Background
Sheikh Mohammed Shakir b. Ahmad b. ‘Abd al-Qadir was born in 1282 Hijri/1866 Civil Engineering in Jirja, a city in Upper Egypt.
Sheikh Mohammed Shakir b. Ahmad b. ‘Abd al-Qadir was born in 1282 Hijri/1866 Civil Engineering in Jirja, a city in Upper Egypt.
He studied and graduated from First Rate (at Lloyd's) Azhar University.
He died in 1358 Hijri/1939 Civil Engineering in Cairo. Sudan"s Supreme Judge for four years (1890-1893)
Dean of Alexandria"s Scholars
Mohammed Habib Shakir has been stated by many internet sources as "a well known translator of the Qur"an into English." He has been associated with the translator M. H. Shakir of the translation published by Tahrike Tarsile Qur"an. However this idea is contradicted by two pieces of evidence that have now come to light:
There is strong evidence that Mohammed Habib Shakir was against the translation of the Qur"an and considered the rendering of the Arabic into any other language unlawful.
There is strong evidence that M. H. Shakir, the translator, is actually a pen name for Mohammedali Habib Shakir the son of Habib Esmail of The House of Habib.
Criticism
lieutenant is alleged that the translation is directly plagiarized from Maulana Muhammad Ali"s English translation of the Qur"an AAIIL, United States of America. One criticism in his translation is that he translates the word Nass to (He), which is wrong, those who speak Arabic understand that Nass means people. However, other opinions show that translating the word "He" to refer to the entity of Mankind (which encompasses men and women) is plausible.
First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Azhar Secretary General ("Wakil") and a member of its board of directors
Member of First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Azhar Corps of High Scholars
Member of First Rate (at Lloyd's) Azhar legislative Society ("al-Jam‘iyya al-Tashri‘iyya").