al-fatehah

[palestina]

Salamalaikum all,

I have been wondering this for a while but cant find an answer - in the original quran is verse 4 of chapter 1
KING of the day of judgement (malek)
or
OWNER of the day of judgement (maalek)

I dont know how to put arabic text in here to show the difference in spelling - i have seen both! which is correct?

[unknownuser]

PEace Pali

i'm not amazing in arabic but i'm pretty sure king and owner are shades of the same meaning. So you can say master of judgment day

[palestina]

yeah but im asking about the arabic text - ive seen different versions of the spelling - are all equally valid?

[TheNabi]

Peace

I think it is a transliteration thing. Same think happens with Greek texts from what I've seen.

Joe

[unknownuser]

Peace palestina,

It is "maalek" in 14, literally translated as owner/possessor, but some translators also translate as "master".

[unknownuser]

Salaams All,

Yaum can mean a favour and punishment as-well and not just a day or night.

14
OWNER OF THE REWARD OR PUNISHMENT FROM/OF JUDGMENT.

Thus embodying both punishments/rewards in this world and in the hereafter.

Just for a thought mind.

God Bless.

[maxq]

I guess the question is as follows

In some copies of the Quran it says -
In other copies of the Quran it says -

Correct ay?

Even though the transliteration varies, it is read the same way - MAALIKI - not MALIKI

[palestina]

salam all,

yes maxq thats what my question was exactly!

so its irrelevant which spelling people use then in arabic seeing as they are pronounced the same and thus have the same meaning?

[maxq]

Yes, from what I have seen in the version of the Quran with A'raab and there is the accent sign of the alif on top of the meem even though the laam directly follows the meem. Hence, the proper word is actually Maalik.

[maxq]

Also, this paper may be of interest to you

http//www.islamic-awareness.org/Quran/Text/Scribal/scribal.html