Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din bin Abdil-Qadir Al-Hilali (Arabic: محمد تقي الدين الهلالي, romanized: Muḥammad Taqī al-Dīn al-Hilālī; 1893 – June 22, 1987) was a 20th-century Moroccan Salafi,[2] most notable for his English translations of Sahih Bukhari and, along with Muhammad Muhsin Khan, the Qur'an, entitled The Noble Qur'an.
Instead, Hilali spent time under the tutelage of Rashid Rida,[4][5] then returned to Morocco that same year to finish his Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of al-Karaouine.
After completing his study in India, Hilali spent three years in Iraq before being personally invited by first King of Saudi Arabia Ibn Saud to teach in the Muslim holy land.
Hilali returned briefly to India for a second time, and enrolled in the University of Lucknow as both a student and a teacher, the most prominent of his own being Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi.
Toward the end of World War II, Hilali left Germany for French Morocco, which was rocked with calls for independence.
"[7] Dr AbdulHalim, Arabic Professor at SOAS, London University, noted that he found the Hilali-Khan translation "repelling".
Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad, head of Bethesda's Minaret of Freedom Institute, an Islamic think tank stated that, "I couldn't find an American Muslim who had anything good to say about that edition.
[13]Hilali worked with Muhammad Muhsin Khan in the English translation of the meanings of the Qur'an and Sahih Al-Bukhari.
Administrators of his website edited his biography to remove all references to his adherence to the school, with which modern-day Zahirites took issue.