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4. A.R. Kidwai: "Translating the Untranslatable: A Suryey of English Translations of the Qur'an," The Muslim World Book Review, Vol. 7, No.4, Summer 1987, available at: http://soundvision.com/Qur'anienglish.shtml. This is a useful survey of the English translations of the Qur'an up to 1987. It provides a brief description of some of the features and shortcomings of the earlier translations. This reference will be used to discuss some of the earlier translations and its approach has been helpful in evaluating other translations. 5. 'Abdullah 'Abas AI-NadawI: Tarjumat Ma 'anI al-Qur 'an aI-KarIm Wa Tatpl1'lIre Fahmihi 'Indal Gharb, Islamic World League, Riyadh, 1996. This book reviews some of the English translations of the Qur' an. It also discusses the difficulties of translating the Qur' an. This book will be used to discuss the overview of the four selected translations in this study as well as in discussing the features of other English translations that are covered in this book. 6. lami'atul Da'watul Islamlya al-'Alamlyah: al-Nadwatu DowlZya ljawli Tarjumati Ma 'anI al-Qur'an aI-KarIm; Libya, 2001. These are the proceedings of a conference held in Ben Ghazi, Libya in 2001. There were a number of useful papers and talks presented in this conference by some recognized scholars in the field of the translation of the Qur'an. For example, a paper by Khalid Yahya Blankinship discusses the criteria of evaluating a translation, a paper by ZafarIshaq Ansari on the inter-relationship of translation and TafsIr, and several other useful papers on the subject of the Qur'an translations. Some of the points made by Ansari in his paper will be discussed in the role of TafsIr in the translations of the Qur'an in Chapter 2. 7. Clay Smith: Translations o/the Qur 'an, 2002, only available at: http://clay.smith.naIne/English_Translations.htm. This review provides a survey of the English translations of the Qur'an. Smith provides a paragraph description about the highlights of each translation. It is similar 8
to Kidwai's work, and will be used to compare it with Kidwai and other revie\\-s. Also, it can be used to locate electronic copies of some of the translations. 8. Ismet Binark, Halit Eren: World Bibliography of Translations of the Meanings of the Holy Qur 'an, Printed Translations 1515-1980, Istanbul, 1986. This bibliography, edited and prefaced by Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, provides information about 2,672 works that are the originals, the copies, and different editions of 551 complete and 883 incomplete translations and selections in 65 different languages. The introduction is a comprehensive study on the history of Qur'an translations from the advent of Islam to our time. This report will be helpful to gain an understanding of the history of the subject of this thesis. 9. Ayub Hamid, Teachings of the Qur'an: Tafslr ofSiirahs 1-5, available at http://groups.yahoo.cOlll/group/islamicreflections/files/. This author provides an interpretive translation and commentary on the first five Siirahs of the Qur'an. He uses an innovative and unique approach to make the teachings of the Qur'an more relevant to today's life, especially in the western world. His descriptions are not only very rational, but inspiring, too. He has also written a 7- part series about Understanding of the Qur 'an where he has addressed the topics of approaching the Qur'an, the importance of context, the importance of basic rules of grammar and literature, revelation of the Qur'an in the Arabic language of Quraish, special Qur'anic concepts, and the guidance of the Qur'an to be accepted as one complete package. This series is available only electronically and has not been published yet. These teachings will be often referred to in this study for better understanding of some of the Qur'anic concepts and verse meanings. 10. Abu Alnmar Yasir Qadhi: An Introduction to the Sciences of the Qur 'an, al HidAyah Publishing and Distribution, Birmingham, UK, 1999. This book provides an extensive coverage of the sciences of the Qur'an, including translations and Tafslr of the Qur'an. It addresses many of the issues \vith the translations of the Qur'an, and gives useful exanlples to demonstrate some of the 9
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the Qur'an need to be established w
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them alone. (*5) Surely, Allah is A
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him a good name among posterity. (1
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