Thomas Irving; babban mai fassarar kur'ani a Arewacin Amurka
Fassarar Ingilishi na farko da aka sani shine Alcoran, wanda aka yi a cikin 1649 kuma an danganta shi ga Alexander Ross, limamin kotu ga Charles I. Wannan fassarar ta dogara ne akan fassarar Faransanci na L'Alcoran de Mahomet na Sieur du Ryer.
Kur'ani, wanda aka fi sani da Alcoran na Mohammed, shi ne fassarar kur'ani ta farko ta ilimi a cikin 1734 kuma ita ce fassarar turanci da aka fi samu tsawon shekaru 200. George Seale ya kammala wannan fassarar juzu'i biyu bisa fassarar Latin na Louis Marche (1698). Kwafin fassarar Seale yanzu yana cikin Laburaren Majalisa kuma an yi amfani da shi don bikin rantsuwa na Wakili Keith Ellison a ranar 3 ga Janairu, 2007.
Musulmai ba su fara fassara kur'ani zuwa turanci ba sai farkon karni na 20. Tarjamar Alqur'ani ta farko da Musulmai suka yi ita ce Kur'ani, wanda Mirza Abul Fazl na Allahabad, Indiya ya yi a shekara ta 1910.
Kur'ani da Arthur Arbery ya fassara a cikin 1955 shine fassarar kur'ani ta farko ta turanci ta wani malamin musulunci. Arbery ya yi kokarin kiyaye kade-kade da kade-kaden nassin kur'ani na Larabci. Shekaru da yawa, wannan aikin shine ma'auni na masana don fassarar Turanci.
“Alkur’ani: Rubutun Larabci da Fassarar Turanci” ita ce fassarar farko da wata musulma mai suna Umm Rahman Omar ta yi a shekarar 1990.
A karshen karni na 20, duk da cewa akwai tarjamar kur’ani mai tsarki da yawa zuwa turanci, amma duk an yi su ne a wajen Arewacin Amurka har zuwa shekara ta 1985, lokacin da wani dan kasar Canada da ya koma Amurka ya fassara kur’ani mai tsarki a karon farko a wannan yanki.
Thomas Irving, kwararren malamin addinin musulunci
Thomas Ballantyne Irving, wanda aka fi sani da Al-Hajj Taalim Ali Abu Nasr, marubuci ne, farfesa, kuma masani ɗan ƙasar Kanada Ba'amurke musulmi wanda ya ba da fassarar Kur'ani na farko da turanci da Amurka.
An haifi Irving a cikin 1914 a Preston, Ontario, Kanada. Ya musulunta a farkon shekarun 1950 kuma ya ci sunan Al-Hajj Taalim Ali Abu Nasr.
Wannan mafassara Alqur'ani ya rubuta littafai da dama akan Musulunci, da suka hada da "Da an Haifa ka Musulmi," "Islam and Its Essence," "Islam Resurgent," da "Growing in Islam." Ya kuma rubuta litattafai da dama cikin harshen Sipaniya, wadanda suka hada da "NacidocomoMusulman" da "CautiverioBabilonicoen Andalusia."
Bayan ya yi ritaya, ya zama shugaban Kwalejin Musulunci ta Amurka da ke Chicago daga 1981-1986. A zamansa ne ya buga tafsirin Alqur'ani. Gwamnatin Pakistan ta amince da hidimar da ya yi wa Musulunci a matsayin marubuci kuma ta ba shi lambar yabo ta tauraron dan Adam (Superior Star) bisa hidimar addinin Musulunci a shekarar 1983. Ya rasu a ranar 24 ga Satumba, 2002, bayan ya yi fama da cutar Alzheimer na dogon lokaci.
