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    Fahad1
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    Salam,

    frankly bro , i dont understand how you derive this understanding . the way i see it , a person cannot be people of THE ZIKR , if he is not aware of the Koran(the zikr)

    Not aware or does not acknowledge? I think even if one is aware/acknowledge the Quran does not make a person/people of az zikr.

    Anyway who would you say are the people of azzikr. Could you give me an example?

    Cheers

    Those who have knowledge of the Koran are the people of the Zikr . as it is the Koran that contains the Zikr (381) .

    peace.

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      bmbmm
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      Thanks bro,

      My arabic is not that good and I want to clerify whether its people of the reminder or people of remembrance those that know?

      Clearly there is a difference between these, plus most translators of the Quran write ask people who know (who remember things who have knowledge), rather than people of reminder.

      Do they not carefully analyse the Quran. If it had been from other than Allaah then surely they would have found many discrepancies therein

      I think these are the people or collection of people of remembrance/knowledge, who got the knowlwdge (i.e universal knowledge) to carefully analyse the Quran that the Reminder is advising us to approach. As an academic I do not see people just knowing the Quran without any experties in any particular field (for instance, biochemistry) can be approached for clarification of things the Quran demands research into. Hence, I reject the concept of Muslim or Islamic Scholars. Who are they? If we do have a wider understanding of the reminder the Quran than we should acknowledge that it demands research, so if it demands research, I totally believe that any good researcher can reach and find the truth.

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        Fahad1
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        Thanks bro,

        My arabic is not that good and I want to clerify whether its people of the reminder or people of remembrance those that know?

        my arabic isnt good either . it is hardly beginner level .

        Clearly there is a difference between these, plus most translators of the Quran write ask people who know (who remember things who have knowledge), rather than people of reminder.

        i think both "remembrance" or "reminder" would fit . in both cases , az zikr would refer to the Koran .

        the word of "knowledge" is "ILM" , not "ZKR" .

        thanks and salam.

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          bmbmm
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          Salam,

          I think remembrance and knowledge go hand-in-hand. Its the difference between a philosopher/scientist and a technician.

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            Do they not carefully analyse the Quran. If it had been from other than Allaah then surely they would have found many discrepancies therein

            Are the above people of azzikr?

            Peace

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              Fahad1
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              Do they not carefully analyse the Quran. If it had been from other than Allaah then surely they would have found many discrepancies therein

              Are the above people of azzikr?

              Peace

              i think it is about the rejectors . but i will have to make sure by reading the sura again , or at least some of the surrounding verses . later .

              but whats the point ?

              .

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                unknownuser
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                Al Quran is known as

                1. Al Kitab
                2. Kitab
                3. Al Zikr
                4. Zikr
                5. Sohof
                6. Al Furqan
                7. Furqan

                that is what i managed to remember so far

                other attributes of the Kitab("Koran")
                (copied from IIPC forum)

                1. Al-Quran / THE READING
                2. At-Taurah / THE LAW
                3. Al-Injeel / GOOD NEWS
                4. Zaboor / PIECE
                5. Furqan / CRITERION
                6. Burhan / PROOF
                7. Sultan / AUTHORITY
                8. Hiqma / WISDOM
                9. Hidaya / GUIDANCE
                10. Nazil / REVELATION
                11. Wahi / INSPIRATION
                12. Qalam / SPEECH / WORD
                13. Basair / INSIGHT
                14. Ayat / SIGNS
                15. Majeed / GLORIOUS
                16. Ajeeb / AMAZING
                17. Noor / LIGHT
                18. Ahsan al Hadees / MOST BEAUTIFUL INCIDENT
                19. Ahsan al Qasas / MOST BEAUTIFUL RELATIONSHIP
                20. Amsaal / EXAMPLES
                21. Moezza / PREACHING
                22. Zikar / REMEMBRANCE
                23. Alwah / TABLETS
                24. Zia / SHINE
                25. Bayyenaat / CLEAR
                26. Risalat / MESSAGES
                27. Al-Ambah / THE NEWS
                28. Al-Qaul / THE SAYING
                29. Sahoof / PAGES
                30. Shariyah / WAY
                31. Al Amarrullah / THE ORDER OF ALLAH
                32. Al Haq / THE TRUTH
                33. Al-Ilm / THE KNOWLEDGE

                salam.

                Thank you mate, very informative indeed

                my only note bro that Quran does not mean reading, it is a name exactly like Injil and Torah,

                the word Quran only inclines to read but does not mean reading

                I'm not also sure that Zaboor means PIECE, i believe it should be translated as Pslam

                Alah knows best

                Peace be with you

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                  Fahad1
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                  Thank you mate, very informative indeed

                  my only note bro that Quran does not mean reading, it is a name exactly like Injil and Torah,

                  the word Quran only inclines to read but does not mean reading

                  I'm not also sure that Zaboor means PIECE, i believe it should be translated as Pslam

                  salam bro .
                  i also used to think the same way , but some really detailed and thought provoking lectures at www.IIPC.tv made me change my thinking . but thats a seperate topic ) .

                  i really think u gotta watch the lecture about "al kitab" and "at taurah and injeel" , and also checkout the "kaaba/qibla" lecture (i m trying to transcribe this one to post on this forum . rock solid ).

                  Alah knows best

                  indeed.

                  salam.

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                    unknownuser
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                    Thank you mate, very informative indeed

                    my only note bro that Quran does not mean reading, it is a name exactly like Injil and Torah,

                    the word Quran only inclines to read but does not mean reading

                    I'm not also sure that Zaboor means PIECE, i believe it should be translated as Pslam

                    salam bro .
                    i also used to think the same way , but some really detailed and thought provoking lectures at www.IIPC.tv made me change my thinking . but thats a seperate topic ) .

                    i really think u gotta watch the lecture about "al kitab" and "at taurah and injeel" , and also checkout the "kaaba/qibla" lecture (i m trying to transcribe this one to post on this forum . rock solid ).

                    Alah knows best

                    indeed.

                    salam.

                    Thanks bro

                    i will have a look, but i know this web site and i know the guy there Mohammad Shiekh as far as I believe, i listened to his lecture about the Kaaba, i was not very impressed though, but he jhas my total respect though, i will try to see the lecture about Al Kitab and let you know

                    Peace

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                      unknownuser
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                      Salam brother darbaari

                      Just a quick note and please don?t consider it a debate in anyway, calling the Quran ?The Reading? and substituting it with the two words ?The Reading? is very misleading, vague and does not make any sense

                      We know that the Quran is a book that can only be read as any other book, what new info here to call it the reading?

                      And most people must ask if you mention it ?The Reading?, which reading?, this is because the Reading is very general and have no attraction to it as an individual word without any context.

                      And when you face that question ?which reading exactly?? then I'm sure you will answer "The Quran? and when you do that, everything is clear

                      Now if everything is clear by calling it The Quran, why making it vague and hard to understand for an average human being?

                      See, if I tell you I love the song, you will ask me which song?, if I keep telling you, the song is the song, you will call me crazy, but if I tell you I love The wall by pink floyed, then you need no elaboration from me unless you don?t know pink floyed and his album the wall

                      A child know that any book is for reading, this is what they learn first at kindergarten anyway, so I don't think that Allah is considering us children to send us a book that you think it means the Reading and instead of calling it ?Al Qiraa?, ? ? which means the reading, He calls it ?Al Quran?, ? ?, not sure why?, but I can only see that we will be confused if you think He did,

                      You have to also consider that there are people who can?t read due to ignorance or due to disability, so how they can read the Quran?

                      The Quran is also for listening, in fact here is another clear order to do just that

                      YUSUFALI When the Qur'an is read, listen to it with attention, and hold your peace that ye may receive Mercy.

                      PICKTHAL And when the Qur'an is recited, give ear to it and pay heed, that ye may obtain mercy.

                      SHAKIR And when the Quran is recited, then listen to it and remain silent, that mercy may be shown to you.

                      (204)

                      -> Now, please tell me, why the above 3 translators all agreed that Quran means Quran?

                      According to 7204, which one makes sense to an average human

                      When the Quran is read?

                      Or

                      When the reading is read?

                      I see the name ?Al Quran? is very unique and a miracle on its own because no other reading took that title ?Al Quran? but all readings are already ?The readings? which is vague because it can refer to any thing that can be read including the Quran.

                      Al Quran only inclines to read but never ever meant the reading because the reading means ??, "Qiraa"

                      Peace be with you

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                        Do they not carefully analyse the Quran. If it had been from other than Allaah then surely they would have found many discrepancies therein

                        Are the above people of azzikr?

                        Peace

                        i think it is about the rejectors . but i will have to make sure by reading the sura again , or at least some of the surrounding verses . later .

                        but whats the point ?

                        .

                        I think its a general command/advice to anyone, as no one can really have faith/accept the Quran without evidence/out of ignorance. I myself try to find discrepancies and everyone should do that. So it does not refer "only" to the rejectors, its general. The point is we should ask the people of knowledge/remembrance and these are anybody, as far as truth come first.

                        Peace

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                          unknownuser
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                          Peace brother Ahmed, all,

                          I did some research and found that according to Lane's Lexicon, "al-qur'aan" can also mean "the collection" (collection of verses, chapters) in addition to "the reading/recitation".

                          http//www.studyquran.org/LaneLexicon/Volume7/00000030.pdf

                          http//www.studyquran.org/LaneLexicon/Volume7/00000031.pdf

                          http//www.studyquran.org/LaneLexicon/Volume7/00000032.pdf

                          I think that in some verses "al-qur'aan" is the proper name of the book of Allah, and in some verses it can literary mean "the reading"(of the book of Allah), depending on the context.

                          Nowhere Allah has mentioned the word "ism" in relation with "al-qur'aan" to make it a clear cut name of the book of Allah, like He does with His names when He mentions "asma al-husna" or "bismillah". So saying that it can only mean the name of the book of Allah does not have a clear cut authority from Allah.

                          Remember, in Arabic language there are no capital letters to denote a proper name. Whether a word is proper name or a common noun is determined by the CONTEXT of usage of that word.

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                            Peace brother Ahmed, all,
                            I think that in some verses "al-qur'aan" is the proper name of the book of Allah, and in some verses it can literary mean "the reading", depending on the context.

                            I accept that bro and this is why I say it is a name to incline to read, in arabic Quran will stay Quran when we process the words in our minds, in English it should be translated Quran then elaborated on that it is name to incline to read

                            Peace

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                              Fahad1
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                              peace.

                              Do they not carefully analyse the Quran. If it had been from other than Allaah then surely they would have found many discrepancies therein

                              Are the above people of azzikr?

                              Peace

                              i think it is about the rejectors . but i will have to make sure by reading the sura again , or at least some of the surrounding verses . later .

                              but whats the point ?

                              .

                              I think its a general command/advice to anyone, as no one can really have faith/accept the Quran without evidence/out of ignorance. I myself try to find discrepancies and everyone should do that. So it does not refer "only" to the rejectors, its general.

                              whats it got do with ahluzzikar ?!

                              The point is we should ask the people of knowledge/remembrance and these are anybody, as far as truth come first.

                              you are missing all the points . when the Koran says "THE Book" , it is not refering to all GENERAL books , but to a SPECEFIC book . in the same way, "THE reminder" is not refering GENERAL reminder but a SPECEFIC reminder , which is contained in the Koran (according to 381) . do u reject verse 381 ?

                              peace.

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                                Fahad1
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                                Salam brother darbaari

                                Just a quick note and please don?t consider it a debate in anyway, calling the Quran ?The Reading? and substituting it with the two words ?The Reading? is very misleading, vague and does not make any sense

                                salam.
                                i dont want to divert the topic here , so i will create a seperate thread for this and reply there (but i m not trying to start a lengthy debate ) )

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                                  Fahad1
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                                  salam Ahmed .
                                  here
                                  http//www.free-minds.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5484&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=

                                  .

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                                    bmbmm
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                                    peace.

                                    Do they not carefully analyse the Quran. If it had been from other than Allaah then surely they would have found many discrepancies therein

                                    Are the above people of azzikr?

                                    Peace

                                    i think it is about the rejectors . but i will have to make sure by reading the sura again , or at least some of the surrounding verses . later .

                                    but whats the point ?

                                    .

                                    I think its a general command/advice to anyone, as no one can really have faith/accept the Quran without evidence/out of ignorance. I myself try to find discrepancies and everyone should do that. So it does not refer "only" to the rejectors, its general.

                                    whats it got do with ahluzzikar ?!

                                    The point is we should ask the people of knowledge/remembrance and these are anybody, as far as truth come first.

                                    you are missing all the points . when the Koran says "THE Book" , it is not refering to all GENERAL books , but to a SPECEFIC book . in the same way, "THE reminder" is not refering GENERAL reminder but a SPECEFIC reminder , which is contained in the Koran (according to 381) . do u reject verse 381 ?

                                    peace.

                                    Salam,

                                    Why should we ask the people of the Quran on every matter? Quran is not a detail solution to everything. Hence it is recomended to ask the experts. I do not agree that there are people who are expert on the Quran, logically it means nothing to me for someone to be an expert on the Quran. Are you talking about Islamic/Muslim Scholars? I am confused. Please eleborate shock

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                                      The point is we should ask the people of knowledge/remembrance and these are anybody, as far as truth come first.

                                      you are missing all the points . when the Koran says "THE Book" , it is not refering to all GENERAL books , but to a SPECEFIC book . in the same way, "THE reminder" is not refering GENERAL reminder but a SPECEFIC reminder , which is contained in the Koran (according to 381) . do u reject verse 381 ?

                                      Why should we ask the people of the Quran on every matter? Quran is not a detail solution to everything. Hence it is recomended to ask the experts. I do not agree that there are people who are expert on the Quran, logically it means nothing to me for someone to be an expert on the Quran. Are you talking about Islamic/Muslim Scholars? I am confused. Please eleborate

                                      salam.
                                      you just dodged verse 381 . i asked do u reject verse 381 ?

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                                        The point is we should ask the people of knowledge/remembrance and these are anybody, as far as truth come first.

                                        you are missing all the points . when the Koran says "THE Book" , it is not refering to all GENERAL books , but to a SPECEFIC book . in the same way, "THE reminder" is not refering GENERAL reminder but a SPECEFIC reminder , which is contained in the Koran (according to 381) . do u reject verse 381 ?

                                        Why should we ask the people of the Quran on every matter? Quran is not a detail solution to everything. Hence it is recomended to ask the experts. I do not agree that there are people who are expert on the Quran, logically it means nothing to me for someone to be an expert on the Quran. Are you talking about Islamic/Muslim Scholars? I am confused. Please eleborate

                                        salam.
                                        you just dodged verse 381 . i asked do u reject verse 381 ?

                                        Salam bro I do not reject verse 381. What is the specific reminder?

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                                          Fahad1
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                                          salam bro .

                                          salam.
                                          you just dodged verse 381 . i asked do u reject verse 381 ?

                                          Salam bro I do not reject verse 381. What is the specific reminder?

                                          ok . it is an attribute of the Book . when u read it , it keeps on reminding you (about many things for example about the blessings of God and His punishments etc ) .

                                          and this is what people of the reminder do

                                          5045 ...So remind with the Quran those who fear My promise.

                                          i hope u understand now .

                                          salam.

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