Whats your translation?

[AlFajr]

Personally I read the free-minds translation and if there is anything I need to research further I recommend Dictionary of the Holy Quran by Abdul Omar Mannan and use it in conjunction with the tools at Studyquran.org

Cross referencing verses on the computer can sometimes help to solidify your understanding so that is also something I recommend.

Peace
Al

[unknownuser]

I'm reading the "Quran reformist" translation and "the message" nowadays. Havent really had the time to do a deep study on the quran these days. I am going to read other translations too when i get more time.

Peace
David

[agentxxx]

Peace all,

I have the following translations

Translations by non-Muslims
George Sale-1734 - JM Rodwell-1861 ? E H Palmer-1880
AJ Arberry-1955 - T B Irving-1985

Translations by Muslims
Tafsir ibn Kathir - Ahmed Ali - Dr Rashid Khalifa - Ghullam Ahmed Pervaiz
Hassan Quribullah-Ahmed darwish-2001 - Mir Aneesuddin - Muhammad Ayub Khan
Mulanna Moudodi - Shakir-Ali - The Noble Quran-v2 - Abdul-Majid Daryabadi-1957
Complete Quran in English - Free minds-trans ? Hamid S Aziz - Muhammad Asad
Maulana Shah Ahmed Raza Khan - M Pikthall - Muhammed Ahmed-Sameera
Quran-Dr. Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din Al-Hilali - The wonderful Quran - Aidid Safar
Quran-Omar Ahmed - Shabbir ahmed - Zafarullah Khan 1971
At-Tabatabai - Parallel Quran (translations of 8 different scholars)

Urdu Translations.
Moulanna Fateh Muhammed - Shah Ahmed Raza Khan - Mohadus Delhvi
Moulana Abu Kalam Azad - Tafsir-a-Namona - Tafheem al Quran
Fahm al Quran - Moulanna Tahir-ul-Qadri

I started with the translation of Moulanna Moudodi because it was much easy to understand for a beginner. then I developed this curiosity of knowing how others have translated a particular verse and that is when I started downloading/collecting every translation that I could find on the internet or book stores.

My father's collection of about 10 different translations by prominent scholars helped me a lot in the beginning, but now I rarely have to pick them off the shelf as I have 90% of the total collection on my computer.

My favorite is parallel quran, it has 8 translations of different scholar and is useful for comparative study. I also like to compare recent translations with earlier translations for better understanding.

peace

[kaiwai]

When I'm online and researching a translation, I use studyquran.org and yaqb.org and the following as starting points the literal translation by M&S Ahmed, free-minds, shakir, yusuf ali, pickthal, QXP.

If actually reading it in book form, I use M.Asad or M. Abdel Haleem.

The most annoying thing about the M.Asad translation in book form is its big size.

http//www.studyquran.org/EnglishTranslations.htm

True, the big size does make it kind of difficult to carry around, but it is still a very good translation though. The Muhammad Zafrulla Khan is quote interesting in that it doesn't have the notorious 'beating' verse which alot of detractors of Islam like to point out.

Side note notice no one who ever has problems with the Quran ever explains that old testament required to put unruly children to death?

[ayani]

i use Mohammed Asad, as well. it's got beautiful and thoughtful commentary, original Arabic, and transliteration. yay

i also use the free-minds translation, too, and am in the process of typing out a chronological Quran based on that translation. peace

[TheNabi]

Peace

I use Yusuf Ali.

Joe

[kaiwai]

Peace

I use Yusuf Ali.

Joe

I've read a couple of versus, but I do think he is influenced by the Jews vs. Muslims vs. Christians thing that goes on the middle east - thus you do get a biased view against Jews and Christians to a certain degree.

[kaiwai]

i use Mohammed Asad, as well. it's got beautiful and thoughtful commentary, original Arabic, and transliteration. yay

i also use the free-minds translation, too, and am in the process of typing out a chronological Quran based on that translation. peace

I agree. When the copy of Muhammad Asad's 'the message of the Quran' arrived (I ordered it online) - it is simply a work of art. It definitely does justice to the Quran being displayed in such a beautiful manner.

[Wakas]

peace,

agentxxx, has "aidid safar" released a Quran translation in book form? Is it online anywhere?

ayani, by chronological Quran, what method are you using?

kaiwai, it doesn't really matter if one uses Yusuf Ali as a trans, as long as one approaches it (and all trans.) in an intelligent manner.

[Hati]

Salam,

I use this site

http//www.answering-christianity.com/quran_search.htm

It has the following 11 different translations

Dr. Munir Munshey (one of this site's authors)
Yusuf Ali
Arberry
Al-Hilali & Khan
Palmer
Shakir
Sale
Sher Ali
Pickthall
Khalifa
Rodwell
With Transliteration and Arabic

Hati

[arnoldyasin]

The best way is ofcourse to interact with the Arabic text itself and dictionaries.

Translations are an interpretation of an observation. What I have learned from Muhammed Asad, Parwez, Shabbir and Ahmed Ali is how to use the Quran itself in the interpretation.

For several months me and Maxq are making our own translation.

[ayani]

ayani, by chronological Quran, what method are you using?

brother Wakas ~

http//www.qran.org/q-chrono.htm peace do you find it reliable?

[Wakas]

peace sister ayani,

I dont think I've ever studied the chronological order to see if it was valid or not, so cant say. I thought you may have meant sorting it based on content, hence asking.

[agentxxx]

agentxxx, has "aidid safar" released a Quran translation in book form? Is it online anywhere?

Peace wakas, no bro I don't have his translation in a book form, I only have his translation of the first two chapters which I had downloaded from his website http//aididsafar.com/translation.html I did the mistake of saving it in the same folder where I have all the complete translations stored and when I was posting my reply, I just checked my collection saw his name there and included his name in the list.
please accept my apology for the mistake.

peace