Muhammad A. S. Abdel Haleem (, ), , is an Egyptian

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scholar and the King Fahd

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at the

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. He is the editor of the ''

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''.

Biography

Born in Egypt in 1930, Abdel Haleem learned the

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by heart during his childhood. He studied at

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and completed his PhD at the

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. He has lectured at SOAS since 1971. In 2004,

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published his translation of the Quran into English. He has also published several other works in this field. Abdel Haleem was appointed an

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(OBE) in Elizabeth II's 2008 Birthday Honours, in recognition of his services to Arabic culture, literature, and inter-faith understanding.SOAS
SOAS academic appointed an OBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours

Works

* 2006 with Robinson, Danielle (eds.), ''The Moral World of the Qur'an'', London: IB Tauris. * 2006 "Islam, Religion of the Environment" in Cotran, E. and Lau, M. (eds.), ''Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law'', Netherlands: E.J. Brill, pp. 403–410. * 2006 "Arabic and Islam" in Brown, Keith (ed.), ''Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics'', Oxford: Elsevier, pp. 34–37. * 2006 "Qur'an and Hadith" in Winter, Tim (ed.), ''The Cambridge Companion to Classical Islamic Theology'', UK: Cambridge University Press. * 2005 with Badawi, Elsaid M., ''Dictionary of Qur'anic Usage'', E. J. Brill. * 2004 ''The Qur'an: a New Translation'', Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics Hardcovers Series). * 2002 "The Prophet Muhammad as a Teacher: implications for Hadith literature" in ''Islamic Quarterly'' vol. XLVI (2), pp. 121–137. * 1999 ''Understanding the Qur'an: themes and style'', London: I B Tauris. * 1999 "Human Rights in Islam and the United Nations Instruments" in Cotran, E. and Sherif, A. (eds.), ''Democracy, the Rule of Law, and Islam'', London: Kluwer Law International, pp. 435–453. * 1995 (as translator) ''Chance or Creation? God's design in the Universe (attributed to Jahiz, translated and introduced)'', Reading, Berkshire: Garnet. * 1994 "Qu'ranic Orthography: the written presentation of the recited text of the Qur'an" in ''Islamic Quarterly'', vol. 38 (3), pp. 171–192.

References

External links

*Th
Online Quran Project
includes the Qur'an translation, ''The Qur'an: a New Translation'', of Abdel-Haleem.

*A
interview with Abdel Haleem
about his Qur'an translation. {{DEFAULTSORT:Abdel Haleem, Muhammad A. S. Living people Egyptian Muslims British Muslims Translators of the Quran into English Egyptian emigrants to England Academics of SOAS University of London Fellows of the Chartered Institute of Linguists Officers of the Order of the British Empire 20th-century Muslim scholars of Islam Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom 21st-century Muslim scholars of Islam 1930 births Muslim scholars of Islamic studies