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  • In fact the meaning of one verse may be more accurate in one translation, whereas the meaning of another verse may be more accurate in another translation. You can try the translation & commentaries by Yusuf Ali.
  • "In 1734, George Sale produced the first scholarly translation of the Qur'an direct from Arabic into English. Since then, there have been important English translations by John Rodwell in 1861, E.H. Palmer in 1880, and Richard Bell in 1937." "- The Holy Qur'an: Translation and Commentary (1934) by Abdullah Yusuf Ali. Ali elegantly conveys the rich style of the Arabic into eloquent English verse, but his translation has been criticized for providing copious medieval exegesis in the footnotes without contextualization. Written in a context of growing anti-Zionism, the commentary is also a polemic against Jews, to the extent that a Saudi-financed 1989 revision was banned from use in Los Angeles schools in 2002. Ali's translation was until recently the most popular version used by Muslims, notably due to its subsidization by the Saudi government, but is losing influence due to its dated language. - The Koran Interpreted (1955) by Arthur Arberry. The title of this first English translation by a bona fide scholar of Arabic and Islam reflects the Muslim belief that the Qur'an cannot be translated, just interpreted. Arberry's translation without prejudice has received wide acclaim by other scholars and remains the academic reference work at the beginning of the twenty-first century. - The Message of the Qur'an (1980) by Muhammad Asad. Written by a Jewish convert to Islam, this work is banned in Saudi Arabia because of conflicts with the dominant Salafi interpretation of Islam, which has made the book difficult to obtain. It has been acclaimed as "one of the best translations available" on account of the quality of its English and its annotations." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qur'an_translations#English

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