The Quran objectifies women
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Even very careful communication can have great difficulty reaching people, it seems like the Tower of Babel situation going on.
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Peace FreedomStands.
Now I can read every word you are writing. I even have time to have a cup of tea!
And you have time to make me a cup of tea. Remember it is your turn.
I made you a cup of tea in that other thread, did you enjoy it?
GOD bless you.
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Peace FreedomStands.
Now I can read every word you are writing. I even have time to have a cup of tea!
And you have time to make me a cup of tea. Remember it is your turn.
I made you a cup of tea in that other thread, did you enjoy it?
GOD bless you.
Peace.haha I did laugh at this post and I have been enjoying this new approach you're taking with me, its very fun and it makes me happy and I deeply appreciate the relief of laughing. Thank you! Seriously, its super kind of you!
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Hello everyone,
I know that is a controversial sounding name for this topic. I have come across this particular verse and I am finding difficulty in shaking it off. I am curious how you guys would see this verse, which appear misogynous
314 Beautified for people is the love of that which they desire - of women and sons, heaped-up sums of gold and silver, fine branded horses, and cattle and tilled land. That is the enjoyment of worldly life, but Allah has with Him the best return.
The word 'Nas' is translated normally as 'mankind' or 'people'. And here it says that in PEOPLE itself they have been given the desire of WOMEN. I thought women were supposed to be people as well? Hence we women are being regarded as not even people in this case, but like cattle, or as property, for men who are apparently the real people. That's a serious objectification regarding women, or is a blatant error, either in the Quran's interpretation or the Arabic text itself.
People sometimes say it is other people's fault for misinterpreting the Quran and creating problems in the world. Looks like the Quran in several places actually approves of their actions as well to an extent. It even looks like many people's messed-up attitude is a direct result from reading the scripture, and coming across such verses. Some embarrassed translators translated 'Nas' as 'men', which is wrong.
I wonder how you guys would translate this verse. In this case both 'Nas' and 'Nisaa', or either one of them, would require a dramatic re-interpretation. Otherwise, the Quran very clearly stated something which objectifies women, since the wording in this verse is as though they are not being part of "real" people. I know it may look simple to casual viewers, and I had never properly glimpsed at it before, but now that I did, it has stuck in my head and disrupted my peace.
Salaam to all.
There is no such such thing "objectifying" woman in Arabic text. For analysis, retrieval of information and understanding a text, first thing to do is segmentation of text into sentences. Please do that and then translate.
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Peace FreedomStands.
Now I can read every word you are writing. I even have time to have a cup of tea!
And you have time to make me a cup of tea. Remember it is your turn.
I made you a cup of tea in that other thread, did you enjoy it?
GOD bless you.
Peace.Haha, I apologize but I won't be able to make a thread of your 2000 posts like I had wished to. I just worked on a version for myself and it was a super painstaking process because of the text limiter for each post! I had originally thought I could just put it all in one post! I wanted to post the full Qur'an with all translations for each verse but that won't likely be possible either! So I'm really sorry about that, but thank you so much for the good humor, I've seriously enjoyed it and it really helped out and bless you for that it is one of the best deeds in my opinion to make people laugh and have a good time!
I will hopefully continue to read all your posts though! I've enjoyed them so far!
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Lets say God sent a book that said women are cows or like cows, what would you do?
Your options would be
To accept it as it seems to be.
To interpret it in such a way that it doesn't seem as bad to you(even if you feel you might be dishonest)
To ignore that specific verse and take the rest that you might like.
To ignore the whole book because of that verse, even though you consider it to be the book of God.
To not consider it the book of God because of that verse.Also, any other options you can think of!
So what would you do if a book that is thought to be the book of God said "women are (like) cows"? Or something you view as being bad?
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I am waiting for this My name is Ted to quote and say in which aya or ayas of the Qur'an he has found the words that he attributes to the Qur'an. He has not done it yet and without a proper quotation it is not possible to discuss anything.
Salaam
Yeah "My Name is Ted" might be working on catching up currently, I saw him reply to some older things just a little while ago, so hopefully he will get to you as well!
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What was the quote? Maybe you could search for anything like that at www.islamawakened.com/quran
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Lets say God sent a book that said women are cows or like cows, what would you do?
Your options would be
To accept it as it seems to be.
To interpret it in such a way that it doesn't seem as bad to you(even if you feel you might be dishonest)
To ignore that specific verse and take the rest that you might like.
To ignore the whole book because of that verse, even though you consider it to be the book of God.
To not consider it the book of God because of that verse.Also, any other options you can think of!
So what would you do if a book that is thought to be the book of God said "women are (like) cows"? Or something you view as being bad?
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They are in attitude like the mammals. Nay, in fact they are rather more indifferent-lost in their selves.Artiodactyls keep regurgitating unmindful of their surroundings.
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They are in attitude like the mammals. Nay, in fact they are rather more indifferent-lost in their selves.Artiodactyls keep regurgitating unmindful of their surroundings.
haha, I remember that one! One of my favorites!
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This world does not exist at all Mr FreedomStands. It is an illusion.
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Who else has been saying that? Me! Thank you! Check out my latest long yarn of a post if you find the time, I'd really appreciate it!
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Everything that exists outside of God is an illusion, but a DIVINE illusion.
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That is right, Allah creates the "illusion" and though it is not the "Eternal Truth" but just the "truth" at any moment, we are alive in it, and part of it, and Allah is the one who has given us life and experience thereby and there is no experience save what Allah creates.
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First I'd like for the above members to send me your illusion called money. ;D
peace
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Peace Hawk.
I see. That explains why after I get paid , the money is gone .
Thank you for the idea. When I am asked" You have just got paid, where is the money gone"?
I can now answer; " It was an illusion!"
GOD bless you.
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First I'd like for the above members to send me your illusion called money. ;D
peace
Haha, the Qur'an English translations use the term illusion or delusion/deception, to refer to the distracting and "transitory" and "fleeting" nature of life. There is nothing "more real" in the sense that this is just an experience of stuff like any other experience of stuff, reception of data, but what "lasts" is considered more "real" and more "true" and God is the Ultimate "Reality" and "Truth" that doesn't change, the essential basis for everything, but changes things freely. In the word delusion, there is the implication of "danger" and "falling into a trap unwittingly".
I don't know why you all are acting like you've never heard this term before in the Qur'an?
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Know that the life of the world is only play, and idle talk, and pageantry, and boasting among you, and rivalry in respect of wealth and children; as the likeness of vegetation after rain, whereof the growth is pleasing to the husbandman, but afterward it drieth up and thou seest it turning yellow, then it becometh straw. And in the Hereafter there is grievous punishment, and (also) forgiveness from Allah and His good pleasure, whereas the life of the world is but matter of illusion.alghuroori
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Every human being is bound to taste death but only on the Day of Resurrection will you be requited in full - whereupon he that shall be drawn away from the fire and brought into paradise will indeed have gained a triumph for the life of this world is nothing but an enjoyment of illusion.mataAAu alghuroori
Other alternatives are delusion, self-delusion.
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Or who is he that will be an army unto you to help you instead of the Beneficent? The disbelievers are in naught but illusion.alkafiroona illa fee ghuroorin
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Satan promises them and fills them with false desires and Satan promises them nothing but delusion.alshshaytanu illa ghurooran
This word is different from "sihr".
Lets look it up
Gh-Ra-Ra = deceived, beguiled, inexperienced or ignorant in affairs, act childish, exposed to perdition or destruction without knowing, danger, hazard; deficiency of, imperfect performance of; vain things, vanities
gharra (prf. 3rd. m. sing. assim. V.) beguiled, deluded.
gharrat (prf. 3rd. f. sing. assim. V.) deluded.
yaghrur (imp. 3rd. m. sing. juss.) delude, misgiving.
Laa yaghurran let not deceive.
ghuruur (v. n.) deceiving, guiling.
gharuur the object for which one deceives/deludes/beguiles.gharra vb. (1)
perf. act. 324, 670, 6130, 751, 849, 4535, 5714, 5714, 826
impf. act. 3196, 3133, 3133, 355, 355, 404gharur n.m. 3133, 355, 5714
ghurur n.m. 3185, 4120, 6112, 722, 1764, 3312, 3540, 5720, 6720
and this seems possibly slightly related
Gh-Ra-Waw = to stir up, give rise, rouse, kindle, estrange, incite desire, tempt/seduce/allure, excite, glued, made adhere with, stick/attached, fond, wondered; a certain red dye.
aghra vb. (4)
perf. act. 514
impf. act. 3360
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But the Unbelievers,- their deeds are like a mirage in sandy deserts, which the man parched with thirst mistakes for water; until when he comes up to it, he finds it to be nothing But he finds Allah (ever) with him, and Allah will pay him his account and Allah is swift in taking account.
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No! But you love the immediate1718
Whoso desireth that (life) which hasteneth away (transitory things), We hasten for him therein what We will for whom We please. And afterward We have appointed for him hell; he will endure the heat thereof, condemned, rejected.1326
Allah amplifies and straitens the means of subsistence for whom He pleases; and they rejoice in this world's life, and this world's life is nothing compared with the hereafter but a temporary enjoyment.5215
Is this magic, or do ye not see?Sihr in that case, which can mean illusion or fakery like the type magicians perform.
Allah's magic is any reality, the creation of everything we are given as input, so there isn't something "more real" in a moment, it is just that some things appear to be "more lasting", otherwise all information is information, or data, or "stuff" of some kind we receive or perceive with our sight, hearing, feeling, taste, and understanding in our current circumstances.
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I see. That explains why after I get paid , the money is gone .
Thank you for the idea. When I am asked" You have just got paid, where is the money gone"?
I can now answer; " It was an illusion!"
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Don't forget the good part, toothache is also an ilusion.... rotfl rotfl rotfl rotfl rotfl rotfl rotfl
) So when I fell off a latter from the second floor, I wasn't in excruciating pain at all, it was an illusion!
Gh-Ra-Ra = deceived, beguiled, inexperienced or ignorant in affairs, act childish, exposed to perdition or destruction without knowing, danger, hazard; deficiency of, imperfect performance of; vain things, vanities
gharra (prf. 3rd. m. sing. assim. V.) beguiled, deluded.
gharrat (prf. 3rd. f. sing. assim. V.) deluded.
yaghrur (imp. 3rd. m. sing. juss.) delude, misgiving.
Laa yaghurran let not deceive.
ghuruur (v. n.) deceiving, guiling.
gharuur the object for which one deceives/deludes/beguiles.Delusion instead of illusion is a better translation, I think your understanding has improved.
and this seems possibly slightly related
Gh-Ra-Waw = to stir up, give rise, rouse, kindle, estrange, incite desire, tempt/seduce/allure, excite, glued, made adhere with, stick/attached, fond, wondered; a certain red dye.
aghra vb. (4)
perf. act. 514
impf. act. 3360Please explain how the above is related.
God bless you all
peace
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) So when I fell off a latter from the second floor, I wasn't in excruciating pain at all, it was an illusion!
Delusion instead of illusion is a better translation, I think your understanding has improved.
Please explain how the above is related.
God bless you all
peace
Tempt, seduce, allure, it seems the gr might have had some influence, but maybe not. Sometimes partial elements of a root can be found in similar roots at times. Anyway, it isn't important if it is actually related or not. The use of illusion or delusion or whatever else, the Qur'an mentions how things are transitory and fleeting and so only in that sense "less real" yet every experience is made of essentially the same "stuff" which is whatever can be "experienced" in some way.
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Tempt, seduce, allure, it seems the gr might have had some influence, but maybe not. Sometimes partial elements of a root can be found in similar roots at times. Anyway, it isn't important if it is actually related or not. The use of illusion or delusion or whatever else, the Qur'an mentions how things are transitory and fleeting and so only in that sense "less real" yet every experience is made of essentially the same "stuff" which is whatever can be "experienced" in some way.
Peace FreedomStands,
IMHO the distinction between illusion and delusion is important, that is my I conclusion
after reading some of the previous posts.God bless you
peace
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hi. thank you for standing up for muslim women and not letting islam be corrupted by misogynistic men. i am still looking for an answer to the question about this verse, i may never find one but i am glad i found another woman wondering the same things i do. i am still fairly new to islam and am trying to unlearn all the incorrect teachings and ideas that have been spread by ignorance. thank you for speaking up (
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Hello everyone,
I know that is a controversial sounding name for this topic. I have come across this particular verse and I am finding difficulty in shaking it off. I am curious how you guys would see this verse, which appear misogynous
314 Beautified for people is the love of that which they desire - of women and sons, heaped-up sums of gold and silver, fine branded horses, and cattle and tilled land. That is the enjoyment of worldly life, but Allah has with Him the best return.
The word 'Nas' is translated normally as 'mankind' or 'people'. And here it says that in PEOPLE itself they have been given the desire of WOMEN. I thought women were supposed to be people as well? Hence we women are being regarded as not even people in this case, but like cattle, or as property, for men who are apparently the real people. That's a serious objectification regarding women, or is a blatant error, either in the Quran's interpretation or the Arabic text itself.
People sometimes say it is other people's fault for misinterpreting the Quran and creating problems in the world. Looks like the Quran in several places actually approves of their actions as well to an extent. It even looks like many people's messed-up attitude is a direct result from reading the scripture, and coming across such verses. Some embarrassed translators translated 'Nas' as 'men', which is wrong.
I wonder how you guys would translate this verse. In this case both 'Nas' and 'Nisaa', or either one of them, would require a dramatic re-interpretation. Otherwise, the Quran very clearly stated something which objectifies women, since the wording in this verse is as though they are not being part of "real" people. I know it may look simple to casual viewers, and I had never properly glimpsed at it before, but now that I did, it has stuck in my head and disrupted my peace.
Salaam to all.
There is nothing wrong with the verse. Yes the verse does objectify women to a certain extent and there is absolutely nothing wrong with this. This is God's word not man's. The Quran does not teach equality between the species men and women because we are not equal period. This has always been the case since the beginning. God created man and gave MAN not women the role of leadership and caretaker of the earth. Anyone that says otherwise is twisting the scripture to push an agenda.
Feminism began with the work of jewish communist ideologues with the sole agenda to break down the nuclear family unit and destabilize society. Women have their roles and men have their roles. The men are in charge of the household. It is the man that has the responsibility to provide and protect for their women and it is also incumbent upon the men to fight in wars where necessary and die. Men hold the weight of world on their shoulders because it is the men that have to be the leaders of society, and the caretakers of the earth and their household. This is true today more than ever. All you have to do is look at all the jobs that run a functional society. The roads, the buildings, the cars, the boats, the planes just about everything is built, designed and maintained by men.
Women have a special role as being a source of refuge and comfort for the men. They are like an oasis in a vast dessert. There role is be a source of comfort for the men and bear their children. We both are required to uphold God's law and God is above both of us and God has made men in the heads of the household. You may not like it, you may hate it, but that is God's system. Do not try to twist God's system to suit your own ends. I'm not accusing you of this but I'm seeing Muslims in the Quran Alone movement trying to push an agenda and one of those agendas is Feminism which is the work of the devil to destroy women and destroy families. Feminism is a curse upon humanity and it has destroyed families and turned women into masculine whores with no real purpose in life except to sleep with a thousand men and die as old maids with a hundred cats.
Regards,
Kevin