Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Personal
Born(1872-04-14)14 April 1872
Died10 December 1953(1953-12-10) (aged 81)
Fulham, London, England
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni Islam[1][2][3]
MovementModernism
OccupationBarrister
Muslim leader

Abdullah Yusuf Ali CBE MA LL.M FRSA FRSL (/ɑːˈl/; Urdu: عبداللہ یوسف علی‎; 14 April 1872[5] – 10 December 1953) was an Indian-British barrister who wrote a number of books about Islam, including an exegesis of the Qur'an. A supporter of the British war effort during World War I, Ali received the CBE in 1917 for his services to that cause. He died in London in 1953.

  1. ^ Robinson, Neal. "Sectarian and ideological bias in Muslim translations of the Qur'an." Islam and Christian‐Muslim Relations 8.3 (1997): 261-278. "Of the Sunni translators, only Yusuf Ali and the Zidans retain the Arabic word in this way."
  2. ^ Abbas, Ali (27 October 2014). A Shi'ite Encyclopedia. Ahlul Bayt Digital Library. p. 171. ISBN 9781312631069. ...here's what Abdullah Yusuf Ali, an exegete of the Qur'an, has to say...
  3. ^ Afifi, Wassim (12 August 2018). "Abdullah Yusuf Ali... An Indian who loved masonry and wrote an exegesis of the Qur'an in English". Al-Laylatul-Kabeer (in Arabic). Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  4. ^ a b c Sherif, Mohamed Ahmed. Searching for Solace: A Biography of Abdullah Yusuf Ali, exegete of the Qur'an. No. 165. Searching for Solace, 1994.
  5. ^ Sherif, M. A. (1 January 1994). Searching for Solace: A Biography of Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Interpreter of the Qur'an. Searching for Solace. p. 4. ISBN 9789839154009.

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