Mustafa Khattab is a Canadian–Egyptian Muslim scholar, author, youth mentor, public speaker,

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, and university chaplain. He holds a professional ijâzah in the Ḥafṣ style of recitation. He is known for his translation of the

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in "The Clear Quran" series.

Career

He is a Canadian-Egyptian authority on interpreting the Quran. He was a member of the first team that translated the Ramadan night prayers (Tarawîḥ) live from the Sacred Mosque in Mecca and the Prophet's Mosque in Medina (2002-2005). Dr. Khattab memorized the entire Quran at a young age, and later obtained a professional ijâzah in the Ḥafṣ style of recitation with a chain of narrators going all the way to Muḥammad. He received his PhD, M.A., and B.A. in Islamic Studies in English with Honors from Al-Azhar University's Faculty of Languages & Translation. He lectured on Islam at Clemson University (OLLI Program, 2009–2010), held the position of Lecturer at Al-Azhar University for over a decade starting in 2003, and served as the Muslim Chaplain at Brock University (2014-2016). He is a member of the Canadian Council of Imams and a Fulbright Interfaith Scholar. He has served as an Imam in the US and Canada since 2007 and is the translator of The Clear Quran Series (2015), the author of The Clear Quran Series for Kids (2020), Shukran (an illustrated story for children, 2020), The Clear Quran Series Dictionary (2021), The Nation of Islam (2011) and Outfoxing Fox News (2017), and contributor to the Encyclopedia of Muslim American History (2010).

Publications

In 2020, The Clear Quran Series became the default translation available on quran.com. ''Clear Quran Series: a thematic English translation'' is a Canadian English interpretation of the

. Its international publisher is Al-Furqaan Foundation, author, Mustafa Khattab stated a mistranslation of as an early motivation to complete the project: whereas Khattab perceived a living being, translations often rendered the word ''animal''.

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29 Dec 2015
Holy book project took 4,000 hours
/ref> The translation has been officially approved by Al-Azhar and endorsed by the Canadian Council of Imams and many Muslim organizations and scholars worldwide. Khattab eschews

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that many Western readers are familiar with from the

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of the Bible, and instead uses modern Canadian English to appeal to a broader audience.

References

External links

Mustafa Khattab
Centre for Islamic Knowledge, Canada
The Clear QuranBook of Signs Foundation BooksFurqaan Institute of Quranic Education
{{DEFAULTSORT:Khattab, Mustafa Canadian scholars of Islam Canadian imams Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Translators of the Quran into English Al-Azhar University alumni Al-Azhar University faculty