Reddit reviews Al-Qur'an: A Contemporary Translation.

My favorite bilingual translation of the Koran is a translation by Ahmed Ali. You can find it here: https://www.amazon.com/Al-Quran-Contemporary-Translation-Ahmed-Ali/dp/0691074992/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1509781589&sr=8-1&keywords=ahmed+ali+quran

This is the copy I have: https://www.amazon.com/Al-Quran-Contemporary-Translation-Ahmed-Ali/dp/0691074992/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1468624920&sr=8-1&keywords=quran+contemporary+translation

and my copy of the hadith: https://www.amazon.com/Translation-Meanings-Summarized-Sahih-Al-Bukhari/dp/1567445195/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1468624954&sr=8-4&keywords=hadith

Today's Ayat for Saturday, 2016-12-24 / 26 Rabi` al-awwal 1438

You will never come to piety unless you spend of things you love; and whatever you spend is known to God.

-- al-Imran 3:92 as rendered by Ahmed Ali

لَن تَنَالُوا الْبِرَّ حَتَّىٰ تُنفِقُوا مِمَّا تُحِبُّونَ وَمَا تُنفِقُوا مِن شَيْءٍ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ بِهِ عَلِيمٌ

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I definitely recommend the Princeton translation by Ahmed Ali because it is in modern English and totally makes sense, and there are helpful footnotes that explain things. It's also generally really poetically translated (since the Qur'an is quite poetic) and very pretty. Plus it is well-respected amongst academics. It is this one: http://www.amazon.com/Al-Quran-Contemporary-Translation-Ahmed-Ali/dp/0691074992.

I would also suggest, as you read along, reading at the same time this 'liveblogging' of the Qur'an by scholar Ziauddin Sardar: http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/quran/ He explains the ideas, context and meaning behind each chapter, and readers in the UK read along with him and were able to ask questions, probably the same questions you will have.

Probably if you read those 2 together you'd be more educated about the Qur'an than most people :)

> 65:4 provides the waiting period for women who are not yet menstruating, i.e. children.

You are incorrect.

As for your women who have lost hope of menstruation,
and in case you have doubt, the prescribed period of waiting for them is three months,
As for those who are pregnant, the prescribed period is until the delivery of the child.
God will make things easy for him who is mindful of God.

Qu'ran 65:4

I requote: As for your women* who have LOST HOPE of menstruation,

You know what that means? It means older women. Not young girls who haven't reached puberty.

So sentientbear, you are incorrect.

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My full post here which is not surprisingly being downvoted.

It's disappointing. It makes the majority of this board seem ignorant and extremely bigoted.

This is my favorite -- Al-Qur'an: A Contemporary Translation
by Ahmed Ali. I've read several different translations, and most of them use archaic English and are difficult to understand. This translation by Ahmed Ali is very easy to read and is actually quite enjoyable. I've recommended it to others and they have also said the same thing. You can buy it from amazon -- a used copy is less than $1 plus $3.99 shipping.


Link: http://www.amazon.com/Al-Quran-Contemporary-Translation-Ahmed-Ali/dp/0691074992/