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Title: The Essential Koran by Thomas F. Cleary ISBN: 0-7858-0902-3 Publisher: Book Sales Pub. Date: January, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $8.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.45 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The most successful translation of the Quran I've read...
Comment: The most successful English translation of the Quran I have read so far. While any translation inevitably weakens the powerful imagery of an original language, Cleary's deep understanding of the Quran's language has allowed him to retain much more of the original Quran's meaning. I wish he'd translate the entire book!
Rating: 5
Summary: Muslim approval
Comment: I am a Muslim who has read several different English translations of the Qur'an; I find this one unmatched in articulation, beauty, and accessibility.
Cleary departs from the standard of English translations written in some funky Olde English style, and attempts to capture the rythms and eloquent poetic descriptions found only in the original Arabic.
The Qur'an is an extraordinary literary masterpiece; I have never seen an English translation even attempt to hint at revealing that essential appealing style.
The introduction to the book is thorough and a pleasure to read.
If you are tired of incomprehensible translations, I highly recommend this one.
Rating: 5
Summary: A very poetic translation
Comment: At a little over two hundred ages this isn't meant to be a whole translation of the Quran. Selected surahs are translated and Cleary provides notes on them in the back of the book. As he also translates eastern religious texts many times he will provides parables from Buddhism within the notes. He has a very poetic and simple way of translating the surahs.
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Title: The Wisdom of the Prophet: The Sayings of Muhammad by Thomas Cleary ISBN: 1570628254 Publisher: Shambhala Pub. Date: 16 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Approaching the Qur'an: The Early Revelations by Michael Sells ISBN: 1883991269 Publisher: White Cloud Press Pub. Date: 15 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Muhammad (Critical Lives) by Yahiya J. Emerick ISBN: 0028643712 Publisher: Alpha Books Pub. Date: 08 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: 101 Questions and Answers on Islam by JOHN RENARD ISBN: 0517220938 Publisher: Gramercy Pub. Date: 05 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet by Karen Armstrong ISBN: 0062508865 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 10 September, 1993 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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