Ask a Muslim(ah): Episode 8 - Quran Translation/Books

[BFG8000]

WHERE IS MY SANDWICH? BACK INTO THE KITCHEN YOU GO!

[elenavlada]

PLEASE WEAR A BURKA

[MyEiss]

good work

[uncleedoo]

salaam lmartella, Your a legend may Allah swt give you jannah you have such a nice demeaner about you and may Allah give you good and only good amin!

[correyjoey]

Assalamualaikum sis LMartella.. You are pretty.. Toodoodoooo!! =)

[correyjoey]

Assalamualaikum sis LMartella.. You are pretty.. Toodoodoooo!! =)

[ameera68]

thank you.im a revert.im not connected to any to sisters

[tropdars]

Cover your face, you WHORE.

[LMartella]

@tropdars Does it make you feel better to call a complete stranger on the internet names? For the sake of those around you, please seek help.

[Zyclon3000]

@tropdars I apollogise in advance but I cant help myself... FUCK YOU TROPDARS, STUPID ASS FUCK! I HOPE YOU DIE IN THE MOST TERRIBLE WAY

[cynicaloptimist999]

Thank you so much for the information and links.

[Haris30432]

i WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST RASHAD'S KHALIFA'S AUTHORIZED ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE QURAN

[nbsanders]

12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

13 ¶ Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

[monem749]

Thanks for introducing Karen Armstrong, Robert Fisk and Noam Chomsky.

Please let me mention the following books for you.

Discourse on the Method & Meditations on First Philosophy Descartes

Problems of Philosophy & History of Western Philosophy Russell

The Social Contract & Emile - Rousseau

The Mind of God & The Goldilocks Enigma Paul Davies

Paul Davies is very interesting.

[SisterYasminJ]

Mashallah, nice vid x

[ilovemyhaters69]

masha allah u looking good sister

[PitbullD]

why do you hate calling yourself a westerner. That is where you live, right?

[LMartella]

I live in North America.

The term "westerner" comes with many stereotypes attached (positive or negative depending on who you ask), and a history behind it that most people don't even understand.

East vs. West, Us vs. Them, We vs. They ... all things I try to avoid in my speech.

[SteveWrathall]

What is the penalty for apostacy?

[ImyManz99]

"What is the penalty for apostacy?"

Depends. During the life of the Prophet, some enemies of Islam were becoming fake Muslims with the intent on apostatizing at a later period in order to psychologically attack Islam and encourage others to apostatize. So the Prophet ordered such people to be killed.

However if somebody is born Muslim and doesn't want to follow Islam, then I don't believe there is a death penalty since the Qur'an says that belief is possible a second time after unbelief.

[bobnos]

i also read the passage of that part to be "if one was to change their islamic religion"

so not exactly just LEAVE.. but CHANGE being keyword. so its an act of preaching .. in muslims eyes.. falsely of islamic views and this is therefore seen as "treason" - capital punishment for treason.

i am not muslim but its as much as i know. correct if i am wrong. i would suggest researching an not take my word for it as im not positive :)

peace

[intubatto]

This is a very good video especially for non Muslim like myself,may be you should have posted it under "education" rather than "people & blogs".

I did read Karen Armstrong and it was an excellent book.

P.s. She spent 7 years as a Roman Catholic nun.

[trntyvnll]

intubatto.

(4,918)

a) True or b) not true?

Ex-Roman Catholic nun still non-Muslim Karen Armstrong, PROSTITUTES herself on handsome hourly, half-day, full day, half-evening, full evening basis, in selling the nobleness of Islam's allah's replacing religion, Islam, for all humankind.

"a", or "b"?

[batilife00]

MAY ALLAH GUIDE YOU BROTHER intubatto ENSALLH I SEE YOU SOON YOU WILL BE GOOD MUSLIM SO PLZE YOU THINKING IN GOOD PATH SO READ QURAN MORE AND MORE AGAIN AND AGAIN AND I AM SURE YOU WILL FIND THE TRUTH

[Imichow]

Imran is the name of Mary's pbuh grand father's. There's a big chapater (Chap 3) called Al-e-Imran (Family of Imran).

This chapter is very comprehensive and has references to the life of Mary, John the baptist, Zackariah, and Jesus pbuh, and the previous revelations (viz.. Torah-Moses, Zabur-David, and Injeel to Jesus pbuh).. Please read the chapter. .. and also the language spoken by Jesus Aramaic is known as Imrani in Urdu (the language of Imran and his descendents).

[ralf1e]

What was the first one you read?

[playboyoft]

But in my heart i know The Holy Ghost has shown me the truth about Jesus being Gods son[;.That i never question[;. But i question other things about christianity and im a believer like u thats striveing to find the truth about alot of things my religon teaches. Its good that your open and receptive to things and u seek the truth most muslims and christians just believe what their churchor/mosque says and never seek the truth.The fact that u search for the truth shows ur a smart strong woman[;

[playboyoft]

Okay mami cool get a good nights sleep[;. And God will show u that Jesus was his son..talk to u soon.

[tscardin]

r u italian....whqt kin of upbringing did u have

[playboyoft]

Plus yeshua(Jesus) since he was born by a virgin he had no authentic human father so who was his father? (God )..None of the great prophets had any miracle birth King david solomon noah moses and sampson and plenty of others all had fathers. And muhammad had a dad u got to ask yourself if he was a prophet why arent there any other prophets born to virgin births ? No miracle births at all so the miracle birth also proves Jesus was more great and perfect than these others guys right?

[cta1boy]

there are 4 type of human being in Islam.

1. Born without Father and Mother - Adam

2. Born without Mother - Adam' wife

3. Born without Father - Yeshua (Jesus)

4. Born with Father and Mother - We all....

This is the secret that you should remember

[playboyoft]

Ok no problem[;. Oh really thats cool are u white[:? But not that white ? christianity has alot of diffrent nationalitys also . See u guys are already on the right path u just need to admit he's Gods son and then that will be a true blessing of allah[;. Because Jesus had to be Gods son because noone else has a virgin mom thats like u being a virgin and maybe your son might be a prophet so tomorro u become pregnaunt .See that doesnt make since .Jesus was special and Gods son .

[playboyoft]

Loveing means to pray for care about do good things for exct. Jesus did preach non violence but he never advocated not defending yourself and protecting your loved ones ghaundi preached that not Jesus[;.We are suppose to love everyone but of course we love certain people more than others. But just because u love someone doesnt mean u have to tolrate their nonsense i love my cousin alot with all my heart but i still dont tolerate his nonsense when he's being disrespectful.

[playboyoft]

And jesus said in his sermon if we only love people who love us what reward do we have? He said because even sinners do the same. So he said love your enemies. But ill elaborate for u if someone is beating u and your on the ground bleeding you dont look up and say i love u ,you have to defend yourself. Or if u were my wife and someone tryied to kidnap u and tie u up of course i wouldnt say to him enemie i love u id do whatever it takes to stop him .Jesus advocated protecting others to.

[playboyoft]

Oh and i mean evil people will not be in heaven lol i was typeing fast and messed up on my first 2 comments lol. Jesus wants us to love our enemies and forgive them and forgive everybody no matter what they do.(But God will not let evil people go to heaven ). Just because u love your enemie doesnt mean u have to put up with their nonsense and doesnt mean u cant defend yourself .

[playboyoft]

I mean mary haveing a son was a gift from god lol. i accidentlly typed gift from mary lol. But Jesus is Gods son but of course God made mary(Who was a virgin) pregnaunt not by sex but by his divine clean spirit .(Even the quran believes in the virgin birth of jesus[;Really are u olive skin toned?Me i definetlly dont have white skin because i have color to my skin but im not dark either im kind of more brown skinned[;

[playboyoft]

Well babygirl of course sick people like that wont make it to heaven [;.Infact the road to heaven is narrow its not exactlly easy to get into heaven . But God says to love everybody and all sinners can be forgiven if they trully repent .Jesus never taught weakness if someones trying to grab your kid or beat u to death u have ever right to use force and strength to stop them .But Jesus does say to pray and forgive people no matter what they do (But no evil people will be in heaven)[;

[playboyoft]

Yes we will find out the truth well God never had a father and he him haveing a son was a gift from mary he made mary who was a virgin pregnaunt (Of course not by intercourse it would be a sin to say God had sex with her lol). But ive read the quran and even muslims believe mary was a virgin when she had Jesus they just dont believes he's g son.But no prophet was born from a virgin mother it had to be a miracle and Gods son .because obviouslly no virgin woman now is giveng birth to any prophets

[playboyoft]

The apostle paul was a martyr and God lets alot of people die for him .I understand what your saying id take a bullet and die for my son to if i had 1 . But his death is diffrent when our kids die we mourn we dont see them anymore .Jesus was sent to die but his death was diffrent because after he died he went right back to God in heaven so his death was nothing like a average parent looseing a child .

[playboyoft]

Nah babygirl its not like that at one time sin was not forgiven and islam believes in the same God as us so u guys know scripture about Gods wrath he had to send his son to die so we could be forgiven[;. Its a great thing to be a happy healthy wealthy believer but true faith comes from loyalty (Remember the story of job[;) and Jesus had no fear to die for us thats what makes it so cool he was willing to take pain suffering and death for us . Anybody can love God when things are going good .

[playboyoft]

Thats true theres alot of hypocricy in all religons i thought like u once about christianity because people even in church will judge u and say 1 thing and do another . But dont let it bother u because in a way we're all sinners i pray God has mercy on all sinners .Ive learned more about my faith and others to by studying myself my preachers a good and smart man but i understand better when i study myself people at church sometimes tend to twist scripture or are to lineant or harsh .

[playboyoft]

Satan has a ego and would try anything u got to remember he thought he could rebel against God and overpower God to if u think u can beat God you'll try anything lol. In america as most people know we have all kinds of diffrent religons and nationalitys .I like women of every nationality but especially arabic and mexican women .I guess because im mixed im black white and spanish and arabic and mexican women we usaully look good together because we have a similiar skin tone lol

[playboyoft]

Yes its true islam has alot of love and respect for Jesus i just wish yall will admit he's Gods son . Well its a certain kind of love that Jesus means its not really a im in love with u or your cool love lol. It means to bless those who hate u and to me love means to care so i think jesus was trying to convey we should pray for everyone and care about even our enemies. U should always take up for yourself and u dont have to deal with abuse but u should pray God forgives your enemies u see[;?

[playboyoft]

The quran teaches good principles praying 5 times a day fasting and not eating pork which is unhealthy for u . But it lacks Christ 's love it doesnt teach to love your enemies love people u dont know . Treat others better than they treat u and to not be concerned about man made traditions but only be concerned about how u look in the eyes of God not man . Jesus teachings were striuctly spiritaul and he had more love strenght and courage than anyone in the world[;

[playboyoft]

Lol oh yea i seen that movie before maybe u might be pissed if u saw me or maybe not lol jk ..Yea i understand what your saying its highly unlikely for u to find a non muslim man attractive because usaully most people are use to their own culture and ways or others who have similiar intrest as them .Thats good u can still have fun and travel but really the only sin God wont forgive is blasphemy of what i love the most(The Holy GHost) . The Holy GHost guides us to love Christ.

[playboyoft]

Babygirl try to read the gospel of matthew mark luke and john in the Bible not just the torah[;.Just try to strive and learn more about Yeshua(Jesus). What Jesus taught was strictlly spiritaul and he had more love in his heart than anyone thats alive today he even loved his enemies and tells us to do so .But he wasnt a punk either with great forititude and without fear he died on the cross for our sins . Just try to study his life a little i gauantee he will change your life .

[playboyoft]

But havent u ever thought about what life would be like if u werent a muslim ? . I want kids to oneday but if my wife couldnt have kids id be hurt but in time id get over it[;Would your imam care if u traveled had fun and stoped thinking about islam for awhile and took vacations and just enjoyed life but later came back to embrace islam would your imam and parents forgive u ? God would forgive u because he forgives all sins .

[playboyoft]

In your country can u practice any religon or do u have to practice islam? I know u love islam but id be really happy if oneday u became a christian that would make me happy[;. Really u like kids how many kids do u want to have in the futture? .Muslim women are really free and not oppressed but some rules seem kind of unfair i heard muslim men can marry a woman thats not a muslim but a muslim woman cant marry a man thats not one?

[playboyoft]

Thats true after marriage u can have sex as many times u want .I agree with u sexaul activity is not bad or sinful as long as its between a man and woman only that are married not only intercourse but other sexaul stuff is cool to in marriage . But i definetlly respect u for staying pure but i dont think(Yahew/Allah/God)Would mind if u went on a date and got to know a guy before u got married because how will u know who to choose if u never been romantic with them.

[playboyoft]

Yeshua (Jesus) was brave and God had to allow him to die on the cross for our sins[;.Remember in the Bible how God ordered blood shed for sin because sin wasnt forgiven but Jesus was the ultimate sacrifice so now sin no longer requires blood shed or stoneing like it did in the old testament[;Because if Jesus never died it be touch being a christian or a muslim because sin would require blood shed but since Jesus died for our sins it doesnt now[;

[playboyoft]

Thats true there are alot of misconceptions most people think islam women are oppressed but u dont seem like your oppressed u seem like a strong sweet woman to me that voices her opinion[;.But i heard the prophet muhammad had 12 wives altough he wasnt married to them at the same time . Thats true not all muslim men have more than 1 wife but alot do if u couldnt have kids would u let your husband marry another wife ?

[playboyoft]

Alot of things in islam are righteous as far as fasting praying 5 times a day avoiding unkosher unclean foods like pork(I dont eat pork either)Peace and subbmission and and surrendering to GOd exct. I wouldnt mind embraceing islam if it wasnt for my beliefs about Christ . But as far as not dateing but loveing that person u would never know who to ask to be your wife or husband because God says love everyone so u wouldnt know if that person liked u or was just being nice or friendly.

[playboyoft]

In islam u can have more than 1 wife right? Wouldnt u be jealous if your husband had another wife lol? (No disrespect but just wondering[;. In christianity we can date but we can only have 1 wife .When i get married i will only have 1 wife lol.Altough i dont see haveing multiple wives as sinful King David and KIng DAvid both had alot of wives and at the time God sanctioned it. Sex is sacred and ony for marriage but u can have fun if your single to u dont have to lead a lonely life

[playboyoft]

I agree with u on the sex part and touching in a sexaul manner .Really sex isnt that important some married couples never have sex but still love each other[;. But the only way to find a wife or husband is to go on dates and kiss and be romantic in a non sexaul way[;.Because it would be hard to ask your a friend that your not sure if that person likes u(Because u never kissed them or cant show that your attracted to them)To be your wife u know?

[playboyoft]

Its good to be meek modest and humble and loyal to God [;.I dont think God minds if u have fun or wear expensive clothes as long as it honors him (I have a Jesus chain thats gold and i like expensive things but its better to honor God and give to the poor than be selfish).Really u dont wear the hijab lol? I didnt know that about the hijab and wives of the prophet. Yes thats true stds and haveing kids before your ready exct are reasons to avoid sex before marriage .

[playboyoft]

Thats true your right buddist like hindu's believe in reincarnation and alot of crazy stuff lol. Yes Islam and judaism all worship Yahew or Allah(arabic for God) .And alot of jews and muslims are righteous yall worship the same God but i just wish islam would embrace his son Jesus [;.It make me real happy if muslims would say Jesus was Gods son.

[yovanni212809]

peac and love from nyc you are very prity have a nice day take care

[playboyoft]

I respect your beliefs if it was up to me islam would emrace JEsus as Gods son though lol. Islam is really strict do u ever miss dateing or haveing fun ? Muuslim women wear hijabs and avoid sex until marriage which is good but its kind of no fun not dateing. Me i try and avoid sex to but i still like to have fun and date women[;

[playboyoft]

Yea thats true people take things out of context in the bible ad quran . I try to understand people when they sin and pray God forgives them i just hope there not being to evil or wicked u know lol. I dont agree with athiest either i respect muslims and buddist alot more than athiest most athiest are disrespectful. Christianity is alot like islam as far as honoring moses david ishmael and abraham[;

[playboyoft]

Yes im a christian[;. Well i really embrace all people that honor Yeshua(Jesus) i use to embrace the quran as my Holy book . Architectlicious i can tell u have a good heart and your a good person and islam is really a disciplined religon with alot of good principles Muhammad was like a prophet for peace ad a warrior. I try not to force my views on anybody but i just am concerned abou muslims salvation about Accepting CHrist.

[playboyoft]

Yes muslim women are respectful and disciplined .And no disrespect to u or lmatrella peace be upon u both . But some people who embraced islam and considered the quran there Holy book are now changed and not really christians but former muslims who reconize Jesus as Gods son . but still follow alot of islamic teachings its good to be inspired by the quran but dont believe everything because the quran says its true.

[alfatourist]

Also,it gives reference to the context for each chapter in the beginning. It gives background information and the life of the prophet (Peace). Also the translation is easy to follow and written very well.

[alfatourist]

I am currently reading English Translation of the meaning of AL-Quran, The Guidance for Mankind by Mohammad Faooqi-i-Azam Malik. The publisher is The Institute of Islamic Knowledge, A subsidiary of The Islamic Society of Greater Houston.

3110 Eastside Drive, Houston TX 77098.

I like the translation more than few others others I have been reading because you don't need to look up references in the middle of your reading.

[SharkyAfsar]

niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice ! :D

[kriann]

i love your videos. you are a bridge made of peace between the Muslim and non-Muslim world...Alhamdulillah!

[kirina1309]

wow that was another great vid of yours! the 1st thing which comes to my mind after seeing it is that you must be more educated then averege muslim, and thats great, muslim community benefits a lot from the converts and you are the example. i love listning to you althought im not a muslim ...yet :) and im definitelly going to read some of the books u recommend thanks

[tantzer]

If she has a degree, she's also probably more educated than the average non-Muslim.

[Bangles24]

asalam alikum sister. thanks for the advice for the books!

[creatingideas]

assalamualikum sister

[LMartella]

wa alaikumus salaam :)

[creatingideas]

hows life there where sister staying

[rencrow]

You're so cuuuuuuuuuuuutte :")

[trwilson448]

Wonderful video! I will check out the sites and the books! Thanks

[tarakandi]

Sis can you please remove my response

[LMartella]

sure thing bro

[tarakandi]

Thank You, Asalamolikom

[LMartella]

Umm *shakes head*

[SaNdNi993R]

peace be upon the best man that ever lived mohammed !!!

[brunster64]

What Mohammed Ali - yes he was a great boxer.

[sunshine090892]

yousif ali's translation is wrong

[LMartella]

By whos authority?

[mrfarraj1]

great vid i can predict that you will be a great journalist inshallah.

[LMartella]

Why are you apologizing to me?

I agree with what you are saying.

[ariakokoschka]

How did we lose this one? But I can see how her personality could have been drawn to Islam...

[LMartella]

I'm not sure what you're trying to say about my personality.... why not be upfront?

[ariakokoschka]

Well, then here's the assignment for you: What sort of characteristics, traits, and even idiosyncrasies do "Westerner" women posses who are converted to Islam? It shouldn't be too hard to assay such peculiarities.

P.S. Wouldn't be great if one day you wake up and see everyone is a human being rather than a religious fervent? Hey, at least I can hope for it... Is praying a subset of hoping?

*think (tm)*

[LMartella]

You're suggesting that I have faulty personality traits that lead me to Islam?

I'm a "western" Muslim woman.

I'm happily normal, and psychologically sound.

P.S. I do not judge people based on their religion. I judge them based on their character. Now, wouldn't it be great if one day, people would look at me and do the same?

[ariakokoschka]

Dogmatic theology is not a tantamount to mental disorder for they are impertinence and congenitally incongruent.

Most "Western" Muslimeh display an articulated sense of perception with pseudo-intellectual reasoning deeply rooted in their faith. Punched with a saturnine strong feminist solemnity, they tend to obliterate any scruple skepticism to their religious solidarity.

[ariakokoschka]

You got it all mixed up; the problem arises when the character is poisoned by religion, therefore it becomes an interface, a bridge to venomous indoctrination which sinks the character into swamp of obedience.

[LMartella]

Bravo. You (almost) successfully reduced an entire sub-group of the population to little more than unintelligent robots, created and bred to be incapable of producing coherant, independant, self-actualized thoughts and ideas.

[ariakokoschka]

I report as I see it and to be fair, yes, my "speculation" is grossly unjust. I am merely discerning through sociological lens by observation provided among small domain of special group, in this case, Western Muslimeh.

[ariakokoschka]

Intelligence is a highly subjective term and can go either way but in the bubble of religion, yes, your action is immensely shaped by the concocted dogma being "picked" up. Therefore, it is not unlikely the characteristics are stemmed by incessant repetition of instructed values, resulting in self-regulating acquiescence state of mind.

Hey, I even give you this much for not wearing a Burka. :)

[shinywizard]

another great video ! thx so much :)

[luftigus]

What's wrong with the word Westerner?

[LMartella]

It denotes specific characteristics that are often generalizations. So I don't like using it.

[luftigus]

What characteristics?

[LMartella]

Some overtly negative, and others overly positive.

[luftigus]

You are obfuscating.

I see your problem. For some reason you are ashamed of being a Westerner and (formerly) a Christian.

[LMartella]

LOL. No, that's not even close to it.

Stop reading into every single one of my videos and trying to find fault.

This video had little to no religious content, so you pick at my lack of love for a single word. Don't you have hobbies or something?

[pakundia]

i invited you as a friend but you didn't accepted it

[luftigus]

Have not seen that yet.

[luftigus]

Saw your video on architecture. Beautiful. I even like the muezzin even though I have no idea what he's saying. But I can't abide the stonings, beheadings, slavery, and polygamy.

[luftigus]

LMartella, You can't deny this. Listen to your video and note the distaste, if not disgust, with which you utter the word Westerner. Asked to explain, you become very evasive.

[LMartella]

Its not about being evasive.

It's about wondering where you're going with such an off topic question, and finding out exactly where it went only proves my distrust in your line of questioning. What a ridiculous assumption about what I think.

I am Canadian, born and raised, and I love my country. I dislike calling myself a westerner for many, many reasons. The explanation I gave you first was the most broad one. You, however, refused it. That's your issue.

[Truthpath]

Asalaamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatullah Wa barakatuhu!

My dear Sister:

I love your video and it is Very informative!Thank you!

[LMartella]

Lol. You're funny. Are you really 42? Or are you just pretending? Because you act like a 6 year old. Haha. Ah, I'm so funny.

And yes, I am Italian. Both my parents are 100% born and raised. But I was born in Canada. So maybe that makes me whiter than expected. Although I am a bit concerned why someone is so hung up on my skin color. Race issues or something?

[LMartella]

Lol. Is this really a valid comment to my video? Personal insults really don't get me upset. Try something else. :-)

[LMartella]

I burn easily, and dislike the idea of skin cancer... so I'll stick to being pale :)

[naliakbar]

Salaam, Thanks for the vid =)

[LMartella]

Wa salaam, Brother :D

[Maryam38]

Assalam alaikum. It's good to see you back. I'll be looking forward to the videos on women's issues. Take care sister.

[LMartella]

Wa alaikumus salaam!

I finished the first vid on womens issues today, as an intro, so insha'Allah, I will post two together in the next few days :-)

Take care yourself!

[shrshr2007]

alsalam alukom, thanks for this video, you're talking for an important point.

The verses 15:22 and 54:19, note the word "wind", it's one word in both, but the meaning is completely different in the Arabic text. There is no English equivalent word to translate the Quran accurately.

[JerseyGirl1001]

Masha' Allah.... May Allah swt continue to reward foe your effords, Amin. I'm off to the book store :)

[LMartella]

Lol. I hope you find these books as interesting as I did! Insha'Allah!

[BoriChumba]

Assalam-u-Alaikum,

MashALLAH this is an excellent video sister! Jazak ALLAH Khair!

[shrshr2007]

alsalam alukom

thanks for sharing me.

Did you remember the word "wind", that's it.

any translation is for the meaning of Quran's words.

[butterfly2729]

Mashallah great video my sister!! Very helpful :)

[LMartella]

I'm glad it was helpful!

[winecountry1]

Asalaam Aleykum, MashAllah

very informative

[peaceforhumanity]

Salam alaikum sister. I ask our Great Allah to reward you for your effort to explain Islam to the Non-Muslem as well as native Muslem ( who I am ).

[aziiiz01]

good to see u again sis, i agree with u most of the ppl dont know whats happen in iraq for example...jazzaki Allah kheer..hope to see u soon,with new topics

[razorio007]

Salaam....good information. You have an infectious enthusiasm on these topics. Keep it up :)

[sabini1888]

Thank you so much, your videos are always infomative. I feel as if I am being directed on to this path dispite a part of me.

[LMartella]

To what path, my friend?

And you're quite welcome. Peace :-)

[Juwayriyyah20]

Assalamu'Aleikoum sister. Great video, masha'Allah. My mother's tongue is french, so my Qur'an is in french and it is quite a good translation too with the arabic Qur'an included. Jazakallah Khair Sis

[LMartella]

Wa alaikumus salaam! I wish that my french was good enough to read the Qu'ran in french! I can imagine that must be beautiful :-) But my french is quite rusty. LOL. Who translated it to french?

Salaam!

[Juwayriyyah20]

translation is by Muhammad HAMIDULLAH. Yeah it sounds good in french but I guess Arabic is much better. I wish I could read it in arabic too. One day insha'Allah. I see you are getting very charming comments below, lol!May Allah guide them... Ameen

[nyissa64]

Good to see posting again! Love your videos, they are very insightful & I have learned a lot. Thank you!

Shelly

[LMartella]

Very welcome Shelly :-) I hope you are well? :-) Peace and blessings to you!

[yaserkhan]

thank you for the recommendations. did you purposefully leave out biographies of the prophet? i would like to recommend 'muhammad: his life based on the earliest sources' by martin lings. (in fact you did mention karen armstrong's biography without recommending it- sorry).

[LMartella]

I didn't recommend the Karen Armstrong biography because I have not even broken past half of the book yet :)

But I would suggest getting the DVD Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet, and as for books: The Life and Work of Muhammad by Yahiya Emerick is good, too. I'm not done reading that one yet, either, but I'm further into it, so i feel better recommending it. I wish I could recommend all the good books I've read, but the time limit for these vids kills me!

[DivineLove247]

Rob Fisk is excellent, and touchs my heart, while i find Noam Chomsky too deep, that i really have to concentrate to follow him, but non the less these 2 men have spoken more for Muslims then ALL our so called Presidents, and leaders!

may Allah bless them both in this world and the next.

[LMartella]

I absolutely love Fisk. Reading his work is almost like being there, experiencing history with him. Noam Chomsky is a little more dry, yes, LOL, but I like what he offers to the world. May Allah(swt) bless them both, and help them continue in educating the masses, Insha'Allah. Ameen.

[queeni84]

Salaam sis good to see you back!

[LMartella]

Glad to be back!

wa salaam! :)

[ares213]

It isn't that English is a "weak" language. This happens with every language. Many times during translation from one language to another, certain words and phrases lose much of their true meaning.

[ablheza]

What do you understand for a "weak" language?. I¨m not an native english speaker; just wanting to know what you can¨t express. It would be interesting if you give an example.

[1ofTheMuslims]

I agree about the Muhammad Asad version, i paid £28 and it was worth every penny but i do think the notes have some problema and have heard the translation also has some issues.

[LMartella]

Muhammad Asads version really blew me away. I would feel selfish not recommending it to people. LOL. I also heard there is some small discrepencies with the english translation, but unfortunately, that seems to be the case with all translations of the Qu'ran to english. Allahu alam.

Salaam!

[UltraBLACKKK]

Salaam Sis, good vid and gr8 recommendations. JazakAllah Khayr.

[qaisars]

Salam wr wb Linda. Do Do Dooo. Hope you have a fine time on TG weekend :)

[LMartella]

I did have a good weekend, alhamdulillah :-) I hope you did too, insha'Allah :)

[LMartella]

I agree that learning arabic is the best way to go about learning about Islam correctly, however, for a person who is not looking to make a lifetime study of Islam, english translations are of great importance. Plus, for us reverts, it is also important :)

[rozeboosje]

Great to see you're posting videos again, Linda!

[LMartella]

Thanks for watching, Pino! :D