Occasional Lecture Series: The聽蚕耻谤鈥檃苍聽in English Verse
Prof. Bruce Lawrence (Duke University) and Prof. Rafey Habib (Rutgers University)
The Qur’an is often viewed as being resolutely Arabic, whereby any translation can only deliver its meaning, not聽its聽tone and timbre in Arabic. To broaden an understanding of the聽蚕耻谤鈥檃苍Muslims believe that the Holy 蚕耻谤鈥檃苍 contains divine revelations to the Prophet Muhammed received in Mecca and Medina over a period of 23 years in the early 7th century CE. More, many scholars are researching and producing English聽translations that will invoke a sense of curiosity for further exploration in the beauty and sublimity of the original 鈥 a聽poetic聽translation with a distinctive yet subtle voice.
To this end we will review three 蚕耻谤鈥檃苍ic suras that embody our approach:聽S奴rat al-F膩ti岣聽(Q. 1),聽S奴rat Y膩 S墨n聽(Q. 36) and聽S奴rat al-Ra岣膩n聽(Q.聽55).
