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    This document summarizes some mistakes in Abdullah Yusuf Ali's translations of Quranic verses. It provides 6 examples where Ali incorrectly translated terms like "Idz" and "asma'" and concepts like the number of heavens. It also notes one instance where Pickthall mistranslated "Summa ba'asna_kum mim ba'di mautikum." The document aims to point out inaccuracies in some popular English translations of the Quran.

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    This document summarizes some mistakes in Abdullah Yusuf Ali's translations of Quranic verses. It provides 6 examples where Ali incorrectly translated terms like "Idz" and "asma'" and concepts like the number of heavens. It also notes one instance where Pickthall mistranslated "Summa ba'asna_kum mim ba'di mautikum." The document aims to point out inaccuracies in some popular English translations of the Quran.

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    This document summarizes some mistakes in Abdullah Yusuf Ali's translations of Quranic verses. It provides 6 examples where Ali incorrectly translated terms like "Idz" and "asma'" and concepts like the number of heavens. It also notes one instance where Pickthall mistranslated "Summa ba'asna_kum mim ba'di mautikum." The document aims to point out inaccuracies in some popular English translations of the Quran.

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    Some Mistakes of Abdullah Yusuf Ali's Translation

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    This document summarizes some mistakes in Abdullah Yusuf Ali's translations of Quranic verses. It provides 6 examples where Ali incorrectly translated terms like "Idz" and "asma'" and concepts like the number of heavens. It also notes one instance where Pickthall mistranslated "Summa ba'asna_kum mim ba'di mautikum." The document aims to point out inaccuracies in some popular English translations of the Quran.

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    Some Mistakes of Abdullah Yusuf Ali’s

    Translations

    1. QS.Al Baqarah(2):16

    16 It was We who created man and We know what dark


    suggestions his soul makes to him: for We are nearer to him
    than (his) jugular vein.
    17 Idz yatalaq qal mutalaq qiya_ni anil yamini wa anis
    sima_li qaid
    17 Behold two (guardian angels) appointed to learn (his
    doings) learn (and note them) one sitting on the right and
    one on the left. 4953
    18 Not a word does he utter but there is a sentinel by him
    ready (to note it). 4954

    Idz never means Behold. It is translated as “When” by


    Pickthall. This is true.

    2.Tha Ha(20):5

    Tha Ha(20):5 Ar rahma_nu 'alal arsyis tawa_

    5 (Allah) Most Gracious is firmly established on the throne (of


    authority).
    While Pickthall translated that as:

    5 The Beneficent One, Who is established on the Throne


    This is true.

    3. QS.Al Baqarah(2):15
    Alla_hu yastahzi'u bihim wa yamudduhum fi tugya_nihim
    ya'mahu_n(a).

    QS.Al Baqarah(2):15 Allah will throw back their mockery on


    them and give them rope in their trespasses; so they will
    wander like blind ones (to and fro).

    While the correct translation is as Pickthall said:

    Allah (Himself) doth mock them, leaving them to wander


    blindly on in their contumacy.

    Yastahzi’u means doth mock him, and Allah’s ways in


    mocking couldn’t be illustrated well, and what is deserve for
    Him is higher illustration than any illustrations.

    4. Al Baqarah(2):29

    Every time he found the word sky, he usually translate it as


    Heaven

    Huwal lazi khalaqa lakum ma_ fil ardi jami'an summas tawa_
    ilas sama_'i fasawwa_hunna sab'a sama_wa_t(in), wa
    huwa bikulli syai'in 'alim(un).

    His wrong translation: It is He who hath created for you all


    things that are on earth; moreover His design comprehended
    the heavens for He gave order and perfection to the seven
    firmaments; and of all things he hath perfect knowledge.

    Pickthall wrong translation: He it is Who created for you all


    that is in the earth. Then turned He to the heaven, and
    fashioned it as seven heavens. And He is Knower of all
    things.
    They are both wrong, because Allahu Ta’ala nor Rasulullah
    never said that Heaven(Paradise) number is 7, the correct
    translation is “7 skies,” not about atmosphere layers, but the
    skies below Heaven or garden of Eden(Jannah). They
    repeated the same mistakes in QS.2:59

    5.QS.Al Baqarah(2):31

    Wa 'allama a_damal asma_'a kullaha_ summa 'aradahum


    alal mala_'ikati fa qa_la ambi'u_ni bi asma_'i ha_'ula_'i in
    kuntum sa_diqin(a).

    His translation: And He taught Adam the nature of all things;


    then He placed them before the angels and said: "Tell Me the
    nature of these if ye are right."

    The correct translation for asma’ is names, Allahu Ta’ala


    only asked an easy things that was the things name.
    And he (Abdullah Yusuf A.)repeated the same mistake in
    QS.2:33,

    6.Al Baqarah(2):56

    Summa ba'asna_kum mim ba'di mautikum la'allakum


    tasykuru_n(a).

    His right translation: Then We raised you up after your death;


    ye had the chance to be grateful.

    Pickthall's wrong translation: Then We revived you after


    your extinction, that ye might give thanks.
    7. QS.Al Baqarah(2):58

    Wa iz qulnad khulu_ ha_zihil qaryata fa qulu_ minha_ haisu


    syi'tum ragadaw wadkhulul ba_ba sujjadaw wa qu_lu_
    hittatun nagfir lakum khata_ya_kum, wa sanazidul
    muhsinin(a).

    And remember We said: "Enter this town and eat of the


    plenty therein as ye wish; but enter the gate with humility in
    posture and in words and We shall forgive you your faults
    and increase (the portion of) those who do good."

    The word “hittatun” means repentance not “with humility


    in posture and in words.”

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