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Published
Princeton University Press, May 2017
ISBN
9780691155586
Format
Hardcover, 280 pages
Dimensions
19.1cm × 11.4cm

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The untold story of how the Arabic Qur'an became the English Koran For millions of Muslims, the Qur'an is sacred only in Arabic, the original Arabic in which it was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad in the seventh century; to many Arab and non-Arab believers alike, the book literally defies translation. Yet English translations exist and are growin

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