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the reading(quran) is not the title of any book

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    zsrin
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    Peace Ahmed,

    4523 Have you seen the one who took his ego as his god, and God led him astray, despite his knowledge, and He sealed his hearing and his heart, and He made a veil on his eyes? Who then can guide him after God? Will you not remember?

    I guess, you need to understand the verse above more than me...

    Anyway,

    4623 He said "The knowledge of it is with God; and I only convey to you what I was sent with. However, I see that you are a people who are ignorant."

    Try to understand something from the verse above...

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      Peace Ahmed,

      peace bro

      4523 Have you seen the one who took his ego as his god, and God led him astray, despite his knowledge, and He sealed his hearing and his heart, and He made a veil on his eyes? Who then can guide him after God? Will you not remember?

      I guess, you need to understand the verse above more than me...

      wrong translation sorry, i posted the right one, "Hawah" does not mean ego, this is wrong 100%

      I guess for a native and fluent arabic speaker the odds is likely, the arabuc verses be more understood than those who don't speak arabic and can only resort to misleading translations

      see, I don't need the above flawed translation, neither I need the right translation, i only read the Quran in Arabic because I'm blessed to have a native arabic tongue

      see I will be so dumb that I speak arabic and I read the Quran in another language lol

      Anyway,

      4623 He said "The knowledge of it is with God; and I only convey to you what I was sent with. However, I see that you are a people who are ignorant."

      Try to understand something from the verse above...

      I do understand it well, why on earth you think I don't understand it?, this is bizzare, do you know me mister?, you just joined today for god sake lol

      how many times you read the Quran in arabic throrougly, do you mind if I ask

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        zsrin
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        Peace Ahmed,

        Actually I am about to go out before I saw your last message..Ok, I don't speak Arabic..so can you explain to me the exact meaning of it? Anyway? So I guess you're fluent in English as you're fluent in Arabic? can you explain to me the meaning of "vain"????

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          unknownuser
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          cool bro, i'm about to got to bed

          Yep I'm fluent in arabic including its tough grammar

          I'm very good in english and speak it for the last 17 years, very bad in spelling and I don't mislead others by using ms word lol , but that is good enough for me to know that "Howa" means "Desire" clear as light

          good night

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            Peace Ahmed,

            Actually I am about to go out before I saw your last message..Ok, I don't speak Arabic..so can you explain to me the exact meaning of it? Anyway? So I guess you're fluent in English as you're fluent in Arabic? can you explain to me the meaning of "vain"????

            oh sorry forgot the vain word, you can search google for another english meaning

            I only translate Arabic to English, or Arabic to Arabic

            not English to Arabic neither English to English

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              el-Aziz
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              without the koran , i couldnt see the right path . my eyes didnt tell me the difference between right and wrong . i had no criterion to distinguish .

              That means there's something wrong with your perception. God gave us the mind and the eye sight and the heart to summon things up with common divine sense.
              So how is it that one or more of these things aren't functioning properly? Why didn't God give you such a functioning perception but made you dependent on a book and not your own soul?

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                el-Aziz
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                Ahmed,

                I see where you're heading but I haven't yet figured out what cannot be reproduced similar to the Koran.

                The Koran is written in a grammatically not too interesting manner. The grammar is not too difficult and it is clear, but still pretty poor. It is what I would call the end of ancient and primitive Semitic languages. Modern compared to its ancestors, but still not too complex or refined. This is the Quraishi Arabic of the Koran.

                Since no one really doesn?t speak the language any longer (and the assertion that there was no distinctive difference between street and literal language, cannot really be confirmed, can it?) it is obviously more difficult for someone to create a language similar too it. But it can still be made.
                Let?s just take Sanskrit as an example. An extremely old and complex language that I for myself is fully able to write just like the old Hindu writers did thousands of years ago. So what would be different about the Quraishi Arabic of the Koran? I can?t figure it out!

                If someone about 1400, 1300 years ago perceived this ?challenge? the same way you do and did come up with ?something similar to it?, we can?t really know, can we?

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                  Peace be upon you Zsrin,

                  Thank you for bringing more reason into this discussion, very well stated reasoning.

                  Ahmed, you keep speaking of this "challenge". The "challenge" is to bring a structure(surah) or sign(ayat) like the Universe(Kitaab).

                  Yoo can never do it.

                  It has nothing to do with writing a book, that would be subjective. When you understand that it is Universal Law that we are dealing with, what can you bring that is not part of the Universe already? Can you do it?

                  Stop idolizing a book and stop idolizing a language, become idolfree

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                    Elke
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                    become idolfree

                    that would be idolfree2 then... lol if everything goes all right on this forum there will be millions of them

                    peace all
                    lk

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                      without the koran , i couldnt see the right path . my eyes didnt tell me the difference between right and wrong . i had no criterion to distinguish .

                      That means there's something wrong with your perception. God gave us the mind and the eye sight and the heart to summon things up with common divine sense.
                      So how is it that one or more of these things aren't functioning properly? Why didn't God give you such a functioning perception ...

                      God gave us the book for that function . to serve as a Criterion . whats wrong with ? why dont u follow it , instead of asking for a "functioning perception" for a criterion ?

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                        Peace be upon you Zsrin,

                        Thank you for bringing more reason into this discussion, very well stated reasoning.

                        Ahmed, you keep speaking of this "challenge". The "challenge" is to bring a structure(surah) or sign(ayat) like the Universe(Kitaab).

                        Yoo can never do it.

                        It has nothing to do with writing a book, that would be subjective. When you understand that it is Universal Law that we are dealing with, what can you bring that is not part of the Universe already? Can you do it?

                        Stop idolizing a book and stop idolizing a language, become idolfree D

                        lol

                        very funny bro, thanks

                        sorry I have to rush to pray to my god the Quran, haha

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                          el-Aziz
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                          Peace Ahmed,

                          Actually I am about to go out before I saw your last message..Ok, I don't speak Arabic..so can you explain to me the exact meaning of it? Anyway? So I guess you're fluent in English as you're fluent in Arabic? can you explain to me the meaning of "vain"????

                          What is your native language zsrin?

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                            el-Aziz
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                            without the koran , i couldnt see the right path . my eyes didnt tell me the difference between right and wrong . i had no criterion to distinguish .

                            That means there's something wrong with your perception. God gave us the mind and the eye sight and the heart to summon things up with common divine sense.
                            So how is it that one or more of these things aren't functioning properly? Why didn't God give you such a functioning perception ...

                            God gave us the book for that function . to serve as a Criterion . whats wrong with ? why dont u follow it , instead of asking for a "functioning perception" for a criterion ?

                            God did not give us a book for the function of seeing, no. He gave us our own perception with eye sight, intellect and our hearts. A book is not a part of your own perception.

                            The Koran says that it is your very own sight and perception that you are responsible of and that is constantly "...aquestioned about it (1736)". It does not say "...inna l-basra, wa l-f?'?da wa l-kutub k?na `anhu mas'?lan". Your own heart is your responsibility, so don't let things you can't know for certain about misguide you. And by that I'm not tallking about the Koran, but your way of looking at it.

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                              el-Aziz
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                              but that is good enough for me to know that "Howa" means "Desire" clear as light

                              "...ashr?na ?man...y? kit?b al haww?
                              wa lem azal f? ec-cafhat el ?l?"

                              (/nizar qabbani)

                              😉

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                                zsrin
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                                Peace,

                                Anyway, Ahmed... Are u avoiding from answering my question?

                                "Vain Desire" and Ego, whats the different?? As my understanding...

                                vain
                                adj 1 characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense
                                of self-importance; "a conceited fool"; "an attitude
                                of self-conceited arrogance"; "an egotistical
                                disregard of others"; "so swollen by victory that he
                                was unfit for normal duty"; "growing ever more
                                swollen-headed and arbitrary"; "vain about her
                                clothes"

                                desire
                                n 1 the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
                                2 an inclination to want things; "a man of many desires"
                                3 something that is desired
                                v 1 feel or have a desire for; want strongly; "I want to go home
                                now; "I want my own room"
                                2 expect with desire; "I trust you will behave better from now
                                on"; "I hope she understands that she cannot expect a
                                raise"
                                3 express a desire for

                                ego
                                n 1 an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others

                                2 your consciousness of your own identity
                                3 (psychoanalysis) the conscious mind

                                So can we say "vain desire" mean something like "the feeling to have something that has the sense of self-importance"

                                So, whats the different between that and being "egoistic"???

                                Egoistic \Ego*is"tic\, Egoistical \Egois"tical, a.
                                Pertaining to egoism; imbued with egoism or excessive
                                thoughts of self; self-loving.

                                So, is my understanding wrong??

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                                  unknownuser
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                                  Anyway, Ahmed... Are u avoiding from answering my question?

                                  Peace

                                  no I'm not avoiding it, i'm not interested to answer it, that's all

                                  "Vain Desire" and Ego, whats the different?? As my understanding...

                                  vain
                                  adj 1 characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense
                                  of self-importance; "a conceited fool"; "an attitude
                                  of self-conceited arrogance"; "an egotistical
                                  disregard of others"; "so swollen by victory that he
                                  was unfit for normal duty"; "growing ever more
                                  swollen-headed and arbitrary"; "vain about her
                                  clothes"

                                  desire
                                  n 1 the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
                                  2 an inclination to want things; "a man of many desires"
                                  3 something that is desired
                                  v 1 feel or have a desire for; want strongly; "I want to go home
                                  now; "I want my own room"
                                  2 expect with desire; "I trust you will behave better from now
                                  on"; "I hope she understands that she cannot expect a
                                  raise"
                                  3 express a desire for

                                  ego
                                  n 1 an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others

                                  2 your consciousness of your own identity
                                  3 (psychoanalysis) the conscious mind

                                  good, but I don't need it, I speak fluent Arabic and I read the Quran in Arabic

                                  o can we say "vain desire" mean something like "the feeling to have something that has the sense of self-importance"

                                  I don't know, but what i know that "Hawa" means 100% "desire"

                                  So, whats the different between that and being "egoistic"???

                                  not ssure, but what that has to do with "Hawa"?

                                  Egoistic \Ego*is"tic\, Egoistical \Egois"tical, a.
                                  Pertaining to egoism; imbued with egoism or excessive
                                  thoughts of self; self-loving.

                                  thanks again, but i'm not planning to be fluent in English, it is impossible due to learning it at old age so i'm not going to waste my time lol

                                  So, is my understanding wrong??

                                  I'm not sure really, I'm not knowledgable with the english language yet to know how one word can have many meanings, what I'm sure about that "Hawa" means "Desire", for example, "Ana Ahwa to fly all the time" means "I desire to fly all the time", "Ana Ahwa my wife" means "I desire my wife", not sure where ego can fit in here?

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                                    zsrin
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                                    Ahmed,

                                    I guess you're too proud of your "Arabic" that you failed to understand my question, I asked you what do you understand with "vain desire"..

                                    you translated the verse as

                                    "Then seest thou such a one as takes as his god his own VAIN DESIRE? Allah has, knowing (him as such), left him astray, and sealed his hearing and his heart (and understanding), and put a cover on his sight. Who, then, will guide him after Allah (has withdrawn Guidance)? Will ye not then receive admonition? "

                                    I just want to know what you understand with "vain desire"????? Can I it be "ego" instead of "vain desire"?

                                    Well, for me, whether its "ego", "vain desire", or "feeling of having something that has the sense of self-importance", is not important as long as I understand the meaning..In Mandarin, a single "character" can explain something that takes 10 words to explain in English, but yet, it is all the same thing when you understand the meaning....
                                    Anyway, for me, desire springs from the ego and love of self...

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                                      but that is good enough for me to know that "Howa" means "Desire" clear as light

                                      "...ashr?na ?man...y? kit?b al haww?
                                      wa lem azal f? ec-cafhat el ?l?"

                                      (/nizar qabbani)

                                      😉

                                      sure he was documenting his desires, possibly a love to a woman, or any thing elase that he desired and wanted to be documented so he spent 20 years documenting the desires

                                      Peace bro

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                                        zsrin
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                                        ..what I'm sure about that "Hawa" means "Desire", for example, "Ana Ahwa to fly all the time" means "I desire to fly all the time", "Ana Ahwa my wife" means "I desire my wife", not sure where ego can fit in here?

                                        Simple, ask yourself, whats the meaning of the word "desire" in the first place and what made us to have the feeling of "desire"...knowing the meaning is not enough, understanding the meaning is more important..

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                                          unknownuser
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                                          Ahmed,

                                          Hello

                                          I guess you're too proud of your "Arabic" that you failed to understand my question,

                                          not sure about that, did you ask me the question in Arabic?

                                          I asked you what do you understand with "vain desire"

                                          and I told you I don?t give meanings to a language that I?m not fluent at, , if you aske me what ?Hawah?. ? ? means in Arabic or in English, I will be happy to answer that

                                          you translated the verse as

                                          "Then seest thou such a one as takes as his god his own VAIN DESIRE? Allah has, knowing (him as such), left him astray, and sealed his hearing and his heart (and understanding), and put a cover on his sight. Who, then, will guide him after Allah (has withdrawn Guidance)? Will ye not then receive admonition? "

                                          I?m sorry, it is not my translation, obviously you failed to recognise that it was translated by YUSUFALI

                                          YUSUFALI Then seest thou such a one as takes as his god his own vain desire? Allah has, knowing (him as such), left him astray, and sealed his hearing and his heart (and understanding), and put a cover on his sight. Who, then, will guide him after Allah (has withdrawn Guidance)? Will ye not then receive admonition?

                                          PICKTHAL Hast thou seen him who maketh his desire his god, and Allah sendeth him astray purposely, and sealeth up his hearing and his heart, and setteth on his sight a covering? Then who will lead him after Allah (hath condemned him)? Will ye not then heed?

                                          SHAKIR Have you then considered him who takes his low desire for his god, and Allah has made him err having knowledge and has set a seal upon his ear and his heart and put a covering upon his eye. Who can then guide him after Allah? Will you not then be mindful?

                                          (23)

                                          -> See, it was not me, it was Yusuf Smart Ali, however the most accurate one who translated the word ?Hawa? should be PICKTHAL the way I see it

                                          I just want to know what you understand with "vain desire"????? Can I it be "ego" instead of "vain desire"?

                                          no it can?t be, the word ?Vain? is not in the arabic text therefore I?m not interetesed to include it, only the word desire is there as PICKTHAL successfully translated, but it should be logically understood ?his own desires about what God should be or whay He should did/do?

                                          Well, for me, whether its "ego", "vain desire", or "feeling of having something that has the sense of self-importance", is not important as long as I understand the meaning..In Mandarin, a single "character" can explain something that takes 10 words to explain in English, but yet, it is all the same thing when you understand the meaning....

                                          well, it can?t be ego, as ego means ?Kebria?a? and was used many times in the Quran

                                          Anyway, for me, desire springs from the ego and love of self...

                                          desires also can be motivated by the love to other things, therefore it can not include ego

                                          peace

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