The Koran is the sacred text of Islam, the sacred book of the Muslim religion. It includes the verbatim of the word of Allah, written in the Arabic language. All literature, texts, verses of the first and oldest known authentic literary document in Arabic, are written in the language of the people. Faced with the diversity of cultures and social languages, not all followers of Islam master Arabic. So there are translations of the Quran in French, English, etc. Where can we find an English version of the holy book of Islam?
On the tracks of the Koran translated into English
This document has existed for several centuries and the teaching of the Prophet is passed down through the generations in the original language: Arabic. The sacred book has thus been preserved over the centuries in the original version in its paper form, in order not to alter its content, in particular the messages of wisdom that it contains. This is how the Koran has survived the decades without undergoing any modification from the Arabic version.
Faced with the rapid multiplication of the human species on the planet, the conservation of the Koran in its initial version is no longer the ideal solution to popularize the messages of the Prophet, to the many faithful Muslims having no knowledge of Arabic. The translation of the authentic Quran is therefore a work aimed at making the texts understandable to non-Arabic speakers, hence the translation of the Quran into the language of Shakespeare.
The first English translations date back several hundred years The first English translation by Alexander Ross, The Alcoran of Mahomet in 1649 is from the French text by André Du Ryer. In 1734, The Koran, commonly called the Alcoran of Mohammed, was the full Koran translated from Arabic by George Sale. Then John Rodwell proposed another translation of the book in 1861: The Koran.
Digital translations of the Quran into English
Since the first translations of the Quran into English, there have been paper books of the Quran in the English language. This is a translated version of the holy book, bearing the original form of the authentic Quran. However, these translations are recent and available in theological libraries, stores.
In addition, with the development of new communication tools, several linguists and professionals of the Arabic and English languages have introduced translated versions of the Koran into English on the internet. These translations are available in hard copy as well as in digital form (PDF), which can be downloaded free of charge or against payment. For example, you will find on Amazon, The holly quran and The quran. On the internet, some sites offer an explanatory translation of the Koran, which supplements the original version of the book.
Quran in English on phone and audio
The advent of smartphones and devices has allowed the proliferation of mobile applications, including a multitude dedicated to sacred texts such as the Bible and the Koran. For example, in the Play Store or in the App Store, certain applications: book and/or audio present full versions of the book of the Islamic faith, or an English translation of it. Audio translation of the Quran into English is also provided by a host of text-reading applications on the phone.
