QUR`AN: The Book of Life

Hayat Kitabı Kur`an offers a distinctive approach to translating the Qur’an—one that seeks not only to render the text into another language, but to illuminate its meaning within the coherence of the Qur’anic message itself. Written by Turkish theologian and scholar Mustafa İslamoğlu, the work reflects decades of teaching, research, and engagement with the Qur’anic tradition. Rather than presenting a strictly literal translation, it provides a reasoned and context-sensitive reading that highlights the conceptual depth and moral vision of the Qur’an. By attending carefully to language, historical context, and the internal unity of the text, the translation invites readers to encounter the Qur’an as a living discourse addressed to humanity. This English edition aims to bring the Qur’an’s universal message to a wider global readership.