The first English Qur’an translation carried an anti-Islamic caveat

Evidence

The first vernacular translation of the Qur’an was that of André du Ryer, in France, published in 1647; it must be classed as popular rather than academic, and was seen in a polemic aspect. The English version of Alexander Ross appeared in London two years later. This was the year of the king’s execution, and the religious settlement of the country was more in doubt than ever. Ross thought it prudent to append a ‘needfull Caveat or Admonition for them who desire to know what use may be made of, or if there be danger in reading the Alcoran’. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1581

Categorization

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