Zohurul Hoque
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| Born | 11 October 1926 |
| Died | 18 January 2017 (aged 90) Muscat, Oman |
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| Occupation | Public Health |
Zohurul Hoque (Bengali: জহূরুল হক; 11 October 1926 – 18 January 2017) was an Indian Islamic scholar and doctor, well known for his translations of the Qur'an into the Bengali, Assamese and English languages. He later moved to Muscat in Oman.
Early life[]
Zohurul Hoque was born on 11 October 1926 in the Deubari village of Karimganj, bordering present-day Bangladesh, in the Assam Province of the British Raj. He belonged to a Sunni Bengali Muslim family.
Career[]
Zohurul Hoque earned his medical degree from Assam Medical College in Dibrugarh. He studied Public Health at the University of Calcutta and at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He worked as Director of Health Services for the state of Assam, India and as a National Consultant to World Health Organization.
He published a Bengali translation of the Qur'an in 1986, after working on it for 12 years. He had started to work on an Assamese translation before the Bengali translation was complete. Hoque published the Assamese translation of The Quran in three volumes. He started work on an English translation in 1993. He published a book with more than 1250 pages titled Translation and Commentary on The Holy Quran on April 1, 2000. It was part of the Holy Quran Pub Project.[1] The Assamese translation, published by Bina Library, Guwahati, Assam, is now in its third reprint. A new edition of his Bangla translation of the Quran has been published in June 2014.[2]
Death[]
He died in Muscat, Oman on 18 January 2017, and was buried at the Central Public Graveyard in Al Amarat.[3]
References[]
- ^ Hoque, Zohurul (1 April 2000). Translation and Commentary on The Holy Qur-an. Holy Quran Publishing Project. ISBN 0967830400.
- ^ "Qur'an Bangla Anubad". qurananubad.com. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
- ^ K, Rejimon (21 January 2017). "Noted Indian Islamic scholar passes away in Oman". Times of Oman. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
External links[]
- A short biography
- Al-Quran project includes Zohurul Hoque's Bengali Quran translation.
- Bengali translation of Quran by Dr. Zohurul Hoque (online)
- Bengali and Assamese translations of Quran by Dr. Zohurul Hoque (pdf)
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- University of Michigan School of Public Health alumni
- Sunni Muslims
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- People from Karimganj district
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