How do I know that the Qur’aan translation I am reading is the right one or the wrong one?
The test is simple – whether you are a theist or an atheist, It is the word of God, or wisdom for a world of equilibrium. Neither Injustice nor imbalance is included in God’s Plan. God simply will not be un-just. If a verse offends the reader, then the issue is understanding the verse.
Even if an expert translates it for you, it still should mean justice. Finding the truth is one’s own responsibility. Mistakes are made intentionally and innocently. That is life, we come and Go, the creator is always around. It is not the word of God, nor the religion that is the problem, it is our intent and our interpretation. Let’s hope all of us genuinely seek the truth and work for a better world.
Please visit : http://www.worldmuslimcongress.com/ and check out APOLOGY.
Ibrahim Saleh and Dahlia Sabry are working on the translations among others. In the power point presentation that you are about to visit, the researchers write ” Along the same lines, in their book The Dark Side of Islam, Abdul Saleeb (an apostate) and R. C. Sproul (2003) decontextualize some ayat to prove that Islam is a religion that instigates violence. One of the examples they mention is ayat 190-193 of sura 2. This is how they cite them: Fight in the cause of Allah those who fight you, … and slay them wherever you catch them, … and fight them on until there is no more tumult or oppression, and there prevail justice and faith in Allah” (p. 87) However, the full ayat read:
“Fight in the cause of Allah those who fight you, but do not attack them first. God does not love the aggressors, and slay them wherever you catch them [those who fight against you]; drive them out of the places from which they drove you, for persecution is worse than killing. But do not fight them at the Sacred Mosque until they first attack you there, but if they attack you [there], then kill them. Such is the retribution of the disbelievers. But if they desist, then [know that] God is Forgiving, Compassionate, and fight them on until there is no more tumult or oppression, and there prevail justice and faith in Allah. But if they desist, then let there be no hostility except against the transgressors.”
Please visit the following three power point presentations:: QUR’AAN TRANSLATIONS – JIHAD AND APOLOGY AT www.WorldMuslimCongress.com and view the power point presentations, they are rather large, please give it a few seconds to appear.
http://www.theghouseteam.com/mg/WMC_Files/Quran_Translations_Issues.pps
http://www.theghouseteam.com/mg/WMC_Files/VersesofJihadintheQuran.pps
http://www.theghouseteam.com/mg/WMC_Files/Apology.pps