The Korana of

        Mother Goddess

 

                               A feminist interpretation of the Koran

                          suitable for women and children

                                  and enlightened men

 

 

 

 

                             A message of love and peace

                          to all womankind and mankind

 

 

 

                                      By JoAnne Marie


      

 

 

 

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Version September 11, 2006

 

 

© JoAnne Marie, All Rights Reserved, 2006

 

 

 

          No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the written permission of the author, except where permitted by law.  For limited licenses for reproduction purposes, you may contact the author at www.MotherGoddess.org. 

 

          Further, this book is intended to be a book of peace, love and good will to the entire world, and those that may misuse it for negative thoughts, emotions and actions, including, but not limited to: hate, violence, rage, war, anger, judgment, unhappiness, sadness, fear, despair and anxiety, are herewith warned that they will experience soul suffering on the day of their resurrection, and they will feel all the pain, suffering and agony they caused others.

 

          Therefore the reader is wished the following positive thoughts, emotions and actions which are taught in this good book: love, peace, joy, happiness, forgiveness, helpfulness towards one another, compassion, empathy, sympathy, hope and trust.

 

          LIMITED LICENSE: It is the intent of the author to promote peace, love, harmony and goodwill throughout the world and to that end, this book may be read aloud during any worship service or during any religious study group; provided that, in no manner may the book be used to promote any negative action or emotion including, but not limited to: war, hate, death, destruction or the creation of rage or anxiety in any person or persons.  Please contact joanne@mothergoddess.org if you are interested in rights to reprint or copy this book in areas of the world which are war torn, and a one year license to do so will be freely granted.


 

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                               DEDICATIONS

 

            This book is dedicated to my husband, and our four children who are always very understanding of my long hours and hard work for them, as well as my mother Jean Marie, and my late father, Robert William.  I am especially grateful to my mother’s assistance in editing this work, and her appreciation for it. I am also highly appreciative to Sylvia Browne, Edgar Cayce, James Twyman, Doreen Virtue and Helen Schucman (A Course in Miracles) for their work channeling information from the other side so that we know the Divine is only peace and love.   And finally, I do not believe that I would have set upon this path of feminine sacred writing without the very special assistance from my own 10 year old daughter, who is an indigo child, and who started chattering away about peace, love and Mother Goddess, Father God, angels and fairies from her very first words as a toddler.  I would like to thank all of these very special people, as well as my many friends that believe in peace, love and the angels as well.

 

            It is also dedicated to all the women and girls around the world that are discriminated against in more ways that are shameful for any good person to imagine.  Please visit www.RAWA.org[1] to see but a few examples. Treaties are ignored, medical funding for poor pregnant women and infants is often withheld, all because it is considered to be culturally acceptable to do so.   Female genital mutilation, denial of access to books, career opportunities and education are nothing but a form of forced slavery.  This must end.  This book is further dedicated to all the women and children who have suffered under such “rules” and “cultural acceptance” which have amounted to little more than shameful cruelty and severe oppression of the female gender.

 

            A portion of the proceeds of every book will to be sent to charities benefitting poor and oppressed women and girls around the world, including the U.S.  I further hope that some day computers may be sent to every girl and uneducated or undereducated woman around the world so that they might receive a good education via the internet.

                                               

MAY MOTHER GODDESS BLESS THEM ALL!

 

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                          FORWARD

 

    This book is intended to be a book of complete love, peace and spirituality.   It has eliminates hate and violence from a most important sacred writing to usher in a new age of spirituality for an advanced planet and its inhabitants.  It brings a new path to womankind towards the Divine and is especially geared toward women and girls.  Concepts of polygyny[2] and discrimination towards females are herewith dispensed with.  Women should have freedoms equal to that of men, including the right to delay marriage and the right to an education up to and including college.  Separation of the sexes is as wrongful as slavery.  The concept of sexual discrimination as a “cultural matter” is an obvious and severe mistake.  This is because a man of quality understands women for equality.

 

 

                                                    INTRODUCTION TO THE KORANA

 

 

            This book is an entirely new interpretation of the Koran, and it has been written by a woman entirely for women and girls.  Did you ever try to read the Koran only to be grossly disappointed that it was geared almost exclusively toward men, and in particular, toward a male God?  Or perhaps you found the use of war as an acceptable tool to settle differences, make money and spread religion to be abhorrent?  In addition, much of the original book simply does not make much sense to non-Arab women that do not know the nuances of Arab culture and traditions. Maybe you found that the language used in the traditional versions of Shakir, Abdullah Yusufali and Pickthal use such archaic English that it is near impossible to read and understand the traditional former English Koran texts.

 

            Well, this is your book.  This Korana version has been almost exclusively feminized.  Goddess has been used instead of God.  The stories refer to women prophetesses and not men.  The heros are heroines--Sarah (wife of Abraham), Nora (wife of Noah), Wileh (wife of Lot), etc., because they were in fact high priestesses and prophetesses in and of themselves.  Many footnotes explain references specific to ancient Arab culture so you will not have to continually guess what was being referred to.  The book teaches peace and not war.  It teaches hell as an allegory to the process of reincarnation and earth as a school.  Gabriel is referred to in feminine form as Gabrielle.  A table is given to convert traditional names and places to feminized ones.  The book is not centered on prohibiting the worship of Goddess via multiple idols and instead it is more centered on prohibiting the association of negative actions and emotions with Her, which is far more important.  In this Korana, Goddess does not maim, kill, hate, commit acts of vengeance or retribution, nor does she engage in actions of violence and cursing against any person--She is pure love.  The traditional Arab stories are rich and amazing and of interest to everyone.  The concepts of Jesus Christ (Yeshua) and Mother Mary are especially interesting because they are based upon Gospels not found in the New Testament, but were in existence in 625 CE and were believed by many to be true and accurate.  Neither Christian nor Jew should be offended by any derogatory statements, because these have been made into positive ones.

 

            The Book was written in a prose format for two purposes.  First, it makes it easier for people to read the Book aloud during a worship service, and it also allows the reader to get a sense of the original document where a few chapters were written in rhyme and meter, but the rest were written in soft prose.  Alliteration and soft internal rhyming in sentences are kept for the same purpose.

            If you find anything whatsoever in this book that promotes hate, violence, aggression, greed, self centeredness, or anything that shows Goddess in a negative light, please post it on my website at www.MotherGoddess.org on the bulletin board there and it will be promptly revised.

                                                           

            Note this book was written and inspired by George Sale’s Koran version which shows a publication date of 1860.  This book included many footnotes of detailed explanation of Arab culture and stories.  It has been compared with the traditional versions by  Shakir, Abdullah Yusufali and Pickthal and others for accuracy.  This book is copyrighted and may not be further copied or disseminated without written permission of the author.  

 

© Copyright JoAnne Marie 2006, All rights reserved.


 

 

                                             A TABLE OF THE CONTENTS

 

                                                     OF THE KORANA

 

Ch

Title

 Verse Count

Page

1

Introduction

7

1

2

The Cow                                                        

286

1

3

The Family of Mother Mary

200

33

4

Women

176

52

5

The Table

119

75

6

Cattle

165

90

7

The Veil

206

106

8

The Spoils

75

125

9

Declaration of Immunity

129

131

10

Joanie

109

145

11

Hue

123

154

12

Josie

111

164

13

Thunder

43

174

14

Sarah

52

178

15

Al Hejr

98

182

16

The Bee

129

186

17

The Night Journey

111

196

18

The Cave

110

203

19

Mother Mary

98

211

20

T.H.

135

217

21

The Prophetesses

112

224

22

The Pilgrimage

78

232

23

The True Believers

117

237

24

Light

64

242

25

Al Forkana

77

247

26

The Poets

228

251

Ch

Title

 Verse Count

Page

27

The Ant

93

258

28

The Herstory

88

264

29

The Spider

69

270

30

The Greeks

60

274

31

Lockelani

35

278

32

Adoration

29

281

33

The Conspirators

73

283

34

Saba

54

289

35

The Creatress

45

294

36

Y.S.

83

297

37

Those Who Rank in Order

182

301

38

S.

88

306

39

The Assemblies

75

311

40

The True Believer

85

316

41

The Explanation

54

322

42

Consultation

53

326

43

The Ornaments of Gold

88

330

44

Smoke

59

334

45

Kneeling

36

337

46

Crooked Sands

36

339

47

The Prophetess

38

342

48

The Victory

29

345

49

The Inner Apartments

18

348

50

K

45

349

51

The Dispersion

60

352

52

The Mountain

49

354

53

The Star

62

356

54

The Moon

55

358

55

The Merciful

78

360

56

The Inevitable

99

362

Ch

Title

 Verse Count

Page

57

The Iron

29

365

58

The Pleading Woman

22

367

59

The Forced Emigration

24

369

60

She who is tried

13

371

61

The Array

14

373

62

The Assembly

11

374

63

The Hypocrites

11

375

64

Mutual Deceit

17

376

65

Divorce

12

377

66

Prohibition

12

378

67

The queendom

30

380

68

The Pen

52

381

69

The Inevitable Day

52

383

70

The Steps

44

385

71

Nora

28

386

72

The Genii

28

388

73

All Wrapped Up

20

389

74

All Covered Up

56

390

75

The Resurrection

40

392

76

Woman

31

393

77

Those Who are Sent

50

395

78

The News

40

396

79

Those Who are Swift

46

397

80

She Frowned

42

399

81

The Darkness

29

400

82

The Cleaving Asunder

19

400

83

The Unjust Measurement

36

401

84

The Opening

25

402

85

The Celestial Signs

22

403

86

The Night Star

17

404

Ch

Title

 Verse Count

Page

87

The Most High

19

404

88

The Overwhelming                

26

405

89

The Dawn

30

406

90

The City

20

407

91

The Sun

16

408

92

The Night

21

408

93

The Brightness

11

409

94

Have we not Opened?

8

409

95

The Fig Tree

17

410

96

The Embryo

19

410

97

The Celebrated Night (Al Kadr)

11

411

98

The Evidence

8

411

99

The Earthquake

8

412

100

The Swift Horses of Mercy

11

412

101

The Striking with Love

9

413

102

The Love of Wealth

5

413

103

The Afternoon

3

413

104

The Slanderer

7

414

105

The Elephant

3

414

106

The Koreishites

5

415

107

Necessaries

7

415

108

Al Cawthar

3

415

109

The Unbelievers

6

416

110

Assistance

3

416

111

Abu Laheb

5

416

112

The Unity of Goddess

4

417

113

The Goddess of the Morning

5

417

114

Women

6

417

 

Total Verses

6244

 

 

BONUS – 10 COMMANDMENTS OF GODDESS!

 

417

 

 

 

 

Table B

 

The Meaning of Chapter Initials

 

Chapter

Initials Used

Possible Meaning

     2-3, 7

A.L.F.

Alif Lam Mim ................Allat, the All Knowing

7,10-12,14-15

A.L.R.

Alif Lam Ra.....................Allat, the All Seeing

13

A.L.M.R.

Alif Lam Mim Ra............Allat, the Best Knower, the All Seeing

19

K.H.Y.A.S.

Kaf Ha Ya Ain Sad..........Allat is Sufficient for All; She is the True Guide, Bestowed of Mercy, Security, Blessings, All Knowing, Omnipotent, Truthful

20

T.H.

Ta Ha.............................O Perfect Woman, be at Rest

26,28

T.S.M.

Ta Sin Mim.....................Allat is Benign, All Hearing and All Knowing

27

T.S.

Ta Sin.............................The Benign, The All Hearing

29,30-32

A.L.M.

Alif Lam Mim..................Allat, the All Knowing

36

Y.S.

Ya Sin..............................O Perfect Prophetess

37

S.

Sad...................................Allat is Truthful

40-46

H.M.

Ha Mim...........................Allat is Praiseworth and full of Honor

50

Q.

Qaf..................................Allat is Almighty

 

            Many chapters being with initials, the meaning of which has long ago been lost.  To the extent that some meanings have been found in publications, they are given as suggested ones here.


                                           Table C - Names

 

 

                                             Traditional Bible Names and Meanings

Masculine

Feminine

Meaning

Aaron

Alana

fair and beautiful

Abraham

Sarah

princess

Adam

Eve

life

Allah

Allat

Goddess

Asia

wife of Pharaoh

east

Daniel

Dana

mother of the goddesses

David

Denise

from Dionysius or goddess Diana, or divine

Elijah

Elisa

dedicated to Goddess

Elisha

Elisha

consecrated to Goddess

Enoch

Edna

pleasure or delight

Ezekiel

Esther

star

Ezra

Esma

emerald or jewel

Isaac

Iris

flower or rainbow

Ishmael

Emma

universal or all embracing

Israel

Isabell

dedicated to Goddess

Jacob

Jacklyn

protectress

Joachim

Anna

gracious

Job

Joan

from Joanne or Goddess is gracious

John the Baptist

Jane the Baptist

gracious, merciful, Goddess is gracious

Jonas

Joanie

Goddess is gracious

Joseph, father of Jacob

Josie

Goddess will increase

 

Judy, most noble child of Josie

Jewish

Lot

Wileh

fierce protector

Moses

Miriam

from Mother Mary – the healer

Norah                               

Nora

the bright one, flower or light

Samuel

Samantha

listens well

Satan

Eblis

despair

Solomon

Salome

welcome or peace

Zacharias

Elizabeth

gracious

 

 

 

 

                                                                 Korana Names

Amena

prophetess’ mother

honest woman

Dhu’lkefl

Duaa

prayer to Goddess

Elias

Elana

light

Ilyasin

Ilana

sunshine

Lockman

Lockelani

small red rose

Malec

Malika

queen or princess

Shoaib

Sally

savior

Zeid

Zabina

one who is fair

 

                                                                     Nations and Places

Ad

Ada

happy or ornament

Ansars

Anana

soft and gentle

Antioch

Antonia

flourishing flower

Hud

Hue

lily

Irem

Irene

peace

Madian

Marian

of Mother Mary

Moharejen

Monita

noble

Rass

Rasha

young gazelle

Talmud

Thelma

nurse

Tobba

Tova

good

Yathreb

Yamka

Goddess is good

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                             Known Archangels:

Ariel

female name

lioness of Goddess

Cassiel

female name for Angel of Saturday

earth mother

Gabrielle

female name-- male spelled Gabriel

Goddess is my strength

Haniel

closest name is Hanna--female name

Goddess of Life

Michael

both male and female name

One who is like Goddess

Raphael

 Raphaella

healed by Goddess

Uriel

female name

Light of Goddess

 

 

                                                                 Other known Angels

Cammuel

closest names female

Cameo

Cameron

Camille

 

shadow portrait

bent nose

attendant during service

Chaumel

closest name female

Chana or Chanah

 

gracious

Izidiel

closest names female – Izefia

closest name male - Izzy

childless (f)

laughing one (m)

Jophiel–guards Tree of Life

closest names female –

Joella or Joelle.

 

Goddess is willing

Malik–guards heaven

closest name female  – Malaika

angel

Metatron

closest name female –  Meta

ambitious

Raguel

closest name female – Ragini

unknown

Raziel

closest name female – Raziya

agreeable

Remiel

closest name male or female

Remi or Remy

from Reims, France

Sachiel

closest name male:  Sachiel

closest name female: Sachi

angel of water (m)

bliss child (f)

Samael

closest name female –

Samiah or Samira

 

entertaining

Sandalphon

closest names female:

Sandy, Sandia, Sandra, Sandrine

closest names male:

Sandeep, Sander, Sandro

 

helper of humanity (f)

 

name of God (m)

Sariel

closest names female:

Sara, Saran, Sarai, Sari, Sariah, Sarina

 

Name of Angel

Zadekiel

closest names female – Zada;

closest name male –  Zador.

Lucky one (f)

violent (m)

 

Names of angels and archangels overwhelming female!

 

Does it matter?  No.  Sylvia says they don’t really have individual names anyway!  (Her spirit guide Francine calls them all “Michael”)  And since they don’t incarnate, they really don’t have a true gender as people do.  Ask for an archangel, and if you want a female, you will get a female!  They are assigned according to what you need to have done and they come prepared.  If you ask them their name, they will give it to you, generally based upon whatever name you think is the best one.

 

On Eblis–the fallen angel.  Legend has it that Eblis challenged Goddess and was banished from heaven to mislead womankind and eat unblessed food and haunt ruins.  However, when Eblis arrived on earth, he began to foment hot winds which killed many of the people, so the angelic army went down to capture him and return him to heaven to learn heavenly ways.  He learned and gained much stature there, until he got into trouble again and was banished back to earth until the day of final judgment when he will be cleansed.  He is often synonymous with “the devil” or “Satan”, both very old evil deities or semi-deities.

 

Sylvia says there are no dark angels because of the way they are created.  However, dark entities as ghosts sometimes are afraid to pass over because they think they will go to hell, or they are attached to something material that they love, such as a beautiful home or even a self portrait of them in beauty.  If you happen upon a situation such as this, it is better to dump the home or item than have a nasty poltergeist hanging around.  Although they cannot really harm you, they will scare you much as they can, and they can trip, slap, break and throw things.

 

                                                                                                           

 



1. This book is also dedicated to www.RAWA.org and may Allat bless their good work in fighting oppression, fascism, hate and aggression in religion.  In particular, I dedicate the book also to Zainab, the Afghan girl I am currently sponsoring.

[2]Polygamy means multiple marriages.  Polygyny means multiple wives at one time.