Help with translating Arabic
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Hi,
I haven?t been on the forum for about 5 years now. My interest in the Quran and related things has grown, and I?ve had an article accepted for publication in the Pakistan Journal of Islamic Research (oooh! ? and it?s a proper Islamic journal, none of this ?western orientalists? stuff!).
I?m working on another article now, but have run into a little bit of a sticky issue ? I don?t know any Arabic, and Google translate is a bit limiting with traditional Arabic!
As such, is there anyone here who could help me read the tafsirs? (I am penniless and so can?t afford to pay anything.) I am working on the Muqattaat (initial letters) of the Quran. It is on linking the letters to the bizarre hadiths about them, e.g. why is Qaf a mountain, and nun an inkwell or fish (on which the world rests!). I've used Google Translate to get a rough guide of specific passages I would like translating (I?m sure one involving a dog!), but need help. Are there any offers? I would be happy to reference you in the article.
If you are wondering about what other stuff I have written, then it can be found at
https//www.rwtheology.org
with a special page dedicated to Islam
https//www.rwtheology.org/islam.html
I?ll be putting direct links to some of the stuff in the relevant places in the forum.Many thanks,
Richard
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This site could help you http//arabic.tripod.com/index.html
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This site could help you http//arabic.tripod.com/index.html
Many thanks for this, but I'll be using the quotations in an official journal (hopefully!), so I can't do it myself as I'm not confident enough.
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Ah well i did what i could. Salam/Peace & Allah/God bless.
