glorious Koran: An Explanatory Translation (1930) New York: Alfred A Knopf
* Everyman's Library (1993), ISBN 978-0-679-41736-1
* Amana Publications; 1st ed edition (1996), ISBN 0-915957-22-1
* Tahrike Tarsile Qur'an; 2nd edition (1999), ISBN 978-1-879402-16-4
* The Meaning of the Glorious Qur'an; New Modern English Edition with brief explanatory notes and Index of subjects; 7th Edition (2011), Published by IDCI, available at: www.idci.co.uk
* Khaled Fahmy (ed.) (2022) The Meanings of the Glorious Qur'an: An Explanatory Translation. [Istanbul:] Center for Cross-Cultural Communication, available at: www.crosscrulturalcenter.org

## References

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1. ^ "The majestic Qur'an". Daily Times. 2018-08-10. Retrieved 2023-01-25.

## External links

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* The Meaning of The Glorious Koran; An Explanatory Translation, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, First Edition (1930).
* Quran Explorer Online Quran software with default set to Pickthall's translation and audio in English.
* Al-Quran project includes the Quran translation, "The Meaning of the Glorious Koran", by Marmaduke Pickthall.
* [1] project includes the Quran translation, "The Meaning of the Glorious Koran", by Marmaduke Pickthall.
* The Meaning of the Glorious Koran public domain audiobook at LibriVox

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English translations of the Qur'an

Sunni|

* The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary
* The Meaning of the Glorious Koran
* The Majestic Quran: An English Rendition of Its Meanings
* The Qur'an with Annotated Interpretation in Modern English
* The Clear Quran

Salafi/Wahhabi|

* The Noble Quran
* Sahih International

Barelvi|

* Kanzul Iman

Orientalists|

* The Koran Interpreted

Others|

* The Message of The Qur'an
* The Study Quran

* Islam portal
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