/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.8631462]

I just realized I don't have a copy of Arabian Nights and, as a Muslim, this feels like a glaring oversight in my collection.

So many different versions, though. What would you say is the definitive edition?

[Anonymous No.8631466]

>>8631462
the one that has pig skin in the cover

[Anonymous No.8631614]

One containing no pictures of living things, how dare pretentious artists draw pictures of people and animals? It's playing God, damn it!

[Anonymous No.8632102]

>>8631462
Richard Burton's The Thousand Nights and a Night (1938). Download on Gutenberg, etc. The newer 3-volume Penguin selection is good, too.

[Anonymous No.8632107]

>>8631462
Haddawy annotated

[Anonymous No.8632117]

Every time I heard that a Palestinian terrorist, or a Palestinian child, or a pregnant Palestinian woman had been gunned down in the Gaza Strip, I felt a quiver of enthusiasm at the thought that it meant one less Muslim.

[Anonymous No.8632165]

>>8632117
you are disgusting
this is the first time i say this to someone on the chan

[Anonymous No.8632176]

>>8632165
i agree with him

one less muslim retard = one less potential threat for civilization

its not popular to be proisraeli on this site but i am, also

the quran and all the hadiths and its whole ideology is utter trash and mornoic also, irregardless of how islam is a threat to us

[Anonymous No.8632186]

>>8632117
this

[Anonymous No.8632235]

>>8632117
But you'd weep for a Palestinian virgin, wouldn't you, pervert?

[Anonymous No.8632238]

>>8632165
>on the chan
>falling for bait
>perhaps triple shitposting

Trolls trolling trolls are the worst type of threads.

[Anonymous No.8632244]

>>8632165
Meh, he's just a young kid trying to edgy or whatever

[Anonymous No.8632245]

>>8632235
they breed terrorists so no (not him again)

[Anonymous No.8632374]

>>8632165
>>8632244
>not realizing this was a quote from Michel Houellebecq (don't remember which book exactly though, was it Plateforme or La Possibilité?)

[Anonymous No.8632409]

>>8631466
>>8631614
>>8632117
ow, the edge

>>8632102
Thanks, I downloaded the Richard Burton translation.

[Anonymous No.8632417]

>>8632176
>irregardless
careful throwing the word "retard" around, friend

[Anonymous No.8632485]

>>8632176
>its not popular to be proisraeli on this site but i am

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[Anonymous No.8632513]

What is the best Muslim literature for a Westerner who hates homosexuals?

[Anonymous No.8632561]

>>8632409
I prefer the Mardrus and Mathers translation because Burton shies away from the sensuality to make it more children's fiarytale

[Anonymous No.8632562]

>>8632235
I welcome the death of all Muslims and those who will grow up to be Muslims.

[Anonymous No.8632566]

>>8632374
Platform, after the jihadists kill his gf.

[Anonymous No.8632585]

>>8632409
Why don't you read them in Arabic if you're a so called Muslim?

Not pious enough to be able to read the actual Quran?

Infidel tier.

[Anonymous No.8632606]

>>8632513

a youtube tutorial on drinking bleach

[Anonymous No.8632635]

>>8632117

GREATEST ALLY

[Anonymous No.8632682]

>>8632585
Hit hit hit

[Anonymous No.8633076]

>>8632606
I hope you get aids

[Anonymous No.8633090]

>>8632117
Same here. Every time I hear about rockets get lobbied at Israel I just feel happy knowing Israel is about to unleash hell on the Palestinians

[Anonymous No.8633093]

>as a Muslim

[Anonymous No.8633142]

>>8632176
>its not popular to be proisraeli on this site but i am
Truly you're the hero we need. The pro-muslim hordes of 4chan have finally been confronted

[Anonymous No.8633178]

>>8632176
>proisraeli
This entire jihad shit started because of Israel.

You can be against both muslims and zionists. In fact, you should.

[Anonymous No.8633206]

either way, your gonna be seeing a lot of spousal abuse in this one...

[Anonymous No.8633230]

>>8632165
>this is the first time i say this
Step up your game newfriend.

[Anonymous No.8633312]

>>8632409
It is expressly forbidden by the Qur'an to make images of beings with souls, as it is considered a form of idolatry.

Are you calling the Qur'an edgy you dirty kufr?

You must return to your study of the Sunnah!

[Anonymous No.8633335]

Albeit a retelling, Naguib Mahfouz' Arabian Nights and Days is quite good.

If you're looking for a translation, the Burton one is my preference.

[Anonymous No.8633436]

>>8632409
>he rejected my haddaway suggestion

[Anonymous No.8633456]

>>8632409

Like edge of blood dripping crescent blade?

[Anonymous No.8633742]

>>8632585
Very few Muslims actually understand classical Arabic. Do you think every Jew is fluent in Hebrew, too?

>>8633436
Sorry, I couldn't find a download for it. I have a Kindle by the way.

[Anonymous No.8633763]

>>8633742
sure anon here is the epub...

[Anonymous No.8633827]

>>8633742
>Very few Muslims actually understand classical Arabic.
They're bad Muslims then, including you.

I would focus on understanding what should be the most important book in your life rather than distracting yourself with decadent fairy tales filtered through a Western mind.

Submit.

[Anonymous No.8633875]

>>8632585
>Why don't you read them in Arabic if you're a so called Muslim

Are you stupid? The original manuscripts were Persian, not Arabic, and most have been destroyed by Muslim expansion. Do you even read?

[Anonymous No.8633907]

>>8633875
I don't read kuffar fairy tales.

[Anonymous No.8633915]

>>8633875
The original texts don't exist anymore. Arab is as close to the sauce as you can get.

Seeing as OP is a Muslim and therefore should understand Arab, he should read those.

[Anonymous No.8633929]

>>8633915
>Muslim and therefore should understand Arab
Quit being ignorant. Not every religious person speaks a foreign language. How many Christians do you know who can speak Aramaic? You don't even know what country I'm from.

[Anonymous No.8633933]

>>8633763
That was a mortar strike, not a suicide bombing you dip

[Anonymous No.8633935]

>>8633929
Not him you are supposed to read the Quran in Arabic if you want to be a proper Muslim

[Anonymous No.8633951]

>>8633929
Christianity does not mandate reading scripture in the original language. Islam does.

It doesn't matter what country you are from.

[Anonymous No.8633959]

>>8633951
>>8633935
>all this whitesplaining

#baka

[Anonymous No.8633969]

>>8633959
>whitesplaining

Actually I'm Nigerian :)

[Anonymous No.8633973]

>>8633959
>half-assed """"cultural"""" """"Muslim"""" knows less about his own religion than so called infidels

Shameful display.

[Anonymous No.8634049]

>>8633973
Not OP, but you're making the Koran out to be a much bigger deal than it really is. Statistically most Muslims don't even own a copy.

[Anonymous No.8634073]

>>8631462
>muslim
>actualy reads
something doesn't add up here

[Anonymous No.8634100]

>>8634049
This is true about Arab countries like Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait, but then you have more civilized Muslim countries with proud literary traditions; such as Iran, Egypt, and Great Britain.

[Anonymous No.8634102]

>>8634049
And statistically most Catholics fuck outside of wedlock and don't go to mass every Sunday.

That doesn't mean that therefore those things aren't a big deal in Catholicism. It just means that most of them are bad Catholics who don't take their religion seriously.

The Quran is an extremely big deal in the teachings of Islam. That most lazy """Muslims""" don't respect the beliefs they pretend to adhere to doesn't change that.

[Anonymous No.8634108]

>>8631462
>So many different versions, though. What would you say is the definitive edition?
i dont know

[Anonymous No.8634147]

>>8631462
that one that is not YA

[Anonymous No.8634177]

>>8631462
>as a Muslim
fuck you

[Anonymous No.8635028]

Burton is full of purple prose and nauseating racism. Get the Lyons.