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Grammar issue on 21:78 and 42:48

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    WayFinder
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    Brothers and sisters,

    Please have a look at these verses...

    2178

    We have 2 persons, Dawood and Suleiman, therefore the pronoun should logically be HOUMAA(dual) and not HOUM(plural,more than 2)

    4248

    'Insaan' is singular when it affects 'fariha', but afterwards pronoun HOUM(plural) is used to replace it.

    Anyone can shed some light here please.

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      Brothers and sisters,

      Please have a look at these verses...

      4248

      'Insaan' is singular when it affects 'fariha', but afterwards pronoun HOUM(plural) is used to replace it.

      Anyone can shed some light here please.

      Peace

      and when adversity afflicts them for what their hands have delivered is Referring to those who turn away.

      4248 But if they turn away, then We did not send you as their guardian. You are only required to deliver. And when We let the human
      being taste mercy from Us, he becomes happy with it; and when adversity afflicts them for what their hands have delivered, the human being becomes rejecting.

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        Peace

        and when adversity afflicts them for what their hands have delivered is Referring to those who turn away.

        4248 But if they turn away, then We did not send you as their guardian. You are only required to deliver. And when We let the human
        being taste mercy from Us, he becomes happy with it; and when adversity afflicts them for what their hands have delivered, the human being becomes rejecting.

        Can you give me reference where you got this information please

        Thanks

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          mmouhammad
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          Can you give me reference where you got this information please

          Thanks

          Peace,

          Arabic is my first Language, I answered as per my understanding and usage of it.

          Sorry, I have no ready reference that can help you.

          Good luck

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            WayFinder
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            It makes sense but it is a little strange.

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              mmouhammad
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              It makes sense but it is a little strange.

              Peace,

              You will notice such usage very often in the Quran, It is very helpfull to understand the whole verse.

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                Mazhar
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                Can you give me reference where you got this information please

                Thanks

                First an happening has been mentioned the effect of which is similar for the entire humanity , good people and bad people alike feel pleasure on getting something good and of comfort. And then with reference to bad or discomfort the pronoun is used for a part of the humanity since the true believer's reaction is different-see what they say when adversity afflicts them.

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                  Samia
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                  People tend to give justifications for any grammatical "abnormality" in the qur'aan and are never short of any.
                  The point is we subject the qur'aan to grammatical rules that have been set long after the revalation, when we should be doing the opposite.
                  The qur'aan was not revealed in classical Arabic nor in any only-written kind of Arabic. It's revealed in a spoken dialect of Arabic and hence the non conformity to these grammatical rules.

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                    WayFinder
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                    Thank you for your inputs, everything makes sense, alhamdoulillah, arabic is a very logical language.

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