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The Qur'an
One of the most influential books in the history of literature, recognized as the greatest literary masterpiece in Arabic, the Qur'an is the supreme authority and living source of all Islamic teaching, the sacred text that sets out the creed, rituals, ethics, and laws of Islam. Yet despite the growing interest in Islamic teachings and culture, there has never been a truly satisfactory English translation of the Qur'an, until now.
This superb new translation of the Qur'an is written in contemporary language that remains faithful to the meaning and spirit of the original, making the text crystal clear while retaining all of this great work's eloquence. The translation is accurate and completely free from the archaisms, incoherence, and alien structures that mar existing translations. Thus, for the first time, English-speaking readers will have a text of the Qur'an which is easy to use and comprehensible. Furthermore, Haleem includes notes that explain geographical, historical, and personal allusions as well as an index in which Qur'anic material is arranged into topics for easy reference. His introduction traces the history of the Qur'an, examines its structure and stylistic features, and considers issues related to militancy, intolerance, and the subjection of women.
Clearly written and filled with helpful information and guidance, this brilliant translation of the Qur'an is the best available introduction to the faith of Moslems around the world.
464 pages, Paperback
First published March 18, 632
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January 16, 2015Have other people noticed that the Qur'an is listed here as being by Allah, whereas the Bible is by "Anonymous"? If I were a Christian, I think that would leave me feeling just a little annoyed.
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Since I posted this review, the entry has been changed, and the Qur'an is now also listed as being by "Anonymous"!
Well, whoever did that is a braver man or woman than I am. I admire your chutzpah. So to speak.
_________________________________________
And now it's "Allah" again!
My impression is that the Muslims and the Infidels are pretty evenly matched here. Looks like it'll be a close game.
_________________________________________
Mere days later, and now we're back to "Anonymous"!
I'm particularly impressed by the good sportsmanship both sides are displaying. Who says a religious war can't be carried out in a civilized and courteous manner?
_________________________________________
In a surprise move, the author has now been changed yet again to 'ALLAH "the creator" (As believed in Islam)'. Match that if you can, Infidels!
_________________________________________
"Anonymous" once more, but to be honest it seems rather unimaginative. Come on, Infidels, you can come up with something better than this, can't you? What would Dawkins do?
_________________________________________
Back to "Allah" again. I clicked on His page and was immediately confronted with some interesting options. I could become a fan! (I was surprised to see that Allah didn't have any fans. Evidently I'd been misinformed). I was also asked if He had a blog, and on reading further discovered that
Oh, and by the way He doesn't have any upcoming events either. Is this correct, or merely a reflection of the fact that He exists outside of space and time?
_________________________________________
Ho hum... "Anonymous" is back. He/she has written a whole lot more books than Allah, but also lacks fans. Well, that's one thing they have in common...
_________________________________________
Flash update: the author has now been changed to "God"!
This boldly ecumenical move impresses me. God, I learn from His Homepage, is the author not only of the Quran but also of The Gospels of Jesus (KJV) with Search Every Verse Navigation, Optimized for E-Readers, where He is credited as the author and King James as the translator. He has not written any other books. Well, I've never pretended to understand theology, but I recognize new thinking when I see it. I hope someone more competent than I am is already preparing an exegesis.
The page ends with the following rather intriguing prayer:
I'm disappointed to say that we've now got "Anonymous" again. Whoever did that should be ashamed of themselves. "God" was inspired, this is just dull.
What other possible candidates could there be? Muhammad (PBUH)? The Angel Gabriel? Abu Bakr? Muhammad (PBUH), Bakr, Uthman and Hafsa? We need some fresh ideas here.
_________________________________________
After several months of inactivity, we have another change, but it was worth waiting for: "All芒h (God Almighty)".
Brilliant! Isn't that circumflex just to die for?
_________________________________________
The Infidels, with their characteristic rapier wit, have changed the author back to "Anonymous". Sorry, but I am not impressed. And don't give me that 欧宝娱乐 Policy crap. Plenty of holy books are not listed as being by Anonymous, for example The Book of Mormon and The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
I look forward to seeing the Muslims' next move - I think they have the initiative.
_________________________________________
The Muslims score again with "ALLAH" (all caps), who has also written Study the Noble Qur'an Word-for-Word Volume 2 and Study the Noble Qur'an Word-for-Word Volume 3. Mysteriously, there is no Volume 1. ALLAH has three quotes, of which the first is "賱丕 廿賱賴 廿賱丕 丕賱賱賴 賲丨賲丿 乇爻賵賱 丕賱賱" ("There is no god but ALLAH and Mohammad is his prophet").
Now that's class. Okay, Infidels, let's see if you can change the author to something that's not yet another "Anonymous". I dare you. I double dare you.
_________________________________________
Boo! A few days later, and "Anonymous" is back. Honestly, it's enough to make you want to convert to Islam.
_________________________________________
Allah has returned again, but in a confusingly different form! This time, I found He was only the author of the Qur'an and had two fans, Nabila and Tarek. I decided that it was prudent to become a fan as well.
I checked to see which authors were like Allah, and was startled to see that the list included Alexandre Dumas and Italo Calvino. I'm sure it's greatly to their credit.
_________________________________________
That didn't last long. Notgettingenough, whose opinions I greatly respect, felt that it was inappropriate for me to be a fan of Allah. On reconsideration, I agree with her. I have cancelled my brief fanship and hope that both parties will understand it was an honest mistake.
_________________________________________
The Infidels only have one idea, and here it is again. Sigh...
_________________________________________
The Muslims are back, and score another fine goal with "丕賱賱賴". That's "Allah" in Arabic script for all you people who can't be bothered to check it on Google Translate.
Contrary to what certain skeptics may say, religious belief appears to give you imagination. Go Islam! !丕賱賱賴 兀賰亘乇
_________________________________________
Without waiting for the Infidels to reply, the Muslims score again with "丕賱賱賴 噩賱賻賾 噩賱丕賱賴". The person responsible has even created a cool avatar for . Nice work!
Admit it, Infidels: you have been comprehensively outplayed here. The classiest thing to do would be to have some suitable representative come forward and formally concede. That might at least win you back some respect.
_________________________________________
The Infidels refuse to admit defeat, and come back for the ninth time (I counted) with the single move they know how to make. Though, confusingly, the title of the book is now given only in Arabic script.
If it's an attempt at a compromise solution, I very much doubt that the Muslims will buy it. Watch this space.
_________________________________________
I presume that the Infidels' peace overture was scornfully rejected. They have retaliated by changing the title to Roman script only, even removing the apostrophe.
Cheeky! This flagrantly provocative gesture will surely not go unpunished.
_________________________________________
After 40 days of inactivity (significant or what?) the Muslims strike back with another "Allah". I suspect that the move is deeper than it looks, since His new homepage contains a long quote in Arabic referring to several passages in the Qur'an. Maybe someone better acquainted with these matters can explain it to the rest of us?
_________________________________________
A little more than a day later, it's "Anonymous" again.
I think the Infidels have a home side advantage here, which makes me admire the brave and resourceful Muslim hackers all the more. Come on Islam! You can beat those security measures!
_________________________________________
"Allah" has returned, and this time after only 21 days away! It looks like the Muslims have recovered from their unexpected loss of form.
Now, the question is how long they can keep possession. Both sides are demonstrating extraordinary tenacity in this long-drawn-out conflict! Quite inspiring to all us wishy-washy agnostics sitting on the sidelines...
_________________________________________
The pattern from last time repeats: "Allah" lasts less than a day, and is quickly set back to "Anonymous".
It's no good making excuses any more. The romantic in me wants the exciting, creative Muslims to win, but the facts are more than obvious: however they've managed it, the grimly humorless Infidels have taken their game to a new level. Over the last couple of months, they've been in charge 95% of the time.
Muslims, you need to figure out what the Infidels are doing and stop them. It's as simple as that.
_________________________________________
I was about to despair, but Allah is back! Though I am surprised to see that He still only has two fans, the ever-faithful Nabila and Tarek. Truly, their reward will be great.
I do wonder what thoughts Amazon have on this vital question. Which way could the different options push sales in the Muslim world? I imagine they have top analysts crunching the numbers as I write.
_________________________________________
Incredible but true: the Infidels have finally come up with a new idea! The author of the Qur'an is now given as "A".
Who is A, I hear you ask? I haven't the slightest notion. The one slim lead we're given is that A has also co-authored with Kirk Perron - possibly a minor prophet, but, to be honest, I'm clutching at straws here.
I don't dare predict what might happen next. Stay tuned.
_________________________________________
"A" lasted mere hours, and now it's Allah again. For people who haven't yet looked at His Homepage, there is some interesting theological information:
gender: male
genre: Religion
influences: Almighty Yahweh, Jesus Christ
Oh, and He has now acquired a third fan, Esraa.
MJ claims to have tracked down the hackers. Kyle, Fil and Zain (if you are indeed the people responsible), please take a bow!
_________________________________________
An hour after the post above, Abbey and Amritorupa swear that the author was briefly changed to "A Nonny Mouse" - but it only lasted a few minutes before reverting to Allah.
I have never seen so much activity. Has a fatwa been issued? Are Amazon hoping to boost sales of the new Q'indle?
_________________________________________
And another hour later, it's Anonymous.
Whatever is going on? Is it the end of the world? I have consulted the Book of Revelation, but all I can find is 22:10:
_________________________________________
Yesterday, I started reading Richard Burton's translation of the Arabian Nights, and this morning I see that Allah has returned! I must quote Burton's wonderful opening lines:
_________________________________________
The Muslims are having a good week, and Allah (the most merciful, the most magnificent) is now in correct Arabic script again! If you cut and paste into Google Translate and click on the loudspeaker icon, you can even hear how it's pronounced.
_________________________________________
There is no Majesty and there is no Might save in Allah the Glorious, the Great! (I understand from Richard Burton that this is the polite Islamic equivalent of our own "Jesus H. Christ!") We're back to Anonymous.
Come on Infidels, you're boring us all to death. But I just know you can do better. Raise your game and make your fellow-atheists proud of their lack of belief!
_________________________________________
Allah has returned to 欧宝娱乐, and has yet again reorganized His homepage! The opening at any rate looks familiar:
But a little further down, I found this:
I'm sorry, it's more responsibility than I can handle. Someone else will have to take care of it.
_________________________________________
And the new author is A... a... a... nonymous. Don't know why, but I just can't stop yawning today. Must have stayed up too late or something.
_________________________________________
Looking at the is almost scary. While I was asleep, the author was first changed to "賰賱丕賲 丕賱賱賴 噩賲毓賴 毓孬賲丕賳 亘賳 毓賮丕賳" by Wafa, and then to "Allah 丕賱賱賴" by Anwaar. All in all, there are 87 pages of edits.
I hope someone is archiving this priceless cultural document, which surely contains enough material for at least two doctoral dissertations...
_________________________________________
An hour later, it's briefly flipped back to "Anonymous" before changing yet again to "'丕賱賱賴 aka Allah", and we're now up to 89 pages of edits.
I see it's going to be Another Of Those Days. I should have guessed as much when I saw on Yahoo News that a two-headed calf had been born, a rain of frogs had occurred, and Lady Gaga had been photographed wearing a sensible outfit with flat shoes...
_________________________________________
It's all I can do to keep up. Since it'll probably change even before I've finished posting, here's a screenshot I saved from the current version of Allah's Homepage:
_________________________________________
Back to Anonymous. Though now I don't know who to root for, since it appears that some Infidels have started ironically supporting Allah. I wish theology was less confusing.
_________________________________________
Allah has returned once more! I immediately click to His new Homepage, and find a book ad with the title Earth Is In Dire Trouble.
Just a coincidence, I suppose.
_________________________________________
Alhamdulillah! (丕賱丨賲丿 賱賱賴鈥�; one of the many useful expressions I have learned from Richard Burton). The Infidels once again change the author to Anonymous, but Islam's ever-vigilant cyberwarriors immediately change it back, even using "Allah Almighty" to show that they, at least, possess imagination and a sense of fun.
I apologize to my atheist friends for my obvious partiality, mais c'est plus fort que moi.
_________________________________________
(after taking a break from my reporting duties)
ALLAH (ALL-CAPS) IS BACK! GABRIEL AND MUHAMMAD (PBUH) ARE ALSO CREDITED! TAKE THAT, INFIDELS!
_________________________________________
Anonymous returns, but with an interesting new twist: he (He?) is now credited as "Speaker". In other words, the Qur'an was dictated, not by Allah, but by someone else.
I do not pretend to understand these theological subtleties at any but the most superficial level. All the same, I feel I should remind the person who made the change that this seems uncomfortably close to the idea which got Mr. Rushdie into so much trouble a few years ago.
_________________________________________
I just stumbled across . At risk of repeating myself, it is entirely inappropriate that this person should be credited with the authorship of the Qur'an.
_________________________________________
Since I posted this review, the entry has been changed, and the Qur'an is now also listed as being by "Anonymous"!
Well, whoever did that is a braver man or woman than I am. I admire your chutzpah. So to speak.
_________________________________________
And now it's "Allah" again!
My impression is that the Muslims and the Infidels are pretty evenly matched here. Looks like it'll be a close game.
_________________________________________
Mere days later, and now we're back to "Anonymous"!
I'm particularly impressed by the good sportsmanship both sides are displaying. Who says a religious war can't be carried out in a civilized and courteous manner?
_________________________________________
In a surprise move, the author has now been changed yet again to 'ALLAH "the creator" (As believed in Islam)'. Match that if you can, Infidels!
_________________________________________
"Anonymous" once more, but to be honest it seems rather unimaginative. Come on, Infidels, you can come up with something better than this, can't you? What would Dawkins do?
_________________________________________
Back to "Allah" again. I clicked on His page and was immediately confronted with some interesting options. I could become a fan! (I was surprised to see that Allah didn't have any fans. Evidently I'd been misinformed). I was also asked if He had a blog, and on reading further discovered that
As a librarian, you can create a blog for this author even if they're not on 欧宝娱乐 by adding the feed URL (Atom or RSS) of a blog they keep elsewhere. This will make summaries of their blog posts available here.Unfortunately, I don't know of any blog kept by Allah, but if I discover one I'll make sure I use this feature.
Oh, and by the way He doesn't have any upcoming events either. Is this correct, or merely a reflection of the fact that He exists outside of space and time?
_________________________________________
Ho hum... "Anonymous" is back. He/she has written a whole lot more books than Allah, but also lacks fans. Well, that's one thing they have in common...
_________________________________________
Flash update: the author has now been changed to "God"!
This boldly ecumenical move impresses me. God, I learn from His Homepage, is the author not only of the Quran but also of The Gospels of Jesus (KJV) with Search Every Verse Navigation, Optimized for E-Readers, where He is credited as the author and King James as the translator. He has not written any other books. Well, I've never pretended to understand theology, but I recognize new thinking when I see it. I hope someone more competent than I am is already preparing an exegesis.
The page ends with the following rather intriguing prayer:
Is this you? Let us know. If not, help out and invite God to 欧宝娱乐._________________________________________
I'm disappointed to say that we've now got "Anonymous" again. Whoever did that should be ashamed of themselves. "God" was inspired, this is just dull.
What other possible candidates could there be? Muhammad (PBUH)? The Angel Gabriel? Abu Bakr? Muhammad (PBUH), Bakr, Uthman and Hafsa? We need some fresh ideas here.
_________________________________________
After several months of inactivity, we have another change, but it was worth waiting for: "All芒h (God Almighty)".
Brilliant! Isn't that circumflex just to die for?
_________________________________________
The Infidels, with their characteristic rapier wit, have changed the author back to "Anonymous". Sorry, but I am not impressed. And don't give me that 欧宝娱乐 Policy crap. Plenty of holy books are not listed as being by Anonymous, for example The Book of Mormon and The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
I look forward to seeing the Muslims' next move - I think they have the initiative.
_________________________________________
The Muslims score again with "ALLAH" (all caps), who has also written Study the Noble Qur'an Word-for-Word Volume 2 and Study the Noble Qur'an Word-for-Word Volume 3. Mysteriously, there is no Volume 1. ALLAH has three quotes, of which the first is "賱丕 廿賱賴 廿賱丕 丕賱賱賴 賲丨賲丿 乇爻賵賱 丕賱賱" ("There is no god but ALLAH and Mohammad is his prophet").
Now that's class. Okay, Infidels, let's see if you can change the author to something that's not yet another "Anonymous". I dare you. I double dare you.
_________________________________________
Boo! A few days later, and "Anonymous" is back. Honestly, it's enough to make you want to convert to Islam.
_________________________________________
Allah has returned again, but in a confusingly different form! This time, I found He was only the author of the Qur'an and had two fans, Nabila and Tarek. I decided that it was prudent to become a fan as well.
I checked to see which authors were like Allah, and was startled to see that the list included Alexandre Dumas and Italo Calvino. I'm sure it's greatly to their credit.
_________________________________________
That didn't last long. Notgettingenough, whose opinions I greatly respect, felt that it was inappropriate for me to be a fan of Allah. On reconsideration, I agree with her. I have cancelled my brief fanship and hope that both parties will understand it was an honest mistake.
_________________________________________
The Infidels only have one idea, and here it is again. Sigh...
_________________________________________
The Muslims are back, and score another fine goal with "丕賱賱賴". That's "Allah" in Arabic script for all you people who can't be bothered to check it on Google Translate.
Contrary to what certain skeptics may say, religious belief appears to give you imagination. Go Islam! !丕賱賱賴 兀賰亘乇
_________________________________________
Without waiting for the Infidels to reply, the Muslims score again with "丕賱賱賴 噩賱賻賾 噩賱丕賱賴". The person responsible has even created a cool avatar for . Nice work!
Admit it, Infidels: you have been comprehensively outplayed here. The classiest thing to do would be to have some suitable representative come forward and formally concede. That might at least win you back some respect.
_________________________________________
The Infidels refuse to admit defeat, and come back for the ninth time (I counted) with the single move they know how to make. Though, confusingly, the title of the book is now given only in Arabic script.
If it's an attempt at a compromise solution, I very much doubt that the Muslims will buy it. Watch this space.
_________________________________________
I presume that the Infidels' peace overture was scornfully rejected. They have retaliated by changing the title to Roman script only, even removing the apostrophe.
Cheeky! This flagrantly provocative gesture will surely not go unpunished.
_________________________________________
After 40 days of inactivity (significant or what?) the Muslims strike back with another "Allah". I suspect that the move is deeper than it looks, since His new homepage contains a long quote in Arabic referring to several passages in the Qur'an. Maybe someone better acquainted with these matters can explain it to the rest of us?
_________________________________________
A little more than a day later, it's "Anonymous" again.
I think the Infidels have a home side advantage here, which makes me admire the brave and resourceful Muslim hackers all the more. Come on Islam! You can beat those security measures!
_________________________________________
"Allah" has returned, and this time after only 21 days away! It looks like the Muslims have recovered from their unexpected loss of form.
Now, the question is how long they can keep possession. Both sides are demonstrating extraordinary tenacity in this long-drawn-out conflict! Quite inspiring to all us wishy-washy agnostics sitting on the sidelines...
_________________________________________
The pattern from last time repeats: "Allah" lasts less than a day, and is quickly set back to "Anonymous".
It's no good making excuses any more. The romantic in me wants the exciting, creative Muslims to win, but the facts are more than obvious: however they've managed it, the grimly humorless Infidels have taken their game to a new level. Over the last couple of months, they've been in charge 95% of the time.
Muslims, you need to figure out what the Infidels are doing and stop them. It's as simple as that.
_________________________________________
I was about to despair, but Allah is back! Though I am surprised to see that He still only has two fans, the ever-faithful Nabila and Tarek. Truly, their reward will be great.
I do wonder what thoughts Amazon have on this vital question. Which way could the different options push sales in the Muslim world? I imagine they have top analysts crunching the numbers as I write.
_________________________________________
Incredible but true: the Infidels have finally come up with a new idea! The author of the Qur'an is now given as "A".
Who is A, I hear you ask? I haven't the slightest notion. The one slim lead we're given is that A has also co-authored with Kirk Perron - possibly a minor prophet, but, to be honest, I'm clutching at straws here.
I don't dare predict what might happen next. Stay tuned.
_________________________________________
"A" lasted mere hours, and now it's Allah again. For people who haven't yet looked at His Homepage, there is some interesting theological information:
gender: male
genre: Religion
influences: Almighty Yahweh, Jesus Christ
Oh, and He has now acquired a third fan, Esraa.
MJ claims to have tracked down the hackers. Kyle, Fil and Zain (if you are indeed the people responsible), please take a bow!
_________________________________________
An hour after the post above, Abbey and Amritorupa swear that the author was briefly changed to "A Nonny Mouse" - but it only lasted a few minutes before reverting to Allah.
I have never seen so much activity. Has a fatwa been issued? Are Amazon hoping to boost sales of the new Q'indle?
_________________________________________
And another hour later, it's Anonymous.
Whatever is going on? Is it the end of the world? I have consulted the Book of Revelation, but all I can find is 22:10:
And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.I suppose that may be a warning against blocking changes to authorship attributions on 欧宝娱乐, but I'm not at all sure.
_________________________________________
Yesterday, I started reading Richard Burton's translation of the Arabian Nights, and this morning I see that Allah has returned! I must quote Burton's wonderful opening lines:
PRAISE BE TO ALLAH - THE BENEFICENT KING - THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE - LORD OF THE THREE WORLDS - WHO SET UP THE FIRMAMENT WITHOUT PILLARS IN ITS STEAD - AND WHO STRETCHED OUT THE EARTH EVEN AS A BED - AND GRACE, AND PRAYER-BLESSING BE UPON OUR LORD MOHAMMED - LORD OF APOSTOLIC MEN - AND UPON HIS FAMILY AND COMPANION TRAIN -PRAYER AND BLESSINGS ENDURING AND GRACE WHICH UNTO THE DAY OF DOOM SHALL REMAIN - AMEN! - O THOU OF THE THREE WORLDS SOVEREIGN!I was a bit puzzled by the bed, but after a couple of chapters realized that it must be a "carpet-bed", presumably some kind of Middle Eastern futon. Just in case you were also wondering.
_________________________________________
The Muslims are having a good week, and Allah (the most merciful, the most magnificent) is now in correct Arabic script again! If you cut and paste into Google Translate and click on the loudspeaker icon, you can even hear how it's pronounced.
_________________________________________
There is no Majesty and there is no Might save in Allah the Glorious, the Great! (I understand from Richard Burton that this is the polite Islamic equivalent of our own "Jesus H. Christ!") We're back to Anonymous.
Come on Infidels, you're boring us all to death. But I just know you can do better. Raise your game and make your fellow-atheists proud of their lack of belief!
_________________________________________
Allah has returned to 欧宝娱乐, and has yet again reorganized His homepage! The opening at any rate looks familiar:
But a little further down, I found this:
I'm sorry, it's more responsibility than I can handle. Someone else will have to take care of it.
_________________________________________
And the new author is A... a... a... nonymous. Don't know why, but I just can't stop yawning today. Must have stayed up too late or something.
_________________________________________
Looking at the is almost scary. While I was asleep, the author was first changed to "賰賱丕賲 丕賱賱賴 噩賲毓賴 毓孬賲丕賳 亘賳 毓賮丕賳" by Wafa, and then to "Allah 丕賱賱賴" by Anwaar. All in all, there are 87 pages of edits.
I hope someone is archiving this priceless cultural document, which surely contains enough material for at least two doctoral dissertations...
_________________________________________
An hour later, it's briefly flipped back to "Anonymous" before changing yet again to "'丕賱賱賴 aka Allah", and we're now up to 89 pages of edits.
I see it's going to be Another Of Those Days. I should have guessed as much when I saw on Yahoo News that a two-headed calf had been born, a rain of frogs had occurred, and Lady Gaga had been photographed wearing a sensible outfit with flat shoes...
_________________________________________
It's all I can do to keep up. Since it'll probably change even before I've finished posting, here's a screenshot I saved from the current version of Allah's Homepage:
_________________________________________
Back to Anonymous. Though now I don't know who to root for, since it appears that some Infidels have started ironically supporting Allah. I wish theology was less confusing.
_________________________________________
Allah has returned once more! I immediately click to His new Homepage, and find a book ad with the title Earth Is In Dire Trouble.
Just a coincidence, I suppose.
_________________________________________
Alhamdulillah! (丕賱丨賲丿 賱賱賴鈥�; one of the many useful expressions I have learned from Richard Burton). The Infidels once again change the author to Anonymous, but Islam's ever-vigilant cyberwarriors immediately change it back, even using "Allah Almighty" to show that they, at least, possess imagination and a sense of fun.
I apologize to my atheist friends for my obvious partiality, mais c'est plus fort que moi.
_________________________________________
(after taking a break from my reporting duties)
ALLAH (ALL-CAPS) IS BACK! GABRIEL AND MUHAMMAD (PBUH) ARE ALSO CREDITED! TAKE THAT, INFIDELS!
_________________________________________
Anonymous returns, but with an interesting new twist: he (He?) is now credited as "Speaker". In other words, the Qur'an was dictated, not by Allah, but by someone else.
I do not pretend to understand these theological subtleties at any but the most superficial level. All the same, I feel I should remind the person who made the change that this seems uncomfortably close to the idea which got Mr. Rushdie into so much trouble a few years ago.
_________________________________________
I just stumbled across . At risk of repeating myself, it is entirely inappropriate that this person should be credited with the authorship of the Qur'an.
July 23, 2013
Before you read on, it is important that you read and understand this:
THIS REVIEW IS WRITTEN BY AN ATHEIST. I DO NOT SUGAR-COAT NOR DO I WRAP MY OPINIONS IN COTTON TO "PROTECT" THE DELICATE AND/OR EASILY OFFENDED RELIGIOUS READER.
IF YOU FOLLOW THE ISLAMIC FAITH AND GET OFFENDED WHEN YOUR HOLY BOOK (AND RELIGION) RECEIVES CRITICISM READ NO FURTHER! YOU WILL NOT LIKE WHAT I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE QURAN. CONSIDER YOURSELF WARNED: IF YOU CONTINUE TO READ FURTHER THEN YOU WANT TO BE OFFENDED. STOP HERE. DON'T SAY I DID NOT WARN YOU ABOUT THE CONTENT OF THIS REVIEW.
Why the above disclaimer?
I am extremely fed up with all the people who come here and do nothing but whine and complain about my review. All you do is showing us your lack of education, intelligence and respect.
Your comments clearly shows the world that you have actually read nothing at all: not the review in question, nor have you actually read and understood the content of the Quran, a book you profess to call sacred. All you do is read half a sentence, see the 1-star-rating and then you start complaining, instead of continue reading with an attempt of neutral eyes. God forbid (pun intended) that you even start reading the comments that this review already has gotten before you start jotting down what has been written down before.
From this moment on users who post comments that show disrespect and the above mentioned ignorance will be instantly blocked. Only people that show respect and a minimum of half a brain will be allowed to discuss. Not happy? Go write your own review instead of whining about my opinion of a book I have read.
And again to those of you who wish to censor me and post hateful remarks and comments then please open your eyes and educate yourself instead. If you disagree with what Islam's holy books clearly state then I encourage you (again) to write your own review and see if you can prove the teachings of Islam wrong!
THIS REVIEW IS WRITTEN BY AN ATHEIST. I DO NOT SUGAR-COAT NOR DO I WRAP MY OPINIONS IN COTTON TO "PROTECT" THE DELICATE AND/OR EASILY OFFENDED RELIGIOUS READER.
IF YOU FOLLOW THE ISLAMIC FAITH AND GET OFFENDED WHEN YOUR HOLY BOOK (AND RELIGION) RECEIVES CRITICISM READ NO FURTHER! YOU WILL NOT LIKE WHAT I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE QURAN. CONSIDER YOURSELF WARNED: IF YOU CONTINUE TO READ FURTHER THEN YOU WANT TO BE OFFENDED. STOP HERE. DON'T SAY I DID NOT WARN YOU ABOUT THE CONTENT OF THIS REVIEW.
Why the above disclaimer?
I am extremely fed up with all the people who come here and do nothing but whine and complain about my review. All you do is showing us your lack of education, intelligence and respect.
Your comments clearly shows the world that you have actually read nothing at all: not the review in question, nor have you actually read and understood the content of the Quran, a book you profess to call sacred. All you do is read half a sentence, see the 1-star-rating and then you start complaining, instead of continue reading with an attempt of neutral eyes. God forbid (pun intended) that you even start reading the comments that this review already has gotten before you start jotting down what has been written down before.
From this moment on users who post comments that show disrespect and the above mentioned ignorance will be instantly blocked. Only people that show respect and a minimum of half a brain will be allowed to discuss. Not happy? Go write your own review instead of whining about my opinion of a book I have read.
And again to those of you who wish to censor me and post hateful remarks and comments then please open your eyes and educate yourself instead. If you disagree with what Islam's holy books clearly state then I encourage you (again) to write your own review and see if you can prove the teachings of Islam wrong!
December 4, 2013
what I learned from this book is that Islam is NOT what they say it is in the media and that it is also not what the radicals claim it is. The Qur'an is the perfect companion to our own Holy Bible.
December 4, 2013
who am I to say my opinion about this Miracle
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January 28, 2019鬲賵賯賮賵丕 毓賳 鬲賯賷賷賲賴 亘丕賱賳噩賵賲
鬲賵賯賮賵丕 毓賳 賵囟毓 賲爻賲賷丕鬲 賮賷 禺丕賳丞 : 丕賱賲丐賱賮
丨亘賸丕 亘丕賱賱賴 鬲賵賯賮賵丕 毓賳 噩毓賱 兀賳賮爻賰賲 賵 賲賯丿爻丕鬲賰賲 兀囟丨賵賰丞
賯乇兀鬲 賲乇丕噩毓丞 賱賰丕鬲亘 兀爻鬲乇丕賱賷 賮賷 賯丕卅賲丞 丕氐丿賯丕卅賷 丨氐乇 賮賷賴丕 毓賱賷 賲丿丕乇 毓丕賲 丕賵 賷夭賷丿 毓丿丿 丕賱賲乇丕鬲 丕賱匕鬲賷 鬲賲 賮賷賴丕 鬲睾賷賷乇 (丕賱賲丐賱賮) 賲賳 賲噩賴賵賱 廿賱賷 丕賱賱賴 賵 God 賵 丕賱賱賴 噩賱 噩賱丕賱賴
亘丕賱廿囟丕賮丞 賱毓賲賱 氐賮丨丞 卮禺氐賷丞 賱賱 (賲丐賱賮) 賵 丕囟丕賮丞 亘賱丿 賱賴 (丕賱爻毓賵賷丞)
Anonymus
賵 丕賱匕賷 賵囟毓 賮賷 禺丕賳丞 丕賱賲丐賱賮 丕賱丌賳
丕賵 賲噩賴賵賱貙 賷賳爻亘 丕賱賷賴 丕賱毓丿賷丿 賲賳 丕賱賰鬲亘 丕賱睾賷乇 賲毓乇賵賮 賲氐丿乇賴丕 !
賴賱 賷毓賯賱 賴匕丕 賷丕 兀賵賱賷 丕賱兀賱亘丕亘責
* 賱賳 賷賯丿爻 兀丨丿 賲賯丿爻丕鬲賰 丕賳鬲 賱賲噩乇丿 丕賳賰 鬲丐賲賳 亘賴丕 賵 鬲乇丕賴丕 丕賱丨賯
** 賷賲賰賳 兀賳 賷丨鬲乇賲 兀丨丿賴賲 賲賯丿爻賸丕 賱丕 賷丐賲賳 亘賴貙 賮賯胤 廿匕丕 賲丕 乇兀賷 卮賷卅丕 賷丿毓賵賴 賱匕賱賰
***賱賲 賷丐匕 兀丨丿 賲賯丿爻锟斤拷丕 賷丿丕賮毓 毓賳賴 賰賲丕 丌匕賷 丕賱賲鬲胤乇賮賷賳 丕賱噩賴賱丕亍 丕氐丨丕亘 丕賱鬲賯丿賷爻 丕賱兀毓賲賷 賱丿賷賳賴賲 賵 賯乇丌賳賴賲
**** 卮卅賳丕 兀賲 兀亘賷賳丕 貙 賰孬賷乇 賲賳 丕賱賲賱丨丿賷賳 丕賱賳卮胤賷賳 賮賷 賲賴丕噩賲丞 丕賱兀丿賷丕賳 卮丿賷丿賷 丕賱孬賯丕賮丞貙 賱丕 賷氐丨 兀賳 鬲乇丿 毓賱賷 賳賯丕卮丕鬲賴賲 爻賵賷 亘毓賱賲 亘賲丕 賷鬲丨丿孬賵賳 毓賳賴貙 賱丕 賷氐丨 賱丕 賷氐丨 賱丕 賷氐丨 兀賳 鬲禺丕胤亘 丕丨丿丕 賱丕 賷丐賲賳 亘丿賷賳賰 亘乇賵丨丕賳賷丕鬲 賵 賲賯丿爻丕鬲 賴賷 賲賳 氐賲賷賲 丕賷賲丕賳賰
爻亘丕亘賰 賵 氐賵鬲賰 丕賱毓丕賱賷 賱賳 賷噩毓賱 兀丨丿賴賲 賷賰賳 丕丨鬲乇丕賲丕 賱賲毓鬲賯丿賰 丕賵 賷丐賲賳 亘賴貙 賱丕 鬲噩毓賱 賳賮爻賰 兀囟丨賵賰丞貙 賱丕 鬲毓鬲亘乇 鬲賯丿賷爻賰 賱丿賷賳賰 卮卅 賷賱夭賲 賱賱丌禺乇賷賳 賲賳 丨賵賱賰 兀賳 賷丨匕賵丕 丨匕賵賴
賱丕 鬲賳丕賯卮 賮賷 卮卅 鬲噩賴賱 睾賷乇 丕賳賰 鬲賵丕乇孬鬲 鬲賯丿賷爻賴
賯賱 禺賷乇賸丕 兀賵 - 丕乇噩賵賰 - 丕氐賲鬲
鬲賵賯賮賵丕 毓賳 賵囟毓 賲爻賲賷丕鬲 賮賷 禺丕賳丞 : 丕賱賲丐賱賮
丨亘賸丕 亘丕賱賱賴 鬲賵賯賮賵丕 毓賳 噩毓賱 兀賳賮爻賰賲 賵 賲賯丿爻丕鬲賰賲 兀囟丨賵賰丞
賯乇兀鬲 賲乇丕噩毓丞 賱賰丕鬲亘 兀爻鬲乇丕賱賷 賮賷 賯丕卅賲丞 丕氐丿賯丕卅賷 丨氐乇 賮賷賴丕 毓賱賷 賲丿丕乇 毓丕賲 丕賵 賷夭賷丿 毓丿丿 丕賱賲乇丕鬲 丕賱匕鬲賷 鬲賲 賮賷賴丕 鬲睾賷賷乇 (丕賱賲丐賱賮) 賲賳 賲噩賴賵賱 廿賱賷 丕賱賱賴 賵 God 賵 丕賱賱賴 噩賱 噩賱丕賱賴
亘丕賱廿囟丕賮丞 賱毓賲賱 氐賮丨丞 卮禺氐賷丞 賱賱 (賲丐賱賮) 賵 丕囟丕賮丞 亘賱丿 賱賴 (丕賱爻毓賵賷丞)
Anonymus
賵 丕賱匕賷 賵囟毓 賮賷 禺丕賳丞 丕賱賲丐賱賮 丕賱丌賳
丕賵 賲噩賴賵賱貙 賷賳爻亘 丕賱賷賴 丕賱毓丿賷丿 賲賳 丕賱賰鬲亘 丕賱睾賷乇 賲毓乇賵賮 賲氐丿乇賴丕 !
賴賱 賷毓賯賱 賴匕丕 賷丕 兀賵賱賷 丕賱兀賱亘丕亘責
* 賱賳 賷賯丿爻 兀丨丿 賲賯丿爻丕鬲賰 丕賳鬲 賱賲噩乇丿 丕賳賰 鬲丐賲賳 亘賴丕 賵 鬲乇丕賴丕 丕賱丨賯
** 賷賲賰賳 兀賳 賷丨鬲乇賲 兀丨丿賴賲 賲賯丿爻賸丕 賱丕 賷丐賲賳 亘賴貙 賮賯胤 廿匕丕 賲丕 乇兀賷 卮賷卅丕 賷丿毓賵賴 賱匕賱賰
***賱賲 賷丐匕 兀丨丿 賲賯丿爻锟斤拷丕 賷丿丕賮毓 毓賳賴 賰賲丕 丌匕賷 丕賱賲鬲胤乇賮賷賳 丕賱噩賴賱丕亍 丕氐丨丕亘 丕賱鬲賯丿賷爻 丕賱兀毓賲賷 賱丿賷賳賴賲 賵 賯乇丌賳賴賲
**** 卮卅賳丕 兀賲 兀亘賷賳丕 貙 賰孬賷乇 賲賳 丕賱賲賱丨丿賷賳 丕賱賳卮胤賷賳 賮賷 賲賴丕噩賲丞 丕賱兀丿賷丕賳 卮丿賷丿賷 丕賱孬賯丕賮丞貙 賱丕 賷氐丨 兀賳 鬲乇丿 毓賱賷 賳賯丕卮丕鬲賴賲 爻賵賷 亘毓賱賲 亘賲丕 賷鬲丨丿孬賵賳 毓賳賴貙 賱丕 賷氐丨 賱丕 賷氐丨 賱丕 賷氐丨 兀賳 鬲禺丕胤亘 丕丨丿丕 賱丕 賷丐賲賳 亘丿賷賳賰 亘乇賵丨丕賳賷丕鬲 賵 賲賯丿爻丕鬲 賴賷 賲賳 氐賲賷賲 丕賷賲丕賳賰
爻亘丕亘賰 賵 氐賵鬲賰 丕賱毓丕賱賷 賱賳 賷噩毓賱 兀丨丿賴賲 賷賰賳 丕丨鬲乇丕賲丕 賱賲毓鬲賯丿賰 丕賵 賷丐賲賳 亘賴貙 賱丕 鬲噩毓賱 賳賮爻賰 兀囟丨賵賰丞貙 賱丕 鬲毓鬲亘乇 鬲賯丿賷爻賰 賱丿賷賳賰 卮卅 賷賱夭賲 賱賱丌禺乇賷賳 賲賳 丨賵賱賰 兀賳 賷丨匕賵丕 丨匕賵賴
賱丕 鬲賳丕賯卮 賮賷 卮卅 鬲噩賴賱 睾賷乇 丕賳賰 鬲賵丕乇孬鬲 鬲賯丿賷爻賴
賯賱 禺賷乇賸丕 兀賵 - 丕乇噩賵賰 - 丕氐賲鬲
June 17, 2021
鬲丨丿賷孬 佗贍佟佴
- 丕賱賯乇丌賳 賰賱丕賲 亘卮乇賷 噩賲賷賱貙 賷丨賲賱 噩賲賱丞 毓乇亘賷丞 乇丕卅毓丞
賵賱賰賳賴 賱丕 賷氐賱丨 賱賷賰賵賳 丿賱賷賱 賱賱賳丕爻 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱夭賲賳.
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賱賮賴賲 丕賱賯乇丌賳 賵丕賱賰鬲丕亘
丕賳氐丨 亘賯乇丕亍丞 賰鬲亘 賲丨賲丿 卮丨乇賵乇
丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賵丕賱賯乇丌賳
丕賱丕爻賱丕賲 賵丕賱丕賷賲丕賳
賯氐氐 丕賱賯乇丕賳1 貙2
賵丕賱丕爻鬲賲丕毓 賱亘乇賳丕賲噩賴 丕賱鬲賮賰賷乇 賵丕賱鬲睾賷賷乇
佗赡佟佗
- 丕賱賯乇丌賳 賰賱丕賲 亘卮乇賷 噩賲賷賱貙 賷丨賲賱 噩賲賱丞 毓乇亘賷丞 乇丕卅毓丞
賵賱賰賳賴 賱丕 賷氐賱丨 賱賷賰賵賳 丿賱賷賱 賱賱賳丕爻 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱夭賲賳.
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賱賮賴賲 丕賱賯乇丌賳 賵丕賱賰鬲丕亘
丕賳氐丨 亘賯乇丕亍丞 賰鬲亘 賲丨賲丿 卮丨乇賵乇
丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賵丕賱賯乇丌賳
丕賱丕爻賱丕賲 賵丕賱丕賷賲丕賳
賯氐氐 丕賱賯乇丕賳1 貙2
賵丕賱丕爻鬲賲丕毓 賱亘乇賳丕賲噩賴 丕賱鬲賮賰賷乇 賵丕賱鬲睾賷賷乇
佗赡佟佗
October 16, 2007
A book for life, a book for the next life, a book for all eternity, unspoken by man, engulfed by humanity but indiscribable of any earthly tongue. I cannot let you understand it, but i can invite you to feel it...
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June 3, 2010賷丕 噩賲丕毓丞 賷噩亘 兀賳 賷乇賮毓 丕賱賯乇丌賳 丕賱賰乇賷賲 賲賳 賴匕丕 丕賱賲賵賯毓 賮賴賵 賱賱賲爻賱賲賷賳 賰賱丕賲 丕賱賱賴 丕賱賲賳夭賱 毓賱賶 毓亘丿賴 賵賳亘賷賴 賲丨賲丿 氐賱賶 丕賱賱賴 毓賱賷賴 賵爻賱賲 賮賰賷賮 賷購賯賷賲 亘丕賱賱賴 毓賱賷賰賲 賵賷賵 囟毓 亘賷賳 丕賱賰鬲亘 丕賱鬲賷 兀賱賮賴丕 亘卮乇責!!丕
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February 2, 2012兀賳丕 兀丿毓賵 賱丨匕賮 丕賱賲氐丨賮 賲賳 丕賱賲賵賯毓貙賮賱丕 賷氐丨 兀賳 賷賵囟毓 賰鬲丕亘 丕賱賱賴 賱賱鬲賯賷賷賲 賲孬賱 亘賯賷丞 丕賱賰鬲亘
December 4, 2013
My Noble Qur'an is Arabic with Meanings translated to Portuguese(Br).
Amazing interesting and free of misteries.
Islam goes straight to the point, based on science and logic.
"Bi示sm All膩h ar-ra岣膩n ar-ra岣ツ玬" (鈥渋n the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate鈥�).
Amazing interesting and free of misteries.
Islam goes straight to the point, based on science and logic.
"Bi示sm All膩h ar-ra岣膩n ar-ra岣ツ玬" (鈥渋n the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate鈥�).
March 28, 2017
This book has been one of the biggest reading disappointments of my life. It starts off with the line: "This Book is not to be doubted." My brain is my second favorite organ. Why would I want to hang it up on a rack while I read the Koran? Of course, I am going to doubt it if I feel it is warranted. Why would any intelligent person not doubt?
Then it gets into a retelling of the Old Testament of the Bible. And actually just some of the stories, some of the more famous ones. It's sort of like retelling just those that are on his mind at the time. Then the same stories are referred to again and again.
It is forbidden to eat swine. I guess because it is an "unclean" animal. So keep a clean pigsty. How much uncleaner is a pig than any other farm animal? Isn't it time to put these ancient ideas about clean and unclean animals away?
Women who are menstruating are considered "unclean." Maybe this made sense at one time. But shouldn't it be put behind us? Do modern Muslims consider this an outdated idea? I would hope that some do.
"Women are your fields: go, then, into your fields whence you please." Is that all that women are: fields to be plowed? Is God talking here only to men? Is the entire Koran just meant to be for men? Does God ever talk to women in this book?
Then it is said that "men have a status above women." Followed by the line: "God is mighty and wise." God must have a low regard for women. How can any woman read this book and not be concerned? How can any man?
"He that chooses a religion other than Islam . . . in the world to come he will surely be among the losers." So much for religious tolerance. God does not care for members of other religions.
"No one dies unless God wills. The term of every life is fixed." A fatalistic view of life. Why be afraid of anything? You will not die until God wills it. In fact, that end is already fixed in time.
"A male shall inherit twice as much as a female." And this is the word of God. He seems to have a very low view of women.
If any woman commits a "lewd act," it takes "four witnesses" to convict them. Then they shall be "confined" in their homes "until death overtakes them." Or until "God finds another way for them."
"Do not kill yourselves." Suicide is a no-no. I wish someone would pass that word on.
"Men have authority over women because God has made the one superior to the other, and because they spend their wealth to maintain them. Good women are obedient. They guard their unseen parts because God has guarded them. As for those for whom you fear disobedience, admonish them, forsake them in beds apart, and beat them. Then if they obey you, take no further action against them." And this is the word of God. Women must be obedient; disobedient women can be beaten. This is unacceptable to me.
"Those that deny Our revelations We will burn in fire." No mercy. Oh wait, I forgot "Surely, God is merciful and wise."
"The unbelievers are your inveterate foe." Not a very tolerant religion. Or am I misreading this?
Jewish people "practice usury and cheat people of their possessions." Of course, people of the Islamic faith never do that.
Jesus is not the son of God. I have no problem with that, but there is a major religion which does believe that. I do not understand how Muslims can accuse Christians of being intolerant.
"You will ever find (Jewish people) deceitful, except for a few of them." Of course, people of the Islamic faith are never deceitful.
"They do blaspheme, who declare: 'God is the Messiah, the son of Mary.'" There are a few people in the world who do happen to believe that.
People who are guilty of theft should have their hands cut off. Sharia law must be quite wonderful.
God knows everything. It is "recorded in a glorious book." He really gets around. Is this a real book? How many words could it possibly contain? Why would anyone want to record everything?
The Noah story is constantly repeated, but as a threat. It shows us what God could do to us if we misbehave.
God says, "I shall cast terror into the hearts of the Infidels. Strike off their heads, strike off the very tips of their fingers." He's doing a good job of casting terror. And "it was not you but God who smote them." So if you kill someone, it's God doing it and not you? Sort of absolves you of responsibility.
"When the sacred months are over slay the idolaters wherever you find them." I'll have to watch out during that time. "Make war on them." Not exactly a peaceful book.
"The desert Arabs surpass others in unbelief and hypocrisy." As opposed to the non-desert Arabs?
"Woe betide those who love this life more than the life to come." The threats continue.
I simply cannot figure out how people can speak of being inspired by this book. What a sad world we live in.
Then it gets into a retelling of the Old Testament of the Bible. And actually just some of the stories, some of the more famous ones. It's sort of like retelling just those that are on his mind at the time. Then the same stories are referred to again and again.
It is forbidden to eat swine. I guess because it is an "unclean" animal. So keep a clean pigsty. How much uncleaner is a pig than any other farm animal? Isn't it time to put these ancient ideas about clean and unclean animals away?
Women who are menstruating are considered "unclean." Maybe this made sense at one time. But shouldn't it be put behind us? Do modern Muslims consider this an outdated idea? I would hope that some do.
"Women are your fields: go, then, into your fields whence you please." Is that all that women are: fields to be plowed? Is God talking here only to men? Is the entire Koran just meant to be for men? Does God ever talk to women in this book?
Then it is said that "men have a status above women." Followed by the line: "God is mighty and wise." God must have a low regard for women. How can any woman read this book and not be concerned? How can any man?
"He that chooses a religion other than Islam . . . in the world to come he will surely be among the losers." So much for religious tolerance. God does not care for members of other religions.
"No one dies unless God wills. The term of every life is fixed." A fatalistic view of life. Why be afraid of anything? You will not die until God wills it. In fact, that end is already fixed in time.
"A male shall inherit twice as much as a female." And this is the word of God. He seems to have a very low view of women.
If any woman commits a "lewd act," it takes "four witnesses" to convict them. Then they shall be "confined" in their homes "until death overtakes them." Or until "God finds another way for them."
"Do not kill yourselves." Suicide is a no-no. I wish someone would pass that word on.
"Men have authority over women because God has made the one superior to the other, and because they spend their wealth to maintain them. Good women are obedient. They guard their unseen parts because God has guarded them. As for those for whom you fear disobedience, admonish them, forsake them in beds apart, and beat them. Then if they obey you, take no further action against them." And this is the word of God. Women must be obedient; disobedient women can be beaten. This is unacceptable to me.
"Those that deny Our revelations We will burn in fire." No mercy. Oh wait, I forgot "Surely, God is merciful and wise."
"The unbelievers are your inveterate foe." Not a very tolerant religion. Or am I misreading this?
Jewish people "practice usury and cheat people of their possessions." Of course, people of the Islamic faith never do that.
Jesus is not the son of God. I have no problem with that, but there is a major religion which does believe that. I do not understand how Muslims can accuse Christians of being intolerant.
"You will ever find (Jewish people) deceitful, except for a few of them." Of course, people of the Islamic faith are never deceitful.
"They do blaspheme, who declare: 'God is the Messiah, the son of Mary.'" There are a few people in the world who do happen to believe that.
People who are guilty of theft should have their hands cut off. Sharia law must be quite wonderful.
God knows everything. It is "recorded in a glorious book." He really gets around. Is this a real book? How many words could it possibly contain? Why would anyone want to record everything?
The Noah story is constantly repeated, but as a threat. It shows us what God could do to us if we misbehave.
God says, "I shall cast terror into the hearts of the Infidels. Strike off their heads, strike off the very tips of their fingers." He's doing a good job of casting terror. And "it was not you but God who smote them." So if you kill someone, it's God doing it and not you? Sort of absolves you of responsibility.
"When the sacred months are over slay the idolaters wherever you find them." I'll have to watch out during that time. "Make war on them." Not exactly a peaceful book.
"The desert Arabs surpass others in unbelief and hypocrisy." As opposed to the non-desert Arabs?
"Woe betide those who love this life more than the life to come." The threats continue.
I simply cannot figure out how people can speak of being inspired by this book. What a sad world we live in.
April 16, 2007
It's the Koran. Even if, like me, you are not religious you should still read the Koran since it is such a big part of this world. If for no other reason than to have some sort of understanding into what everyone is talking about and fighting over and if you are religious, if you are Christian or Muslim you HAVE to read this so that no one else can tell you what it says; if you rely on others they can mislead you, whether purposely or not, down the wrong path to understand the true message of this collection of stories.
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February 11, 2009i am not going to rate it, because it can't be approximated enough; and for the same reason i'm not going to say much about it either. just this: it changed my life. to the good.
January 13, 2008
I found this a lot easier to read then the bible. It's also a lot shorter.Anyone concerned with the state of modern Islam should read this inspiring text. As wityh the bible there are parts that are clearly outdated and even offensive. One must really imagine life a very long time ago, before there there was computers and silly puddy.
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December 1, 202201
廿賽賳賻賾 賴賻賭侔匕賻丕 丕賱賿賯購乇賿丌賳賻 賷賻賴賿丿賽賷 賱賽賱賻賾鬲賽賷 賴賽賷賻 兀賻賯賿賵賻賲購 賵賻賷購亘賻卮賽賾乇購 丕賱賿賲購丐賿賲賽賳賽賷賳賻 丕賱賻賾匕賽賷賳賻 賷賻毓賿賲賻賱購賵賳賻 丕賱氐賻賾丕賱賽丨賻丕鬲賽 兀賻賳賻賾 賱賻賴購賲賿 兀賻噩賿乇賸丕 賰賻亘賽賷乇賸丕
Indeed, this Qur'an guides to that which is most suitable and gives good tidings to the believers who do righteous deeds that they will have a great reward.
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賲賻賾賳賽 丕賴賿鬲賻丿賻賶侔 賮賻廿賽賳賻賾賲賻丕 賷賻賴賿鬲賻丿賽賷 賱賽賳賻賮賿爻賽賴賽 蹡 賵賻賲賻賳 囟賻賱賻賾 賮賻廿賽賳賻賾賲賻丕 賷賻囟賽賱購賾 毓賻賱賻賷賿賴賻丕 蹥 賵賻賱賻丕 鬲賻夭賽乇購 賵賻丕夭賽乇賻丞賹 賵賽夭賿乇賻 兀購禺賿乇賻賶侔 蹢 賵賻賲賻丕 賰購賳賻賾丕 賲購毓賻匕賽賾亘賽賷賳賻 丨賻鬲賻賾賶侔 賳賻亘賿毓賻孬賻 乇賻爻購賵賱賸丕
Whoever is guided is only guided for [the benefit of] his soul. And whoever errs only errs against it. And no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another. And never would We punish until We sent a messenger.
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賱賻賾丕 鬲賻噩賿毓賻賱賿 賲賻毓賻 丕賱賱賻賾賭賴賽 廿賽賱賻賭侔賴賸丕 丌禺賻乇賻 賮賻鬲賻賯賿毓購丿賻 賲賻匕賿賲購賵賲賸丕 賲賻賾禺賿匕購賵賱賸丕 锎抠①淳 賵賻賯賻囟賻賶侔 乇賻亘購賾賰賻 兀賻賱賻賾丕 鬲賻毓賿亘購丿購賵丕 廿賽賱賻賾丕 廿賽賷賻賾丕賴購 賵賻亘賽丕賱賿賵賻丕賱賽丿賻賷賿賳賽 廿賽丨賿爻賻丕賳賸丕 蹥 廿賽賲賻賾丕 賷賻亘賿賱購睾賻賳賻賾 毓賽賳丿賻賰賻 丕賱賿賰賽亘賻乇賻 兀賻丨賻丿購賴購賲賻丕 兀賻賵賿 賰賽賱賻丕賴購賲賻丕 賮賻賱賻丕 鬲賻賯購賱 賱賻賾賴購賲賻丕 兀購賮賺賾 賵賻賱賻丕 鬲賻賳賿賴賻乇賿賴購賲賻丕 賵賻賯購賱 賱賻賾賴購賲賻丕 賯賻賵賿賱賸丕 賰賻乇賽賷賲賸丕 锎抠①ｏ淳 賵賻丕禺賿賮賽囟賿 賱賻賴購賲賻丕 噩賻賳賻丕丨賻 丕賱匕購賾賱賽賾 賲賽賳賻 丕賱乇賻賾丨賿賲賻丞賽 賵賻賯購賱 乇賻賾亘賽賾 丕乇賿丨賻賲賿賴購賲賻丕 賰賻賲賻丕 乇賻亘賻賾賷賻丕賳賽賷 氐賻睾賽賷乇賸丕 锎抠①わ淳 乇賻賾亘購賾賰購賲賿 兀賻毓賿賱賻賲購 亘賽賲賻丕 賮賽賷 賳購賮購賵爻賽賰購賲賿 蹥 廿賽賳 鬲賻賰購賵賳購賵丕 氐賻丕賱賽丨賽賷賳賻 賮賻廿賽賳賻賾賴購 賰賻丕賳賻 賱賽賱賿兀賻賵賻賾丕亘賽賷賳賻 睾賻賮購賵乇賸丕 锎抠①ワ淳 賵賻丌鬲賽 匕賻丕 丕賱賿賯購乇賿亘賻賶侔 丨賻賯賻賾賴購 賵賻丕賱賿賲賽爻賿賰賽賷賳賻 賵賻丕亘賿賳賻 丕賱爻賻賾亘賽賷賱賽 賵賻賱賻丕 鬲購亘賻匕賽賾乇賿 鬲賻亘賿匕賽賷乇賸丕 锎抠①︼淳 廿賽賳賻賾 丕賱賿賲購亘賻匕賽賾乇賽賷賳賻 賰賻丕賳購賵丕 廿賽禺賿賵賻丕賳賻 丕賱卮賻賾賷賻丕胤賽賷賳賽 蹡 賵賻賰賻丕賳賻 丕賱卮賻賾賷賿胤賻丕賳購 賱賽乇賻亘賽賾賴賽 賰賻賮購賵乇賸丕
Do not make [as equal] with Allah another deity and [thereby] become censured and forsaken. (22) And your Lord has decreed that you not worship except Him, and to parents, good treatment. Whether one or both of them reach old age [while] with you, say not to them [so much as], "uff," and do not repel them but speak to them a noble word. (23) And lower to them the wing of humility out of mercy and say, "My Lord, have mercy upon them as they brought me up [when I was] small." (24) Your Lord is most knowing of what is within yourselves. If you should be righteous [in intention] - then indeed He is ever, to the often returning [to Him], Forgiving. (25) And give the relative his right, and [also] the poor and the traveler, and do not spend wastefully. (26) Indeed, the wasteful are brothers of the devils, and ever has Satan been to his Lord ungrateful.
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賵賻賯購賱 乇賻賾亘賽賾 兀賻丿賿禺賽賱賿賳賽賷 賲購丿賿禺賻賱賻 氐賽丿賿賯賺 賵賻兀賻禺賿乇賽噩賿賳賽賷 賲購禺賿乇賻噩賻 氐賽丿賿賯賺 賵賻丕噩賿毓賻賱 賱賽賾賷 賲賽賳 賱賻賾丿購賳賰賻 爻購賱賿胤賻丕賳賸丕 賳賻賾氐賽賷乇賸丕 锟斤拷侉贍锎� 賵賻賯購賱賿 噩賻丕亍賻 丕賱賿丨賻賯購賾 賵賻夭賻賴賻賯賻 丕賱賿亘賻丕胤賽賱購 蹥 廿賽賳賻賾 丕賱賿亘賻丕胤賽賱賻 賰賻丕賳賻 夭賻賴購賵賯賸丕 锎抠ㄙ★淳 賵賻賳購賳賻夭賽賾賱購 賲賽賳賻 丕賱賿賯購乇賿丌賳賽 賲賻丕 賴購賵賻 卮賽賮賻丕亍賹 賵賻乇賻丨賿賲賻丞賹 賱賽賾賱賿賲購丐賿賲賽賳賽賷賳賻 蹤 賵賻賱賻丕 賷賻夭賽賷丿購 丕賱馗賻賾丕賱賽賲賽賷賳賻 廿賽賱賻賾丕 禺賻爻賻丕乇賸丕 锎抠ㄙ淳 賵賻廿賽匕賻丕 兀賻賳賿毓賻賲賿賳賻丕 毓賻賱賻賶 丕賱賿廿賽賳爻賻丕賳賽 兀賻毓賿乇賻囟賻 賵賻賳賻兀賻賶侔 亘賽噩賻丕賳賽亘賽賴賽 蹡 賵賻廿賽匕賻丕 賲賻爻賻賾賴購 丕賱卮賻賾乇購賾 賰賻丕賳賻 賷賻卅購賵爻賸丕 锎抠ㄙｏ淳 賯購賱賿 賰購賱賹賾 賷賻毓賿賲賻賱購 毓賻賱賻賶侔 卮賻丕賰賽賱賻鬲賽賴賽 賮賻乇賻亘購賾賰購賲賿 兀賻毓賿賱賻賲購 亘賽賲賻賳賿 賴購賵賻 兀賻賴賿丿賻賶侔 爻賻亘賽賷賱賸丕 锎抠ㄙわ淳 賵賻賷賻爻賿兀賻賱購賵賳賻賰賻 毓賻賳賽 丕賱乇購賾賵丨賽 蹡 賯購賱賽 丕賱乇購賾賵丨購 賲賽賳賿 兀賻賲賿乇賽 乇賻亘賽賾賷 賵賻賲賻丕 兀購賵鬲賽賷鬲購賲 賲賽賾賳賻 丕賱賿毓賽賱賿賲賽 廿賽賱賻賾丕 賯賻賱賽賷賱賸丕
And say, "My Lord, cause me to enter a sound entrance and to exit a sound exit and grant me from Yourself a supporting authority." (80) And say, "Truth has come, and falsehood has departed. Indeed is falsehood, [by nature], ever bound to depart." (81) And We send down of the Qur'an that which is healing and mercy for the believers, but it does not increase the wrongdoers except in loss. (82) And when We bestow favor upon the disbeliever, he turns away and distances himself; and when evil touches him, he is ever despairing. (83) Say, "Each works according to his manner, but your Lord is most knowing of who is best guided in way." (84) And they ask you, [O Muhammad], about the soul. Say, "The soul is of the affair of my Lord. And mankind have not been given of knowledge except a little."
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廿賽賳賻賾 丕賱賻賾匕賽賷賳賻 丌賲賻賳購賵丕 賵賻丕賱賻賾匕賽賷賳賻 賴賻丕丿購賵丕 賵賻丕賱賳賻賾氐賻丕乇賻賶侔 賵賻丕賱氐賻賾丕亘賽卅賽賷賳賻 賲賻賳賿 丌賲賻賳賻 亘賽丕賱賱賻賾賭賴賽 賵賻丕賱賿賷賻賵賿賲賽 丕賱賿丌禺賽乇賽 賵賻毓賻賲賽賱賻 氐賻丕賱賽丨賸丕 賮賻賱賻賴購賲賿 兀賻噩賿乇購賴購賲賿 毓賽賳丿賻 乇賻亘賽賾賴賽賲賿 賵賻賱賻丕 禺賻賵賿賮賹 毓賻賱賻賷賿賴賽賲賿 賵賻賱賻丕 賴購賲賿 賷賻丨賿夭賻賳購賵賳賻
Indeed, those who believed and those who were Jews or Christians or Sabeans [before Prophet Muhammad] - those [among them] who believed in Allah and the Last Day and did righteousness - will have their reward with their Lord, and no fear will there be concerning them, nor will they grieve.
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廿賽賳賻賾 丕賱賻賾匕賽賷賳賻 丌賲賻賳購賵丕 賵賻丕賱賻賾匕賽賷賳賻 賴賻丕丿購賵丕 賵賻丕賱氐賻賾丕亘賽卅賽賷賳賻 賵賻丕賱賳賻賾氐賻丕乇賻賶侔 賵賻丕賱賿賲賻噩購賵爻賻 賵賻丕賱賻賾匕賽賷賳賻 兀賻卮賿乇賻賰購賵丕 廿賽賳賻賾 丕賱賱賻賾賭賴賻 賷賻賮賿氐賽賱購 亘賻賷賿賳賻賴購賲賿 賷賻賵賿賲賻 丕賱賿賯賽賷賻丕賲賻丞賽 蹥 廿賽賳賻賾 丕賱賱賻賾賭賴賻 毓賻賱賻賶侔 賰購賱賽賾 卮賻賷賿亍賺 卮賻賴賽賷丿賹
Indeed, those who have believed and those who were Jews and the Sabeans and the Christians and the Magians and those who associated with Allah - Allah will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection. Indeed Allah is, over all things, Witness.
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賯購賱賿 氐賻丿賻賯賻 丕賱賱賻賾賭賴購 蹢 賮賻丕鬲賻賾亘賽毓購賵丕 賲賽賱賻賾丞賻 廿賽亘賿乇賻丕賴賽賷賲賻 丨賻賳賽賷賮賸丕 賵賻賲賻丕 賰賻丕賳賻 賲賽賳賻 丕賱賿賲購卮賿乇賽賰賽賷賳賻
Say, "Allah has told the truth. So follow the religion of Abraham, inclining toward truth; and he was not of the polytheists."
April 24, 2023
The Qur'an is the main religious text of Islam. Muslims believe that it was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad 1400 years ago by God. It is considered the book of guidance for humankind.
The Qur'an was revealed in the month of Ramadan on the night of Laylatul Qadr (Night of Decree). It is considered that completing this greatest literary masterpiece in Arabic during Ramadan brings an abundance of rewards. I am delighted as I was able to finish reading it during this Ramadan.
I think that this is a book that people from every religion and culture should read. The amount of wisdom in it is remarkable.
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September 29, 2008
Everyone should read this book at least once in their lifetime. I think it's especially critical given the conflict between Islam and the West.
March 28, 2007
One Day I Will Understand it Perfectly!!!
May 22, 2013
Note, May 22, 2013: Some of the discussion below convinced me that I should add a couple of clarifying sentences, which I've just done.
With the current controversies over the projected "Ground Zero" mosque and the threatened Koran burning, a review of the Koran (also spelled Quran; there isn't always a one-on-one correspondence of Arabic and Latin letters) seemed topical. That might seem ground that angels fear to tread, fraught as it is with controversy, deeply-felt sensibilities for some, and the potential for verbal abuse and even physical violence in response. (It's also a challenge to distinguish between a review of the Koran per se and a full-blown discussion of Islam and its role in the world; the two subjects inevitably impinge on each other, but they aren't identical.) But 欧宝娱乐 exists to provide book discussion --especially discussion of books with ideas that greatly impact the modern world; and by any definition, this one fits that description. Reviews so far tend to fall into three camps: those by Moslems lauding the book to the skies, those by Christian and Jewish believers angrily attacking it, and those by skeptics who see it as a prime example of the ludicrous nature of any and all religions. My own perspective is that of a committed Christian believer convinced of the truth claims of Jesus Christ. That stance is not only compatible with an effort to be fair in describing and evaluating others' beliefs in an attitude of respect for fellow human beings, but positively mandates it.
Unlike the Bible, which contains the writings of many authors spread over millenia, the Koran preserves the oral discourses of just one man, Mohammed, during his lifetime in seventh-century Arabia. (So it has a single basic historical-cultural context, and reflects the theology and style of just one author.) Moslems regard Mohammed as the last and ultimate prophet of God ("Allah" is simply the Arabic word for God, cognate with the Hebrew "El") --and by "God," they mean the God of the ancient Near Eastern religious tradition that also underlies the Bible, the God who revealed Himself to Noah and Abraham. (This in itself doesn't mean that their beliefs perfectly comprehend Him --arguably, nobody perfectly comprehends Him-- but it does mean that "Allah" should not be viewed by Christians as some alien deity comparable to Baal or Molech.) Mohammed's words were dictated to scribes; he was himself illiterate (not a disgrace, in that time and place). Raised in a polytheistic environment, he had some personal contact with Jews, and mostly second-hand information about Christian beliefs, and he connected Jewish and Christian conceptions of God with the primitive monotheistic tradition of his Arab ancestors, but he obviously never read either the Old or New Testaments. He viewed himself as a prophet called to uphold God's cause, and claimed Divine authority for his words.
The content of the Koran itself is sermonic material; it lays down some laws, which reflect a fairly primitive tribal society, and touches incidentally on theology in places, but the overwhelming majority of the content is a pounding reinteration of the twin themes of demand for absolute loyalty and obedience to God and threats of judgment against the disobedient, expressed over and over with a high degree of repetitive language (useful for memorization in a mainly oral culture) and in what I found to be a turgid style. (For me, it was a chore to read, and I think it would be for most Occidental readers.) Naturally, for Christian readers the obvious question here is the legitimacy of Mohammed's claim that this represents divinely inspired teaching. That this is not a claim to be rejected a priori is indicated by the fact that there are an increasing number of Moslems who accept Jesus as the Savior, and who see this as compatible with various views of Mohammed's prophetic role as legitimate. (See "Moslem Followers of Jesus?" by Joseph Cumming, Christianity Today, Dec. 2009, p. 32-5.) There is no hint here of the gospel of grace through faith on the basis of Christ's sacrifice, and not much hint of Divine compassion (beyond pro forma statements that God is "compassionate and merciful" --though here He doesn't sound like it); and the legislation allows things like slavery, polygamy and the subordination of women, and prescribes the death penalty much more liberally than we would. The same, however, can be said of parts of the Old Testament (though the Koranic command to cut off the hands of thieves and its encouragement of wife-beating goes beyond anything found in the Mosaic law). Those parts are set in a total context of Divine revelation that modifies or qualifies them; we accept them as Scripture, but if our sole understanding of God came from, say, the book of Obadiah, we'd have a severely mutilated picture. Much of the content of the Koran, on the most charitable assessment, could be seen as primitive and incomplete, in the same sense as some of the Old Testament that we can now view through the lens of progressive revelation and of Divine accommodation to limited human understanding on the part of the people He had to work with; a parent, as Calvin pointed out, speaks baby talk to an infant. (Though Mohammed lived in a time long after Christ, for all practical purposes his part of the world was a pre-Christian culture, and neither he nor his people had heard the gospel in anything like a coherent or understandable sense.)
IMO, though, there are aspects of the Koran that resist such a charitable view. To be sure, the stress on God's oneness is an Old Testament theme that no New Testament believer would deny, either; and even the insistence that God does not beget can be taken as a refutation of a misunderstanding of Christian doctrine, much as James in his epistle rebuts a misunderstanding of Pauline theology, not the genuine article. (God did not literally beget Jesus by sexual intercourse with Mary, in the manner of pagan gods siring children on human women, and no Christian believer would argue that He did.) But from a Christian standpoint, the Koranic insistence that Jesus was not really killed by his enemies, but was rescued by God, is incompatible with Divine revelation (not to mention history). It stems from the conviction that God must always necessarily rescue and vindicate the righteous, in this world --which, experientially, is NOT true-- and from (understandable) ignorance of the vicarious role of Jesus' death. Here again, Mohammed's lack of acquaintance with the New Testament was a serious liability --much as a lack of acquaintance with the Koran would be a liability to anyone making claims about Islam. (That isn't, obviously, anything that he could have helped; he had the information that could realistically be available to him in his time and place. By all accounts, he was actively interested in obtaining verbal information about both Judaism and Christianity; he can't be faulted for inevitable gaps in what he could acquire that way.) Also, while the Old Testament applies the Mosaic Law only to Israel, and the New Testament supersedes the letter of it with the spirit/Spirit, the Koran suggests no such limits for its laws --which is seen by strict Moslems today as a mandate to impose them on the entire world! Finally (and related to the latter) the Koran in places clearly commands a Moslem theocracy as the form of human government, and calls for its forcible imposition on the world. To be sure, not all Moslems are inclined to follow this to the letter. But this kind of Koranic teaching (coupled with its death penalty provisions for blasphemy and apostasy) certainly creates a built-in ratchet towards intolerance and religious violence, and provides religious justification for social policies which, no matter how constructive or mitigating they might have been in 7th-century tribal society, today more often create and perpetuate horrible injustice rather than mitigate it. To be wisely aware of this is not the same thing as calling for persecution of peaceful Moslems.
So in conclusion, my recommendation regarding the Koran is to read it, not burn it --but read it with a discerning critical faculty. :-)
With the current controversies over the projected "Ground Zero" mosque and the threatened Koran burning, a review of the Koran (also spelled Quran; there isn't always a one-on-one correspondence of Arabic and Latin letters) seemed topical. That might seem ground that angels fear to tread, fraught as it is with controversy, deeply-felt sensibilities for some, and the potential for verbal abuse and even physical violence in response. (It's also a challenge to distinguish between a review of the Koran per se and a full-blown discussion of Islam and its role in the world; the two subjects inevitably impinge on each other, but they aren't identical.) But 欧宝娱乐 exists to provide book discussion --especially discussion of books with ideas that greatly impact the modern world; and by any definition, this one fits that description. Reviews so far tend to fall into three camps: those by Moslems lauding the book to the skies, those by Christian and Jewish believers angrily attacking it, and those by skeptics who see it as a prime example of the ludicrous nature of any and all religions. My own perspective is that of a committed Christian believer convinced of the truth claims of Jesus Christ. That stance is not only compatible with an effort to be fair in describing and evaluating others' beliefs in an attitude of respect for fellow human beings, but positively mandates it.
Unlike the Bible, which contains the writings of many authors spread over millenia, the Koran preserves the oral discourses of just one man, Mohammed, during his lifetime in seventh-century Arabia. (So it has a single basic historical-cultural context, and reflects the theology and style of just one author.) Moslems regard Mohammed as the last and ultimate prophet of God ("Allah" is simply the Arabic word for God, cognate with the Hebrew "El") --and by "God," they mean the God of the ancient Near Eastern religious tradition that also underlies the Bible, the God who revealed Himself to Noah and Abraham. (This in itself doesn't mean that their beliefs perfectly comprehend Him --arguably, nobody perfectly comprehends Him-- but it does mean that "Allah" should not be viewed by Christians as some alien deity comparable to Baal or Molech.) Mohammed's words were dictated to scribes; he was himself illiterate (not a disgrace, in that time and place). Raised in a polytheistic environment, he had some personal contact with Jews, and mostly second-hand information about Christian beliefs, and he connected Jewish and Christian conceptions of God with the primitive monotheistic tradition of his Arab ancestors, but he obviously never read either the Old or New Testaments. He viewed himself as a prophet called to uphold God's cause, and claimed Divine authority for his words.
The content of the Koran itself is sermonic material; it lays down some laws, which reflect a fairly primitive tribal society, and touches incidentally on theology in places, but the overwhelming majority of the content is a pounding reinteration of the twin themes of demand for absolute loyalty and obedience to God and threats of judgment against the disobedient, expressed over and over with a high degree of repetitive language (useful for memorization in a mainly oral culture) and in what I found to be a turgid style. (For me, it was a chore to read, and I think it would be for most Occidental readers.) Naturally, for Christian readers the obvious question here is the legitimacy of Mohammed's claim that this represents divinely inspired teaching. That this is not a claim to be rejected a priori is indicated by the fact that there are an increasing number of Moslems who accept Jesus as the Savior, and who see this as compatible with various views of Mohammed's prophetic role as legitimate. (See "Moslem Followers of Jesus?" by Joseph Cumming, Christianity Today, Dec. 2009, p. 32-5.) There is no hint here of the gospel of grace through faith on the basis of Christ's sacrifice, and not much hint of Divine compassion (beyond pro forma statements that God is "compassionate and merciful" --though here He doesn't sound like it); and the legislation allows things like slavery, polygamy and the subordination of women, and prescribes the death penalty much more liberally than we would. The same, however, can be said of parts of the Old Testament (though the Koranic command to cut off the hands of thieves and its encouragement of wife-beating goes beyond anything found in the Mosaic law). Those parts are set in a total context of Divine revelation that modifies or qualifies them; we accept them as Scripture, but if our sole understanding of God came from, say, the book of Obadiah, we'd have a severely mutilated picture. Much of the content of the Koran, on the most charitable assessment, could be seen as primitive and incomplete, in the same sense as some of the Old Testament that we can now view through the lens of progressive revelation and of Divine accommodation to limited human understanding on the part of the people He had to work with; a parent, as Calvin pointed out, speaks baby talk to an infant. (Though Mohammed lived in a time long after Christ, for all practical purposes his part of the world was a pre-Christian culture, and neither he nor his people had heard the gospel in anything like a coherent or understandable sense.)
IMO, though, there are aspects of the Koran that resist such a charitable view. To be sure, the stress on God's oneness is an Old Testament theme that no New Testament believer would deny, either; and even the insistence that God does not beget can be taken as a refutation of a misunderstanding of Christian doctrine, much as James in his epistle rebuts a misunderstanding of Pauline theology, not the genuine article. (God did not literally beget Jesus by sexual intercourse with Mary, in the manner of pagan gods siring children on human women, and no Christian believer would argue that He did.) But from a Christian standpoint, the Koranic insistence that Jesus was not really killed by his enemies, but was rescued by God, is incompatible with Divine revelation (not to mention history). It stems from the conviction that God must always necessarily rescue and vindicate the righteous, in this world --which, experientially, is NOT true-- and from (understandable) ignorance of the vicarious role of Jesus' death. Here again, Mohammed's lack of acquaintance with the New Testament was a serious liability --much as a lack of acquaintance with the Koran would be a liability to anyone making claims about Islam. (That isn't, obviously, anything that he could have helped; he had the information that could realistically be available to him in his time and place. By all accounts, he was actively interested in obtaining verbal information about both Judaism and Christianity; he can't be faulted for inevitable gaps in what he could acquire that way.) Also, while the Old Testament applies the Mosaic Law only to Israel, and the New Testament supersedes the letter of it with the spirit/Spirit, the Koran suggests no such limits for its laws --which is seen by strict Moslems today as a mandate to impose them on the entire world! Finally (and related to the latter) the Koran in places clearly commands a Moslem theocracy as the form of human government, and calls for its forcible imposition on the world. To be sure, not all Moslems are inclined to follow this to the letter. But this kind of Koranic teaching (coupled with its death penalty provisions for blasphemy and apostasy) certainly creates a built-in ratchet towards intolerance and religious violence, and provides religious justification for social policies which, no matter how constructive or mitigating they might have been in 7th-century tribal society, today more often create and perpetuate horrible injustice rather than mitigate it. To be wisely aware of this is not the same thing as calling for persecution of peaceful Moslems.
So in conclusion, my recommendation regarding the Koran is to read it, not burn it --but read it with a discerning critical faculty. :-)
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May 17, 2019This is one book that I will never be finished reading. I believe no one can be finished with it unless they understand it fully and completely and then implement it fully and completely in their lives. As that is near to impossible unless Allah wills it, I will never be changing the status to read of this miracle.
I know that this book can change lives and will always enlighten the path of those who Allah wills and of those who will let it enlighten their path.
Every human being, I emphasise again that every human being should be give an oppertunity to read the Quran and those who are not previllaged enough to have the means should be helped by those who are. I think that it is the right of every human being to be guided and Allah is the only one who can do so.
I hope that more and more people will be able to find the means to read this amazing book and will also ask others to read it. And I pray to Allah that those who are misguided in the facts as to what the Quran holds, both muslims and non-muslims, that they would not heed what other people say anymore and would try to learn themselves. Ameen.
And of course, I cannot rate this book. I have no right and am a no body in front of that Almighty Allah who has blessed us with its magnificence. May he guide us all! Ameen.
I know that this book can change lives and will always enlighten the path of those who Allah wills and of those who will let it enlighten their path.
Every human being, I emphasise again that every human being should be give an oppertunity to read the Quran and those who are not previllaged enough to have the means should be helped by those who are. I think that it is the right of every human being to be guided and Allah is the only one who can do so.
I hope that more and more people will be able to find the means to read this amazing book and will also ask others to read it. And I pray to Allah that those who are misguided in the facts as to what the Quran holds, both muslims and non-muslims, that they would not heed what other people say anymore and would try to learn themselves. Ameen.
And of course, I cannot rate this book. I have no right and am a no body in front of that Almighty Allah who has blessed us with its magnificence. May he guide us all! Ameen.
June 10, 2011
I've been raised as a Christian, pretty much from the very beginning. After 25 years, I decided to call it quits and identify as an atheist. There are plenty of reasons I have for making that decision, but one day, I thought, that those reasons were all due to my reactions against Christianity. So here I am, finding myself rejecting religion, all due to assumptions based on one religion: Christianity. Thus, I felt uncomfortable to reject religion across the board, using only data points from one religion. After all, it's just like saying that I hate seafood when the only seafood I have eaten is shrimp. Thus, I picked the Qur'an. And I read it.
So what is this about?
This, as many people know, is the Holy Book of Islam. It is composed of 114 chapters, called surahs, and each surah has several verses. From a statistical point of view, the opening surahs tend to be longer than the closing ones. The second surah, for example, entitled "The Cow", has 286 verses, while the 110th surah only has three. Each surah opens with In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful.
I initially wanted to read the Qur'an because it is believed that the Qur'an is the most spectacular piece of Arabic literature. It also helps perhaps to understand what the cultural references are to novels that I have read in the past, especially those that dealt with Islamic characters. I previously read Orhan Pamuk's My Name is Red and Nag墨b Ma岣奴岷�'s Palace Walk, and it would definitely have helped if I had a better idea what were the religious assumptions that the characters held. Now that I have read the Qur'an, it would be easier to see where these characters are coming from.
But another reason I wanted to read the Qur'an is because I wanted to put my thoughts to the test. I identify as an atheist, which means that I rejected the belief of religion in general. But in actuality, I've never known what I was rejecting, at least with respect to Islam. I need to read about it first, before I can be more comfortable in saying that I do not buy it as well. After all, it's the scientific approach, that of experimentation.
So, 114 surahs later, I now have an opinion of what the Qur'an is. I was surprised at how some story lines are parallel to what I know the best, which is the Bible. There are characters that appeared in both, such as Noah, Abraham, Moses, even Jesus. The Jews and Christians both appear in the Qur'an, but unlike Christianity, for Muslims, Jesus is just another prophet. Somewhere the stories split, and there are characters that appear in the Qur'an but not in the Bible.
I quite do not appreciate the catechism-like style of writing. There were plenty of repetitions. Several lines of thought were repeated: how Allah is all merciful and most benevolent (repeated before every chapter); how humankind emerged from a drop of holy sperm; how Allah is all-powerful and all-wise; et cetera. I never expected it to be a scientific book, and as the Bible, the writing style is geared toward indoctrination. The perspective is one of infallibility: the Qur'an only tells you that Allah is powerful, wise, and knows what is best for you. But it doesn't tell you WHY he is indeed claimed to be so. All you have to do is believe, and if you don't, you will face eternal destruction. I guess after reading this, I still conclude that Islam is not for me, and my personal conviction still holds ground. I am still an atheist.
One thing though that I have to say regarding the Qur'an, is that many people think that the Qur'an is a violent book and Islam is a violent religion. But after reading it, I think that the violence is just the same as what the Bible has. There is plenty of talk about believers and unbelievers, with the main gist as that the unbelievers will be punished by Allah. But the Bible also says the same thing. Believers will be blessed, while unbelievers will be punished, both in the Qur'an and in the Bible. Thus, to those people who burn Qur'ans because they think it's a violent book, perhaps they might want to read their own Bible too. If the Bible were made as a movie, I am pretty sure it would get an R rating.
I understand that that is not the whole problem. There's the fundamentalists too. But there are fundamentalists in Christianity too. Just check out what's found in Topeka, Kansas and you'll know what I am talking about.
So, as this is a book review, I am giving it 3 out of 5 stars. It's an awesome piece of cultural heritage, but it failed to persuade me to change my beliefs. I ended the book feeling untouched.
So what is this about?
This, as many people know, is the Holy Book of Islam. It is composed of 114 chapters, called surahs, and each surah has several verses. From a statistical point of view, the opening surahs tend to be longer than the closing ones. The second surah, for example, entitled "The Cow", has 286 verses, while the 110th surah only has three. Each surah opens with In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful.
I initially wanted to read the Qur'an because it is believed that the Qur'an is the most spectacular piece of Arabic literature. It also helps perhaps to understand what the cultural references are to novels that I have read in the past, especially those that dealt with Islamic characters. I previously read Orhan Pamuk's My Name is Red and Nag墨b Ma岣奴岷�'s Palace Walk, and it would definitely have helped if I had a better idea what were the religious assumptions that the characters held. Now that I have read the Qur'an, it would be easier to see where these characters are coming from.
But another reason I wanted to read the Qur'an is because I wanted to put my thoughts to the test. I identify as an atheist, which means that I rejected the belief of religion in general. But in actuality, I've never known what I was rejecting, at least with respect to Islam. I need to read about it first, before I can be more comfortable in saying that I do not buy it as well. After all, it's the scientific approach, that of experimentation.
So, 114 surahs later, I now have an opinion of what the Qur'an is. I was surprised at how some story lines are parallel to what I know the best, which is the Bible. There are characters that appeared in both, such as Noah, Abraham, Moses, even Jesus. The Jews and Christians both appear in the Qur'an, but unlike Christianity, for Muslims, Jesus is just another prophet. Somewhere the stories split, and there are characters that appear in the Qur'an but not in the Bible.
I quite do not appreciate the catechism-like style of writing. There were plenty of repetitions. Several lines of thought were repeated: how Allah is all merciful and most benevolent (repeated before every chapter); how humankind emerged from a drop of holy sperm; how Allah is all-powerful and all-wise; et cetera. I never expected it to be a scientific book, and as the Bible, the writing style is geared toward indoctrination. The perspective is one of infallibility: the Qur'an only tells you that Allah is powerful, wise, and knows what is best for you. But it doesn't tell you WHY he is indeed claimed to be so. All you have to do is believe, and if you don't, you will face eternal destruction. I guess after reading this, I still conclude that Islam is not for me, and my personal conviction still holds ground. I am still an atheist.
One thing though that I have to say regarding the Qur'an, is that many people think that the Qur'an is a violent book and Islam is a violent religion. But after reading it, I think that the violence is just the same as what the Bible has. There is plenty of talk about believers and unbelievers, with the main gist as that the unbelievers will be punished by Allah. But the Bible also says the same thing. Believers will be blessed, while unbelievers will be punished, both in the Qur'an and in the Bible. Thus, to those people who burn Qur'ans because they think it's a violent book, perhaps they might want to read their own Bible too. If the Bible were made as a movie, I am pretty sure it would get an R rating.
I understand that that is not the whole problem. There's the fundamentalists too. But there are fundamentalists in Christianity too. Just check out what's found in Topeka, Kansas and you'll know what I am talking about.
So, as this is a book review, I am giving it 3 out of 5 stars. It's an awesome piece of cultural heritage, but it failed to persuade me to change my beliefs. I ended the book feeling untouched.
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August 22, 2009賴賵 賰賱丕賲 丕賱賱賴 .. 丕賱匕賷 賱丕 賷亘賱賶 賲毓 丕賱鬲賰乇丕乇 .. 賵賱丕 賷賲賱 賲毓 胤賵賱 丕賱丕賷丕賲 ..
丌賴 毓賱賶 爻丕毓丕鬲 囟丕毓鬲 賲丕 賯乇兀賳丕賴 賮賷賴丕 ..
賵 丌賴 毓賱賶 兀賷丕賲 囟丕毓鬲 丿賵賳 丕賳卮睾丕賱 亘賲毓丕賳賷賴 賵 丌賷丕鬲賴 ..
丌賴 毓賱賶 爻丕毓丕鬲 囟丕毓鬲 賲丕 賯乇兀賳丕賴 賮賷賴丕 ..
賵 丌賴 毓賱賶 兀賷丕賲 囟丕毓鬲 丿賵賳 丕賳卮睾丕賱 亘賲毓丕賳賷賴 賵 丌賷丕鬲賴 ..
April 27, 2007
If you only ever in your entire life read one book, read this one. I promise you, it is unlike anything else you'll ever read.
June 7, 2012
This is awkward. Well, I'm a Muslim. Therefore, I will find this the best book in the history of civilization. =)
December 4, 2015
丕賱禺賲爻 賳噩賵賲 亘鬲賵毓賷 賱賱賯乇丌賳 丕賱賰乇賷賲 賵 亘爻 :) ..
丕鬲賮賯賳丕 :) 責責
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God is Merciful .. Most Merciful, The King, The peace, The dominant, The mighty, The Creator .. God has a beautiful names as a whole, is not (unknown), is (one Lord) for Christians and Muslims and Buddhists and Brahma and ancient pharaohs, all sanctified (God), and as Muslims we do not have a problem if the Christians wrote that God is the author of the Bible, to the contrary, And if they did not wrote it we will wrote ! , So do not claim that (there is religious conflict here) ! , it's the problem of non-believers in God .. their problem stands in the lack of respect for the beliefs of others and in the lack of respect for freedom of belief and the faith
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賵 亘氐 .. 丕賳賰 鬲卮賵賮 丕賳 賰鬲丕亘 乇亘賳丕 鬲賯賷賷賲賴 賯賱賷賱 賵 丕賳鬲 賮賷 丕賱賲賯丕亘賱 賯丕毓丿 鬲丿賶 鬲賯賷賷賲丕鬲 賲乇鬲賮毓賴 賱賰鬲亘 鬲丕賳賷賴 毓卮丕賳 亘丕賱鬲丕賱賶 丕賱賰鬲亘 丿賶 鬲丕禺丿 鬲賯賷賷賲丕鬲 丕毓賱賶 賲賳 鬲賯賷賷賲 (賰鬲丕亘 乇亘賳丕) 亘爻亘亘 鬲賴丕賵賳賰 丕賳鬲 賵 睾賷乇賰 亘丨噩丞 鬲賰乇賷賲 賰鬲丕亘 乇亘賳丕
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毓賳丿賰 賲賵賯賮 責 .. 胤亘 亘賰賱 丕丨鬲乇丕賲 丕禺乇噩 賲賳 丕賱賲賵賯毓 禺丕丕丕丕賱氐 丕賲丕 鬲爻鬲賲乇 賮賷 丕賳賰 鬲賯乇丕 賰鬲亘 賵 鬲毓賲賱 賱賴丕 鬲賯賷賷賲丕鬲 毓丕賱賷賴 鬲毓賱賷 鬲賯賷賷賲賴丕 毓賱賶 鬲賯賷賷賲 賰鬲丕亘賰 丕賱賲賯丿爻 賷亘賯賶 丕賳鬲 賲賵卮 賲賯氐乇 賵 亘爻 .. 丕賳鬲 賰丿賴 賲禺胤兀 賮賷 丨賯 丿賷賳賰 賵 賰鬲丕亘賰 丕賱賲賯丿爻
(兀賷 賰丕賳)
賵 爻丕賲丨 賱賴賲 賵 亘鬲爻丕毓丿賴賲 賮賷 丕賳賴賲 賷禺胤兀賵丕 賮賷 丨賯賴
賱賵 賱爻賴 賲丕賮賴賲鬲卮 亘毓丿 賰賱 賰賱丕賲賶 丿丕 丕夭丕賷 丕賳鬲 丨丕胤胤 乇丕爻賰 賮賷 丕賱丕乇囟 夭賷 丕賱賳毓丕賲賴 賵 亘鬲丿毓賷 鬲賰乇賷賲 賰鬲丕亘 丕賱賱賴 乇睾賲 丕賳賰 賮賷 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 亘鬲賴賷賳賴 亘賰賵賳賰 毓賱賶 丕賱賲賵賯毓 丿丕 賵 賱賰賵賳賰 亘鬲丿毓賲 丕賱賲賵賯毓 丿丕 賵 亘鬲丿毓賲 賲賵賯賮賴 .. 賱賰賵賳賰 亘鬲爻丕毓丿 賮賷 賳卮乇 丕賱賲賵賯毓 丕賱賱賶 賰鬲丕亘 乇亘賳丕 賮賷賴 鬲賯賷賷賲賴 丕賯賱 賲賳 賰鬲丕亘 賲賷賰賶 !
賰鬲丕亘 賲賷賰賷 丕賱賱賶 亘丕賷丿賰 丕丿賷鬲賴 丕賱鬲賯賷賷賲 賵 爻丕毓丿鬲賴 賮賷 丕賳賴 賷爻鬲毓賱賶 亘鬲賯賷賷賲賴 毓賱賶 鬲賯賷賷賲 賰鬲丕亘 乇亘賳丕 ! 賱賵 毓賲賱鬲 賰丿賴 賵 丕賳鬲 丨丿 賲丐賲賳 亘丿賷賳賰 賵 亘賰鬲丕亘賰 丕賱賲賯丿爻 .. 賮丕賳鬲 丨丿 賱丕 賲丐丕禺匕丞 亘賯賶 .. 賮賴賲鬲 賵 賱丕 賱爻賴 責責 .. 賱賵 賱爻賴 賲丕 賮賴賲鬲卮 賮丿賶 賲卮賰賱鬲賰 亘噩丿
I believe that, this is the book of God .. but my faith is not a reason in my assessment it as such .. it's really .. spirituality .. transparency . and a great many things I can not explain it .. this book is really and honestly , the book that I did not find anything that could be the subject of negative criticism .. so after the study and after inspection .. by all honesty and sincerity and goodwill , I can give The Quran, And only
My 5 stars ...
丕鬲賮賯賳丕 :) 責責
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God is Merciful .. Most Merciful, The King, The peace, The dominant, The mighty, The Creator .. God has a beautiful names as a whole, is not (unknown), is (one Lord) for Christians and Muslims and Buddhists and Brahma and ancient pharaohs, all sanctified (God), and as Muslims we do not have a problem if the Christians wrote that God is the author of the Bible, to the contrary, And if they did not wrote it we will wrote ! , So do not claim that (there is religious conflict here) ! , it's the problem of non-believers in God .. their problem stands in the lack of respect for the beliefs of others and in the lack of respect for freedom of belief and the faith
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賵 亘氐 .. 丕賳賰 鬲卮賵賮 丕賳 賰鬲丕亘 乇亘賳丕 鬲賯賷賷賲賴 賯賱賷賱 賵 丕賳鬲 賮賷 丕賱賲賯丕亘賱 賯丕毓丿 鬲丿賶 鬲賯賷賷賲丕鬲 賲乇鬲賮毓賴 賱賰鬲亘 鬲丕賳賷賴 毓卮丕賳 亘丕賱鬲丕賱賶 丕賱賰鬲亘 丿賶 鬲丕禺丿 鬲賯賷賷賲丕鬲 丕毓賱賶 賲賳 鬲賯賷賷賲 (賰鬲丕亘 乇亘賳丕) 亘爻亘亘 鬲賴丕賵賳賰 丕賳鬲 賵 睾賷乇賰 亘丨噩丞 鬲賰乇賷賲 賰鬲丕亘 乇亘賳丕
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毓賳丿賰 賲賵賯賮 責 .. 胤亘 亘賰賱 丕丨鬲乇丕賲 丕禺乇噩 賲賳 丕賱賲賵賯毓 禺丕丕丕丕賱氐 丕賲丕 鬲爻鬲賲乇 賮賷 丕賳賰 鬲賯乇丕 賰鬲亘 賵 鬲毓賲賱 賱賴丕 鬲賯賷賷賲丕鬲 毓丕賱賷賴 鬲毓賱賷 鬲賯賷賷賲賴丕 毓賱賶 鬲賯賷賷賲 賰鬲丕亘賰 丕賱賲賯丿爻 賷亘賯賶 丕賳鬲 賲賵卮 賲賯氐乇 賵 亘爻 .. 丕賳鬲 賰丿賴 賲禺胤兀 賮賷 丨賯 丿賷賳賰 賵 賰鬲丕亘賰 丕賱賲賯丿爻
(兀賷 賰丕賳)
賵 爻丕賲丨 賱賴賲 賵 亘鬲爻丕毓丿賴賲 賮賷 丕賳賴賲 賷禺胤兀賵丕 賮賷 丨賯賴
賱賵 賱爻賴 賲丕賮賴賲鬲卮 亘毓丿 賰賱 賰賱丕賲賶 丿丕 丕夭丕賷 丕賳鬲 丨丕胤胤 乇丕爻賰 賮賷 丕賱丕乇囟 夭賷 丕賱賳毓丕賲賴 賵 亘鬲丿毓賷 鬲賰乇賷賲 賰鬲丕亘 丕賱賱賴 乇睾賲 丕賳賰 賮賷 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 亘鬲賴賷賳賴 亘賰賵賳賰 毓賱賶 丕賱賲賵賯毓 丿丕 賵 賱賰賵賳賰 亘鬲丿毓賲 丕賱賲賵賯毓 丿丕 賵 亘鬲丿毓賲 賲賵賯賮賴 .. 賱賰賵賳賰 亘鬲爻丕毓丿 賮賷 賳卮乇 丕賱賲賵賯毓 丕賱賱賶 賰鬲丕亘 乇亘賳丕 賮賷賴 鬲賯賷賷賲賴 丕賯賱 賲賳 賰鬲丕亘 賲賷賰賶 !
賰鬲丕亘 賲賷賰賷 丕賱賱賶 亘丕賷丿賰 丕丿賷鬲賴 丕賱鬲賯賷賷賲 賵 爻丕毓丿鬲賴 賮賷 丕賳賴 賷爻鬲毓賱賶 亘鬲賯賷賷賲賴 毓賱賶 鬲賯賷賷賲 賰鬲丕亘 乇亘賳丕 ! 賱賵 毓賲賱鬲 賰丿賴 賵 丕賳鬲 丨丿 賲丐賲賳 亘丿賷賳賰 賵 亘賰鬲丕亘賰 丕賱賲賯丿爻 .. 賮丕賳鬲 丨丿 賱丕 賲丐丕禺匕丞 亘賯賶 .. 賮賴賲鬲 賵 賱丕 賱爻賴 責責 .. 賱賵 賱爻賴 賲丕 賮賴賲鬲卮 賮丿賶 賲卮賰賱鬲賰 亘噩丿
I believe that, this is the book of God .. but my faith is not a reason in my assessment it as such .. it's really .. spirituality .. transparency . and a great many things I can not explain it .. this book is really and honestly , the book that I did not find anything that could be the subject of negative criticism .. so after the study and after inspection .. by all honesty and sincerity and goodwill , I can give The Quran, And only
My 5 stars ...
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May 2, 2013丕賱丨賲丿 賱賱賴 鬲亘丕乇賰 賵鬲毓丕賱賶 毓夭 賵噩賱 賱賴 丕賱兀爻賲丕亍 丕賱丨爻賳賶 賵 丕賱氐賮丕鬲 丕賱毓賱丕
丕賱賯乇丌賳 丕賱毓乇亘賷 賰賱丕賲 丕賱賱賴 貙 賲賳夭賱 貙 睾賷乇 賲禺賱賵賯 貙 賲賳賴 亘丿兀 貙 賵廿賱賷賴 賷毓賵丿 貙 賵丕賱賱賴 鬲賰賱賲 亘賴 毓賱賶 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 貙 賮賴賵 賰賱丕賲賴 丨賯賷賯丞 賱丕 賰賱丕賲 睾賷乇賴 貙 賵廿匕丕 賯乇兀 丕賱賳丕爻 丕賱賯乇丌賳 兀賵 賰鬲亘賵賴 賮賷 丕賱賲氐丕丨賮 賱賲 賷禺乇噩賴 匕賱賰 毓賳 兀賳 賷賰賵賳 賰賱丕賲 丕賱賱賴 貨 賮廿賳 丕賱賰賱丕賲 廿賳賲丕 賷囟丕賮 丨賯賷賯丞 廿賱賶 賲賳 賯丕賱賴 賲亘鬲丿卅丕 貙 賱丕 廿賱賶 賲賳 亘賱睾賴 賲丐丿賷丕 貙 賵丕賱賱賴 鬲賰賱賲 亘丨乇賵賮賴 賵賲毓丕賳賷賴 亘賱賮馗 賳賮爻賴 貙 賱賷爻 卮賷亍 賲賳賴 賰賱丕賲丕 賱睾賷乇賴 貙 賱丕 賱噩亘乇賷賱 貙 賵賱丕 賱賲丨賲丿 貙 賵賱丕 賱睾賷乇賴賲丕 貙 賵丕賱賱賴 鬲賰賱賲 亘賴 兀賷囟丕 亘氐賵鬲 賳賮爻賴 貙 賮廿匕丕 賯乇兀賴 丕賱毓亘丕丿 賯乇亍賵賴 亘氐賵鬲 兀賳賮爻賴賲 貙 賮廿匕丕 賯丕賱 丕賱賯丕乇卅 賲孬賱丕 : 丕賱丨賲丿 賱賱賴 乇亘 丕賱毓丕賱賲賷賳 貨 賰丕賳 賴匕丕 丕賱賰賱丕賲 丕賱賲爻賲賵毓 賲賳賴 賰賱丕賲 丕賱賱賴 貙 賱丕 賰賱丕賲 賳賮爻賴 貙 賵賰丕賳 賴賵 賯乇兀賴 亘氐賵鬲 賳賮爻賴 賱丕 亘氐賵鬲 丕賱賱賴 .
賳賯賱丕 毓賳 : 卮乇丨 丕賱毓賯賷丿丞 丕賱賵丕爻胤賷丞 禄 丌賷丕鬲 丕賱氐賮丕鬲 禄 丕賱賯乇丌賳 賰賱丕賲 丕賱賱賴
賱兀亘賳 鬲賷賲賷丞 乇丨賲賴 丕賱賱賴 卮乇丨 賲丨賲丿 亘賳 禺賱賷賱 亘賳 賴乇丕爻.
賵賷賳亘睾賶 毓賱賶 丕賱賲丐賲賳 賲丿賵丕賲丞 賯乇丕亍鬲賴 亘鬲賵賮賷賯 丕賱賱賴 爻亘丨丕賳賴 賵鬲毓丕賱賶 賵 賮囟賱賴 , 廿賳賴 賵賱賶 匕賱賰 賵 丕賱賯丕丿乇 毓賱賷賴.
丕賱賯乇丌賳 丕賱毓乇亘賷 賰賱丕賲 丕賱賱賴 貙 賲賳夭賱 貙 睾賷乇 賲禺賱賵賯 貙 賲賳賴 亘丿兀 貙 賵廿賱賷賴 賷毓賵丿 貙 賵丕賱賱賴 鬲賰賱賲 亘賴 毓賱賶 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 貙 賮賴賵 賰賱丕賲賴 丨賯賷賯丞 賱丕 賰賱丕賲 睾賷乇賴 貙 賵廿匕丕 賯乇兀 丕賱賳丕爻 丕賱賯乇丌賳 兀賵 賰鬲亘賵賴 賮賷 丕賱賲氐丕丨賮 賱賲 賷禺乇噩賴 匕賱賰 毓賳 兀賳 賷賰賵賳 賰賱丕賲 丕賱賱賴 貨 賮廿賳 丕賱賰賱丕賲 廿賳賲丕 賷囟丕賮 丨賯賷賯丞 廿賱賶 賲賳 賯丕賱賴 賲亘鬲丿卅丕 貙 賱丕 廿賱賶 賲賳 亘賱睾賴 賲丐丿賷丕 貙 賵丕賱賱賴 鬲賰賱賲 亘丨乇賵賮賴 賵賲毓丕賳賷賴 亘賱賮馗 賳賮爻賴 貙 賱賷爻 卮賷亍 賲賳賴 賰賱丕賲丕 賱睾賷乇賴 貙 賱丕 賱噩亘乇賷賱 貙 賵賱丕 賱賲丨賲丿 貙 賵賱丕 賱睾賷乇賴賲丕 貙 賵丕賱賱賴 鬲賰賱賲 亘賴 兀賷囟丕 亘氐賵鬲 賳賮爻賴 貙 賮廿匕丕 賯乇兀賴 丕賱毓亘丕丿 賯乇亍賵賴 亘氐賵鬲 兀賳賮爻賴賲 貙 賮廿匕丕 賯丕賱 丕賱賯丕乇卅 賲孬賱丕 : 丕賱丨賲丿 賱賱賴 乇亘 丕賱毓丕賱賲賷賳 貨 賰丕賳 賴匕丕 丕賱賰賱丕賲 丕賱賲爻賲賵毓 賲賳賴 賰賱丕賲 丕賱賱賴 貙 賱丕 賰賱丕賲 賳賮爻賴 貙 賵賰丕賳 賴賵 賯乇兀賴 亘氐賵鬲 賳賮爻賴 賱丕 亘氐賵鬲 丕賱賱賴 .
賳賯賱丕 毓賳 : 卮乇丨 丕賱毓賯賷丿丞 丕賱賵丕爻胤賷丞 禄 丌賷丕鬲 丕賱氐賮丕鬲 禄 丕賱賯乇丌賳 賰賱丕賲 丕賱賱賴
賱兀亘賳 鬲賷賲賷丞 乇丨賲賴 丕賱賱賴 卮乇丨 賲丨賲丿 亘賳 禺賱賷賱 亘賳 賴乇丕爻.
賵賷賳亘睾賶 毓賱賶 丕賱賲丐賲賳 賲丿賵丕賲丞 賯乇丕亍鬲賴 亘鬲賵賮賷賯 丕賱賱賴 爻亘丨丕賳賴 賵鬲毓丕賱賶 賵 賮囟賱賴 , 廿賳賴 賵賱賶 匕賱賰 賵 丕賱賯丕丿乇 毓賱賷賴.
June 26, 2024
The holy Quran is a book that everyone should read no matter the religion but it should be read in its original language, like most books that are translated it loses flavor when its not.The Arabic language when read has many different meanings and when translated it loses those,so u get one verse that means one thing when actually it has 3 or 4 different meanings (does that make sense?)as much as i read the Quran i learn something new every time and im happy to say it does not teach hate or violence like most people think it does.Having come from a family that doesnt speak nor understand proper arabic very well i studied the Quran slowly and got a Quran translator (which is just as long as the Quran maybe longer translating very verse for me and helping me understand it in my own weird version of Arabic)so to end my review i recommend you read The Quran in its original text and get a Quran translator preferable Al safee fe tafser il-Quran which is really known and respected by everyone
November 22, 2022
亘賴 趩賴 丿賱丕蹖賱蹖 丕夭 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 禺賵卮賲 賳賲蹖 丌蹖丿:
The reasons I don't like this book:
爻賵乇賴 蹖 亘賯乇賴- 丌蹖賴 蹖 244:
丿乇 乇丕賴 丕賱賱賴 讴卮鬲丕乇 讴賳蹖丿 賵 亘丿丕賳蹖丿 丕賱賱賴 卮賳賵丕蹖 丿丕賳丕爻鬲
Surah Al-Baqarah [2:244]:
Kill in the name of Allah and for his cause and know that Allah hears and knows.
爻賵乇賴 蹖 鬲賵亘賴 - 丌蹖賴 蹖 5:
趩賵賳 賲丕賴 賴丕蹖 丨乇丕賲 亘賴 爻乇 丌賲丿 丌賳诏丕賴 賲卮乇讴丕賳 乇丕 賴乇噩丕 蹖丕賮鬲蹖丿 亘賴 賯鬲賱 乇爻丕賳蹖丿
Surah At-Tawbah [9:5]:
And when the sacred months have passed, then kill the polytheists wherever you find them and capture them and besiege them and sit in wait for them at every place of ambush.
爻賵乇賴 蹖 丕賱賲丕卅丿賴- 丌蹖賴 蹖 51:
丕蹖 讴爻丕賳蹖 讴賴 丕蹖賲丕賳 丌賵乇丿蹖丿貙 賲爻蹖丨蹖 賵 蹖賴賵丿蹖丕賳 乇丕 亘賴 丿賵爻鬲蹖 賳诏蹖乇蹖丿.
(賴賲賴 亘丿 賮賯胤 卮賲丕 禺賵亘... 賲乇爻蹖 讴賴 亘丕 丕蹖賳 讴賱賲丕鬲 氐賱丨 亘乇賯乇丕乇 讴乇丿蹖)
Surah Al-Ma'idah [5:51] :
O Faithful ones, do not take the Jews and the Christians as allies.
(Me: WTF! thanks for spreading peace throughout the world.)
爻賵乇賴 蹖 鬲賵亘賴 - 丌蹖賴 蹖 123:
丕蹖 讴爻丕賳蹖讴賴 丕蹖賲丕賳 丌賵乇丿賴鈥屫й屫� 讴丕賮乇丕賳蹖 讴賴 賳夭丿 卮賲丕蹖賳丿 乇丕 亘讴卮蹖丿. 鬲丕 丿乇 卮賲丕 丿乇卮鬲蹖 賵 卮丿鬲 乇丕 亘蹖丕亘賳丿貨 賵 亘丿丕賳蹖丿 讴賴 禺丿丕賵賳丿 亘丕 倬乇賴蹖夭讴丕乇丕賳 丕爻鬲
Surah At-Tawbah [9:123] :
Oh you Believers, Kill those disbelievers (atheist,agnostics,Buddhist...) that are around you and let them find in you harshness. And know that Allah is with the righteous.
爻賵乇賴 丕賱鬲賵亘賴 - 丌蹖賴 蹖 29:
讴爻丕賳蹖 乇丕 丕夭 丕賴賱 讴鬲丕亘 讴賴 亘賴 禺丿丕 賵 乇賵夭 賯蹖丕賲鬲 丕蹖賲丕賳 賳賲蹖鈥屫①堌辟嗀� 賵 趩蹖夭賴丕蹖蹖 乇丕 讴賴 禺丿丕 賵 倬蹖丕賲亘乇卮 丨乇丕賲 讴乇丿賴 丕爻鬲 亘乇 禺賵丿 丨乇丕賲 賳賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀� 賵 丿蹖賳 丨賯 乇丕 賳賲蹖鈥屬矩佰屫辟嗀� 亘讴卮蹖丿貙 鬲丕 丌賳诏丕賴 讴賴 亘賴 丿爻鬲 禺賵丿 丿乇 毓蹖賳 賲匕賱鬲 噩夭蹖賴 亘丿賴賳丿
Surah At-Tawbah [9:29] :
Kill those who do not believe in Allah or in the Judgment Day, (kill) those who do not consider what Allah and His Messenger deem unlawful (e.g. like drinking wine) and (kill) those who do not accept the religion of truth from those who were given the Scripture - [fight] until they give the jizyah willingly while they are humbled.
爻賵乇賴 蹖 丕賱丕賳賮丕賱 - 丌蹖賴 蹖 12
噩賲賱賴 蹖 丌禺乇 丌蹖賴: 诏乇丿賳 讴丕賮乇丕賳 乇丕 亘夭賳蹖丿 賵 丕賳诏卮鬲丕卮丕賳 乇丕 賯胤毓 讴賳蹖丿
Surah Al-Anfal [8:12] :
.... and Allah will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieved, so strike [disbelievers] upon the necks and strike from them every fingertip.
爻賵乇賴 蹖 丕賱賳爻丕 - 丌蹖賴 蹖 89
噩賲賱賴 蹖 丌禺乇 丕蹖賳 丌蹖賴: 讴丕賮乇丕賳 乇丕 賴乇讴噩丕 讴賴 蹖丕賮鬲蹖丿 丕爻蹖乇 讴賳蹖丿 賵 亘讴卮蹖丿
Surah An-Nisa [4:89] :
They wish you would disbelieve as they disbelieved so you would be alike. So do not take from among them allies until they emigrate for the cause of Allah. But if they turn away, then seize them and kill them wherever you find them and take not from among them any ally or helper.
(What I think: Forcing people to turn to Islam and killing them if they refuse to do so.... yeah... very Divinely... and very peaceful :/ ...)
爻賵乇賴 蹖 亘賯乇賴 - 丌蹖賴 蹖 29 :
丕賵 賴賲丕賳蹖爻鬲 讴賴 賴乇 丌賳趩賴 丿乇 夭賲蹖賳 丕爻鬲 乇丕 亘乇丕蹖 卮賲丕 禺賱賯 讴乇丿 爻倬爻 丌爻賲丕賳 賴丕蹖 賴賮鬲诏丕賳賴 乇丕 丌賮乇蹖丿
Surah Al-Baqarah [2:29] :
it is He who created for you all of that which is on the earth. Then He created the seven skies.
Wait here: Scientifically speaking, about 13 billion years ago there were millions of galaxies... and about 9 Billion years ago the Big Bang from the residue of stars took place; it created the Earth and our current galaxy.
But this verse says that first the Earth was created then the skies. (How wrong is that!!!)
爻蹖夭丿賴 賲蹖賱蹖丕乇丿 爻丕賱 倬蹖卮 賴賲 丌爻賲丕賳 亘賵丿賴 賵 賴賲 賲蹖賱蹖賵賳 賴丕 讴賴讴卮丕賳 丿蹖诏乇 賵 夭賲蹖賳 鬲賵爻胤 丕賳賯噩丕乇 亘夭乇诏 亘丕賯蹖 賲丕賳丿賴 蹖 丿賵 爻鬲丕乇賴 亘賴 賵噩賵丿 丌賲丿. 丕賲丕 丿乇 丕蹖賳 丌蹖賴 丌賲丿賴 讴賴 丕賵賱 夭賲蹖賳 禺賱賯 卮丿賴 賵 亘毓丿 丌爻賲丕賳 賴丕.
爻賵乇賴 蹖 賳爻丕 - 丌蹖賴 蹖 24:
夭賳丕賳 卮賵賴乇丿丕乇 (亘乇 卮賲丕 丨乇丕賲 丕爻鬲) 賲诏乇 丌賳丕賳蹖 乇丕 讴賴 (丿乇 噩賳诏) 賲丕賱讴 卮丿賴 丕蹖丿
Surah An-Nisa [4:24] :
And [also prohibited to you are all] married women except those you have possessed [from war].
Wait here: There were, historically, war between the Arab's tribes. when one tribe attacked the other, the winner seized everything (including women) that's why this verse mentions this (that it's okay to have them if you have rightfully obtained them in a war)
爻賵乇賴 丌賱 毓賲乇丕賳 丌蹖賴 蹖 54:
讴丕賮乇丕賳 賲讴乇 賲蹖 讴賳賳丿貙 丕賱賱賴 賳蹖夭 賳賯卮賴 賲蹖 讴卮丿 賵 禺丿丕 賲讴丕乇鬲乇蹖賳 丕爻鬲
Surah Ali 'Imran [3:54]
And they (the disbelievers) schemed, and Allah schemed (against them): and Allah is the best of schemers.
(this verse says Allah plots against the ones he (supposedly) created in the first place.)
爻賵乇賴 蹖 賳爻丕 - 丌蹖賴 蹖34 : 讴鬲讴 夭丿賳 夭賳丕賳
賲乇丿丕賳 乇丕 亘乇 夭賳丕賳 鬲爻賱胤 賵 丨賯 賳诏賴亘丕賳蹖 丕爻鬲 (亘賴 毓亘丕乇鬲 丿蹖诏乇 夭賳丕賳 亘丕蹖丿 夭蹖乇 爻賱胤賴 蹖 賲乇丿丕賳 亘丕卮賳丿) 亘賴 賵丕爻胤賴 丌賳 亘乇鬲乇蹖 讴賴 禺丿丕 亘乇丕蹖 亘毓囟蹖 亘乇 亘毓囟蹖 賲賯乇乇 丿丕卮鬲賴 賵 賴賲 亘賴 賵丕爻胤賴 丌賳讴賴 賲乇丿丕賳 丕夭 賲丕賱 禺賵丿 賳賮賯賴 丿賴賳丿貙 倬爻 夭賳丕賳 卮丕蹖爻鬲賴 賲胤蹖毓 卮賵賴乇丕賳 賵 丿乇睾蹖亘鬲 丌賳丕賳 丨丕賮馗 (丨賯賵賯 丌賳賴丕) 亘丕卮賳丿 丕夭 丌賳 乇賵 讴賴 禺丿丕 賴賲 (丨賯賵賯 夭賳丕賳 乇丕) 丨賮馗 賮乇賲賵丿賴 丕爻鬲. 賵 夭賳丕賳蹖 讴賴 丕夭 賳丕賮乇賲丕賳蹖 丌賳丕賳 (丿乇 丨賯賵賯 賴賲爻乇蹖) 亘蹖賲賳丕讴蹖丿 亘丕蹖丿 賳禺爻鬲 丌賳丕賳 乇丕 賲賵毓馗賴 讴賳蹖丿 賵 丕夭 禺賵丕亘诏丕賴 丌賳丕賳 丿賵乇蹖 诏夭蹖賳蹖丿 賵 丌賳丕賳 乇丕 亘丕 夭丿賳 鬲賳亘蹖賴 讴賳蹖丿
Surah An-Nisa [4:34] : (this verse says that husbands should hit their wives, if they do not wish to obey their husbands.)
Men are in charge of women by [right of] what Allah has given one over the other and what they spend [for maintenance] from their wealth. So righteous women are devoutly obedient, guarding in [the husband's] absence what Allah would have them guard. But those wives from whom you fear arrogance - advise them; forsake them in bed; and strike them. (hit them)
(me: WTF!!! that's your best solution? hitting your wife(ves)?... I'm OUT!)
The reasons I don't like this book:
爻賵乇賴 蹖 亘賯乇賴- 丌蹖賴 蹖 244:
丿乇 乇丕賴 丕賱賱賴 讴卮鬲丕乇 讴賳蹖丿 賵 亘丿丕賳蹖丿 丕賱賱賴 卮賳賵丕蹖 丿丕賳丕爻鬲
Surah Al-Baqarah [2:244]:
Kill in the name of Allah and for his cause and know that Allah hears and knows.
爻賵乇賴 蹖 鬲賵亘賴 - 丌蹖賴 蹖 5:
趩賵賳 賲丕賴 賴丕蹖 丨乇丕賲 亘賴 爻乇 丌賲丿 丌賳诏丕賴 賲卮乇讴丕賳 乇丕 賴乇噩丕 蹖丕賮鬲蹖丿 亘賴 賯鬲賱 乇爻丕賳蹖丿
Surah At-Tawbah [9:5]:
And when the sacred months have passed, then kill the polytheists wherever you find them and capture them and besiege them and sit in wait for them at every place of ambush.
爻賵乇賴 蹖 丕賱賲丕卅丿賴- 丌蹖賴 蹖 51:
丕蹖 讴爻丕賳蹖 讴賴 丕蹖賲丕賳 丌賵乇丿蹖丿貙 賲爻蹖丨蹖 賵 蹖賴賵丿蹖丕賳 乇丕 亘賴 丿賵爻鬲蹖 賳诏蹖乇蹖丿.
(賴賲賴 亘丿 賮賯胤 卮賲丕 禺賵亘... 賲乇爻蹖 讴賴 亘丕 丕蹖賳 讴賱賲丕鬲 氐賱丨 亘乇賯乇丕乇 讴乇丿蹖)
Surah Al-Ma'idah [5:51] :
O Faithful ones, do not take the Jews and the Christians as allies.
(Me: WTF! thanks for spreading peace throughout the world.)
爻賵乇賴 蹖 鬲賵亘賴 - 丌蹖賴 蹖 123:
丕蹖 讴爻丕賳蹖讴賴 丕蹖賲丕賳 丌賵乇丿賴鈥屫й屫� 讴丕賮乇丕賳蹖 讴賴 賳夭丿 卮賲丕蹖賳丿 乇丕 亘讴卮蹖丿. 鬲丕 丿乇 卮賲丕 丿乇卮鬲蹖 賵 卮丿鬲 乇丕 亘蹖丕亘賳丿貨 賵 亘丿丕賳蹖丿 讴賴 禺丿丕賵賳丿 亘丕 倬乇賴蹖夭讴丕乇丕賳 丕爻鬲
Surah At-Tawbah [9:123] :
Oh you Believers, Kill those disbelievers (atheist,agnostics,Buddhist...) that are around you and let them find in you harshness. And know that Allah is with the righteous.
爻賵乇賴 丕賱鬲賵亘賴 - 丌蹖賴 蹖 29:
讴爻丕賳蹖 乇丕 丕夭 丕賴賱 讴鬲丕亘 讴賴 亘賴 禺丿丕 賵 乇賵夭 賯蹖丕賲鬲 丕蹖賲丕賳 賳賲蹖鈥屫①堌辟嗀� 賵 趩蹖夭賴丕蹖蹖 乇丕 讴賴 禺丿丕 賵 倬蹖丕賲亘乇卮 丨乇丕賲 讴乇丿賴 丕爻鬲 亘乇 禺賵丿 丨乇丕賲 賳賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀� 賵 丿蹖賳 丨賯 乇丕 賳賲蹖鈥屬矩佰屫辟嗀� 亘讴卮蹖丿貙 鬲丕 丌賳诏丕賴 讴賴 亘賴 丿爻鬲 禺賵丿 丿乇 毓蹖賳 賲匕賱鬲 噩夭蹖賴 亘丿賴賳丿
Surah At-Tawbah [9:29] :
Kill those who do not believe in Allah or in the Judgment Day, (kill) those who do not consider what Allah and His Messenger deem unlawful (e.g. like drinking wine) and (kill) those who do not accept the religion of truth from those who were given the Scripture - [fight] until they give the jizyah willingly while they are humbled.
爻賵乇賴 蹖 丕賱丕賳賮丕賱 - 丌蹖賴 蹖 12
噩賲賱賴 蹖 丌禺乇 丌蹖賴: 诏乇丿賳 讴丕賮乇丕賳 乇丕 亘夭賳蹖丿 賵 丕賳诏卮鬲丕卮丕賳 乇丕 賯胤毓 讴賳蹖丿
Surah Al-Anfal [8:12] :
.... and Allah will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieved, so strike [disbelievers] upon the necks and strike from them every fingertip.
爻賵乇賴 蹖 丕賱賳爻丕 - 丌蹖賴 蹖 89
噩賲賱賴 蹖 丌禺乇 丕蹖賳 丌蹖賴: 讴丕賮乇丕賳 乇丕 賴乇讴噩丕 讴賴 蹖丕賮鬲蹖丿 丕爻蹖乇 讴賳蹖丿 賵 亘讴卮蹖丿
Surah An-Nisa [4:89] :
They wish you would disbelieve as they disbelieved so you would be alike. So do not take from among them allies until they emigrate for the cause of Allah. But if they turn away, then seize them and kill them wherever you find them and take not from among them any ally or helper.
(What I think: Forcing people to turn to Islam and killing them if they refuse to do so.... yeah... very Divinely... and very peaceful :/ ...)
爻賵乇賴 蹖 亘賯乇賴 - 丌蹖賴 蹖 29 :
丕賵 賴賲丕賳蹖爻鬲 讴賴 賴乇 丌賳趩賴 丿乇 夭賲蹖賳 丕爻鬲 乇丕 亘乇丕蹖 卮賲丕 禺賱賯 讴乇丿 爻倬爻 丌爻賲丕賳 賴丕蹖 賴賮鬲诏丕賳賴 乇丕 丌賮乇蹖丿
Surah Al-Baqarah [2:29] :
it is He who created for you all of that which is on the earth. Then He created the seven skies.
Wait here: Scientifically speaking, about 13 billion years ago there were millions of galaxies... and about 9 Billion years ago the Big Bang from the residue of stars took place; it created the Earth and our current galaxy.
But this verse says that first the Earth was created then the skies. (How wrong is that!!!)
爻蹖夭丿賴 賲蹖賱蹖丕乇丿 爻丕賱 倬蹖卮 賴賲 丌爻賲丕賳 亘賵丿賴 賵 賴賲 賲蹖賱蹖賵賳 賴丕 讴賴讴卮丕賳 丿蹖诏乇 賵 夭賲蹖賳 鬲賵爻胤 丕賳賯噩丕乇 亘夭乇诏 亘丕賯蹖 賲丕賳丿賴 蹖 丿賵 爻鬲丕乇賴 亘賴 賵噩賵丿 丌賲丿. 丕賲丕 丿乇 丕蹖賳 丌蹖賴 丌賲丿賴 讴賴 丕賵賱 夭賲蹖賳 禺賱賯 卮丿賴 賵 亘毓丿 丌爻賲丕賳 賴丕.
爻賵乇賴 蹖 賳爻丕 - 丌蹖賴 蹖 24:
夭賳丕賳 卮賵賴乇丿丕乇 (亘乇 卮賲丕 丨乇丕賲 丕爻鬲) 賲诏乇 丌賳丕賳蹖 乇丕 讴賴 (丿乇 噩賳诏) 賲丕賱讴 卮丿賴 丕蹖丿
Surah An-Nisa [4:24] :
And [also prohibited to you are all] married women except those you have possessed [from war].
Wait here: There were, historically, war between the Arab's tribes. when one tribe attacked the other, the winner seized everything (including women) that's why this verse mentions this (that it's okay to have them if you have rightfully obtained them in a war)
爻賵乇賴 丌賱 毓賲乇丕賳 丌蹖賴 蹖 54:
讴丕賮乇丕賳 賲讴乇 賲蹖 讴賳賳丿貙 丕賱賱賴 賳蹖夭 賳賯卮賴 賲蹖 讴卮丿 賵 禺丿丕 賲讴丕乇鬲乇蹖賳 丕爻鬲
Surah Ali 'Imran [3:54]
And they (the disbelievers) schemed, and Allah schemed (against them): and Allah is the best of schemers.
(this verse says Allah plots against the ones he (supposedly) created in the first place.)
爻賵乇賴 蹖 賳爻丕 - 丌蹖賴 蹖34 : 讴鬲讴 夭丿賳 夭賳丕賳
賲乇丿丕賳 乇丕 亘乇 夭賳丕賳 鬲爻賱胤 賵 丨賯 賳诏賴亘丕賳蹖 丕爻鬲 (亘賴 毓亘丕乇鬲 丿蹖诏乇 夭賳丕賳 亘丕蹖丿 夭蹖乇 爻賱胤賴 蹖 賲乇丿丕賳 亘丕卮賳丿) 亘賴 賵丕爻胤賴 丌賳 亘乇鬲乇蹖 讴賴 禺丿丕 亘乇丕蹖 亘毓囟蹖 亘乇 亘毓囟蹖 賲賯乇乇 丿丕卮鬲賴 賵 賴賲 亘賴 賵丕爻胤賴 丌賳讴賴 賲乇丿丕賳 丕夭 賲丕賱 禺賵丿 賳賮賯賴 丿賴賳丿貙 倬爻 夭賳丕賳 卮丕蹖爻鬲賴 賲胤蹖毓 卮賵賴乇丕賳 賵 丿乇睾蹖亘鬲 丌賳丕賳 丨丕賮馗 (丨賯賵賯 丌賳賴丕) 亘丕卮賳丿 丕夭 丌賳 乇賵 讴賴 禺丿丕 賴賲 (丨賯賵賯 夭賳丕賳 乇丕) 丨賮馗 賮乇賲賵丿賴 丕爻鬲. 賵 夭賳丕賳蹖 讴賴 丕夭 賳丕賮乇賲丕賳蹖 丌賳丕賳 (丿乇 丨賯賵賯 賴賲爻乇蹖) 亘蹖賲賳丕讴蹖丿 亘丕蹖丿 賳禺爻鬲 丌賳丕賳 乇丕 賲賵毓馗賴 讴賳蹖丿 賵 丕夭 禺賵丕亘诏丕賴 丌賳丕賳 丿賵乇蹖 诏夭蹖賳蹖丿 賵 丌賳丕賳 乇丕 亘丕 夭丿賳 鬲賳亘蹖賴 讴賳蹖丿
Surah An-Nisa [4:34] : (this verse says that husbands should hit their wives, if they do not wish to obey their husbands.)
Men are in charge of women by [right of] what Allah has given one over the other and what they spend [for maintenance] from their wealth. So righteous women are devoutly obedient, guarding in [the husband's] absence what Allah would have them guard. But those wives from whom you fear arrogance - advise them; forsake them in bed; and strike them. (hit them)
(me: WTF!!! that's your best solution? hitting your wife(ves)?... I'm OUT!)
June 3, 2017
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