A Descriptive-analyticstudyon the English Translations of Qur anin the Indian Sub-Continent

Regarding the multiplicity of the English translations of Qur’an in the Indian subcontinent، it can be considered as one of the most active participants in the production of the English translations of Quran. The necessity of producing these translations might have arisen due to several reasons as the existence of various religious groups in the subcontinent and the ideological conflict among them concerning the exact meaning of the Divine Message، the endeavor to prevent manipulation of the Islamic concepts and themeaning ofQuran in translation، spreading Islam and struggling with the Evangelical Christianity groups. In this regard، in the present paper it has been attempted to recognize the share of these countries in producing English translations and introduce them. The research method is descriptive-analytic and using different translation resources to gather data. More than 40 English translations of Quran in India and Pakistan have been considered. The results demonstrate that the methods of these translations have been started with the meaning-oriented strategies and moved towards more communicative and goal-orientedways.