07-17-2006, 03:01 PM
Bismillah
Wow!
I do not understand where the difficulty in understanding is coming from for you. THE ENGLISH IS NOT THE QUR'AN!!! It never ever will be. The Qur'an is in ARABIC. It is "translated" into English to give a glimpse of what the Qur'an actually is. ANYONE, muslim or not, MUST learn Arabic to fully understand the concept of the Qur'an. To try to prove inconsistancies with interpretations will never, ever, ever, pursuade muslims who know that the QUR'AN IS IN ARABIC. Look at the preface of these interpretations (if you dare) and you will see men admitting that they are undertaking an impossibility. They readily admit that it is impossible to keep the brevity of the Qur'an while maintaining its deep messages when interpretted in another language. For the messages that they Qur'an has, one will have to write literally volumes in English. It was frustrating to realize myself as an English speaker but true. I have heard entire lectures discussing one word or phrase in the Qur'an and still only just brushing the top of the topic.
I have written alot to say:
THE QUR'AN IS IN THE ARABIC LANGUAGE *PERIOD*