CRITICAL NOTE: This translation may be ok, however, it is the mis-translations that have created problems. I urge the reader to be cautious, God is not a villain of his creation, if the translated verse alludes that God is mean to those who are not Muslims, then that translation is outright false, that is the litmus test. To make sure you get that right, please look at least three different translations to single out the odd one. Quran has been deliberately mistranslated, 3 out of some 200 translations are bad, and at least there are 60 verses that have been wrongly translated for political gains of instilling ill-will towards the others, that is not only wrong but evil. Corrections are noted at the sites www.Quraantoday.com and www.QuraanConference.com.
Mike Ghouse
QuraanToday.com
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At a time when is struggling to maintain religious tolerance, here’s a story that glorifies the beautiful past of our country when people were more tolerant towards other religions.
Bhatinda, May 5: At a time when is struggling to maintain religious tolerance, here’s a story that glorifies the beautiful past of our country when people were more tolerant towards other religions. A historian in Punjab has found a copy of Holy Quran, the most important scripture of Islam, that was printed in 1911. The Holy book travelled for 105 years and crossed boundries of religions to reach in the hands of a Hindu academician. The uniqueness of this copy of Quran is that it was translated by a Sikh and funded by two Hindus.
Subash Parihar, a retired professor of the museology department of Central University of Punjab, who is currently teaching at a private college in Kotkapura, got a rare copy of Holy Quran. He is set to include the details of this copy of Quran into the encyclopedia of Sufism that he is preparing. (ALSO READ: Intolerance rose, religious freedom violated in India under Narendra Modi-government, says USCIRF)
“This Quran was translated into Gurmukhi from Arabic by Sant Vaidya Gurdit Singh Alomhari, a Nirmala Sikh (sect of Sikhism devoted to literary pursuits). The printing expenses were borne by two Hindus, Bhagat Budhamal Adatli Mevjat and Vaidya Bhagat Guraditta Mal, with another Sikh man, Mela Singh Attar Wazirabad,” Subhash Parrihar told Times of India.
According to Subhash Parihar, Budh Singh of Gurmat Press in Amritsar printed as many as 1000 copies of Quran to spread its message to people of other faiths. He also said that Budh Singh intentionally made two Hindus and a Sikh to bear cost of printing the translated version. ”I do not think that there can be a better example of Muslim-Hindu-Sikh goodwill in the beginning of the 20th century. These people rightly deserve to be called ‘religious’ in the true sense of the word,” said Parihar.
The rare copy of the Quran belonged to Sardar Jhanda Singh ‘Aarif’, a poet from Kotkapura. After his death, his elder son Natha Singh presented it to a Muslim Noor Muhammad, believing he will understand its real worth. Natha Singh, before giving the Quran to Noor Mohammad, protected the holy book with utmost respect.