The Qur'an and Its Translators

Chapter 4

Supplement 1

The following list, mostly of complete translations of the Qur'an, published in about 65 languages of the world is based mainly on the IRCICA bibliography, which lists editions that appeared until 1980 (for languages that do not have a complete translation of the Qur'an, the partial works have been mentioned). Here only the earliest and the last editions given by the sources, separated by a (), have been mentioned for works with numerous editions. The number of other editions is given at the end of every entry in flower brackets.

For Urdu, and to a lesser extent for Persian and Turkish, the lists can only be tentative due to lack of information about the exact nature of 'anonymous' works. The list of complete translations in Urdu is based on the bibliography of Urdu translations compiled by Dr. Ahmad Khan.

To give only tentative and approximate figures, the largest number of works, pertains to Urdu (171, including the anonymous translations), followed by Persian (57), Turkish (50), English (41), Bengali (33), German (22), Indonesian, Malay and Javenese (together 19), French (17), Panjabi (14), Sindhi and Spanish (both 13), and Pashto (11).

Works not mentioned in either of the bibliographies are cited here with an asterisk on the serial number. The Urdu works mentioned in the 1RClCA bibliography but not by Ahmad Khan, for some unknown reason, have been cited here with a (?) following the serial number. Common titles have been deleted for reasons of space.

1. Afrikaans:

  1. Ismail Abdurrazaak & Shaikh Salih Din, 3 vol. [n.p.] 1960.

  2. Muhammad Ahmad Baker, Kaapslad 1961, p. xliv+464.

2. Albanian:

  1. H. Sherif Ahmeti, New York, 1992, p. 204.

3. Amharic:

  1. [The Koran in Amharic] p. 450.

  2. [Anonym] Adis Ababa: Artistic Printing Press Ltd. 1981, p. 457.

4. Armenian:

  1. Amirchanjanz, Abraham, Varna 1904. 2nd ed. Varna 1909p-1910.

  2. Kirishchiyan, Levon Lorentz, Asitane 1911, p. 855+4.

  3. Kourbetian, Agop, Varna 1912, p. 654. (incomplete)

5. Assamese:

  1. Muhammad Sadr 'Ali, 2nd ed. Gauhati: Lawyers Book Stall 1970, p. xii+978+2.

6. Balochi:

  1. 'Abd alp-Samad Sarbazi, Qadi & Khar Muhammad Nadawi, 2 vol.

Mukran: Alp-Jam'iyyat alp-Markaziyyah li alp-Da'wat alp-Islamiyyah 1402/ 1982, p. 8+932.

  1. Hudur Bakhsh, Mawlana, 1st ed. Lahore 1329 H11911, p. 1224.

7. Bengali:

  1. 'Abbas 'Ali, Mawlana, Calcutta 1909, p. 976 5th ed. [n.p.J Muhammad Naqib alp-Din Khan 1939.

  2. 'Abd alp-Rahman Khan, 4 vol., Dacca: Muhammad Bashi 1962.

  3. 'Abd alp-Wahid, Calculta: Dar alp-Isha'at alp-Islamiyyah 1964, p. vi+488.

  4. Abu 'Ata' 'Abd alp-Sattar, 2nd ed., Calcutta: 'Abd alp-Sattar 1916.

  5. Abu alp-Fadl 'Abd alp-Karim, [n.p.] circa 1915.

  6. Akhtar Kamal Chaudhary, Chittagong: Akhtar Kamal Chaudhary 1923.

  7. Bahadur Taslim alp-Din Ahmad, 3 vol., Calcutta: Oriental Printers and Publishers Ltd. 1922p-23, 1925.

  8. Fadil Muqimi, Mawlawi, [n.p.] Fadil Muqimi 1924.

  9. Fadl alp-Rahim, Chaudhary, 2 vol., [n.p.J 1931p-32.

  10. Goldsack, William, Calcutta: Christian Literature Society of India, Bengal Branch 1908p-1920.

  11. Hakim 'Abd alp-Mannan, [n.p.] Taj Company [n.d.].

  12. lchalama sopana, Ibrahim Khan comp. & edited with Ihsan Allah,

Dacca: Bangla Academy 1963.

  1. Idris Ahmad, Dacca: Idris Ahmad 1330 H.

  2. Khadikar, Fayd alp-Din Ahmad, [n.p.] Muhammad Shahid Allah 1925.

  3. Kuraanula Karima, 3 vol. Dacca: Islamic Academy 1964.

  4. Mubin alp-Din Ahmad Jahangirnagari, Dacca: Majlis Karim Bakhsh 1921.

  5. Muhammad 'Abd alp-Bari, Praptisthan: Chiragh 'Ali Book House 1376 H/1969.

  6. Muhammad Akram Khan, Mawlana, 5 vol., Dacca 1958p-59.

  7. Muhammad 'Ali Hasan, 3 vol., Dacca: Osmania Book Depot [n.d,].

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  1. Muhammad Habib Allah, [n.p.] Muhammad Habib Allah 1923.

  2. Muhammad Naqib alp-Din (Khan), Calcutta: Muhammad Naqib alp-Din

  4. Muhammad Sayyid, Dacca: Muhammad Ghulam Husayn &

Muhammad Khaliq 1968, p. 252.

  1. Muhammad Shams alp-Huda, Dacca: East Bengal Book Syndicate 1959p-60, p. 11+315.

  2. Muhammad Tahir, vol. 5, Calcutta: Madani Mission 1970p-72, p.(

viii+847)+(?)+( viii+471 )+(xii+400)+(xii+415).

  1. Mukhtar Ahmad Siddiqi, Dacca: Muslim Sahitya Samiti 1932.

  2. M. 'Abd alp-Hakim, Calcutta: Hafiz Muhammad Fadl & Sons Qur'an Publishing Co. 1922.

  3. M. Ruh alp-Amin, 4 vol., Calcutta: Hanafi Press 1918p-1930.

  4. Muhammad Hafiz alp-Rahman, Bhawalpur 1372 H/1952, p. 964.

  5. Qadi 'Abd alp-Wudud, Calcutta: Bharati Library 1966.

  6. Alp-Qur'an alp-Karim, Dacca: Islamic Academy 1968, p. 324.

  7. Sen, Girish Chandra Sen, 3 parts. Pt. 1, Sherpur Town, Mymemsingh:

Charuyantra 1881, p. 384; Pts. 1p-2, Calcutta: Vidhan Yantra 1882p-1886; p. 385p-760; 761p-1201 Calcutta 1979. (5)

  1. Tarjumahp-e Qur'an Majid, Dacca: Falaihp-e 'Amm Trust [n.d,], p. xxvii+1194. translation of Mawdudi's Tafhim alp-Qur'an.

  2. [Anonymous], alp-Qu'ran alp-Ka'rim, 3 vol. Dacca: Islamic Foundation 1967, 1969, 1971.

8. Brahui:

  1. Mui:lammad 'Umar DinpUri, lst ed. Lahore 1916.

  2. * 'Abd alp-Karim Murad 'Ali Lahri Athari, Madinah 1513. p. 797+8.

  3. * Akhtar Muihammad. Mawlana, Quetta: Maktabah Rashidiyyah [n.d.].

9. Buginese:

  1. 'Abd Rahman Daeng Matamman Bone, Berzandii, Terjamah baha Bugis,

Makassar: Hasanuddin (?) (1970?), p. 40. (a partial translalion)

10. Bulgarian:

  1. Tomov, Stefan & Stefan Ya Skulev, (tr. from an English trans.), Rustchuk [1930] p. 536+6.

11. Burmese:

  1. * Baseen (?}, [n.p.] 1969, p. 513. (a partial translation?}

  2. [Qur'an] Burma, [n.d.].

12. Chinese:

  1. Li, Tiezheng, Beijing: Chung Hwa Book Co. 1927, p.464.

  2. Liu, Jinbiao, (with commentary}, Beijing: Xinmin Press 1943, p. 844.

  3. Shih, Tzup-chuo (Shi Zizhou}, (trans. with commentary, partly based on English translations and on the Chinese translation by Chingp-Chai Wang} 1st ed., Taipei: The Committee of China Series 1958, p. 908

Taiwan: The Chinese Muslim Association of the Republic of China 1978, 908. (3)

  1. Wang, Chingp-chai, (with commentary; first trans. into Chinese by a Muslim}Beijing 1932Taipei: Chinese Muslim Association 1964, p. 844. (2)

  2. Yang, Jingxiu, Beijing: Beijing Islamic Publishing Co. 1974, p. 456.

  3. Yuchen, Li, Xue Ziming & Fan Kangfu (consulted Japanese & English translantions}, Shanghai 1931.

  4. Yugin Liya, Pekin 1942.

  5. * Shaykh Muhammad Makin, Madinah, 1407 H.

13. Creole:

  1. Houssein Nahaboo, Port Louis: Mouvement Islamique des Etudiants [1979], p. 223. (a partial translation}

14. Czech:

  1. Hrbek, Ivan, Praha: Odeon 1972, p. 797.

  2. Nykl, Aloin Richard, (trans. from Arabic} Prague: [Jaromir Dolensky] 1934, p. xxxi+359 Prague: [Jaromir Dolensky] 1938, p. xxix+281.

  3. Vesely, Ignet, (first complete Czech translation} Praha: Orientalni bibp-1ioteky 1913p-1925, p. vi+592.

15. Danish:

  1. Abdus Salam Sadiq Madsen, (trans. from Arabic} 3 vol., Copenhagen 1966 3 vol.. 2nd ed.. Copenhagen 1980. (1)

  2. Pedersen, Copenhagen 1919.

  3. Tuxen, Poul, Copenhagen: Aage Marcus (?} 1921.

16. Dutch:

  1. G1azemaker, Jan Hendrik, (trans. from French trans. by Andre Du Ryer}

Amsterdam 1657, p. [16]+692+[4]+125 [7th ed.] [n.p.] 1799. {7)

  1. Keijzer, S[alome1 Haarlem 1860, p. viii+876 Rotterdam [192p-] p. xiv+682. (3)

  2. Kramers, Johannes Hendrik, Amsterdam 1956, p. xx+ 728 [6th ed.]

Amsterdam: Agon Elsevier 1978, p, xx+ 728. (4)

  1. Nasir Ahmad (Mirza, Rabwah [19931 p. ii+180+638 Rabwah: The Oriental and Religious Publishing Corp. 1969.

  2. Swiggar (Schweigger}, Salomon, Hamburg 1641, p. 4+1+164.

  3. Tol1ens, L. J. A.. (based on the French trans. of Kasimirski, the German trans. of Ullman, the Eng. trans, of Sale and the Latin trans. of Maraccio),

Batavia (Jakarta): Lange and Co. 1859, p. xiii+xlv+666+v.

  1. [Anonym], (pub. under the auspices of Mirza Bashiruddin Ahmad, Qadiyani) [n.p.}: Zuidp-Hollandsche U. M. Gravenhage1953, p. iii+xii+3+638.

17. English:

  1. 'Abdullah Yusuf 'Ali, 2 vol. Lahore: Call of Islam Society 1937p-1938, p. xx+820+821 2 vol. 4th ed. Cairop-Beirut: Dar alp-Kitab alp-Mi~ri & Dar alp-

Kitab alp-Lubnani 1979.{29}

  1. 'Abdul Latif, (trans. from the Urdu commentary by Mawlana Abul Kalam Azad) Hyderabad: Academy of Islam!c Studies 1969, p.

xlviii+579.

  1. 'Abdul Majid Daryabadi, 2 vol., Lahorep-Karachi: Taj Co. 1957 2. vol.

2nd ed. Lahorep-Karachi 1962 2 vol. Karachi [1971].

  1. Abu'l Fadl, (arranged chronologically) 2 vol. Allahabad: G. A. Asghar and Co. 1911p-1912 New ed. Narmavala 1916, p. xxxi+615 [4th rev.] Bombay: Reform Society 1955, p. xxxi+687.

  2. Abu Muhammad Muslih, Hyderabad [n.d.].

  3. Ahmad 'Ali, Mir, (with commentary by Mirza Mahdi Pooya Yazdi) lst ed. Karachi 1964, p. 191+1+928 Karachi [1964], p ix+1084 Karachi: PeerMahomed Ebrahim Trust [1975] p. vii+820.

  4. Ali Ahmed Khan Julundhari, 11 pt. Lahore: World Islamic Mission 19 1962, p. 367+48 2nd ed. Lahore 1963, p. 1254 3rd ed. Lahore 1978(?).

  5. Arberry, Arthur John, 2 vol. London, 1955 [5th ed.] London 1980. {12}

  6. Athar Hussain, Lahore: Islamic Books Foundation 1974, p. 298.

  7. Bell, Richard, 2 vol. Edinburg 1937p-1939 2 vol. [2nd ed.] Edinburg 1960, p. xx+697 Edinburg 1970.

  8. * Cleary, Thomas, The Essential Koran, San Francisco: Harper SF

  10. Dawood, N. J., [U. K.] Whitefriars Press 1936, p. 428 [4th rev. ed.] London: Allen Lane 1978, p. 448. {8}

  11. Ghulam Sarwar, Singapore (?) 1920, p. cxix+377 2nd ed. Karachi 1973, p. cxix+377. {5}

  12. Hairat Dihlawi, 3 vol., Delhi 1916 Calcutta 1930.

  13. Hashim Amir Ali, Vermont: Rutland 1974, p. 600.

  14. * Irving, T. B. (l:iajj Ta'lim ' Ali), Vermont: Amana Books 1985,44+402.

  15. Kamal udp-Din & Nazir Ahmad, A Running Commentary of the Holy Qur'an, London [n.d.]. Khwajah Kamal alp-Dan's work was completed by his son Khwajah Nazir Ahmad)

  16. Khadim Rahmani Nuri, The Running Commentary of the Holy Qur'an, Shillong: Sufi Hamsaya Gurudwar 1964, p. xvi+1144.

  17. Mahomedali Habib, Karachi: Taj Art Press [19—?] p. 912.

  18. Malik Ghulam Farid, 1st ed. Rabwah: Oriental and Religious Pub. Corp. 1969, p. (a)p-p+1461.

  19. * M. M. Khatib, The Bounteous Koran, New York Saint Martin's Press Inc., p. Alp-Tawhid, Vol. XII, No.223 850.

  20. Mohammed Abdul Hakim Khan, 1st ed. Karnal: Azizi Press 1905, p. 20 917 Patialia 1905, p. 917+vi.

  21. Mohammed Ahmed, London, 1979, p. 43+666.

  22. * Muhammad alp-Akili, Philadelphia: Pearl Publishing House 1993, p.

  24. Muhammad Ali, Woking: Islamic Review Office 1917, p. cxv+1275 Lahore: Ahmadiyyah Anjumanp-e Isha'atp-e Islam 1951, p. cxvi+631. {8)

  25. Muhammad Asad, Dublin: Dar alp-Andlus Ltd. 1980, p. ix+966.

  26. Muhammad Taqi alp-Din alp-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan, (explanatory trans.), 2nd ed. Ankara: Hilal Publications 1978, p. xv+604+604+xix.

  27. Muhammed Zafrulla Khan, London 1971, p. 673 London: Curzon Press 1979, p.lxiii+673. (2)

  28. M. H. Shakir, Karachi: Habib Bank [19681 p. 600 [n.p. n.d.] p. 660.

  29. Palmer, Edward Henry, ed. F. Max MUlIer 2 vol., Oxford: Clarendon Press 1880 2 vol. Delhi [1965]. (12)

  30. Pickthall, (Mohammed) Marmaduke William, London: Allen and Unwin 1930, p. viii+693 New York: Muslim World League [1977] p. xviii+768. {21)

  31. * Rashad Khalifa, Tuscon: Islamic Productions, 1989, p. xviii+604.

  32. Rodwell, John Meadows, (the surahs are arranged in a chronological order with notes and index), Hertford 1861, p. xxviii+659 London:

Everyman's Library 1978, p. 506. {29)

  1. Ross, Alexander, London 1648, p. 511 London 1719 (in A Complete History of the Turks.). (6)

  2. * Sa'id Akhtar Ridwi, Sayyid, Alp-Mizan (trans. of 'Allamah Tabataba'i's exegesis) 8 vo1s. have appeared to date, Tehran: WOFIS

  4. Salahuddin (Peer), Aminabad: Raftarp-e Zamana Publs. 1971, p. xviii+631.

  5. Sale, George, (the first trans. in English from Arabic), 4 vol. Bostan (1882p-1886) Londonp-New York [1949?] p. xiv+608. (103)

  6. Sher 'Ali, Rabwah 1955, p. 169+643 2nd ed. Rabwah: Quran Publications 1972, p. 635+37. (4)

  7. S. M. Abdul Hamid, 3 vol. 1st ed.. Dacca: Islami Tabligh Mission 1962p-1968 3 vol. 2nd ed. Dacca 1965p-1968.

  8. * Zafar Ishaq Ansari, Towards Understanding the Qur'an (trans. of Mawdudi's Tafhim alp-Qur'an, London: The Islamic Foundation, 1408p-/ 1988p-.

  9. * [Anonym1 The Quran, checked and rev. by Mahmud Y. Zayid assisted by a team of scholars, Lebanon: Dar alp-Choura.

18. Esperanto:

  1. Chuissi, Italo (Muhammad 'Abd alp-Hadi), Copenhague 1969 Conpenhague 1970, p. xx+654.

19. Finnish:

  1. Aro, Jussi; Armas Salonen & Knut Tallqvist, Helsinki 1957 Helsinki: Werner Soderstrom Osakeyhtio 1980, p. 14+456.

  2. Z. I. Ahsen Boere, Tampere 1942, p. 799.

20. French:

  1. Ahmet Laimech & B. Ben Daoud, (trans. from Arabic). Oran: Heintz freres 1932, p. 348.

  2. Blachere, Regis, 3 vol. Paris 1947p-1950 Paris 1972 p. 752. {3}

  3. Du Ryer, Andre, Paris 1647, p. 5+1+648+f4J 2 vol. new ed. Leipzig:

[Arkstee and] Merkus 1775. {20J 4. Fatma Zaida, Lisbonne 1861, p. 483+viii.

  1. Ghedira, M. Ameur, Lyon: Fleuve 1956. p. v+488.

  2. Grosjean, Jean. 2 vol. Paris 1972, p. 550 2 vol., Beyrouth 1974 (?).

  3. Hamza Boubakeur (Aboup-Bakr ), 2 vol. Paris [1972]. xix+1389 2 vol. Paris 1977, p. xix+1389 2 vol. new ed. Paris 1979.

  4. Kasimirski, Albert de Biberstein, new ed. Paris 1832, p. xxxiv+533

Bievres (France) 1973, p. 376. (27)

  1. Masson, Denise, pref.: Jean Grosjean. introd. and notes: Denise Masson.

Belgique 1967, p. cxvi+1088 pref. Jean Grosjean. ed.: Subhi alp-Salih, Beyrouth [n.d.], p. 828+941. (3)