[JonatonM]

The books that Sheikh Nuh recommended were translations, and Chittick and Arberry are competent translators. It isn't like he recommended works in which they were espousing their personal philosophy of Islam. Chittick’s book is a translation with commentary and Shaykh Nuh gushed over Arberry’s translation when there exists many respected English translations by Muslims. In fact, translating the Quran is not simply translation is it? Considering the nature of Quranic Arabic and the skill it requires when rendering it into English( while attempting to maintain rhythmic flow), competence strikes me as a rather limited word to use in regards to Arberry. He is a respected Scholar of Islam and would be called Kuffar by many of you. Anyway, question: if someone like an Arberry helps to strengthen the Islam of many Muslims but is not a Muslim, is his fate the same as someone who is not sympathetic to Islam at all?