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Famous
Personalities of the Global Islamic Movement Throughout History
Mohammed Marmaduke
William Pickthall, (1875–May 19, 1936), was a
Western Islamic scholar, noted as a poetic translator of
the Qur'an into English.
A convert from Christianity to Islam, Pickthall was a
novelist, esteemed by D.H. Lawrence, H.G. Wells, and E.M.
Forster, as well as a journalist, headmaster, and
political and religious leader.
Educated at Harrow, he was born into a comfortable
middle class English family, whose roots trace back to a
knight of William the Conqueror, Pickthall travelled
across many Eastern countries, gaining reputation as
Middle-Eastern scholar.
A strong advocate of the Ottoman Empire, Pickthall
studied the Orient, published articles and novels on the
subject, e.g. The meaning of the Holy Qur'an.
While under the service of the Nizam of Hyderabad,
Pickthall published his translation of the Qur'an,
becoming the first English translation done by a muslim
and authorized by the Al-Azhar University, referred to
by the Times Literary Supplement as "a great literary
achievement."
Pickthall was buried in the Muslim cemetery at Brookwood.
His legacy is of particular interest to Muslim converts.
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