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What is the difference between "Nissa, Amraat and Azwaj"

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    siki
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    412 In what your wives (Azwajukum) leave, your share is a half, if they leave no child; but if they leave a child, ye get a fourth; after payment of legacies and debts. In what ye leave, their share is a fourth, if ye leave no child; but if ye leave a child, they get an eighth; after payment of legacies and debts. ....

    So, it means that zoaj/azwaj are only wife/wives. The term does not convey spouse/spouses.

    siki

    Any comments from anybody against this understanding (other than MTR)

    siki

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      This will unfortunately be my last post on free-minds for a while. It?s been wonderful knowing everyone these past two years and would have liked to meet in person/share a smile ? perhaps one day...

      What happened? are you moving to some remote village?
      siki

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        Any comments from anybody against this understanding (other than MTR)

        siki

        Allah, subhana wata ala is 'against' any 'understanding' that perverts and corrupts Allah's kalam.

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          Allah, subhana wata ala is 'against' any 'understanding' that perverts and corrupts Allah's kalam.

          hmm hmm where to begin....

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            This will unfortunately be my last post on free-minds for a while. It?s been wonderful knowing everyone these past two years and would have liked to meet in person/share a smile ? perhaps one day...

            In the blessed and ease treed paradises
            On sofas facing each other
            Being circled around on them with a cup to drink wine from goodness
            White delight to the drinking
            Intoxication not in it, nor they be exhausted from it
            And at them the eye's confining big beautiful eyes...

            Peace

            Salaam Nun,

            I am sure you have valid reason to take a leave from this forum for a while but it is making me sad. It is making me sad as you know how much I have valued your contributions and frequently called for your help, especially when the subject involved complicated mathemitical calulations or deep research.
            My brother I pray that God answer all your prayers and, though it is unlikely, that I may meet you in person as we live in different corners of the world, but then there is also the beyond, so I hope to meet you one day in the best of surroundings.
            You are such a genuine person and its doesn't take much to reccognise a fellow believer, so it would be nice to hear from you on PM.

            Best of my regards to you and your family.

            Farida

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              Im sorry, but you are all over the place. No I am trying to piece it together.

              One is an active participle the other a 'broken plural' noun, in essence one a verb the other a noun

              Are you implying that Rajul is a verb and Rijal a broken plural of a noun. If it is so, please explain the meanings of Rajul as a verb and give singular of broken plural noun Rijal.

              As regards Alif with Medda in Nissa. It is the last Alif in nissa and not in begining. Please see the rule for making/changing gender of a noun to feminine. Alif with Medda and Ayn in the end is needed. Please see below Wright's Grammar most respected in English. Actual page of book is Vol 1 pp179. Scaned PDF page 97/166 so please scroll down to 97/166.

              http//www.ghazali.org/arabic/WrightArabicGrammarVol1.pdf
              Your are just using most likely Arabic online as referance, below, hence not comprehending what I am saying.

              http//arabic.tripod.com/Nouns1d.htm#Feminine%20Markers

              Please look at both then comment. Thanks.

              Badar

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                Badar, Again, your NOT accepting the grammatical reference. I gave you the arabic grammatical term for BOTH 'extended alif' / and 'broken plural' /

                Badar, again, Alif madda, , is used when a sustained 'a' sound occurs at the BEGINNING of a word

                the 'extended alif' / is at the END of the word

                Again, Rijal is an ACTIVE PARTICIPLE, denotes an action associated with a verb, which indicates you need a doer & subject/object of the action or activity

                Once again, Rijalan / is a 'broken plural' / NOUN not a verb. without the feminine marker its masculine and means 'Men', period.

                There is NO Arabic feminine word using the root construct of Rijal or Rajul its NOT in the Quran, its NOT used in Modern Standard Arabic, it MAY exist in certain Arabic dialects.

                Again, it's NOT grammatically referenced in the Quran.

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                  Thanks brother for your reply. However, it seems you did not bother to look at referance from Wright. With your knowledge of grammar in view I did not think that I needed to explain the difference between and alif with Medda. But may be you have accepted "Arabic on line and Dr. Abdullah Abbas Nadwi initial publication of "Learn The Language of The Holy Quran" as ultimate authority.

                  Finally in this part of verse 41 , which is the verb or action that denotes to? Thanks.

                  Badar

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                    Thanks brother for your reply. However, it seems you did not bother to look at referance from Wright. With your knowledge of grammar in view I did not think that I needed to explain the difference between and alif with Medda. But may be you have accepted "Arabic on line and Dr. Abdullah Abbas Nadwi initial publication of "Learn The Language of The Holy Quran" as ultimate authority.

                    Finally in this part of verse 41 , which is the verb or action that denotes to? Thanks.

                    Badar

                    the Active Participle is NOT in Sura 4.1.

                    the Noun is in Sura 4.1, is nunation using tanwiinu alfatahati / , which makes the word indefinite.

                    Again, is a 'broken plural' with tanwiinu alfatahati / which indicates that the word is fully declinable, thus the gender of the noun in this case will match the gender of its singular Rajulun, meaning 'Man'.

                    Thus grammatically speaking, the Noun, in its fully declinable state, can not mean women or female.

                    Research 'Declension'

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                      Thanks brother you have added something more to the mix about[ , let me do my research about it before responding.

                      While I do that, the rule about Alif WHEN it is properly considered female, states it be written as Alif with Madda on it followed by Ayan . In this case it becomes substansive and it is not called a letter, i.e., one does not prefix to it a word [. Based on this rule what do you make out of in 41. Thanks.

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                        Thanks brother you have added something more to the mix about[ , let me do my research about it before responding.

                        While I do that, the rule about Alif WHEN it is properly considered female, states it be written as Alif with Madda on it followed by Ayan . In this case it becomes substansive and it is not called a letter, i.e., one does not prefix to it a word [. Based on this rule what do you make out of in 41. Thanks.

                        Badar

                        Badar, we have been through this several times Bro. does NOT Have alif-medda.

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                          Yes I know, it has not. Since it has no female marker and hence, can not be considered feminine by form. Therefore, does not stand for female/females.

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                            Yes I know, it has not. Since it has no female marker and hence, can not be considered feminine by form. Therefore, does not stand for female/females.

                            Badar

                            confused Badar, is the FEMININE MARKER attached to thus it emphatically means 'Women'

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                              Again, is a 'broken plural' with tanwiinu alfatahati / which indicates that the word is fully declinable. Please clearify this statement. Did you mean it is fully declinable or you meant it is fully declined. Thanks.

                              Badar

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                                confused Badar, is the FEMININE MARKER attached to thus it emphatically means 'Women'

                                This rule applies to the singular, not the plural.

                                How about, for example (scientists/people of knowledge; names; directors)?

                                Thus grammatically speaking, the Noun, in its fully declinable state, can not mean women or female.

                                What does grammar have to do in deciding the meaning of a word? confused
                                What about what we have discussed earlier regarding this word? Why are you still insisting that it cannot be speaking of females?

                                Yes I know, it has not. Since it has no female marker and hence, can not be considered feminine by form. Therefore, does not stand for female/females.

                                This is not correct a deduction. A word with a feminine marker ( ) does not necessarily have a feminine meaning ( ). Example
                                Aantara name of a mythical male warrier; exams/test (plural of imti7an , a masculine singular)

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                                  Sister, your comments are well acknowledged. There are exception to rules and I am ware of some. However, my discussion with MTR is specifically from this word in 41 and his contention of it being derivative of root and coverted from common gender noun to feminine by changing form by adding .

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                                    This rule applies to the singular, not the plural.

                                    How about, for example (scientists/people of knowledge; names; directors)?What does grammar have to do in deciding the meaning of a word? confused
                                    What about what we have discussed earlier regarding this word? Why are you still insisting that it cannot be speaking of females?
                                    This is not correct a deduction. A word with a feminine marker ( ) does not necessarily have a feminine meaning ( ). Example
                                    Aantara name of a mythical male warrier; exams/test (plural of imti7an , a masculine singular)

                                    is Singular NOT plural

                                    (hamzat with tanwiin dammah) is Plural

                                    @Samia, Im sorry, but the rules of declension decompose the plural word to its singular construct and meaning , Man.

                                    I have noticed throughout many of your very informative and insightful posts, that you, yourself use various grammatical constructs, rules, definitive s, actions, analysis, etc. in your determinations and arguments.

                                    I dont see why in this discussion that we should exclude grammatical morphology in our determinatives and definitives regarding the word .

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                                      Assalaam Alaikum Samia

                                      Would you be so kind as to provide an example from the Quran, where Allah uses the triliteral root construct R-J-L in illustrating a feminine construct and reference?

                                      Perhaps you may wish to illustrate the application and example from the Quran by using the rules of declension that define the word Rajulan / Rajulun and/ or derivatives as referring to females and/or women

                                      Your previous example Al-Baqarah 2.239 So if you are in fear, then on foot /

                                      Unfortunately, did not suggest or infer that it is females or women (alone) that are being referenced by the word farijalan /

                                      farijalan (Verbal Noun or Active Participle(?), Haal Accusative, Nasb Case) to dispel, drive away worries, to give a sense of ease, to relieve, to relax, to comfort; ?A Dictionary of the Grammatical Analysis of the Holy Quran? by Tantawi Sura 2239;

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                                        Futhermore, . is added as subtantive after a word to make it feminine and is not part of root. In addition if the claim that it is feminine of common gender noun by adding feminine maker is correct one should be able find this word under this root in lexicon of the language. However, it does not exsist. The only logic MTR is implying that some how Rab created a new word using grammatical rules of language. This logic really contradicts Quranic claim of use of simple language of common people of the time. Common people of any language do not even know grammar of their mother tongue.

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                                          is Singular NOT plural

                                          (hamzat with tanwiin dammah) is Plural

                                          What do you mean by the underlined phrase?
                                          What's the difference between these two words?

                                          I have noticed throughout many of your very informative and insightful posts, that you, yourself use various grammatical constructs, rules, definitive s, actions, analysis, etc. in your determinations and arguments.

                                          I do not use grammatcal tashkeel to decide the meaning of a word, becaue the grammatical signs do not change the meaning but the function of a word in a sentence I read the book, I sat on the book or the book fell, if translated into Arabic, will have (the book) demonstrating three different case endings, but its meaning is not affected.. If you are talking about me using its pattern ( morphology) then this is a completely different thing.

                                          Your previous example Al-Baqarah 2.239 So if you are in fear, then on foot /
                                          Unfortunately, did not suggest or infer that it is females or women (alone)

                                          Who spoke of women alone? You said it meant MEN, and that was when I interferred. You cannot decide whether a plural used in the qur'aan alludes to men only or women only, just from its morphology. You need the context to decide (exmple; &#1611

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