Sale’s translation was owned and studied by notable figures such as Thomas Jefferson and influenced writers like Voltaire and Goethe . Earlier Translations and the Title "Alcoran" Before Sale, other European versions used similar titles:
It included an extensive "Preliminary Discourse," which served as an encyclopedia of Islamic culture, geography, and tribes for 18th-century readers. Koran, commonly called the Alcoran of Mohammed
Titled The Alcoran of Mahomet , this was the first English translation of the Quran, but it was translated from a French version ( L'Alcoran de Mahomet ) rather than Arabic. Sale’s translation was owned and studied by notable