You are so correct about Muhsin Khan’s translation (whose name I only know now after reading this article).

Someone gifted me with a beautiful tajweed Quran, that I love using to read the actual Arabic. And I always read the English after so I can understand, but the English translation was literally making me angry! All of the parentheses was overwhelming and even as a beginning student, I knew some of the translation was grossly incorrect!

So now, I read my Arabic in the book (I want to see words on a price of paper not screen) and then I read the Abdul Haleem translation on my phone. And that was just a coincidence; I just picked a random translator in the app hoping it be better than Khans.

And the Abdul Haleem is like a breath of fresh air!!!!!!! I feel soooo connected to the Quran and Allah’s words! I can’t wait to read my Quran every morning and am so grateful that Allah guided me to this translation. It really is the best English translation I’ve read! May Allah reward him

Here is a link to it on Amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com/Quran-English-translation-Parallel-Arabic/dp/019957071X/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2VDQMHRC7IBPN&keywords=m.a.s.+abdel+haleem&qid=1573629693&sprefix=M.A.S.+Abdel+%2Caps%2C360&sr=8-2

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Well said

I think using the english word for Allah makes it more relatable to non-Arabic speaking readers. This is a great article that explains more:

http://www.virtualmosque.com/relationships/withthedivine/whats-in-a-name-the-names-of-god/

Assalamualaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh

Where did you get it that he places hadith on the same level on the Quran or that he uses weak hadith? Muslims follow the Quran AND the hadith, not just the Quran. It’s impossible to interpret the Quran without hadith.

“For example the verses of Surah Fatiha apply equally to Muslims who have earned Allah’s wrath or who have gone astray. ”

He is correct, and the one who by the permission of Allah brought you these ayat confirms his opinion.

Imam Ahmad recorded that `Adi bin Hatim said, “The horsemen of the Messenger of Allah seized my paternal aunt and some other people. When they brought them to the Messenger of Allah , they were made to stand in line before him. My aunt said, `O Messenger of Allah! The supporter is far away, the offspring have stopped coming and I am an old woman, unable to serve. Grant me your favor, may Allah grant you His favor.’ He said, `Who is your supporter’ She said, `Adi bin Hatim.’ He said, `The one who ran away from Allah and His Messenger’ She said, `So, the Prophet freed me.’ When the Prophet came back, there was a man next to him, I think that he was `Ali, who said to her, `Ask him for a means of transportation.’ She asked the Prophet , and he ordered that she be given an animal.

” `Adi then said, “Later on, she came to me and said, `He (Muhammad ) has done a favor that your father (who was a generous man) would never have done. So and-so person came to him and he granted him his favor, and so-and-so came to him and he granted him his favor.’ So I went to the Prophet and found that some women and children were gathering with him, so close that I knew that he was not a king like Kisra (King of Persia) or Caesar. He said, `O `Adi! What made you run away, so that La ilaha illallah is not proclaimed Is there a deity worthy of worship except Allah What made you run away, so that Allahu Akbar (Allah is the Greater) is not proclaimed Is there anything Greater than Allah’ I proclaimed my Islam and I saw his face radiate with pleasure and he said:

«إِنَّ الْمَغْضُوبَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْيَهُودُ وَ إِنَّ الضَّالِينَ النَّصَارَى»

(Those who have earned the anger are the Jews and those who are led astray are the Christians.)”

This Hadith was also collected by At-Tirmidhi who said that it is Hasan Gharib.

“For example the verses of Surah Fatiha apply equally to Muslims who have earned Allah’s wrath or who have gone astray. So by including the “paranthesis”, Muslims will not expand their understanding of the verses to look at themselves.”

Rather, it is by learning who these ayat refer to that we can apply it to ourselves. Most definitely Muslims have fallen from Islam into “maghdoobi alayhim” and “adaaaleen.”

However, by knowing that these ayat refer the Jews and Christians, we take a lesson for ourselves. That’s because Allah says,

“Allah’s Messenger (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: ‘You will indeed follow the ways of those before you, hand span by hand span, and an arms length after another. Even if they enter into a lizard’s hole, you will follow them.’ We (the Sahaba) asked, ‘Is it the Jews and the Christians?’ He replied, ‘Who else!’” [Bukhari]

This is why Muslims cannot rely on translations alone as they may become misguided! We need tafsir, like Tafsir ibn Kathir from qtafsir.com and Nouman Ali Khan.

In reality, Muhsin Khan’s translation is one of the very best of translations.

No you are wrong, it could never be as you say, the contextual evidence is too clear that it means hand as in part of the body. Also the Asl (Orginal/Source) meaning for the word Yad in arabic is Hand, in the literal sense, there is times when it can mean support, grace favor and etc, but that is when there is clear cut linguistic and context proof, and not rational proof, please note the difference between the two. Also the meanings other than Hand conveyed by this Word Yad are furooa3 (Secondary) meanings and to take a word from its primary to it secondary meaning you once again need linguistic and contextual proof. Also the meanings other then Hand for Yad, are also used in the metaphorical sense, so if you say that it means support then you have made the word metaphoric, and metaphors in reality have no standardized rules and the individual can then distort the meaning of a word, compound or sentence if he so wills. So once again as the claimant it is upon you to bring the linguistic proof. Furthermore, it is clear cut when you look at the classical Commentaries of the Qur’aan, The Books Divine Law, the Narrations of the Prophet SAW and his companions, the understanding of the Scholars who uphold the Pure teachings of Islam, the implementation of this law throughout Islamic Rule, that it does not mean what you say Oh Abdu, so please refrain from speaking about things you have know knowledge of and spreading false information and misconceptions. The true Muslims will never let anyone even attempt to distort a single word of the Quran, or even a diacritical marking therein. May Allah guide us and give us Beneficial knowledge.

Why do you assume that the translation you’ve been reading is the correct one? The word in the verse fopr hands could just as easily have been support, making the verse read, cut off his support.