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**hasasnn2345tv** · 03-15-2012, 05:58 AM

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.

You should give him the tafseer. The thing is, there are some ayaat in the Qur'an that require a context of history. There are some that refer to other ayaat of the Qur'an and if one hasn't read the translation thoroughly with understanding, he won't be able to connect the dots between related verses.

03-15-2012, 05:58 AM	#27
hasasnn2345tv Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 501 Senior Member	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. You should give him the tafseer. The thing is, there are some ayaat in the Qur'an that require a context of history. There are some that refer to other ayaat of the Qur'an and if one hasn't read the translation thoroughly with understanding, he won't be able to connect the dots between related verses.
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