The True Furqan
Author: Al saffee
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The True Furqan'
Publisher: Wine Press and Omega
Recently many copies of a distorted Quran under the name of "The True Furqan" have been distributed in Kuwait and some Arab countries. It is named as the "21th Century Quran".
It is written by a so called fellow Al-Saffee Elham and it is translated in to Arabic by a person whose name is Al-Mahdy. This book has already printed and published by American Christian Arabs with cooperation of two American publishing house, named Wine press and Omega.
In answering the Qur'anic challenge, The True Furqan is written in both prose and poetry like the Qur'an, with the same style of articulation. It is divided into surahs or chapters, just like the Qur'an, dealing with 77 theological themes, such as Peace, The Messiah, The Triune God, The Crucifixion, Women, Fasting, and Prayer, which challenge the Qur'an's teachings and present the gospel. Each surah begins, "In the Name of the Father, the Word, the Holy Spirit, the One and Only True God," an echo of the Koran's "In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful."
"The style, language and power is exactly like the Qur'an," said Al-Mahdy. "But whereas the Qur'an has 100 linguistic and grammatical mistakes, The True Furqan will have none."
The introduction of the book says:
“To the Arab nation specifically and the Muslim world collectively: peace, mercy and blessing from God Almighty!Deep within every human spirit is a longing for authentic faith, inner peace, spiritual freedom and eternal life. We trust the living God that these longings can be clarified in this new document, The True Furqan. The Creator of Humanity offers these blessings to everyone in the world without discrimination to one's race, color, nationality, language or religion. The Almighty God cares about every human soul on this planet."
The Executive Committee, in charge of recording, translating and publishing, Al Saffee and the Al Mahdy
Historical background:
For nearly 1,400 years, challenges to the Qur'an and its claims of divine origin and purity have been few, far between and, when necessary, forcibly silenced. Now Islam's holy book is facing a new challenge -- "The True Furqan," a 368-page book mirroring the Qur'an, or Koran, in language and style, but challenging its teachings and divine authority by the hard line Christians with the assistance of Zionists.
"We believe that our Muslim friends -- numbering more than 1 billion mostly in 39 countries -- have not received the true message of the gospel," said Al-Mahdy, a member of the executive committee of Project Omega 2001, which released The True Furqan in April. "Furqan" is synonymous with Qur'an.
The hardcover book was delivered to Muslim countries' embassies in Paris on April 17 and to various entities in London such as the BBC on April 20. On May 15, it was delivered to Arabic, Hebrew and English periodicals in Jerusalem and, during the week of May 17, to Arabic periodicals in London.
"The purpose of The True Furqan is a tool of evangelism, because so far we have not found a breakthrough way to reach the Muslim world for Christ," Al-Mahdy said. "We have tried medicine, schools, books, movies and many other methods.
"There has not been a classical Arabic translation of the Bible that Muslims would consider reading," he continued. "They make fun of the one translated into their spoken language because they consider it of lesser quality." Quality and style of language is a source of pride for Arabic people, whose classical written language is one of the most difficult in the world. Muslims claim the writings of the Qur'an are powerful as relayed in perfect classical Arabic, a rich language of words which often have no equivalent in any other language to fully express their meaning.
Now, The True Furqan not only presents the gospel message in classical Arabic, but moreover, it seeks to become a key to reaching the Muslim world for Christ by answering a 1,400-year-old challenge from the Qur'an.
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During 2004 and 2005, allegations in several countries claimed that the United States was trying to impose a "new American Quran" on Muslims.
Shaykh Ikrimah Sabri, the preacher of Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque and Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, inaccurately claimed the United States is "forcing Muslims to renounce the Quran and adopt the book Al Furqan al-Haqq (The True Quran)," according to a July 2, 2004 Internet report by the Palestinian Information Center.
Mustafa Bakri, editor of Egypt's sensationalist, anti-U.S. Al-Usbu newspaper, made other claims in the newspaper's December 6, 2004 edition:
•The first edition of The True Quran was published secretly in the United States and Israel.
•The True Quran was drafted with direct Israeli participation and with direct instructions from U.S. President George Bush.
• Twelve more books will be published as part of The True Quran series.
Dr. Anis Shorrosh the English translator claims:
•The True Furqan is a private attempt by evangelical Christian Arabs to convert Muslims to Christianity. Its translator,
Dr. Anis Shorrosh, describes it as "a tool to evangelize Muslims."
• Dr. Shorrosh says the book is similar to the Quran "in style and substance ... but contains the gospel message."
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