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**whimpykid** · 05-20-2011, 05:23 AM

http://www.central-mosque.com/aqeedah/tahawi.htm

Do you happen to know whose translation it is? The reason I am asking is because I doubt the accuracy of this translation. For example "38. Nor is He contained by the six directions as all created things are." is an incorrect translation of كَسَائِرِ المُبْتَدَعاتِ. The correct translation would be as "like other creatures."

That is the very widespread translation of IQRA' International Education Foundation (based in the USA) which has been published in book/booklet format multiple times. My copy was published in 1995.

I'd recommend Shaykh Hamza Yusuf's translation. It is affordable, and apart from the accurate translation, it contains an extremely useful critical Arabic text which was composed through the comparison of four different published editions of the text. All differences between editions are listed in the endnotes in the Arabic.

EDIT: There are other translations available online, including Shaykh Ninowy's.

05-20-2011, 05:23 AM	#9
whimpykid Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 611 Senior Member	http://www.central-mosque.com/aqeedah/tahawi.htm Do you happen to know whose translation it is? The reason I am asking is because I doubt the accuracy of this translation. For example "38. Nor is He contained by the six directions as all created things are." is an incorrect translation of كَسَائِرِ المُبْتَدَعاتِ. The correct translation would be as "like other creatures." That is the very widespread translation of IQRA' International Education Foundation (based in the USA) which has been published in book/booklet format multiple times. My copy was published in 1995. I'd recommend Shaykh Hamza Yusuf's translation. It is affordable, and apart from the accurate translation, it contains an extremely useful critical Arabic text which was composed through the comparison of four different published editions of the text. All differences between editions are listed in the endnotes in the Arabic. EDIT: There are other translations available online, including Shaykh Ninowy's.
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