[Foundation-l] Quran in Sitenotice

Thu Jul 13 13:13:19 UTC 2006

As far as direct translation from Urdu goes, it is more read as "Book of God".

It is also discussed on Urdu Wiki

http://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%AF%DB%81_%D8%B3%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%B1%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%A7%DA%BA#.D8.A7.D8.AC.D8.A7.D8.B2.D8.AA_.D8.AF.D8.B1.DA.A9.D8.A7.D8.B1.DB.94.DB.94.DB.94

some of the posts are in English. The Urdu posts are in the favour and are from the site editors who added it. The arguments in favour are quite interesting, something in the line of, Urdu is the language of Muslims and no one is against Qur'an.

--heema

----- Original Message ----
From: Oldak Quill <oldakquill at gmail.com>
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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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