Title: good if you're working with a teacher
Product review: I bought this as a study text for my first class in reading the Qur'an. It is a translation authorized by Al-Azhar University which certainly is as good a recommendation as one could ask for. In addition to the line by line translations there are hundreds of notes that help a great deal in clarifying obscure points and possible misinterpretations. I found the title of the work a little misleading, though, since aside from a very brief historical introduction and the excellent notes, there really isn't a lot beyond the Arabic text and the translation. A teacher is essential, although that's not a knock against this book- it's very hard to imagine that the Qur'an could ever be 'do it yourself', no matter how much explanatory material an author might choose to add.
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