Download or read book Centenary of Maulana Muhammad Ali’s English Translation of the Quran written by Zahid Aziz and published by Ahmadiyya Anjuman Lahore Publications, U.K.. This book was released on 2017-10-25 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This booklet is compiled at the centenary of the publication, in 1917 in England, of the English translation and commentary of the Quran by Maulana Muhammad Ali — the first such work by a Muslim to be printed and published in the West, the first such work by a Muslim to be widely available in the world. It recounts the history of how the Maulana carried out this unprecedented project, its publication and the reviews it received. Its influence on later translations is discussed in detail. Maulana Muhammad Ali’s thorough revision of it to produce the 1951 edition, is then covered. Information is also provided about editions produced after his death.