Wikipedia's first sentence called it “translation of the qur'an by contemporary afghan pashtun islamic scholar dr”. Today it says “translation of the quran by muhammad muhsin khan and muhammad taqi-ud-din al-hilali”.
Measured, not asserted. Every count, date and revision on this page was taken from Wikipedia's own history and checked against the live article. The words quoted are theirs.
Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-03.
We saved snapshots of this article over twenty years; you are reading the 2020 one. Red dashes: removed from Wikipedia since.Pale dots: rewritten; the numbered note shows what it says now.Red text: written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot.1 tap a number or a side note to jump between them
The opening as it read in 2020
Noble Qur'an (with those words understood here as referring to this particular translation, rather than the Quran itself - also commonly called 'Noble' by Muslims) is a translation of the Quran by Muhammad Muhsin Khan (Arabic: محمد محسن خان, muḥammad muḥsin khān ) and Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali (Arabic: محمد تقي الدين الهلالي, muḥammad taqiyyu-d-dīn al-hilālī ).1 It is available in many languages and is "widely and freely distributed to hajj pilgrims". It is published and printed at the King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Quran , which is said to produce ten million copies of the Quran every year. The Hilali-Khan, Noble Quran has been given a seal of approval from both the University of Medina and the Saudi Dar al-Ifta . It is also the most widely disseminated Quran in most Islamic bookstores and Sunni mosques throughout the English-speaking world. It is available in Airport musallahs . The Saudi-financed translation is interspersed with commentaries from Tabari , Qurtubi , and Ibn Kathir .2The translation has been described as being steeped in Wahhabi theology and has been criticized by a number of Muslim scholars and academics.3 It allows an unacceptable level of incitement to violence which inevitably prepares the ground for acts of terror
This is Wikipedia's own text, saved in our repository. Their copy of it is revision 963764832.
The opening as it stood in 2010
The Noble Qur'an , also informally known as the Hilali-Khan translation, is a translation of the Qur'an by contemporary Afghan Pashtun Islamic scholar Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan (Arabic: محمد محسن خان, muḥammad muḥsin khān ) and Dr. Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali (Arabic: محمد تقي الدين الهلالي, muḥammad taqiyyu-d-dīn al-hilālī ). It is reported to be the most popular and "now the most widely disseminated Qur'an in most Islamic bookstores and Sunni mosques throughout the English-speaking world." Muttaqun Online: The Noble Quran Khaleel Mohammed: Assessing English Translations of the Qur'an
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 361590849.
The opening as it stood in 2015
The Noble Qur'an (with those words understood here as referring to this particular translation, rather than the Quran itself - also commonly called 'Noble' by Muslims) is a translation of the Qur'an by contemporary Pakistani scholar Muhammad Muhsin Khan (Arabic: محمد محسن خان, muḥammad muḥsin khān ) and Moroccan scholar Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali (Arabic: محمد تقي الدين الهلالي, muḥammad taqiyyu-d-dīn al-hilālī ).It is informally known as the Hilali-Khan translation .This English translation was sponsored by the Saudi government and is provided free.It has been reported to be the most popular and "Now the most widely disseminated Qur'an in most Islamic bookstores and Sunni mosques throughout the English-speaking world, this new translation is meant to replace the Yusuf 'Ali edition and comes with a seal of approval from both the University of Medina and the Saudi Dar al-Ifta . ...[T]his Saudi-financed venture tries to impose the commentaries of Tabari (d. 923 C.E.), Qurtubi (d. 1273 C.E.), and Ibn Kathir (d. 1372 C.E.)".
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 669022999.
The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023 2 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
English translation of the Quran The Noble Qur'an is a translation of the Quran by Muhammad Muhsin Khan and Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali . It is available in many languages and is "widely and freely distributed to hajj pilgrims". It is published and printed at the King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Quran , which is said to produce ten million copies of the Quran every year. The Hilali–Khan, Noble Quran has been given a seal of approval from both the University of Medina and the Saudi Dar al-Ifta . It is also the most widely disseminated Quran in most Islamic bookstores and Sunni mosques throughout the English-speaking world. It is available in Airport musallahs . The Saudi-financed translation is interspersed with commentaries from Tabari , Qurtubi , and Ibn Kathir . Noble Qur'an here refers to this translation, not the Quran itself - commonly called 'Noble' by Muslims Mohammed, Khaleel (2005). It allows an unacceptable level of incitement to violence which inevitably prepares the ground for acts of terror
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 1159000622.
The opening as it stood in 2025
English translation of the Quran ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) The Noble Qur'an is a translation of the Quran by Muhammad Muhsin Khan and Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali . It is available in many languages and is "widely and freely distributed to hajj pilgrims". It is published and printed at the King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Quran , which is said to produce ten million copies of the Quran every year. The Hilali–Khan, Noble Quran has been given a seal of approval from both the University of Medina and the Saudi Dar al-Ifta . It is also the most widely disseminated Quran in most Islamic bookstores and Sunni mosques throughout the English-speaking world. It is available in Airport musallahs . This translation is interspersed with commentaries from Tabari , Qurtubi , and Ibn Kathir . Noble Qur'an here refers to this translation, not the Quran itself - commonly called 'Noble' by Muslims Mohammed, Khaleel (2005). Middle East Monitor . 28 January 2020 . It allows an unacceptable level of incitement to violence which inevitably prepares the ground for acts of terror
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 1281391134. This is our newest snapshot; the live article may have moved again since.
Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “translation of the qur'an by contemporary afghan pashtun islamic scholar dr”. Today it says “translation of the quran by muhammad muhsin khan and muhammad taqi-ud-din al-hilali”. Read the current article and compare.
2010
2015
2020
Oct '23
2025
Counts in the opening at each snapshot. Green: the word gained ground. Red: it was cut. Grey: no change.
What Wikipedia says this is
Every article opens by defining its subject. This one was redefined since 2010, and today's defining sentence is their current revision.
Then
translation of the qur'an by contemporary afghan pashtun islamic scholar dr
Now
translation of the quran by muhammad muhsin khan and muhammad taqi-ud-din al-hilali
Struck red text is no longer in the article; dotted amber text was rewritten. Every revision id links to Wikipedia's copy; the text shown is our own saved copy. Data: /data. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA; quoted for the record; not affiliated with Wikipedia.
