Abdullah Yusuf Ali (1872-1952) was born in Bombay, India, to a wealthy merchant family. As a child, Yusuf Ali received a religious education and, eventually, could recite the entire Qur'an from memory. He learned Arabic and English, and could speak both languages fluently. 1872 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article or section should be merged with Mumbai Mumbai (previously known as Bombay) is the worlds most populous conurbation, and is the sixth most populous agglomeration in the world. ... The Quran (Arabic: al-qurān literally the recitation; also called Al Qurān Al Karīm or The Noble Quran; or transliterated Quran, Koran, and less commonly Alcoran) is the holy book of Islam. ... Arabic (العربية) is a Semitic language, closely related to Hebrew and Aramaic. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

Yusuf Ali studied English literature and visited several European countries as a student. He concentrated his efforts on the Qur'an and studied the Qur'anic commentaries beginning with those written in early days of Islamic history. Yusuf Ali's most important work was his book The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary, published in 1934. The Quran (Arabic: al-qurān literally the recitation; also called Al Qurān Al KarÄ«m or The Noble Quran; or transliterated Quran, Koran, and less commonly Alcoran) is the holy book of Islam. ... Islam ( Arabic al-islām الإسلام,  listen?) the submission to God is a monotheistic faith and the worlds second-largest religion. ...

Yusuf Ali was an outspoken supporter of the Indian contribution to the Allied effort in World War I. He was a respected intellectual in India and Sir Muhammad Iqbal recruited him to be the principal of Islamia College, Lahore. Later in life, he went to England and is buried in the Muslim cemetery at Brookwood, Surrey, near Woking, near another translator of the Qur'an, Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall. Allama Dr Sir Muhammad Iqbal Allama Dr Sir Muhammad Iqbal (November 9, 1877–April 21, 1938) was an important colonial era Indian Muslim poet, philosopher and thinker of Kashmiri origin, though based in Sialkot (now in Pakistan). ... The Quran (Arabic: al-qurān literally the recitation; also called Al Qurān Al Karīm or The Noble Quran; or transliterated Quran, Koran, and less commonly Alcoran) is the holy book of Islam. ... (Mohammed) Marmaduke William Pickthall, (1875 - May 19, 1936), one of the most renowned Western Islamic scholars of all-time, noted as one of the most poetic and accurate translators of the Quran into English. ...

External links

• A biography of Abdullah Yusuf Ali
• The English translation of the Qur'an by Abdullah Yusuf Ali