GloQur – The Global Qur'an
@gloqur.bsky.social
ERC-funded research project @UniFreiburg on the modern history of Muslim Qur'an translation. PI: Johanna Pink.
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All three @GloQur PhD students have submitted their thesis shortly after the end of the project. 🥳🥳🥳 Congratulations, Elvira Kulieva, Yulia Riswan and Kamran Ahmad Khan! 😍
August 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
All three @GloQur PhD students have submitted their thesis shortly after the end of the project. 🥳🥳🥳 Congratulations, Elvira Kulieva, Yulia Riswan and Kamran Ahmad Khan! 😍
GloQur @gloqur.bsky.social ended on April 30, 2025. The team says goodbye. It has been an awesome journey! Feel free to revisit our results on gloqur.de! 😊
May 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
GloQur @gloqur.bsky.social ended on April 30, 2025. The team says goodbye. It has been an awesome journey! Feel free to revisit our results on gloqur.de! 😊
This German Qur'an translation, allegedly by one Muhammad Abdallah (what a totally not AI-generated super-un-generic Muslim name!), is 100% identical to the result you get if you enter Marmaduke Pickthall's Qur'an translation into DeepL. Isn't this a weird coincidence? 😜
March 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This German Qur'an translation, allegedly by one Muhammad Abdallah (what a totally not AI-generated super-un-generic Muslim name!), is 100% identical to the result you get if you enter Marmaduke Pickthall's Qur'an translation into DeepL. Isn't this a weird coincidence? 😜
Great turnout and atmosphere at the opening of our GloQur - The Global Qur'an exhibition. The guests enjoyed the opportunity to ask questions and have drinks and Syrian snacks with us. The exhibition will be open until April 5 and we offer guided tours in 10 languages!
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January 11, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Great turnout and atmosphere at the opening of our GloQur - The Global Qur'an exhibition. The guests enjoyed the opportunity to ask questions and have drinks and Syrian snacks with us. The exhibition will be open until April 5 and we offer guided tours in 10 languages!
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The @GloQur team hard at work to bring this exhibition to you:
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January 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The @GloQur team hard at work to bring this exhibition to you:
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The website for our exhibition is up! 😍
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December 4, 2024 at 2:06 PM
The website for our exhibition is up! 😍
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Sneak preview. 😊
November 16, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Sneak preview. 😊
The second, concise version was first published in 1955 and is a straightforward translation without annotations.
November 15, 2024 at 6:50 AM
The second, concise version was first published in 1955 and is a straightforward translation without annotations.
The first was a comprehensive, annotated commentary titled ‘The Holy Qur'an with English Translation and Commentary’, published in three volumes between 1947 and 1963. This work spans more than 2,900 pages and includes approximately 5,000 footnotes.
November 15, 2024 at 6:50 AM
The first was a comprehensive, annotated commentary titled ‘The Holy Qur'an with English Translation and Commentary’, published in three volumes between 1947 and 1963. This work spans more than 2,900 pages and includes approximately 5,000 footnotes.
He studied at the Forman Christian College in Lahore and joined the Ahmadiyya movement in 1897. Over the years, he served in various capacities within the movement, eventually becoming the assistant editor of ‘The Review of Religions’ in 1909.
November 15, 2024 at 6:50 AM
He studied at the Forman Christian College in Lahore and joined the Ahmadiyya movement in 1897. Over the years, he served in various capacities within the movement, eventually becoming the assistant editor of ‘The Review of Religions’ in 1909.
A key factor in their rise was the publication of Sher Ali’s English translation in 1955, which became a template for many subsequent Ahmadi translations. Sher Ali was born in a small village near Sargodha, in the Punjab province of Pakistan.
November 15, 2024 at 6:50 AM
A key factor in their rise was the publication of Sher Ali’s English translation in 1955, which became a template for many subsequent Ahmadi translations. Sher Ali was born in a small village near Sargodha, in the Punjab province of Pakistan.
This week we will take a closer look at Mawlawi Sher Ali’s English Qur'an translation – the first English translation published by the Jamaat-i Ahmadiyya. A thread: #qurantranslationoftheweek (#205)
November 15, 2024 at 6:50 AM
This week we will take a closer look at Mawlawi Sher Ali’s English Qur'an translation – the first English translation published by the Jamaat-i Ahmadiyya. A thread: #qurantranslationoftheweek (#205)
This Tuesday, March 5: Kathryn Batchelor on "Decolonial and Postcolonial Perspectives on Translation: Compatibilities and Contradictions", with @manuelaboatca.bsky.social as discussant. Come and join us online! 😊
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March 3, 2024 at 10:57 AM
This Tuesday, March 5: Kathryn Batchelor on "Decolonial and Postcolonial Perspectives on Translation: Compatibilities and Contradictions", with @manuelaboatca.bsky.social as discussant. Come and join us online! 😊
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On Tuesday this week: Lena Salaymeh on "Coloniality in translations of the Islamic tradition". Really looking forward. It's online - come and join us! 😊
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February 18, 2024 at 9:50 AM
On Tuesday this week: Lena Salaymeh on "Coloniality in translations of the Islamic tradition". Really looking forward. It's online - come and join us! 😊
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Heute Abend, online:
December 21, 2023 at 8:12 AM
Heute Abend, online:
Usually, the history of Muhammad Asad’s (1900–1992) Qur'an translation is dated back to the publication of the complete edition in 1980, while the 1st, partial version (comprising the first 9 suras), printed in 1964, has become a bibliographical rarity. Learn more here: gloqur.de/quran-transl...
November 3, 2023 at 3:56 PM
Usually, the history of Muhammad Asad’s (1900–1992) Qur'an translation is dated back to the publication of the complete edition in 1980, while the 1st, partial version (comprising the first 9 suras), printed in 1964, has become a bibliographical rarity. Learn more here: gloqur.de/quran-transl...
A while ago, a follower asked us to cover the French Qur’an translation by AbdAllah Penot, a work that presents itself as a ‘translation of the middle way’ (and also comes in fancy colors). Ask and ye shall receive! #qurantranslationoftheweek
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October 20, 2023 at 3:34 PM
A while ago, a follower asked us to cover the French Qur’an translation by AbdAllah Penot, a work that presents itself as a ‘translation of the middle way’ (and also comes in fancy colors). Ask and ye shall receive! #qurantranslationoftheweek
gloqur.de/quran-transl...
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Last week, we had a graduate student workshop on Muslim Qur'an translation. We learned so much from all our participants. Thank you for joining us!
October 9, 2023 at 10:41 AM
Last week, we had a graduate student workshop on Muslim Qur'an translation. We learned so much from all our participants. Thank you for joining us!
GloQur is a research project on the transnational dimensions of modern Muslim Qur'an translation. Every two weeks, we post our feature "Qur'an translation of the week". If you're interested, follow us!
October 7, 2023 at 12:31 PM
GloQur is a research project on the transnational dimensions of modern Muslim Qur'an translation. Every two weeks, we post our feature "Qur'an translation of the week". If you're interested, follow us!