Whats your translation?

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