The Meaning of the Holy Qur'an | Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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	The Meaning of the Holy Qur'an Abdullah Yusuf Ali Amana Corporation, 2001 - 1762 pages average customer review:based on 75 reviews view larger image
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Mistake in the Koran!!!

One of the questions which puzzled the ancient Arabs was, "Where did the sun go when night time came?" The Qur'an gave them Allah's answer.

He [i.e. Zul-qarnain] followed, until he reached the setting of the sun. He found it set in a spring of murky water.
(Surah XVIII ( Kahf) vs. 85-86)

We agree with Muslim scholars that Zul-qarnain refers to Alexander the Great (see Yusuf Ali's appendix on this subject in his translation of the Qur'an). According to this surah, Alexander the Great traveled west until he found out what happened to the sun. It went down into and under the murky waters of a pond. When it was completely covered by the water, darkness fell upon the earth.

To the early Muslims, this surah gave the divine answer as to why darkness fell when the sun set in the West. They assumed that the sun, like the moon, was the size perceived by the human eye, about the size of a basketball. Darkness came when with a mighty hissing roar it went down under the dark waters of a pond. They boldly and proudly proclaimed that this marvelous answer proved that the Qur'an was indeed the Word of God.

Today, modern Muslims are quite embarrassed by this passage and try to ignore it or to quickly dismiss it as poetry. But the passage is not part of a poem. Thus it cannot be dismissed as figurative language or poetic license. In the context, it is part of a historical narrative which relates several historical incidences in the life of Alexander the Great.

The mistake was based on the erroneous assumption that the earth was flat. The authors of the Qur'an did not know that the earth was a sphere which revolved around the sun.

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i love my counry too

Yaaawwwnnnnn!! spare us the patriotic dribble. The military is composed of people from many creeds, religious beliefs and ethnicity. I guess you overestimate you contribution. But I am sure you can't help that, some people are just born with racist genes.

read quran

Hassan, the bigot islamophob. Your tactic is akin to when the KKK was scaring white People about Blacks moving next to them and marrying their daughters, You and Mustafa are the same. But your plan is weak .

You can read the Quran and see that Allah wants people of all different races to know each other and cooperate with each other. You on the other hand, with your racist and xenophobic attitude will not succeed in your plan.

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Why Hate My Country?

I served this country in Vietnam and retired from the USAF after 21 years of active service. When I see my country being mocked below by persons who spit on our freedoms and our way of life, I want to say: "I will gladly buy you a first class plane ticket to whatever Islamic state or country you may wish to move to". You ingrateful people. You have and enjoy all of our nation's freedoms but you write reviews here blasting the very country you prosper in. If you hate christians and Jews so much I promise to send you a plane ticket to whatever Islamic state you wish to go to so you do not have to even see them.

I read these fanatics below and I think - is THIS what I fought for?

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Koran came in good shape

This koran came in the box and was in good shape. I just started to read it and I am finding it tough going. The print is a nice size and the commentary does help me a little to understand the text. The language is in the style of the King James Version of the Bible and it sound more literary than another newer translation I saw. I looked for a leather bound koran but could not see one. Hardbound will suffice though.

One Question: Sometimes hard to understand who is talking in koran..is it allah or mohommad? How can you tell?

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