Mohammad Mahmoud Ghali

Mohammad Mahmoud Ghali (1920-2016) was the Professor of Linguistics and Islamic Studies, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt. Dr. Ghali has spent 20 years interpreting the meanings of the Quran into English. He is the author of an English translation of the Quran, Towards Understanding the Ever-Glorious Quran.[1] Dr. Ghali got his PhD in Phonetics from the University of Michigan. He also studied phonetics at the University of Exeter in the UK. Dr. Ghali has authored 16 books in Islamic studies, in Arabic as well as in English. The English books include Prophet Muhammad and the First Muslim State, Moral Freedom in Islam, Islam and Universal Peace, Synonyms in the Ever-Glorious Quran. Dr. Ghali is the founder of the faculty of languages and translation at Al-Azhar University. In addition to being a full-time professor now at the same faculty, he is also a permanent member of many Islamic organizations working in the field of interpreting the meanings of the Quran into different languages in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and other countries. He passed away on Monday, November 28, 2016, Safar 28, 1438 AH in Cairo, Egypt. [2][3][1]

References

  1. 1 2 http://www.islamicwritings.org/quran/language/tracing-islamophobia-in-the-oldest-holy-quran-translations/
  2. ↑ http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Mohammad-Ghali/622551217
  3. ↑ http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2002/573/bo7.htm



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