Mansoor, and the proper Qur'an translation

Submitted by Infidel (Canada), Mar 13, 2008 at 02:57

Mansoor, you are right, and indeed I made a terrible mistake. The Qur'ans I referred to were; "The Qur'an by Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Published by Tahrike Tarsile Qur'an, Inc", "The Glorious Qur'an by Professor(Dr.) Syed Vickar Ahamed Holmdel, and the translation has been approved by Al-Azhar University, Islamic Research Academy, General Department for Research, Writing and Translation, Cairo, Egypt and my last Qur'an I copied from the Internet from an Islamic website.

Although, the translations are the same, you have made me aware of my errors. Can you tell me where I can find the bark of trees, stones and leather hides from animals that contain Muhammad's words, copied by his friends. You must know that Muhammad could neither read or write, therefore he trusted his friends to record his recitations. And since the above noted authors have erred in their translations, I want the real thing.

Of course, anybody that translates the words of another will obviously make errors. Therefore the bark, stones and animals hides may have errors in them as well. Should we be able to locate these articles, would you agree to examine them and verify if they are correct? I would also like to tell you that I paid a lot of money for the translation by Abdullah Yusuf Ali, do you really think that it's a fake? Please Mansoor, I will be waiting for your advise. Last of all, should I write to these noted authors and tell them that they erred in a grievous way? Shame on them, right? Hey Mansoor, can we sue them for publishing fraudulent documents? I will be anxiously waiting for your reply.

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