M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

M. A. S. Abdel Haleem (Muhammad A. S. Abdel Haleem (محمد عبد الحليم سعيد) was born in Egypt in 1930. He learned the Quran by heart from childhood. Educated at al-Azhar, Cairo, and Cambridge Universities, he has taught Arabic at Cambridge and London Universities since 1966, including courses in advanced practical translation and the Quran. He is now Professor of Islamic Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

His most recent publications are Understanding the Quran: Themes and Style (2001) and English Translations of the Quran: The Making of an Image (2004). He is also working on An Arabic–English Dictionary of Quranic Usage, with El-Said Badawi. He is the editor of the Journal of Quranic Studies and the London Quranic Studies series.