In bookstores is a very expensive, beautifully bound in green leather Holy Koran. If one was going to give a gift to someone, like a president, or any other high "ranking" person in society, it is what you would buy.

Every page was in Arabic on the left side, and English on the right. The English side was just like the other modern ones, all the "bad" stuff left out.

I have a non Muslim friend who is fluent in spoken and read Arabic. I asked him to come to the bookstore with me, because I was too cheap to buy the book.

I pointed out the sura I mentioned, and a few others, plus there were some he was familiar with he wanted to check. (he had spent quite a few years in Saudi-Arabia as a civilian). I have never seen the expression that came on his face before. Absolute shock.

He had only seen true versions before too. He said, "My God, they are two different books". I remember those exact words. I don't remember the rest of his comments word for word, but he went on to say, that this explains why so many people in our government have the wrong idea about Islam.

Every non Muslim (infidel) needs to read a true translation of the Holy Koran. Then they might understand why this is happening and why it will never stop happening.

IMHO these are probably the most accurate translations, and they are FREE.

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BTW, I knew sooner or later a Muslim would come after me for posting a link to true translations of the Holy Koran.

What he said, "did Netanyahu translate it for you? Why you don't go and get your own copy from any mosque?"

My response: If you go to the link, you will see is three translations by three Imams. No translation between any two languages is going to be exact, so I figured 3 by 3 Imams gives one the greatest chance of coming up with a reasonably good idea of the original.

I do have a translation from the late 1800s, probably from a mosque, that comes very close to agreeing with the 3 translations.

If you have the time, could you skim through your paper one and randomly compare it to suras in the three to see if they seem to be the same? BTW, it says 3 side by side, and it used to be, it has been re-formatted to work with smart phones and is now one above the other, not that it matters.

I hope this doesn't mean that I must become "Islamophobic", in fear of Muslims.