The Meaning of the Glorious KoranBy: Mohammed Marmaduke Pickthall The classic translation of the Koran by a convert to Islam In 1930, Mohammed Marmaduke Pickthall, a Western Islamic scholar and convert to Islam, published this English translation of the Koran, the central religious text of Islam, which the Times Literary Supplement lauded as a great literary achievement. The aim of this work is to present to American readers what Muslims the world over hold to be the meaning of the