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Translating the Qur’an for Today with Professor Abdel Haleem
The Quran is the majestic word of Allah (swt), it gives Muslims life. In the Quran, Allah speaks to all human beings and those that read the Quran revere the majesty of its style and prose. Professor Muhammad A. S. Abdel Haleem is the Professor of Islamic Studies and director of the Centre for Islamic Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies of London University, as well as editor of the Journal of Qur’anic Studies. Born in Egypt, he learned the Qur’an by heart during childhood. Haleem has published two translations of the Qur'an including the wonderful The Qur'an: A New Translation (2004).
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#thethinkingmuslimpodcast episode 159
Timestamps
0:00 Introduction
2:50 – Beauty of Qur’an
8:56 – The style of the Qur’an
18:04 – History of translating of Qu’an
18:46 His translation Vs Others
35:30 Limitations when translating
39:55 Western Islamic Studies
45:28 Should we study Qur’an
52:40 Mufassireen and some false ideas?
56:00 – Qur’an and life
57:52 -Tiredness with Quran
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