The shameful translation of the Qur'an by Yusuf Ali

Submitted by dhimmi no more (United States), Feb 14, 2015 at 11:44

Our dear Nasr while we kuffar are waiting for your answers here is an example of why no one should read translations of the Qur'an more so by the big time liar Yusuf Ali

So let us read Q4:43

لا تقربوا الصلوة وانتم سكارى

For the readers this means do not pray if you are drunk

I will leave the mistakes in grammar ans spelling and foreign words in this verse for now and I will concentrate on the word سكارى and this is how Yusuf Ali translates this word

-Befogged

Now let us read Pickthall's translation

-Druken

So who is right and who is wrong our dear Nasr?

Hint the word fog in Arabic is ضباب so do you find the word ضباب in the verse? Hint: No so who is the ignorant/liar? Hint: Yusuf Ali

Then how can we prove that the word سكارى means Drunk? Hint: Check a dictionary and here is from an Arabic language dictionary

http://www.almaany.com/quran/22/2/15/#.VN95iubF9Qw

1. This means that Yusuf Ali's translation is not correct 21.This also means that Yusuf Ali was either a liar or he was ignorant so which one was it?

2. It also means that there is no reason for you or for me to accept translations of the Qur'an because as I just proved to you some Muslims are liars

So do us a favor never use translations oh I forgot that you do not speak read or write Arabic

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