Quote:
Originally Posted by Pete
My Copy
The Meaning of the Holy Quran
English Translation by Mohammed Marmaduke Pickthall
1993
From the introduction
"...The Koran cannot be translated. That is the belief of old-fashioned Sheykhs and the view of this writer. The Book is here rendered almost literally and every effort has been made to choose befitting language. But the result is not the Glorious Koran, that inimitable symphony, the very sounds of which move men to tears and ecstasy. It is only an attempt to present the meaning of the Koran - and peradventure something of the charm - in English. It can never take the place of the Koran in Arabic, nor is it meant to do so..."
The mushaf that was used was a lithographic copy of the Koran written by Al-Hajj Muhammad Shakarzadeh at the command of Sultan Mahmud of Turkey in 1246 A.H.
I keep the copy on my work desk.
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now that's what I'm talking about.