Bausani Il Corano.pdf !!better!! -

In his extensive introductory essay (often published separately as L’Islam or included in the front matter of Il Corano ), Bausani frames the Quran as the verbal incarnation of the Divine Logos in an Islamic key. He compares its function to that of Christ in Christianity: just as Christ is the eternal Word made flesh, the Quran is the eternal Word made book. This analogy, while not orthodox for either religion, opened a comparative space for Western readers to approach the Quran with a form of “secular reverence.” Bausani taught his audience to listen to the text, not just analyze it.

He also insisted on translating the Quranic Arabic not through Latin or Greek etymologies, but through their own semantic fields. For instance, he famously rendered Allāh as “the Divinity” (Il Divino) rather than the generic “God” ( Dio ), preserving a sense of the absolute, unique noun. Similarly, he translated islām dynamically as “abandonment to God” rather than the static “submission,” capturing the active, continuous struggle of the believer. Bausani Il Corano.pdf

"The Quran" or "Il Corano" in Italian, is a significant religious text in Islam, considered by Muslims to be the literal word of God as revealed to the Prophet Muhammad. He also insisted on translating the Quranic Arabic