Safarah
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Hello All
This is bizzare, some Muslims and non Muslims say that the quran was written by scribes as stated in sura 80, well I challenge anyone in the whole bloody world to show me where is it in the sura?, I'm sure no one will come forward, here is the whole sura in Arabic, but please don't be silly and bring the word "scribes" from those misleading and ignorant english translations because the Quran is in Arabic, if you don't know how to speak arabic then find someone you trust, whom you can ask the million dollar question, where are the scribes mentioned in sura 80?
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Salaam AhmedBahgat,
May I ask how you translate 8015 then? I'm sure you know why I asked. ;D
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Salam bro
of course I know, and sure you know what I told danish about it
8015 is the cause of the action mentioned in 8014 "Marfooah Muttaharah" this is evident by the Bi at the start of 8015, therefore the action we have in hand is not really "WRITING DOWN", rather "MARFOOAH MUTTAHARA", and this literally means "ELEVATED AND CLEANED", i,e, we don't have an action of "WRITING" that many ignorantly suggest, as well SAFIR is he singualr of SAFARAH and does not mean SCRIBER, it actually means an Ambassador , or the one who travels a lot, in fact, that is what the arabs use for their Ambaassadors in their embassies in other countries, they are called exactly the same
now, how a human scriber be decribed as Safir?, I have no idea indeed, this is the flaw those who promote that misleading claim that will never be able to explain, also 8016 is related to 8015 because it describes those "SAFARAH" as "KIRAM BARRAH", now i have to ask, why any human who writes the Quran be desctibed as such?, i guess a human Quran writer can be a liar and a deceiver as well, don't you agree?, on the other hand we see the angels been described exactly the same in another location in the Quran and we know that the angels are in constant travel and we know that all the angels "ALL OF THEM" are "Kiram and Barrah" and we know that they also the Ambassadors of Allah to His prophets, therefore this human scribes claim is noting but a clear cut conjesture and also a lie because we don't have the names who wrote the Quran down other than we know it was allready written and only collected by Uthman
Salam
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Ahmed, you are mistaken.
Safeer (not saafir) comes from the meaning of 'safara' which is 'to remove the veil or to unveil. It also means to shine or glow.
Safeer is an ambassador he is the vehicle of unveiling, a mediator unveils the veil of confusion or ignorance in a lot of ways. You know Arabic works like this, with these stretches of meaning.
Sifaarah is an emmbassy but it is an embassy because it is a means of mediation.
Now because you are only familir with Modern Arabic you are confused by these old terms that not many use any more. The Quran is in ancient Arabic, remember that. Arabic has not stayed the same for the thousand + years since the birth of the Quran.
If you look up 'saafir' in a good dictionary you will see 'scribe.'? It could be for the same reason that an embassador is called a safeer. However, the word 'sifr' (pl. asfaar) means "book." So it would make sense that a scribe would be called a 'saafir' or a 'booker.' And the plural is 'safarah'. Please don't talk about the langauge that the "Arabs" of today use. It doesn't apply, and that is why you don't understand this simple meaning.
I've been trying to tell you this for a long time. But you'll probably just get angry and tell me that I don't know what I'm talking about. I know Arabs are a very emotional people, but set aside your emotion and your pride and see the truth of this issue. The truth that I've been trying to beat over your head for a long time now.
Godbless,
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Peace ahmedbhaghat.
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Anwar
From the first line I knew that you are talking BS because also the traditionalist like Ibn Kathir also said they are the angels, also your ignorance is evident because in the whole sura we have never seen any action or WRITING DOWN, it was ?Marfooah Muttahara?, haha
Anwar, please understand I took my decision not to waste my time with ya, but how about this mister, why not debate me under the moderated debates?, other than this, you can read my posts and I will not respond neither I will read your posts
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Whussup with you? You got a really nasty attitude. I can be just as nasty as you so don't take pride in the fact that you have a messed up view on life and what you think know. Listen I don't have time for dealing with your issues and attitude instead of addressing the topic. I could say the same things like "i'm wasting my time with you . . . etc. etc." but I know that that is not exactly the best speech that God asks us to employ. I guess God put people like you on the earth as a test for patience, especially mine, but you really need to do some self reflection on how you come off. You are really negative and the image you put off is really, really arrogant. Stop.
Godbless,
AnwarPlease read my post again.
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Nothing wroing with me, i'm just ignoring you, that's all
all the best to ya
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Salaam AhmedBahgat,
Thanks for the input, I'll chew on that. Moreoever, the input from bro Anwar is something that I have to study as well.
And really sorry for the late reply. I was sick yesterday and had to stay in bed the whole day. ;D
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No worries Adley
just be aware of the following important points
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there was no action of writing or recording in the whole sura
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the angels on another verse were decribed with the same word Kiram
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the actions mentioned by those are Marfooah and Muttahara, this can't really be linked to humans because humans only need to follow it not to elevate it and clean it (literally speaking)
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the plural of Safir (Traveller) is (Sufarra) or (Safarra) (Travellers) depending on the tashkil and the second one is the one that was used in 8015, I have to ask, why a Quran writer will be described as Safir (traveller)?, there will be no logical refute to this unless they stretch it beyond the common sense
Cheers
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- the angels on another verse were decribed with the same word Kiram
Which verse is that and what does 'Kiram' mean to you? I'll get to your other points in reference to 8015. Thanks.
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- the angels on another verse were decribed with the same word Kiram
Which verse is that and what does 'Kiram' mean to you? I'll get to your other points in reference to 8015. Thanks.
Peace Danish
I can see that you still insist that the Quran said some scribes wrote down the Quran, fine bro I will have one more go with you and every time I will have a go you will see adding more info from the Quran that confirm my refute, you will be able to see it but only if you are not biased to your ego, so your question was where else the Quran described the angels as ?Kiram?, before I answer this question which has a surprise to you I would like to walk you again through 8011-16 where you allege that 8015 says the Quran was written down by scribes
11 Nay! surely it is an admonishment.
12 So let him who pleases mind it.
13 In honored books,
14 Exalted, purified,
15 Via the hands of Safarah
16 Honorable, virtuous.
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(16)-> Verse 11, obviously talking about the Quran that it is ?Nay! surely it is an admonishment.?
-> Verse 12, this is the freewill given to us who wish to mind the Quran ? So let him who pleases mind it.? obviously the verse is saying indirectly ? let him who pleases NOT TO mind it.?
-> Verse 13, is describing the admonishment in the Quran as ?In honored books,?
-> Verses 14, now here it seems your problem starts, verse 14 is also describing the Quran as ?Exalted, purified?, now please tell me, what these actions has to do with following the Quran?, my question has merit because we only requested to do the following actions regarding the Quran
- Read it and ponder it
- If it is read we should listen and listen well
- Follow it
I can?t really see that ? Exalted, purified? fit in what we are requested to do regarding the Quran, I agree that the Quran feels as such ?Exalted, purified? but that action of ?Exalted, purified? is done by others not by us,they are ?Allah and His angels?, in this verse it has to mean the angels because the following verse is connected to it through the ?Bi?, which means literally ?Via?, i.e. the action of ?Exalted, purified? is done VIA
-> Verse 15, the word Safara clearly is a plural, therefore it must should mean the angels especially Allah never decribed Himself as a safir to be part of this plural along with the angels performing the actions of ?Exalted, purified? mentioned in the previous verse, this action is via ?Via the hands of Safarah ?, it will be very unreasonable to suggest that Safarah means ?Writers? because Writers means ?Katibeen? in Arabic it looks like this ? ? , and sure in Arabic the word Safir means ?Traveller?, therefore for those who suggest that Travelling is an action that means Writing must be on drugs, also I?m sure that not all Quran Authors ?if there was any as alleged by you? were travellers, certainly some stayed in the same location all their life, unless you can prove to me that they were bloody travelling all life long but before you will be even able to do that you need to identify who were those scribes first?, on the other hand we bloody know that the angels are travelling all the time in awesome speeds
-> Verse 16, this is where the word Kiram is describing those angels who are exalting and purifying the Quran, and sure Kiram means Honorable ?Honorable, virtuous?
Now you asked me where else the Quran described the angels as Kiram, well I have a surprise to you body, this really made me laugh hard man, I will tell you why, in the above discussion I explained to you that Writers in Arabic means ?Katibeen?, now in the following verses 8210-12 (not too far from sura 80) we read about the angels who record what we do in the books that will be given to each one of us on the JD, i.e. Allah in these verses is not talking about the whole angels RATHER and I stress it, a specific group of the angels, those specific angels have a job, their job is simply ?WRITING WHAT WE DO?, Subhan Allah bro, they are Called WRITERS by Allah in the Quran, they are called ?KATIBEEN? by Allah in the Quran, along with that, they were called Kiram because this description of being honourable applies to all angels including those WRITERS, Subhan Allah again man, you should submit bro
10 And most surely there are keepers over you
11 Honorable recorders,
12 They know what you do.
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(12)-> See Danish, in 8211 ? ?, literally, Honorable, writers and was translated as ? Honorable recorders?
Now here is a tough Question for you my friend
WHY ALLAH DID?T CALL YOUR IMAGINARY SCRIBES IN 8016 AS ?KIRAM KATIBEEN? IF THEY WERE AS SUCH BEARING IN MIND THAT ALLAH CALLED THE ANGELS WHO RECORD WHAT WE DO AS ?KIRAM KATIBEEN? as we read in 8211?
As I said bro, you should submit to your God and His message to you
Good Night it is 200 am
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Salaam Ahmed,
I asked you for a simple verse and the meaning of 'kiram' and you gave a lengthy response with extra unwanted baggage. Nevertheless, when you talk a lot, it is to my advantage.
The word 'kiram' and its derivatives such as 'karim or kareem' to mean honorable, virtuous, generous, pious, righteous, etc. are found throughtout the Quran and is NOT specific to angels. The entire surah 80 speaks about humans, not angels. There is not a word or even a hint which suggests anything to do with angels (malaika) in surah 80. Humans are the ones who travel about to spread the message given, even upto this day and will continue to do so, NOT some mythical angels with wings (as suggested by 351) running around from town to town automatically becoming 'safaras' (travelers) by your wishy washy notions. Also note that I can call any human who posses the status of being honorable, virtuous, righteous, etc., "an angel" (metaphorically speaking). Besides, the status of being honorable is opted towards humans and not angels whom we have neither seen, heard of or witnessed. Last but not least, the word 'angel' can be understood in several ways.
Now here is a tough Question for you my friend
WHY ALLAH DID?T CALL YOUR IMAGINARY SCRIBES IN 8016 AS ?KIRAM KATIBEEN? IF THEY WERE AS SUCH BEARING IN MIND THAT ALLAH CALLED THE ANGELS WHO RECORD WHAT WE DO AS ?KIRAM KATIBEEN? as we read in 8211?
That's a piece of cake and here's my response
BECAUSE THE ENTIRE VERSE SPEAKS IN REFERENCE TO HUMANS, NOT ANGELS. "KIRAM/KARIM" IS NOT SPECIFIC TO ANYTHING AND ALL BOOKS IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND HAVE BEEN/ARE ONLY WRITTEN BY HUMANS (MALE/FEMALE), AND THE QURAN BEING AS SUCH. -
This is bizzare, some Muslims and non Muslims say that the quran was written by scribes as stated in sura 80, well I challenge anyone in the whole bloody world to show me where is it in the sura?, I'm sure no one will come forward, here is the whole sura in Arabic, but please don't be silly and bring the word "scribes" from those misleading and ignorant english translations because the Quran is in Arabic, if you don't know how to speak arabic then find someone you trust, whom you can ask the million dollar question, where are the scribes mentioned in sura 80?
I also challenge you to bring the word angel (malaika) mentioned in the entire "surah 80", let alone 8015-16. Your challenges are futile and mute.
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Danish
Just bloody say Thank you instead of your normal rants as I stayed to 200 AM wrting it for ya, well if you don't like my lengthy replies don't ask me any more questions
for you normal rants, you stikl failed to answer why they were called Travellers?
and also where is the action of writing down the quran in sura 80? does not exist
si you just made to yourslef an illusiion and running hot to make it a fact, LOL
for the word Karim, yeh a few was described as such including Allah, so what is your point exactly?
here is the point if I can't prove that they are angels then you should not manipuilate the verses and add an action of writing that does not exist I call this forgery
Salam
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Danish,
Grab a good Old-Arabic dictionary. And look under safarah. Wehrs has it, it is not exactly an old-Arabic dictionary exactly and includes some modern meanings, but it's there. Other dictionaries have it also. Ahmed thinks that his limited knowledge is better than the collective knowledge of other more knowledgeable Arabs compiled into a book and translated into English. There are alot of Old-Arabic words that don't mean what they mean now. No one means 'deen' for law or goverment, or for judgement, and there are tons of other words like these in Old-Arabic and in the Old-Arabic of the Quran that have completely different modern meanings now.
Godbless,
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Peace all,
One of the meanings given in Lane Lexicon for "saafir" is writer or scribe, or angels who record actions. Another meaning of "saafir" (plural safaratin) according to Lane Lexicon is messenger. The occurrences of the root SFR in al-qur'aan are in the following verses
625 meaning books
2184, 2185, 2283, 443, 56, 942, 1862, 3419 meaning traveling or journey.
8015 meaning ? translated scribes by majority of translators (could mean angel messengers too)
7434 meaning bright/shining
8038 meaning bright/shining
Brother Ahmed does have a point though that the preceding verse 8014 means "raised/exalted and purified" and there is no mention of writing, and that the "bi" at the beginning of 8015 refers to the action of raising and purifying mentioned in 8014 and not writing. The question is why did the majority of translators translate SFR in 8015 to scribes ?
Transliteration Bi-aydee safaratin
Literal By messengers'/scribes'/writers' hands.
Free-Minds By the hands of scribes.
Rashad Khalifa (Written) by the hands of messengers.
Yusuf Ali (Written) by the hands of scribes-
Shakir In the hands of scribes
Pickthal (Set down) by scribes
Arberry by the hands of scribes
George Sale by the hands of scribes honoured,
Hilali/Khan In the hands of scribes (angels).
Malik and which remain in the hands of scribes,
Maulana Ali In the hands of scribes,
QXP By the hands of Scribes.
Sarwar by the hands of the noble, virtuous,
M. Asad by the hands of messengersWhat is interesting is in 2283, both "safarin" meaning "traveling" and "kaatiban" meaning "scribe" is mentioned, so it is unlikey that in 8015 it means scribe.
2283 And if you are traveling (safarin) or do not find a scribe (kaatiban), then a pledge of collateral.
The word used in 8015 is "safaratin" which is the plural of "saafir" most likely meaning "messengers" in context of 8015, referring to angels.
Only Allah knows best.
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Peace Tanveer,
Safar means travel, Asfar is its plural and safara meaning travelers. The travelers (safara) were people/humans/scribes.
8015 meaning ? translated scribes by majority of translators (could mean angel messengers too)
Brother Ahmed does have a point though that the preceding verse 8014 means "raised/exalted and purified" and there is no mention of writing, and that the "bi" at the beginning of 8015 refers to the action of raising and purifying mentioned in 8014 and not writing.
The word used in 8015 is "safaratin" which is the plural of "saafir" most likely meaning "messengers" in context of 8015, referring to angels.
The angels are out of question as explained earlier. Besides 'angels' are not the ones getting "raised, exalted and purified" but humans. Also, we do not know who and what angels are and never heard, seen or witnessed one (specially with wings), and I am inclining towards Kyle's thesis.
The question is why did the majority of translators translate SFR in 8015 to scribes ?
You've given your own answer below and scribes back then were travelers, though I believe travelers make better sense
Transliteration Bi-aydee safaratin
Literal By messengers'/scribes'/writers' hands.
Free-Minds By the hands of scribes.
Rashad Khalifa (Written) by the hands of messengers.
Yusuf Ali (Written) by the hands of scribes-
Shakir In the hands of scribes
Pickthal (Set down) by scribes
Arberry by the hands of scribes
George Sale by the hands of scribes honoured,
Hilali/Khan In the hands of scribes (angels).
Malik and which remain in the hands of scribes,
Maulana Ali In the hands of scribes,
QXP By the hands of Scribes.
Sarwar by the hands of the noble, virtuous,
M. Asad by the hands of messengers.By the way do you know what "aydee" means?
What is interesting is in 2283, both "safarin" meaning "traveling" and "kaatiban" meaning "scribe" is mentioned, so it is unlikey that in 8015 it means scribe.
2283 And if you are traveling (safarin) or do not find a scribe (kaatiban), then a pledge of collateral.
Once again, I understand "kaatiban" as writers (from the word kitaab/kutub) who were people/humans/scribes. This verse tells us that in those days, when people were traveling and could not find a "writer", then simply an oral "pledge or a vow" would suffice as trustworthy collateral.
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Salaamun alaikum,
I'm with AB on this one. Do not forget that al-quraan is kitaaban MUTASHABIHAN mathaany (39/23). The mutashabih (containing similarities) aspect is a powerful tool in determining meaning. The root SFR has been used for travelling and so a 'saafir' must certainly be a traveller. This is further augmented by the assertion that Allah protects az-zikr (the eminent one). Travellers carrying al-quraan has made it eminent to the world.