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Furthermore, translations were, and still are today, often "softened"or made more palatable to modern, liberal, western(ized) audiences, such as adding the word "lightly" (originally in Arabic "not severally" or غير مبرح) added to {{Quran|4|34}} by Abdullah Yusuf Ali (based off of extra-quranic material and commentary relating to this verse), which enjoins [[Wife Beating in the Qur'an|wife beating]]. Yusuf Ali also "softened" the word 'Kill' into '[[The Meaning of Qatal|fight]]' such as in {{Quran|9|5}}. | Furthermore, translations were, and still are today, often "softened"or made more palatable to modern, liberal, western(ized) audiences, such as adding the word "lightly" (originally in Arabic "not severally" or غير مبرح) added to {{Quran|4|34}} by Abdullah Yusuf Ali (based off of extra-quranic material and commentary relating to this verse), which enjoins [[Wife Beating in the Qur'an|wife beating]]. Yusuf Ali also "softened" the word 'Kill' into '[[The Meaning of Qatal|fight]]' such as in {{Quran|9|5}}. | ||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*[http://www.studyquran.co.uk/LLhome.htm Edward William Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (Download)] ''- The most revered and scholarly dictionary of the Arabic language'' | *[http://www.studyquran.co.uk/LLhome.htm Edward William Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (Download)] ''- The most revered and scholarly dictionary of the Arabic language'' | ||
*[http://kalamullah.com/Books/Hans-Wehr.pdf The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic] ''- 40 MB Downloadable PDF file'' | *[http://kalamullah.com/Books/Hans-Wehr.pdf The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic] ''- 40 MB Downloadable PDF file'' | ||