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| Poetic Translation of the Qu'ran |
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| Kathy |
| 12/04/00 at 09:17:07 |
| As salaamu alaykum. I saw an advertisement in the Islamic Horizons magazine for this "Poetic Translation of the Quran" Does any one have any comments? http://www.theultimatebook.com/ |
| Re: Poetic Translation of the Qu'ran |
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| Arsalan |
| 12/05/00 at 00:20:09 |
| I'm skeptical! |
| Re: Poetic Translation of the Qu'ran |
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| se7en |
| 12/05/00 at 13:41:28 |
wa alaykum as salaam wa rahmatAllah, I listened to the section of Surah Maryam they have on the site and followed along with the translation by Yusuf Ali. The meaning is not changed, but some words have been changed and the order of words in some verses have been shifted in order to give it a more "poetic" flow.. I think to gain a deeper appreciation of the beauty and rhythm of the Quran we need to study Arabic. I am not criticizing these people's efforts, alhamdulillah it's always good to see Muslims trying to be creative and atempting to make the Qur'an more personally effective. But check this out: "My new translation of the Holy Quran, in the absence of an Arabic-speaking Muslim FitzGerald, is therefore a most humble effort intended, if God will, to carry over into the English language some of the beauty and sublimity, elegance and eloquence and the enchanting force of the original, to echo those captivating little nuances which in the Quran are always lying between prose and poetry and to let non-Muslims acquaint themselves with a Book that is to Muslims both scripture and literature at the same time." My point is this: no matter how good the translation is, there is no way it can even approach the Quran in it's original language. The book is also $80 !!?! |
| Re: Poetic Translation of the Qu'ran |
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| Kashif |
| 12/07/00 at 19:08:48 |
| hmmm.. the guy is shiite |
| NS |
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