Surah 69...thoughts?
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Salam
Sura 6940-48
In abdul malek's translation he translates the above verses as
That this is verily the saying of an honored messenger; it is not the saying of a poet Little is ye believe! Nor is it the saying of a soothsayer little is it that ye remember! It is a revelation (Allah's words), from the Lord of the Worlds. And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us, We assuredly had taken him by the right hand and then severed his life-artery, and not one of you could have held Us off from him. But verily this is a Message for those who ward off evil.
In the arabic, does it mention right hand and life artery? If it does, could it not mean that since the majority of people are righthanded (we can infer he was right handed), the prophet was writing the revelations by hand? And thus, if he was to have fabricated any revelations, God would have punished him severely, by cutting his life artery (on the wrist of his right hand)? As that's how he wrote/preserved the revelations for the people? Otherwise what was the point of mentioning right hand? Why not just kill him, or slit his throat or anything?
Any thoughts?
Nadia