Exposition of the Holy Quran
| Author | Ghulam Ahmed Perwez |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | |
| Language | English, Arabic |
| Subject | Translation, Quran |
| Genre | Religious text |
| Publisher | Tolueislam |
Publication date | 2007 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover, Paperback) , e-book |
| Pages | 900 pp |
| Website | tolueislam |
Exposition of the Holy Quran
The Urdu expositional translation of the Qur'an by Ghulam Ahmed Perwez, titled Mafhoom-ul-Qur’an, was published in English translation in 2018.
Parwez began the Urdu translation in 1983, completing just over half the text (up to the 18th surah) before he died in 1985. Some time after his death, the Tolu-e-Islam Trust resumed editing and published this work.
Translating the Qur’an into any language, is considered a most challenging task[citation needed]—many Qur’anic terms represent entire concepts not represented by an equivalent English word. For this reason Parwez did not translate word for word as with most traditional translations, but presented his as an ‘exposition’. To avoid making the text cumbersome and repetitive, he also chose not to translate certain Qur’anic terms at all but instead retained them in the text, e.g. deen, hamd, kafir, momin, mushrik, nabi, etc. and explained their full meanings in a specially-prepared glossary.
This is a work of English translation quite unlike most efforts of the past,[further explanation needed] attempting to convey the pristine concepts of the Qur’an. Parwez himself acknowledged the original Arabic text of Wahi is eternal and so no human interpretation can be treated as the final word on the subject.[1]
See also
- Ghulam Ahmed Perwez
- Ideas of Ghulam Ahmed Perwez
- Dr. Shabbir Ahmed
- QXP: The Quran As It Explains Itself
- Quran translations
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