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Muhammad Muhsin Khan

1927 – 2021

Translator of the Quran into English

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Lived 1927 – 2021 (aged 93–94). Muhammad Muhsin Khan was a translator.

Muhammad Muhsin Khan (Pashto/Dari/Arabic: ; 1927 – 14 July 2021) was an Islamic scholar and translator of Afghan origin, who lived in Madinah and served as the Chief of Department of Chest Diseases at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center. He translated both the Quran and Sahih al-Bukhari into English. He was the director of the clinic of Islamic University of Madinah.

Biography Muhammad Muhsin Khan was born in 1927 in Kasur, British India. His nasab (patronymic) is: Muhammad Muhsin bin Muhi-ud-Din bin Ahmed al-Essa al-Khoashki al-Jamandi al-Afghani.

He received an MBBS degree from the University of the Punjab, and a Diploma of Chest Diseases from the University of Wales.

Muhsin Khan died on 14 July 2021 in Madinah, Saudi Arabia. His funeral prayers were offered in Masjid al-Haram and he was buried in Jannat al-Baqi'.

Works The Translation of the Meanings of Sahih al-Bukhari Summarized Sahih al-Bukhari Noble Qur'an, co-authored with Muhammad Taqi ad-Din al-Hilali Understanding Ramadan

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1927, British India, Kasur
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University of Wales, University of the Punjab

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Translator of the Quran into English (1927–2021)

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Muhammad Muhsin Khan was born in 1927 in British India, Kasur.

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Muhammad Muhsin Khan died on 14 July 2021 in Medina.

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Muhammad Muhsin Khan was a translator.

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· Wikidata: Q3719525

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