where can i get an unbiased english text introduction to the quoran?

Question

violent loony tune extremists need not apply

Answer 1

I wanted to read the Quran because I did not believe that any religion would tell its followers to murder. I got in touch with the Albirr foundation U.K, P.O. box 12859, London E10 6UN. For just the cost of postage they sent me an English translation of the Quran. I'm glad I did because there is nothing in there about spreading hatred and killing innocent people, quite the opposite in fact.

Answer 2

I really liked the translation by M.A.S. Abdel Haleem. Ít's not really an introduction to the Qurán, but the actual text. That's where you're going to find what Islam is really about, and make you're own interpretations of what cerrtain verses mean etc.

Answer 3

Seriously, go try to read the thing.

The way it is written it could be taken to mean anything. The only real recurrent theme is that Allah will send non-believers into the fire. There is no way that you are going to find an interpretation for it that isn't biased.

I only got about a quarter of the way through it before I started just skimming through it. It was like..yeah fire, yeah hell....I get it, next page.

Answer 4

sorry ... but i don't think you can b/c some words/phrases will not translate straight to english or can be translated in different ways...

... even if 2 people read the original text in arabic, they would still come to different conclusions about the message..

Answer 5

Any one of these links below will send you a quran free of charge.

Answer 6

any islamic stores. if u want unbiased then get one without notes, just plain translation. they arent biased anyway

Answer 7

http://www.penguinclassics.com

Answer 8

http://is.aswatalislam.net/DisplayFilesP.aspx?TitleID=178&TitleName=Quran_-_JD_Hall_-_English_Translation_of_the_Quran

http://noblequran.com/translation/index.html

http://www.tafsir.com/Default.asp