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| Translations of the Quran into English |
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| By Sunnis |
| Hilali / Khan Marmaduke Pickthall, 1930 Abdullah Yusuf Ali, 1934 Ahmed Raza Khan Mohammed Knut Bernström Ali Ünal Muhammad Asad |
| By Shi'as |
| Mir Ahmed Ali Mohammed Habib Shakir |
| By Ahmadis |
| Maulvi Sher Ali Muhammad Zafarullah Khan Maulana Muhammad Ali |
| By non-Muslims |
| Robert of Ketton, 12th century Sieur du Ryer, 1647 John Medows Rodwell, 1861 A. J. Arberry, 1955 Thomas Cleary |
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. 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).
This book can be found at books.google.com in a full view version. Printed copies are still in print, for example, ISBN 978-0-486-44569-4.