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By far the most widespread mistranslation of a single word throughout the Qur'an, has to be the Arabic word "[[The Meaning of Qatal|Qatal]]", which means to "kill", "massacre", or "slaughter". Yusuf Ali correctly translates it in An-Nisa’ {{Quran|4|157}} as "We ''killed'' Christ Jesus the son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah";- but they ''killed'' him not", but then mistranslates the same word as "fight" in At-Tawbah {{Quran|9|29}}, "''Fight'' those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day." So the actual message that is being conveyed to the Arabic-speaking Muslims who read this verse is "''Kill'' those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day". He does the very same thing in Al-Anfal {{Quran|8|39}} and several other verses. | By far the most widespread mistranslation of a single word throughout the Qur'an, has to be the Arabic word "[[The Meaning of Qatal|Qatal]]", which means to "kill", "massacre", or "slaughter". Yusuf Ali correctly translates it in An-Nisa’ {{Quran|4|157}} as "We ''killed'' Christ Jesus the son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah";- but they ''killed'' him not", but then mistranslates the same word as "fight" in At-Tawbah {{Quran|9|29}}, "''Fight'' those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day." So the actual message that is being conveyed to the Arabic-speaking Muslims who read this verse is "''Kill'' those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day". He does the very same thing in Al-Anfal {{Quran|8|39}} and several other verses. | ||
There are tens of verses whose translations have been tampered with | There are tens of verses whose translations have been tampered with. Many Muslims will advise you to read an [[Islam_and_Scripture#Tafsirs|authoritative tafsir]] (commentary on the Qur'an) to fully understand the meaning and context of their holy book. Although its usually suggested as a bluff to deflect criticism, this is very good advise for someone who truly wishes to understand the Qur'an. | ||
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* [[List of Fabricated Hadith]] | * [[List of Fabricated Hadith]] | ||
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