Is the Qur'an Written in Pure Arabic? -Article
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Hi there,
Rafiqul-Haqq and Newton demonstrate in their foundational essay that the readings given below are errors in the Quranic Arabic grammar, and provide corrected readings based upon accepted rules of Classical Arabic grammar6
In 2177, there are actually FIVE grammatical errors
'aaman should read tu'minuu
'aata shoud be tu'tuu
'aqaama should be tuqimuu
'aata shoud be tu'tuu
saabiriina should be saabiruunaThe yakuun in 359 should read kana
The muqiimiin in 4162 should read muqiimuun
The Saabi'uuna in 569 should read Saabi'iina
The qaribun in 756 should read qaribah
The asbatan in 7160 should read sebtan
The 'asarru in 213 should read 'asarra
The 'ikhtasamuu in 2219 should read 'ikhtasamaa
The ta'e'een in 4111 should read be ta'e'atain
The 'eq-tatalu in 499 should read 'eqtatalata
The 'akun in 6310 should read 'akuuna
The ma in 915 should read man
The haazaani in 2063 should read haazayn
http//www.studytoanswer.net/islam/purearabic.htmlI'm a student of the Quran and it's arabic, and if someone could either confirm or refute the grammatical arguments for me with indepth explanations, I'd be most grateful.
I'd like this to be a thread about the grammar of the quran, and do not wish to go into the relation between the quran being grammatically correct and that being proof of it divine origins.
Nadeem
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I would call it difference between old and modern grammar. Al-Quran authenticates Sibawaih's grammar, not the other way round. If not for being devine, at least because it precedes it.
And "Arabic" does not mean "Arabic language", but "explained, clear language". Verbs derived from the root 3 R B are still used to mean "express" or clarify. When used in Arabic linguistics, the verb "'a3raba" does not mean "translate into Arabic", for exaple, but means analyse the sentence/word/phrase so as to clarify the meaning. Same verb used to mean "express" in "express one's feelings".
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Salaam warner
What would be my "reference" to check those errors? Maybe the error is in Seibawaih's understanding of the grammar of the Quran, or maybe the Quran was revealed in the spoken language (no strict grammar) and hence it was arabic (clear, undrstandable). Read this
http//www.free-minds.org/articles/science/language.htm -
The meaning will not change. These are the kind of "errors" we use in the spoken Arabic no case ending; no dual verbs or adjectives (and sometimes no dual nouns); sound plural is commonly in the accusative/genetive , moving from the 1st person to the 3rd person...
I never thought of this before I read Ayman's article, but I am more inclined to believe that the Quran was revealed in the spoken language, and was understood; until Sibawaih complicated everything '(