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On Some Recent Translations of the Qur'an

On Some Recent Translations of the Qur'an SHORTER NOTES ON SOME RECENT TRANSLATIONS OF THE QUR'AN R. Blachere's clear and useful translation of the Qur'an, published in three volumes in the years 1947-1951, seems to have opened the door to a flow of re-translations of the Muslim Holy Book into various languages. Almost contemporary with Blachere's version is the first volume of an English translation of the Qur'an prepared by the qctdyciiii. Ahmadiyyas of Pakistan, with a long introduction by the Chief of the Ahmadiyya Community and very abundant footnotes. In 1953 the indefatigable and prolific English orientalist A. J. Arberry produced an Anthology of the Qur'dn I ), followed in 1955 by a complete trans- lation in two volumes. In 1954 the Ahmadiyya Mission in Europe published (in Holland) a German translation. The following year saw the publication of my Italian translation with introduction and notes: another Italian translation, not yet published, had been entrusted by another publisher to a remarkabe personality in Italian orientalism: M. M. Moreno, presently Italian Plenipotentiary Minister in Khartum. At last, in 1956 a Dutch translation of the Qur'an was published, as the posthumous work of the great Dutch orientalist J. H. Kramers. All this work of re-interpretation has http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Numen Brill

On Some Recent Translations of the Qur'an

Bausani, A.
Numen , Volume 4 (1): 75 – Jan 1, 1957
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© 1957 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Abstract

SHORTER NOTES ON SOME RECENT TRANSLATIONS OF THE QUR'AN R. Blachere's clear and useful translation of the Qur'an, published in three volumes in the years 1947-1951, seems to have opened the door to a flow of re-translations of the Muslim Holy Book into various languages. Almost contemporary with Blachere's version is the first volume of an English translation of the Qur'an prepared by the qctdyciiii. Ahmadiyyas of Pakistan, with a long introduction by the Chief of the Ahmadiyya Community and very abundant footnotes. In 1953 the indefatigable and prolific English orientalist A. J. Arberry produced an Anthology of the Qur'dn I ), followed in 1955 by a complete trans- lation in two volumes. In 1954 the Ahmadiyya Mission in Europe published (in Holland) a German translation. The following year saw the publication of my Italian translation with introduction and notes: another Italian translation, not yet published, had been entrusted by another publisher to a remarkabe personality in Italian orientalism: M. M. Moreno, presently Italian Plenipotentiary Minister in Khartum. At last, in 1956 a Dutch translation of the Qur'an was published, as the posthumous work of the great Dutch orientalist J. H. Kramers. All this work of re-interpretation has

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