The Quran Beheld (Arabic-English Edition)

The Quran Beheld is widely considered the most reliable English translation of the Quran.

Read by the translator himself, this audiobook brings the Quran to life in a way few recordings do. Attentive to tone, pauses, and the natural flow of the sacred Book, it draws the listener into a stirring, contemplative, and intimate encounter with the Revelation in English.

About the Translation

This work solves an enigma that has puzzled many readers first coming to Islam through English translations of the Quran. The Arabic original stunned hearers in their own language with its unutterable evocative power, incisive arguments, the sharp relief of its contrasts, striking imagery, and precise detail. Most translations stun few. They seem somehow out of focus, vague, the thread of discourse is often inexplicably lost, and they are seldom moving or powerful. The present work is called The Quran Beheld because its translator found that the classical Islamic curriculum for learning the Quranic sciences lifts the veil from the divine masterpiece like stepping from a dark and silent house into a lively spring day outside. Everything changes.

Praise for The Quran Beheld:

“Keller’s new translation is clear and accurate, the result of mastery and patience. But more than anything it captures the intimacy and otherness of the Arabic Quran.” — Professor Jonathan AC Brown

“The Quran Beheld is the first reliable plenary translation of the Quran into English… fully capturing the nuances scholars of the Arabic language have found in Quranic discourse.” — Professor A. Kevin Reinhart

Note: This audiobook contains the complete translation of the Quran from The Quran Beheld, excluding the written introduction found in the print edition.