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About
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem (b. 1933 CE, Abu Hammad, Egypt) is one of the most widely read translators of the Qurʾan into English and a leading academic in Arabic and Islamic studies. He learned the Qurʾan by heart in childhood and was educated at al-Azhar and at Cairo (Dar al-ʿUlum) before completing his doctorate at the University of Cambridge. He has taught Arabic and Islamic studies in Britain since the early 1970s and holds the post of King Fahd Professor of Islamic Studies at SOAS, University of London, where he founded and edits the Journal of Qurʾanic Studies.
His best-known work, The Qurʾan: A New Translation (Oxford University Press, 2004), is valued for its plain, contemporary English and careful attention to context, and it later appeared in an edition with parallel Arabic text (2010). He is also the author of Understanding the Qurʾan: Themes and Style, a study of the scripture's language and structure, and has written and edited further works on Qurʾanic and Arabic studies. In 2008 he was appointed OBE in recognition of his services to Arabic culture, literature, and interfaith understanding. His work has helped make the Qurʾan accessible to English-speaking readers while remaining grounded in classical scholarship.
His best-known work, The Qurʾan: A New Translation (Oxford University Press, 2004), is valued for its plain, contemporary English and careful attention to context, and it later appeared in an edition with parallel Arabic text (2010). He is also the author of Understanding the Qurʾan: Themes and Style, a study of the scripture's language and structure, and has written and edited further works on Qurʾanic and Arabic studies. In 2008 he was appointed OBE in recognition of his services to Arabic culture, literature, and interfaith understanding. His work has helped make the Qurʾan accessible to English-speaking readers while remaining grounded in classical scholarship.
