Wahiduddin Khan

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan’s The Quran (Goodword Books, with editing by his daughter Farida Khanam) is a simple, accessible rendering in contemporary English, written to make the text easy to read and reflect upon rather than to mirror Arabic syntax. The phrasing is smooth and unfussy, and the accompanying notes are kept light, foregrounding the themes Khan emphasised throughout his work—God-consciousness, spiritual reflection, remembrance, and peace—rather than legal or polemical concerns. It is aimed at a broad general readership, including non-Muslims seeking an approachable introduction.

Khan (1925–2021) was an influential Indian Islamic scholar, prolific author, and advocate of peace and non-violence who founded the Centre for Peace and Spirituality and co-founded Goodword Books. Widely recognised internationally, he was named among the most influential Muslims of his generation. Farida Khanam, an academic and translator in her own right, edited the translation and chairs the centre he established.

The translation is praised for clarity and its calm, devotional tone; some readers note that its very smoothness and spiritual framing can soften or pass over the harder interpretive cruxes of the Arabic.