Laleh Bakhtiar on the Misinterpretation of 4:34 in the Quran

This is an interview with Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar on the reasons why Chapter 4 Verse 34 in the Quran has been misinterpreted for over 1400 years. She is the first woman to do a critical translation of the Quran. Her translation is entitled The Sublime Quran, available from Kazi Publications, Chicago. Video by Abnoos Productions

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[lalehbakhtiar]

Thank you. May He continue to bless you as well.

[lalehbakhtiar]

Thank you. May God continue to bless your efforts.

[lalehbakhtiar]

Thank you for your message. However, it seems that you have forgotten the many stories of the various difficulties the Prophet had with his wives. One story is about the honey. He did not beat them but went away from them for a time so they would know how serious the situation was.

[lalehbakhtiar]

Thank you for your message. However, it seems that you have forgotten the many stories of the various difficulties the Prophet had with his wives. One story is about the honey. He did not beat them but went away from them for a time so they would know how serious the situation was.

[lalehbakhtiar]

I was sent this email by floyde91: ok so if Allah wanted us to understand it as " separate from them" or "divorce them" why did He choose a word which lead to so much misinterpretation instead of using a word that everyone would have properly understood ? and replied to it below.

[lalehbakhtiar]

The Prophet had no trouble understanding what the word meant. He understood it to mean “go away” and let the emotions subside. In addition, God uses three other words in the Quran to mean strike or hit. Why didn't He use one of them in this verse? If you want to read the arguments I present as to why the word means “go away” you can go to the kazi.org website and get a free copy of the Introduction to the Sublime Quran emailed to you.

[boffan1988]

God bless you, Dr. Bakhtiar.

[boffan1988]

@airpickone Salafism is the innovation. Wake up from your brain washing.

[jacoubdj]

Dr. Laleh, Many thanks for all your painstaking efforts and patience to render this great holy book- The Quran.

The criticism you received is part of the success your achieved. Please keep up you awesome passion and spirit and dedication to this religion. Btw, I have just ordered 3 of your translation books of Al Ghazali. I will keep you informed of my opinion once i finished reading the books.

[sirjambo]

@QuranVsHadith "Musilms did not decide that there were true Hadith."

Yes they did sorry for you.

"Hadith were Manufactured by a devient 200 years after the death..."

When was your quran that you now have written?

I can asure you that your profit did not have one.

"SO NO the ONLY thing I have to believe in is the QURAN."

So how would you even know to pray?

Without the hadiths the quran is even more convoluted.

[QuranVsHadith]

@sirjambo Musilms did not decide that there were true Hadith...

Hadith were Manufactured by a devient 200 years after the death of the Prophet Mohammad. they were discarded as as false till around 1350 AD when they were recompiled by a CULT of people who believe in deviating ISLAM and Popularized by the Devient Abdul Wahab around 1750 AD.

SO NO the ONLY thing I have to believe in is the QURAN.. if some DEVIENTS believe in it.. does not mean I have to be a DEVIENT as well

[schergat]

@sirjambo thats not true. just coz you dont believe in hadiths doesnt mean u dnt believe in the prophet :S the prophet is mentioned throughout the quran, therefore believing in allah as well as prophet mohamed

[sirjambo]

@QuranVsHadith "there is no such thing as a TRUE HADITH."

The muslims decided a long time ago that there are true hadiths.

It's not me who says they are true since I am not a muslim.

If you are one of the very few muslims who does not believe in hadiths then you have a problem.

You as a muslim are required to believe both allah and your profit.

You can't choose 1 and forget the other.

[QuranVsHadith]

@sirjambo .,.there is no such thing as a TRUE HADITH... if there are then PROVE what BUKHARI et. al wrote are actually SUNNAH..