06-13-2006, 12:38 AM
Quote:Good. You have expressed a rational, coherent thought which I can respond to, and which we can then discuss.
Let's take, as an example, the first part of surah 4:11 from the koran:
the Yusuf Ali translation reads:
> Allah (thus) directs you as regards your Children's
> (Inheritance): to the male, a portion equal to that
> of two females: if only daughters, two or more,
the Pickthal translation reads:
> Allah chargeth you concerning (the provision for)
> your children: to the male the equivalent of the portion
> of two females, and if there be women more than two,
you are playing games huh... OK :)
YUSUF ALI said 2 <b>or</b> more... which can be <b>more</b> than 2 as pickthal rightly said:
now let us compare that with the Bible.... for example.
The Roman Catholic Bible was published at Rheims in 1582, from Jerome's Latin Vulgate and reproduced at Douay in 1609. As such the RCV (Roman Catholic Version) is the oldest Version that one can still buy today. Despite its antiquity, the whole of the Protestant world, including the "cults"* condemn the RCV because it contains seven extra "books" which they contemptuously refer to as the "apocrypha" i.e. of DOUBTFUL AUTHORITY. Notwithstanding the dire warning contained in the Apocalypse, which is the last book in the RCV (renamed as "Revelation" by the Protestants), it is "revealed":
". . . If any man shall add to these things (or delete) God shall add unto him the plagues written in this Book."
(Revelation 22:18-19)
<b>But who cares! </b> The Protestants have bravely expunged seven whole books from their <b>Book of God</b>! The outcasts are:
The Book of Judith
The Book of Tobias
The Book of Baruch
The Buck of Esther, etc.
Now let us see the protestant Bible.
"King James Version (KJV)".
"THE AUTHORISED VERSION OF THE BIBLE WAS PUBLISHED IN 1611 <b>BY THE WILL AND COMMAND OF HIS MAJESTY KING JAMES THE 1ST WHOSE NAME IT BEARS TILL TODAY." </b>
The Roman Catholics, believing as they do that the Protestants have mutilated the Book of God, are yet aiding and abetting the Protestant "crime" by forcing their native converts to purchase the Authorised Version (AV) of the Bible, which is the only Bible available in some 1500 languages of the lesser developed nations of the world. The Roman Catholics milk their cows, but the feeding is left to the Protestants! The overwhelming majority of Christians — both Catholics and Protestant — use the Authorised (AV) or the King James Version (KJV) as it is alternatively called.
First published, as Sir Winston says, in 1611, and then revised in 1881 (RV), and now <b>re-revised </b> and brought up to date as the Revised Standard Version (RSV) 1952, and now again <b>re-re-revised </b> in 1971 (still RSV for short). Let us see what opinion Christendom has of this most revised Bible, the RSV:-
1. "THE FINEST VERSION WHICH HAS BEEN PRODUCED IN THE PRESENT CENTURY." — (Church of England Newspaper)
2. "A COMPLETELY FRESH TRANSLATION BY SCHOLARS OF THE HIGHEST EMINENCE." — (Times literary Supplement)
3. "THE WELL-LOVED CHARACTERISTICS OF THE AUTHORISED VERSION COMBINED WITH A NEW ACCURACY OF TRANSLATION." — (Life and Work)
4. "THE MOST ACCURATE AND CLOSE RENDERING OF THE ORIGINAL" — (The Times)
The publishers (Collins) themselves, in their notes on the Bible at the end of their production, say on page 10: "<b>THIS BIBLE (RSV), IS THE PRODUCT OF THIRTY-TWO SCHOLARS, ASSISTED BY AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPRESENTING FIFTY CO-OPERATING DENOMINATIONS." </b> Why all this boasting? To make the gullible public buy their product? All these testimonies convince the purchaser that he is backing the right horse, with the purchaser little suspecting that he is being taken for a ride.
But what about the Authorised Version of the Bible (AV), the "World's Best Seller?" These Revisers, all good salesmen, have some very pretty things to say about it. However, their page iii, paragraph six of the PREFACE of the RSV reads;
<b>"THE KING JAMES VERSION (alternative description of AV) HAS WITH GOOD REASON BEEN TERMED 'THE NOBLEST MONUMENT OF ENGLISH PROSE.’ ITS REVISERS IN 1881 EXPRESSED ADMIRATION FOR 'ITS SIMPLICITY, ITS DIGNITY, ITS POWER, ITS HAPPY TURNS OF EXPRESSION ... THE MUSIC OF ITS CADENCES, AND THE FELICITIES OF ITS RHYTHM.’ IT ENTERED, AS NO OTHER BOOK HAS, INTO THE MAKING OF THE PERSONAL CHARACTER AND THE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES. WE OWE TO IT AN INCALCULABLE DEBT." </b>
Can you magine a more magnificent tribute being paid to the "Book of Books" than the above? Let see what else they say.
<b>"YET THE KING JAMES VERSION HAS GRAVE DEFECTS." And, "THAT THESE DEFECTS ARE SO MANY AND SO SERIOUS AS TO CALL FOR REVISION</b> . . ." This is th mouths of 32 scholars of "the highest eminence."
no sect among Christianity will accept to use the Bible of another sect. call the "Born again" people and ask them to read your Bible they will say THE ONLY BIBLE THAT CONTAINS GOD'S WORDS IS THE KING JAMES VERSIONS. ALL OTHER VERSIONS ARE CORRUPTED. they dont even believe in the NEW KING JAMES VERSION.
so dont try to hide the truth. we dont force you to accept Islam, but at least admit that you have a problem with the Bible as which one is "God's Word"
as of us, we can very well read both Yusuf Ali and Pickthal... AND we have the Arabic original text as well.
Salam
Wael