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==Translation==

==Translation==

The Koran was revealed to Muhammad in what the Angel said was "clear Arabic."  This has interpreted to mean that Arabic is the most beautiful language of all. The Koran also contains a challenge: if you do not believe that the Koran is the word of God, try to make something just as beautiful and good as it! This is the doctrine of inimitability (no copy can be made), or "i'jaz." These two doctrines, along with the inherent difficulty of translation, severely limit the value of translations of the Koran. In other words, the only Koran is the Arabic Koran.  English versions of the Koran are regarded as commentaries.   

The Koran was revealed to Muhammad in what the Angel said was "clear Arabic."  This has been interpreted to mean that Arabic is the most beautiful language of all. The Koran also contains a challenge: if you do not believe that the Koran is the word of God, try to make something just as beautiful and good as it! This is the doctrine of inimitability (no copy can be made), or "i'jaz." These two doctrines, along with the inherent difficulty of translation, severely limit the value of translations of the Koran. In other words, the only Koran is the Arabic Koran.  English versions of the Koran are regarded as commentaries.   

Two of the most famous and widely-read English translations of the Koran are those by A. Yusuf Ali and M. Marmaduke Pickthall <ref>http://www.wokingmuslim.org/pers/pickthall/conversion.htm</ref> (and see links below).

Two of the most famous and widely-read English translations of the Koran are those by A. Yusuf Ali and M. Marmaduke Pickthall <ref>http://www.wokingmuslim.org/pers/pickthall/conversion.htm</ref> (and see links below).