Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall was a British convert Muslim who is best remembered as one of the earliest  translators of the Holy Quran in English in 1930, widely considered as the best know English translation.

Marmaduke William Pickthall was born in Cambridge Terrace in 1875. He was a novelist, a journalist, headmaster, and political and religious leader.

  • The Holy Quran English Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
    • The Holy Quran English Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

    • The Holy Quran English Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

    • Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall's 1930 work, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, is a highly respected English rendering of the Holy Qur'an. As the first English translation by a Muslim native speaker, it holds a unique historical and religious significance. Pickthall was clear that his work was an "explanatory translation" and not the inimitable Arabic scripture itself, reflecting the traditional Muslim…