Muhammad A. S. Abdel Haleem (Arabic: محمد عبد الحليم سعيد, born 1930),^[1] OBE, FCIL, is an Egyptian Islamic studies scholar^[2] and the King Fahd Professor of Islamic Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (SOAS)^[3][4] in London, England. He is the editor of the Journal of Qur'anic Studies.^[5]

Biography

Born in Egypt in 1930, Abdel Haleem learned the Quran by heart during his childhood.^[6][7] He studied at Al-Azhar University and completed his PhD at the University of Cambridge.^[4] He has lectured at SOAS since 1971.^[4] In 2004, Oxford University Press published his translation of the Quran into English. He has also published several other works in this field.^[3]

Abdel Haleem was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Queen's 2008 Birthday Honours,^[8] in recognition of his services to Arabic culture, literature, and inter-faith understanding.^[9]

Works

• 2006 with Robinson, Danielle (eds.), The Moral World of the Qur'an, London: IB Tauris.
• 2006 "Islam, Religion of the Environment" in Cotran, E. and Lau, M. (eds.), Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law, Netherlands: E.J. Brill, pp. 403–410.
• 2006 "Arabic and Islam" in Brown, Keith (ed.), Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, Oxford: Elsevier, pp. 34–37.
• 2006 "Qur'an and Hadith" in Winter, Tim (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Classical Islamic Theology, UK: Cambridge University Press.
• 2005 with Badawi, Elsaid M., Dictionary of Qur'anic Usage, E. J. Brill.
• 2004 The Qur'an: a New Translation, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics Hardcovers Series).
• 2002 "The Prophet Muhammad as a Teacher: implications for Hadith literature" in Islamic Quarterly vol. XLVI (2), pp. 121–137.
• 1999 Understanding the Qur'an: themes and style, London: I B Tauris.
• 1999 "Human Rights in Islam and the United Nations Instruments" in Cotran, E. and Sherif, A. (eds.), Democracy the rule of law and Islam, London: Kluwer Law International, pp. 435–453.
• 1995 (as translator) Chance or creation? God's design in the Universe (attributed to Jahiz, translated and introduced), Reading, Berkshire: Garnet.
• 1994 "Qu'ranic Orthography: the written presentation of the recited text of the Qur'an" in Islamic Quarterly, vol. 38 (3), pp. 171–192.