Rhetorical loss in translating prepositional phrases of the Holy Qur’an

• Main Authors: Hummadi, Ali Salman, Mat Said, Seriaznita, M. Hussein, Rafi, Sabti, Ahmed Abdulateef, Ali Hattab, Huda Abed
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications Inc. 2020
• Subjects: BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc; PE English
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/91018/1/AliSalmanHummadi2020_RhetoricalLossinTranslatingPrepositionalPhrases.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/91018/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2158244020902094

Translators of the Holy Quran confront many quandaries in their attempt to transfer the Qur’anic verses from Arabic into English. One of these quandaries is how to rhetorically communicate the intended meanings (implicatures) of the prepositional phrases in the Holy Qur’an. The translation of Arabic...