and a treatise on the merits of visiting the Prophet's grave (MS Sale 56). Sale's translation of the Qu'ran has been reprinted into modern times. In January 2007, Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to the United States Congress, was sworn in using a 1764 edition of Sale's translation of the Quran, sold to the Library of Congress in 1815 by Thomas Jefferson. In January 2019 newly elected Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar were sworn in using the same edition of Sales's translation of Qu'ran. References External links The Koran, Commonly Called the Alcoran of Mohammed (first edition 1734), London: Printed by C. Ackers in St. John's-Street, for J. Wilcoy at Vivgil's Head overagainst the New Church in the Strand.'', original Quran translated into English. Both Online Quran Project and IslamAwakened include the Quran translation of George Sale. The Koran by George Sale The Nativity of Jesus, Blesséd be He, in the Koran, Part 2 – George Sale – translation 1734. 1697 births 1736 deaths Arabic–English translators English orientalists English solicitors English translators Members of the Inner Temple People educated at The King's School, Canterbury People from Canterbury Translators of the Bible into Arabic Translators of the Quran into English 18th-century British translators 18th-century English male writers