I was born a Muslim, in my teens I left islam. Now in my mid-twenties I am happy to embrace islam back to my life and for the end of my time I will die a Muslim. The lessons in Islam helped me tremendously and it continues to do so with new lessons I never knew about before. It Brought me back up from a dark hole in my life that I will never go back to. Peace and Love upon all of human beings and all of gods creation. ❤❤❤❤
*(For both Muslims and non Muslims)* There comes a point in life where we have to make choices. We can't just pray and fast because our parents are doing it. Let's make wise choices. Let's make better investments. So we can maximise our returns. - I invite all my fellow Muslims to seek knowledge as our beloved prophet Muhammad peace be upon him made it a DUTY upon every Muslim and Muslimah.. So PLEASE, study and learn about your Deen دين and about Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala and the reason why we are on this Earth and why we worship Him?!!! Because *the more you know Him, the more you love Him, the more you obey Him, the more you abide by His commandments.* *And in parallel, the more you know Him, the more you fear Him, the more you avoid His anger, the more you avoid His prohibitions.* Allah swt says in His holy Quran : 35:28 It is those of Allah’s servants, who are knowledgeable ˹of His might˺, who stand in ˹true˺ awe of Him. Allah is indeed Almighty, All-Forgiving. (... إِنَّمَا یَخۡشَى ٱللَّهَ مِنۡ عِبَادِهِ ٱلۡعُلَمَـٰۤؤُا۟ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَزِیزٌ غَفُورٌ) [Sourate Fatir 28] - *to Non Muslims. Islam is Haq. Islam is Truth. PLEASE put aside your ego, arrogance, ignorance, misconceptions, prejudices, your own whims and desires, what you've been taught, media,.. and all of it and BE OBJECTIVE.* *Bring your awake brain and open your heart to the Truth. I invite you to make your own research about Allah and Islam.. it is not beneficial neither for me nor for Muslim community nor for Allah.. YOU are the one who will benefit from it in this life and above all in the Hereafter!* _I ask The One True God to show us the Truth as truth and grant us to follow it. And show us the Falsehood as falsehood and grant us to avoid it. Ameen_
We’re on the same journey, only I grew up Christian and became agnostic/atheist in college. I am continually called to Islam, at all times throughout my life I’ve had moments of clarity from Islam without knowing anything about it but I finally just felt compelled by the resilience, dignity and unshakable faith of the Palestinians in their fight against apartheid to learn about Islam and read the Quran for the first time. Salam alaykum ✌🏼🗺️🫶🏼
Props to you! Im a born Muslim but my aunt reverted when she was 21. She comes from a Catholic family. Thankfully her family is very understanding and respecting. If you have any questions, as i expect you will, 'Sapience institute' is a great place to go to or to contact, to ask questions. Also your local mosque can help. Remember context is key, many people refuse to acknowledge this. Good luck!
I appreciate how respectful you are talking about Quran and Islam. I would love to hear your thoughts throughout your process of reading it. Take your time with it and do not rush reading it. I don't know if this is a good translation or not because I only read Quran in Arabic but I hope it is. A lot of stories you already know will be mentioned in it: the creation, Moses, Jesus and Marry, Noah and more but they are in what we believe the real events that happened without no distortion/ rewriting.
The Abdel Haleem translation is a very balanced translation, a good choice for this sort of project. I recommend using a Quranic exegesis (tafsir) like Ibn Kathir for the parts that are difficult to understand without context and explanation. May Allah bless you immensely.
Ya Allah. I am so grateful for all that you've given me and I ask for nothing except this one wish. Please fulfill the wishes of all insan humanity in this world. Syukur alhamdulillah. Salam from Malaysia.
Musa and Isa - Moses and Jesus - appear in the Qu'ran as well as Adam, Noah and a host of Biblical characters I have read it twice through in different translations The first was a very readable version the second had many many footnotes and was a harder read (I get distracted by footnotes and end up going down rabbit holes) The second time I did it in a disciplined way reading a thirtieth of the Qu'ran per day. I was told this is what devote Muslims do during Ramadan. The ordering of the Surahs is from longest to shortest so the first Surah is the longest. My feeling about the Qu'ran is that it is not dissimilar to prophets in the Hebrew Scriptures. I hope you find it a useful read.
Really refreshing to watch and thank you for remaining respectful, especially sending blessings to the Prophet pbuh. 🫶🏻 Looking forward to more videos on your thoughts, friend. ☺️
I believe that whoever is looking for the truth and seeking knowledge to know his creator, The creator will surely lead him to the truth. This verse brings tears to my eyes: [Quran 29:69] As for those who strive for us, We will surely guide them along Our Way. And Allah is certainly with the good-doers. I seen many many live examples of it
Thank yo for keeping it on the top shelf, it's a sign of respect, even when it's not the actual Quran but a translation -- not that it's compulsory, but it's a beautiful thing to see.
Quite a big project your taking on here! Big respect - I'd reccomend reading the English quran in conjunction with no god but God by reza Aslan, Aslan gives a great overview on the context the Quran was revealed in, may help you understand the overall history better! Good luck!
ما شاء الله تبارك الرحمن Mashaa Aallah, keep going reading the Quran and you will find all answers you need to know about the Creator of heaven and earth and how life started on earth and why Aallah sent us his prophets and what is happening in the hear after. I hope Aallah will guide you to the right path Inshaa Allah and may Aallah bless you and keep you safe always Aameen 🤲🤲🤲
Hey, I appreciate how seriously you're taking this. To answer your question, the Qur'an does mention/acknowledge the Torah (called the Taurat) and the Bible (called the Injil), albeit with some caveats. I have a copy of that same translation, and I must say it's written in quite an accessible manner. Lastly, I would suggest, if you can, to read the exegesis (aka the Tafsir) of the some of the chapters to help you understand the context in which they were revealed.
If your English vocabulary is good, I highly recommend you use Dr. Mustafa Khatab's The Clear Quran; As an Arab who often has to quote the Quran in English for my non-arabic-speaking friends, this translation is nearly impeccable.
Hi, I watched your other videos on the Quran and appreciate your open minded way of approaching it. My recommendation for your journey would be to talk to brother Ali from “The Muslim Lantern”. He is a knowledgeable person on Islam and other religions and answered through his videos a lot of my questions too. Greetings from Germany 👋🏻
Would love to see you describe your thoughts and feelings as you read. How it makes you feel about supernatural realities and the reality of God and your own afterlife and such things. Would love to hear these deep thoughts.
Hello, I’d also recommend you to consult The Study Quran by Seyyed Hossain Nasr, his translation of Quran has concise details that further expand the historical context of Quran of the things discussed in it as well. Hope it expands your knowledge about Islam and Abrahmic religions in general. Good luck ✨
That is actually a book that contains many Shia sources, I would suggest for him to first follow the Quran as it was delivered to the Prophet (PBUP) and then if he wants to join a sect of Islam he may. One may argue that Shia is not a sect and is the real Islam, then ok 85% of the Muslims (1.6 bullion) are following the non real Islam and the Shias are following the real Islam, but what if the majority of those that are interested in Islam and wants to read only that which the majority follows then that person should be made aware of any content shared with him is being followed by the minority or majority.
@@Pixel3 Surah 6:116 "And if you obey (follow) most of who (is) in the earth, they misguide you from God`s way/path , that they follow except the assumption/suspicion , and that they (are) except lying/speculating" Surah 10:36 "And most of them follow not except assumption. Indeed, assumption avails not against the truth at all. Indeed, Allah is Knowing of what they do." There are numerous verses in the Quran clearly indicating and stating that the majority of people will not be on the right path. If you use "majority" as an argument, you should be a Christian. Properly investigate both sunni and shia as if you entered Islam yesterday, and make sure you do so with an open mind. You have to properly educated yourself by reading shia arguments from a shia-perspective, and not misconception and lies from sunnies until you can judge and advise people from their own research. The truth has been clearly separated from falsehood, never stand in the way of research. If you are so sure about sunni arguments there should be no problem what so ever to read and educate yourself on what shia arguments are. Why do you think there are NO shia-Muslims that warns against reading sunni sources?
If there is anything I can suggest is to read it , you'll be suprised how precise it can talk to you , it will answer your internal questions at the moment they come when you're reading !
I've been watching your channel for forever and I didn't realize you were Jewish! I've never read the Quran either so I will be interested to see your progress and thoughts. I would totally be interested in other religious scriptural content too. I was raised Christian and our pastor had a PhD in history so I was always fascinated by his sermons where he would analyze the text (as opposed to most churches whose focus seems to be broad platitudes with no real content, but that's a rant for another day...)
Read (studied) the Koran cover to cover. I found it repetitive and very similar to the Doctrines and Covenants of the LDS faith (problem arises, prophet needs an answer, God delivers answer that primarily coincides with benefit to prophet). There were a lot of sites that explained the more difficult passages but explanations/enforcement for most of those varied somewhat depending on whose site I checked.
Looking forward to the video - and hope you have a lovely journey. wanted to check if there was a link to the edition you were reading. I have 4 translations myself and find newer text’s interesting. You may also want to check an older text as well which tries to capture the music of the original. The newer ones are a little flat in that regard from my experience. Also - are there other religious text you are going to read after this?
I know this is an old video but I think Quran translation by Dr. Mustafa Khattab is a better choice since it contains explanation to verses, giving perspective on how the Prophet taught the Quran to his closest companion. That's the thing you see. Muslim doesn't interpret the Quran through their own understanding. It always goes back to how the Prophet taught the companions and how they understood the Quran. If you're interested in diving deeper into the actual context, you need to read the "Tafsir", which explanation of the Quran, backed by hadith. A famous one would be [Tafsir ibn Kathir] by [Abu al-Fida’ Imad ad-Din Isma'il ibn Umar ibn Kathir al-Qurashi al-Damishq] or known as... Well, Ibn Kathir. Tafsir Ibn Kathir is very long. Easily over 10 times the size of the translation that you have on your hand.
hi man I am very glad you are reading the quran. I read my Quran in Arabic and I hope if you have any need for help you can ask me or the other brothers and sisters and inshallah we can answer you well but if we don't you can always ask an imam nyr your house ( sorry if my English bad )
Bro I have a suggestion, please watch RUclips videos about Quran (Audio recitation with synced transliteration) it’s all over. For example, “the spider Quran recitation” “ta-ha Quran recitation” to name two. It’s a completely different way of experiencing the Quran. Quran comes from the 3 letter root q-r-a (to read) and it means recitation. You are supposed to hear it, more than you are supposed to read it.
I’m really interested to know what you mean by you “follow” Judaism. Did you mean as an intellectual pursuit? Or raised Jewish? Or converted to Judaism at some point? Obviously you don’t need to answer but it definitely took my by surprise so I’m curious. Good luck on your new journey though!
I"d also be intereested in hearing your thoughts on the Masnavi by Rumi, it is sort of like to Islam and the Quran what Paradise Lost by John Milton is to Christianity and the Bible
I just want to know, did the book you read still have the Arabic in it? because what I know is, you cannot make a book about quran or translation about quran without the original Arabic in it. I recommended you to ask local mosque because maybe I was wrong
I thought you were going to read the Crane but you were just talking. Do you have any other? RUclips things that you are reading it I would love to hear it
You aint gonna learn much about the prophet muhammad from the quran. His name only mentions 4 times (by name, not by commentary) in the quran anyway. You would love to read the biography of the prophet muhammad (peace be upon him) first. Getting to know of what kind of person he is. I would suggest you "Muhammad a Biography of the Prophet" by karen amstrong (she is still non muslim as i remember). And the one by martin lings "Muhammad his life based on the earliest sources" (he is a muslim). As i understand, we do have the study of "the interpretation of the quran". But thats in different section/different book. What you have is the english translation of the quran. There might be some commentary in it tho. And many english speakers say that the "clear quran" from dr. Mustafa Khattab is the best english translation so far. Cuz, he is somebody who has experienced both arabic and english languages (Canadian-Egyptian).
You would be right in saying that there's a lot of flexibility in interpreting the Qur'an. Instead of explaining why, let me show you an example. Once, 'Umar ibn Khattab (the second Caliph of Sunni İslam) came to a companion who was known for his ability to judge the meaning of a surah. I think this must be the time after Prophet Muhammad SAW died, but I have no idea whether this was during his time as a Caliph or before it. He asked this companion, "I found this passage from the Qur'an, take a look at this. 'Whosoever hurts a Muslim...', does this apply to me?" The companion asked 'Umar what could he possibly meant, since 'Umar was after all one of the Companions of Muhammad SAW who were the closest to him, by blood and by association. 'Umar said "I hurt Muslims. Sometimes I hit them, I get angry at them. I worry that this applies to me and I would get the punishment that I deserve." The companion smiled, and said "O 'Umar! You are but a shepherd to your flock. Sometimes the shepherd must firmly guide the sheep so they don't go the wrong way."
Read the hadiths as well, should make a video comparing the hadiths to Quran, sahih Al Bukhari is a good place to start. We're all gonna die, need to study religion carefully, and make sure we haven't missed anything. Before we go 😢😅😅
Actually, the New Testament is Jewish Christianity it is the Jewish community Jesus came to and chose the 12 disciples. He spent his time talking about the Kingdom and the things to come for mankind. He said that those who believe would receive the Holy Spirit to give proof of his time here on earth and to teach and guide them. dIt would have been good to start the Journey on the Bible and then move to the Quran to see what the major differences are and to also read the History of the Quran because Muhammed wanted the Jews to help him form a religion, he really wanted the Jews to do it. He looked to them highly as a people of God So he learned a lot from their religion. He got mad at the Jews, cause they said no. The Early Muslims respected the Tanakh and Bible and stated it was accurate but it was weird because they made it to go against the Bible and Torah. But all this is out there in the history of Muhammed and in the Quran as well.
yes, the old testament and new testament are seen as holy books by islam but it also claims that they've been edited and corrupte by humans but also that it's not all bad, words of God are still there so learn from the bibel and thorah what you can't find in the Quran or so say many branches of islam, so in a way it's the last testament as it claims to be the final and last message from God to Humanity.
as an ex-Muslim I actually believe you would like it ....at least mostly. I advise to also read about early Muslim history it would help you a lot in understand Quran.
also. you said that you are jewish .thats why I think for example Quran's different perspective on the story of Jewish prophets (in comparison to jewish text) would be interesting to you. @@KDbooks
People left islam because, so many people who teach islam is not really understand what they preach. They just see islam as the things that written in quran and hadist, without the proper interpretion based on the actual circumstances during rasulullah time. These people trapped in some kind of sect in islam. They think they have the truth, so they separate theirself from other muslims. So they prohibit music, tahlil. They also think that burqa (covering face) is an obligation for women, beard is obligation for men, etc etc. This makes people stressed out. And some leave islam.
I'm curious if you're going to genuinely critique the Quran as a work of literature regardless of its holy status, or out of some kind of respect not say anything harsh. Which I understand, it's just when I started reading it I found things that were nice of course and things that were problematic (especially chapter 4) and repetitive (concerning hell). And as a former Muslim reading the Quran made me feel disconnected from God because of the aggression depicted, and somewhat negligence with the versus about women. But anyways hope you find some enjoyment in reading it.
@@KDbooks Thank you very much, me and my two friends are very intrigued to have your honest take on the Quran since your about books and that book claims that the claims within the Quran are non refuted and are always on point and amongst its first claim I believe is: that nothing like it was produced and no one can replicate its linguistique style. Thus your opinion is very interesting. P.S I speak French so my written English can be bad.
@@KDbooksHere waiting too 😂, Please make sure to read it yourself and not only reviews. SPECIALLY Islam is targeted by haters with many false obligations. Just make sure that you are asking the right person ❤
Be sure to talk to a Shia Muslim expert in Iran about the Shia Islam because I am a Shia myself And I accepted this religion because it has worked much better in defending itself and it's more reasonable and no one from other branches of Islam has been able to reject this religion with a logical reason. there is also a book called Nights of Peshawar, which is in Farsi, and I don't know if its English translation is available or not. In this book, which is actually a collection of dialogues between a Shia scholar and Sunni elders, Sultan al-Waazin Shirazi defends Shia with the Quran and Sunni sources of hadith. may Allah bless you ❤
Very much appreciate the respectful video! If you want to read the chapters out of order, these are some of my favourites: Surah Yusuf (Chapter 12). Surah Maryam (Chapter 19), Surah ad-Duha (Chapter 93 ... which I'm sure is a lot of Muslims' favourite). If you're up for it, there's a fairly recent podcast episode between Lex Fridman and Omar Sulaiman on Islam, God, the afterlife, the prophets, public figures like Muhammad Ali, etc. It is 3 hours but I personally think it's a wonderful, wholistic primer on Islam and Muslims ruclips.net/video/BOKCNUqbpH0/видео.html
I understand that you as a jew you have you’re own bleif but even if you want to convert and bleave prophet muhamad is true you still need to bleave jesus was a prophet to be a muslim cz in islam if you deny 1 prophet then you denied all of them
this comes as a complete surprise though it is kind of brave of you to take on this kind of project especially since it was religious zealots claiming to believe in god and that were acting in defense of Islam who made the life of Salman Rushdie into a kind of hell and nearly succeeded in murdering him can't help but think that kind of passion had something to do with sparking your interest along with the gradual Islamization of europe for my part have no interest in reading it know little about it except that religious scholars consider it inferior to the bible as a literary work⚛😀
Salvation Accordingly Jesus said: 'Everyone that worketh worketh for an end in which he findeth satisfaction. Wherefore I say unto you that God, verily because he is perfect, hath not need of satisfaction, seeing that he hath satisfaction himself. And so, willing to work, he created before all things the soul of his messenger, for whom he determined to create the whole, in order that the creatures should find joy and blessedness in God, whence his messenger should take delight in all his creatures, which he hath appointed to be his slaves. And wherefore is this, so save because thus he hath willed? 'Verily I say unto you, that every prophet when he is come hath borne to one nation only the mark of the mercy of God. And so their words were not extended save to that people to which they were sent. But the messenger of God, when he shall come, God shall give to him as it were the seal of his hand, insomuch that he shall carry salvation and mercy to all the nations of the world that shall receive his doctrine. He shall come with power upon the ungodly, and shall destroy idolatry, insomuch that he shall make Satan confounded; for so promised God to Abraham, saying: "Behold, in thy seed I will bless all the tribes of the earth; and as thou hast broken in pieces the idols, O Abraham, even so shall thy seed do."' James answered: 'O master, tell us in whom this promise as made; for the Jews say "in Isaac," and the Ishmaelites say 'in Ishmael." ' Jesus answered: 'David, whose son was he, and of what lineage?' James answered: 'Of Isaac; for Isaac was father of Jacob, and Jacob was father of Judah, of whose lineage is David.' Then said Jesus: 'And the messenger of God when he shall come, of what lineage will he be?' The disciples answered: 'Of David.' Whereupon Jesus said: 'Ye deceive yourselves; for David in spirit calleth him lord, saying thus: "God said to my lord, sit thou on my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool. God shall send forth thy rod which shall have lordship in the midst of thine enemies." If the messenger of God whom ye call Messiah were son of David, how should David call him lord? Believe me, for verily I say to you, that the promise was made in Ishmael, not in Isaac.'
It’s not clickbait, I legitimately am reading for the first time. If my thoughts can help someone pick it up and read, learn more about Islam, I see nothing wrong in that
No it's not, Actually it's heart warming to see people thinking focusing on the most important things. This man seems sincere and may Allah guide him to the truth
Also please please don’t read hadiths they are mostly fabricated and the prophet did not authorize their collections. Stick to the Quran and you will be on a very straight path to truth and to God. ❤ I also want to recommend two other translations of the Quran one is Message of the Quran by Asad. The other is fairly recent The Study Quran by Seyed Hussein Nasr. Both fantastic translations
What I know about the Quran, it affirms Jesus as a sinless person. So everything he said was the truth. Therefore if anything goes against what Jesus said, it is a lie. Keep that in mind when reading the Quran.
the quran never said hit the women ! its actualy the result of a mistranslation of the verse in arabic (ضربوهنi) in wich the arabic verbe (ضربi) has been used ! it comes from the verbe ( ضرب) wich doesnt mean hit or kick and has nothing to do with violence ! the verb ( ضرب = the create distance , create space , distinguish , separate , create a gap , cut the link ...) for example the verse saying و اضربوا في الأرض = to create a distance between you and your homeland by wondering the earth or simply say explore earth ! another example ضرب المحارب عنق عدوه = the warrior created space or a gap between the head and the body of his enemy by detatchement from the neck or simply say cutted his neck ! here comes another one ضرب الناس به المثل = the people putted one of them in a league of his own or simply say made him distingtive from the rest by using him as an example or a role model like when you say "be brave like william wallace" or when you say " he takes from the rich to feed the poor like robin hood" the verbe ( ضربi = to stop doing or stop maintening something ) for example اضرب الناس عن العمل = the people didnt work by making a strike (in french : grève) so that verse about hiting women is false and wrong ! the true meaning is to make space or distance or take some time out between you and your wife ! do you understand now ? this is why we keep saying the best way to understand quran ( القرآن ) is by learning arabic !
I was born a Muslim, in my teens I left islam. Now in my mid-twenties I am happy to embrace islam back to my life and for the end of my time I will die a Muslim. The lessons in Islam helped me tremendously and it continues to do so with new lessons I never knew about before. It Brought me back up from a dark hole in my life that I will never go back to. Peace and Love upon all of human beings and all of gods creation. ❤❤❤❤
May Allah bless you and keep his blessings on you ❤
Al hamdoulillah ❤
would love to hear your story, can you tell us?
Same here
*(For both Muslims and non Muslims)*
There comes a point in life where we have to make choices.
We can't just pray and fast because our parents are doing it.
Let's make wise choices.
Let's make better investments.
So we can maximise our returns.
- I invite all my fellow Muslims to seek knowledge as our beloved prophet Muhammad peace be upon him made it a DUTY upon every Muslim and Muslimah..
So PLEASE, study and learn about your Deen دين and about Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala and the reason why we are on this Earth and why we worship Him?!!! Because *the more you know Him, the more you love Him, the more you obey Him, the more you abide by His commandments.*
*And in parallel, the more you know Him, the more you fear Him, the more you avoid His anger, the more you avoid His prohibitions.*
Allah swt says in His holy Quran :
35:28
It is those of Allah’s servants, who are knowledgeable ˹of His might˺, who stand in ˹true˺ awe of Him. Allah is indeed Almighty, All-Forgiving.
(... إِنَّمَا یَخۡشَى ٱللَّهَ مِنۡ عِبَادِهِ ٱلۡعُلَمَـٰۤؤُا۟ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَزِیزٌ غَفُورٌ)
[Sourate Fatir 28]
- *to Non Muslims. Islam is Haq. Islam is Truth. PLEASE put aside your ego, arrogance, ignorance, misconceptions, prejudices, your own whims and desires, what you've been taught, media,.. and all of it and BE OBJECTIVE.*
*Bring your awake brain and open your heart to the Truth. I invite you to make your own research about Allah and Islam.. it is not beneficial neither for me nor for Muslim community nor for Allah.. YOU are the one who will benefit from it in this life and above all in the Hereafter!*
_I ask The One True God to show us the Truth as truth and grant us to follow it. And show us the Falsehood as falsehood and grant us to avoid it. Ameen_
We’re on the same journey, only I grew up Christian and became agnostic/atheist in college. I am continually called to Islam, at all times throughout my life I’ve had moments of clarity from Islam without knowing anything about it but I finally just felt compelled by the resilience, dignity and unshakable faith of the Palestinians in their fight against apartheid to learn about Islam and read the Quran for the first time. Salam alaykum ✌🏼🗺️🫶🏼
Took your shahada yet?
Props to you! Im a born Muslim but my aunt reverted when she was 21. She comes from a Catholic family. Thankfully her family is very understanding and respecting. If you have any questions, as i expect you will, 'Sapience institute' is a great place to go to or to contact, to ask questions. Also your local mosque can help. Remember context is key, many people refuse to acknowledge this. Good luck!
I appreciate how respectful you are talking about Quran and Islam. I would love to hear your thoughts throughout your process of reading it. Take your time with it and do not rush reading it. I don't know if this is a good translation or not because I only read Quran in Arabic but I hope it is. A lot of stories you already know will be mentioned in it: the creation, Moses, Jesus and Marry, Noah and more but they are in what we believe the real events that happened without no distortion/ rewriting.
It's a good one, my go-to!
Thanks Rana 😊 just to be cheeky, may I DM if I have any questions?
of course!@@KDbooks
I love the amazingly respectful approach you have. Thank you brother. I hope you feel what i feel when i read the Quran.
I would advise you to listen to the arabic audio of the quran when reading it. It is something very powerful.
I hope that Allah will show you the right path. Selam of Allah and loves from Türkiye.
The Abdel Haleem translation is a very balanced translation, a good choice for this sort of project. I recommend using a Quranic exegesis (tafsir) like Ibn Kathir for the parts that are difficult to understand without context and explanation. May Allah bless you immensely.
I would say Tabari Is better
@@omaraboal-azm8705ibn Kathir is general
at-Tabari has a linguistic focus
Al-Qurtubi has a jurisprudence focus
Yes?
@@omaraboal-azm8705at tabari is hat to acquire in English, even through online pdfs
Ya Allah. I am so grateful for all that you've given me and I ask for nothing except this one wish. Please fulfill the wishes of all insan humanity in this world. Syukur alhamdulillah. Salam from Malaysia.
Thank you for this!!! I’m so happy you’re reading this and taking it seriously ❤
Musa and Isa - Moses and Jesus -
appear in the Qu'ran as well as Adam, Noah and a host of Biblical characters
I have read it twice through in different translations
The first was a very readable version
the second had many many footnotes and was a harder read
(I get distracted by footnotes and end up going down rabbit holes)
The second time I did it in a disciplined way
reading a thirtieth of the Qu'ran per day.
I was told this is what devote Muslims do during Ramadan.
The ordering of the Surahs is from longest to shortest
so the first Surah is the longest.
My feeling about the Qu'ran is that it is not dissimilar to
prophets in the Hebrew Scriptures.
I hope you find it a useful read.
Really refreshing to watch and thank you for remaining respectful, especially sending blessings to the Prophet pbuh. 🫶🏻 Looking forward to more videos on your thoughts, friend. ☺️
Thanks you for taking the time to read and explore. Sharing my appreciation
Alhamdulilah for Islam...may Allah guide this sincere brother, he comes across as very delightful and very open minded brother. Much love bro
I believe that whoever is looking for the truth and seeking knowledge to know his creator, The creator will surely lead him to the truth. This verse brings tears to my eyes: [Quran 29:69] As for those who strive for us, We will surely guide them along Our Way. And Allah is certainly with the good-doers.
I seen many many live examples of it
Thank yo for keeping it on the top shelf, it's a sign of respect, even when it's not the actual Quran but a translation -- not that it's compulsory, but it's a beautiful thing to see.
Quite a big project your taking on here! Big respect - I'd reccomend reading the English quran in conjunction with no god but God by reza Aslan, Aslan gives a great overview on the context the Quran was revealed in, may help you understand the overall history better! Good luck!
ما شاء الله تبارك الرحمن
Mashaa Aallah, keep going reading the Quran and you will find all answers you need to know about the Creator of heaven and earth and how life started on earth and why Aallah sent us his prophets and what is happening in the hear after.
I hope Aallah will guide you to the right path Inshaa Allah and may Aallah bless you and keep you safe always Aameen 🤲🤲🤲
Hey, I appreciate how seriously you're taking this. To answer your question, the Qur'an does mention/acknowledge the Torah (called the Taurat) and the Bible (called the Injil), albeit with some caveats. I have a copy of that same translation, and I must say it's written in quite an accessible manner. Lastly, I would suggest, if you can, to read the exegesis (aka the Tafsir) of the some of the chapters to help you understand the context in which they were revealed.
If your English vocabulary is good, I highly recommend you use Dr. Mustafa Khatab's The Clear Quran; As an Arab who often has to quote the Quran in English for my non-arabic-speaking friends, this translation is nearly impeccable.
Hi, I watched your other videos on the Quran and appreciate your open minded way of approaching it. My recommendation for your journey would be to talk to brother Ali from “The Muslim Lantern”. He is a knowledgeable person on Islam and other religions and answered through his videos a lot of my questions too.
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well done brother for choosing M.A.S Abdel Haleem Translation. this is the BEST Translation !!! well done
Would love to see you describe your thoughts and feelings as you read. How it makes you feel about supernatural realities and the reality of God and your own afterlife and such things. Would love to hear these deep thoughts.
The Sealed Nectar is a great biography of the prophet peace be upon him. I highly recommend 📚
Your presumptions are quite spot on.
Please continue! Would love to be oart of your journey! Also try the translation by ALI QULI QARAII once you're satisfied to continue
I would recommend you to read the translation of Quran called The Clear Quran by Mustafa Khattab
You dont need to do wudhu if its the translation. Only if it's the arabic you have to do ablution. But appreciate that you respect it.
Seen your correction 😊 But good information to know
Hello, I’d also recommend you to consult The Study Quran by Seyyed Hossain Nasr, his translation of Quran has concise details that further expand the historical context of Quran of the things discussed in it as well. Hope it expands your knowledge about Islam and Abrahmic religions in general. Good luck ✨
That is actually a book that contains many Shia sources, I would suggest for him to first follow the Quran as it was delivered to the Prophet (PBUP) and then if he wants to join a sect of Islam he may. One may argue that Shia is not a sect and is the real Islam, then ok 85% of the Muslims (1.6 bullion) are following the non real Islam and the Shias are following the real Islam, but what if the majority of those that are interested in Islam and wants to read only that which the majority follows then that person should be made aware of any content shared with him is being followed by the minority or majority.
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Surah 6:116
"And if you obey (follow) most of who (is) in the earth, they misguide you from God`s way/path , that they follow except the assumption/suspicion , and that they (are) except lying/speculating"
Surah 10:36
"And most of them follow not except assumption. Indeed, assumption avails not against the truth at all. Indeed, Allah is Knowing of what they do."
There are numerous verses in the Quran clearly indicating and stating that the majority of people will not be on the right path. If you use "majority" as an argument, you should be a Christian.
Properly investigate both sunni and shia as if you entered Islam yesterday, and make sure you do so with an open mind. You have to properly educated yourself by reading shia arguments from a shia-perspective, and not misconception and lies from sunnies until you can judge and advise people from their own research.
The truth has been clearly separated from falsehood, never stand in the way of research. If you are so sure about sunni arguments there should be no problem what so ever to read and educate yourself on what shia arguments are.
Why do you think there are NO shia-Muslims that warns against reading sunni sources?
May Allah swt guide us to the straight path Ameen
السلام عليكم
أعانك الله ❤
Sakam 3leikum: Peace on you
A3anak Allah : ( a prayer to Allah ) May Allah helps you .
If there is anything I can suggest is to read it , you'll be suprised how precise it can talk to you , it will answer your internal questions at the moment they come when you're reading !
Would love to hear your own understanding of the Quran
I've been watching your channel for forever and I didn't realize you were Jewish! I've never read the Quran either so I will be interested to see your progress and thoughts. I would totally be interested in other religious scriptural content too. I was raised Christian and our pastor had a PhD in history so I was always fascinated by his sermons where he would analyze the text (as opposed to most churches whose focus seems to be broad platitudes with no real content, but that's a rant for another day...)
Thanks
The Quran is the Final Testament...
And it is indeed talks about the other books god has revealed like the torah and the gospel.
Read (studied) the Koran cover to cover. I found it repetitive and very similar to the Doctrines and Covenants of the LDS faith (problem arises, prophet needs an answer, God delivers answer that primarily coincides with benefit to prophet). There were a lot of sites that explained the more difficult passages but explanations/enforcement for most of those varied somewhat depending on whose site I checked.
Yes abdulhalims translation is pretty accurate, another one is mustafa khatab’s
Looking forward to the video - and hope you have a lovely journey. wanted to check if there was a link to the edition you were reading. I have 4 translations myself and find newer text’s interesting. You may also want to check an older text as well which tries to capture the music of the original. The newer ones are a little flat in that regard from my experience.
Also - are there other religious text you are going to read after this?
I know this is an old video but I think Quran translation by Dr. Mustafa Khattab is a better choice since it contains explanation to verses, giving perspective on how the Prophet taught the Quran to his closest companion. That's the thing you see. Muslim doesn't interpret the Quran through their own understanding. It always goes back to how the Prophet taught the companions and how they understood the Quran.
If you're interested in diving deeper into the actual context, you need to read the "Tafsir", which explanation of the Quran, backed by hadith. A famous one would be [Tafsir ibn Kathir] by [Abu al-Fida’ Imad ad-Din Isma'il ibn Umar ibn Kathir al-Qurashi al-Damishq] or known as... Well, Ibn Kathir.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir is very long. Easily over 10 times the size of the translation that you have on your hand.
We want to see more!
Mashallah your openness shows how pure you are brother inshallah one day it will all make sense to you
When reading the Quran, read it with a neutral aspect, not expecting it to be violent or peaceful.
hi man I am very glad you are reading the quran. I read my Quran in Arabic and I hope if you have any need for help you can ask me or the other brothers and sisters and inshallah we can answer you well but if we don't you can always ask an imam nyr your house ( sorry if my English bad )
Thank you my akh!
No problem man
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Bro I have a suggestion, please watch RUclips videos about Quran (Audio recitation with synced transliteration) it’s all over. For example, “the spider Quran recitation” “ta-ha Quran recitation” to name two. It’s a completely different way of experiencing the Quran. Quran comes from the 3 letter root q-r-a (to read) and it means recitation. You are supposed to hear it, more than you are supposed to read it.
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great initiative. Just think Allah (GOD) is talking to you while reading , you will be guided in sha allah
I’m really interested to know what you mean by you “follow” Judaism. Did you mean as an intellectual pursuit? Or raised Jewish? Or converted to Judaism at some point? Obviously you don’t need to answer but it definitely took my by surprise so I’m curious. Good luck on your new journey though!
I"d also be intereested in hearing your thoughts on the Masnavi by Rumi, it is sort of like to Islam and the Quran what Paradise Lost by John Milton is to Christianity and the Bible
I just want to know, did the book you read still have the Arabic in it? because what I know is, you cannot make a book about quran or translation about quran without the original Arabic in it. I recommended you to ask local mosque because maybe I was wrong
I thought you were going to read the Crane but you were just talking. Do you have any other?
RUclips things that you are reading it I would love to hear it
You aint gonna learn much about the prophet muhammad from the quran. His name only mentions 4 times (by name, not by commentary) in the quran anyway.
You would love to read the biography of the prophet muhammad (peace be upon him) first. Getting to know of what kind of person he is.
I would suggest you "Muhammad a Biography of the Prophet" by karen amstrong (she is still non muslim as i remember).
And the one by martin lings "Muhammad his life based on the earliest sources" (he is a muslim).
As i understand, we do have the study of "the interpretation of the quran". But thats in different section/different book.
What you have is the english translation of the quran. There might be some commentary in it tho.
And many english speakers say that the "clear quran" from dr. Mustafa Khattab is the best english translation so far.
Cuz, he is somebody who has experienced both arabic and english languages (Canadian-Egyptian).
Salam alaikoum
You would be right in saying that there's a lot of flexibility in interpreting the Qur'an. Instead of explaining why, let me show you an example.
Once, 'Umar ibn Khattab (the second Caliph of Sunni İslam) came to a companion who was known for his ability to judge the meaning of a surah. I think this must be the time after Prophet Muhammad SAW died, but I have no idea whether this was during his time as a Caliph or before it. He asked this companion, "I found this passage from the Qur'an, take a look at this. 'Whosoever hurts a Muslim...', does this apply to me?"
The companion asked 'Umar what could he possibly meant, since 'Umar was after all one of the Companions of Muhammad SAW who were the closest to him, by blood and by association. 'Umar said "I hurt Muslims. Sometimes I hit them, I get angry at them. I worry that this applies to me and I would get the punishment that I deserve."
The companion smiled, and said "O 'Umar! You are but a shepherd to your flock. Sometimes the shepherd must firmly guide the sheep so they don't go the wrong way."
Correction. Actually it says Allah in arabic on the front cover in Arabic so u have to ensure you do wudhu and keep it with high respect.
Thanks for this! I wouldn’t have even noticed 😊
Read the hadiths as well, should make a video comparing the hadiths to Quran, sahih Al Bukhari is a good place to start. We're all gonna die, need to study religion carefully, and make sure we haven't missed anything. Before we go 😢😅😅
Actually, the New Testament is Jewish Christianity it is the Jewish community Jesus came to and chose the 12 disciples. He spent his time talking about the Kingdom and the things to come for mankind. He said that those who believe would receive the Holy Spirit to give proof of his time here on earth and to teach and guide them.
dIt would have been good to start the Journey on the Bible and then move to the Quran to see what the major differences are and to also read the History of the Quran because Muhammed wanted the Jews to help him form a religion, he really wanted the Jews to do it. He looked to them highly as a people of God So he learned a lot from their religion. He got mad at the Jews, cause they said no.
The Early Muslims respected the Tanakh and Bible and stated it was accurate but it was weird because they made it to go against the Bible and Torah. But all this is out there in the history of Muhammed and in the Quran as well.
yes, the old testament and new testament are seen as holy books by islam but it also claims that they've been edited and corrupte by humans but also that it's not all bad, words of God are still there so learn from the bibel and thorah what you can't find in the Quran or so say many branches of islam, so in a way it's the last testament as it claims to be the final and last message from God to Humanity.
the best one to answer all your Questions is Hamza Yusuf American Islamic scholar watch his videos
as an ex-Muslim I actually believe you would like it ....at least mostly. I advise to also read about early Muslim history it would help you a lot in understand Quran.
May I ask why? Or just pure hunch 😊
well its an interesting book! with a look of surprises both good and.... more surprising :)@@KDbooks
also. you said that you are jewish .thats why I think for example Quran's different perspective on the story of Jewish prophets (in comparison to jewish text) would be interesting to you. @@KDbooks
May I ask what ur belief is now that u have left Islam??
People left islam because, so many people who teach islam is not really understand what they preach.
They just see islam as the things that written in quran and hadist, without the proper interpretion based on the actual circumstances during rasulullah time.
These people trapped in some kind of sect in islam. They think they have the truth, so they separate theirself from other muslims.
So they prohibit music, tahlil.
They also think that burqa (covering face) is an obligation for women, beard is obligation for men, etc etc.
This makes people stressed out. And some leave islam.
Which Quran is this?
I'm curious if you're going to genuinely critique the Quran as a work of literature regardless of its holy status, or out of some kind of respect not say anything harsh. Which I understand, it's just when I started reading it I found things that were nice of course and things that were problematic (especially chapter 4) and repetitive (concerning hell). And as a former Muslim reading the Quran made me feel disconnected from God because of the aggression depicted, and somewhat negligence with the versus about women. But anyways hope you find some enjoyment in reading it.
Any updates?
Finishing up some book reviews, then will be back on the Qu’ran updates 😊
@@KDbooks Thank you very much, me and my two friends are very intrigued to have your honest take on the Quran since your about books and that book claims that the claims within the Quran are non refuted and are always on point and amongst its first claim I believe is: that nothing like it was produced and no one can replicate its linguistique style. Thus your opinion is very interesting.
P.S I speak French so my written English can be bad.
@@KDbooksHere waiting too 😂, Please make sure to read it yourself and not only reviews. SPECIALLY Islam is targeted by haters with many false obligations. Just make sure that you are asking the right person ❤
Hope you don't stir up too much Kerfuffle from your choice of reading matter.
We love stirring over here 😃
You want spoilers or nah?
Be sure to talk to a Shia Muslim expert in Iran about the Shia Islam because I am a Shia myself And I accepted this religion because it has worked much better in defending itself and it's more reasonable and no one from other branches of Islam has been able to reject this religion with a logical reason.
there is also a book called Nights of Peshawar, which is in Farsi, and I don't know if its English translation is available or not.
In this book, which is actually a collection of dialogues between a Shia scholar and Sunni elders, Sultan al-Waazin Shirazi defends Shia with the Quran and Sunni sources of hadith.
may Allah bless you ❤
Very much appreciate the respectful video! If you want to read the chapters out of order, these are some of my favourites: Surah Yusuf (Chapter 12). Surah Maryam (Chapter 19), Surah ad-Duha (Chapter 93 ... which I'm sure is a lot of Muslims' favourite).
If you're up for it, there's a fairly recent podcast episode between Lex Fridman and Omar Sulaiman on Islam, God, the afterlife, the prophets, public figures like Muhammad Ali, etc. It is 3 hours but I personally think it's a wonderful, wholistic primer on Islam and Muslims ruclips.net/video/BOKCNUqbpH0/видео.html
100% agree on the podcast! It’s a good episode 😊 watched it when it came out, I’m a bit of a Lex fan 😂
I understand that you as a jew you have you’re own bleif but even if you want to convert and bleave prophet muhamad is true you still need to bleave jesus was a prophet to be a muslim cz in islam if you deny 1 prophet then you denied all of them
this comes as a complete surprise though it is kind of brave of you to take on this kind of project especially since it was religious zealots claiming to believe in god and that were acting in defense of Islam who made the life of Salman Rushdie into a kind of hell and nearly succeeded in murdering him can't help but think that kind of passion had something to do with sparking your interest along with the gradual Islamization of europe for my part have no interest in reading it know little about it except that religious scholars consider it inferior to the bible as a literary work⚛😀
Salvation
Accordingly Jesus said: 'Everyone that worketh worketh for an end in which he findeth satisfaction. Wherefore I say unto you that God, verily because he is perfect, hath not need of satisfaction, seeing that he hath satisfaction himself. And so, willing to work, he created before all things the soul of his messenger, for whom he determined to create the whole, in order that the creatures should find joy and blessedness in God, whence his messenger should take delight in all his creatures, which he hath appointed to be his slaves. And wherefore is this, so save because thus he hath willed?
'Verily I say unto you, that every prophet when he is come hath borne to one nation only the mark of the mercy of God. And so their words were not extended save to that people to which they were sent. But the messenger of God, when he shall come, God shall give to him as it were the seal of his hand, insomuch that he shall carry salvation and mercy to all the nations of the world that shall receive his doctrine. He shall come with power upon the ungodly, and shall destroy idolatry, insomuch that he shall make Satan confounded; for so promised God to Abraham, saying: "Behold, in thy seed I will bless all the tribes of the earth; and as thou hast broken in pieces the idols, O Abraham, even so shall thy seed do."'
James answered: 'O master, tell us in whom this promise as made; for the Jews say "in Isaac," and the Ishmaelites say 'in Ishmael." '
Jesus answered: 'David, whose son was he, and of what lineage?'
James answered: 'Of Isaac; for Isaac was father of Jacob, and Jacob was father of Judah, of whose lineage is David.'
Then said Jesus: 'And the messenger of God when he shall come, of what lineage will he be?'
The disciples answered: 'Of David.'
Whereupon Jesus said: 'Ye deceive yourselves; for David in spirit calleth him lord, saying thus: "God said to my lord, sit thou on my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool. God shall send forth thy rod which shall have lordship in the midst of thine enemies." If the messenger of God whom ye call Messiah were son of David, how should David call him lord? Believe me, for verily I say to you, that the promise was made in Ishmael, not in Isaac.'
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it disgusting how " reading Quran" now is the biggest click bait over the whole RUclips , even by those who don't care and just do it for the views
It’s not clickbait, I legitimately am reading for the first time. If my thoughts can help someone pick it up and read, learn more about Islam, I see nothing wrong in that
Remember that Allah is the best of planners. This is just another way that Islam will continue to spread around the world.
No it's not, Actually it's heart warming to see people thinking focusing on the most important things. This man seems sincere and may Allah guide him to the truth
To any Muslim or close Muslims, watch Sam Shamoun, Apostate Prophet and David Wood please .
sorry i love worshipping god and not a man
Also please please don’t read hadiths they are mostly fabricated and the prophet did not authorize their collections. Stick to the Quran and you will be on a very straight path to truth and to God. ❤
I also want to recommend two other translations of the Quran one is Message of the Quran by Asad. The other is fairly recent The Study Quran by Seyed Hussein Nasr. Both fantastic translations
What I know about the Quran, it affirms Jesus as a sinless person. So everything he said was the truth. Therefore if anything goes against what Jesus said, it is a lie. Keep that in mind when reading the Quran.
xd wtf
And did he say he’s God?
Yes
What a pointless video
the quran never said hit the women ! its actualy the result of a mistranslation of the verse in arabic
(ضربوهنi) in wich the arabic verbe (ضربi) has been used ! it comes from the verbe ( ضرب) wich doesnt mean hit or kick and has nothing to do with violence !
the verb ( ضرب = the create distance , create space , distinguish , separate , create a gap , cut the link ...)
for example the verse saying و اضربوا في الأرض = to create a distance between you and your homeland by wondering the earth or simply say explore earth !
another example ضرب المحارب عنق عدوه = the warrior created space or a gap between the head and the body of his enemy by detatchement from the neck or simply say cutted his neck !
here comes another one ضرب الناس به المثل = the people putted one of them in a league of his own or simply say made him distingtive from the rest by using him as an example or a role model like when you say "be brave like william wallace" or when you say " he takes from the rich to feed the poor like robin hood"
the verbe ( ضربi = to stop doing or stop maintening something )
for example اضرب الناس عن العمل = the people didnt work by making a strike (in french : grève)
so that verse about hiting women is false and wrong !
the true meaning is to make space or distance or take some time out between you and your wife !
do you understand now ? this is why we keep saying the best way to understand quran ( القرآن ) is by learning arabic !
As an EX-CHRISTIAN DEEPLY FANATIC, I CAN SAY THAT MY FANATICISM LEAD ME TO ISLAM.