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The Qur'an is supposed to be the literal word of God. As such, only the original Arabic counts, not any translation or other interpretation of them. Anything else isn't the Qur'an.
Can one even obtain an actual Qur'an in Gainesville, Florida?
Can anyone at that church tell Arabic from Persian, let alone the Qur'an from Alf Laylah wa Laylah[1]?
I wonder what, exactly, they were planning to burn tomorrow night.
[1]"A Thousand Nights and a Night", a medieval collection of tales mostly taken from India and translated into mediocre Arabic, from which Sir Richard Burton produced the celebrated Arabian Nights.
Can one even obtain an actual Qur'an in Gainesville, Florida?
Can anyone at that church tell Arabic from Persian, let alone the Qur'an from Alf Laylah wa Laylah[1]?
I wonder what, exactly, they were planning to burn tomorrow night.
[1]"A Thousand Nights and a Night", a medieval collection of tales mostly taken from India and translated into mediocre Arabic, from which Sir Richard Burton produced the celebrated Arabian Nights.
