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 Topic: how can you win when muslims play the 'bad translation' card

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  • how can you win when muslims play the 'bad translation' card
     OP - June 28, 2011, 02:21 PM

    example:

    muslim: The quran contains loads of advanced science that was impossible for a human to have known 1400 years ago.

    me: give me your single best example

    muslim: it describes the sun spinning on it's own axis    55:5

    me: "The sun and the moon follow courses (exactly) computed." looks much more like geocentrism than advanced knowledge of the sun spinning.

    muslim: its a bad translation

    me: there isnt a single translation, tafsir, or commentary that comes close to implying that the sun spins on it's axis.  Show me a single muslim that has ever interpreted it the way you claim prior to science discovering it.

    muslim: you need to learn Arabic
  • Re: how can you win when muslims play the 'bad translation' card
     Reply #1 - June 28, 2011, 02:23 PM

    If the Quran were perfect it would be impossible to "misunderstand" the true meaning in the way all those musafireen did in their tafsirs before we knew we lived in heliocentric solar system.

    I don't come here any more due to unfair moderation.
    http://www.councilofexmuslims.com/index.php?topic=30785
  • Re: how can you win when muslims play the 'bad translation' card
     Reply #2 - June 28, 2011, 02:30 PM

    example:

    muslim: The quran contains loads of advanced science that was impossible for a human to have known 1400 years ago.

    me: give me your single best example

    muslim: it describes the sun spinning on it's own axis    55:5

    me: "The sun and the moon follow courses (exactly) computed." looks much more like geocentrism than advanced knowledge of the sun spinning.

    muslim: its a bad translation

    me: there isnt a single translation, tafsir, or commentary that comes close to implying that the sun spins on it's axis.  Show me a single muslim that has ever interpreted it the way you claim prior to science discovering it.

    muslim: you need to learn Arabic


    Screw them in Arabic or any language they like., the book is full of rubbish babbling with meaningless statements along with atrocious  sayings against Christians, Pagans and juice.. On top of it damn book says Prophet go .. go & have sex with any one  you like... Bull shit in disguise as word of god/allah whatever..

    Read the rascals  
    Surat At-Taĥrīm (The Prohibtiion) - سورة التحريم

    Ask them to listen to Arabic words and let them translate it for you...
     

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  • Re: how can you win when muslims play the 'bad translation' card
     Reply #3 - June 28, 2011, 04:05 PM

    If the Quran were perfect it would be impossible to "misunderstand" the true meaning in the way all those musafireen did in their tafsirs before we knew we lived in heliocentric solar system.

    Well, Muslims would argue that the Quran IS perfect and that we are not perfect and that's why we misunderstand the true meanings.
  • Re: how can you win when muslims play the 'bad translation' card
     Reply #4 - June 28, 2011, 04:46 PM

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  • Re: how can you win when muslims play the 'bad translation' card
     Reply #5 - June 28, 2011, 04:50 PM

    Well, Muslims would argue that the Quran IS perfect and that we are not perfect and that's why we misunderstand the true meanings.


    The Quran itself debunks that argument, as it says it has been made easy to understand for everyone.

    “And We have indeed made the Qur’an easy to understand and remember, then is there any that will remember (or receive admonition)? (Qur’an 54:17)

    So Allah himself believed humans to be perfect enough to understand it.

    The argument is more why was a global religion, only released in one language, which is NOT easy to understand for everyone?


    Inhale the good shit, exhale the bullshit.
  • Re: how can you win when muslims play the 'bad translation' card
     Reply #6 - June 28, 2011, 05:20 PM

    Well, Muslims would argue that the Quran IS perfect and that we are not perfect and that's why we misunderstand the true meanings.


    Then the Quran is imperfect because it does not properly fulfil the purpose for which it exists, to communicate a message to mankind.  There is a difference between "perfection of quality" and "perfection of purpose."

    I don't come here any more due to unfair moderation.
    http://www.councilofexmuslims.com/index.php?topic=30785
  • Re: how can you win when muslims play the 'bad translation' card
     Reply #7 - June 28, 2011, 07:00 PM

    What is the most popular language in the world today which is spread across most regions in its usage and is able to connect diverse people?

    English

    What linguistic branch does the English language belong to?

    Indo-European

    Which are the most classical, preserved and noblest languages belonging to this branch?

    Are they languages which were(and still are) considered sacred and loaded with spiritual words?

    In the history of humanity and in their time on this planet, globalization has occurred within the last few centuries and was made possible by European colonization. The specific nation of Europeans who were at the forefront of it and had the most impact on all the countries over the globe were the British.

    Apparently they(the Abrahamics) say...

    God intends to communicate with selected chosen men to pass on the message he intends for all humanity

    It would appear that considering the strength of population, the timing of history with respect to technology in its ability to record accurately and spread easily any information, say the past few decades or anytime within the few centuries from before now to later would be the best. Whatever linguistic changes we may have in the future, possibly even maybe switching humanity's choice of a common language for all intents and purposes. Still what would matter is having one which exists at a time when humanity first met different parts of each other and was the most connected. Within the recent few decades we have mapped out every inch of the earth and are now aware of every nation and tribe.

    Quote from: Quran ~ 49.13
    O humankind! Surely We have created you from a single (pair of) male and female, and made you into tribes and families so that you may know one another


    Supposedly the Quran is the word of God, a message from Him, to be sent to all humanity.

    The Quran is in Arabic, a Semitic language. Being so, there would be a tendency for certain degree of meaning of it being lost in translation when to other languages, we all can understand that, and the Muslims evidently are very insistent about this fact.

    And ever since the days of the Quran having been "delivered", the Arabs have been trying to preserve the language by freezing it and preventing it from having a natural growth that all languages undergo. And the attitude of Arabs towards their language has been one of elitism. Tasks better accomplished if theirs was already a language that was restricted to the priestly caste since times of antiquity.

    They have invested their utmost effort in trying to study it in hopes of attaining the greatest depth of meaning

    Quote
    The first systematic grammars originated in Iron Age India, with Yaska (6th c. BC), Pāṇini (4th c. BC) and his commentators Pingala (ca. 200 BC), Katyayana, and Patanjali (2nd c. BC). In the West, grammar emerged as a discipline in Hellenism from the 3rd c. BC forward with authors like Rhyanus and Aristarchus of Samothrace, the oldest extant work being the Art of Grammar (Τέχνη Γραμματική), attributed to Dionysius Thrax (ca. 100 BC). Latin grammar developed by following Greek models from the 1st century BC, due to the work of authors such as Orbilius Pupillus, Remmius Palaemon, Marcus Valerius Probus, Verrius Flaccus, and Aemilius Asper.


    And they also say it requires great intellect to grasp as well

    Quote
    Formal logic began independently in ancient India and continued to develop through to early modern times, without any known influence from Greek logic. Medhatithi Gautama (c. 6th century BCE) founded the anviksiki school of logic. The Mahabharata (12.173.45), around the 5th century BCE, refers to the anviksiki and tarka schools of logic. Pāṇini (c. 5th century BCE) developed a form of logic (to which Boolean logic has some similarities) for his formulation of Sanskrit grammar. Logic is described by Chanakya (c. 350-283 BCE) in his Arthashastra as an independent field of inquiry anviksiki.

  • Re: how can you win when muslims play the 'bad translation' card
     Reply #8 - June 28, 2011, 09:35 PM

    If the Quran is perfect then there would be no trouble translating it.
  • Re: how can you win when muslims play the 'bad translation' card
     Reply #9 - June 28, 2011, 09:37 PM

    If the Quran is perfect then there would be no trouble translating it.


    *coughs* Unicorns *coughs*

    *coughs* virgin *coughs*
  • Re: how can you win when muslims play the 'bad translation' card
     Reply #10 - June 28, 2011, 10:33 PM

    What about Luxenburg?

    I shouldn't be here. Really. Shaytan SWT deluded ALL of us. Amen.
  • Re: how can you win when muslims play the 'bad translation' card
     Reply #11 - June 29, 2011, 09:51 AM

    another tactic i really hate is the 'watch this [usually zakir naik] video. it proves you wrong' card.


     Not once has the video ever had anything even relevant to say. So now i dont even bother watching them. I ask them to paraphrase Naik if they really must. But I am accused of being stubborn and lazy.

    Im not sure how to handle a general hand waving towards some generic, long winded, and usually irrelevant video or website offered as 'proof'.
  • Re: how can you win when muslims play the 'bad translation' card
     Reply #12 - June 29, 2011, 11:06 AM

    another tactic i really hate is the 'watch this [usually zakir naik] video. it proves you wrong' card.


     Not once has the video ever had anything even relevant to say. So now i dont even bother watching them. I ask them to paraphrase Naik if they really must. But I am accused of being stubborn and lazy.

    Im not sure how to handle a general hand waving towards some generic, long winded, and usually irrelevant video or website offered as 'proof'.

    Next time they do that, just counter with one of your videos, instead of writing anything - keep doing that and they will soon get the message & learn how to debate

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  • Re: how can you win when muslims play the 'bad translation' card
     Reply #13 - June 29, 2011, 11:08 AM

    We've all been there, and know the drill - they are all typical smokescreen tactics - here's the complete list of them..



    i)   It’s a misquote, anyway until you learn to speak Arabic, then how do you know it’s an accurate translation? 
    ii)   It’s out of context, and was only meant to apply to that day and age
    iii)   It’s a test of our faith to see if we will still believe despite the contradicting evidence, and only those with true knowledge and faith will pass it. 
    iv)   Allah has infinitely more knowledge than us, so who are you to question? 
    v)   And if you disagree with any of the above, then dont come back to me, read the tafsir and go and find somebody more knowledgeable who can provide you with an answer that satisfies you
    vi)   And if (v) doesn’t work, you haven’t tried hard enough, keep trying until you are convinced I am right.




    However, you could reply to each point in turn: -


    i)      God would not have allowed His book to be misquoted, because otherwise innocent people would unwittingly do the wrong thing. Why did he allow errors to occur or not correct them when they were made, or even just produce the book Himself without fallible humans having to do it for him?

    ii)      Islam and the Prophet set a code of life purporting to apply to all ages, not just for one generation. Given that it was supposedly sent to us by an infinitely superior being, then it would indeed have had the foresight to be able to apply to all generations.

    But if it was written by a man, say, as a means to control the populace in a day when legal and policing structures were not prevalent, or by somebody wanting power for other reasons (e.g. another type of David Koresh, Joseph Smith, Ron Hubbard, or Jim Jones) then it would have a distinctly less universal and progressive message, and reflect a worldview more in keeping with the time in which its message was delivered.

    iii)      Whose tafsirs should I read?  How about Tafsir of Surah Qalam in Ibn Kathir, which state the Earth is on top of a whale. This is the same whale whose liver muslims will eat as their first meal in heaven, followed by the earth itself which will be their 'bread'.   
    Or when it comes to Idda in Quran 65:4  (And for such of your women as despair of menstruation, if ye doubt, their period of waiting shall be three months, along with those who have it not) where all the regular tafsirs unanimously agree it allows Muslim men to marry & divource pre-menstrual girls?

    So moving on from tafsir, which scholars should I go to? With an ever diversifying 72 sects of Islam, there are so many interpretations of Islam that even the Muslim scholars fail to arrive at a consensus.

    According to Grand Mufti Muhammad Tantawy of Al-Azhar University, the influential and prestigious academy of Islam (the highest position of authority in Sunni Islam) said in 2010 that female circumcision is a "laudable practice that does honour to women". 

    He defended this by pointing to hadith of the prophet that said:

    •   When two circumcised parts touch each other then bathing becomes obligatory - Sahih Muslim 3:684
    •   Do not cut severely, since that is better for her and more pleasing to the husband -Abu Dawud 41:5251
    •   Circumcision is a Sunna for men and a preservation of honour for women -Abu al-Malik/Abu Dawud

    Thanks to edicts by major scholars like Tantawian and justification through Islamic hadith, we currently find 95% of girls are having their genitalia mutilated in Egypt.

    Or how about speaking to learned Muslims who have read far more than I could ever hope to?  Perhaps I should talk to the Islamic Egyptian Scholar & Imam Abbas Abdul Noor who also studied Islam at the prestigious Al-Azhar University, who after many years of doubt and currently at 80 years of age has recently come to the same conclusion. 

    It does not necessarily follow that the more you read about Islam, then the more you will be convinced by its virtues and divinical nature.

    iv)          If every human refused to question the beliefs of his forefathers, then we would all still be worshipping clay idols and be none the wiser.

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  • how can you win when muslims play the 'bad translation' card
     Reply #14 - September 03, 2014, 01:17 PM

    The Quran itself debunks that argument, as it says it has been made easy to understand for everyone.


    My mind runs, I can never catch it even if I get a head start.
  • how can you win when muslims play the 'bad translation' card
     Reply #15 - September 03, 2014, 03:07 PM

    Question : how can you win when muslims play the 'bad translation' card ?

    We have to realize here that there are many types of Muslims.. 100s of types ., some of them are

    1).  Accept the authenticity of the Quran and the Hadith with no ifs or buts,
    2). Deny the Hadith, partially or totally and try to reinterpret the Quran
     
    In the middle you have range of folks along with more than 80% of 1.5 billion Muslim folks who NEVER read either QUran or Hadith..

     Assuming such assumption of "Bad translation of Quran" is coming from Dawah bums., I say

    "Shit is shit., shit smells like shit and rose is a rose .. rose smells like rose irrespective of  which culture which race and which group of human beings are responsible for the roses and for the shit..  "

    Take some   books.,  say from China  such as  here.. The Sayings Of Confucius ask the fools to translate it., they may translate slightly different here and there but its overall message in any language by any translator will be same.. or similar.. at least.

    First you make a book in the name something no one knows essentially non-existent and is created in the human brain. And  write some silly   rules or force the rules from that book  on every one .. Say it is from allah..god??

      let me give a simple examples here  with Sahih International translation

    **********************************************************************************************************************
    2.226:
     
      For those who swear not to have sexual relations with their wives is a waiting time of four months, but if they return [to normal relations] - then indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

    2.227:
     
     And if they decide on divorce - then indeed, Allah is Hearing and Knowing.

    2.228:
     
    Divorced women remain in waiting for three periods, and it is not lawful for them to conceal what Allah has created in their wombs if they believe in Allah and the Last Day. And their husbands have more right to take them back in this [period] if they want reconciliation. And due to the wives is similar to what is expected of them, according to what is reasonable. But the men have a degree over them [in responsibility and authority]. And Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise.

    2.229:
     
    Divorce is twice. Then, either keep [her] in an acceptable manner or release [her] with good treatment. And it is not lawful for you to take anything of what you have given them unless both fear that they will not be able to keep [within] the limits of Allah . But if you fear that they will not keep [within] the limits of Allah , then there is no blame upon either of them concerning that by which she ransoms herself. These are the limits of Allah , so do not transgress them. And whoever transgresses the limits of Allah - it is those who are the wrongdoers.

    2:230:

    And if he has divorced her [for the third time], then she is not lawful to him afterward until [after] she marries a husband other than him. And if the latter husband divorces her [or dies], there is no blame upon the woman and her former husband for returning to each other if they think that they can keep [within] the limits of Allah . These are the limits of Allah , which He makes clear to a people who know.

    2:231:  

    And when you divorce women and they have [nearly] fulfilled their term, either retain them according to acceptable terms or release them according to acceptable terms, and do not keep them, intending harm, to transgress [against them]. And whoever does that has certainly wronged himself. And do not take the verses of Allah in jest. And remember the favor of Allah upon you and what has been revealed to you of the Book and wisdom by which He instructs you. And fear Allah and know that Allah is Knowing of all things.

    2:232:

    And when you divorce women and they have fulfilled their term, do not prevent them from remarrying their [former] husbands if they agree among themselves on an acceptable basis. That is instructed to whoever of you believes in Allah and the Last Day. That is better for you and purer, and Allah knows and you know not.
    ############################################################################


    What is that shit? it doesn't matter who translates it..  bull shit is bull shit.,  let us take that  2.230
    Quote
    YUSUFALI: So if a husband divorces his wife (irrevocably), He cannot, after that, re-marry her until after she has married another husband and He has divorced her. In that case there is no blame on either of them if they re-unite, provided they feel that they can keep the limits ordained by Allah. Such are the limits ordained by Allah, which He makes plain to those who understand.

    PICKTHAL: And if he hath divorced her (the third time), then she is not lawful unto him thereafter until she hath wedded another husband. Then if he (the other husband) divorce her it is no sin for both of them that they come together again if they consider that they are able to observe the limits of Allah. These are the limits of Allah. He manifesteth them for people who have knowledge.

    SHAKIR:So if he divorces her she shall not be lawful to him afterwards until she marries another husband; then if he divorces her there is no blame on them both if they return to each other (by marriage), if they think that they can keep within the limits of Allah, and these are the limits of Allah which He makes clear for a people who know.

    What kind of nonsense is that?

     If a Quran/Muhammad following ROBOTIC IDIOT divorces his wife for some silly reason and if they want to reconcile again.   THE LADY HAS TO MARRY SOME OTHER GUY AND SLEEP WITH HIM , MAKE SOME BABIES & DIVORCE THE GUY AND REMARRY HER FIRST BELOVED HUSBAND??

    what is this shit and mullahs of Islam enforce those fucking rules from Quran?
    does it make any sense??.
    Is it really word of Allah? god shit?
    or is it just BRAIN WASHED brain dead  ISLAMIC NONSENSE??

    Crazy fools .. MOCK THEM MOVE ON..

    Do not let silence become your legacy.. Question everything   
    I renounced my faith to become a kafir, 
    the beloved betrayed me and turned in to  a Muslim
     
  • how can you win when muslims play the 'bad translation' card
     Reply #16 - September 03, 2014, 04:02 PM

    example:

    muslim: The quran contains loads of advanced science that was impossible for a human to have known 1400 years ago.

    me: give me your single best example

    muslim: it describes the sun spinning on it's own axis    55:5

    me: "The sun and the moon follow courses (exactly) computed." looks much more like geocentrism than advanced knowledge of the sun spinning.

    muslim: its a bad translation

    me: there isnt a single translation, tafsir, or commentary that comes close to implying that the sun spins on it's axis.  Show me a single muslim that has ever interpreted it the way you claim prior to science discovering it.

    muslim: you need to learn Arabic


    Oops dr_sloth.,    I didn't read your opening post  et al .. what I read was heading of the topic  " how can you win when muslims play the 'bad translation' card" 

    So i posted that raging comments on Quran .,  You see frankly speaking no one cares on this earth geocentrism .... sun spinning... salt water/fresh water mixing  nonsense or Muslim eccentricity of allahgod presence or absence unless you are a scientist or mullah idiots are trying force that on science students.  The problem with Quran and Islam is NOT that ., The problem with Quran and Islam is these SOCIAL & RELIGIOUS RULES that try to get enforced with-in family. with-in town and  within country covertly or overtly

     That is the problem .. Frankly speaking science is irrelevant to Islam and for any other religion. In fact whether god is there or not is also irrelevant for all humanity. What is relevant is these freaking rules they made in the name some god for social engineering of human subgroups, race, culture whatever. This problem could easily be solved if FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION is protected across the globe in all countries.. 

    Do not let silence become your legacy.. Question everything   
    I renounced my faith to become a kafir, 
    the beloved betrayed me and turned in to  a Muslim
     
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