Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Abdullah Yusuf Ali, CBE, FRSL was an Indian Islamic scholar who translated the Qur'an into English. Ali was born in Bombay, British India to a wealthy merchant family.
As a child, Ali received a religious education and, eventually, could recite the entire Qur'an from memory. He studied English literature and studied at several European universities, including the University of Leeds.
“And dispute ye not with the People of the Book, except with means better[than mere disputation], unless it be with those of them who inflict wrong [andinjury]: but say, "We believe in the revelation which has come down to us and inthat which came down to you; Our Allah and your Allah is one; and it is to Himwe bow [in Islam].”
Abdullah Yusuf Ali