The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary

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Part of a series on Qur'an translations v • d • e
Sunni translations by
Abdullah Yusuf Ali — 1934 Marmaduke Pickthall — 1936 Muhammad Muhsin Khan Justice Mufti Taqi Usmani Moulana Mohiuddin Khan Mohammed Knut Bernström
Shi'a translations by
Mir Ahmed Ali — ?
Non-Muslim translations by
Robert of Ketton — 1110-1160 Sieur du Ryer — 1647 John Medows Rodwell — 1861

The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary is a translation and commentary on the Qur'an by the Muslim Indian civil servant Abdullah Yusuf Ali, first published in 1934, which has become among the most widely known English translations.

[edit] Controversies

Later editions of it remain in print, with various changes such as the replacement of "God" with "Allah" ^[1] and the removal of certain commentary references to Hasan and Husayn ^[2].

It was described by San Diego assistant professor Khaleel Mohammed as "a polemic against Jews" due to the content of its footnotes ^[3]