Muhammad Abdel Haleem

Muhammad Abdel Haleem was born in Egypt and learned the Qur'an by heart from childhood. He is a Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He is the Editor of the Journal of Qur'anic Studies. Educated at al-Azhar, Cairo, and Cambridge Universities, he has taught Arabic and Islamic Studies at Cambridge and London Universities since 1966, including courses in advanced translation and the Qur'an. 

He is now a Professor of Islamic Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. In 2004, Oxford University Press published his translation of the Qur'an into English. He has also published several other works in this field.