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Linguistic riddle solved, for those who want to learn

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    bkanwar2
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    Next verse

    5923

    He who doesn?t worship is he who fears flight of his reason and intellect due to joy of worship; besides, he is the sovereign far removed from all imperfections, secure and safe staying away from evils at all times, the one who renders mankind secure from his wrongdoings, the mighty restorer of imperfection to perfection, the majestic. Far removed is he who doesn?t worship from that they associate with him.

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      hanslan
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      Next verse

      5923

      He who doesn?t worship is he who fears flight of his reason and intellect due to joy of worship; besides, he is the sovereign far removed from all imperfections, secure and safe staying away from evils at all times, the one who renders mankind secure from his wrongdoings, the mighty restorer of imperfection to perfection, the majestic. Far removed is he who doesn?t worship from that they associate with him.

      I think 'He who doesn't worship' is more appropriately translated to 'he who doesn't require worship/adoration'.

      So Allah is not a God. A God is created by humans. As per the Quran, anything or anyone can become a God - as long as a human worships and adores. Once worship and adoration is absent, a God cease to exist just like the roman gods or any ancient gods.

      Allah is our creator thus our master or Rabb. Allah does not require us to worship or adoration for Him to exist. Allah does not have a name, as He was never created, the 99 names are names created by Allah as his attributes which were taught to Adam and humans. The names were taught for humans to carry out the task of being the world's appointed manager. Unfortunately for humans, we are hasty, short term is our goal and thus majority fails the test that Allah has set for us. We use the 99 names everyday, but never to the potential that it should be used for, thus we get hardship in this world.

      Peace.

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        bkanwar2
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        Since Allah is not the name of Rabb. Rather it means "He who doesn't worship". Therefore, so called names of Allah or attributes wouldn't have anyhing to do with Rabb. These are supposed to be attribute of one who is first willing to be the one who is not worshiper.

        Are their any takers of real concepts of Quran and willing to adopt these attributes as non-worshipers or all are happy in their state of being worshipers of imaginary gods?

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          Man_of_Faith
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          It is correct that Rabb is the "name" of God. Allah is the image of Being.

          Linguistically the word Allah cannot be a name either because you can grammatically not put AL in front of a proper noun without separating the AL from the name. You will never find the name of a person in Quran with the AL prefix directly attributed to it.

          Like I have written before, the word Allah is also a form of the root to AL, it is AL L and the third-person pronoun heh. It is a very special form of of Aleh which is AL and third-person singular that means 'is who' while allah means 'is who is'.

          Be well
          Amenuel

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            uq
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            I would like to address a few points.

            1. It is extremely anomalous to orthographically adjoin to a verb. This type of adjoining doesn't occur once in the Quran, and I have never seen it written as such in Classical Arabic. Thus, the proposal of the contiguous merger of three words (a pronoun, a particle, and a verb) in contravenes orthographic principles.

            2. In the reading of af via 'im, which I assume you are using, an initial Hamza is not elided like it is in other readings (as in Warsh or Qln), therefore, entertaining your theory as true, should correctly be pronounced, and written, as , you simply cannot elide the medial Hamza belonging to the verb. Thus, the proposal of a Hamza-initialled verb existing in contravenes enunciatory principles.

            3. To suggest that cannot be a noun derived from and which both, over time, mutated to become for ease of pronunciation is in my estimation far-fetched. Thus, the proposal of and not being precursors to the word whilst proposing a three-worded phrasal precursor for an orthographic compound contravenes etymological principles.

            4. It goes without saying that is fully inflected in Classical Arabic, whereas the perfect tense verb in Arabic is indeclinable and is fixed with a Fata in the singular masculine third person ( ), as such, entertaining your theory as true, we should not see in the Quran the word being inflected with anything other than a Fata. Thus, the proposal of a perfect tense verb terminating contravenes the most basic syntactical principles.

            In my view, to propose a theory on a subject and endorse it with the greatest fervour, whilst demonstrating a blatant disregard for the most basic rules governing the subject, is a shocking testament to the reckless audacity of the .

            Finally, it never fails to bewilder me as to why people find the need to reinvent the meanings of the plainest words. Is it an attempt at reinvention? Is it a forceful impression of one's desires upon the word of God? Or is it simply a headline-grabbing stunt? Whatever the reason, there really is no need for it.

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              Bender
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              Since Allah is not the name of Rabb. Rather it means "He who doesn't worship". Therefore, so called names of Allah or attributes wouldn't have anyhing to do with Rabb. These are supposed to be attribute of one who is first willing to be the one who is not worshiper.

              Are their any takers of real concepts of Quran and willing to adopt these attributes as non-worshipers or all are happy in their state of being worshipers of imaginary gods?

              red Allah means "He who goes to church and makes after that pancakes"

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                Bender
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                It is correct that Rabb is the "name" of God.

                Can you translate this

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                  Man_of_Faith
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                  Bender,

                  Nevertheless it is treated as a name address by Quran as compared to a word such as Allah. Someone calling "Ye Rabb".

                  Rabb is also the function of Rabb and it is in the word and hence you can say words like Rabb-hem. But Rabb is treated as an address and thus it is a sort of name. Take Ye Rabb for example. Rabb is an identity.

                  Allah on the other hand is not even a name, it should be changed into if it was "their God", but it does not but is in Quran written , because the singular third-person is and then is plural third-person. This is not the only way of disqualifying it either but you do not add an AL prefix to a proper noun of a person in Arabic. The root of Allah is Alif-Lam-(Lam), i.e. it has the full root plus third-person pronoun and Alif-Lam-Lam means 'is' (+attribute). You will never see anyone say "Ye Allah" in Quran, never.

                  The simple answer is because Allah means 'Who Is'. It is a matter of Being. Allahem would mean 'Who Are' (plural). Everything is about unity in that being.

                  Be well
                  Amenuel

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                    marifhaq
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                    Man of faith,wise-one,burnt out
                    U said the words " Ye Allah"are not in quran,because every thing about Allah is plural ,not singular ,"Ye" refers to some thing plural not just one body,is my this catch correct,,>> or not..? just help me, I see almost in every Mosque Ye Allah written in very big letters ,thanks elektro

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                      Man_of_Faith
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                      If you have an address, singular or plural, you can use "Ye + address". For example, Quran used Ye Bani Israel and Bani is a plural of ibn.

                      Quran does never use Ye Allah and if a mosque uses Ye Allah on their wall it is incorrect use of Arabic grammar since the word Allah is no address due to what I wrote previously, i.e. an AL introduced word is not a proper noun, and if Allah was supposed to be understood as a word with those 4 letters (&#1607 it must be written as Allah-hem in valid Arabic grammar. You can use other word forms as example such as (wajeh-he) when speaking about "his/her (or each) perception". Bearing no pronoun in base form it would be (wajeh).

                      The simple explanation is that in the case of Allah, the word Allah is plus as pronoun added to it which in the full root of (al) which means 'is' giving attribute to words, e.g. al-raheem "is complete", so al-ah would he 'such who is' and allah 'is such who is' due to the full root usage.

                      Allah is like I have written many times in the forum a third-person form of what Moses is said to have been told by Rabb in the Bible/Tanakh which was "I am who am I" and in Arabic.

                      Be well
                      Amenuel

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                        Bender
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                        Bender,

                        Nevertheless it is treated as a name address by Quran as compared to a word such as Allah. Someone calling "Ye Rabb".

                        I think it must be treathed like

                        124 "... ..."
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                        125 "... ..."

                        The simple answer is because Allah means 'Who Is'. It is a matter of Being. Allahem would mean 'Who Are' (plural). Everything is about unity in that being.

                        Yes and this is just your opinion like bkanwar think it means "He who doesn't worship"

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                          Man_of_Faith
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                          Bender,

                          It is opinion yes, but it is also based on linguistics and logical analysis and is the answer to what Allah means.

                          "He who doesn't worship" does not hold as an argument because there is no logical answer given to why.

                          Be well
                          Amenuel

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                            bkanwar2
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                            Dear all, based upon improved understanding of word Allah. I have started to revise the translation. Here just first two verses.

                            Surah 11

                            The joy, for one who does not worship is in the extreme, lasting concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others.

                            Surah 12

                            The value and merit for one who does not worship is to be the foundation (Rabb) of all disciplines of knowledge.

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                              bkanwar2
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                              I would like to address a few points.

                              1. It is extremely anomalous to orthographically adjoin to a verb. This type of adjoining doesn't occur once in the Quran, and I have never seen it written as such in Classical Arabic. Thus, the proposal of the contiguous merger of three words (a pronoun, a particle, and a verb) in contravenes orthographic principles.

                              2. In the reading of af via 'im, which I assume you are using, an initial Hamza is not elided like it is in other readings (as in Warsh or Qln), therefore, entertaining your theory as true, should correctly be pronounced, and written, as , you simply cannot elide the medial Hamza belonging to the verb. Thus, the proposal of a Hamza-initialled verb existing in contravenes enunciatory principles.

                              3. To suggest that cannot be a noun derived from and which both, over time, mutated to become for ease of pronunciation is in my estimation far-fetched. Thus, the proposal of and not being precursors to the word whilst proposing a three-worded phrasal precursor for an orthographic compound contravenes etymological principles.

                              4. It goes without saying that is fully inflected in Classical Arabic, whereas the perfect tense verb in Arabic is indeclinable and is fixed with a Fata in the singular masculine third person ( ), as such, entertaining your theory as true, we should not see in the Quran the word being inflected with anything other than a Fata. Thus, the proposal of a perfect tense verb terminating contravenes the most basic syntactical principles.

                              In my view, to propose a theory on a subject and endorse it with the greatest fervour, whilst demonstrating a blatant disregard for the most basic rules governing the subject, is a shocking testament to the reckless audacity of the .

                              Finally, it never fails to bewilder me as to why people find the need to reinvent the meanings of the plainest words. Is it an attempt at reinvention? Is it a forceful impression of one's desires upon the word of God? Or is it simply a headline-grabbing stunt? Whatever the reason, there really is no need for it.

                              Sorry, I somehow missed "uq" your comments. First of let me thank you for reasoned linguistic comment. Allah analyze as " " is a nominal sentence and not a just one word. It is orthographically written as

                              is the subject of the sentence.

                              a negative verbal sentence in itself as predicate or object of the nominal sentence.

                              Hope now it will help you to understand.

                              Regards,

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                                uq
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                                Salam bkanwar2,

                                I understood your proposition the first time round.

                                My response was that your proposition is invalid based on the 4 points I gave.

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                                  bkanwar2
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                                  Salam bkanwar2,

                                  I understood your proposition the first time round.

                                  My response was that your proposition is invalid based on the 4 points I gave.

                                  I am glad that you did or at least so you say. Hence, there would be point to further this discussion.

                                  Critique

                                  "1. It is extremely anomalous to orthographically adjoin to a verb. This type of adjoining doesn't occur once in the Quran, and I have never seen it written as such in Classical Arabic. Thus, the proposal of the contiguous merger of three words (a pronoun, a particle, and a verb) in contravenes orthographic principles."

                                  Response

                                  Your point number # 1 is irrelevant to the discussion. I have never implied that is adjoining to the verb in the analysis. Furthermore, there is at least one example from Quran that it can be the case. Unfortunately, Hamza is elided in script making proving it difficult. However, here it can not be "Lam" of imperative as it does take sukoon.

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                                  Critique

                                  "2. In the reading of af via 'im, which I assume you are using, an initial Hamza is not elided like it is in other readings (as in Warsh or Qln), therefore, entertaining your theory as true, should correctly be pronounced, and written, as , you simply cannot elide the medial Hamza belonging to the verb. Thus, the proposal of a Hamza-initialled verb existing in contravenes enunciatory principles."

                                  Response

                                  Neither the medial Hamza is elided in pronunciation nor in writing. Both Hamzas of preceding "La" and "alah" are written as one above the shadda as dagger alif and now resultant two successive "Lams" because of moving Hamza over shadda are combined as one and written below the shadda.

                                  It is indeed an anomalous writing. If not show me a single example from the whole of the Arabic language?

                                  Critique

                                  "3. To suggest that cannot be a noun derived from and which both, over time, mutated to become for ease of pronunciation is in my estimation far-fetched. Thus, the proposal of and not being precursors to the word whilst proposing a three-worded phrasal precursor for an orthographic compound contravenes etymological principles."

                                  Response

                                  If what you assert is indeed the case (I mistaken thought so as well that it was illah). Where is the second Hamza of illah in writing? It should be written after the middle alphabet below shadda? Whereas, here we find only "Ha"

                                  Critique

                                  1. It goes without saying that is fully inflected in Classical Arabic, whereas the perfect tense verb in Arabic is indeclinable and is fixed with a Fata in the singular masculine third person ( ), as such, entertaining your theory as true, we should not see in the Quran the word being inflected with anything other than a Fata. Thus, the proposal of a perfect tense verb terminating contravenes the most basic syntactical principles.

                                  Response

                                  Okay when inflection helps the traditionalist case it is all kosher, otherwise it was added later and should be gotten rid of.

                                  Regards

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                                    bkanwar2
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                                    Salam bkanwar2,

                                    I understood your proposition the first time round.

                                    My response was that your proposition is invalid based on the 4 points I gave.

                                    Let us talk about more basics, which can be very easy to verify. How many total alphabets are in and why?

                                    Regards

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                                      1CELOSTNOWFOUND
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                                      Peace bkanwar,

                                      I am not sure why you used the examples you did to support your assertion that "al" is a contraction of "alladhee".

                                      It is not the "al" in "al qawm" that renders the understanding of "those who", but rather the definite article "al" in conjunction with the word "qawm".

                                      Imraan

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                                        1CELOSTNOWFOUND
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                                        Peace bkanwar,

                                        "Baitun sagheerun", means "a small house". "Al baitu sagheerun" means "the house is small". "Al baitu(al)ssagheeru" means "the small house". In the last example, "al" is not a contraction of "alladhee" even though the meaning is the same as "the house that is small".

                                        Imraan

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                                          uq
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                                          Peace bkanwar2,

                                          It would seem that we differ on the underlying principles upon which we base our respective arguments.

                                          I strongly believe that Classical Arabic grammar and lexicon are to be used in understanding the Quran.

                                          It would seem that you believe otherwise.

                                          Debate cannot continue without common ground.

                                          Peace!

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