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An English interpretation of the Holy Quran by Anonymous
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it was amazing

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.
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message 1: by Carlos (last edited Aug 25, 2016 12:20PM) (new)

Carlos Doris,

Not really, the Holy Qur'an has an entirely different message that contradicts the main theme of the New Testament. Althugh the Qur'an does give honor to biblical figures such as Moses, Abraham, Mary the mother of Jesus, etc...it essentially refutes the New Testament contention of the Divinity of Jesus Christ and the message of salvation in Jesus Christ.

True, the Qur'an is a literary masterpiece, in fact, it is the basis for the development of the arabic language and is must reading if anyone wants to understand the arabic and Islamic world view.

But it does present a very unique challenge to the message of the synoptic gospels.

The Gospels proclaim Jesus as the Savior, the Divine Son of G'd...

The Qur'an only honors Jesus as an inspired prophet of G'd.

The gospels declare that Jesus died on the cross and was resurrrected...

The Qur'an states that Jesus did not die on the cross, but that one of his disciples was substituted for Him, and that Jesus escaped, and later married and lived into old age. The Qur'an refers to Him as Isa.

The Gospels declare that Jesus is the only "begotten Son of G'd".....

The Qur'an states that..."Allah had no Son"....

Now in essence, there is some truth to this statement.....if Allah....and the Lord G'd YHWH are two seperate identities...then the Islamic declaration is true...Allah had no son!!!

But if one tries to make the case that the Lord G'd YHWH and Allah are one and the same...
Then the biblical and the Qur'anic declarations are in conflcict and cannot be reconciled.

Carlos


message 2: by Mah (new)

Mah Hi
I suuggest you to read that part of quran that is about Mary and his son jesus


Shahd Alshaibi Found this link very simple in explaining quraan and its miracles hope you like it :)



message 4: by Marwa (new)

Marwa Elmahy Quran is a miracle from God. it has real stories of the past including the story of Mariam and her son in a very wonderful example of chastity and virtuousness. along with the scientific miracles that didn't proven except very lately. truely, it is the very word of God. it's really wonderful to spend life learning it and actually, it is not enough.


message 5: by Andrew (new) - added it

Andrew Obrigewitsch I think that you will find much of what the media says is false and only bent on dividing people and getting them to fight.


Noura Aldawood Really appreciate your post!! & your ability to critical thinking as well.


message 7: by Sayyad (new)

Sayyad In the name of god
The god in quran is not trinity but he's perfect and cute and beautiful and etc

Quran is perfect really


Thana thank you for saying that :)


message 9: by Lorena (new)

Lorena Walker No, Muslims don't believe Christ was God in the flesh and the bible says Jesus is the only way. VERY different, if you ask me. Pray to God and ask him to lead you to the truth- He will!


Kashif Ali this book is better then all the books of universe because its author is not a human. the writer of this book is ALLAH who create this beautifull universe for his last prophet MUHAMMAD (SAW) and this book shows all the right path of every life of ever human


message 11: by 6arrett (new) - added it

6arrett 6arrett finally someone that isn't brainwashed by the media. I'm not religious but I refuse to let the mainstream media tell me what to think


message 12: by Elanna (new)

Elanna Perfect pair. All about seizing and maintaining power at the expenses of other human beings. It pairs well with the Buddhist canon, too.


message 13: by Fre06 (new)

Fre06 Begum Michael; the holy Qu'ran does NOT encourage violence! The only time violence is allowed is when someone is threatening Islam. I believe every religion has the right to be defended when threatened. You obviously have not read the Qu'ran but feel the need to make ignorant and inflammatory remarks which is aimed at invoking hatred! Thank lGod the majority of non Muslims actually are not like you!


message 14: by Asher (new)

Asher You forgot to read the hadiths, that is where you will find the violence of islam


message 15: by Birjis (new) - added it

Birjis Afroz Murder and violence against innocent people are one of the biggest sins in Islam. You need to read the Hadith to properly understand the Holy Quran.


Sherrie There are a lot of judgemental comments here. Y'all need to chill out.


Ahmed Perfect Sister .. I Agree with you and want to add that the Quran is confirming the holy Gospel .. please refer to chapter "3" verses "3 & 4":

賳賻夭賾賻賱賻 毓賻賱賻賷賿賰賻 丕賱賿賰賽鬲賻丕亘賻 亘賽丕賱賿丨賻賯賾賽 賲購氐賻丿賾賽賯賸丕 賱賾賽賲賻丕 亘賻賷賿賳賻 賷賻丿賻賷賿賴賽 賵賻兀賻賳夭賻賱賻 丕賱鬲賾賻賵賿乇賻丕丞賻 賵賻丕賱賿廿賽賳噩賽賷賱賻 -
He has sent down upon you, [O Muhammad], the Book in truth, confirming what was before it. And He revealed the Torah and the Gospel.
3:3
賲賽賳 賯賻亘賿賱購 賴購丿賸賶 賱賾賽賱賳賾賻丕爻賽 賵賻兀賻賳夭賻賱賻 丕賱賿賮購乇賿賯賻丕賳賻 蹢 廿賽賳賾賻 丕賱賾賻匕賽賷賳賻 賰賻賮賻乇購賵丕 亘賽丌賷賻丕鬲賽 丕賱賱賾賻賴賽 賱賻賴購賲賿 毓賻匕賻丕亘賹 卮賻丿賽賷丿賹 蹢 賵賻丕賱賱賾賻賴購 毓賻夭賽賷夭賹 匕購賵 丕賳鬲賽賯賻丕賲賺 -
Before, as guidance for the people. And He revealed the Qur'an. Indeed, those who disbelieve in the verses of Allah will have a severe punishment, and Allah is exalted in Might, the Owner of Retribution.
3:4


message 18: by Aamina (new)

Aamina God bless you because you actually took the time out for yourself to educate, if only many people did that too.


Mitzi Rene ABSOLUTELY! I got straightforward answers and information: no metaphors to interpret in alignment with your subjective experiences and opinions. God often refers to The Good Book several times. I recently heard that God mentions Jesus' name 93 times. Christians don't have to believe the one difference we don't share, but you will get a beautifully written, very clear messages of what God we are blessed with and what God expects from us.


Darius Murretti One thing I really LOVE about this book is that it really puts the fear and awe of God into your heart
and that has some serious benefits. I love the way they use the word torment for what is going to happen to people who ignore the warning . I love the way the prophets are called "warners " and when the people in hell " say " awww come on let us out of here give us another birth and this time we'll take the warning seriously and do good deeds our whole life " The lord or angles or whoever listens to them say "Were you not warned " ( I LOVE IT !!!!) Yeah so now Im WARNED I will suffer a "TERRIBLE TORMENT" if I don't straighten up and fly right . I also like the way they say " God is oft merciful ( I like the word OFT in lieu of always ) and I love how they keep saying Satan is after you to throw you into everlasting torment . HEY ! I need to hear this ! Its doing me good! Its making me perk up and slash the Satan to peices if he should come upon me as i mediate and start talking about cool porn websites . i mean really I have fear of God and this satan (who is the personification of everything that God will punish me for ) comes before me and starts saying how cool it would do this or that taboo online cause "nobody's gonna know " But right there the Quran jumps to my aid and says " God sees all and will send a terrible torment upon those who disobey his commands so I follow the Qurans advise and rush forward( like a jihad ) and kill Satan who is barring my God ward path and trying to make me take a porno detour and i slash that MF to bits and continue on my path back to God --so The Quran is exactly the kind of n book i need . and when ever it talks about killing the non believers and evil doers i just apply that to Satan and other evil spirits (lust , anger , greed ,infatuation with chicks in my path . With fear of gods torment in my heart I rush forward and cut those non believers and evil doers down . I meant is practical stuff and it works. So yeah i give Quran 5 stars. It rocks !!. It kicks ass !!!its clear strong no nonsense book about overcoming evil and staying on the right path. That s just what I need .


message 21: by Jason (new)

Jason Roberts I great you with the greeting of peace, Assalam u Alikum,
I鈥檓 a converted Muslim. I converted when I was just 13 and it was hard considering my parents disowned me. I come from a strict Christian family that believes in the trinity, the fact that Jesus is the son of god etc. Islam gave me hope of light. There are verses in the Quran that say 鈥淜ill the dis-believers鈥� but the Quran can not be properly understood without the help of the hadeets or Narrations of the Prophet of Allah PBUH.

If one is to compare the Bible and the Quran, there are many differences and similarities. The main similarity is the belief in Prophet Isa (Jesus), Virgin Mary (Mariam peace be upon her) and the existence of the Bible.

The main difference is the fact that the Quran does not believe in the trinity or the death of the cross.

Whilst Christians consider Jesus is the saviour, Islam says Jesus was merely a prophet of god.

Whilst Christians consider Jesus to die on the cross for the humans sins. Muslims say that God took Isa up to heaven and he was replaced by someone who looked like him. The Quran says that Jesus will eventually return and lead the world to the correct part.

Carlos, with all due respect, the Quran never says that Jesus ever married and lived into old Age.

And for all fellow Brothers and sisters, please remember to keep your calm and defend Islam in the best of manners.

Jason.


message 22: by Ameerah (new)

Ameerah As a revert to Islam from Christianity. Islam to me is perfect Religion no flaws. Before expecpting Islam I thought as many here do. I thought islam is barabic religion that opress women and promotes violence. This is not true the people that do this are wicked and evil and they dont understand the religion well. islam is beautiful peaceful religion. i learned you can find bad in any group or religion but does not mean the whole group bad. People need to reasearch islam with an open mind and heart dont believe everything media says


Maisie Wow... I have no idea how you can go around praising this book. This book is quite evil - on the same level of the Bible. I will demonstrate my point by just pointing out a couple of the things that are said in Sura 2.

In this chapter, God establishes that human beings are his slaves and that he can do to them whatever he wants to do with them. So, for instance, he can proclaim that you must worship him OR ELSE. This, right here, completely violates the notion that the individual is sovereign over themselves. So I have one basic and ancient question for this monster: by what right?

God says that he has a right to own other people because he created the world and gave you everything that you see before you. I'm going to use a very simple analogy to dissect this point.

If I and my hypothetical wife were to have a child, and then say to our child that we must worshipped in the same way that Muslims are commanded to worship their God, and We said that they must do it because we are the ones that created them, we are the ones that gave them the clothes, food, water, etc. that they need to survive. What would you all think of this demand? I think you will all say that it is nonsense. But what would you then say if I added this to my demand? If you fail to do as I ask, I will skin you alive and then set you on fire. I hope that everyone of you will be disgusted. And since you would be disgusted by this analogy, you should be disgusted by this notion that human beings are mere property.


Then, we come to this next point of evil in this chapter: God has caused the hearts, ears and eyes to be sealed (I take this to mean that they are destined to stay nonbelievers) and has proclaimed that non believers will be placed in the fire, and will remain there. Just think about that. Is that ethical? I don't think it is.

Saying that because someone simply does not believe in something (something God has played a part in) they are deserving of eternal torture. I have no idea how anyone who believes this could pretend to be ethical.


message 24: by RR209 (new)

RR209 I never read the Hadith yet so yeah...


message 25: by Ram (new) - added it

Ram Alsrougi You know nothing Jon Snow! 馃槀


Otman Did you skip the part where the author commands muslims to fight non-believers?


message 27: by Sabrine (new)

Sabrine Otman what author


message 28: by Mohsen (new)

Mohsen Eissa As a muslim i can say completely yes for what you have said .
The Holy Quran is so perfect , but we aren't perfect and we make mistakes every day.
So i wish Allah helps us ...all of us to be better insh脿llah.


message 29: by Mobinaaa (new)

Mobinaaa I'm Muslim.you put a happy face on me because of your good review.thank you for making my smile鈽衡潳


Princess Safaa absolutely


message 31: by Rainy (new)

Rainy Easy to say for someone who doesn鈥檛 live in islamic countries.


message 32: by Ammit P (new)

Ammit P Chawda Well said Doris 馃憦


丨賻賳赛賷賳购 丨賻賲賿丿賽賷 鈾� I'm muslim, I am pleased that you understood the real islam.鉂わ笍


zakaria YOU ALL HATERS, FIND A LIFE!


message 35: by Raz (new) - rated it 5 stars

Raz Ismail Allah In this book command us to fught whoever fights us. Whoever commits violence against us. He tells us not to surrender to the people who harm us.


message 36: by Josef (new) - added it

Josef Miyasato I am reading it for the first time. I am also studying the history of Christianity. There is much that the great Judeo-Christian religions have in common. Extremists are a bane to us all and the rest of the world. They are not following God. They are following after the gods of their own pride.


message 37: by Zain (new)

Zain Just thank you


Caedmon Falls To say the Quran is the perfect companion is straight up heresy, it denies Jesus was God, it is blasphemous.


message 39: by Zephan (new)

Zephan Silvy Wrong!!! And the early church clearly condemned Islam!!!


message 40: by Zephan (new)

Zephan Silvy I would ask you to study scripture and the early church before you make such a blasphemous and illogical claim!!!


message 41: by Henry (new)

Henry Olson The Quran is not a 鈥渃ompanion鈥� to the Bible.


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