The Holy Qur'an

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Summary: The Best Translation out there...
Review: I highly recommend this great work. Not only does it have a detailed commentary on each verse, but also the summary of every chapter. An great treasure for novices and experts in Islam alike.

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Summary: Accurate and great translation
Review: This book was recommended to my brother and now that he has ordered it I've found it to be a great translation and one of the most clear and accurate and very exceptional, esp for shia muslims. I recommend this book for its english translation.

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Summary: Holy Quran : Complied by Mir Ahmed Ali
Review: This is an excellent English Translation of the Quran that is a must for any realy sincere student of religion trying to learn about Islam. The translation is easy to understand but still has some old engligh in it that makes it difficult to understand at times. The best part of this Qur'an compared to most others is the commentary and notes that accompy the text. Not only is there notes on the meaning of a verse but also an introduction to the chapter and an introduction to Islam and the Quran in general. This commentary is an excellent source of information and a huge help when trying to understand the enviroment at the time of the verses were reveled and so forth. I only wish this book had a better subject index. But I have found great search engines on the web that allow for searching for a specific subject, word, multiple word, and so forth. ...

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Summary: One of the best commentaries I have read
Review: This translation of the quran has one of the best commentaries I have read. Many verses in this translation are explained in the footnodes. References are given for most of the footnotes/explanation which helps the reader realize that the explantion given is not the translator's own opinion.
A footnote/sidenote is added whenever the translator thinks that a word in arabic needs further clarification or can have more than one meaning.
Many times in the translation, the occasion when a given verse was revealed is also given which helps the reader learn quran better. An attempt has been made to describe a verse of the quran using another verse of the quran based on the saying of Imam Ali(a.s.) that one part of the Qur'an verifies another part. The other source of explantion of the verses are sayings of Holy Prophet(peace be upon him) and the sayings of the Imams of his family(peace be upon them).
Sources from the ahl-sunnat school of thought are also adequately mentioned although that is done primarily to strengthen a particular point that is mentioned in the translator's footnotes.
Overall, this is a great work and should be read by anyone who is interested in learning about Islam, Quran and Islamic History. The only defect I could find in this edition is that the paper used is very thin but this was probably necessary because the explanations are in detail and exist for many verses.