Previously published as: The Holy Quràåan. 1989.
Previously published as: The Holy Quràåan. 1989.
'Abdullah Yusuf 'Ali is most famous for his monumental English translation of the Qur'an, The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary, later published, printed and distributed on an unprecendented scale. Born in Gujrat, India to a Bohra family (a mercantile community in India), Yusuf 'Ali belonged to both East and West, had an abiding faith in the British, acting as a publicist for the Allied cause. In his childhood, he became well-versed in Arabic, and later went to an English school. At 19, he obtained a first-class degree in Classics and that won him a scholarship to England, where hi
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