loss and gain in poetic, prose, & explanatory translations of the holy qur'ān

The qur'ān is an extremely rich source of wisdom, beauty, and salvation, this is why in whose service so much time, money, and talent have been spent (yusuf ali, 1937, p. ix). despite all these efforts the book still remains highly challenging. the holy qur'ān with its divine nature, impregnable language, deepest meanings, and a pleasant melody still challenges translators. the prioritizing of, or better say, approximating some features of the qur'ān by translators will result in loss of some other aspects in translations. the present research was carried out to find out which of the poetic, prose, and explanatory english translations of the qur'ān have been more successful in preserving the form and meaning of the holy qur'ān using nida and taber’s framework (1969).