Abdullah Yusuf Ali

عبد الله يوسف علي

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Lahore

Translator of the Qur'an into English (1872-1953); an Indian Civil Service officer and twice principal of Islamia College, Lahore, whose 'The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary' (1934-1938) remains one of the two most widely used English versions.

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Translator · writer
Region
South Asia
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The Colonial Era · The Contemporary Era · The Modern Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Qadir al-Maghribi · Abdul Haq · Ahmed Lutfi al-Sayyid · Edhem Mulabdić · Evelyn Cobbold

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Lahore

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    Lahore

    People and things also explored

    Badshahi Mosque· Ahmad Shah Durrani occupies Lahore, Muharram 1161/January 1748· al-Duz takes Lahore and is killed· Balban restores Lahore after his accession, 664/1266· Lahore formally annexed to the British empire, March 1849· First written mention of Lahore in the Hudud al-'alam, 372/982· Humayun reoccupies Lahore, Rabi' II 962/February 1555· Iltutmish's forces take Lahore, 613/1217

    Sources

    • Abdullah Yusuf Ali — English Wikipedia
    • Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Urdu Wikipedia
    • Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Arabic Wikipedia
    • Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Wikidata
    • The Ismaili reading of Yusuf Ali's commentary — Al-Hitari (2022)
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    islam.museum contributors. “Abdullah Yusuf Ali”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abdullah-yusuf-ali/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-06.

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    Badshahi Mosque

    A mosque in Lahore, dated to 1671 CE.