[Foundation-l] Quran in Sitenotice

Thu Jul 13 13:03:59 UTC 2006

Regardless. It uses a couple of undisputable proper nouns in there:
"Scripture" and "Book" which can, in the context, only refer to the
Qur'an. It also uses the religious POV "righteousness".

On 13/07/06, Fred Bauder <fredbaud at ctelco.net> wrote:
>
> On Jul 13, 2006, at 6:53 AM, Heema Khan wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I can help in this regard. Can read Urdu. The verse is from
> > Qur'an's chapter #2, Al-Baqara (The Cow), Verse #44. Translation
> > from http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/002.qmt.html, three
> > different sources it seems
> >
> >  002.044
> >  YUSUFALI: Do ye enjoin right conduct on the people, and forget
> > (To  practise it) yourselves, and yet ye study the Scripture? Will
> > ye not understand?
> >  PICKTHAL: Enjoin ye righteousness upon mankind while ye
> > yourselves  forget (to practise it)? And ye are readers of the
> > Scripture! Have ye then no sense?
> >  SHAKIR: What! do you enjoin men to be good and neglect your own
> > souls  while you read the Book; have you then no sense?
> >
> > --heema
>
> Good advice for administrators, arbitrators, and, indeed. anyone. I
> think it is a good thing.
>
> Fred
>
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