Pizhuhish nāmah-i intiqādī-i mutūn va barnāmah hā-yi ̒ulūm-i insāni (Critical Studies in Texts & Programs of Human Sciences)

A Survey of Bausani’s Commentary and Translation of the Holy Quran

Document Type : Research

Authors

Mohammad Hossein Ramezan Kiaei
Iman Mansoob Basiri
Abstract
Alessandro Bausani, who is one of the most important European Orientalists, is considered also as the greatest Islamist in Italy. This famous researcher, along with his research works concerning Islam and Iran, has published a translation and a brief commentary on the Quran in Italian. His work, being undoubtedly a remarkable source for the Western Orientalists, is one of the most famous translations of the Quran into European languages.
Annotations and commentary of Bausani, containing a kind of recapitulation of the ideas of distinguished commentators, for their brevity and their accuracy are unsurpassed among the works of Islamists in Europe.
In this article, we have tried to analyze the translation and commentary of Bausani, citing curious examples of his work. Also, since the translation of the Italian Orientalist is obviously based upon the structure of a Romance language, through philological analysis, we have tried to examine the possible connotations that a European reader might have of the aforementioned opus.

Keywords

Keywords: Islam
Quran
Comment
Translation
Orientalism
Romance languages

Subjects

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  • Receive Date 29 June 2014
  • Revise Date 04 April 2015
  • Accept Date 23 August 2014

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