I am looking for English tafseers of Quran for a 16 year old. The english translations of the Quran copies we have at home are a bit too shakespearen for him! So can you please recommend any easy-to-comprehend commentaries on the Quran?
Please also recommend some Islamic history books (in english) or any other books, videos, lectures that you think might help someone learn about Islam.
Regards
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Get any good translation with footnotes. If you want to you can supplement contemporary versions either orientalists or may be this one Yahiya Emerick - The Holy Qur’an in Today’s English.
Yusuf Ali translation from what was IPCI, has footnotes. Get a good dictionary for him it is useful to get him to use scholarly skills in understanding archaic English as well while he reads the translations. Searching through footnotes and using dictionaries increases certain skills that will help him in life in general.
Otherwise there are good audio tafsirs by Muhammad Al-Shareef - Touched by an Angel
And various topical translations very deep ones useful for everyone - such as The Heart of the Qur’an Yasin by Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi
http://www.amsons.co.uk/yasin-the-heart-of-the-quran-shaykh-muhammad-al-yaqoubi-sku18408.html
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Shakir for translation, Pooya for notes.
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The Meaning of Glorious Qur'aan by Marmaduke and Pithal :)
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Salaamun alaikum
Here is Tafsir Ibn Kathir in English:
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JazakAllah all. I am browsing through them right now.
Let me also share another website with you that was shared by CM in All Views:
http://www.quranexplorer.com/quran/
There’s audio streaming available on this site so it’s great to listen to. Thank you again.