It's my bad english. I don't know what word used in english for knowledged religious men.
>Warning - "Islam scientist" may be an oxymoron. ;-)
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>>No. It's your own choice. You can directly read the translations or you can read some explained books. Everyone can write explained books. But if you are not a respected Islam scientist no one will read your book. No one read a Koran translate if that approved from respected Islam institutes.
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>>>Yes, I know of the hadith, the sahaba, sufistic, and that interpretating the Koran using your own personal understanding (considered an opinion) is forbidden. Or am I wrong?
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>>>>And there is some thick books. These books has explanations for understand Koran. We calls these books as tefsir. I don't know what's in English. Koran written in a lyric language and has some metaphors. If you read directly translations, it probably get you different means.
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>>>>>The only authorized (recognized) version of the Koran is the Arabic version, correct Metin?
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>>>>>>>What you mean with -abridged-?
>>>>>>>Koran has one version. Not like Bible.
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>>>>>>It means that for some English translation, the translator (probably not a Muslim...) may have left out parts that he considered unimportant.
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