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From: uunet!unrvax!tahoe!unssun.nevada.edu!beekun@ncar.UCAR.EDU (R. I. Beekun)
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Subject: Re: Yusuf Ali's translation of the Quran
Keywords: Quran, Translation
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Date: 20 Aug 90 11:30:54 GMT
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In article <1990Aug16.013059.18913@laguna.ccsf.caltech.edu> zama@midway.uchicago.edu (iftikhar uz zaman) writes:
>
>(Someone sent this to me a little while ago...I thought it might be
>useful)
>
>There is a publication by the Young Mens Muslim Association from
>South Aftrica which discusses the errors made in Yusuf Ali's translation
>of the Qur'an. 

I agree with you that Yusuf Ali's translation contains errors, but in 
contrast to many others floating around (e.g. TB Irving's, M Asad's, etc),
he still comes out ahead.

The new version of Yusuf Ali's translation (published 1990 by Amana) has
attempted to remedy most of these errors. At the same time, there is now
a project to re-translate the Qur'an as accurately as possible and with a
complete set of annotations. 

Abu Syed Marwan

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:... We decreed for the children of   :                                    :
:Israel that whosoever kills a human  :                                    :
:being for other than manslaughter or :                 / |        ""    | :
:corruption in the earth, it shall be :               /   |         |  | | :
:as though he had killed all mankind, :              |    |    __|  |  | | :
:and whoso saves the life of one, it  :      ____|___|    |   <__|__|__| | :
:shall be as though he had saved the  :     |  *                           :
:life of all mankind. (Qur'an 5: 32)  :  _ /                               :
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