English and Indonesian Qur’an Translation Research: A Scoping Review of Semantic and Ideological Evidence

Abstract

Qur’an translation research increasingly examines how meaning is mediated through lexical choice, rhetorical structure, translator agency and digital method. This review maps a focused evidence base on English and Indonesian Qur’an translation, using a revised scoping-review logic grounded in PRISMA-ScR and JBI principles. The manuscript was revised from a pilot 33-record evidence map and strengthened through full-text analysis of three cornerstone studies on Indonesian translator ideology, repeated Qur’anic wa in English translation, and conceptual Qur’anic metaphor. The synthesis shows that Qur’an translation problems are not reducible to word equivalence: ideology may appear through translation technique and institutional authority; cohesion may be altered by implicitation or inaccurate rendering of conjunctive particles; and metaphor translation may lose conceptual mapping when literal transfer is used without cultural and exegetical control. The review contributes an integrated framework linking semantic density, rhetorical texture, exegetical mediation, translator agency and reader access. Future research should use full database exports, multilingual corpora and transparent charting variables to make Qur’an translation studies more cumulative.