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**newpiknicker** · 03-14-2012, 07:34 PM

The poll is strange because option 1 says that one should only read the tafseer, when the tafaseer themselves contain translations of the verses. Option 2 is also strange because it implies that commentaries may be faulty. Option 4 is also strange because it implies a person who does read a translation or a tafseer is not a proper Muslim.

option 1-A tafseer would be the explanation/commentry of the quran, so when u are reading the tafseer then the translation would be explained to u wheras if u read the translation by its own a lot of things to the layman would not make sense.
option2-No it does not imply that rather some people may be of the opinion that a person is able to read the translation and understand it by himself.

Overall i have created this thread because recently one of my reletives (who has very little knowledge of deen) asked for a translation. Now when i explained that u shouldnt read the translation by its own he got in to an argument. so i wanted to see all the arguments for and against. After seeing mufti sahebs video i am convinced that reading the tafseer is the best way to go.

03-14-2012, 07:34 PM	#25
newpiknicker Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 460 Senior Member	The poll is strange because option 1 says that one should only read the tafseer, when the tafaseer themselves contain translations of the verses. Option 2 is also strange because it implies that commentaries may be faulty. Option 4 is also strange because it implies a person who does read a translation or a tafseer is not a proper Muslim. option 1-A tafseer would be the explanation/commentry of the quran, so when u are reading the tafseer then the translation would be explained to u wheras if u read the translation by its own a lot of things to the layman would not make sense. option2-No it does not imply that rather some people may be of the opinion that a person is able to read the translation and understand it by himself. Overall i have created this thread because recently one of my reletives (who has very little knowledge of deen) asked for a translation. Now when i explained that u shouldnt read the translation by its own he got in to an argument. so i wanted to see all the arguments for and against. After seeing mufti sahebs video i am convinced that reading the tafseer is the best way to go.
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