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My translation is as official as it gets!

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in response to reader comment: Henrik, get a better translation, please

Submitted by Henrik Ræder Clausen (Denmark), Oct 11, 2006 at 17:11

The translation I'm using is 'The Noble Quran', published by Darussalam in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, under the guidance of the Islamic University in Medina. This is the exact translation that the Saudi government is printing in millions of copies and distributing everywhere to show the world what Islam is. They want us to see it like this.

If you have any issues with the quality of this translation, please take it to the Islamic University of Medina, and let me know if they will publish a correction. I can't imagine they will, for the translation they provide fits perfectly with the life and actions of Muhammad as described in the Sira and the Hadith in general.

Until the Islamic University of Medina corrects their translation (and removes their footnote), I assert that my translation is more accurate than yours.


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