I think i am meant to be Muslim ... :-D

**love_quran** · 04-29-2009

i am not sure what to really say here except i have been feeling drawn of Late to Islam. Christianity is such a huge mess and maze of dogmas and doctrines i cannot stand it. And trying to study "the bible' soo hard with sooo many dofferent versions and internal contradictions even in the clearest word for word translations ....i have felt so lost so long trying to figure out which church is true..which church sigh.. it has been a heart aching journey.

The Quran.... ahh yess the Quran (i have Albdullah Yusuf Ali's 11th edition) Is so pure both from a preservation stand point..but also the reading (even if i dont know arabic..the english text is so soul-filling [dont know if "soul" is a proper word in Islam ])

what i have learned of the Quran helps me soo much

I love S.56 8-38

please share with me any soul-filling...comforting/joying verses that have helped you please...i Love the Quran!!

:'( (happy tears)

**love_quran** · 05-20-2009

Originally Posted by idk

Aww Mashallah, thats so sweet.
Ya know, alot of born muslims never know what it feels to appreciate quran and die thinking its just a 'culture'.

Sad but true.
Hope you enjoy your stay in LI, and were gonna try hard to answer your questions?
Right y'all?

Thank you for the warm welcome ( and i extend this to all who have posted up to this point as well )(check the time/date signature of this post please)

**love_quran** · 05-20-2009

Originally Posted by Gossamer skye

peace be upon you..
God willing, you'll fulfill your hope, find a place of peace and smile that you are free some day Insha'Allah...

I Pray so

I like to recite after the reciter that is how I memorize the suras (Arabic is my mother tongue though) I believe there are many copies of the Quran's with a translation as well as a transliteration so you can recite along even sooner than the 'distant' some day

peace

Seems you have a very good ear ...i havent found a crisp enuff recitation to be able to do that yet ;-)

**love_quran** · 05-20-2009

Originally Posted by Gossamer skye

Enjoy this one too insha'Allah

that is very soft/soothing recitation

**جوري** · 05-20-2009

Originally Posted by love_quran

that is very soft/soothing recitation

did you like it?

Anyway you should take it easy.. I like this hadith

إن هذا الدين متين فأوغل فيه برفق ولا تبغض إلى نفسك عبادة الله فإن المنبت لا أرضا قطع ولا ظهرا أبقى)
أخرجه أحمد من حديث أنس والبيهقي من حديث جابر

“This religion, means Islam is strong, so, get to know it easily, and don’t ever reduce the importance of a worship to Allah” and he gave an example of a traveler who spend days, and days in his journey, then abused his means of transport, so, he didn’t achieve his goal by getting to his destination, and even worse that he couldn’t get back to his people because the animal he kept beating died of his inclemency ..

and Allah swt knows best

peace

**love_quran** · 05-20-2009

a faith inspiring Surah indeed

**love_quran** · 05-20-2009

very beautiful surah's being posted (i am finding every Surah beautiful) the Quran is so soul-sweeping

One of my favorite hobbies (if u do not mind this turn of phrase) is searching the Quran for descriptions of:

1. Gardens Paradise

2. The Fall(failure) of Iblis

3. Names of Allah

4. Aspects of HIS (sorry not familiar with revernce ettiquette of Islam yet) care for us (Huimans and Jinn.)

I have a 11th edition, amana publications translation by A. Yusuf Ali, however i do not use the index(anymore) for these searches as i find it fascinating to find these aspects as i read the Quran in both linear fashion (chapter order )and on the various Islamic web pages i visit

**جوري** · 05-20-2009

try Muhammad Asad's Message of the Quran.. here is the abridged version from online:

Message of Quran

The Message of The Quran by Muhammad Asad

Translation of Holy Quran, Translated and Explained by M Asad

1 – Al Fatihah (The Opening) (Updated)
2 – Al Baqrah (The Cow) (Updated)
Ayah 1-100
Ayah 101-199
Ayah 200-286
3 – Al Imran (The House of Imran) (updated)
4 – An Nisa (Women) (Updated)
5 – Al Maidah (The Repast)
6 – Al Anam (Cattle)
7 – Al Araf (The Faculty of Discernment)
8 – Al Anfal (Spoils of War)
9 – At Tawbah (Repentance)
10 – Yunus (Jonah)
11 – Hud
12 – Yosuf (Joseph)
13 – Ar Ra’d (Thunder)
14 – Ibrahim (Abraham)
15 – Al Hijr
16 – An Nahl (The Bee)
17 – Al Isra (The Night Journey)
18 – Al Kahf (The Cave)
19 – Maryam (Mary)
20 – Ta Ha (O Man)

Surah 21-39 (NEW)
Surah 40-59 (NEW)
60 – Al Mumtahana (The Examined One)
61 – As-Saff (The Ranks)
63 – Al-Munafiqin (The Hypocrites)
64 – At-Taghabum (Loss and Gain)
65 – At-Talaq (Divorce)
66 – At-Tahrim (Prohibition)
67 Al-Mulk (Dominion)
68 – Al-Qalam (The Pen)
69 – Al-Haqqah ( The laying-Bare of the Truth)
70 – Al-Ma'arij (The ways of Ascent)
71 – Nuh (Noah)
72 – Al-Jinn (The Unseen Beings)
73 – Al-Muzzammil (The Enwrapped One)
74 – Al-Muddaththir (The Enfolded One)
75 – Al-Qiyamah (Resurrection)
76 – Al-Insan (Man)
77 – Al-Mursalat (Those Sent Forth)
78 – An-Naba (The Tiding)
79 – An Nazilat (Those That Rise)

80 – 'Abasa (He Frowned)
81 – At-Takwir (Shrouding in Darkness)
82 – Al-Infitar (The Cleaving Asunder)
83 – Al-Mutaffifin (Those Who Give Short Measure)
84 – Al-Inshiqaq (The Splitting Asunder)
85 – Al-Buruj (The Great Constellations)
86 – At-Tariq (That Which Comes in the Night)
87 – Al-A'la (The All-Highest)
88 – Al-Ghashiyah (The Overshadowing Event)
89 – Al-Fajr (The Daybreak)
90 – Al-Balad (The Land)
91 – Ash-Shams (The Sun)
92 – Al-Layl (The Night)
93 – Ad-Duha (The Bright Morning Hours)
94 – Ash-Sharh (The Opening-Up of Heart)
95 – At-Tin (The Fig)
96 – Al-'Alaq (The Germ-Cell)
97 – Al-Qadr (Destiny)
98 – Al-Bayyinah (The Evidence of the Truth)
99 – Az-Zalzalah (The Earthquake)
100 – Al-'Adiyat (The Chargers)
101 – Al-Qaria'ah (The Sudden Calamity)
102 – Al-Takathur (Greed for More and More)
103 – Al-'Asr (The Flight of Time)
104 – Al-Humazah (The Slanderer)
105 – Al-Fil (The Elephant)
106 – Quraysh
107 – Al-Ma'un (Assistance)
108 – Al-Kawthar (Good in Abundance)
109 – Al-Kafirun (Those Who Deny the Truth)
110 – An-Nasr (Soccour)
111 – Al-Masad (The Twisted Strands)
112 – Al-Ikhlas (The Declaration of [God's] Perfection)
113 – Al-Falaq (The Rising Dawn)
114 – An-Nas (Men)

Appendix 1: Symbolism and Allegory in the Quran
Appendix 2: Al-Muqatta'at
Appendix 3: On the term and concept of Jinn
Appendix 4: The Night Journey

El Significado del Generoso Qur'an

Traducción del Árabe y Comentarios

Muhammad Asad

(Message of Quran in Spanish)

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**love_quran** · 05-20-2009

in my earlier haste i made alot of "passing over" of comments i did not directly have an answer for. pls forgive this chain of replies by me for it is not my intent to bog this thread down also please see my poll in Discovering Islam section (Quran chapter poll)
thank you all for your forbearance and support,

**coddles76** · 05-21-2009

Originally Posted by love_quran

i appreciate your respecting it is my decision. However, I am also learning much from what everyone is sharing and i very much appreciate it. I also hope no one takes offense at any of my questions. I truly do wish to understand Islam and i do feel like i am closer to "entering in"/saying the shahada.

In fact, the other day i basically began to but i stopped in the middle ..partly because of the question i gave in my last post...I beg your patience with me..ive been through alot of inner spiritual conflict that has, perhaps, made me less faith filled than i was years ago. I hope i have not offended anyone here. If anyone has been offended by me or my questions, I do humbly apologize

Peace be with you,

Take your time, Learn, seek and you will find. As long as your sincerity is there Allah SWT will not let you down. He will lead you to what you seek, I pray that you heart will be enlightened with the beauty of Islam and If you do join this beautiful Ummah. I for one will be very very happy for you, Sort of jealous aswell because I would love to be in your position to be given the chance to be Sinless once again

**love_quran** · 05-26-2009

Originally Posted by Gossamer skye

try Muhammad Asad's Message of the Quran.. here is the abridged version from online:

Message of Quran

The Message of The Quran by Muhammad Asad

Translation of Holy Quran, Translated and Explained by M Asad

1 – Al Fatihah (The Opening) (Updated)
2 – Al Baqrah (The Cow) (Updated)
Ayah 1-100
Ayah 101-199
Ayah 200-286
3 – Al Imran (The House of Imran) (updated)
4 – An Nisa (Women) (Updated)
5 – Al Maidah (The Repast)
6 – Al Anam (Cattle)
7 – Al Araf (The Faculty of Discernment)
8 – Al Anfal (Spoils of War)
9 – At Tawbah (Repentance)
10 – Yunus (Jonah)
11 – Hud
12 – Yosuf (Joseph)
13 – Ar Ra’d (Thunder)
14 – Ibrahim (Abraham)
15 – Al Hijr
16 – An Nahl (The Bee)
17 – Al Isra (The Night Journey)
18 – Al Kahf (The Cave)
19 – Maryam (Mary)
20 – Ta Ha (O Man)

Surah 21-39 (NEW)
Surah 40-59 (NEW)
60 – Al Mumtahana (The Examined One)
61 – As-Saff (The Ranks)
63 – Al-Munafiqin (The Hypocrites)
64 – At-Taghabum (Loss and Gain)
65 – At-Talaq (Divorce)
66 – At-Tahrim (Prohibition)
67 Al-Mulk (Dominion)
68 – Al-Qalam (The Pen)
69 – Al-Haqqah ( The laying-Bare of the Truth)
70 – Al-Ma'arij (The ways of Ascent)
71 – Nuh (Noah)
72 – Al-Jinn (The Unseen Beings)
73 – Al-Muzzammil (The Enwrapped One)
74 – Al-Muddaththir (The Enfolded One)
75 – Al-Qiyamah (Resurrection)
76 – Al-Insan (Man)
77 – Al-Mursalat (Those Sent Forth)
78 – An-Naba (The Tiding)
79 – An Nazilat (Those That Rise)

80 – 'Abasa (He Frowned)
81 – At-Takwir (Shrouding in Darkness)
82 – Al-Infitar (The Cleaving Asunder)
83 – Al-Mutaffifin (Those Who Give Short Measure)
84 – Al-Inshiqaq (The Splitting Asunder)
85 – Al-Buruj (The Great Constellations)
86 – At-Tariq (That Which Comes in the Night)
87 – Al-A'la (The All-Highest)
88 – Al-Ghashiyah (The Overshadowing Event)
89 – Al-Fajr (The Daybreak)
90 – Al-Balad (The Land)
91 – Ash-Shams (The Sun)
92 – Al-Layl (The Night)
93 – Ad-Duha (The Bright Morning Hours)
94 – Ash-Sharh (The Opening-Up of Heart)
95 – At-Tin (The Fig)
96 – Al-'Alaq (The Germ-Cell)
97 – Al-Qadr (Destiny)
98 – Al-Bayyinah (The Evidence of the Truth)
99 – Az-Zalzalah (The Earthquake)
100 – Al-'Adiyat (The Chargers)
101 – Al-Qaria'ah (The Sudden Calamity)
102 – Al-Takathur (Greed for More and More)
103 – Al-'Asr (The Flight of Time)
104 – Al-Humazah (The Slanderer)
105 – Al-Fil (The Elephant)
106 – Quraysh
107 – Al-Ma'un (Assistance)
108 – Al-Kawthar (Good in Abundance)
109 – Al-Kafirun (Those Who Deny the Truth)
110 – An-Nasr (Soccour)
111 – Al-Masad (The Twisted Strands)
112 – Al-Ikhlas (The Declaration of [God's] Perfection)
113 – Al-Falaq (The Rising Dawn)
114 – An-Nas (Men)

Appendix 1: Symbolism and Allegory in the Quran
Appendix 2: Al-Muqatta'at
Appendix 3: On the term and concept of Jinn
Appendix 4: The Night Journey

El Significado del Generoso Qur'an

Traducción del Árabe y Comentarios

Muhammad Asad

(Message of Quran in Spanish)

My Yahoo Message Forum

Do read other translations also. They are done by people who have similar thinking as Muhammad Asad had, and are not easy to find.

Discussion Forum by Subagh
An online Open Islamic Directory (new)

Links to other Translations on Internet

Sign Guestbook

View Guestbook3
View Guestbook2
View Guestbook1

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one of the highest rated translations on Amazon..

peace

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I shall keep this in mind but for now i am working throuyght the A. Yusuf Ali (11th amana ed.) and will after reading this translation look into another.

Thank you for the good input

**Clover** · 06-08-2009

Good luck in becoming a Muslim, if its what makes you happy. I hope you find truth, whatever it is, and believen it, without ignorance, with intelligence.

**Nσσя'υℓ Jαииαн** · 08-06-2009

I had to choose "other," since none of the other options totally fit my situation that made me search more into Islam. Something that happened to me in class in 10th grade from a non Muslim would be the reason.

**The Ruler** · 08-06-2009

Other: LI.

Ohohoho.

**Snowflake** · 08-06-2009

Allahu Akbar! MashaAllah brother!!! May Allah love you and give you the highest imaan and vast quantities of knowledge that benefit you and others in this dunya and in the hereafter. Ameen

enjoy...

www.quranexplorer.com
http://www.missionislam.com/health/quranhealing.html
http://quranicaudio.com/

**MMohammed** · 08-08-2009

Assalamualikum.
Thats too good to hear that you are a Muslim now!
Google it.You wil InshaAllah find it.
And InshaAllah one day you will be able to read Quran in Arabic!
Learn Arabic letters! They are really not too hard!