"Yes," Farid replied. "And therefore, honest."
"Siratal mustaqeem" became "Path (of) the straight." (Not "the straight path" — but path (of) the straight , because mustaqeem comes last in Arabic, carrying the weight of finality.) word to word translation of quran in english
In the dim light of his study, surrounded by leather-bound lexicons and stacks of parchment, old Farid embarked on a task that had been whispered about in scholarly circles for decades: a word-for-word English translation of the Quran. "Yes," Farid replied