A Study on the Difficulties of Translating the Religious Text

Abstract

This paper attempts to identify the linguistic challenges in translating the Holy Quran. For Muslims and no Muslims, the Quran is revealed from Allah. It comprises devotions and instructions that are full of both literal and figurative styles. These figures of speech constitute an obstacle in translating the Quran into English. This article attempts to elaborate some lexical, syntactic and semantic problems and supports the argument with examples of verses from the Quran.