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Quran: A Reformist Translation

Cited in 4 segments across 1 recording · 2020 · book/book:quran-a-reformist-translation

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26 Jun 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth The guest's background: languages, translations, books, Beltways and a constitution for Turkey The guest describes his languages, his Turkish and English translations of the Quran, his books on the number 19, his unpaid religious work, his Beltways transit project, a proposed Netflix documentary and a draft constitution for Turkey. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechEdip YukselQuran: A Reformist TranslationManifesto for Islamic ReformNineteen: God's Signature in Nature and Scripture machine8 min 29 s4:28on YouTube
26 Jun 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Why did Edip Yuksel write a reformist translation of the Quran? The guest describes translating the Quran with Rashad Khalifa and says the Sunni religion distorted the message, beginning with adding Muhammad's name to the shahada; he calls Sunni and Shia translations deliberate distortions and says the Quran was betrayed through hadith. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechEdip YukselRashad KhalifaRecep Tayyip ErdoganMetin Yuksel [?] machine8 min 32 s12:57on YouTube
26 Jun 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth LatestDoes the Quran allow a husband to hit his wife? The guest reads 4:34 as telling a persistently flirting wife to leave rather than as permission to beat, and says four words in the verse were mistranslated to create male authority. Mufti Abu Layth says the statement that men provide is descriptive, not prescriptive. Question from live chatguest speechEdip YukselQuran 4:34 (the 'hitting verse')daraba (wadribuhunna)qawwamun machine7 min 49 s2:04:43on YouTube
26 Jun 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth How does the guest translate the verses on cutting off the thief's hand, jizya and polygamy? The guest's translation renders the thief's punishment as cutting off the means, the tax on non-Muslims as war reparations, sa'ihat as women active in society, and polygamy as permitted only for widows with orphans in exigent circumstances. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechEdip YukselQuran 5:38 (the thief, cut off their hands)jizyasa'ihat machine3 min 58 s2:12:32on YouTube