Originally Posted by Muslim Woman

Salaam/peace ;



thanks bro

Those who are English speaking , pl. let me know which English translation of Quran u found good & easy ?

hola Muslim Woman.

i read a very good version of the quran with footnotes and the arabic quran on the opposing page... just after i married my husband i found myself left alone for a long part of the day and i came to his library, where he had this quran... among many many books about islam and christianity which surprised me because i knew nothing about quran or my husbands interest in it...

my friend said the english rendition found on the left hand page was done by yusuf ali and was both very old and very accurate...

i say this is good because it was easiest for me to understand, and it communicated well what i think it mean to communicate

Dios te bendiga

Originally Posted by Muslim Woman

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----thank u ......is there any more ? :okay:

of course....

Salaam/peace ;

Originally Posted by Jayda

hola Muslim Woman.

i read a very good version of the quran with footnotes and the arabic quran on the opposing page... .

Dios te bendiga

thanks sis :okay:

any more suggesstion from other Readers ?

Sister Muslim Woman, i think the best translations i found were; Muhsin Khan and Sahih International, which can be viewed here insha'Allaah:

http://quranicrealm.com

and Greetings,

I moved the posts discussing biblical texts and Christianity into this thread:

http://www.islamicboard.com/comparat...out-bible.html (Questions about the Bible)

4:171 O People of the Book! Commit no excesses in your religion: Nor say of Allah aught but the truth. Christ Jesus the son of Mary was (no more than) a messenger of Allah, and His Word, which He bestowed on Mary, and a spirit proceeding from Him: so believe in Allah and His messengers. Say not "Trinity" : desist: it will be better for you: for Allah is one Allah: Glory be to Him: (far exalted is He) above having a son. To Him belong all things in the heavens and on earth. And enough is Allah as a Disposer of affairs.

The Holy Quran beautifully portrays the truth. The Urantia United Book [link removed] verifies these truths and supplements it with an expanded view of the structure of God and the Heavens.

Originally Posted by Muslim Woman

Salaam/peace ;



thanks sis :okay:

any more suggesstion from other Readers ?

de nada

if i could make one more suggestion, i think it was very helpful for me to have footnotes to explain things... the quran is a very interesting book and it is important to read it as muslims read it... and footnotes helped me very much toward that end... things that i found perhaps very shocking at first i realized were not as they seemed once i read the footnotes and understood the contexts and beliefs that muslims had surrounding it... so that was helpful for me...

i wish there were something like a book that described muslims laws and other holy books like hadiths...

Dios te bendiga

Originally Posted by Jayda

de nada

if i could make one more suggestion, i think it was very helpful for me to have footnotes to explain things... the quran is a very interesting book and it is important to read it as muslims read it... and footnotes helped me very much toward that end... things that i found perhaps very shocking at first i realized were not as they seemed once i read the footnotes and understood the contexts and beliefs that muslims had surrounding it... so that was helpful for me...

i wish there were something like a book that described muslims laws and other holy books like hadiths...

Dios te bendiga

There are. For helping me understand Sunnah I am using Fiqh us-Sunnah, translated by Muhammad Sa'eed Dabas and Jamal al-Din M. Zarabozo it has excellent commentaries in it.

For the Ahadith I have not found any with commentaries that I would recommend to anyone who does not have at least minimal knowledge of Arabic. I am certain there are some. Perhaps others can post them

Originally Posted by Jayda

de nada

Originally Posted by Jayda

if i could make one more suggestion, i think it was very helpful for me to have footnotes to explain things... the quran is a very interesting book and it is important to read it as muslims read it... and footnotes helped me very much toward that end... things that i found perhaps very shocking at first i realized were not as they seemed once i read the footnotes and understood the contexts and beliefs that muslims had surrounding it... so that was helpful for me...

i wish there were something like a book that described muslims laws and other holy books like hadiths...

Dios te bendiga

Hola.


I think alot of people take verses out of context or put them under their own interpretation. Which is a big mistake. So i'm glad you read the footnotes to understand the context of the verses.


There are hadith books, like the two famous sahih's (authentic books) - Sahih Al-Bukhari, & Sahih Al-Muslim. Both of them are quite big, and they have explanations of the ahadith in two famous collections of; Fath al Baari by Ibn Hajar al-Askalaani [explanation of Sahih Al-Bukhari] & the explanation of Sahih Muslim by Imam Al-Nawawi called Sharh Al-Muslim.

However if you were to study them, it would be better to focus on them in the arabic language, because translations aren't the real thing. Also it's better to study under a teacher, especially when we don't know the arabic language properly.


Interpreting the verses of Qur'an and Ahadith should be done according to how the companions of the Messenger of Allaah, Muhammad (peace be upon him) understood them. Due to the fact that they were with the Messenger of Allaah and could ask any questions which they were unsure of. Therefore anyone who interprets any verse or hadith to a way other than how the early muslims understood it, then they may be taking it out of context.

The word tafsir means explanation, and there are quite a few tafsir of Qur'an, which can even be found online. Again they are just translations and it would be better to study under a teacher. However, if you want to try to take a look at a famous tafsir of Qur'an; try checking Tafsir Ibn Kathir [click here.]



Peace.

Good thread Muslim Woman.

I have an English translation of the Holy Quran with meanings of the Quran with footnotes. The language is simple and easy to understand. (by M.M. Pickthall)

p.s muslims woman, don't worry about stealing tayyaba's pic, I'm always stealing her smilies on msn :P

yea it is a good thread lol, MashAllah. I think I should get a different Qur'an translated by a different person since everyone seems to be a using the same kind. The one I have is by M.H. Shakir...is he any good, if anyone knows?

p.s muslims woman, don't worry about stealing tayyaba's pic, I'm always stealing her smilies on msn :P

we both steal u jus do it a little more jking lol.

Originally Posted by Jayda

hola Muslim Woman.

i read a very good version of the quran with footnotes and the arabic quran on the opposing page... just after i married my husband i found myself left alone for a long part of the day and i came to his library, where he had this quran... among many many books about islam and christianity which surprised me because i knew nothing about quran or my husbands interest in it...

my friend said the english rendition found on the left hand page was done by yusuf ali and was both very old and very accurate...

i say this is good because it was easiest for me to understand, and it communicated well what i think it mean to communicate

Dios te bendiga

hola jayda,
which translation is this?

Salam,
How is every1 ..
Yes alhamdulilah i read Quraan.. atless everyday alhamdulilah..
May Allah Bless You And Everyone.. Inshallah

Fii Amani Allah

Thank you,

Regards

Your Brother : Mustafa Sharif
MUSTAFASHARIF.COM

Salaam/peace ;


Attn: mod

I read a book about Hindu dieties ........stories were very shocking like the story of Prophet Lut (p) or more awful.


Do u think , it will be ok if i write about those in short just to give a clear picture of differences ? OR if we have any Hindu participant here , we many ask him/her first to give the logical explantions they have behind those stories ?

.....things that i found perhaps very shocking at first i realized were not as they seemed once i read the footnotes

---what were those verses ? Why it was so shocking ?

i think the best translations i found were; Muhsin Khan and Sahih International, which can be viewed here insha'Allaah:

http://quranicrealm.com

---Jazak Allah bro :okay:

hola jayda,
which translation is this?

-- Yusuf Ali

we both steal u jus do it a little more jking lol.

---so glad that i m not the only one who steals

However if you were to study them, it would be better to focus on them in the arabic language, because translations aren't the real thing. Also it's better to study under a teacher, especially when we don't know the arabic language properly.

Are you saying that those who translated the Hadith and Quran did not study under a teacher prior to or during the undertaking? That they might have had motivation to introduce inaccuracies?