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TellMeTheTruth

Salam!

Dear brothers and sister! I started studying Al-Quran more than two years back from now as a truth-seeker. I set the following Ayats as a Guidance and tried to be neutral/impartial during the study

No. 1 Allah has gifted us with Eyes/Sight, Ears/Hearing and Hearts/Intellect so that we can gain knowledge and understand our matters and the signs of Allah

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017036 Do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge. Indeed hearing, eyesight, and the heart?all of these are accountable.

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016078 Allah has brought you forth from the bellies of your mothers while you did not know anything. He made for you hearing, eyesight, and hearts so that you may give thanks.

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046026 Certainly We had granted them power in respects that We have not granted you, and We had vested them with hearing and sight and hearts. But neither their hearing availed them in any way nor did their sight, nor their hearts when they used to impugn the signs of Allah. So they were besieged by what they used to deride.

No. 2 The message of Al-Quran should have consistency and so in the understanding of its message. This even judges between people who have different understandings

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004082 Do they not contemplate the Quran? Had it been from other than Allah, they would have surely found much incongruity in it.

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002113 The Jews say, 'The Christians stand not on anything'; the Christians say, 'The Jews stand not on anything'; yet they recite the Book. So too the ignorant say the like of them. God shall decide between them on the Day of Resurrection touching their differences.
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016064 And We have not sent down upon thee the Book except that thou mayest make clear to them that whereon they were at variance, and as a guidance and as a mercy to a people who believe.
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042010 Whatever thing you may differ about, its judgement is with Allah. That is Allah, my Lord. In Him, I have put my trust, and to Him do I turn penitently.

No. 3 No one can change the words of Allah
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006034 Messengers were certainly denied before you, yet they patiently bore being denied and tormented until Our help came to them. Nothing can change the words of Allah, and there have certainly come to you some of the accounts of the Messengers.
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006115 The word of your Lord has been fulfilled in truth and justice. Nothing can change His words, and He is the All-hearing, the All-knowing.

So when I started studying, the very first Ayah/Ayat in almost all the copies of Al-Quran was and the very first word was and almost all translators, tafseers/exegeses writers and dictionaries translated it as ?In the name of? or ?with the name? as its meaning. They say that it is actually the word and the Alif has been dropped due to some certain reasons. I was not satisfied because I could see the difference between the two words. I tried to verify it from Al-Quran itself. Please check the below references yourself and tell me if you also see the difference or not

113 times in the beginning of every Surah except Surah No. 9
1 time in Surah No. 27
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1 time where only the words/phrase appeared
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Notice that there is no ?Alif? even if the word is used within the lines and not in the beginning of a Surah.
On the other hand the word is also used many times in Al-Quran.. See references below
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So, brothers and sisters! I see the difference between and . ?Alif? is not dropped. Why?
Isn?t letter is used as a as most of the grammar experts explain the word .
I believe that the two words cannot have the same meaning. I will only believe in it when I will follow others than Allah or the Quran.

Here is another occurrence of the word
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All translators have used the words ?smiled? or ?laughed? or ?amused? for translation of this verse because it is based on the Arabic root word which means ?He smiled? So the word means smile (or pleasure/amusement).
Please use your sight and verify for yourself.

In case you feel difficulty in Arabic, here are the Transliterations for both Ayats which I quoted earlier

https//www.islamawakened.com/quran/1/1/default.htm

Transliteration Bismi Allahi alrrahmani alrraheemi
Transliteration-2 bis'mi l-lahi l-ramni l-rami

https//www.islamawakened.com/quran/96/1/default.htm

Transliteration Iqra/ bi-ismi rabbika allathee khalaqa
Transliteration-2 iq'ra bi-is'mi rabbika alladh khalaqa

This is how I learnt the first word and the first Ayat?s meaning. I believe that no one can change the ?words? of Allah.
PLEASURE/SMILE OF ALLAH, THE MOST COMPASSIONATE, THE EVER-MERCIFUL!

Now let?s use this meaning in the following Ayats and see the difference
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My translation And he said board/embark in it, pleasure/smile of Allah starts/runs it and stops/anchors it. Indeed my Lord/Nourisher is surely Oft-Forgiving, Ever-Merciful.

My translation; She said, ?O chiefs! Indeed a venerable writing is delivered to me. Indeed it is from Suleiman? (Saying) ?And indeed it is pleasure of Allah, the Most-Compassionate, and the Most Merciful that not you wish eminence above Me and come to Me in submission/Muslimeen?.

Suleiman did not ask the queen to submit herself to Suleiman but he delivered her the message of Allah in which Allah's Ayat was quoted.

Muslimeen are those who submit to Allah!

May Allah bless and guide us all!

kaltun

Slm bro,

thank you very much... i learned again newthing on the Quran , my whole life i read it as in the name of / with the name of ....

but what does this mean ?

btw i checked online translations ....
and she smiles
https//translate.yandex.com/?lang=ar-en&text=%D9%81%D9%8E%D8%AA%D9%8E%D8%A8%D9%8E%D8%B3%D9%91%D9%8E%D9%85%D9%8E

in peace / in the name / peacefully
http//www.reverso.net/translationresults.aspx?lang=en

and google translated as so he smiled ( funny thing , google translate like an sholar )

TellMeTheTruth

Salam!

It means that there was some kind of conspiracy/controversy/propaganda since the early rising of Islam out of Arabia. Meanings and grammar of words were imposed so forcefully or consistently that even the very learned scholars were forced to translate as 'in the name of' which is not the case. Here on free-minds, almost everyone is looking for the truth because they have doubts in traditional islam which is based on set translations/interpretations. With open eyes and ears a common man, knowing a little Arabic, can find the true meaning of the Quran.

Have you read any other religious books/old scriptures? Do you know something about a book called Asatir (Secret of Moses)? Its every chapter starts with 'in the name of the God we begin', or 'in the name of the God, the most merciful'. Also read about Samaritans. Check and you will know who the muslims are copying by translating the word

Peace!

jkhan