Hazara Islamicus (Jun 2014)
New English Translations of the Holy Qur’┐ n: A Brief Comparative Analysis of Peachy and Al-Johan’s and Kidwai’s Translation
Abstract
The review article presents, briefly but comparatively, an analysis and assessment of two newly published English translations of the holy Qur’┐ n, viz. Dr. Peachy and Dr. Al-Johan┘ ’s The Qur’┐ n: The Final Book of God - A Clear English Translation of the Glorious Qur’┐ n (2012) published from Saudi Arabia and Prof. Abdur Raheem Kidwai’s What is in the Qur’┐ n? Message of the Qur’┐ n in Simple English (2013), published from India. Both are similar in many aspects, and at the same time, both have some unique and distinct features as well. In this article, a comparison of some selected (somehow ‘debatable’ and ‘variedly’ translated) verses, from both works, with some other prominent English translations, like A. Y┴ s┴ f‘Al┘ , M. M. Pickthall, and M┐ jid Daryab┐ di are provided, to show both the similarities and to highlight the differences between them.
