El Corán

by Anonymous (Type), Moiffak Al-Kharat (Translator, Editor)

Corán quiere decir lectura, libro, el libro por excelencia dentro de la tradición islámica.

El Corán se presenta dividido en 114 capítulos o azoras, ordenadas de un modo decreciente según su longitud.

A pesar de esto, la precedencia de unos textos a otros no permite sacar conclusiones cronológicas sobre la revelación. Para soslayar este inconveniente, los autores árabes clásicos y los orientalistas contemporáneos han establecido diversas series que presentan las azoras de acuerdo al orden en el que, según cada autor, tuvo lugar la revelación.

Al parecer, pueden establecerse dos grandes núcleos cronológicos: los de los textos promulgados en La Meca, que se dividen en tres subperiodos: 612-615, 615-619, 619-622 y en Medina, 622-632.

Las azoras se dividen en versículos o aleyas y, para evitar deformaciones del texto, los musulmanes contaron el número de letras -323.631- y de palabras -77.934- que integran el libro

Cerrada la revelación con la muerte del Profeta (632), la redacción tuvo lugar en el 650 por mandato del tercer Califa Utman. Ya existían muchos fragmentos escritos que habían sido recogidos por sus discípulos en el momento en que el profeta los recitaba. Este es el texto que hoy se designa con el nombre de Vulgata y contiene la revelación.

Genres: Religion, Islam, Nonfiction, Classics, Philosophy, Reference, Spirituality

479 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 632

About the author

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* They are officially published under that name
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Books whose authorship is merely uncertain should be attributed to Unknown.

See also: Anonymous

Reviews

[RB · Rating 1 out of 5]

Before you read on, it is important that you read and understand this:

THIS REVIEW IS WRITTEN BY AN ATHEIST. I DO NOT SUGAR-COAT NOR DO I WRAP MY OPINIONS IN COTTON TO "PROTECT" THE DELICATE AND/OR EASILY OFFENDED RELIGIOUS READER.

IF YOU FOLLOW THE ISLAMIC FAITH AND GET OFFENDED WHEN YOUR HOLY BOOK (AND RELIGION) RECEIVES CRITICISM READ NO FURTHER! YOU WILL NOT LIKE WHAT I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE QURAN. CONSIDER YOURSELF WARNED: IF YOU CONTINUE TO READ FURTHER THEN YOU WANT TO BE OFFENDED. STOP HERE. DON'T SAY I DID NOT WARN YOU ABOUT THE CONTENT OF THIS REVIEW.

Why the above disclaimer?

I am extremely fed up with all the people who come here and do nothing but whine and complain about my review. All you do is showing us your lack of education, intelligence and respect.

Your comments clearly shows the world that you have actually read nothing at all: not the review in question, nor have you actually read and understood the content of the Quran, a book you profess to call sacred. All you do is read half a sentence, see the 1-star-rating and then you start complaining, instead of continue reading with an attempt of neutral eyes. God forbid (pun intended) that you even start reading the comments that this review already has gotten before you start jotting down what has been written down before.

From this moment on users who post comments that show disrespect and the above mentioned ignorance will be instantly blocked. Only people that show respect and a minimum of half a brain will be allowed to discuss. Not happy? Go write your own review instead of whining about my opinion of a book I have read.


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I've studied religion, and as part of my studies the Qu'ran was one of the Holy Books that I've encountered (as with Judaism, Christianity and other faiths). Volumes can be written about this book, but now I just want to ask only one question about this particular work of literature (fiction):

How can a book that:
1) legitimise violence against women,
2) murder and persecute "infidels"/people of different faith, and
3) encourage sex with children

ever get a 4.32 rating on GoodReads? (at the time of the review)

Ok, technically that's four questions, but you get my drift.

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*EDIT 12/12/2012*
I have received a lot of personal attacks and insults (which have been both flagged and reported to GoodReads) because of my above claim, by people who obviously feel that they need to protect their faith. I refuse to keep answering them, I've grown fed up with it especially because of their insulting and unfounded remarks.

However, I know that I am not telling tales or being unprecise or untrue or even prejudiced in my claims. I am not islamaphobe as some claim. I despise all organised religion that condones abuse and bigotry in any form, including the faith that I have been raised with: Christianity.

After some research I have found the actual text in the Quran that proves that it does encourage sex with prepubescent girls (a.ka. girls who have not menstruated yet). Please find below the actual Arabic text, it's transliteration and it's translation. Again, I do not read/speak Arabic, but I trust my sources to be correct.

at-Talaq 65:4

وَاللَّائِي يَئِسْنَ مِنَ الْمَحِيضِ مِن نِّسَائِكُمْ إِنِ ارْتَبْتُمْ فَعِدَّتُهُنَّ ثَلَاثَةُ أَشْهُرٍ وَاللَّائِي لَمْ يَحِضْنَ وَأُولَاتُ الْأَحْمَالِ أَجَلُهُنَّ أَن يَضَعْنَ حَمْلَهُنَّ وَمَن يَتَّقِ اللَّهَ يَجْعَل لَّهُ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ يُسْرًا

Transliteration:

"Waalla-ee ya-isna mina almaheedi min nisa-ikum ini irtabtum faAAiddatuhunna thalathatu ashhurin waalla-ee lam yahidna waolatu al-ahmali ajaluhunna an yadaAAna hamlahunna waman yattaqi Allaha yajAAal lahu min amrihi yusran"

Enlish translation (one of many):

"If you have any doubt concerning those women of yours who have finished with menstruation, then their count is three months; as it is with the ones who are still not menstruating [my emphasis]. With those who are pregnant, their term will be whenever they give birth. God makes His matter easy for anyone who heeds Him."

English translation by T.B.Irving (T.B Irving was an American Muslim author, professor, and scholar, who produced the first American English translation of the Quran).
Language sources:
http://www.islamawakened.com/Quran/65...
http://wikiislam.net/wiki/Pedophilia_...
http://www.islamicstudies.info/tafhee...

To quote Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi - clearly he could not say this any clearer than I:

[...] Here, one should bear in mind the fact that according to the explanations given in the Quran the question of the waiting period arises in respect of the women with whom marriage may have been consummated, for there is no waiting period in case divorce is pronounced before the consummation of marriage. Therefore, making mention of the waiting-period for the girls who have not yet menstruated [my emphasis], clearly proves that it is not only permissible to give away the girl in marriage at this age but it is also permissible for the husband to consummate marriage with her. Now, obviously no Muslim has the right to forbid a thing which the Quran has held as permissible. [...]

Source: http://www.islamicstudies.info/tafhee...#

I will refrain from commenting further and let the above speak for itself and encourage everyone who has read this book to re-read it again and write your own review. Hateful, disrespectful and harassing comments will be flagged, reported, deleted and the user who is posting said comments will get blocked.

EDIT: 20/02/2013
For those of you who might still doubt the validity of the claim that Islam condones paedophilia and worships a paedophile, I would like to draw your attention to the second most important book in Islam after the Quran: The Translation of the Meanings of Sahih Al-Bukhari - Arabic-English. In particular I would like to draw your attention to Sahih Bukhari 5.236:

[...]and then he married 'Aisha when she was a girl of six years of age, and he consumed that marriage when she was nine years old[...]

For those who are still in denial and claim that Aisha entered an early puberty - clearly the below passages clearly state that she was NOT:

Sahih Bukhari Volume 8, Book 73, Number 151
Narrated 'Aisha:
I used to play with the dolls in the presence of the Prophet, and my girl friends also used to play with me. When Allah's Apostle used to enter (my dwelling place) they used to hide themselves, but the Prophet would call them to join and play with me. (The playing with the dolls and similar images is forbidden, but it was allowed for 'Aisha at that time, as she was a little girl, not yet reached the age of puberty.) (Fateh-al-Bari page 143, Vol.13)

Sahih Muslim Book 008, Number 3311
'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) married her when she was seven years old, and he was taken to his house as a bride when she was nine, and her dolls were with her; and when he (the Holy Prophet) died she was eighteen years old.

Don't have a copy of Sahih Bukhari at hand? Not to worry, I have links to the remarkable passages here:
http://www.faithfreedom.org/Articles/...
http://www.answering-islam.org/Index/...

And about the illusion of Islam being a religion of peace? Then I encourage you to watch this enlightening documentary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krvCQb...

Muhammad 47:4

فَإِذَا لَقِيتُمُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فَضَرْبَ الرِّقَابِ حَتَّىٰ إِذَا أَثْخَنتُمُوهُمْ فَشُدُّوا الْوَثَاقَ فَإِمَّا مَنًّا بَعْدُ وَإِمَّا فِدَاءً حَتَّىٰ تَضَعَ الْحَرْبُ أَوْزَارَهَا ذَٰلِكَ وَلَوْ يَشَاءُ اللَّهُ لَانتَصَرَ مِنْهُمْ وَلَٰكِن لِّيَبْلُوَ بَعْضَكُم بِبَعْضٍ وَالَّذِينَ قُتِلُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَلَن يُضِلَّ أَعْمَالَهُمْ

Translation:

So when you meet those who disbelieve [in battle], strike [their] necks until, when you have inflicted slaughter upon them, then secure their bonds, and either [confer] favor afterwards or ransom [them] until the war lays down its burdens. That [is the command]. And if Allah had willed, He could have taken vengeance upon them [Himself], but [He ordered armed struggle] to test some of you by means of others. And those who are killed in the cause of Allah - never will He waste their deeds.

< sarcasm >Of course, these words show nothing BUT tolerance, peacefulness and about finding mutual understanding and peaceful coexistence with people who are ideologically, politically and socially in opposition to. < / sarcasm >

While you are at it, check out this thought provoking
article: http://sheikyermami.com/2012/10/31/eg...


And again to those of you who wish to censor me and post hateful remarks and comments then please open your eyes and educate yourself instead. If you disagree with what Islam's holy books clearly state then I encourage you (again) to write your own review and see if you can prove the teachings of Islam wrong!

[Doris · Rating 5 out of 5]

what I learned from this book is that Islam is NOT what they say it is in the media and that it is also not what the radicals claim it is. The Qur'an is the perfect companion to our own Holy Bible.

[Alireza · Rating 5 out of 5]

who am I to say my opinion about this Miracle

[Rinda Elwakil]

توقفوا عن تقييمه بالنجوم
توقفوا عن وضع مسميات في خانة : المؤلف
حبًا بالله توقفوا عن جعل أنفسكم و مقدساتكم أضحوكة



قرأت مراجعة لكاتب أسترالي في قائمة اصدقائي حصر فيها علي مدار عام او يزيد عدد المرات الذتي تم فيها تغيير (المؤلف) من مجهول إلي الله و God و الله جل جلاله


بالإضافة لعمل صفحة شخصية لل (مؤلف) و اضافة بلد له (السعوية)
Anonymus
و الذي وضع في خانة المؤلف الآن
او مجهول، ينسب اليه العديد من الكتب الغير معروف مصدرها !



هل يعقل هذا يا أولي الألباب؟


* لن يقدس أحد مقدساتك انت لمجرد انك تؤمن بها و تراها الحق
** يمكن أن يحترم أحدهم مقدسًا لا يؤمن به، فقط إذا ما رأي شيئا يدعوه لذلك
***لم يؤذ أحد مقدسًا يدافع عنه كما آذي المتطرفين الجهلاء اصحاب التقديس الأعمي لدينهم و قرآنهم
**** شئنا أم أبينا ، كثير من الملحدين النشطين في مهاجمة الأديان شديدي الثقافة، لا يصح أن ترد علي نقاشاتهم سوي بعلم بما يتحدثون عنه، لا يصح لا يصح لا يصح أن تخاطب احدا لا يؤمن بدينك بروحانيات و مقدسات هي من صميم ايمانك

سبابك و صوتك العالي لن يجعل أحدهم يكن احتراما لمعتقدك او يؤمن به، لا تجعل نفسك أضحوكة، لا تعتبر تقديسك لدينك شئ يلزم للآخرين من حولك أن يحذوا حذوه
لا تناقش في شئ تجهل غير انك توارثت تقديسه
قل خيرًا أو - ارجوك - اصمت

[Mariam saleh · Rating 5 out of 5]

A book for life, a book for the next life, a book for all eternity, unspoken by man, engulfed by humanity but indiscribable of any earthly tongue. I cannot let you understand it, but i can invite you to feel it...

[Heba]

يا جماعة يجب أن يرفع القرآن الكريم من هذا الموقع فهو للمسلمين كلام الله المنزل على عبده ونبيه محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم فكيف يُقيم بالله عليكم ويو ضع بين الكتب التي ألفها بشر؟!!ا

[A · Rating 5 out of 5]

تحديث ٢٠١٦
- القرآن كلام بشري جميل، يحمل جملة عربية رائعة
ولكنه لا يصلح ليكون دليل للناس في هذا الزمن.

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لفهم القرآن والكتاب

انصح بقراءة كتب محمد شحرور
الكتاب والقرآن
الاسلام والايمان
قصص القران1 ،2

والاستماع لبرنامجه التفكير والتغيير
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[كريم]

أنا أدعو لحذف المصحف من الموقع،فلا يصح أن يوضع كتاب الله للتقييم مثل بقية الكتب

[Marcio Tomazela · Rating 5 out of 5]

My Noble Qur'an is Arabic with Meanings translated to Portuguese(Br).

Amazing interesting and free of misteries.

Islam goes straight to the point, based on science and logic.

"Biʾsm Allāh ar-raḥmān ar-raḥīm" (“in the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate”).

[Jimmy · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book has been one of the biggest reading disappointments of my life. It starts off with the line: "This Book is not to be doubted." My brain is my second favorite organ. Why would I want to hang it up on a rack while I read the Koran? Of course, I am going to doubt it if I feel it is warranted. Why would any intelligent person not doubt?

Then it gets into a retelling of the Old Testament of the Bible. And actually just some of the stories, some of the more famous ones. It's sort of like retelling just those that are on his mind at the time. Then the same stories are referred to again and again.

It is forbidden to eat swine. I guess because it is an "unclean" animal. So keep a clean pigsty. How much uncleaner is a pig than any other farm animal? Isn't it time to put these ancient ideas about clean and unclean animals away?

Women who are menstruating are considered "unclean." Maybe this made sense at one time. But shouldn't it be put behind us? Do modern Muslims consider this an outdated idea? I would hope that some do.

"Women are your fields: go, then, into your fields whence you please." Is that all that women are: fields to be plowed? Is God talking here only to men? Is the entire Koran just meant to be for men? Does God ever talk to women in this book?

Then it is said that "men have a status above women." Followed by the line: "God is mighty and wise." God must have a low regard for women. How can any woman read this book and not be concerned? How can any man?

"He that chooses a religion other than Islam . . . in the world to come he will surely be among the losers." So much for religious tolerance. God does not care for members of other religions.

"No one dies unless God wills. The term of every life is fixed." A fatalistic view of life. Why be afraid of anything? You will not die until God wills it. In fact, that end is already fixed in time.

"A male shall inherit twice as much as a female." And this is the word of God. He seems to have a very low view of women.

If any woman commits a "lewd act," it takes "four witnesses" to convict them. Then they shall be "confined" in their homes "until death overtakes them." Or until "God finds another way for them."

"Do not kill yourselves." Suicide is a no-no. I wish someone would pass that word on.

"Men have authority over women because God has made the one superior to the other, and because they spend their wealth to maintain them. Good women are obedient. They guard their unseen parts because God has guarded them. As for those for whom you fear disobedience, admonish them, forsake them in beds apart, and beat them. Then if they obey you, take no further action against them." And this is the word of God. Women must be obedient; disobedient women can be beaten. This is unacceptable to me.

"Those that deny Our revelations We will burn in fire." No mercy. Oh wait, I forgot "Surely, God is merciful and wise."

"The unbelievers are your inveterate foe." Not a very tolerant religion. Or am I misreading this?

Jewish people "practice usury and cheat people of their possessions." Of course, people of the Islamic faith never do that.

Jesus is not the son of God. I have no problem with that, but there is a major religion which does believe that. I do not understand how Muslims can accuse Christians of being intolerant.

"You will ever find (Jewish people) deceitful, except for a few of them." Of course, people of the Islamic faith are never deceitful.

"They do blaspheme, who declare: 'God is the Messiah, the son of Mary.'" There are a few people in the world who do happen to believe that.

People who are guilty of theft should have their hands cut off. Sharia law must be quite wonderful.

God knows everything. It is "recorded in a glorious book." He really gets around. Is this a real book? How many words could it possibly contain? Why would anyone want to record everything?

The Noah story is constantly repeated, but as a threat. It shows us what God could do to us if we misbehave.

God says, "I shall cast terror into the hearts of the Infidels. Strike off their heads, strike off the very tips of their fingers." He's doing a good job of casting terror. And "it was not you but God who smote them." So if you kill someone, it's God doing it and not you? Sort of absolves you of responsibility.

"When the sacred months are over slay the idolaters wherever you find them." I'll have to watch out during that time. "Make war on them." Not exactly a peaceful book.

"The desert Arabs surpass others in unbelief and hypocrisy." As opposed to the non-desert Arabs?

"Woe betide those who love this life more than the life to come." The threats continue.

I simply cannot figure out how people can speak of being inspired by this book. What a sad world we live in.

[lamarcus brown · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's the Koran. Even if, like me, you are not religious you should still read the Koran since it is such a big part of this world. If for no other reason than to have some sort of understanding into what everyone is talking about and fighting over and if you are religious, if you are Christian or Muslim you HAVE to read this so that no one else can tell you what it says; if you rely on others they can mislead you, whether purposely or not, down the wrong path to understand the true message of this collection of stories.

[yellow tree]

i am not going to rate it, because it can't be approximated enough; and for the same reason i'm not going to say much about it either. just this: it changed my life. to the good.

[BookHunter M ُH َM َD]

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إِنَّ هَـٰذَا الْقُرْآنَ يَهْدِي لِلَّتِي هِيَ أَقْوَمُ وَيُبَشِّرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ الَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ الصَّالِحَاتِ أَنَّ لَهُمْ أَجْرًا كَبِيرًا
Indeed, this Qur'an guides to that which is most suitable and gives good tidings to the believers who do righteous deeds that they will have a great reward.
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مَّنِ اهْتَدَىٰ فَإِنَّمَا يَهْتَدِي لِنَفْسِهِ ۖ وَمَن ضَلَّ فَإِنَّمَا يَضِلُّ عَلَيْهَا ۚ وَلَا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ ۗ وَمَا كُنَّا مُعَذِّبِينَ حَتَّىٰ نَبْعَثَ رَسُولًا
Whoever is guided is only guided for [the benefit of] his soul. And whoever errs only errs against it. And no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another. And never would We punish until We sent a messenger.
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لَّا تَجْعَلْ مَعَ اللَّـهِ إِلَـٰهًا آخَرَ فَتَقْعُدَ مَذْمُومًا مَّخْذُولًا ﴿٢٢﴾ وَقَضَىٰ رَبُّكَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوا إِلَّا إِيَّاهُ وَبِالْوَالِدَيْنِ إِحْسَانًا ۚ إِمَّا يَبْلُغَنَّ عِندَكَ الْكِبَرَ أَحَدُهُمَا أَوْ كِلَاهُمَا فَلَا تَقُل لَّهُمَا أُفٍّ وَلَا تَنْهَرْهُمَا وَقُل لَّهُمَا قَوْلًا كَرِيمًا ﴿٢٣﴾ وَاخْفِضْ لَهُمَا جَنَاحَ الذُّلِّ مِنَ الرَّحْمَةِ وَقُل رَّبِّ ارْحَمْهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَانِي صَغِيرًا ﴿٢٤﴾ رَّبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا فِي نُفُوسِكُمْ ۚ إِن تَكُونُوا صَالِحِينَ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ لِلْأَوَّابِينَ غَفُورًا ﴿٢٥﴾ وَآتِ ذَا الْقُرْبَىٰ حَقَّهُ وَالْمِسْكِينَ وَابْنَ السَّبِيلِ وَلَا تُبَذِّرْ تَبْذِيرًا ﴿٢٦﴾ إِنَّ الْمُبَذِّرِينَ كَانُوا إِخْوَانَ الشَّيَاطِينِ ۖ وَكَانَ الشَّيْطَانُ لِرَبِّهِ كَفُورًا
Do not make [as equal] with Allah another deity and [thereby] become censured and forsaken. (22) And your Lord has decreed that you not worship except Him, and to parents, good treatment. Whether one or both of them reach old age [while] with you, say not to them [so much as], "uff," and do not repel them but speak to them a noble word. (23) And lower to them the wing of humility out of mercy and say, "My Lord, have mercy upon them as they brought me up [when I was] small." (24) Your Lord is most knowing of what is within yourselves. If you should be righteous [in intention] - then indeed He is ever, to the often returning [to Him], Forgiving. (25) And give the relative his right, and [also] the poor and the traveler, and do not spend wastefully. (26) Indeed, the wasteful are brothers of the devils, and ever has Satan been to his Lord ungrateful.
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وَقُل رَّبِّ أَدْخِلْنِي مُدْخَلَ صِدْقٍ وَأَخْرِجْنِي مُخْرَجَ صِدْقٍ وَاجْعَل لِّي مِن لَّدُنكَ سُلْطَانًا نَّصِيرًا ﴿٨٠﴾ وَقُلْ جَاءَ الْحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ الْبَاطِلُ ۚ إِنَّ الْبَاطِلَ كَانَ زَهُوقًا ﴿٨١﴾ وَنُنَزِّلُ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ مَا هُوَ شِفَاءٌ وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۙ وَلَا يَزِيدُ الظَّالِمِينَ إِلَّا خَسَارًا ﴿٨٢﴾ وَإِذَا أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَى الْإِنسَانِ أَعْرَضَ وَنَأَىٰ بِجَانِبِهِ ۖ وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ كَانَ يَئُوسًا ﴿٨٣﴾ قُلْ كُلٌّ يَعْمَلُ عَلَىٰ شَاكِلَتِهِ فَرَبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ هُوَ أَهْدَىٰ سَبِيلًا ﴿٨٤﴾ وَيَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الرُّوحِ ۖ قُلِ الرُّوحُ مِنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّي وَمَا أُوتِيتُم مِّنَ الْعِلْمِ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا
And say, "My Lord, cause me to enter a sound entrance and to exit a sound exit and grant me from Yourself a supporting authority." (80) And say, "Truth has come, and falsehood has departed. Indeed is falsehood, [by nature], ever bound to depart." (81) And We send down of the Qur'an that which is healing and mercy for the believers, but it does not increase the wrongdoers except in loss. (82) And when We bestow favor upon the disbeliever, he turns away and distances himself; and when evil touches him, he is ever despairing. (83) Say, "Each works according to his manner, but your Lord is most knowing of who is best guided in way." (84) And they ask you, [O Muhammad], about the soul. Say, "The soul is of the affair of my Lord. And mankind have not been given of knowledge except a little."
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إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَالَّذِينَ هَادُوا وَالنَّصَارَىٰ وَالصَّابِئِينَ مَنْ آمَنَ بِاللَّـهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا فَلَهُمْ أَجْرُهُمْ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ وَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ
Indeed, those who believed and those who were Jews or Christians or Sabeans [before Prophet Muhammad] - those [among them] who believed in Allah and the Last Day and did righteousness - will have their reward with their Lord, and no fear will there be concerning them, nor will they grieve.
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إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَالَّذِينَ هَادُوا وَالصَّابِئِينَ وَالنَّصَارَىٰ وَالْمَجُوسَ وَالَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا إِنَّ اللَّـهَ يَفْصِلُ بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّـهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَهِيدٌ
Indeed, those who have believed and those who were Jews and the Sabeans and the Christians and the Magians and those who associated with Allah - Allah will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection. Indeed Allah is, over all things, Witness.
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قُلْ صَدَقَ اللَّـهُ ۗ فَاتَّبِعُوا مِلَّةَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَنِيفًا وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ
Say, "Allah has told the truth. So follow the religion of Abraham, inclining toward truth; and he was not of the polytheists."

[Tim Franzen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found this a lot easier to read then the bible. It's also a lot shorter.Anyone concerned with the state of modern Islam should read this inspiring text. As wityh the bible there are parts that are clearly outdated and even offensive. One must really imagine life a very long time ago, before there there was computers and silly puddy.

[Dr. Appu Sasidharan (Dasfill) · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Qur'an is the main religious text of Islam. Muslims believe that it was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad 1400 years ago by God. It is considered the book of guidance for humankind.

The Qur'an was revealed in the month of Ramadan on the night of Laylatul Qadr (Night of Decree). It is considered that completing this greatest literary masterpiece in Arabic during Ramadan brings an abundance of rewards. I am delighted as I was able to finish reading it during this Ramadan.

I think that this is a book that people from every religion and culture should read. The amount of wisdom in it is remarkable.


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[Shelli · Rating 4 out of 5]

Everyone should read this book at least once in their lifetime. I think it's especially critical given the conflict between Islam and the West.

[Sina · Rating 5 out of 5]

One Day I Will Understand it Perfectly!!!

[Werner · Rating 1 out of 5]

Note, May 22, 2013: Some of the discussion below convinced me that I should add a couple of clarifying sentences, which I've just done.

With the current controversies over the projected "Ground Zero" mosque and the threatened Koran burning, a review of the Koran (also spelled Quran; there isn't always a one-on-one correspondence of Arabic and Latin letters) seemed topical. That might seem ground that angels fear to tread, fraught as it is with controversy, deeply-felt sensibilities for some, and the potential for verbal abuse and even physical violence in response. (It's also a challenge to distinguish between a review of the Koran per se and a full-blown discussion of Islam and its role in the world; the two subjects inevitably impinge on each other, but they aren't identical.) But Goodreads exists to provide book discussion --especially discussion of books with ideas that greatly impact the modern world; and by any definition, this one fits that description. Reviews so far tend to fall into three camps: those by Moslems lauding the book to the skies, those by Christian and Jewish believers angrily attacking it, and those by skeptics who see it as a prime example of the ludicrous nature of any and all religions. My own perspective is that of a committed Christian believer convinced of the truth claims of Jesus Christ. That stance is not only compatible with an effort to be fair in describing and evaluating others' beliefs in an attitude of respect for fellow human beings, but positively mandates it.

Unlike the Bible, which contains the writings of many authors spread over millenia, the Koran preserves the oral discourses of just one man, Mohammed, during his lifetime in seventh-century Arabia. (So it has a single basic historical-cultural context, and reflects the theology and style of just one author.) Moslems regard Mohammed as the last and ultimate prophet of God ("Allah" is simply the Arabic word for God, cognate with the Hebrew "El") --and by "God," they mean the God of the ancient Near Eastern religious tradition that also underlies the Bible, the God who revealed Himself to Noah and Abraham. (This in itself doesn't mean that their beliefs perfectly comprehend Him --arguably, nobody perfectly comprehends Him-- but it does mean that "Allah" should not be viewed by Christians as some alien deity comparable to Baal or Molech.) Mohammed's words were dictated to scribes; he was himself illiterate (not a disgrace, in that time and place). Raised in a polytheistic environment, he had some personal contact with Jews, and mostly second-hand information about Christian beliefs, and he connected Jewish and Christian conceptions of God with the primitive monotheistic tradition of his Arab ancestors, but he obviously never read either the Old or New Testaments. He viewed himself as a prophet called to uphold God's cause, and claimed Divine authority for his words.

The content of the Koran itself is sermonic material; it lays down some laws, which reflect a fairly primitive tribal society, and touches incidentally on theology in places, but the overwhelming majority of the content is a pounding reinteration of the twin themes of demand for absolute loyalty and obedience to God and threats of judgment against the disobedient, expressed over and over with a high degree of repetitive language (useful for memorization in a mainly oral culture) and in what I found to be a turgid style. (For me, it was a chore to read, and I think it would be for most Occidental readers.) Naturally, for Christian readers the obvious question here is the legitimacy of Mohammed's claim that this represents divinely inspired teaching. That this is not a claim to be rejected a priori is indicated by the fact that there are an increasing number of Moslems who accept Jesus as the Savior, and who see this as compatible with various views of Mohammed's prophetic role as legitimate. (See "Moslem Followers of Jesus?" by Joseph Cumming, Christianity Today, Dec. 2009, p. 32-5.) There is no hint here of the gospel of grace through faith on the basis of Christ's sacrifice, and not much hint of Divine compassion (beyond pro forma statements that God is "compassionate and merciful" --though here He doesn't sound like it); and the legislation allows things like slavery, polygamy and the subordination of women, and prescribes the death penalty much more liberally than we would. The same, however, can be said of parts of the Old Testament (though the Koranic command to cut off the hands of thieves and its encouragement of wife-beating goes beyond anything found in the Mosaic law). Those parts are set in a total context of Divine revelation that modifies or qualifies them; we accept them as Scripture, but if our sole understanding of God came from, say, the book of Obadiah, we'd have a severely mutilated picture. Much of the content of the Koran, on the most charitable assessment, could be seen as primitive and incomplete, in the same sense as some of the Old Testament that we can now view through the lens of progressive revelation and of Divine accommodation to limited human understanding on the part of the people He had to work with; a parent, as Calvin pointed out, speaks baby talk to an infant. (Though Mohammed lived in a time long after Christ, for all practical purposes his part of the world was a pre-Christian culture, and neither he nor his people had heard the gospel in anything like a coherent or understandable sense.)

IMO, though, there are aspects of the Koran that resist such a charitable view. To be sure, the stress on God's oneness is an Old Testament theme that no New Testament believer would deny, either; and even the insistence that God does not beget can be taken as a refutation of a misunderstanding of Christian doctrine, much as James in his epistle rebuts a misunderstanding of Pauline theology, not the genuine article. (God did not literally beget Jesus by sexual intercourse with Mary, in the manner of pagan gods siring children on human women, and no Christian believer would argue that He did.) But from a Christian standpoint, the Koranic insistence that Jesus was not really killed by his enemies, but was rescued by God, is incompatible with Divine revelation (not to mention history). It stems from the conviction that God must always necessarily rescue and vindicate the righteous, in this world --which, experientially, is NOT true-- and from (understandable) ignorance of the vicarious role of Jesus' death. Here again, Mohammed's lack of acquaintance with the New Testament was a serious liability --much as a lack of acquaintance with the Koran would be a liability to anyone making claims about Islam. (That isn't, obviously, anything that he could have helped; he had the information that could realistically be available to him in his time and place. By all accounts, he was actively interested in obtaining verbal information about both Judaism and Christianity; he can't be faulted for inevitable gaps in what he could acquire that way.) Also, while the Old Testament applies the Mosaic Law only to Israel, and the New Testament supersedes the letter of it with the spirit/Spirit, the Koran suggests no such limits for its laws --which is seen by strict Moslems today as a mandate to impose them on the entire world! Finally (and related to the latter) the Koran in places clearly commands a Moslem theocracy as the form of human government, and calls for its forcible imposition on the world. To be sure, not all Moslems are inclined to follow this to the letter. But this kind of Koranic teaching (coupled with its death penalty provisions for blasphemy and apostasy) certainly creates a built-in ratchet towards intolerance and religious violence, and provides religious justification for social policies which, no matter how constructive or mitigating they might have been in 7th-century tribal society, today more often create and perpetuate horrible injustice rather than mitigate it. To be wisely aware of this is not the same thing as calling for persecution of peaceful Moslems.

So in conclusion, my recommendation regarding the Koran is to read it, not burn it --but read it with a discerning critical faculty. :-)

[Anum]

This is one book that I will never be finished reading. I believe no one can be finished with it unless they understand it fully and completely and then implement it fully and completely in their lives. As that is near to impossible unless Allah wills it, I will never be changing the status to read of this miracle.

I know that this book can change lives and will always enlighten the path of those who Allah wills and of those who will let it enlighten their path.

Every human being, I emphasise again that every human being should be give an oppertunity to read the Quran and those who are not previllaged enough to have the means should be helped by those who are. I think that it is the right of every human being to be guided and Allah is the only one who can do so.

I hope that more and more people will be able to find the means to read this amazing book and will also ask others to read it. And I pray to Allah that those who are misguided in the facts as to what the Quran holds, both muslims and non-muslims, that they would not heed what other people say anymore and would try to learn themselves. Ameen.

And of course, I cannot rate this book. I have no right and am a no body in front of that Almighty Allah who has blessed us with its magnificence. May he guide us all! Ameen.

[Erin · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you only ever in your entire life read one book, read this one. I promise you, it is unlike anything else you'll ever read.

[ظل البروق]

هو كلام الله .. الذي لا يبلى مع التكرار .. ولا يمل مع طول الايام ..

آه على ساعات ضاعت ما قرأناه فيها ..

و آه على أيام ضاعت دون انشغال بمعانيه و آياته ..

[Roohdaar · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is awkward. Well, I'm a Muslim. Therefore, I will find this the best book in the history of civilization. =)

[Yurii · Rating 1 out of 5]

Where do I start with this? I was raised a Muslim so yes, I have had the displeasure of reading this whole violent and twisted book end to end and I'm glad I'm not part of that silly cult anymore (Islam). This is nothing but the thoughts and sentiments of a sick and narcissistic man (men?) which goes on and on about the same topics, as if to convince God himself, the supposedly creator/writer of this garbage. If, as the Quran states that Allah is all knowing and all wise, why couldn't that buffoon come up with something more imaginative than a angry speech on hell fire and hating women?

Read it if you may, but remember that it is nothing more than the ramblings of an ignorant desert pedophile.

[Skylar BB · Rating 1 out of 5]

به چه دلایلی از این کتاب خوشم نمی آید:
The reasons I don't like this book:

سوره ی بقره- آیه ی 244:
در راه الله کشتار کنید و بدانید الله شنوای داناست
Surah Al-Baqarah [2:244]:
Kill in the name of Allah and for his cause and know that Allah hears and knows.

سوره ی توبه - آیه ی 5:
چون ماه های حرام به سر آمد آنگاه مشرکان را هرجا یافتید به قتل رسانید
Surah At-Tawbah [9:5]:
And when the sacred months have passed, then kill the polytheists wherever you find them and capture them and besiege them and sit in wait for them at every place of ambush.

سوره ی المائده- آیه ی 51:
ای کسانی که ایمان آوردید، مسیحی و یهودیان را به دوستی نگیرید.
(همه بد فقط شما خوب... مرسی که با این کلمات صلح برقرار کردی)
Surah Al-Ma'idah [5:51] :
O Faithful ones, do not take the Jews and the Christians as allies.
(Me: WTF! thanks for spreading peace throughout the world.)

سوره ی توبه - آیه ی 123:
ای کسانیکه ایمان آورده‌اید، کافرانی که نزد شمایند را بکشید. تا در شما درشتی و شدت را بیابند؛ و بدانید که خداوند با پرهیزکاران است
Surah At-Tawbah [9:123] :
Oh you Believers, Kill those disbelievers (atheist,agnostics,Buddhist...) that are around you and let them find in you harshness. And know that Allah is with the righteous.

سوره التوبه - آیه ی 29:
کسانی را از اهل کتاب که به خدا و روز قیامت ایمان نمی‌آورند و چیزهایی را که خدا و پیامبرش حرام کرده است بر خود حرام نمی‌کنند و دین حق را نمی‌پذیرند بکشید، تا آنگاه که به دست خود در عین مذلت جزیه بدهند
Surah At-Tawbah [9:29] :
Kill those who do not believe in Allah or in the Judgment Day, (kill) those who do not consider what Allah and His Messenger deem unlawful (e.g. like drinking wine) and (kill) those who do not accept the religion of truth from those who were given the Scripture - [fight] until they give the jizyah willingly while they are humbled.

سوره ی الانفال - آیه ی 12
جمله ی آخر آیه: گردن کافران را بزنید و انگشتاشان را قطع کنید
Surah Al-Anfal [8:12] :
.... and Allah will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieved, so strike [disbelievers] upon the necks and strike from them every fingertip.

سوره ی النسا - آیه ی 89
جمله ی آخر این آیه: کافران را هرکجا که یافتید اسیر کنید و بکشید
Surah An-Nisa [4:89] :
They wish you would disbelieve as they disbelieved so you would be alike. So do not take from among them allies until they emigrate for the cause of Allah. But if they turn away, then seize them and kill them wherever you find them and take not from among them any ally or helper.
(What I think: Forcing people to turn to Islam and killing them if they refuse to do so.... yeah... very Divinely... and very peaceful :/ ...)

سوره ی بقره - آیه ی 29 :
او همانیست که هر آنچه در زمین است را برای شما خلق کرد سپس آسمان های هفتگانه را آفرید
Surah Al-Baqarah [2:29] :
it is He who created for you all of that which is on the earth. Then He created the seven skies.

Wait here: Scientifically speaking, about 13 billion years ago there were millions of galaxies... and about 9 Billion years ago the Big Bang from the residue of stars took place; it created the Earth and our current galaxy.
But this verse says that first the Earth was created then the skies. (How wrong is that!!!)

سیزده میلیارد سال پیش هم آسمان بوده و هم میلیون ها کهکشان دیگر و زمین توسط انقجار بزرگ باقی مانده ی دو ستاره به وجود آمد. اما در این آیه آمده که اول زمین خلق شده و بعد آسمان ها.

سوره ی نسا - آیه ی 24:
زنان شوهردار (بر شما حرام است) مگر آنانی را که (در جنگ) مالک شده اید
Surah An-Nisa [4:24] :
And [also prohibited to you are all] married women except those you have possessed [from war].

Wait here: There were, historically, war between the Arab's tribes. when one tribe attacked the other, the winner seized everything (including women) that's why this verse mentions this (that it's okay to have them if you have rightfully obtained them in a war)

سوره آل عمران آیه ی 54:
کافران مکر می کنند، الله نیز نقشه می کشد و خدا مکارترین است
Surah Ali 'Imran [3:54]
And they (the disbelievers) schemed, and Allah schemed (against them): and Allah is the best of schemers.
(this verse says Allah plots against the ones he (supposedly) created in the first place.)

سوره ی نسا - آیه ی34 : کتک زدن زنان
مردان را بر زنان تسلط و حق نگهبانی است (به عبارت دیگر زنان باید زیر سلطه ی مردان باشند) به واسطه آن برتری که خدا برای بعضی بر بعضی مقرر داشته و هم به واسطه آنکه مردان از مال خود نفقه دهند، پس زنان شایسته مطیع شوهران و درغیبت آنان حافظ (حقوق آنها) باشند از آن رو که خدا هم (حقوق زنان را) حفظ فرموده است. و زنانی که از نافرمانی آنان (در حقوق همسری) بیمناکید باید نخست آنان را موعظه کنید و از خوابگاه آنان دوری گزینید و آنان را با زدن تنبیه کنید
Surah An-Nisa [4:34] : (this verse says that husbands should hit their wives, if they do not wish to obey their husbands.)
Men are in charge of women by [right of] what Allah has given one over the other and what they spend [for maintenance] from their wealth. So righteous women are devoutly obedient, guarding in [the husband's] absence what Allah would have them guard. But those wives from whom you fear arrogance - advise them; forsake them in bed; and strike them. (hit them)
(me: WTF!!! that's your best solution? hitting your wife(ves)?... I'm OUT!)

[Huda Aweys · Rating 5 out of 5]

الخمس نجوم بتوعي للقرآن الكريم و بس :) ..
اتفقنا :) ؟؟
.....
God is Merciful .. Most Merciful, The King, The peace, The dominant, The mighty, The Creator .. God has a beautiful names as a whole, is not (unknown), is (one Lord) for Christians and Muslims and Buddhists and Brahma and ancient pharaohs, all sanctified (God), and as Muslims we do not have a problem if the Christians wrote that God is the author of the Bible, to the contrary, And if they did not wrote it we will wrote ! , So do not claim that (there is religious conflict here) ! , it's the problem of non-believers in God .. their problem stands in the lack of respect for the beliefs of others and in the lack of respect for freedom of belief and the faith

******
و بص .. انك تشوف ان كتاب ربنا تقييمه قليل و انت في المقابل قاعد تدى تقييمات مرتفعه لكتب تانيه عشان بالتالى الكتب دى تاخد تقييمات اعلى من تقييم (كتاب ربنا) بسبب تهاونك انت و غيرك بحجة تكريم كتاب ربنا
فدا
! ...
...
عندك موقف ؟ .. طب بكل احترام اخرج من الموقع خاااالص اما تستمر في انك تقرا كتب و تعمل لها تقييمات عاليه تعلي تقييمها على تقييم كتابك المقدس يبقى انت موش مقصر و بس .. انت كده مخطأ في حق دينك و كتابك المقدس
(أي كان)
و سامح لهم و بتساعدهم في انهم يخطأوا في حقه
لو لسه مافهمتش بعد كل كلامى دا ازاي انت حاطط راسك في الارض زي النعامه و بتدعي تكريم كتاب الله رغم انك في الحقيقة بتهينه بكونك على الموقع دا و لكونك بتدعم الموقع دا و بتدعم موقفه .. لكونك بتساعد في نشر الموقع اللى كتاب ربنا فيه تقييمه اقل من كتاب ميكى !
كتاب ميكي اللى بايدك اديته التقييم و ساعدته في انه يستعلى بتقييمه على تقييم كتاب ربنا ! لو عملت كده و انت حد مؤمن بدينك و بكتابك المقدس .. فانت حد لا مؤاخذة بقى .. فهمت و لا لسه ؟؟ .. لو لسه ما فهمتش فدى مشكلتك بجد
*****
I believe that, this is the book of God .. but my faith is not a reason in my assessment it as such .. it's really .. spirituality .. transparency . and a great many things I can not explain it .. this book is really and honestly , the book that I did not find anything that could be the subject of negative criticism .. so after the study and after inspection .. by all honesty and sincerity and goodwill , I can give The Quran, And only
My 5 stars ...

[احمد هلال]

الحمد لله تبارك وتعالى عز وجل له الأسماء الحسنى و الصفات العلا
القرآن العربي كلام الله ، منزل ، غير مخلوق ، منه بدأ ، وإليه يعود ، والله تكلم به على الحقيقة ، فهو كلامه حقيقة لا كلام غيره ، وإذا قرأ الناس القرآن أو كتبوه في المصاحف لم يخرجه ذلك عن أن يكون كلام الله ؛ فإن الكلام إنما يضاف حقيقة إلى من قاله مبتدئا ، لا إلى من بلغه مؤديا ، والله تكلم بحروفه ومعانيه بلفظ نفسه ، ليس شيء منه كلاما لغيره ، لا لجبريل ، ولا لمحمد ، ولا لغيرهما ، والله تكلم به أيضا بصوت نفسه ، فإذا قرأه العباد قرءوه بصوت أنفسهم ، فإذا قال القارئ مثلا : الحمد لله رب العالمين ؛ كان هذا الكلام المسموع منه كلام الله ، لا كلام نفسه ، وكان هو قرأه بصوت نفسه لا بصوت الله .

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[Soad · Rating 5 out of 5]

The holy Quran is a book that everyone should read no matter the religion but it should be read in its original language, like most books that are translated it loses flavor when its not.The Arabic language when read has many different meanings and when translated it loses those,so u get one verse that means one thing when actually it has 3 or 4 different meanings (does that make sense?)as much as i read the Quran i learn something new every time and im happy to say it does not teach hate or violence like most people think it does.Having come from a family that doesnt speak nor understand proper arabic very well i studied the Quran slowly and got a Quran translator (which is just as long as the Quran maybe longer translating very verse for me and helping me understand it in my own weird version of Arabic)so to end my review i recommend you read The Quran in its original text and get a Quran translator preferable Al safee fe tafser il-Quran which is really known and respected by everyone

[Mohadese · Rating 5 out of 5]

خیلی وقت بود دوست داشتم ریویو بنویسم اما نمی دونستم چی باید نوشت و میگفتم آخه کی میاد برای قرآن ریویو بنویسه! ولی دیدم دوستان نوشتن
راستش تا حالا نشده کامل بخونم همه قرآن رو اما پراکنده به مراتب خوانده شده
مفسر نیستم که در این مورد اظهار نظر کنم اما هدفم این بود که بیام بگم خیلی آرامش بخشه یه وقتایی که آدم خیلی سرگردونه یهو یه صفحشو باز می کنه و دقیقا و گاها تقریبا چیزی رو توش می خونی که آروم میشی
من به این کار ندارم که شما چه حد به دین اعتقاد دارید اما خواهش میکنم یک بار بدون پیش داوری این کتاب رو به عنوان یک کتاب بخونید
و من الله توفیق

[O · Rating 1 out of 5]

In my quest to read and form my own opinion about the world's holy books, The Koran was, for me, the most tedious yet. It took me months to slog through. In terms of moral guidance it is nearly useless, as a source of transcendental inspiration or as far as espousing meaningful or even common human values it is practically devoid of merit. Forget about historical, theological, or (of course?) scientific insights. The Koran reads like a litany of unimaginative examples of the monotheistic deity's omnipotence, omniscience, sovereignty, and intentions to condemn the unbeliever to the inferno. It seems to be clearly the work of numerous authors over a long period of time, as the compositional style, format, and even theological or doctrinal perspective vary markedly between suras. Although admittedly I was compelled to read it in English, as far as claims of literary or poetic beauty, the Koran was likewise unimpressive, in comparison to say, canonical New Testament or even the Dead Sea scroll fragments. I found it repetitive and dull, a major disappointment. I'm glad I read it, but I would never do it again.