For instance, Pickthall called his translation The Meaning of the Glorious Koran rather than simply The Koran. Since these translations necessarily subtly change the meaning, they are often called 'interpretations' or 'translation of the meanings' (with 'meanings' being ambiguous between the meanings of the various passages and the multiple possible meanings with which each word taken in isolation can be associated, and with the latter connotation amounting to an acknowledgement that the so-called translation is but one possible interpretation and is not claimed to be the full equivalent of the original). Translations into other languages are necessarily the work of humans and so, according to Muslims, no longer possess the uniquely sacred character of the Arabic original. According to modern Islamic theology, the Qur'an is a revelation very specifically in Arabic, and so it should only be recited in Quranic Arabic.

Furthermore, an Arabic word, like a Hebrew or Aramaic word, may have a range of meanings depending on the context – a feature present in all Semitic languages, when compared to the moderately analytic English, Latin, and Romance languages – making an accurate translation even more difficult. Since Muslims revere the Qur'an as miraculous and inimitable (i'jaz al-Qur'an), they argue that the Qur'anic text should not be isolated from its true form to another language or form, at least not without keeping the Arabic text along with. Islamic theology Translation of the Qur'an has always been a problematic and difficult issue in Islamic theology. Japanese Chinese Indonesian languages Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian languages African languages Esperanto See also References Further reading External links

Title page of a German translation of the Qur'an published in 1775

Qur'an was originally written in the Arabic language and has been translated into most major African, Asian and European languages.Ĭontents Islamic theology History European languages Latin Modern languages French Language Spanish English Asian languages Urdu Bengali Hindi and Gujarati Tamil Turkish Quran translations Translations of the Qur'an are interpretations of the scripture of Islam in languages other than Arabic.

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