02-07-2005, 10:54 PM
Last week I began my class called History and Development of Islamic Thought at the university and I am VERY excited! My professor is Dr. Siddiqi.
In our first meeting I learned that that the Arabic Qur'an is the word of Allah, and that the english translation is inferior and not divine. I regret to tell you that I don't know Arabic or how to read it, and so am forced to find an english translationof the Qur'an.
I asked Dr. Siddiqi which english translation was the most faithful to the original Arabic, and he recommended the translation by Yusef Ali, and so I plan to go get that one. Would you recommend this one as well?
I was just wondering. Thanks for your input.
Sincerely,
Student