Revised 2010 edition of
the English Translation of the Holy Quran
Second Edition, June 2025
Originally by Maulana Muhammad Ali
Language updated and notes abridged
by the Editor
Zahid Aziz
The English translation of the Holy Quran with extensive explanatory footnotes by Maulana Muhammad Ali (d. 1951) was first published in 1917, and after many years of popularity it was thoroughly revised by Maulana Muhammad Ali and published in 1951. Its first publication influenced all subsequent English translations of the Quran by Muslims.
To make the language of the translation easier for the general readership, and also to reduce the great volume of the whole work, an edition was first produced in 2010 in which the language of the translation was updated and the explanatory footnotes were abridged. The Arabic text was also omitted. Details of the updating were provided in the Preface in order to explain and justify the linguistic changes.
The present work is the second edition, being published in June 2025. It incorporates minor changes, improvements and corrections. To reduce the volume of this edition, the introduction has been
curtailed by removing most of its sections.
This second edition is available as follows:
Note: The original 2010 edition is still available at this link.
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