The Islamic Foundation of UK released an 'English Only' hardback edition in 2005, which features both the translation and commentary without the accompanying Arabic text. The New Revised Amana print is currently in its 11th edition, dated May 2004. In 1989, Amana introduced a revised 'New Fourth Edition' featuring revision of the translation and commentary-again with politically motivated 'corrections'-undertaken with the help of the International Institute of Islamic Thought. Originally printed in paperback in two volumes, it was consolidated into a single hardback edition in 1983. The translation established its pre-eminent position in the North American market when Amana Publications of Maryland reprinted the original edition in 1977, retitling it as The Meaning of the Holy Qur'an. It served briefly as the officially sanctioned English translation of the Saudi religious establishment, until it was replaced by the Noble Qur'an Salafi translation in 1993 upon the latter's arrival in the marketplace. This edition, however, did not credit Yusuf Ali as the translator on the title page. After significant revisions, a large Hardback edition was printed in 1985 by the King Fahd Holy Qur'an Printing Complex of Saudi Arabia, according to Royal Decree No. After researching the various translations in print at the time, four high-level committees under the General Presidency of the Department of Islamic Research chose Yusuf Ali's translation and commentary as the best available for publication. In 1980, the Saudi religious establishment felt the need for a reliable English translation and exegesis of the Qur'an to be made available for the increasing English language readership across the globe. I want to make English itself an Islamic language, if such a person as I can do it, and I must give you all the accessory aid which I can. It may be but a faint reflection, but such beauty and power as my pen can command shall be brought to its service.

The rhythm, music, and exalted tone of the original should be reflected in the English interpretation. The English shall be, not a mere substitution of one word for another, but the best expression I can give to the fullest meaning which I can understand from the Arabic Text.

Gentle and discerning reader! what I wish to present to you is an English Interpretation, side by side with the Arabic Text. Preface to First Edition, Lahore 4 April 1934 Kashmiri Bazar, Lahore: Shaik Muhammad Ashraf. The Holy Qur-an: Text, Translation & Commentary (3rdВ ed.). The Holy Qur-ДЃn: English Translation & Commentary (With Arabic Text) (1stВ ed.). The original translation was in its third edition at the time of Ali's death. The translation was first published in 1934 by Shaik Muhammad Ashraf Publishers of Bakhshi Bazaar, Lahore, India (later Pakistan), one of the major Islamic publishing houses still in business today. 1.1 Preface to First Edition, Lahore 4 April 1934ДЄli began his translation in the 1920s, after he had retired from the Civil Service and settled in the United Kingdom.

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