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Also known as Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall, Marmaduke William Pickthall

British Islamic scholar, an English translator of the Qur'an into English (1875–1936)

Person · Open Library

Born
1875-04-07
Died
1936-05-19
Works
126

Top works

  • The early hours
  • The meaning of the glorious Qur'an
  • Saïd The Fisherman
  • The Meaning Of The Glorious Quran : An Explanatory Translation : New Modern English Edition :
  • The Meaning of the Glorious Koran

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
GB

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
15
Total plays
36

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Key facts

Born
Marmaduke William Pickthall , ( 1875-04-07 ) 7 April 1875, Cambridge Terrace, London, England
Died
19 May 1936 (1936-05-19) (aged 61) , Porthminster Hotel, St Ives, Cornwall , England
Resting place
Brookwood Cemetery , Brookwood, Surrey , England
Occupations
Novelist , Islamic scholar
Known for
The Meaning of the Glorious Koran

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall (born Marmaduke William Pickthall; 7 April 1875 – 19 May 1936) was an English Islamic scholar noted for his 1930 English translation of the Quran, called The Meaning of the Glorious Koran. His translation of the Quran (usually anglicized as "Koran" in Pickthall's era) is one of the most widely known and used in the English-speaking world. A convert from Christianity to Islam, Pickthall was a novelist, esteemed by D. H. Lawrence, H. G. Wells, and E. M. Forster, as well as journalists, political and religious leaders. He declared his conversion to Islam in dramatic fashion after delivering a talk on 'Islam and Progress' on 29 November 1917, to the Muslim Literary Society in Notting Hill, West London.

Biography

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