"Those whom your right hands possess"?

herbman

Peace,

there are tons of articles about this issue, use the search tool in FM.

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truthseeker11

Peace progressive,

There is no "hands" in the original Arabic. As herbman suggests, this topic has been discussed in great detail on the forum and in the free-minds articles.

Q_student

Peace progressive,

There is no "hands" in the original Arabic. As herbman suggests, this topic has been discussed in great detail on the forum and in the free-minds articles.

Peace
Then what is this "aymaan" which is plural of "yameen"?Is yameen not "right hand"?
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truthseeker11

Peace QS,

Since you are implying that yameen means "right hand" then please provide evidence that it means "right hand".

Q_student

Peace QS,

Since you are implying that yameen means "right hand" then please provide evidence that it means "right hand".

Peace TS
Here is the proof ;

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right hand, right

Arabic English Dictionary by Hans Wehr .

= Right side ,Righ hand

Dictionary of the Holy Quran by Abdul Mannan Omar

= Right hand

Quran

2017
(2017) And O-Moses, what is this in your right hand?"

2069
(2069) Cast down what is in your hand, and it will swallow up all their sham creation; *42 for they are mere tricks of a magician; and a magician can never succeed, howsoever skilled he may be

2948
(294 (O Prophet,) you did not read any book before this, nor did you write any with your right hand. If it were so, the worshippers of falsehood could have been involved in doubt

Now I demand from you exactly in the same way ,that you provide the evidenc that "yameen" does not mean "right hand".
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truthseeker11

Peace QS,

Thank you for educating me. I didn't say that "yameen does not mean "right hand". I said that there is no word for "hands" in the Arabic for "ma malakat aymanukum". Yameen might mean "right hand", but still it does not mean "hand". If I just want to say "hand" in Arabic I wouldn't say "yameen". None of your references say that "yameen" means only "hand". Thank you for the references.

Q_student

Peace QS,

Thank you for educating me. I didn't say that "yameen does not mean "right hand". I said that there is no word for "hands" in the Arabic for "ma malakat aymanukum". Yameen might mean "right hand", but still it does not mean "hand". If I just want to say "hand" in Arabic I wouldn't say "yameen". None of your references say that "yameen" means only "hand". Thank you for the references.

"Maa malakat aymaanukum " has not been translated as "what your HANDS possess". It has been translated as "what your RIGHT HANDS possess".
You said

Since you are implying that yameen means "right hand" then please provide evidence that it means "right hand

Anyway take care.
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Samia

Salaam Q_student

What other meanings do classical dictionaries give for "yameen"?

Q_student

Salaam Q_student

What other meanings do classical dictionaries give for "yameen"?

Peace
You can look at the dictionaries.
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almarh0m

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You can look at the dictionaries.
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Peace Brother Q_s

Could you be more courteous to sister Samia than telling her to look it up in the dictionaries ? What is so difficult about telling her if you happened to know what she is asking ? I thought you could be more useful and helpful than that brother .

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almarh0m

Q_student

Peace Brother Q_s

Could you be more courteous to sister Samia than telling her to look it up in the dictionaries ? What is so difficult about telling her if you happened to know what she is asking ? I thought you could be more useful and helpful than that brother .

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almarh0m

Peace Brother
Probably you misunderstood.In fact I am as busy as anyone else in this forum. It is a time consuming job.
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