The Koran (Penguin Classics)

The Koran (Penguin Classics)
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Author: Anonymous
Editor: N. J. Dawood
Edition: Paperback
Published: 2004-09-28
ISBN: 0140449205
Number of pages: 464
Publisher: Penguin Classics

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Book Review: Is This a First-Rate Translation?
Summary: 5 Stars

The Penguin Classic translation of the Koran by Daewood differs considerably from other versions. In general, I would have to say that Daewood's version is (for American audiences, at least) somewhat harsher than most translations. Most notably, Daewood translates Sura 6 ("The Women") as recommending that a husband beat an "uppity" wife. Elsewhere, Mohammed seems to recommend extermination of Islam's enemies, including Jews. To be sure, there are other passages which ameliorate such injunctions, but for a non-Muslim, non-Arabic speaker, the issue is not so much whether Mohammed is right or wrong, but whether the Arabic original actually says what Daewood puts into English.

When I first looked into this book, I thought that Daewood was an English name, but apparently it is transliterated Arabic and Daewood is a Muslim. Hence, to the extent that the translation says thing which would make a modern non-Muslim cringe, one suspects that the translation is accurate. But of course "statement against interest" is a very weak reed upon which to base a conclusion about the accuracy of the translation. At least it is worth noting that Daewood's translation seems both more readable and more idiomatic than other versions of the Koran which I have browsed.

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