ALIGARH JOURNAL OF QURANIC STUDIES • VOLUME NO. 1 • ISSUE 1 WINTER 2018 36 Abdul Majid Daryabadi’s English Translation of and Commentary on the Quran (1957): An Assessment Professor Abdur Raheem Kidwai Director* ABSTRACT bdul Majid Daryabadi (1892-1977) holds the distinction of being the first Muslim scholar to represent the Ahl Al-Sunnah wa Al-Jama stance on things Quranic in his English translation of the Quran (1957). The field was then dominated by the Orientalist, Qadyani and pseudo-rationalist English translations of the Quran. The other laudable element of his translation is his faithfulness to the original Quranic text in his version, a quality conspicuous by its absence in most of the English translations in his day. Equally remarkable is the comparative note in his elucidation of the Quran by way of contrasting it with the Bible. Needless to add, this brings into sharper light the truth of the Quran as the eternal book of guidance par excellence for all time and place. This paper attempts at critically examining Daryabadi’s contributions to the Quranic scholarship, as evidenced by his remarkable commentary on the Quran. --------------------------------------------- *K. A. Nizami Centre for Quranic Studies, AMU, Aligarh, Sulaim_05@yahoo.co.in A