Aisha Abdurrahman Bewley

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عائشة عبد الرحمن بيولي

1948 CE · 1367 AH† †

† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

American-born translator (1948) of classical Islamic texts, with a BA in French and an MA in Near Eastern Languages from the University of California, Berkeley, and fellowship study at the American University in Cairo. She converted to Islam in 1968. Her translations include The Darqawi Way (1981), Al-Muwatta of Imam Malik (1989), the Tafsir al-Qurtubi (from 2003) and, with her husband Abdalhaqq Bewley, The Noble Qur'an (1999); her own books include Muslim Women: A Biographical Dictionary (2004).