Interpretation/translation resources
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Peace to all.
It has become increasingly apparent, on my brief journey with the Quran thus far, that there is a veil of unreality cloaking the Truth of the Quran that exists at the level of interpretation of the arabic by using different dictionaries/lexicons/grammatical analyses. As I look at all these sources, they all purport to be 'authentic', 'authoritative' etc, and we have all heard these worthless descriptors in various contexts.
I'm interested to know if anyone could point me toward a method and/or resources to minimise this limitation on interpretation. Are there any english or arabic sources that you have found that most closely align with interpretations that are internally consistent across the Quran and minimally influenced by cultural/traditional ideas or agendas?
Many thanks in advance.
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Peace,
This literal word for word is good easy to cross reference ...
http//corpus.quran.com/wordbyword.jsp?chapter=29&verse=1
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Salaam Straight way,
I did a little experiment to see how a single verse changed from a pure lexicon translation of Lanes, compared with the traditional translation that you would assume would match the lexicon in the main. A pure lexicon translation has some interesting results, I included the reference for each word of the Ayah to Lanes below the translation, a few words I could not find in Lanes and used what translation I could find.
http//servantofthelight.com/content/view/193/229/
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peace,
...a method and/or resources to minimise this limitation on interpretation. Are there any english or arabic sources that you have found that most closely align with interpretations that are internally consistent across the Quran and minimally influenced by cultural/traditional ideas or agendas?
You need a robust method. Many have no method or a poor method.
You can read my thoughts here
http//www.quran434.com/study-method.html -
Salaam str41ghtw4y,
I understand what you are saying and I agree with you that most of us don't believe in hadith but believe in lexicons, etc. I don't know why.
I may show you the best way, inshaAllah.
Just look at each and every word used in AlQuraan in itself. The usage of words will give you the exact meaning inshaAllah. There are some words that has been used only once in AlQuraan, that you can look up later.
Just to give you an example of the exact meaning in AlQuraan, here it goes
20124
20124 And whoever turns away from My remembrance, then he will have a miserable life, and We will raise him blind on the Day of Resurrection.Initially, I was searching for the meaning of highlighted word above in 20124 but dictionary gave me the exact meaning, then Allah showed me the exact meaning in another aayat. Please follow
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12105 And how many a sign in the heavens and the earth do they pass by, while they are turning away from it.You can notice that 'aradha is not just 'turning away'. AlhamduliAllah, Allah is the best Guide and Teacher.
Hope this may help you inshaAllah.
May Allah guide us all to His only path pr
Mohammed M. Khan -
Peace all,
Thankyou for your thoughtful responses, each valuable in their own right.
My impression is that if one truly wants to steer clear from conjecture, the closest one can get to Truth is through personal effort in addressing the meaning of the words of the Quran and making up ones own mind.
InshaaAllah we may all find our Straight Path.
Peace.
