Muhammad Abdel Haleem was born in Egypt, and learned the Qur'an by
heart from childhood. Educated at al-Azhar, Cairo, and Cambridge
Universities, he has taught Arabic and Islamic Studies at Cambridge
and London Universities since 1966, including courses in advanced
translation and the Qur'an. He is now Professor of Islamic Studies
at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of
London. He is also working on An Introduction to the Qur'an
and English Translations of the Qur'an: The Making of An Image. He
is the Editor of the Journal of Qur'anic Studies and the London
Qur'an Studies series.
`Publishing an accurate, sensitive, well-annotated English
translation of the Qur'an is a timely move and should be lauded...A
great many myths about Islam can be countered by simply reading
this. It should be on every liberal person's shelf alongside the
Torah and the New Testament.'
SB Kelly, Scotland on Sunday
`He has managed to transform the complex grammar and structure of
the holy book into a form of modern English which reads easily and
flows smoothly without taking liberties with the inviolable
text.'
Shereen El Feki, Economist
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