Bruce B. Lawrence - The Koran in English - A Biography
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- The University of New England's Tangier Global Forum and its founding director, Anouar Majid, host Bruce B. Lawrence on "The Koran in English - A Biography" in Tangier, Morocco. The event took place on Thursday, March 29, 2018.
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I would loved to hear what the Professor thinks about the Study Quran? This is the best translation in my opinion for English speakers. It has helped me connect and understand the book.
God bless you sir for your effort.
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For me, who studied Islam for almost half a century, his presentation was very nostalgic. His descriptions pulled me back to my decades-long journey of trying to understand and of course practicing the teachings of Islam. I am very grateful to him, and all those who translate the Quran, for me all that they have offered is an infinite gift to Muslims everywhere.
However, in addition to the complexity of translating the Quran, there is actually another problem that is more serious than accuracy in translating the Quran, namely the corruption in understanding Ayatullah. For me, the main problem with the Quran is not the corruption of its formal text, but rather the meaning that the sacred text carries. One of the biggest corruptions of meaning in the Quran is the question of what is meant by allah's guidance (ayatullah).
Based on the first verse revealed to Prophet Muhammad alone, and on other verses that speak on the same topic, we know that it is not the Quran alone that is the guidance of allah (ayatollah) that Muslims must follow. Rather, Muslims should study allah's guidance in the universe (the technical term is ayat kauniyyah).
In addition, if we read the Quran well, and connect all the verses in the Quran that talk about the types of guidance from God (ayatullah), then we can find that in addition to the Quran (the technical term is called ayat Qauliyyah) and ayat Kauniyyah, there are two other guidance of God (ayatullah), namely there are God's guidance called the history of human civilization (the technical term is called ayat tarikhiyyah) and there are God's guidances in humans (the technical term is called ayat insaniyyah).
So, the Quran itself states that there are three type of guidance's from God that Muslims must follow in addition to the Quran. Then, because all of these guidance come from God as well (ayatullah), all of these other guidance's of God have the same position and status as the Quran: as a source of law (mashadir ahkam) for Muslims, especially for the purpose of drawing / determining dalil syara (i.e. dalil which is higher than ordinary dalil) relating to various affairs in the world, including matters of environmental protection, matters of human rights protection, etc.
For this reason, the sciences that are rapidly developing in the West, such as physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, history, political science, mental science, etc. have an important position to interpret the guidance's of Allah in the form of three types of ayatollah other than the Quran. Why? Because all people around the world, both Muslims and non-Muslims, agree that science is the authority to study the universe, human history, and study the human soul.
If we want to find answers in solving various problems in the world, including in finding answers to tackling poverty, inequality in wealth, protection of the rights of minorities, women's political rights, environmental protections, global warming, etc., then look for answers in full from the four types of guidance from Allah (ayatollah).
If we insist on quoting only the Koran and Hadith in answering the challenges of life in the world, then the answers we get are not a complete answers according to the understanding of God's complete guidance's (ayatollah). So, we can be sure that the answers from the Qur'an and Hadith are answers that are not complete, not total, not kaffah. This is the biggest corruption of the Koran: corruption of the key meanings of al Quran about different type of Ayatullah.
Wallahualam.
ALHAMDULILAH. May Allah accept your efforts ameen. May Allah forgive and accept us ameen.
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To skip the preamble and get to the part about the history of Qu'ranic translations, start at 20:24
It was stressed that it was passed down in clear arabic, because the former scriptures were written in dif languages and scripts, But the Quran only in arabic. It refers to its integrity and authenticity.
The way the Sun light reflects
on the face of the Moon,
same way God's word reflects
in the Heart of the Believer.
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AYN SEEN QAF
The knowledge of the Secrets of the Soul dressed by the Holy Quran is
The Table Spread from Heaven.
Its cognitive behavioral theraphy that will dress you up in understanding the guidance.
Story telling? He has missed the point.. the Quran is a guidance for mankind. An alternative system giving a code of life for humans to live this life. It deals with the issues of human self and invites to estb the system of Deen to address the human problems. Read the nook What is Islam? By G A Parwez..
sir please understand that the topic of his address was the biography of the English translation of the Quran. He was not talking on the message if the book. Give the man credit for the tremendous effort. He did justice par Excellence. Hats off to him.
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It indicates more people in hell