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Title: Al-Salat: The Reality of Prayer in Islam by Sadiq Anqa, Sadegh Angha, Shah Maghsoud, Molana S. Angha ISBN: 0-910735-73-5 Publisher: M T O Shahmaghsoudi Pub. Date: June, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.57 (7 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: You gotta have heart - lots and lots and lots of heart
Comment: You really have to be into Islam to be able to get off on this book. It starts off with a nice Table of Contents giving it structure but the problem you get into is that the author Mr. Angha is writing in the Persian language attempting to spell out Classical Arabic concepts but then he turned it over for English translation to someone who was not a native speaker. Because "the Persian language has no distinct gender denominations", you get to a point where you don't know if he is talking boy, girl, it, or anything on either side. If you do what this book says, you will find "reality of prayer", but otherwise, this is the WAY of prayer according to a Persian trained in Classical Arabic. There are too many Classical Arabic concepts thrown into too few pages. This was my first encounter with Sufi - I was used to Nation of Islam and the Moorish Science Temple so the numbers games and alphabet games linked with body positions in the back of the book reminded me of numerology. The body positions are supposed to mimic Classical Arabic letters like alif. The letters have their own significance like pictographs in Chinese. There are editorial comments made, too, like you are not supposed to I guess he was talking about the intentional spread of biologic diseases. Also, he points out, in agreement with Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam): "Islam is submission", but he adds in clumsy English, "submission to certainty, certainty in cognition, cognition in confession, confession in obedience, and obedience in actions." I'm the only person yet I know that speaks English that knows how the word cognition is different from higher-order thought or just plain thinking or daydreaming. This is not a meditation manual and the poetry has been polluted. However, Mr. Angha, who comes from Iran, gave it a good college try and you can get a lift out of it if you read among the lines.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Reality of Prayer
Comment: As a student of Islam and also an American, I found this book of great benefit. The deeper meanings behind the reality of Islamic prayer are explained fully as well as the postures and recitations. Well written and comprehensive.
Rating: 1
Summary: What have you done?
Comment: I have read many books from Molana Shah Maghsoud Sadegh Angha in the original language and found his works beautiful and breath taking.
But what happened in this book?? The translation and the meaning was completely lost!! I think this is another example of a translater interpretation ruining a classic!!
I would NOT recommend this book at all!!
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Title: The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown ISBN: 0385504209 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 18 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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