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'''Arberry:''' and the earth-after that He spread it out,}} | '''Arberry:''' and the earth-after that He spread it out,}} | ||
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'''Shakir:''' And the earth, He expanded it after that.}}Some less reliable translations, such as the one rendered by the controversial [[Rashad Khalifa]] and the notoriously edited and confessedly non-literal QXP translation (indeed, the QXP translation is better described as a tafsir rather than a translation of the Qur'an, comparable in style to Tafsir al-Jalalayn)<ref>{{citation|title=The Qur'an As It Explains Itself|url=https://archive.org/details/qxpvi-english/page/n5/mode/2up| | '''Shakir:''' And the earth, He expanded it after that.}}Some less reliable translations, such as the one rendered by the controversial [[Rashad Khalifa]] and the notoriously edited and confessedly non-literal QXP translation (indeed, the QXP translation is better described as a tafsir rather than a translation of the Qur'an, comparable in style to Tafsir al-Jalalayn)<ref>{{citation|title=The Qur'an As It Explains Itself|url=https://archive.org/details/qxpvi-english/page/n5/mode/2up|first=Shabbir|last=Ahmed|publisher=Lighthouse|publication-date=2003|page=12|isbn=978-0974787985|chapter=Introduction}}{{Quote||QXP is a Tasreef-based understanding of the Qur’an that is easy enough even for teenagers. <b>It is not a literal translation</b>.<br> | ||
Tasreef is the Qur’anic process where verses in one part of the Qur’an explain or provide deeper understanding of the verses in other parts of the Book. Concisely, it means looking at the Qur’an in its Big Picture. Thus the Qur’an lets us look at its terms and concepts from very diverse vantage points. This has helped me explain every verse from within the Qur’an itself.<br> | Tasreef is the Qur’anic process where verses in one part of the Qur’an explain or provide deeper understanding of the verses in other parts of the Book. Concisely, it means looking at the Qur’an in its Big Picture. Thus the Qur’an lets us look at its terms and concepts from very diverse vantage points. This has helped me explain every verse from within the Qur’an itself.<br> | ||
<b>The reader should expect to find “The Qur’an As It Explains Itself” different from the prevalent translations and explanations because of the use of Tasreef and the Quraish dialect, and for rejecting extrinsic sources.</b> | <b>The reader should expect to find “The Qur’an As It Explains Itself” different from the prevalent translations and explanations because of the use of Tasreef and the Quraish dialect, and for rejecting extrinsic sources.</b>}}</ref> have interpolated the ostrich-egg theory into the verse: | ||
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'''Khalifa:''' He made the earth egg-shaped.}} | '''Khalifa:''' He made the earth egg-shaped.}} | ||