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Reddit mentions of The Message of the Qur'an
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| Release date | December 2008 |
>How can I, somebody who doesn't see it as authoritative, realize that it is actually true?
By reading it? I'm serious. I assume being Jewish you've read the Talmud/Torah or at least part of it? Read the Qur'an along with an accompanying tafseer/explanation and make up your mind.
People here can post long explanations and reasons, but you'll have take our word for it, that what we are saying about the Qur'an is true. By reading it yourself, you can see and know for yourself.
It's not too long, about the length of a fantasy novel these days. The Qur'an is best able to speak for itself and the religion I feel. I've heard very good things about this translation and commentary and coincidentally, I believe the translator was Jewish before converting to Islam.
You may not like my answer, but in the end it's up to you how you feel about this issue. First let me say that wikiislam is a propaganda islamophobic website. If I were to want information on Christianity, I would ask a Priest or a scholar of Christianity. So please don't read what you find on propaganda websites, some things are outright fabrications, others are taken out of context, others are misattributed etc. etc. So please don't read from those websites, but read from Muslim sources. If you are really sincere in what you say, you can do various things.
Read ''In the Footsteps of the Prophet'' by Dr. Tariq Ramadan, Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies at Oxford University. He's a Muslim. He's well versed. He writes amazingly.
Read ''Muhammad: Man and Prophet'' by Adil Salahi. Book is somewhat expensive, but just read the top review by 'Mary' and I think that will tell you everything you need to know, haha. A biography on the life of the Prophet SAW! What more would you want!
You can always read the Qur'an - but that can be taken out of context. Muhammad Asad has a great translation of the Qur'an containing many footnotes describing the context of many verses. After all, in a book that was revealed over 23 years every verse has a context of its own.
The issue with all the above is that they cost money.
So in that case here is Dr. Yasir Qadhi's ongoing series about the life of the Prophet Muhammad SAW discussing many many things going on around his life from beginning to end. There are 98 videos and each has 1 hour.. And it's still going, so this can be really time consuming.
In the end I want to say: If you don't have the time to watch the series, or the money to buy and read the books (which are all sourced from Muslim scholars and even then the muslim scholars cite muslim scholars, the companions of the Prophet, and even the Prophet SAW himself) - then please hold your judgement on Muslims and do not let yourself be distracted by anti Islamic sources. To learn about vaccines, we learn from Doctors, not from anti-Vaccination supporters!
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Would you like a link to my amazon wishlist to see all the books? There are a lot of non-Islamic stuff there to that you might like.
Oh in that case you want one of these:
It's a translation plus a commentary. I really recommend Muhammad Asad (it's my favorite translation). If only he wrote it more beautifully, oh well. Link:
http://www.amazon.com/Message-Quran-Muhammad-Asad-ebook/dp/B0037KMWG0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1408758487&sr=8-1&keywords=muhammad+asad
Read the reviews,
try https://smile.amazon.com/Message-Quran-Muhammad-Asad-ebook/dp/B0037KMWG0/ translation which is a rational interpretation and honestly I found it very well reasoned. The author is interesting as well https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Message_of_The_Qur%27an
If you can't afford a copy, i can buy and send one for u
I'm not sure if this is heresy or something, but I found a Kindle edition. :D
https://www.amazon.com/Message-Quran-Muhammad-Asad-ebook/dp/B0037KMWG0
Thanks for the guidance!
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Tons more formats, free download:
https://archive.org/details/TheMessageOfTheQuran_20140419/page/n1
It's still very much in print. It's available on Amazon in hardcover and as an ebook, as a PDF online (IDK if this is legit - I would buy the proper ebook). And if you live in the US of A, you can get a nice physical copy for about $10 from CAIR (edit: I think this is only if you're not Muslim).
https://www.amazon.com/Message-Quran-Muhammad-Asad-ebook/dp/B0037KMWG0