5:38, aydiyahuma : dual or plural ?
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Salam
"First, the Arabic "aydiyahuma" is the plural of "yad" (hand) used in dual form."
(http//www.submission.org/satan/theft.html)"First, the Arabic word <aydiyahuma> is the plural (three or more) of <yad> (hand) used in dual form."
(http//www.free-minds.org/articles/quranic/theft.htm)Thanks for your help
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Peace Wakas, Zlatan and thanks,
How do you translate qatiAAanna aydiyakum in , , ?
?I will cut off your hands and feet from alternate sides, then I will crucify you all.?
(LaoqatiAAanna aydiyakum waarjulakummin khilafin thumma laosallibannakum ajmaAAeena)Here aydiya is a plural (3 or more) too...
What does it mean ?
Since noone has more than 2 hands ; is aydiya refering to power too ?Thanks,
JM -
Another question..
What do "fa-qtta'? aym?nihim?" mean ?
"Cut their right hands" ?What is him? ?
Thanks again,
Peace
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Peace Wakas, Zlatan and thanks,
How do you translate qatiAAanna aydiyakum in , , ?
?I will cut off your hands and feet from alternate sides, then I will crucify you all.?
(LaoqatiAAanna aydiyakum waarjulakummin khilafin thumma laosallibannakum ajmaAAeena)Here aydiya is a plural (3 or more) too...
What does it mean ?
Since noone has more than 2 hands ; is aydiya refering to power too ?Thanks,
JMi will cut off your heads and thus kill you....is such a sentence or expression possible in english? if it is, inspite of nobody having more than one head, then i see no reason why not say in arabic "i will cut off your hands" when it reffers to more persons...i think the translation is correct however i am not sure ...i remmember reading in muhamad asad
s translation about an alternative understanding of the same expression i.e. "cutting of the hands and feets on alternate sides" in 533...he has said that it is a kind of arabic idiom (cant remember exactly the meaning)however his interpretation seemed far fetched to me then, actualy i would almost accept it as true if it not the the verse 534 that says "except if they repent before youoverpower` them"(excuse my imprecise or uncorrect translation)...it was hard to accept that this part was non-literal "owerpowering" what was needed to accept his hypothesis....however ill probably recheck it ...anyway , muhamad asad has done a nice translation(particularly check the footnotes and his comments)...one of the best outhere imo
best wishes, Zlatan
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Another question..
What do "fa-qtta'? aym?nihim?" mean ?
"Cut their right hands" ?What is him? ?
Thanks again,
Peace
hima is personal pronoun 3rd person in dual, and i think its genitive case ...
ayman can mean a lot of things..."right hands", probably "oaths" and "pledges", and i think many many more....havent acces to the dic. right now....
best wishes, Zlatan
