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| Quran: The Final Testament | | Author: | Rashad Khalifa (Editor) | ISBN: | 1881893057 | Format: | Handover | Publish Date: | June, 2005 | | | | | | | | | Book Review | | |
Scientific American "An ingenious study of the Koran."
O.W. Smith, literary critic "the final word in contemporary religious reading"
Allen Vacas "...a delightful new translation of one of the major scriptures of the world, the Quran."
Book Description This English translation of the Quran is the most comprehensive and precise translation available. It is written in clear, concise, and easy to understand English with extensive explanatory footnotes and appendices. The original Arabic text was analayzed by the computer and its intricate mathematical composition was gradually decoded. This book has been called the final word in contemporary religious reading. It ties together all the loose ends created by theories of recent years and truly answers the questions that have puzzled us for centuries. How do we know God exists? If God exists, what religion provides the best avenues to know Him? Where do we go after this life on earth? What is the purpose of our creation? How do we fit all the pieces of this puzzle of life together to make sense and bring happiness to our lives and to those of our loved ones? The Final Testament is a must reading for anyone seeking to make their lives complete in an emotional and philosophical sense, who needs to answer life's hardest questions before they can achieve the inner tranquility that is so vital to one's existence. This book can be read aloud and enjoyed by many or privately pondered to create an incredible feeling of inner harmony.
Language Notes Text: English, Arabic (translation)
From the Publisher As expected from the Creator's final message, one of the prominent themes in the Quran is the call for unity among all believers, and the repeated prohibition of making any distinction among God's messengers. If the object of worship is one and the same, there will be absolute unity among all believers. It is the human factor, i.e, devotion to such powerless humans as Jesus, Muhammad, and the saints that causes division, hatred, and bitter wars among the misguided believers. A guided believer is devoted to God ALONE, and rejoices in seeing any other believer who is devoted to God ALONE, regardless of the name such a believer calls his or her religion. As detailed in Appendix 2, the publication of this book marks the advent of a new era-the era where God's messages, delivered by all His prophets, are consolidated into one. God's one and only religion, Islam, shall dominate all other religions(9:33, 48:28, and 61:9). Today's corrupted religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, will simply die out, and the true Islam will prevail. This is not wishful thinking; this is God's inviolable law as decreed in 3:19, 41:53, and Sura 110. This book comes to you with built-in physical evidence that it is God's message to you; it is mathematically composed far beyond human capability.(See Appendix 1). Rashad Khalifa Islamic Productions
About the Author Dr. Rashad Khalifa was a well known author and scholar of the Quran. He was a Ph.D. chemist on the roster of technical assistance experts of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). His articles have appeared in the Scientific American, Quarterly Review of the Canadian Council of the Study of Religion, and several popular magazines in the Middle East, notably Egypt's Akher Saa. Unlike other translators of the Quran, Dr. Khalifa was a native speaker of Arabic, which contributes to the clarity and accuracy of his translation. In 1990, Dr. Khalifa was stabbed to death by terrorists linked to a fundamentalist group who felt threatened by his writings and his efforts to clarify the innovations within mainstream Islam.
Quran: The Final Testament
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