Quran: The Final Scripture (Authorized English Version)

Khalifa, Rashad (trans)

ISBN 10: 0934894191 / ISBN 13: 9780934894197

Published by Islamic Productions / Mosque of Tucson, Tucson, Arizona, USA, 1981

525pp w appendix and endnotes, [19] Index. Titled gold wrapper is clean, showing soft creasing at spine, small surface abrasion beside author's name. Binding square and not creased showing bumping to tail. Octavo. English only text. This is the original edition of this translation by Rashad Khalifa, (1935-1990). Born in Egypt in 1935, he developed a computer-based mathematical analysis of the text of the Quran. Using this method, he completed his translation of the Quran while he was Imam of the Masjid Tucson, (Tucson, AZ). This garnered much criticism and discourse. He was assassinated in 1990 under the same fatwah as was issued against the British author Salman Rushdie (Submission). Seller Inventory # 046990

Synopsis:

This English translation of the Quran is the most comprehensive and precise translation available. It is written in clear, concise, and easy to understand English with extensive explanatory footnotes and appendices. The original Arabic text was analayzed by the computer and its intricate mathematical composition was gradually decoded. This book has been called the final word in contemporary religious reading. It ties together all the loose ends created by theories of recent years and truly answers the questions that have puzzled us for centuries. How do we know God exists? If God exists, what religion provides the best avenues to know Him? Where do we go after this life on earth? What is the purpose of our creation? How do we fit all the pieces of this puzzle of life together to make sense and bring happiness to our lives and to those of our loved ones? The Final Testament is a must reading for anyone seeking to make their lives complete in an emotional and philosophical sense, who needs to answer life's hardest questions before they can achieve the inner tranquility that is so vital to one's existence. This book can be read aloud and enjoyed by many or privately pondered to create an incredible feeling of inner harmony.

From the Publisher: As expected from the Creator's final message, one of the prominent themes in the Quran is the call for unity among all believers, and the repeated prohibition of making any distinction among God's messengers. If the object of worship is one and the same, there will be absolute unity among all believers. It is the human factor, i.e, devotion to such powerless humans as Jesus, Muhammad, and the saints that causes division, hatred, and bitter wars among the misguided believers. A guided believer is devoted to God ALONE, and rejoices in seeing any other believer who is devoted to God ALONE, regardless of the name such a believer calls his or her religion.

As detailed in Appendix 2, the publication of this book marks the advent of a new era-the era where God's messages, delivered by all His prophets, are consolidated into one. God's one and only religion, Islam, shall dominate all other religions(9:33, 48:28, and 61:9). Today's corrupted religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, will simply die out, and the true Islam will prevail. This is not wishful thinking; this is God's inviolable law as decreed in 3:19, 41:53, and Sura 110.

This book comes to you with built-in physical evidence that it is God's message to you; it is mathematically composed far beyond human capability.(See Appendix 1).

Rashad Khalifa

Islamic Productions

Bibliographic Details

Title: Quran: The Final Scripture (Authorized ...
Publisher: Islamic Productions / Mosque of Tucson, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Publication Date: 1981
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good +
Edition: First U.S. Edition