Peace Gary, Any translation with inserted text will be biased by the translator's understanding. And for that matter, any translation, period. Read what you're comfortable with, but always cross-reference as many different translations as possible when it comes to studying the meanings. Study tools, such as http//www.studyquran.co.uk/ are great components. Try http//yaqb.org/ for your cross-referencing. Peace, Tay Thank you Tay... When trying to understand Shakespeare, do we base our understandings on the arabic translations, or the language it was originally written in?

I applaud the translation team for deciding to remove the archaic language that pervaded the older versions of The Message. I've discovered that there are a few remaining archaic words which may have been overlooked. One is the use of the word unto. This word is typically paired with woe as in "Woe unto you". It appears that most of the uses of unto have been correctly replaced with to, but a few may have been missed. The word woe on the other hand, while not considered archaic, seems a bit so to me, however, I'm not sure an adequate substitute is available or desired by your team? Thanks... Gary

Peace, My only concern is you've used Al kitab to translate as the record and the scripture. Why translate al zbr as both when Al quran has the specific words for those i.e. al kitab? Furthermore, How do you determine where to translate it as the psalms and where to translate it as the scripture,or the record? Although, David is one of the recepients of Al zabour, it is not exclusive to him (3/184). I understand what you are saying, though the Arabic language does allow the use of different words sometimes to give the same meaning (e.g. Layth = Lion, Qaswara = Lion, Haitham = Lion, Asad = Lion). I did recheck the dictionary defintion on Zubr and scripture/book is one of its given meanings. However, you are correct, the Quran is a precise and accurate work of art which uses different words to allude to slight variations perhaps in meaning. Is there a better word to use than scripture for zubr? I don`t have one, but if you do, please propose what options can be chosen from.