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    farida
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    Salam again prolific Sis Farida,
    No mind reading please
    I wish I were 13 years old matter of fact ;D
    As for the division into sects, nothing we can do about it, Allah pointed at it in the Quran,
    and it will therefore keep on being so...
    However Allah enjoins us very forcefully that we should not divide into sects.
    Without the Quran there is no System of Belief, so the ball is clearly in the camp of those
    who like distinguishing and separating themselves, each group giving themselves a name,
    as Allah says, name they just named... no authority to those whatsoever...
    Yes you are right we have enough of our own sins and shortcomings not to worry of those of others,
    and as you can witness everyday, Allah hates those groups enough that they keep getting punished
    for their blindness.
    Blindness is no excuse, lack of judgment is no excuse, tradition is no excuse, being made is no excuse...
    when there is the Book manifest in our hands, and most of us choose not to understand it, and instead out of
    laziness choose to let others do the thinking for us, even if others are hell bent on our damnation...
    and indeed by my last words I do not mean only scholars or mullahs, but also those "enlightened" hate mongers
    you refer to who love to create animosity between communities (let's see, sectarian violence, shia versus sunni,
    jihadist versus progressives).
    My contention is that all these groups are inspired by dark princes of satan's kingdom, and without knowing
    they are doing satan's bidding.
    This also works by the way with the other religious groups in christianity and judaism, and governments...
    Satan's army is now so very well oiled and organised, that I am prompted to think that maybe jihad was meant to mean
    fighting the works of satan and his soldiers...
    Peace

    Wa alaikum salaam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu brother!
    Ahh finally; soo relieved to see someone taking a stance based on the teachings of the Qur?an! God give you strength and resolve to stand up against those who want to erase our deen. As for dividing into sects and groups as Allah says in the Qur;an mankind were one but they fell into groups out of their own desire.
    We are already separated in small sects fighting each other and, on top of that, a system of fasting, based on a twisted understanding, designed to fragment what little unity we have been able to muster. The sense of community that comes with sharing our experience of fasting would disappear should the theory Ayman is advocating win through. Not only does it swing, but it is also very different for both hemispheres so in his system we would not even be united with our next door neighbours when it comes to any act of worship. So on this note I bid you good night with these words from our Holy Book
    Say "I seek refuge with the Lord of the people,"
    "The King of the people,"
    The god of the people,"
    From the evil of the sneaking whisperer,"
    Who whispers into the chests of the people."
    peace

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      Peace Ayman,

      You can only count 12 so you have to skip the 13th. You are also giving me too much credit since it is the god who made the moon cycle, including the full-moon, so it is not "mine".

      It is ALWAYS in early summer, whether you like it or not. On the other hand, how about your arbitrary nonsense timing which drifts all over the place and even within the same year you have 3 months together and then Rajab floating all by itself? As usual, you can't answer.

      Animal mating and birthing habits are in line with the seasons. The timing for the restriction will always be from early summer to early fall. On the other hand, no animal gives birth in the summer and gives birth earlier by 11 days every year until about a dozen years later it gives birth in the winter per your nonsense.

      How illogically absurd; skip count, ignore a whole cycle, and say it's not yours.

      Again ? no answer to drifting kill season and everything else drifting by a month. Already stated; global hunting restriction is your fantasy along with "the skipping" to allow the sun to catch up with the moon which is never the case...

      3640 La alshshamsu yanbaghee laha an tudrika alqamara
      The sun should not (be) to it that it catches up the moon

      You are ignorantly mistranslating. The word "siyam" is a noun not a verb.
      583-4
      And those who declare their wives as forbidden for them as their mothers
      so freeing a neck from before that they touch each other
      And he who finds not must do the abstinence two successive full-moons before they both touch each other
      And he who is unable to do so should feed sixty poor

      The abstinence two successive full-moons means wait until next 98%, 99%, 100% full moon then fast to next non-identifiable 98%, 99%, 100% full moon which is about a month +/- a few days for error.

      Therefore, the abstinence of one full-moon is ZERO days!

      Let's apply the verse today

      1. Does he commence fasting? YES!
      2. Can he sleep with his wife until the next full moon? NO!
      3. Does feeding 60 poor equate to two months fasting? YES!

      Go learn Arabic and more importantly logic. The word "quran" is masculine while " " in 7431 is feminine (referring to the feminine "saqar&quot while in 690 " " is masculine referring to the "quran". You are in way over your head and this entire discussion is clearly beyond your intellectual capacity if you can't even grasp those basic concepts. You are sounding more and more like ignorant 19ers who also confuse the feminine " " (on it) in 7430 as talking about the masculine "quran" and not the feminine "saqar". (not surprising since they too believe and blindly follow your manmade arbitrary traditional calendar by the way and they even made a Code for it as Progressive1993 can show you http//www.islamrevolution.org/thenightofdestiny.htm ).

      It doesn't matter what conclusion you reach as long as your starting point is not trying to justify traditions. It is entirely your choice, stupid or intelligent?

      Hot moon is stupid as are your grammar rules which Qur'an is genderless also called the reminder/remembrance...

      1644
      With the evidences and The Books, and We descended to you the reminder to clarify to the people what was descended to them, and perhaps they think.

      72
      A Book was descended to you so no strain be in your chest from it, to warn with it and a remembrance/reminder to the believers.

      7431

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        noble
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        Salam,
        Have a look here

        http//www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Ramadan

        Ramadan Etymology -
        "ninth month of the Muslim year," 1595, from Arabic Ramadan (Turk. and Pers. ramazan), originally "the hot month," from ramida "be burnt, scorched" (cf. Heb. remetz "hot ashes, embers&quot. Due to the Islamic lunar calendar, it passes through all seasons in a cycle of about 33 years, but evidently originally it was a summer month.

        but there is also more sinister etymology to Ramadan such as this

        The principle theme of cosmology is creation and everywhere in the ancient world festivals were celebrated on the days of creation, i.e. the days of the sun?s equinox risings. In many ancient nations the new year was celebrated on the spring equinox, for then a new world had emerged out of the darkness of winter. There is in fact a sacred holiday which bears Rama?s name--the Islamic feast known as Ramadan. The word Ramadan is a cognate of Ramazan, or san rama, meaning Holy Sun (Bayley 345). While Ramadan is officially a lunar holiday, it?s etymology shows its meaning, and its time of celebration just after the fall equinox makes a conclusive connection to its solar origin. Ramadan is celebrated on the first new moon after the fall equinox when the fertile earth (fertilized by the sun) has been harvested and its bounty will succor the people?s journey into winter.

        Bayley, Harold. Lost Language of Symbolism, Volumes 1 and 2. Whitefish, Montana Kessinger Publishing Company, 1912.

        taken from - http//www.cosmosandlogos.com

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          It seems my fears are true. The Ramadan of the Quran is impossible to pin-point due to insufficient data. The Quran mentions it once as if its a well known thing. And the ones who know the month are DEAD.

          So let us be sectarians for Pete's sake!

          Sectarian?

          THIS IS TRADITIONAL ISLAM!

          http//i149.photobucket.com/albums/s68/MJOLNIR_VII/ThisisIslam.png

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            Salam Farida, all

            ...introduced to us by a very interesting character, quickduck, who was trying to convince us (failing miserably) that , the order of months, as per his understanding, has never been always the same. Get your hands on this find on page 84 quickduck?s Reply #1246 on August 28, 2009, 075503 PM I am sure you would love this findings.
            As always it?s great to hear from you.
            peace

            1 - I never meant that the PDF research i linked to was infaillible.
            2 - After reading it, i found that it was a hadith based research, and thus may contain false statements and/or Valid ones.
            3 - I linked to that Research exactly to pionpoint the fact that we SHOULD go back to the only source that's infaillible to start our study from.
            4 - it's sad, but everyone noticed that your "actual Ramadan" has no basis in the quran, instead it pops out directly from hadith books, which are as infaillible as the very PDF Research i linked to...
            5- Thank you for finding me " an interesting character".. handshake

            Peace Ayman,

            Hot moon is stupid as are your grammar rules which Qur'an is genderless also called the reminder/remembrance...

            1644
            With the evidences and The Books, and We descended to you the reminder to clarify to the people what was descended to them, and perhaps they think.

            72
            A Book was descended to you so no strain be in your chest from it, to warn with it and a remembrance/reminder to the believers.

            7431

            Are you sure of speaking/understanding arabic ?? is the same as to you ? is the same as ???
            it's never too late to learn, if not too much laziness.
            it took me only few months to improve my english drastically that it was Farida who noticed my "almost perfect" English .

            Peace all,

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              Are you sure of speaking/understanding arabic ?? is the same as to you ? is the same as ???
              it's never too late to learn, if not too much laziness.
              it took me only few months to improve my english drastically that it was Farida who noticed my "almost perfect" English .

              No I speaking/understanding zero Arabic; what about you -- what is the correct gender?

              411
              to the male/masculine alike fortune the two females

              5417
              and We have made flexible the Quran to the remembrance so is there from a rememberer?

              1644
              With the evidences and The Books, and We descended to you the remembrance to clarify to the people what was descended to them, and perhaps they think.

              72
              A Book was descended to you so no strain be in your chest from it, to warn with it and a remembrance to the believers.

              7431

              7431 it (Qur?an) is not except a remembrance to the human (illa thikra lilbashari)

              she is not except male/masculine

              OR

              it is not except a remembrance to the human

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                Peace NunHolidayPseudoEidRex ,

                No I speaking/understanding zero Arabic; what about you -- what is the correct gender?

                411
                to the male/masculine alike fortune the two females

                5417
                and We have made flexible the Quran to the remembrance so is there from a rememberer?

                1644
                With the evidences and The Books, and We descended to you the remembrance to clarify to the people what was descended to them, and perhaps they think.

                72
                A Book was descended to you so no strain be in your chest from it, to warn with it and a remembrance to the believers.

                7431

                7431 it (Qur?an) is not except a remembrance to the human (illa thikra lilbashari)

                she is not except male/masculine

                OR

                it is not except a remembrance to the human

                Absolute top 10 dumbest post ever..LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
                quran = she = ????????
                Could someone please answer him, i can't stop myself laughin.. laugh laugh laugh

                i'll come back later , once i stop

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                  EDIT sorry, i'm back again
                  you know, your major problem with your arabic reading/understanding is that you completly ignore the arabic vocals .
                  Yet, someone will tell me that the vocals don't appear in the oldest manuscript, and were added later.
                  That's because earlier arabs didn't need to write the vocals 'cos they understood from the context which vocal is to be connected to which letter. They even did't put the "dots" on the letters yet they could read and understand what was written.
                  still nowadays, the arabic newspapers for example, don't use vocals because we (arab speaking people) are very able to figure them out from the context.
                  the vocals were lately added to the quran specially for people like you, but you keep ignoring them and you focus only on the "root letters" and some ''tradition based" translations.

                  example N?1 li ad-dhakari (male/masculine) is not the same as "ad-dhikra" (remembrance) and different from ad-dhikr ( the reminder). although they share the same root dha-ka-ra

                  example N?2 hadatha (happen ) , hadath (event) , had-data ( narrate ) and haadita (accident ) share the same root
                  and they give completly different meanings .

                  Also, genders (masculine/ feminine ) in arabic grammar is a bit difficult for you to understand because your language doesn't have such grammatical rules. And i agree it's confusing for you...

                  in the great reading nowhere we find that the quran is treated as feminine (that's what made laugh my head off in your last post ) but always as masculine word . ie ( Say, "Whose testimony is the greatest?" Say, "GOD's. He is the witness between me and you that this Quran has been inspired to me, to preach it to you and whomever it reaches. Indeed, you bear witness that there are other gods* beside GOD." Say, "I do not testify as you do; there is only one god, and I disown your idolatry." ....wa ouheya ilayya hadha al qur'ano li undhirakum bihi wa man balagh..
                  So as you see , "this" (hadha) is masculine whereas the same ''this'' become (hadhihi) when it is feminine.

                  "a rivederci, e a la proxima lezzione ".

                  Salam

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                    farida
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                    Peace NunHolidayPseudoEidRex ,
                    Absolute top 10 dumbest post ever..LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
                    quran = she = ????????
                    Could someone please answer him, i can't stop myself laughin.. laugh laugh laugh

                    i'll come back later , once i stop

                    Here is someone for you
                    In pre-Islamic times, there is nothing to know about writing Arabic because Arabic was an oral vernacular that was rarely written and it didn't even have a script. Thus, when the great reading was written, the foreign Nabataean Aramaic script was used to write it. This doesn't mean that the Arabs didn't write. They wrote but not in Arabic and only on rare occasions they wrote Arabic and in those rare cases they used foreign scripts to write it. Ref Reply #858 onpage 58
                    Salaam

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                      farida
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                      EDIT sorry, i'm back again )
                      you know, your major problem with your arabic reading/understanding is that you completly ignore the arabic vocals .
                      Yet, someone will tell me that the vocals don't appear in the oldest manuscript, and were added later.
                      That's because earlier arabs didn't need to write the vocals 'cos they understood from the context which vocal is to be connected to which letter. They even did't put the "dots" on the letters yet they could read and understand what was written.
                      still nowadays, the arabic newspapers for example, don't use vocals because we (arab speaking people) are very able to figure them out from the context.
                      the vocals were lately added to the quran specially for people like you, but you keep ignoring them and you focus only on the "root letters" and some ''tradition based" translations.

                      example N?1 li ad-dhakari (male/masculine) is not the same as "ad-dhikra" (remembrance) and different from ad-dhikr ( the reminder). although they share the same root dha-ka-ra

                      example N?2 hadatha (happen ) , hadath (event) , had-data ( narrate ) and haadita (accident ) share the same root
                      and they give completly different meanings .

                      Also, genders (masculine/ feminine ) in arabic grammar is a bit difficult for you to understand because your language doesn't have such grammatical rules. And i agree it's confusing for you...

                      in the great reading nowhere we find that the quran is treated as feminine (that's what made laugh my head off in your last post ) but always as masculine word . ie ( Say, "Whose testimony is the greatest?" Say, "GOD's. He is the witness between me and you that this Quran has been inspired to me, to preach it to you and whomever it reaches. Indeed, you bear witness that there are other gods* beside GOD." Say, "I do not testify as you do; there is only one god, and I disown your idolatry." ....wa ouheya ilayya hadha al qur'ano li undhirakum bihi wa man balagh..
                      So as you see , "this" (hadha) is masculine whereas the same ''this'' become (hadhihi) when it is feminine.

                      "a rivederci, e a la proxima lezzione ".

                      Salam

                      Salaam
                      So you are back to do what Q_student noticed in his Reply #876 on page 59
                      Why are you trying to detrack the thread. You derailed it from "Ramadhan " to " Thamud".
                      peace

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                        Peace NunHolidayPseudoEidRex ,
                        Absolute top 10 dumbest post ever..LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
                        quran = she = ????????
                        Could someone please answer him, i can't stop myself laughin.. laugh laugh laugh

                        i'll come back later , once i stop

                        Sorry no stock D

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                          farida
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                          Salam Farida, all

                          1 - I never meant that the PDF research i linked to was infaillible.
                          2 - After reading it, i found that it was a hadith based research, and thus may contain false statements and/or Valid ones.
                          3. I linked to that Research exactly to pionpoint the fact that we SHOULD go back to the only source that's infaillible to start our study from.

                          Peace all,

                          Salaam quickduck,

                          So guest was right in his Reply #968 on page 65;
                          The order of the months was established firmly by the Prophet during his stay with was (previous generation) which we still follow. You are making a false accusation that Umar changed the order of the months without any valid evidence. Umar is the one who fought with the Prophet and not you. My innermost thoughts tell me that he didn?t abandon the Islam religion like you suggest using the example ?he changed the order of months?. Judging your logic from the contents of your posts, I would most certainly conclude it is you who we should be careful about. Suggesting such a drastic change during the time in question would be equivalent to asking for extreme punishment. Even a sane disbeliever wouldn?t dare do that

                          5- Thank you for finding me " an interesting character".. handshake

                          Yes not only interesting but a Bush alike, I mean "I wrack" type bravo

                          it took me only few months to improve my english drastically that it was Farida who noticed my "almost perfect" English .

                          yay It was Farida who also noticed Ayman's style hmm.."almost perfect"
                          peace

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                            MUNZIR_ALI
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                            Sectarian?

                            THIS IS TRADITIONAL ISLAM!

                            http//i149.photobucket.com/albums/s68/MJOLNIR_VII/ThisisIslam.png

                            rotfl so true!

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                              farida
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                              Salam,
                              Have a look here

                              http//www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Ramadan

                              Ramadan Etymology -
                              "ninth month of the Muslim year," 1595, from Arabic Ramadan (Turk. and Pers. ramazan), originally "the hot month," from ramida "be burnt, scorched" (cf. Heb. remetz "hot ashes, embers&quot. Due to the Islamic lunar calendar, it passes through all seasons in a cycle of about 33 years, but evidently originally it was a summer month.

                              but there is also more sinister etymology to Ramadan such as this

                              The principle theme of cosmology is creation and everywhere in the ancient world festivals were celebrated on the days of creation, i.e. the days of the sun?s equinox risings. In many ancient nations the new year was celebrated on the spring equinox, for then a new world had emerged out of the darkness of winter. There is in fact a sacred holiday which bears Rama?s name--the Islamic feast known as Ramadan. The word Ramadan is a cognate of Ramazan, or san rama, meaning Holy Sun (Bayley 345). While Ramadan is officially a lunar holiday, it?s etymology shows its meaning, and its time of celebration just after the fall equinox makes a conclusive connection to its solar origin. Ramadan is celebrated on the first new moon after the fall equinox when the fertile earth (fertilized by the sun) has been harvested and its bounty will succor the people?s journey into winter.

                              Bayley, Harold. Lost Language of Symbolism, Volumes 1 and 2. Whitefish, Montana Kessinger Publishing Company, 1912.

                              taken from - http//www.cosmosandlogos.com

                              Salaam alaikum brother,

                              Have a look here at Ayman's post where he acknowledges flaws in the available tools
                              There is no proof. In fact, quite the opposite, there is plenty of proof that Classical Arabic dictionaries are full of errors and misclassifications. This is why, like any tool, one needs to understand their limitations and biases and use them intelligently and not blindly. One way to use them is to figure out the etymology, which indicates the older meaning that the other meanings were derived from.. Reply #856 on April 22, 2009, 100352 PM ?page 58

                              ( When I took the above approach (underlined) to figure out the month etymology, no one pays heed brickwall
                              Page 81 Since Urdu is nearest to Arabic culturally so let me start with Urdu "Mahina", also called "Mah" and moon too is called "Mah"(Mahjabeen) in Swedish, the word for month is M?nad (from M?ne=moon) in Icelandic M?nu? (from M?ni=moon) this knowledge was from native language speakers and then *
                              I backed it up with http//en.wiktionary.org/wiki/month
                              *Middle English < Old English mna? < Proto-Germanic *mn?- < Proto-Indo-European *me(n)ses- (moon, month), probably from PIE base *m?- (to measure), referring to the moon?s phases as the measure of time. Cognate with moon..

                              So maybe you can assist us with your knowledge of Arabic if month in Arabic culture is the equivalent of moon too.

                              Best regards

                              farida

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                                noble
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                                Salam Farida,
                                from the way I was brought up, I have as long as I can remember associated twelve months with a solar year,
                                with the role of the moon to help in subdividing the year into weeks, this is my archetypal programing if you want to call it.
                                as for etymology it will be better to look into Hebrew, Aramaic, and semitic roots.
                                by the way when i wrote about lacking resources, i meant proper resources, like government and institutions resources.
                                I feel envious that so much money is being poured into finding out about the history of ancient Egypt, but nothing much
                                in the early life of the Prophet Mohamed and the early believers. Look, every time we hear about new discoveries being made
                                shedding new light on the ways and structures of life of middle ages European communities, scientists keep finding out
                                that they did not always get their assumptions right even for events that happened not so long ago.
                                So now, why are the Arabs not curious about hard facts on the life of the people who participated in bringing them
                                the belief system they claim to be following.
                                The fact is of course that they probably do not want to know, they want to follow what they fancy, not what they will find
                                out which will be the truth (most probably unpleasant to leaders), and I guarantee you that a lot of relics have been destroyed just for the purpose not to allow for what is real to be known.
                                Surely like other cover ups...
                                Now you can carry on wasting your time arguing with and attacking Ayman, it is a choice, but in the grand scheme of (divine) things, no one can and will rush Allah especially if one follows the wrong course.
                                If Ayman is right, and the time is right, his view will be espoused.
                                Look at all the sectarians fighting, they all think they are right, but where are they? and who knows, the Jews might decide to honour the Covenant The God made with them, and they then will be the enlightened ones.
                                So please do not let that question of unity bother you, unity of what, behind a month? are you serious?
                                Any unity on unsound foundation (i.e. e.g. based on falsehood) is bound to perish.

                                1331 And if there had been a Qur'?n with which mountains could be moved (from their places), or the earth
                                could be cloven asunder, or the dead could be made to speak (it would not have been other than this
                                Qur'?n). But the decision of all things is certainly with All?h. Have not then those who believe yet
                                known that had All?h willed, He could have guided all mankind? And a disaster will not cease to strike
                                those who disbelieve because of their (evil) deeds or it (i.e. the disaster) settle close to their homes,
                                until the Promise of All?h comes to pass. Certainly, All?h does not fail in His Promise.

                                4153 We will show them Our Signs in the universe, and in their own selves, until it becomes manifest to
                                them that this (the Qur'?n) is the truth. Is it not sufficient in regard to your Lord that He is a Witness
                                over all things?

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                                  Peace NunHolidayPseudoEidRex ,
                                  Absolute top 10 dumbest post ever..LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
                                  quran = she = ????????
                                  Could someone please answer him, i can't stop myself laughin.. laugh laugh laugh

                                  i'll come back later , once i stop

                                  Do you understand the OR function what it means?

                                  72
                                  A Book was descended to you so no strain be in your chest from it, to warn with it and a remembrance to the believers.

                                  7431

                                  she is not except male/masculine (according to Ayman)

                                  OR

                                  it is not except a remembrance to the human

                                  What you are laughing at is Ayman ascribing a gender to genderless objects which go by different names.

                                  Quote from ayman on Yesterday at 073711 AM
                                  The word "quran" is masculine while " " in 7431 is feminine (referring to the feminine "saqar&quot

                                  Here is the correct rendering of the end of 7431....

                                  it is (i.e. Qur'an) not except a remembrance to the human

                                  It is, the examples and things stated prior to above is Qur'an (i.e. the remembrance/reminder).

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                                    Rami
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                                    Lets cool up the thread with some Ramadan spirit...

                                    http//www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/08/ramadan_2009.html

                                    http//www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/09/observing_ramadan.html

                                    Fast you cronies! P

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                                      farida
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                                      Salam Farida,
                                      from the way I was brought up, I have as long as I can remember associated twelve months with a solar year,
                                      with the role of the moon to help in subdividing the year into weeks, this is my archetypal programing if you want to call it.
                                      as for etymology it will be better to look into Hebrew, Aramaic, and semitic roots.

                                      Salaam alaikum brother,

                                      So I was knocking at the wrong door, no problem.

                                      So now, why are the Arabs not curious about hard facts on the life of the people who participated in bringing them
                                      the belief system they claim to be following.
                                      The fact is of course that they probably do not want to know, they want to follow what they fancy, not what they will find
                                      out which will be the truth (most probably unpleasant to leaders), and I guarantee you that a lot of relics have been destroyed just for the purpose not to allow for what is real to be known.
                                      Surely like other cover ups...

                                      You envy and worry about Arabs, but to one who wants hard facts you say

                                      Now you can carry on wasting your time arguing with and attacking Ayman, it is a choice, but in the grand scheme of (divine) things, no one can and will rush Allah especially if one follows the wrong course.

                                      Now that's not fair brother. Why should only the Arabs be curious and not me and God will see to Ayman and we feel envious about money is being poured into finding out about the history of ancient Egyp other than that we should do nothing just sit back?

                                      If Ayman is right, and the time is right, his view will be espoused.

                                      I am sure both will be eroded in the grand scheme as many nations have been destroyed and many, similar to Ayman, have disappeared into thin air.

                                      Look at all the sectarians fighting, they all think they are right, but where are they? and who knows, the Jews might decide to honour the Covenant The God made with them, and they then will be the enlightened ones

                                      Dear brother the reason we are in this miserable state is that, from among all three faiths God took a covenant, none is honouring that so who ever, from among these faiths, honours the Covenant will be of the enlightened ones.

                                      So please do not let that question of unity bother you, unity of what, behind a month? are you serious?

                                      Now brother I can't take your advice because you have one rule for Arabs and another for me. So yes I am very serious about the unity behind the month of Ramadan.

                                      Any unity on unsound foundation (i.e. e.g. based on falsehood) is bound to perish.

                                      Absolutely!

                                      I do not expect any further response from you as we are obviously on different platforms.

                                      Good luck

                                      Farida

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                                        Samia
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                                        Do you understand the OR function what it means?

                                        What you are laughing at is Ayman ascribing a gender to genderless objects which go by different names.

                                        Quote from ayman on Yesterday at 073711 AM
                                        The word "quran" is masculine while " " in 7431 is feminine (referring to the feminine "saqar&quot

                                        Here is the correct rendering of the end of 7431....

                                        it is (i.e. Qur'an) not except a remembrance to the human

                                        It is, the examples and things stated prior to above is Qur'an (i.e. the remembrance/reminder).

                                        Salaam Eid
                                        First In Arabic there is nothing called "genderless noun". Some nouns may have either gender, and they are very few and well known. Also, in Arabic there is no equivalent to "it". There are only two pronouns "literally" he and she.

                                        Secondly is remembrance not reminder;and it is a feminine noun. Reminder is and it is a masculine noun; as in ( ).
                                        Accordingly, ( /it is but ) refers to a feminine noun. Quraan is not a feminine noun, but masculine.Therefore, this (it's but) cannot refer to it.

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                                          ayman
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                                          Peace sister Samia,

                                          Salaam Eid
                                          First In Arabic there is nothing called "genderless noun". Some nouns may have either gender, and they are very few and well known. Also, in Arabic there is no equivalent to "it". There are only two pronouns "literally" he and she.
                                          Secondly is remembrance not reminder;and it is a feminine noun. Reminder is and it is a masculine noun; as in ( ).
                                          Accordingly, ( /it is but ) refers to a feminine noun. Quraan is not a feminine noun, but masculine.Therefore, this (it's but) cannot refer to it.

                                          Before I respond to previous posts chronologically, let me add a small comment to your thoughtful reply. I think what confused Eid is that he assumed that there must be gender agreement between "zikra" and what it describes. There is no such gender agreement in Arabic. Same structure here

                                          Literal The man (masculine) he (masculine) a role model (feminine) for his (masculine) son.

                                          This is not an advice just for Eid but for everyone, we should all be careful and avoid knee-jerk kind responses against things that are unfamiliar to us and instead try to reason and learn patiently.

                                          Peace,

                                          Ayman

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