Qur'ān translation as a modern phenomenon /

Qur'ān translation as a modern phenomenon / by El-Hussein A.Y. Aly.

"It is a well-established fact nowadays that modernity impacts Islam, but there has not been much focus on how modernity impacts the Qur'an, the foundational text of Islam and the verbatim word of God. This book argues that the early Muslim Qur'an translations into English are attempt...

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Main Author: Aly, El-Hussein A. Y. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023]
Series:Texts and studies on the Qurʼān ; v. 21.
Subjects:
Qurʼan > Translations into English > History and criticism.
Qurʼan > Translating > History.
Qurʼan
Translating and interpreting > Social aspects.
Translating and interpreting > Political aspects.
Translating and interpreting > Political aspects
Translating and interpreting > Social aspects
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • 1. The Early European Qurʼān Translation Project
  • 2. Translation as Reform
  • 3. The Rise of Muslim Translations
  • 4. Indian Muslim Translations: An Apex
  • 5. Interconnectedness of Qurʼān Translations
  • 6. Toward a Modernist Interpretation of the Qurʼān
  • 7. Modernism, Traditionalism, and the Social Function of Qurʼān Translation
  • 8. Alternative Modernities of Qurʼān Translation
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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