The Message of The Quran Karya Muhammad Asad

This study aimed to find methologies of translation and interpretation of The Message of the Qur`ān and the contribution of The Message of the Qur`ān to the development of the study of the Qur`ān . This study is a library research with the inferential-descriptive method using historical, linguistic, and philosophical approaches. The primary data of this research is the translation and interpretation of the Qur`ān in The Message of the Qur`ān . The study shows that the type of translation of the book is tafsiriyyah translation with grouping some verses based on the small themes in the su >rah (muna>sabah). Asad interpreted the Qur`ān using the sequence of su >rah (tarti>b mus}h }afi>), with the analytical method (tah}li>li >) and the style of ada>bi > ijtima>’i >. The sources of his interpretation include the Qur`ān itself, the Hadis, the interpretation from the earlier scholars, asba>b al-nuzu >l, si >rah, dictionaries both Arabic and English, Bible, and the contemporary science theories. Through his work, Asad not only presented the translation with a strong linguistic study, but also enlivened the study on the Qur`ān studies, such as muh}kam-mutasya>bih, na>sikh-mansu >kh, and the stories in the Qur`ān. The Message of the Qur’a >n has been written in contemporary method and become one of the comprehensive English translation of the Qur`ān for Muslim today.