God’s Word, Man’s Interpretations: A Critical Study of the 21st Century English Translations of the Quran evaluates the relative strengths and weaknesses of 30 English translations of the Quran which have come out recently, between 2000 and 2017. This assessment of the Quranic scholarship adumbrates several issues: translatability of the Word of God, translators’ ideological presuppositions and intrusions, the need and relevance of the English translation and the growing trends and changes in the field to which both Muslim and non-Muslim scholars alike have vigorously contributed. It also points out how the field of English translation of the Quran now serves as a new site for forging interfaith relations.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Abdur Raheem Kidwai
Professor Abdul Reheem Kidwai is the Director of K.A. Nizami Centre for Quranic Studies, apart from being Professor of English and Director, UGC Human Resource Development Centre at the Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India. His areas of special interest are: English and Urdu language and literature, Literary Orientalism and Quranic Studies. He has to his credit two Ph.D.s in English, one from the University of Leicester, UK, and the other from the AMU, around 40 years teaching experience and more than 30 books. some of his works published by Viva are: Literary Orientalism: A Companion (2013), What is in the Quran? Message of the Quran is Simple English (2013), Believing Critical Eassy on British Muslim Fiction (co-edited, 2016), Orientalism in English Literature: Perception of Islam and Muslim (2016) and Sir Syed Ahmad Khan: Muslim Renaissance Man of India (edited,2017).
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