An Abridged Koran (The Islamic Trilogy Book 4)

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An Abridged Koran

To download from the iTunes Store, get iTunes now. The standard Koran is arranged by length of chapter. The longest chapter is at the beginning and the shortest chapters are at the end. This makes it confusing and hard to understand. The words of the Koran are woven back into Mohammed's life. This is the way the Koran unfolded in the first place. It was recorded over the course of Mohammed's life. The first chapters start with Mohammed's first recitation and the last chapters are those he recited before he died. Coming from a background of Hinduism and having a fascination for the many streams of Buddhist traditions all over the world, I find the Koran bizarre and appalling.

The Koran is the antithesis of Indian Islam — with its the saint worship, festivals and music. I have spent considerable time upcountry and in the cities of India as well as lived in Buddhist regions of Southeast Asia and pure Islam, not tempered by the modifications of Java and Cambodia etc is like something from another planet.

Bishops might disagree with my critique of their Church, even vociferously. But they are not going kill me. Probably not even mock me.

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Basically, Islam as presented in its primary scripture, the Koran, is completely incompatible with diversity and human rights. After reading the Abridged Koran I do not see Islam as a religion at all. The path of those You favour; not the path of those who anger you [the Jews] nor the path of those who go astray [The Christians]. So, the fifth verse of the Koran, wasting no time, is anti-Jew and anti-Christian.

I must investigate to see whose interpretation it is of those who anger and go astray. Who do Muslim scholars say it refers to? What do the Muslim man and woman in the street say it refers to? What would happen if every day at a political meeting within the first few minutes an announcement is made: Allah will not speak to them on the Day of Resurrection, and they will pay a painful price.

They are the ones who buy error at the price of guidance and torture at the price of forgiveness; how intently they seek the Fire! Allah does not guide those who do wrong. Some of them believe in His messenger while others turn away from him. The flames of Hell are sufficient punishment for them!

Those who reject Our revelations We will cast into the Fire. As soon as their skins are burnt away.

We will give them new skins so that they will truly experience the torment. Truly Allah is mighty and wise! But they have broken their religion [Christianity] into sects, and yet they will all return to Us. The Koran is emphatically opposed to division of any religion into sects nobody is permitted to agree to disagree, there has to be a monolithic united front. Islam rejects Jesus as divine and the concept of trinity.

There was no resurrection of Christ. God has no son. Islam goes to great lengths to disparage basic Christian doctrine. I do not know of any religion that spends so much space trying to insult other belief systems. Even in the formal intellectual debates of Tibetan Buddhists or missionary public debates of some Hindu pundit-philosophers, it is done with dignity.

Islam is one long belligerent insult. It is not done in a scholarly way but disrespectful name-calling. I find this completely foreign and counter-productive who would join a religion without rational argument, persuasion and by the exemplary life of its best examples?

Islam is entirely in opposition to civilized society.

Even the onslaughts of the Mongols and the brutal Vikings primarily they just wanted booty and they moved on after pillaging. It is terrifying experience letting the import of the Koran sink in. When I read Abridged Koran I am left reeling from a nightmare. It might be foolish, it might be a waste of time, but what harm comes of an Orthodox, Coptic, Hare Krishna or tribal religion worshipper tinkling a bell before an image of their vision of the Divine?

It boggles the mind. This is not unique to Islam, of course. Judaism and Protestantism oppose worshipping God in any form also. These people will be prisoners of the Fire, where they will live forever. Then let him see if that course of action remedies his anger. We have sent down the Koran containing clear signs.

Allah guides who He please. It is none of your concern whether He forgives them or punishes them for, truly, they are evil-doers. Of all the created beings, they are the most despicable. Hell, descriptions of — X 3. It is closer to the less philosophical of the Hindu and Buddhist texts, which also describe the torments of hell. Herein I am not counting verses that specify, Christians, Jews and pagans going to hell — there are some verses in the Koran that are more general, just non-Muslims. You will be sent there. Paradise, descriptions of — X 4. Heaven is described in great detail. But it sounds more like a Las Vegas garden with free escorts than a spiritual state.

It sounds rather like Hindu and Buddhist description of the afterlife. They will be waited on by young boys with goblets and ewers and a cup of pure wine that gives no headaches nor muddles the wine, and with fruits that are most pleasing, and with the flesh of birds that they desire. In compensation for their past good deeds, they will have houris [heavenly companions of pleasure] with big dark eyes like pearls peeking from their shells. Seated on bridal couches they will gaze around.

You will see the delight on their faces. Fine wines, sealed with musk, will be given them to drink. For those who have aspirations, aspire for wine mixed with waters of Tasmin, a fountain where those close to Allah drink. Trees will shade them, and fruit will dangle nearby. Silver cups and crystal goblets will pass among them: They will be given ginger-flavoured wine from Salsabil. They will be waited on by eternally young boys.

When you look at them you would think they were scattered pearls. When you see it, you will see a vast kingdom of delights. They will wear richly brocaded green silk robes with silver bracelets on their arms, and they will quench their thirst with a pure drink given to them by their Lord. I frankly skipped most of this because, as a secularist with a background in non-Abrahamic religions, I am not interested.

See comment in Day of Judgement above …………………………………………………………………. Jihad warfare is mostly in the Medina Koran. However other acts of violence are throughout the Koran as a whole. We give you complete authority over them. Truly, Allah has no use for you, but you have need for them.

If you turn your backs on Him, he will simply replace you with others who will not act like you! Early investors get more profit! He will pay back double what he is owed, and he will receive a noble reward. Allah has ranked those who fight earnestly with their wealth and lives, above those who stay at home. Allah has promised good things to all, but those who fight for Him will receive a far greater reward than those who have not.

Truly, there has been a sign for you in the two armies which met in battle. I would like to read a study comparing violence by the founders of world religions and their most important persons. How many people did Jesus of Nazareth, the Apostles and medieval saints and Popes kill or advocate killing of? Likewise, Moses, King David and 15th century rabbis? Gautama Siddhartha, the Arhants, and its missionaries? Guru Nanak, Govinda Singh etc. Let the actions of the best examples of religions as defined by the religions themselves speak for themselves. Also estimated body counts of political and military leaders claiming allegiance to specific religions.

Crunch the numbers and then readers can decide who has been the greatest and least threats to peace, currently and historically. Warren and others have done so with Islam.

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I want to see a comparative chart. I was surprised to see that Islam, which is presented by apologists as so humanistic, is actually fatalistic. There is no free will in Islam. The length of each life is predetermined according to the scriptures. Those whose hearts Allah does not desire to cleanse will suffer disgrace in this world and a grievous punishment in the next. It is as if the Koran has been written or compiled by a schizophrenic. We will provide for them as well as for you. Surely, killing them is a terrible sin. Have nothing to do with adultery, It is a shameful act and an evil path that leads to other evils.

Fulfill your promise because every promise will be investigated. Give full measure when you measure, and weigh with an honest scale. This is fair and much better in the end. Do not follow that of which you have no knowledge. Every act of hearing, seeing, or feeling will be investigated on the Day of Reckoning. However, a lot of Koranic moral teachings mention exceptions that to most people will seem ludicrous, messages that are a mix of coercion and ethics….

Those who honour their promises and contracts and who pay strict attention to their prayers will inherit Paradise. They will dwell there forever. Whoever is unjustly slain, We have given their heirs to authority to either forgive or demand retribution, but do not allow him to exceed limits in slaying because he will not be helped by the law. How he planned… We will certainly throw him into Hell. Curiously, I found almost no description of Allah other than in the sense of His qualities.

This is the complete opposite of Hinduism, where gods and goddesses have very detailed physical descriptions. Ten curious facts as part of Dr. I expect that Sufis make a big thing of these]. Numerous times in Koran, Arabs are told by God how lucky they are to have the Koran in their own language so they can easily understand it. Yet according to mainstream Islamic scholars the Koran can only be fully understood in Arabic.

This is not logical. Otherwise Islam is really a tribal religion. Alexander the Great is mentioned in the Koran Opponents of Mohammed have guardian devils! In Garden of Eternity, virgins will be age-appropriate. I found no mention of adolescent or child female virgins, and certainly no specific number of any of them, as is claimed by some critics of Islam. Fear Allah as He deserves to be feared!

When death finds you, die as true Muslims. It is unIslamic to stand near the grave of anyone who is not Muslim 9: Islam cons non-Muslims out of Paradise I am told that the Koran is the most high-minded part of Islam. And take walks and meditate in between reading marathons because Islamic scripture is so depressing.

Paul Doherty — October 19, David D — September 8, Finally there is an accessible Koran for every-man. Islam is no longer just for the Imams, to dispense wisdom from above. If you want to understand what is happening in the world today, you need to understand Islam.

Islam is the fastest growing religion on the planet, and the Koran is the perfect word of Allah.

Reading the real Koran is a real slog. It is like reading all of the speeches of a politician that were randomly assembled. There is endless repetition and no reference to what is happening in the world that inspired the speeches. An Abridged Koran assembles the speeches in a chronological order and gives you basic background on what is happening in the prophets life at the time. Exact references are included so you can go to the original sources on the internet.

Dennis Parish — September 4, This book includes more than the Koran. Brandon — August 19, Five Stars By Brandon August 19, Timothy Scott — July 15, Every academic student of Islamic studies should read this book. They should probably start here. Weiss first, then come here. Also should have a decent historical atlas. I teach comparative law. I have a section on Islamic law that I am trying to continue to develop. Sooner or later, I needed to know what was in the Koran and this looked like the easiest and best way to get an idea of what was in there.

I love the way one of them starts out: Here the author has done all the work for you. Bill Warner does have a thesis some might say an agenda: At the end in an epilogue he points out the amount of space the Koran is dedicated to political subjects as opposed to theological subjects.

Quite often when Islam is trying to extend its politics it emphasizes religion. Quite often when Islam is trying to extend its religion it emphasizes its politics. Islam has three sacred texts-the Koran , the Sira life of Mohammed , and the Hadith traditions of Mohammed. These are the foundations of Islam. All of Islamic religious and political doctrine are found in them.

Until now these books were unavailable to the average reader. The Koran is confusing and only scholars knew that the Sira and the Hadith existed. The Sira is an page book that is very difficult reading. Mohammed and the Unbelievers makes the life of Mohammed easy to understand. In one of the great stories of history, Mohammed went from being an orphan to the first ruler of all Arabia. Battles, raids, torture, deception, slavery, assassinations, heroes, secret agents, and religion all figure in his glorious triumph. Poetry, passion, culture, immigration, history, sex, ethics, economics, Paradise and Hell were all used to define a new form of war—jihad.

This book is a fascinating read. You will learn details about Islam that you never knew existed. The words and deeds of Mohammed are the ideal pattern to be followed by all Muslims at all times. The Traditions are more important in the daily practice and world-view of a Muslim than the Koran. Without the Traditions there can be no Islam. There is no subject so great or small that is not covered. Ethics, jihad, sex, slavery, art and everyday habits are all given in great detail. A Simple Koran is a powerful epic story, complete and unboundedness. It is written in modern English, with foreign words defined.

Practically speaking, this means that the book is half as long. The Koran is very repetitive. The story of Moses and the Pharaoh is told more than 30 times. In this abridged version the repetition is removed, shortening the book by more than half, but leaving the full meaning intact.

A powerful method of ordering, sorting and categorizing the Koran makes it easy to read. An Abridged Koran is a powerful epic story that is easy to understand. The Taste of Islam is a unique offering. Until now the doctrine of Islam has always been hidden behind deliberately complex writing. The Koran is a perfect example of cloaking a simple message behind a screen of created incoherency.

Thus, the public image of Islamic doctrine is that it is so profound and subtle even superb scholars could not read and understood the texts. Scientific analysis has revealed the hidden topics of Islam. What seemed complex has been made clear. Now anyone can understand the sacred texts that drive and support every action and word by Islam. Anyone can understand the doctrine of Allah and Mohammed as revealed in its source texts. What was difficult is now simple for anyone who wants it. In about the time it takes to watch a professional sports event, you can comprehend the Koran.

Since the Koran is famously known to be unreadable, how can this be? The Koran found in the bookstore is not the historical Koran of Mohammed. The bookstore Koran is arranged by length of chapter, not time. The bookstore Koran has no time, no Mohammed and no story. Therefore, it makes no sense.

Now the verses have context and meaning. Everything is in the right order and the original story has been restored. Once you have read A Two-Hour Koran , you can pick up a bookstore Koran and understand what you are reading. This is a quick read about the man who became the first ruler of a united Arabia and laid the foundation for the empire of Islam.

But, it is not just a biography; it is a sacred text of how a perfect Muslim should conduct their life. He was an orphan who rose from poverty to become the first ruler of all of Arabia. He created a new religion, new methods of war and a new political system including a legal code, the Sharia. Today no one wages war in the name of Caesar, Alexander the Great, Napoleon or any other military leader. However, every year many people die because of Mohammed. After years, Islam is more powerful than it has ever been.

Mohammed said that one day all of the world would live under his rule of law. To understand Islam, you must know the life of Mohammed. His every word and deed are the perfect model for being a Muslim. Every Muslim is a Mohammedan. The religion of Islam is not about worshiping Allah; it is about worshiping Allah exactly as Mohammed did. This book is unique. It is concise, but it is completely authoritative.

The reference system allows you to verify all information. This little book is the perfect introduction to Sharia law. It also makes the perfect lobbying tool to educate politicians, leaders and officials. If you want to lobby against Islam with any legislator, councilman, school board member or politician, then Sharia Law for Non-Muslims is the perfect tool. It is authoritative and compact, only 50 pages. Sharia law is not about religion, so you will not be lobbying against a religion and cannot be called a bigot.

Islam is a political system with its own body of laws called Sharia. Sharia law is based on entirely different principles than our laws. Many of these laws concern the non-Muslim. What does Sharia law mean for the citizens of this state? How will affect us? What are the long-term effects of granting Muslims the right to be ruled by Sharia, instead of our laws? Each and every demand that Muslims make is based on the idea of implementing Sharia law in America. Should we allow any Sharia at all? How can any political or legal authority make decisions about Sharia law if they do not know what it is?

The most enjoyable way to learn about Islam is through the traditions of Mohammed Hadith. His actions and words are called the Sunna. The Sunna is found in the Traditions of Mohammed called the Hadith.

A Muslim is far more governed by the Hadith than the Koran. The Hadith give us fascinating accounts about Mohammed. We know what he looked like, his sense of humor, his superstitions and how he ate. Details about his sex life, family life and leadership are all recorded.

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