N J Dawood
N.J. Dawood founded The Arabic Advertising & Publishing Company in 1959, which is now one of the major producers of Arabic typesetting outside of the Middle East. He is best known for his translation of the Koran, the first in contemporary English, for the Penguin Classics in 1956. It has now sold over a million copies.
N.J. Dawood founded The Arabic Advertising & Publishing Company in 1959, which is now one of the major producers of Arabic typesetting outside of the Middle East. He is best known for his translation of the Koran, the first in contemporary English, for the Penguin Classics in 1956. It has now sold over a million copies. See less
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N J Dawood book reviews
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The Koran
Study material
by mrcava, Oct 28, 2010
The translation appears "muslim friendly," but I am finding it useful in my study of islam and it's threat to our nation. Read More
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The Koran: Revised Edition
Excellent
by rnlinda, Jul 10, 2008
Needed it for class, but was surprisingly interesting. Read More
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The Koran
daniel8249
as a christian and living in a country with 90% population is muslim, I want to know the muslim believe and teaching. Reading The Koran in Arab languange with arab characters is very hard to me. ... Read More
