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Arberry himself admitted that his scholastic, literal, work is not an easy book to readand the original is by no means easy always to understand. A concise but authentic account of various sayings and teachings of muslim sufis. Arthur john arberry pdf arthur john arberry, as head of the department of classics at cairo university, acquired a firsthand knowledge of literary and social conditions in the. Arthur john arberry 190569 was a highly prolific scholar of arabic. A prolific scholar of arabic, persian, and islamic studies, he was educated at portsmouth grammar school and pembroke college, cambridge. Koran arberry pdf the koran interpreted is a translation of the quran the islamic religious text by arthur john arberry. Publication date 1935 topics other collection digitallibraryindia. The koran interpreted is a translation of the quran the islamic religious text by arthur john read more. A prolific scholar of arabic, persian, and islamic studies, he was educated at portsmouth. Aj arberry koran pdf arthur john arberry fba was a respected british orientalist. The translation is from the original arabic into english. This document was prepared with borrowed etext for arthurs classic novels. This is the etext version of the book the koran interpreted a translation by a. According to more recent studies of the original manuscript chittick and shah, for example.