The Holy Qur'an
The Holy Qur'an (also known as The Koran) is the sacred book of Islam. For Muslims, it is the word of the one God. The Qur'an was revealed to the last prophet and messenger Muḥammad (محمد) from the year 610 until his death in 632 by the angel Gabriel (جبريل).
According to the Qur'an, God exists and is unique, and He is the author of all the sacred books of the three monotheistic religions that are Islam, Christianity, and Judaism. He thus revealed the Gospel to the penultimate prophet Jesus and the Torah to the prophet Moses. We read thus in verse 3 of sura 3: "It is He Who sent down to thee (step by step), in truth, the Book, confirming what went before it; and He sent down the Law (of Moses) and the Gospel (of Jesus) before this, as a guide to mankind".
However, Islam considers that, with the exception of the Quran, all the holy Books have been falsified by man. Verse 75 of Sura 2 goes in this direction: "Well, do you hope [Muslims] that such people [the Jews] will share your faith with you? while a group of them; after having heard and understood the word of Allah, knowingly falsified it."
As the influence of Islam grows and spreads to the world, translating the Qur'an is of fundamental importance in order to introduce and explain Islam to anyone interested.
This present work is a translation into English of the meaning of the verses of the Koran made by Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. This translation is considered to be one of the most faithful rendering available in English.
Reviews (177)
The truth will out ...
Seems to be a good 'English translation' though I'm no expert. I bought this book, wanting to learn what it was in fundamental Islamic teaching - The Quran - that the like of ISIS/ISIL and others are taking to 'extremes' or being 'fundamentalist' about. Yes it has its moments of fire and brimstone, but then so does the Holy Bible's Old Testament upon which The Quran is based. So what did I discover? - Frankly - that none of these guys have ever read the book for themselves! Just one quote: [God] Allah talking to Muhammad through The Angel Gabriel: "Those who believe The Book [Basically 'The Torah of The Old Testament] those who follow the Jewish faith, and the Sabians and the Christians, any who believe in Allah [God] and the Last Day, and work righteously, on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve." Hello!!!
Not for me
My teen age son wanted to convert to Muslim and wanted this book. I didnt want to buy it for him because he was raised Christain. Glad I bought it, because after a lot of prayers and him reading it he started having second thoughts and now has lost interest.
Easily understandable!
I’m not Muslim, bought it to read just so I can understand what it’s about. Very easily understandable. This version is great!
testing against the Bible
Just wanted to see what Islam believes. The stories of the Patriachs are far different from those in the Bible. The only name of any god is Al Lah, the one worshipped by Muhammad's tribe but now Allah. The "name" of the God of the Bible is never mentioned. Some of the "commands" are good,. Since Allah's 3 daughters were abrogated from the Qur'an, there are tirades concerning "god" having a "son" (in the same idea of the daughters). Both the Qur'an and the Bible relate stories to negate polytheism and idol worship. The Qur'an brings up "Hell" is over and over -- a much worse place than The Divine Comedy ever dreamed of. Thanks for actually "proving" the Bible's worth to me.
This is the Quran in plain easy to understand English
This is the Quran in plain easy to understand English. The only thing missing is the Tafsir and commentary of Islamic scholars to really understand the meaning of the text and the context of what is being discussed. It is a good start to understanding what is soon to be the worlds largest religion in the world. It is interesting that the Surah's are not in chronological order like the Bible but from largest to smallest the way Muhammad commanded it to be. The stories of the prophets are littered throughout the book and are very similar to the Bible besides a few details but missing many of the minor prophets of the Bible. But to really understand Islam you also need to read the Hadith which are quotations of the prophet Muhammad from his companions that were collected by Hadith scholars. These contain the major applications of Islam in daily life, like the proper way to eat, greet people, sleep, engage in trade, proper way to use the bathroom , etc.. An interesting aspect of Islam from other religions is that Islam has regulations and rulings for basically every action you do, even more specific rules and regulations than Talmudic Judaism in some ways, while most religions give only guiding principles. A very good introductory work.
Beautiful translation.
Beautiful translation. If you want to read the Quran and understand it in English this is a great book. It doesn't have the Arabic next to the English. It is just the whole book of English words.
Very good English language explanation
I really like that it’s easy to read for the English language and easy to understand for me, and this is because I want to understand the Islam and Muslim way because my husband is Muslim. So having this book makes it a lot easier with the audiobook that I have thank you.
If you truly want to know what The Holy Qur'an ...
If you truly want to know what The Holy Qur'an says stop listening to other people and read it yourself. Is Islam "the religion of peace"? Some say yes and some say no. Read it and form your own educated opinion.
East to read and understand
Easy to read and understand. The negative reviews of this book and in comparison to the bible is nonsense. It's a BOOK. it's not meant to be better or worse than the Bible. To each his own beliefs and religion. Saying this, this book is easily understandable and easy to read. Good content and interesting to learn the different views in this world.
Manufacturers had utter failure or disrespect
The quality of the physical book was absolutely treated with utter disregard. Uneven pages, to where they would be sticking out and not evenly cut, some of the pages were creased and printed on, print was smudged done over creases so that some is unreadable... some pages torn. I’ve never seen a book sold like this ever. That and the fact that it’s the Quran and treated this way I’d highly disrespectful and then add the fact it made it out the door!!! ????
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