The Koran Interpreted: A Translation - A. J. Arberry

This classic, authoritative translation brings the full meaning and power of the sacred book of Islam to Western readers. Certainly the most beautiful English version, and among those by non-Muslim translators, the one that comes closest to conveying the impressions made on Muslims by the original.--Wilfred Cantwell Smith, Harvard University. An English translation of the Muslim holy book portrays the spirit, rather than the exact context and rhythm, of the original Arabic text.