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Abdalhaqq Bewley

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عبد الحق بيولي

British translator and writer who accepted Islam in Morocco in 1968 and studied there for three years. He worked with Shaykh Abdalqadir as-Sufi establishing Muslim communities in Nigeria, Spain, the United States, Germany and South Africa, and served as an imam at Norwich and Cape Town. With his wife Aisha Bewley he translated The Noble Qur'an (1999), the Muwatta and ash-Shifa; his own books include Zakat: Raising a Fallen Pillar and The Four Madhhabs of Islam.

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Translator · writer
Region
al-Andalus & Europe

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    Spouse of
    Aisha Abdurrahman Bewley

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    Aisha Abdurrahman Bewley

    Sources

    • The Islamic Will (Dar Al Taqwa, 1995) — author biographies of Abdalhaqq and Aisha Bewley
    • Hajj Abdalhaqq Bewley's Talks on Zakah (Botswana Muslim Association, 2009) — introduction to the speaker
    • Bokhari & Shah, 'An Overview of English Translations of the Holy Qur'an Written by Women' (Abhath, 2021) — on Aisha and Abdalhaqq Bewley
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    islam.museum contributors. “Abdalhaqq Bewley”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abdalhaqq-bewley/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-06.

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    Aisha Abdurrahman Bewley

    American-born translator (1948) of classical Islamic texts, with a BA in French and an MA in Near Eastern Languages from the University of California, Berkeley, and fellowship study at the American University in Cairo. She converted to Islam in 1968. Her translations include The Darqawi Way (1981), Al-Muwatta of Imam Malik (1989), the Tafsir al-Qurtubi (from 2003) and, with her husband Abdalhaqq Bewley, The Noble Qur'an (1999); her own books include Muslim Women: A Biographical Dictionary (2004).