Arthur John Arberry

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Arthur John Arberry (1905 - 1969) was a respected scholar of Arabic and Islamic studies. Formerly Head of the Department of Classics at Cairo University in Egypt. He was also the Sir Thomas Adams Professor of Arabic at Cambridge University from 1947 until his death in 1969. His translation of the Qur'an is widely held to be the best written by non-Muslim scholars.