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Title: Answers, or more questions?
Review: I read this in order to clarify some of the more controversial principles of Islam: slavery, treatment of women and captives, use of warfare, meaning of "paradise," and, yes, beheading and punishment in general. This translation was done before the modern wahabists who, I assumed, interpreted Jihad to be a licence for aggressive war. The Nooruddins translation has, to me, the "ring" of truth. I would like to think that violent interpretations were constructed to justify conquest and disregard of other faiths. This translation affirms the value of all sincere faiths (albeit somewhat hard on the Jews) and forbids opportunistic killing and destruction in the name of Islam. Most important, to me, was the concept, set forth in the beginning chapters, that the Qu'ran is meant to be CLEAR and UNDERSTANDABLE, implying, to me, that the multitude of interpretations and revisions are as likely as not to lead to error. "Allah knows what is in your hearts." Well worth reading.
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