The Koran (Rodwell)

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Sunni translations by
Hilali / Khan Marmaduke Pickthall — 1930 Kanzul Iman by Ahmed Raza Khan Mohammed Knut Bernström Ali Ünal
Shi'a translations by
Abdullah Yusuf Ali — 1934 Mir Ahmed Ali — ? Mohammed Habib Shakir — ?
Non-Muslim translations by
Robert of Ketton — 1110-1160 Sieur du Ryer — 1647 John Medows Rodwell — 1861 A. J. Arberry — 1955

The Koran is the name of a translation of the Qur'an written by John Medows Rodwell. It uses a chronological method of sorting verses in the Koran and is noticeably skeptical of Islam. Rodwell's translation has not aged well with time and many find it inferior to other, more modern translations.

However, in its time, the Rodwell version was considered to be accurate in spite of its faults. A century later, David Lean's 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia used the Rodwell translation in the episode in which Lawrence (Peter O'Toole) and Feisal (Alec Guinness) alternately recite verses from what Rodwell calls "The Brightness" sura (Ad-Dhuha).

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List of translations of the Qur'an
Online Quran Project
Ali Ünal A comparsion of different translation including J.Mm Rodwell's and Ali Ünal Quran translation.
Zwemer, Samuel M. Translations of the Koran, The Moslem World, July 1915, pp. 244-261.