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    unknownuser
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    Anyway, Ahmed... Are u avoiding from answering my question?

    Peace

    no I'm not avoiding it, i'm not interested to answer it, that's all

    "Vain Desire" and Ego, whats the different?? As my understanding...

    vain
    adj 1 characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense
    of self-importance; "a conceited fool"; "an attitude
    of self-conceited arrogance"; "an egotistical
    disregard of others"; "so swollen by victory that he
    was unfit for normal duty"; "growing ever more
    swollen-headed and arbitrary"; "vain about her
    clothes"

    desire
    n 1 the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
    2 an inclination to want things; "a man of many desires"
    3 something that is desired
    v 1 feel or have a desire for; want strongly; "I want to go home
    now; "I want my own room"
    2 expect with desire; "I trust you will behave better from now
    on"; "I hope she understands that she cannot expect a
    raise"
    3 express a desire for

    ego
    n 1 an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others

    2 your consciousness of your own identity
    3 (psychoanalysis) the conscious mind

    good, but I don't need it, I speak fluent Arabic and I read the Quran in Arabic

    o can we say "vain desire" mean something like "the feeling to have something that has the sense of self-importance"

    I don't know, but what i know that "Hawa" means 100% "desire"

    So, whats the different between that and being "egoistic"???

    not ssure, but what that has to do with "Hawa"?

    Egoistic \Ego*is"tic\, Egoistical \Egois"tical, a.
    Pertaining to egoism; imbued with egoism or excessive
    thoughts of self; self-loving.

    thanks again, but i'm not planning to be fluent in English, it is impossible due to learning it at old age so i'm not going to waste my time lol

    So, is my understanding wrong??

    I'm not sure really, I'm not knowledgable with the english language yet to know how one word can have many meanings, what I'm sure about that "Hawa" means "Desire", for example, "Ana Ahwa to fly all the time" means "I desire to fly all the time", "Ana Ahwa my wife" means "I desire my wife", not sure where ego can fit in here?

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      Ahmed,

      I guess you're too proud of your "Arabic" that you failed to understand my question, I asked you what do you understand with "vain desire"..

      you translated the verse as

      "Then seest thou such a one as takes as his god his own VAIN DESIRE? Allah has, knowing (him as such), left him astray, and sealed his hearing and his heart (and understanding), and put a cover on his sight. Who, then, will guide him after Allah (has withdrawn Guidance)? Will ye not then receive admonition? "

      I just want to know what you understand with "vain desire"????? Can I it be "ego" instead of "vain desire"?

      Well, for me, whether its "ego", "vain desire", or "feeling of having something that has the sense of self-importance", is not important as long as I understand the meaning..In Mandarin, a single "character" can explain something that takes 10 words to explain in English, but yet, it is all the same thing when you understand the meaning....
      Anyway, for me, desire springs from the ego and love of self...

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        unknownuser
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        but that is good enough for me to know that "Howa" means "Desire" clear as light

        "...ashr?na ?man...y? kit?b al haww?
        wa lem azal f? ec-cafhat el ?l?"

        (/nizar qabbani)

        😉

        sure he was documenting his desires, possibly a love to a woman, or any thing elase that he desired and wanted to be documented so he spent 20 years documenting the desires

        Peace bro

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          zsrin
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          ..what I'm sure about that "Hawa" means "Desire", for example, "Ana Ahwa to fly all the time" means "I desire to fly all the time", "Ana Ahwa my wife" means "I desire my wife", not sure where ego can fit in here?

          Simple, ask yourself, whats the meaning of the word "desire" in the first place and what made us to have the feeling of "desire"...knowing the meaning is not enough, understanding the meaning is more important..

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            Ahmed,

            Hello

            I guess you're too proud of your "Arabic" that you failed to understand my question,

            not sure about that, did you ask me the question in Arabic?

            I asked you what do you understand with "vain desire"

            and I told you I don?t give meanings to a language that I?m not fluent at, , if you aske me what ?Hawah?. ? ? means in Arabic or in English, I will be happy to answer that

            you translated the verse as

            "Then seest thou such a one as takes as his god his own VAIN DESIRE? Allah has, knowing (him as such), left him astray, and sealed his hearing and his heart (and understanding), and put a cover on his sight. Who, then, will guide him after Allah (has withdrawn Guidance)? Will ye not then receive admonition? "

            I?m sorry, it is not my translation, obviously you failed to recognise that it was translated by YUSUFALI

            YUSUFALI Then seest thou such a one as takes as his god his own vain desire? Allah has, knowing (him as such), left him astray, and sealed his hearing and his heart (and understanding), and put a cover on his sight. Who, then, will guide him after Allah (has withdrawn Guidance)? Will ye not then receive admonition?

            PICKTHAL Hast thou seen him who maketh his desire his god, and Allah sendeth him astray purposely, and sealeth up his hearing and his heart, and setteth on his sight a covering? Then who will lead him after Allah (hath condemned him)? Will ye not then heed?

            SHAKIR Have you then considered him who takes his low desire for his god, and Allah has made him err having knowledge and has set a seal upon his ear and his heart and put a covering upon his eye. Who can then guide him after Allah? Will you not then be mindful?

            (23)

            -> See, it was not me, it was Yusuf Smart Ali, however the most accurate one who translated the word ?Hawa? should be PICKTHAL the way I see it

            I just want to know what you understand with "vain desire"????? Can I it be "ego" instead of "vain desire"?

            no it can?t be, the word ?Vain? is not in the arabic text therefore I?m not interetesed to include it, only the word desire is there as PICKTHAL successfully translated, but it should be logically understood ?his own desires about what God should be or whay He should did/do?

            Well, for me, whether its "ego", "vain desire", or "feeling of having something that has the sense of self-importance", is not important as long as I understand the meaning..In Mandarin, a single "character" can explain something that takes 10 words to explain in English, but yet, it is all the same thing when you understand the meaning....

            well, it can?t be ego, as ego means ?Kebria?a? and was used many times in the Quran

            Anyway, for me, desire springs from the ego and love of self...

            desires also can be motivated by the love to other things, therefore it can not include ego

            peace

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              ..what I'm sure about that "Hawa" means "Desire", for example, "Ana Ahwa to fly all the time" means "I desire to fly all the time", "Ana Ahwa my wife" means "I desire my wife", not sure where ego can fit in here?

              Simple, ask yourself, whats the meaning of the word "desire" in the first place and what made us to have the feeling of "desire"...knowing the meaning is not enough, understanding the meaning is more important..

              it means "Raghbah" which means a human wants someting with passion, that something can be anything

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                zsrin
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                I?m sorry, it is not my translation, obviously you failed to recognise that it was translated by YUSUFALI

                I have a copy of that translation with me..what I was trying to say is that, you were the one who referred to that transalation, and when I pasted the translation that I used, you said its wrong, so basically it means, mine is wrong and yours is the correct one..and now you're trying to say something else...man! Stop playing with words....!!!

                it means "Raghbah" which means a human wants someting with passion, that something can be anything

                What is passion??

                passion
                n 1 strong feeling or emotion
                2 intense passion or emotion
                3 something that is desired intensely; "his rage for fame
                destroyed him"
                4 an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action

                so, what different does it make? you can see yourself, no matter how far you go..it comes back to the same meaning....

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                  Peace Ahmed,

                  as I said its so simple. its how you understand..you might want to say how is desire related to self-importance...well like u said just now, you desire your wife? Do you desire you wife for someone else or you do you desire your wife for yourself??? See...they key of it is the word "I", I love, I desire, I want, I hope,

                  when there is an "I', it is "self-importance" .. its how you understand what does it mean by "self-importance"...

                  I am not trying to say we must not have "ego"..we can't live without ego, but never let the ego control yourself...Again, its how you understand the word "ego"...

                  its like fire...we can't live without fire in this world..but once the fire is out of control...you know what will happen...

                  You know why we have so much arguments? Because we are trying to understand the "divine knowledge" in a human language...and worse, we are taking everything "literally"....

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                    I have a copy of that translation with me..what I was trying to say is that, you were the one who referred to that transalation, and when I pasted the translation that I used, you said its wrong, so basically it means, mine is wrong and yours is the correct one..and now you're trying to say something else...man! Stop playing with words....!!!

                    another nice try

                    look bro, I don't gice a fluke about what english translation it is, only the arabic text is the one that stands, we can have as much as billion translation but we only have one arabic text, so what is your point

                    Hawa" means desire, and sure the translation you have is damn wrong

                    it means "Raghbah" which means a human wants someting with passion, that something can be anything

                    What is passion??

                    passion
                    n 1 strong feeling or emotion
                    2 intense passion or emotion
                    3 something that is desired intensely; "his rage for fame
                    destroyed him"
                    4 an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action

                    so, what different does it make? you can see yourself, no matter how far you go..it comes back to the same meaning....

                    as I said I don't give a fluke about what dictiories you come up with or whaever pages of englsih words you copy and paste

                    Hawa = desire

                    "Ma Yantiq An Al Hawa", "He does not talk according to his desires"

                    do you know that verse?

                    also it seems you are the stretcher not me

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                      Hello zsrin

                      YUSUFALI Nor does he say (aught) of (his own) Desire.

                      PICKTHAL Nor doth he speak of (his own) desire.

                      SHAKIR Nor does he speak out of desire.

                      (3)

                      I rest my case bro

                      Peace

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                        zsrin
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                        Peace,

                        another nice try

                        look bro, I don't gice a fluke about what english translation it is, only the arabic text is the one that stands, we can have as much as billion translation but we only have one arabic text, so what is your point

                        Hawa" means desire, and sure the translation you have is damn wrong

                        So, tell me, if English is wrong, all the translation is wrong..what made u think
                        your understanding of the Arabic text can't be wrong? If understanding Arabic means understanding Koran..Then, tell me why the Sunnis who speak Arabic out there failed to understand the Koran? What is your answer?

                        Anyway,

                        SHAKIR Nor does he speak out of desire.

                        why not it be something like this

                        533 Nor does he speak out of ego(an exaggerated opinion of his own importance/his own need/his own belief) ?

                        As IdolFree said earlier, some people simply worshipping the language...

                        The language won't give you the "knowledge" but Allah does...You can be a Language expert or whatsoever..but without Allah giving you the knowledge...you will never get the knowledge...

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                          zsrin
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                          Peace,

                          For me, the translation can be wrong or whatsoever,..I just don't care, people who translated the Koran is just a normal human being, including the one who wrote your "Arabic Text"/Koran... But, for sure...If Allah want to let me have the knowledge, No matter whats the language...I'll still be able to understand...even without the "Koran"..

                          Yet, some people who knows so much of "Arabic" failed to even understand that Koran never explain to them anything...and that why we are all in this "forum" looking for explaination!!!!

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                            zsrin
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                            Idolfree you know what.. I really need some meditation...Its hard to make people to think "outside the box"....

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                              Peace,

                              Hi

                              So, tell me, if English is wrong, all the translation is wrong..what made u think
                              your understanding of the Arabic text can't be wrong?

                              because I'm a fluent native arabic speaker as well the word "Hawa" is bloody common, in fact it is a common word in most arabic songs

                              Abd Al Halim Hafez, a very popular egyptian singer "he is dead now" used to sing, "El Hawa Hawaya" lol which means "The desire is my desire", if it means "The ego is my ego" the arabs would have laughed at him lol

                              If understanding Arabic means understanding Koran..Then, tell me why the Sunnis who speak Arabic out there failed to understand the Koran? What is your answer?

                              to be honest I don't give a fluke in HOW they got it wrong, but what I will fluke about is exposing their flaw

                              Anyway,

                              SHAKIR Nor does he speak out of desire.

                              why not it be something like this

                              533 Nor does he speak out of ego(an exaggerated opinion of his own importance/his own need/his own belief) ?

                              because Hawa does not mean ego, therefore the above translation must be classified as a lie, a manipulation and 100% misleading

                              As IdolFree said earlier, some people simply worshipping the language...

                              I consider Idlolfree not a true believer in the Quran, in effect i consider that he too followed a god, his Hawa made for himself, no offence it is the truth according to the Quran, and the truth always hurts as well not many can handle it

                              The language won't give you the "knowledge" but Allah...

                              what is your point?

                              the knowledge given, is represented in words that is represented using something called a language, all languages were created by God any way, do you know that verse?

                              You can be a Language expert or whatsoever..but without Allah giving you the knowledge...you will never get the knowledge...

                              cool, I finally agree with something you said

                              happy new year

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                                Peace,

                                Hi

                                For me, the translation can be wrong or whatsoever,..I just don't care, people who translated the Koran is just a normal human being,

                                now you conceded that the english tranalation can be easily wrong, good, I reckon santa will good to you

                                including the one who wrote your "Arabic Text"/Koran...

                                that is a bit of a stretch bro, the arabci Quran is one text since revelation can you show two different Arabic Quran that are for sale, like the many english translatipons for sale?

                                so leave the arabic alone as you have no knowledge about it and according to 1736 "DO NOT ARGUE IF YOU LACK KNOWLEDGE",

                                I say if you do not, Santa is not going to be good to you this xmas

                                But, for sure...If Allah want to let me have the knowledge, No matter whats the language...I'll still be able to understand...even without the "Koran"..

                                not sure what you mean by still understand wiothout the Quran? what you will still understand? can you be specific?

                                Yet, some people who knows so much of "Arabic" failed to even understand that Koran never explain to them anything...

                                this is a clear cut non sense, the quran explains every thing we need to prosper as well it explains itself in the most accurate of ways

                                and that why we are all in this "forum" looking for explaination!!!!

                                well, explanation to what exactly?, can you be more specific, is it life, quran, hell, god,...... there are many things that are needed to be explained, and sure most are explained in the perfect and complete arabic quran

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                                  Peace,

                                  And when We change (one) communication for (another) communication, and Allah knows best what He reveals, they say You are only a forger. Nay, most of them do not know. - Shakir

                                  16 101. When We substitute one revelation for another,- and Allah knows best what He reveals (in stages),- they say, "Thou art but a forger" but most of them understand not. - Yusuf Ali

                                  16 101 And when We put a revelation in place of (another) revelation, - and Allah knoweth best what He revealeth - they say Lo! thou art but inventing. Most of them know not.- Pickthall

                                  16102 And if We exchange a verse in place of another verse; and God is more aware of what He is revealing; they Say "You are making this up!" Alas, most of them do not know. - Free Mind

                                  Today, I can see it myself the meaning of the verse above...

                                  Man, again I wanna ask you...what do you understand by the English word "ego"????????? that made you to say that it is wrong??

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                                    that is a bit of a stretch bro, the arabci Quran is one text since revelation can you show two different Arabic Quran that are for sale, like the many english translatipons for sale?

                                    Again, you don't get my message...Did I say Quran? I said "Koran" and I have seen hundreds type of Koran...Big, small, black and white, or coloured version...

                                    so leave the arabic alone as you have no knowledge about it and according to 1736 "DO NOT ARGUE IF YOU LACK KNOWLEDGE",

                                    Ohya..from where you got the translation for the above verse? can you please tell me...how it is translated as "argue"????

                                    Are you suggesting that we should "follow/accept blindly" if we can't argue???

                                    Yes, I am always lack of knowledge...Thats why I always look for answers...But I don't "follow blindly" as Knowledge came from answers and answers came from questions and if nobody argues...it means everyone has found the "truth"....

                                    not sure what you mean by still understand wiothout the Quran? what you will still understand? can you be specific?

                                    I said "koran" not "Quran"..again you are twisting your words..

                                    this is a clear cut non sense, the quran explains every thing we need to prosper as well it explains itself in the most accurate of ways

                                    Can you tell me where on "Koran" I can find an explaination on how to use "Adobe Photoshop"? I want to learn it but still looking for the best book to learn that subject..

                                    well, explanation to what exactly?, can you be more specific, is it life, quran, hell, god,...... there are many things that are needed to be explained, and sure most are explained in the perfect and complete arabic quran

                                    and now you say "most"..I thought you said it explains everything?Ok, nevermind, I need to learn "photoshop" can you please show me a verse that will explain to me about photoshop??

                                    thanks...

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                                      "...ashr?na ?man...y? kit?b al haww?
                                      wa lem azal f? ec-cafhat el ?l?"

                                      (/nizar qabbani)

                                      😉

                                      sure he was documenting his desires, possibly a love to a woman, or any thing elase that he desired and wanted to be documented so he spent 20 years documenting the desires

                                      Peace bro

                                      I know what it means damn well since I'm translating from Arabic to Swedish and currently Nizars poetry. I just wanted to show it to you, that's all, but that was a mistake.

                                      What is your native language Ahmed?

                                      And one more thing, you haven't respond to my latest post...

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                                        Peace,

                                        And when We change (one) communication for (another) communication, and Allah knows best what He reveals, they say You are only a forger. Nay, most of them do not know. - Shakir

                                        16 101. When We substitute one revelation for another,- and Allah knows best what He reveals (in stages),- they say, "Thou art but a forger" but most of them understand not. - Yusuf Ali

                                        16 101 And when We put a revelation in place of (another) revelation, - and Allah knoweth best what He revealeth - they say Lo! thou art but inventing. Most of them know not.- Pickthall

                                        16102 And if We exchange a verse in place of another verse; and God is more aware of what He is revealing; they Say "You are making this up!" Alas, most of them do not know. - Free Mind

                                        Today, I can see it myself the meaning of the verse above...

                                        Shakir translation is 100% wrong, there is no such word that ean communication in the arabic text

                                        Man, again I wanna ask you...what do you understand by the English word "ego"????????? that made you to say that it is wrong??

                                        Ego = self pride and the ones who have ego I consider them arrogant

                                        see, that does not mean "Hawa", because Hawa is a desire not self pride, unless I understand ego wrong

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                                          I know what it means damn well since I'm translating from Arabic to Swedish

                                          but I don't read swedish

                                          and currently Nizars poetry. I just wanted to show it to you, that's all, but that was a mistake.

                                          bro, at least say a message with it so I know what you mean

                                          What is your native language Ahmed?

                                          I believe i told this before, I wonder why you aske me the same question again

                                          And one more thing, you haven't respond to my latest post...

                                          ok I wil have a look, too may things I have to respond to, but I will respond

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