Quran: The Final Testament : Authorized English Version With Arabic Text

562 Pages·1989·94.384 MB·English, Arabic

by  Rashad Khalifa (editor)

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QURAN: THE FINAL SCRIPTURE
^ (Authorized English Version)
Translated from the Original
by
Rashad Khalifa, Ph.D.
Imam, Mosque of Tucson
Tucson, Arizona
A prophet like me will the Lord, your God, raise up
for you from among your own kinsmen; to him you
shall listen.
(Moses in Deuteronomy 18:15)
I will raise up for them a prophet like you from
among their kinsmen, and will put my words into his
mouth; he shall tell them all that I command him. If
any man will not listen to my words which he
speaks in my name, I myself will make him answer
for it.
(Deuteronomy 18:18-19)
I will ask the Father, and He will give you another
Paraclete to be with you always: THE SPIRIT
—
OF TRUTH.
(Jesus in John 14:16-17)
When THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH comes to you, he
will guide you to all truth, and will announce to you
the things to come.
(Jesus in John 16:13)
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When God ALONE is advocated,
the hearts of those who do not
believe in the hereafter shrink
with aversion. But when idols are
mentioned besides Him, they
rejoice (39:45).
You may be Jewish, Christian, Muslim, or
anything else. But you can fulfill the purpose of
your life, attain perfect happiness, and achieve
salvation, ONLY if you submit to God; the
omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, Lord,
cherisher, and sustainer of the universe.
Over the times, our creator has pointed out
for us the path to perfect happiness. But we
have a formidable enemy who is bent on
diverting us from the path of God.
Over the times, our creator has sent mes¬
sages aiming at directing us towards the path
of happiness, and alerting us to avoid the paths
of misery.
Unfortunately, our enemy has succeeded in
duping us en masse.
Our creator gave the Jews the Torah. But
Satan diverted them to the Mishnah (oral) and
Gemarah (traditions) of Talmud.
Our creator sent Jesus to save the world,
but his followers were duped into worshiping
him against his will.
Our creator sent this Quran to guide all
humanity. But the Muslims were equally
duped into following the Hadith (oral) and
Sunna (traditions), which are falsely attributed
to the messenger.
On the 27th night of Ramadan of
the year 13 B.H. (Before Hijra)
(610 AD), the prophet Muhammad
was summoned to the highest
possible point, and this Quran
was placed into his heart (see
2:97, 17:1, 44:3, 53:1-18, and
97:1-5). Subsequently, the Quran
was released, through Muham¬
mad’s mouth, over a period of 23
years, namely, between 610 and
632 AD (see 17:106). At the mo¬
ment of release, it was scrupu¬
lously written down, and divinely
guarded since then (see footnote
1:1 and Appendix 1).
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INDEX OF SURAS
Sura Number Name Page
1 The Opener (Al-Faatihah) 1
2 The Heifer (Al-Baqarah) 2
3 Imran (Aali Imran) 33
4 Women (Al-Nisaa*) 51
5 The Feast (Al-Maa’idah) 70
6 Livestock (Al-An’aam) 85
7 The Purgatory (Al-A’raaf) 102
8 The Spoils of War (Al-Anfaal) 120
9 Repentance (Al-Tawbah) 126
10 Jonah (Yoonus) 138
11 Hood 147
12 Joseph (Yoosuf) 156
13 Thunder (Al-Ra’d) 165
14 Abraham (Ibraheem) 170
15 Al-Hijr Valley (Al-Hijr) 174
16 The Bee (Al-Nahl) 178
17 The Children of Israel (Banee Israa’eel) 187
18 The Cave (Al-Kahf) 197
19 Mary (Maryam) 206
20 T.H. (TaHa) 212
21 The Prophets (Al-Anbiyaa’) 219
22 Pilgrimage (Al-Hajj) 226
23 The Believers (Al-Mu’minoon) 233
24 Light (Al-Noor) 239
25 The Statute Book (Al-Furqaan) 245
26 The Poets (Al-Shu’araa’) 250
27 The Ant (Al-Naml) 258
28 History (Al-Qasas) 264
29 The Spider (Al-‘Ankaboot) 270
30 The Romans (Al-Room) 276
31 Luqmaan 280
32 Prostration (Al-Sajdah) 283
33 The Allies (Al-Ahzaab) 285
34 Sheba (Saba*) ' 292
35 Initiator (Faatir) 296
36 Y.S. (Ya Seen) 300
37 The Columns (Al-Saaffaat) 304
38 S. (Saad) * 310
39 The Throngs (Al-Zumar) 314
40 Forgiver (Ghaafir) 321
41 Elucidated (Fussilat) 328
42 Consensus (Al-Shooraa) 334