A New English Translation of the Qur'an

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http://19.org/

Here:

http://www.amazon.com/Quran-Reformis...%3C%20/a%20%3E

If you want some examples, see here:

http://www.yuksel.org/e/books/rtq.htm

I used the Yusef Ali, because it was what I was told to use. It's a very popular translation. However the excerpt above shows why it is problematic. "After the death of the Prophet Muhammad, something interesting happened. In direct contradiction to the teachings of the Quran, male clerics dedicated the religion not to God alone, but to a "holy" corporation consisting of:

God +
Muhammad +
Muhammad's companions +
The companions of Muhammad's companions +
Early sect leaders +
Late sect leaders +
Early scholars of a particular sect +
Late scholars of a particular sect; and so on.

The product of this corporation was the Hadith (teachings attributed to Muhammad), the Sunnah (actions attributed to Muhammad), the Ijma (consensus of a select group of scholars), the Ijtihaad (religious decrees by early scholars) and numerous sects. This concoction of medieval Arab/Christian/Jewish cultures was introduced to the masses as God's infallible religion, as delivered by the last prophet. The only thing actually delivered by God to Muhammad, however, was the text of the Holy Quran, which is set out as the final and authoritative divine message to humankind:"


It shows why it would be improper to interpret the Fourth Sura to allow men to beat their wives, and why Mohammed was most likely a "Gentile", not an illiterate, as is popularly promoted.

Okay, so it isn't that new, but new to me.

Here is also a link with a standard English translation plus audio of it in Classical Arabic being sung. It also has the short vowels in the Arabic script. http://quran.com