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**gernica** · 05-22-2012, 05:23 AM

I would advise against reading Saudi backed Quran translation in general. They tend to be hyper literalist and minority view (in the historical sense) gaining prominance on the back of petro dollar. Also the transaltion is often does not do justice to the subject because the translator themselves are not primary english speaker. However in absense of other translation, one should not abondone it completely.
Try
http://www.euro-sunni.com/forum/inde...81b09e5f35b8d6

It is better to opt for translation like The noble Quran translation by Ayesha Bewelwy.

05-22-2012, 05:23 AM	#5
gernica Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 575 Senior Member	I would advise against reading Saudi backed Quran translation in general. They tend to be hyper literalist and minority view (in the historical sense) gaining prominance on the back of petro dollar. Also the transaltion is often does not do justice to the subject because the translator themselves are not primary english speaker. However in absense of other translation, one should not abondone it completely. Try http://www.euro-sunni.com/forum/inde...81b09e5f35b8d6 It is better to opt for translation like The noble Quran translation by Ayesha Bewelwy.
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