Muhammad Habib Shakir (1866 in Cairo – 1939 in Cairo) (Arabic: محمد حبيب شاكر) was an Egyptian judge, born in Cairo and a graduate from Al-Azhar University.
Sheikh Mohammed Shakir b. Ahmad b.
‘Abd al-Qadir was born in 1866 CE in Jirja, a city in Upper Egypt.
His son, Sheikh Ahmad Muhammad Shakir, wrote his biography in a treatise entitled Mohammed Shakir ‘Alam min A‘lam al-‘Asr Mohammed Habib Shakir has been stated by many internet sources as "a well known translator of the Qur'an into English."
[1][2] However this idea is contradicted by two pieces of evidence that have now come to light: