This is the 6th Edition and 5th revised version of this translation.
We warmly recommend his Translation to all with a serious interest in the Qur\'a.
It is plain, indeed, that a serious and profound appreciation of the Qur\'anic message has animated the whole of Qarai\'s successful labours.
He has opted always for the maximum degree of closeness to the Arabic compatible with comprehensibility, thereby coordinating Translation with original in the most substantial of ways.
Although Qarai envisions his Translation as a paraphrase of the Qur\'anic meanings, as a tool for gaining access to the original, it must be stressed that his Translation reads extremely well even if regular cross-reference to the Arabic not be the purpose of the reader.
The language Qarai has chosen is clear, chaste, straightforward and dignified, distant from both the archaisms and the modernisms that have been affected by other English translators of the Qur\'an.... is a revival of the art of Translation as an adjunct to the understanding of the original, skillfully adapted to the needs of the English-speaking student of the Qur\'an...
It is a real improvement over existing translations.-Dr Muhammad Legenhausen What Qarai has accomplished... [The translator has] struck a nice balance here.
It is both faithful and fluent.
Expert Opinions About This Translation: This is a wonderful translation.
It teaches that the Source of being is also the chief Source of guidance.
The Qur\'ān claims to be the most reliable source of this knowledge and the best guide for human endeavor.
All effort that does not derive from this knowledge is ultimately fated to end in futility and failure.
Any knowledge that is not informed with this awareness is just a kind of ignorance.
All scriptures of Divine origin are a source of light and guidance.
Nothing is more important for man than the knowledge of the very Source of reality.
According to the Qur\'an, so were the Torah and the Gospel, scriptures given to Moses and Jesus.
with it God guides those who pursue His pleasure to the ways of peace, and brings them out from darkness into light by His will, and guides them to a straight path (5:16).
Of course, the Qur\'ān is not an exception among revealed scriptures in that it is a source of light and guidance.
The Qur\'ān is, in its own words, light, which means that it is self-manifesting, with no need of an external source of illumination; other things need light to become visible and manifest.
This is the 6th Edition and 5th revised version of this translation
