Somali Nationalist Murtads are now reciting the Quran in Af Soomaali

why would you memorize the translation, though? the translation isn't going to one hundred percent capture the meaning.

also you mention the tafsir. the translation isn't going to include the tafsir either.

I'm not claiming it's wrong to memorize the translation. I claim it's weird.

If some person comes up to you and recites the Yusuf Ali translation of the meaning of the Quran- will you be impressed or think it's weird?

And what if they memorized the whole translation from cover to cover?

Wouldn't that be silly? With that same effort, they could have memorized some of the actual Quran.

Also- even if you recite the Quran without understanding, you are still rewarded for it. But then even if you don't- it isn't hard to look at the translation as you learn the ayat.
your straw manning me i never said memorize the translation, just reciting/reading it out loud. i’m just emphasizing there’s nothing wrong understanding the words of the quran in your native tongue. arabic is obvs preferred but i think there needs to be an emphasis on understanding what your reading and the context behind it to
truly love the quran and islam
 

Omar del Sur

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your straw manning me i never said memorize the translation, just reciting/reading it out loud. i’m just emphasizing there’s nothing wrong understanding the words of the quran in your native tongue. arabic is obvs preferred but i think there needs to be an emphasis on understanding what your reading and the context behind it to
truly love the quran and islam

you said

somalis memorize the quran and don’t even know tasir or the meaning of the words they’re reciting. if your just reciting the translation how’s that a problem?

I think "reciting the translation" confused me. to me, that sounds like reciting from memory. if you're reading the text, I would say "reading the translation". so I think I misunderstood what you meant.
 

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Supports my theory of few if any somali could totally leave our religion. Islam is genetically embedded to somali dna at this point.
 
This is some Attaturk shit you can be anti-Arab when it comes to persevering your culture and identity, but to recite the Quran in a foreign language that isn't arabic is completely wrong.
 
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