Sahih International

The Saheeh International translation is an English-language translation of the Quran that has been used by Islam's most conservative adherents.[1] Published by the Publishing House (dar), dar Abul Qasim, Saudi Arabia, it is one of the world's most popular Quran translations.[2]

Saheeh International translation
Author
  • Umm Muhammad (Emily Assami)
  • Mary Kennedy
  • Amatullah Bantley
LanguageEnglish
SubjectIslam
GenreReligious
PublisherAbul-Qasim Publishing House
Publication date
1997

Translated by three American women, Umm Muhammad (Emily Assami), Mary Kennedy, and Amatullah Bantley,[3] it uses un-archaic language.[4] Notable conventions include rendering the God in Islam as Allah as they believe it is not acceptable to use the English word.

The translation has been described as biased towards "Sunni orthodoxy," which, according to authors, requires words to be inserted in square parentheses.[5][1] It has been sponsored and promoted by Saudi Arabia's Wahhabi ideology. For those reasons, it has been defined as an ultraconservative translation.[6]

Ṣaḥīḥ (صحيح) may be translated as "authentic"[7] or "sound." [8]

Translators

Emily Assami was born in California into an atheist family. She was married to an Arab husband. She studied Arabic at Damascus University. She converted to Islam and is known as Umm Muhammad or Aminah.[9]

Mary Kennedy was born in Orlando. She was a former Christian who converted to Islam.[9]

Amatullah Bantley was a former Catholic Christian. She was introduced to Islam through international Muslim students. She converted to Islam in 1986 and eventually moved to Saudi Arabia.[9]

See also

References
  1. Zavadski, Katie (26 March 2017). "How Three American Women Translated One of the World's Most Popular Qurans" – via www.thedailybeast.com.
  2. Zavadski, Katie (26 March 2017). "How Three American Women Translated One of the World's Most Popular Qurans" – via www.thedailybeast.com.
  3. 1997, The Qur’ān [Saheeh International]] Translation
  4. Dogmatic Approaches of Qur’ān Translators: Linguistic and Theological Issues, Somia Qudah-Refai
  5. "The Quran: A Complete Revelation", 2016, Sam Gerrans.
  6. Bakhtiar, Laleh (2011). "The misinterpretation of Chapter 4 Verse 34". European Journal of Women's Studies. 18 (4): 431–439. doi:10.1177/1350506811415206. ISSN 1350-5068. S2CID 144003408.
  7. Google Translate
  8. Ibn al-Ṣalāḥ (2006). An Introduction to the Science of the Ḥadīth (PDF). Translated by Dr. Eerik Dickinson. Reading: Garnet Publishing Limited. p. 5. ISBN 1-85964-158-X. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
  9. "Saheeh International: One for the books". Arab News. 2010-12-11. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
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