While on tour to promote his translation, Ali helped to open the Al-Rashid Mosque, the third mosque in North America, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, in December 1938.The Noble QuranAbdullah Yusuf Ali, CBE, FRSL (14 April 1872 10 December 1953) was an Indian Islamic scholar who translated the Qur'an into English. Muhammad Ashraf Publishers in Lahore, India (later Pakistan). Yusuf Ali's best-known work is his book The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary, begun in 1934 and published in 1938 by Sh. He concentrated his efforts on the Qur'an and studied the Qur'anic commentaries beginning with those written in the early days of Islamic history. He studied English literature and studied at several European universities, including the University of Leeds. He spoke both Arabic and English fluently.
As a child, Ali received a religious education and, eventually, could recite the entire Qur'an from memory. His translation of the Qur'an is one of the most widely-known and used in the English-speaking world.Īli was born in Surat, Gujarat in British India to a wealthy merchant family with a Dawoodi Bohra father. He is buried in England at the Muslim cemetery at Brookwood, Surrey, near Woking, not far from the burial place of Pickthall.Hafiz Abdullah Yusuf Ali, CBE, FRSL (14 April 1872 – 10 December 1953) was an Indian Islamic scholar who translated the Qur'an into English. Later in life, he again went to England where he died in London. He was a respected intellectual in India and Sir Muhammad Iqbal recruited him to be the principal of Islamia College in Lahore, British India. He is buried in the Muslim cemetery at Brookwood in Woking, Surrey.Īli was an outspoken supporter of the Indian contribution to the Allied effort in World War I. Later in life, he went again to England, where he died in London in December 1953. He was a respected intellectual in India and Sir Muhammad Iqbal recruited him to be the principal of Islamia College in Lahore. While on tour to promote his translation, he helped to open the Al-Rashid Mosque, the third mosque in North America, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, in December 1938.Īli was an outspoken supporter of the Indian contribution to the Allied effort in World War I. His best-known work is The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary, begun in 1934 and published in 1938 by Sh. He spoke both Arabic and English fluently and studied at several European universities, including the University of Leeds. As a child, he received a religious education and, eventually, could recite the entire Qur'an from memory. Hafiz Abdullah Yusuf Ali was born in Surat, Gujarat in British India to a wealthy merchant family with a Dawoodi Bohra father.
His translation is one of the most widely-known and used in the English-speaking world. Hafiz Abdullah Yusuf Ali (14 April 1872 – 10 December 1953) was an Indian Islamic scholar who translated the Qur'an into English.