God’s Word, Man’s Interpretations : A Critical Study of the 21st Century English Translations of the Quran

Contents: Preface. 1. The Majestic Quran (2000)/Translation Committee. 2. The Quran: A New Translation (2004)/Thomas Cleary. 3. The Quran: A New Translation (2004)/Haleem, M.A.S. Abdel. 4. The Quran with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation (2004)/Ali Quli Qarai. 5. The Holy Quran: Arabic Text and English Translation (2005)/Amatul Rahman Omar and Abdul Mannan Omar.  6. English Translation of the Meaning of the Quran (2005)/Syed Vickar Ahamed. 7. The Quran with Annotated Interpretation in Modern English (2006)/Ali Unal. 8. The Quran Translated into English (2007)/Alan Jones. 9.The Sublime Quran (2007)/Laleh Bakhtiar. 10. The Gracious Quran: A Modern-Phrased Interpretation in English (2007)/Ahmad Zaki Hammad. 11. The Quran: A Reformist Translation (2007)/Yuksel, Edip et al. 12. Towards Understanding the Ever-Glorious Quran (2008)/Muhammad Mahmud Ghali.  13. The Quran: A New Translation (2008)/Tarif Khalidi. 14. Meaning of the Magnificent Quran (2010)/MuhammadSharifChaudhary. 15. The Noble Quran: A New Rendering of its Meaning in English 2011)/Abdalhaqq and Aisha Bewley.16. The Quran: Translation and Commentary (2011)/Wahiduddin Khan. 17. The Wise Quran: A New Translation (2011)/Assad Nimer Busool. 18. The Glorious Quran (2011)/Tahirul Mohammad Qadri. 19. The Quran: Translated to English (2012)/Talal Itani. 20. The Quran: The Final Book of God: A Clear English Translation of the Glorious Quran (2012)/Peachy, Daoud William S. and Al-Johani, Maneh Hammad. 21. The Quran: English Meanings and Notes (2012)/International Saheeh. 22. What is in the Quran? Message of the Quran in Simple English (2013)/Abdur Raheem Kidwai. 23. Quran Translation: The Latest and Most Modern Translation of the Quran (2013)/Ijaz Chaudry. 24. The Quran: A New Annotated Translation (2014)/A. J. Droge. 25. The Quran (2014)/M. H. Shakir and Yasin T. Al-Jibouri. 26. Quran Made Easy (2015)/Mufti Afzal Hoosen Elias. 27. The Noble Quran: Translation of the Meaning in English Language (2015)/Read Foundation. 28. Islamic Scripture: Translation / Interpretations of the Arabic Quran (2015)/A. L. Bilal Muhammad. 29. The Quran: A Journey (2016)/Kader Abdolah. 30. The Clear Quran: A Thematic English Translation of the Message of the Final Revelation (2016)/Mustafa Khattab.  31. The Quran With References to the Bible (2016)/Kaskas. Safi and David Hungerford.  32. The Message: A Translation of the Glorious Quran (2017)
The Monotheist Group. Appendices. Bibioraphy.

God’s Word, Man’s Interpretations: A Critical Study of the 21st Century English Translations of the Quran evaluates the relative strengths and weaknesses of 30 English translations of the Quran which have come out recently, between 2000 and 2017. This assessment of the Quranic scholarship adumbrates several issues: translatability of the Word of God, translators’ ideological presuppositions and intrusions, the need and relevance of the English translation and the growing trends and changes in the field to which both Muslim and non-Muslim scholars alike have vigorously contributed. It also points out how the field of English translation of the Quran now serves as a new site for forging interfaith relations. (jacket)