Quran: a Reformist Translation

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Translated and Annotated by:

Edip Yuksel
Layth Saleh al-Shaiban
Martha Schulte-Nafeh

• The Reformist Translation of the Quran offers a non-sexist understanding of the divine text; it is the result of collaboration between three translators, two men and a woman.
• It explicitly rejects the right of the clergy to determine the likely meaning of disputed passages.
• It uses logic and the language of the Quran itself as the ultimate authority in determining likely meanings, rather than ancient scholarly interpretations rooted in patriarchal hierarchies.
• It offers extensive cross-referencing to the Bible and provides arguments on numerous philosophical and scientific issues.
• It is God's message for those who prefer reason over blind faith, for those who seek peace and ultimate freedom by submitting themselves to the Truth alone.

• "A bold and beautiful translation..." - Reza Aslan, CBS News Consultant; Author, No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam.
• "A testament to the fact that faith need not suffocate reason..." - Irshad Manji, Fellow, Yale University and author, The Trouble with Islam Today: A Muslim's Call for Reform in Her Faith.
• "Every conversation begins with a single voice. ... It would expand the conversation." - Mark V Sykes Ph.D. J.D. Director, Planetary Science Institute.
• "Very Interesting and Timely." - Riffat Hassan, Ph.D. Professor of Religious Studies and Humanities at the University of Louisville, Kentucky. A pioneer of feminist theology in the context of the Islamic tradition.
• "... Your effort is praiseworthy. Well done. Keep it up." - Kassim Ahmad, former president of Malaysian Socialist Party and head of Malaysian Quranic Society who was declared "apostate" by religious authorities for his controversial work on the Prophetic Traditions.
• "This translation is a message of peace, justice and judgment. ..." - Gershom Kibrisli, theologian and communal leader, The Karaim of the Early Hebrew Scriptures, Holy Land & Benelux.
• "... The Qur’anist approach offers religious rather than secularist challenges to traditional understandings of Islam, whether Sunni, Shia, or academic, on a number of critical issues; so this translation and commentary have the potential to spark extreme controversy among Muslims and non-Muslims." - Aisha Y. Musa, PhD, Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies, Florida International University; author of An Examination of Early and Contemporary Muslim Attitudes toward Hadith as Scripture (Doctoral Dissertation, Harvard University, 2004).
• "With its lucid language, brilliant theological and philosophic arguments, Edip Yüksel removes the smoke of distortions and ignorance generated by clergymen that have concealed the light of the Quran from masses. ..." - Caner Taslaman, PhDs in Theology and Political Science; Post doc fellow at Harvard University; author, The Quran: Unchallengeable Miracle; The Big Bang and God; The Theory of Evolution and God; and The Invented Religion; www.mucizeler.com.
• "... A Reformist Translation directs us to this miracle by offering an intense and challenging addition to the practice of sincere reading for knowing. ..." - Dr. Amina Wadud, Author: Inside the Gender Jihad: Reform in Islam.
• "A timely and stimulating contribution to scholarship on Islam that offers cogent testimony to the diversity of views within the Islamic community. ..." - Germaine A. Hoston, Ph.D, Professor, University of California. San Diego, former Director of the Center for Democratization and Economic Development, and author of The State, Identity, and the National Question and Faith, Will, and Revolutionary Change (forthcoming), a comparative study of theologies of liberation.
• "I have to say that this translation --following in the same spirit of Dr. Khalifa's Quran: The Final Testament -- not only is daring, brave and non-traditional in its approach, it will open a lot of eyes that the Quran is dynamic in nature and relevant for all times. ..." - Gatut Adisoma, PhD, Indonesia.
• "... As such, I salute your work and hope it will be published and extensively discussed both in the United States and abroad." - Daniel Pipes, Ph.D., director of the Middle East Forum, editor of the Middle East Quarterly, and a columnist for The Jerusalem Post.
• "From the perspective of the academic study of the Qur’an, this book has very little to contribute. …" – A anonymous Sunni Scholar who was described by the editor of Palgrave-Macmillan as "a very well-established professor."

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Progressive Muslims

• The Message: An English Quran Translation by Progressive Muslims. You can access its online version using Kitabun Markum on our site. You can also download the .doc format version by clicking here.

Rashad Khalifa

• The Final Testament: Rashad's well-known English Quran Translation presented online.

Edip Yuksel

Intelligent People Guide to Code 19

• 0. Idiot's Guide to Code 19 (AYMAN)
• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Idiot's Guide
• 3. My Experience with Mathematicians and Experts
• 4. Apples, Oranges, and Mushrooms of Data Set
• 5. Pro-Sad Party: Not Only Bad Spellers, But Also Con Artists
• 6. Standard Methodology for Hiding the Truth
• 7. The Background and Chronology of the Discovery
• 8. A Witness from Children of Israel
• 9. Nusemantics
• 10. Year 1974: The Prophecy is Fulfilled and The Secret is Unveiled
• 11. How to Distort and Ignore the Extraordinary Evidence
• 12. Chapter Starting With "Mysterious" Alphabet Letters
• 13. The Mathematical Design in the Frequencies of Just Two Letters is Sufficient
• 14. An Orchestra of Numbers and Letters
• 15. CRITICISM RELATED TO THE TRANSLATION OF VERSES
• 16. Tested, Disturbed and Punished by Nineteen
• 17. "It Is Not a Number, It Is Counting; And Counting Is Bad"
• 18. Choosing hell over miracle, choosing regression over progress
• 19. How much of the Quran can/should we understand?
• 20. The Art of Mutating Alphabet Letters to Words
• 21. A Good Scientific Theory
• 22. How to Distinguish Dimond from Glass
• 23. The SECOND ROUND: Ten Points (AYMAN)
• 24. Connecting the Dots
• 25. Blinded by the Smoke of Hell
• 26. The THIRD ROUND (AYMAN)
• 27. Kitabun Marqum
• 28. Stereograms and Cyclopes; Lions and Zebras
• .... Bibliography

Evangelical Crusade Exposed

This is an internet discussion held between Edip Yuksel (19.org) and Ali Sina (faithfreedom.org), in the beginning of year 2005.

• 1. Challenge Accepted (EY)
• 2. How to Use Hearsay of Hearsay as History (AS)
• 3. Palmreader Finds Dirty Character in Garbage (EY)
• 4. Sample Discussion with Audience (EY)
• 5. "Muhammad was Illiterate and Cruel" (AS)
• 6. Addicted to the Smell of Hearsay Trash (EY)
• 7. Chit Chat (EY-AS)
• 8. Christian, Agnostic, Muslim Audience Help Clarify (EY)
• 9. A Revolution Led by Muhammad (EY)
• 10. To the Factor of 666 (EY)
• 11. Hadith, Sunnah, and Islamic Scholars (AS)
• 12. Chat-Chit
• 13. Evangelical Connection Exposed (EY-AS)
• 14. Low foot, high foot; true foot, lie foot; here comes... (EY)
• 15. The Evangelical Faschism
• 16. Closing, Analysis, and Surprise (EY)
• No Contradiction in the Quran