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What are the best English and Spanish translations?

>> No.21036807

>>21036773
Haram.

>> No.21037452

bump. really, nobody?

>> No.21037454

>>21036807
fpbp

>> No.21037459

>>21036773
The Study Quran for English. En español la versión de Juan Vernet es casi la canónica

>> No.21037663

>>21037459
¡Muchas gracias!

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21037698

>>21036773

>> No.21037712

>>21037698
same shit happened in the Bible

>> No.21037735

This made me curious; was there ever a Spanish translation of the Quran produced when Spain was under Muslim control? Or is the idea of translating the Quran a more modern idea?

>> No.21037758

>>21037735
No. The first translation done in Spain was in Latin (1143). The first Spanish translation was done in 1606.

>> No.21037996

>>21037758
Weren't a lot of early European translations second-hand via that Latin translation? Which to my understanding was not particularly good.

>> No.21038002

>>21037996
Probably. I'm not really interested enough to research lol

>> No.21038004

>>21036773
Compare multiple translations and translator's notes to get a better idea of the full meaning. That's what my former neighbor who was Muslim did.

>> No.21038151

>>21038004
Why are Muslims so much more literate than Christians?

>> No.21038175

>>21036773
It's a really hard book to read, a friend gave me one and i tried going through it. It's very dense i get why people spend their entire life trying to understand it

>> No.21038279

>>21038175
Yeah, that's why I'm being so selective and trying to make sure I start out with the right one.

>> No.21038398

>>21038151
Maybe it's just that the ones who immigrate to the US are more likely to be decently off and well educated because the ones who aren't can't afford to. I think there's a few parts of the world to which that applies- I remember reading that the most common surname for doctors in the US is now Patel if I recall correctly.

>> No.21038667

>>21038398
I wasn't speaking of Arabs in the US, but rather their culture and religious devotion to reading and interpreting holy texts in all Muslim countries.

>> No.21038687

>>21038667
He wasn't Arab, actually, he was Senegalese.

>> No.21038696

>>21038667
I think this depends on the country. Religious rigor is paramount, like in Jewish circles. From a young age they are instructed to study the religion in great detail.

But then you still have illiterate retards in Pakistan/afganistan for example. Or just people who take a casual approach like your typical american christains.

>> No.21039246

bump

>> No.21040539

bump