- Hardcover: 1210 pages
- Publisher: The Book Foundation; 6th Ed edition (30 April 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1904510353
- ISBN-13: 978-1904510352
- Product Dimensions: 24.6 x 19.8 x 5.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is the most beautiful but also the most intelligent translation of the Qur'an i have ever come across. First you have the Arabic text, then a transliteration to help you pronounce it correctly, then a translation into English with any extrapolations of Asad's clearly bracketed and finally a commentary.
Asad was clearly someone who saw Islam as progressive, universalist and open. He brings out the Light of the Qur'an, letting God's world illuminate our modern world as it illuminated the Prophet's. At the same time he engages with it. His Qur'an is a teacher not a paper idol. In fact he dedicates the book to "people who think"
Truly this is a gift of gifts.
Asad was clearly someone who saw Islam as progressive, universalist and open. He brings out the Light of the Qur'an, letting God's world illuminate our modern world as it illuminated the Prophet's. At the same time he engages with it. His Qur'an is a teacher not a paper idol. In fact he dedicates the book to "people who think"
Truly this is a gift of gifts.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
If you want to UNDERSTAND the Quran and its intricities this is the book to get. The commentary is superb. Although there will always be disagreements as to what certain verses mean, Asad puts his point across very clearly. This is essential for muslims to own and would make perfect gifts to non-muslims. Highly recommended.
35 of 36 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This has to be, for me, the finest translation i have come across. Asad's translation is careful to explain WHY he has chosen to translate a word as this rather than as that and puts many references into their historical context.
Comparing to other translations, at least this sort of information allows you to make your own mind up.
Comparing to other translations, at least this sort of information allows you to make your own mind up.
i read this cover to cover and not long after, converted. That is how inspiring and powerful i found this text. There are several occasions where Asad has gone beyond the translation and explained the logic of a particular statement in the Qur'an (why men are permitted 4 wives but women not permitted 4 husbands, for example) allowing the reader to actively engage with the Qur'an message.. but what i like most is that he goes beyond the translation but only in the footnotes, not in the actual text (not putting words into God's mouth, as it were)
i found reading this to be inspiring, an eye opener and my first big step into what Islam really is about.
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Perfect for a non-Muslim understanding of Islam
Mohammad Asad's Message of the Quran is a magnificent scholarly achievement of a prodigious intellect mirroring a grand love for Islam. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Vacy J. Vlazna
Fantastic
While the translation is in old english, the reason I bought this was because of the commentary and the explanatory notes indicating what words mean in plain english. Read more
Published 8 months ago by humrose
Note for Kindle users - translation only! (no Arabic!)
I feel that Muhammad Asad's translation is beautifully done, but I feel a bit silly for having given my HUGE set of 6 volumes away and bought the Kindle version (saving space for a... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Jamal
The Best Translation
This is without doubt the best translation of the Quran that I have ever read. I find it enlightening and illuminating and inspirational. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Geekerella
nice try... but...
The Qur'an suffers from the same translation problems as the Bible, only more so: impossibility of conveying beauty of original language, cultural differences between time and... Read more
Published on 24 Jun 2009 by Hugh's mother
An intelligent and rational translation
First of all, no translation is perfect or can represent the Arabic Quran.
But as far as translations go, this one is very good and perhaps one of the best in terms of... Read more
But as far as translations go, this one is very good and perhaps one of the best in terms of... Read more
Published on 1 April 2009 by WM
Excellent interpretation!
The Quran cannot be perfectly translated in my view. This is an excellent interpretation of the Quran and should be read alongside other interpretations. Read more
Published on 13 April 2008 by U. Riaz
Beware of Translation
Salaam to all. I must note that this book is beautifully presented. In fact I havent come acrosss a copy of a Mushaf as fine and portraited as this. Read more
Published on 18 Jan 2008 by A. Shahzad
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