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Work InformationThe Study Quran by Seyyed Hossein Nasr (Editor in Chief)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I can't say I read the whole thing, but have read many of the Suras and the notes. I'm not Muslim but have Muslim friends and think it's important to understand their religion directly through their texts, rather than through hearsay. It's a beautiful and fair translation. I have a Christian background and find that many translations seems to purposely try to make Islam seem alien by, for example, not translating the word "allah" to God. This translation does it so well there are many places where it reads like parts of the Bible. Interestingly, the Quran contains a fuller account of the nativity story than the Bible and one that is familiar to us today, which can be explained by the fact that Muslims lived peacefully in Europe among Christians for a few hundred years. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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This study edition of the Quran features a new English translation, a verse-by-verse commentary, and essays by fifteen international scholars. No library descriptions found. |
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