The Qur'an

A important new translation of Islam's top authority, released at a time when the Islamic religion and the Muslim world are generating a lot of attention. The translation is exact, clear, and free of the archaisms, incoherence, and foreign structures that plague most other translations. Features include: dialogue addressed to the Prophet is identified to avoid confusion; paragraphing and punctuation have been added to aid meaning and sentence structure; and the beginning of each verse is marked in small superscript type to avoid interrupting the flow or distracting the reader. The introduction provides a brief history of the Qur'an's revelation and compilation, as well as its structure and stylistic features, and discusses issues of interpretation in relation to militancy, intolerance, and female subjugation. Notes on geographical, historical, and personal allusions and cross-referencing throughout the Qur'an are included. The book ends with an index that divides the Qur'anic text in