Commentary has been moved from between verses to the bottom of the page. Muslim rather than “those who have surrendered”). This fourth edition dropped some spare amplifying words, enriched its English vocabulary, regulated word selection, and augmented it with contemporary terms (i.e. The work titled " The Majestic Quran: An English Rendition of Its Meanings".
Supported by the Nawawi Foundation, and published by Starlatch Press, as a bilingual edition. In 2000, a fourth edition was generated and edited by a committee that included Cambridge professor Timothy Winter (Abdal Hakim Murad), the American Muslim writer Uthman Hutchinson, and Mostafa al-Badawi. It was published more than ten times by different publishers under different names. The work namely " The Holy Qur'an with English Translation" was first published in 1992 in Istanbul. Mehmet Maksutoğlu, teaching Islamic History at the Faculty of Theology in Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey. Tevfik Rüştü Topuzoğlu, teaching Arabic at the Faculty of Arts in Istanbul University, also working as a writer and editor of Arabic Language and Literature in the Turkish Religious Foundation's Encyclopedia of Islam (Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslam Ansiklopedisi). He played a broad role in the second revision of the translation. Nureddin Uzunoğlu, professor and author of International Law and Islamic Studies in Nebraska, USA. Ali Özek, teaching the interpretation of the Qur'an at the Faculty of Theology in Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey.
About the authors Ī translation committee of four scholars and three editors worked on this translation, including the following: Nureddin Uzunoğlu translated surahs (chapters) 1 to 8 Tevfik Rüştü Topuzoğlu: 9 to 20 Ali Özek: 21 to 39 Mehmet Maksutoğlu: 40 to 114. Although this translation describes itself as a committee work, the authors each had their focus.
The translation is written in modern English, and contains more than 800 explanatory notes, makes the Scripture easier to understand. The Majestic Qur'an: An English Rendition of Its Meanings is a 20th century English translation of the meanings of Qur'an authored by four Turkish Sunni scholars.
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