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Resolve the confusion--pronoun in 16:66 and 23:21

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    Man_of_Faith
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    Peace Bender,

    A reason why I know that we are living with a book called Quran misinterpreted tremendously and one must be wary about the slightest piece of connotation on the words and their description in lexicons. As far as I know there are no lexicons earlier than the composition of the book called Quran so one can never swear 100% that a definition is completely accurate.

    Popular is Lane's, but it is also post-Quran age as far as I know by at least 200-300 years and also the age where that crappy hadith about Muhammad got in circulation. Quite suspicious actually.

    One must thus use their ability to render a book by the literal quality and by reason and logic just as much as learning the grammar and meaning of the language. Just because a word has meant a specific thing for 1000 years is no guarantee that it originally had that meaning.

    Take praying birds or dogmatic behavior towards people who do not keep "salat". Is salat then "contact prayer" or something else? Let people activate their brains instead of living in a delusion created by men without understanding.

    Have faith

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      Bender
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      Okay, I have no choice/option but to accept a non-native language exactly as it is, if I sincerely wish to understand a discourse in that laguage. The logic is that langauge is a long cherished convention of a people to whom that language belongs. If they call Sun is feminine, I cannot take it as masculine, though my mother language treats it as masculine.

      salaam,

      Sure, but the non-native language here is the text of The Quran, not the arabic of the arabs.

      salaam,
      Bender

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        Bender
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        Entire sensible world admits that the grammar of Arabic is based upon the Qur'aan. It is the basic document for framing the grammar rules.

        Salaam,

        So why then do you present your grammar rules as the ultimate truth while you know that they are not more then a guess from mostly the same sort of people who made the ahadith?

        Salaam,
        Bender

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          Noon_waalqalami
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          1- second example when the the word describe something that is " few " or " little" ( ) so the masculin pronom is used

          Verse 12/30

          • 12 - 30

          ( Kaala Niswah) , eventhough the " Niswah " (womens ) are female the verbe "Kaala " is in masculin form because the " Niswah" (Womens) who was with Yusuf (S) where only a few womens.

          Peace, good observation?

          1230 and said (m/s) nis'watun (i.e. few womenfolk in the community) in the town lady the mighty seeking to seduce youth hers about soul his/himself hence infatuated her love surely we surely see her in misguidance clear

          Could be a typo with missing alef ? don?t know dairy giving animal with 3 or more stomachs?

          1666 and surely for you in the cattle surely lesson we give drink you from what in bunihi/stomachs his/its (m/s) from between bowels and blood milk of pure of palatable of to the drinkers

          2321 and surely for you in the cattle surely lesson we give drink you from what in bunih/stomachs theirs (f/p) and for you in her/therein gains numerous and from her/it thou eating

          Perhaps best to peruse older texts if available and check for consistency in transcription.

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            Bender
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            Peace Bender,

            A reason why I know that we are living with a book called Quran misinterpreted tremendously and one must be wary about the slightest piece of connotation on the words and their description in lexicons. As far as I know there are no lexicons earlier than the composition of the book called Quran so one can never swear 100% that a definition is completely accurate.

            Popular is Lane's, but it is also post-Quran age as far as I know by at least 200-300 years and also the age where that crappy hadith about Muhammad got in circulation. Quite suspicious actually.

            One must thus use their ability to render a book by the literal quality and by reason and logic just as much as learning the grammar and meaning of the language. Just because a word has meant a specific thing for 1000 years is no guarantee that it originally had that meaning.

            Take praying birds or dogmatic behavior towards people who do not keep "salat". Is salat then "contact prayer" or something else? Let people activate their brains instead of living in a delusion created by men without understanding.

            Have faith

            salaam,

            Of course I know there is not a single grammar book or lexicon before The Quran on which the Quran is based. But some people here use man made lexicons and man made grammar as evidence when they talk about the ayaats of The Quran.

            salaam,
            Bender

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              Mazhar
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              Sure, but the non-native language here is the text of The Quran, not the arabic of the arabs.

              How naively you ignore that Arabic word for Arabic http//haqeeqat.org.pk/English%20Tafsir%20e%20Haqeeqat/00.Tabweeb%20Part%202/07.%20Roots%20originating%20in%20Sura%20009/7.%20Arbi%20Ain%20Ra%20Ba%20language/4.gif means Language of sons of soil of Arabian peninsula.

              http//haqeeqat.org.pk/English%20Tafsir%20e%20Haqeeqat/00.Tabweeb%20Part%202/07.%20Roots%20originating%20in%20Sura%20009/7.%20Arbi%20Ain%20Ra%20Ba%20language/4.gif It is a noun termed as Relative Adjective . It is a noun having a consonant "Yaa- " suffixed to its ending which indicates its relation to the noun from which it is derived. Thus, a unique feature of this language is that it defines the identity of its own people the language of the sons of soil of Arabian peninsula; the language of the land that hosts the "House of Allah" on the Earth; and the universal leader of humanity, the Last Messenger of Allah the Exalted, Muhammad Sal'lallaa'hoalaih'wa'salam. This was the first language employed for teaching the First Man; and lately for the final teaching of knowledge and wisdom to the humanity universally through the ONLY teacher in timeline Muhammad Sal'lallaa'hoalaih'wa'salam.

              It is an acknowledged fact that the Arabic, the mother tongue of the elevated universal Messenger Muhammad Sal'lallaa'hoalaih'wa'salam, became a prestigious language in the world after he recited and transcribed in writing the Grand Qur'aan

              http//haqeeqat.org.pk/English%20Tafsir%20e%20Haqeeqat/00.Arabic%20Text/019.%20Maryam%20Siddiqa/19.97.gif
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              Thereby, for reason of its universality and permanence, We have certainly rendered it Grand Qur'aan easy, open and facilitative for reading and comprehension by transcribing it in the mother tongue Arabic language of you Muhammad .

              The purpose of its facilitative rendering is that you the Messenger might give glad tidings-guarantee on the strength of this Grand Qur'aan to those who endeavor to remain cautious and avoid conduct inspired and governed by emotion in reverence and fear of Allah the Exalted;

              And so that you the Messenger may admonish, with this Grand Qur'aan, the excessively argumentative people.

              Language of Grand Qur'aan

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                How naively you ignore that Arabic word for Arabic http//haqeeqat.org.pk/English%20Tafsir%20e%20Haqeeqat/00.Tabweeb%20Part%202/07.%20Roots%20originating%20in%20Sura%20009/7.%20Arbi%20Ain%20Ra%20Ba%20language/4.gif means Language of sons of soil of Arabian peninsula.

                Salaam,

                Sorry I disagree with the meaning above.
                If the meaning mentioned above is correct then how will you translate 5637?

                5637

                May Allah increase our knowledge and guide us on His path pr
                mmKhan

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                  Mazhar
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                  Salaam,

                  Sorry I disagree with the meaning above.
                  If the meaning mentioned above is correct then how will you translate 5637?

                  5637

                  May Allah increase our knowledge and guide us on His path pr
                  mmKhan

                  Salam,
                  Both the words are different. See their morphology.

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                    Man_of_Faith
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                    What is that guy messing about?

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                      cleanfox5982
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                      Salamun alaika,

                      Thanks for relevant input about grammar delicacies.
                      But here the noun is the same one towards which you are relating both the pronouns; i.e. ; thus there is not the issue of plural of paucity and plural of abundance involved here.

                      Wa''alyika Salaam ,

                      This is known as ( mentioning the whole or the collective name but the meaning only pointing to some specific features ) the verse is saying that we get milk from AL-an"aam , and we know that can't have milk from all of them but only from females , so simply in this verse it doesn't specify that because it's evident that people do not have milk from the male.

                      An example for that rule in this same verse

                      Read the continuation of the verse in question 23/21

                      it says ( And upon them and on ships you are carried ) , are we Carrierd upon all the AL-an"aam ( the 8 pairs ) or only some of them , Surely poeple where Carrierd upon some of them only , cause poeple are not carried upon sheep or goats , so the meaning is pointing to some specific types of them while is still Using the whole commune name for all of them AL-an"aam

                      Moreover the verb can't be taken to have any relevance with other benefits people draw from mammals.

                      It is simply pointing to females as per what I mentioned above .

                      Another rule in arabic is that when there is a none that do not have real opposite gender it is acceptable to be feminized or msculinezed as per the whole context and other rules in combination .

                      Names who do not have real opposite gender in truth are name like the sun , the sky , the moon , the peace , the affection etc , hence the word AL-an"aam do not have real opposite gender , so it can be masculinezed or feminized as per the other rules , and these rules goes with physical reality like quantity , direction , and all according to the audience priorities and importance And the objective of the whole speech .

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                        Mazhar
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                        Wa''alyika Salaam ,

                        This is known as ( mentioning the whole or the collective name but the meaning only pointing to some specific features ) the verse is saying that we get milk from AL-an"aam , and we know that can't have milk from all of them but only from females , so simply in this verse it doesn't specify that because it's evident that people do not have milk from the male.

                        An example for that rule in this same verse

                        Read the continuation of the verse in question 23/21

                        it says ( And upon them and on ships you are carried ) , are we Carrierd upon all the AL-an"aam ( the 8 pairs ) or only some of them , Surely poeple where Carrierd upon some of them only , cause poeple are not carried upon sheep or goats , so the meaning is pointing to some specific types of them while is still the whole commune name for all of them AL-an"aam

                        It is simply pointing to females as per what I mentioned above .

                        Another rule in arabic is that when there is a none that do not have real opposite gender it is acceptable to be feminized or msculinezed as per the whole context and other rules in combination .

                        Names who do not have real opposite gender in truth are name like the sun , the sky , the moon , the peace , the affection etc , hence the word AL-an"aam do not have real opposite gender , so it can be masculinezed or feminized as per the other rules , and these rules goes with physical reality like quantity , direction , and all according to the audience priorities and importance And the objective of the whole speech .

                        Salamun alaika,

                        I totally agree with your excellent portrayal of rules.

                        Grammatically, as you quoted the rules, no one could object about sentence structuring and use of different pronouns.

                        But what I have pointed out is different; the masculine pronoun in the complex sentence will refer to masculine Milk, since that is there in accusative case as Tameez. Today we know the Milk has its own Batoon milk fat globules.

                        Qur'aan is a statement of fact for the readers in the entire time line. That is the beauty of choice of words and their structuring into sentences; that it neither compromises against the rules of the language nor the truthful information becoming visible in the timeline to people.

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                          But what I have pointed out is different; the masculine pronoun in the complex sentence will refer to masculine Milk, since that is there in accusative case as Tameez. Today we know the Milk has its own Batoon milk fat globules.

                          Salam ,
                          I see u'r point .

                          The milk is included in the (h) in ( butunihi ) but the masculin form at the end of ( butunihi ) does not Come form the milk but from the singularity of the whole .

                          Let me explain

                          The pronom (h) in ( butunihi ) is referring to AL-an"aam , from deep approch the bounded ( h ) is refereeing to the whole of something , like madrassah , the bounded ( h ) at the ended of the word deeply refer to the ensemble or the whole of that thing .

                          Madrassah school ,is it plural or singular ? is it one thing or a lot of things combined ? In a school there is walls , rooms , teachers , students ..etc , So there is plurality in there and the (h) at the end is pointing to the whole of that plurality combined , so it become singular as they form one unified undivided thing. I am referring by this that the (h) in ( butunihi ) is referring to the whole that is included in the word AL-an"aam ( their stomach , the milk , their bodies , their horn ..etc) , so the milk is automatically included.

                          The rule you are pointing to does exist in the Qur'aan , These are other tips about the concept of masculinizing of femminizing verbs Or nons

                          The word (al-shafa"aa ) is mostly used in Qur'aan and basic Arabic in feminine form , but here we can see that it's masculinezed in some cases , look to the following

                          2/48
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                          Notice the verb ( laa yuqbal &#1604 , he is in masculin form , if it was feminized the verve would be ( Laa tuqbal &#1604

                          in the same verse when talking about the same word (al-shafa"aa ) he said

                          2/123
                          ( )

                          ( laa tanfa"uhaa &#1575 ,notice the verb is in feminine form , if it was masculinezed it would say ( laa yanfa"uhaa &#1575

                          In another verses the verb pointing to (al-shafa"aa ) is feminized

                          36/23
                          ( )

                          53/26

                          ( {26}).

                          Notice the Verb ( Laa tughni &#1606 , he is in feminine form , if he was in masculin , should say ( Laa yughni &#1606

                          So why the Verbs pointing to the same word (al-shafa"aa ) was masculinezed in 2/48 and femminzed in 2/123 , 36/23 , 53/26 ?

                          As I mentioned in late post , in basic Arabic when a word do not have real opposit sex it can wither femminzed or masculinezed as per the context of the sentence and the meaning , in our case the word (al-shafa"aa ) is not real feminine word ( &#1610 because does not have real opposite sex , so in this case there is no grammatical problem.

                          But why it was masculinezed in 2/48

                          Because the meaning was directing the audience to the one who will intercede (Al-shafi" &#1593 not the ( intersection ) itself , and the intercedor is , so the Verbe was masculinezed .

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                            Mazhar
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                            Thanks, Alkitab.

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                              How naively you ignore that Arabic word for Arabic http//haqeeqat.org.pk/English%20Tafsir%20e%20Haqeeqat/00.Tabweeb%20Part%202/07.%20Roots%20originating%20in%20Sura%20009/7.%20Arbi%20Ain%20Ra%20Ba%20language/4.gif means Language of sons of soil of Arabian peninsula.

                              http//haqeeqat.org.pk/English%20Tafsir%20e%20Haqeeqat/00.Tabweeb%20Part%202/07.%20Roots%20originating%20in%20Sura%20009/7.%20Arbi%20Ain%20Ra%20Ba%20language/4.gif It is a noun termed as Relative Adjective . It is a noun having a consonant "Yaa- " suffixed to its ending which indicates its relation to the noun from which it is derived. Thus, a unique feature of this language is that it defines the identity of its own people the language of the sons of soil of Arabian peninsula; the language of the land that hosts the "House of Allah" on the Earth; and the universal leader of humanity, the Last Messenger of Allah the Exalted, Muhammad Sal'lallaa'hoalaih'wa'salam. This was the first language employed for teaching the First Man; and lately for the final teaching of knowledge and wisdom to the humanity universally through the ONLY teacher in timeline Muhammad Sal'lallaa'hoalaih'wa'salam.

                              It is an acknowledged fact that the Arabic, the mother tongue of the elevated universal Messenger Muhammad Sal'lallaa'hoalaih'wa'salam, became a prestigious language in the world after he recited and transcribed in writing the Grand Qur'aan

                              http//haqeeqat.org.pk/English%20Tafsir%20e%20Haqeeqat/00.Arabic%20Text/019.%20Maryam%20Siddiqa/19.97.gif
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                              Thereby, for reason of its universality and permanence, We have certainly rendered it Grand Qur'aan easy, open and facilitative for reading and comprehension by transcribing it in the mother tongue Arabic language of you Muhammad .

                              The purpose of its facilitative rendering is that you the Messenger might give glad tidings-guarantee on the strength of this Grand Qur'aan to those who endeavor to remain cautious and avoid conduct inspired and governed by emotion in reverence and fear of Allah the Exalted;

                              And so that you the Messenger may admonish, with this Grand Qur'aan, the excessively argumentative people.

                              Language of Grand Qur'aan

                              Salaam,

                              Some of your posts it is almost impossible to reply to, this is one of them.

                              Salaam,
                              Bender

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                                Mazhar
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                                Salaam,

                                Some of your posts it is almost impossible to reply to, this is one of them.

                                Salaam,
                                Bender

                                Merely try to understand that Grand Qur'aan is written in the language of a people; and its language is also associated to the Messenger sas in the discourse. Ponder why it is emphasized that its language is Arabic to get answer to your own observation for which Ayas was posted.

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                                Sure, but the non-native language here is the text of The Quran, not the arabic of the arabs.

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                                  Bender
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                                  Merely try to understand that Grand Qur'aan is written in the language of a people; and its language is also associated to the Messenger sas in the discourse. Ponder why it is emphasized that its language is Arabic to get answer to your own observation for which Ayas was posted.

                                  Salaam,

                                  I think I need to work on my imagination to see the invisible e things you see.

                                  Salaam,
                                  Bender

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                                    Mazhar
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                                    Salaam,

                                    I think I need to work on my imagination to see the invisible e things you see.

                                    Salaam,
                                    Bender

                                    I don't waste my time to see the invisible through imaginative-hallucination; I see the words of the Book that mirror every reality, visible and invisible because I accept the Book is written in human language.

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                                      Man_of_Faith
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                                      By a divine author.

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                                        Mazhar
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                                        By a divine author.

                                        Ofcourse, but rendering it in Arabic and strictly according to its rules, otherwise communication becomes faulty and unitelligible for audience defeating the very purpose of communication.

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                                          Man_of_Faith
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                                          It is difficult enough to interpret it by the original Arabic let alone find a translation that makes sense because you need to form entirely different sentences sometimes or you get stuck in translation. So it is double work and oftentimes you are more focused on the substance of the original language than giving perfect English renditions. I rather have the right interpretation of the original script and its words first of all.

                                          Even if I form awkward sentences the smart guy can just put them in the right order because it is hard to think of two languages at the same time. Getting the correct literal translation is the most important step, first. And if you just make a first draft and first just brainstorm everything and get it out in a decent first translation, you can just use what you have and work on moving letters and vice versa around until it makes better sense and change necessary help words or rephrasing, as long as it does not change the meaning. Not add any words of implicit meaning that would change the literal interpretation.

                                          Peace

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