reformist quran translation & its translators
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Quran A Reformist Translation (Paperback)
by Edip Yuksel (Translator), Layth Saleh al-Shaiban (Translator), Martha Schulte-Nafeh (Translator)http//www.amazon.com/Quran-Reformist-Translation-Edip-Yuksel/dp/0979671507
The Quran A Reformist Translation is the result of a collaboration between three translators, two of whom are women.
http//www.yuksel.org/e/books/rtq.htm
- Okay, martha is one of those two women; who is the other one?
ma'a salaam.
God bless all.
al'hamd li Allaah Rabb al'aalameen
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roshan-Aisha Musa - Palestinian scholar (from Harvard) of religion currently at the University of Miami religious faculty.
- Thanks.
I guess it means that the information at amazon.com is incorrect/outdated.
The Quran A Reformist Translation is the result of a collaboration between three translators, two of whom are women.
If the above is correct, then the translators are martha, aisha musa & yuksel; which means shaiban is no longer a part of this translation.
ma'a salaam.
God bless all.
al'hamd li Allaah Rabb al'aalameen
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I think Martha was more someone who was consulted rather than an author. I may be wrong on that point though.
On a side note, does anyone know what Aisha Musa is up to? I saw her book, which I will buy at some point. She used to be on the compuseve forum many years ago!
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Well, yuksel.org says that there are three translators, "two of whom are women". I guess yuksel has to be one of the three, so the remaining two are women. If the information at yuksel.org is correct, shaiban is either a woman or is no longer a part of this translation. Just seemed a little curious to me.
ma'a salaam.
God bless all.
al'hamd li Allaah Rabb al'aalameen
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Well, yuksel.org says that there are three translators, "two of whom are women". I guess yuksel has to be one of the three, so the remaining two are women. If the information at yuksel.org is correct, shaiban is either a woman or is no longer a part of this translation. Just seemed a little curious to me.
ma'a salaam.
God bless all.
al'hamd li Allaah Rabb al'aalameen
Yuksel was Miss Turkey in 2000.
http//www.imdb.com/name/nm1231296/
I have to say she has let herself go, the photo on yuksel.org doesn't do her justice.
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burhan-I have to say she has let herself go, the photo on yuksel.org doesn't do her justice.
- Almost a decade now....a long time.
ma'a salaam.
God bless all.
al'hamd li Allaah Rabb al'aalameen
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Peace,
It is a mistake on Edip's website. Aisha Musa wasn't part of the translation, only reviewed it. Martha was consulted on some Arabic definitions and on verses concerning women's issues. Edip and Layth both worked on the translation, and is in a sense a updated version of the free-minds translation, but with the commentary of Edip.
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Thanks for the dope.
ma'a salaam.
God bless all.
al'hamd li Allaah Rabb al'aalameen
You can't translate the Koran, a book that is followed by 1.2 billion people, by relying on 2 or 3 people. This is insane. You need a large committee of various backgrounds and back and forth analysis that may take some time before you can come up with the translation that is as accurate as possible.
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bigmo-You can't translate the Koran, a book that is followed by 1.2 billion people, by relying on 2 or 3 people. This is insane. You need a large committee of various backgrounds and back and forth analysis that may take some time before you can come up with the translation that is as accurate as possible.
Who ever claimed this translation to be infallible? -)
ma'a salaam.
God bless all.
al'hamd li Allaah Rabb al'aalameen
