Al-Qur'an: A Contemporary Translation

"This translation of the Qur'n aims at doing something new—it seeks to bring out the original rhythms of the Quranic language and the cadences. It also departs from traditional translations in that it gives more refined and differentiated shades of important concepts."—Fazlur Rahman, University of Chicago

"Ahmed Ali's work is clear, direct, and elegant—a combination of stylistic virtues almost never found in translations of the Qur'n. His is the best I have read."—F. E. Peters, New York University