The Qur'an, Part II (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. IX)
E. H. Palmer (trans.)
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Part two of E. H. Palmer's translation of the Qur'an appeared as volume nine of Max Muller's Sacred Books of the East series. Palmer was a Cambridge Orientalist who knew Arabic from travel and study in the Middle East. His version was the standard English Qur'an of the Victorian age.
This part holds the later surahs of the scripture, in Palmer's direct, sometimes blunt English. Muller meant his series to give the English reader the holy books of the East in reliable form. Palmer's Qur'an served that purpose for decades, and it still shows how the nineteenth century's best Arabists heard the text that stands at the center of Islam.
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| CREATOR | E. H. Palmer (trans.) |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 554 KB |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Tower of Babel archive |