Huruf, I understand that the "1000 months less 50 years" (Noah lived for 33.25 years) makes a lot more sense than "1000 years less 50 years" (Noah lived for 950 years). I was just seeking a justification from almarh0m for their usage of it. I do believe it to be more probable, but I have failed to see the reasoning from the Qur'an itself to support it.

This is why I was asking how (of the root sn nn ww, used as sanat) became 'months', and how (of the root ayn ww mm, used as m) remained 'years'. I was seeking a translation, and the different meanings, of both words, which are blatantly different, yet still translated as either 'year' or the plural 'years'.

May God grant you peace.

How do you know for sure that verse 2914 states months and weeks specifically?

The verse of the Qur'an

The words in question are (of the root sn nn ww, used as sanat) and (of the root ayn ww mm, used as m). Both are evidently different words, yet are still translated as 'years'.

I am not asking this in disagreement, just in wishing to find the truth, and evidence behind your statement. Where does one become 'months' and the other 'weeks'?

May God grant you peace.

Hello everyone.

I've been browsing Free-Minds for some time now, but only registered on the forum yesterday.

I was an atheist for my entire life until two months ago. Before then, Islam had intrigued me because of the misconceptions surrounding it; so, I went out to see whether or not they were true (unsurprisingly, many of them were false). It wasn't long before I started reading into the Qur'an and Islam, which compelled me to become a Muslim. I only spent one week as a Sunnite before discovering the lack of necessity of the Hadiths by reading into the bio of Wakas (whom I am deeply thankful of!). Since then, I have been reading the Qur'an to develop my understanding of it everyday.

I am in Australia, however, and to my knowledge there is a very small Muslim population (~400,000), presupposing a tiny "Quran-only" Muslim population. Thus, I have had some hardships with family and friends, having to be, sadly, overly secretive about my faith, and finding others whom I can discuss God and the Qur'an with has been near-impossible in person.

But now I am here, and very happy to be able to participate in communicating with like-minded people, followers of God alone.

Thank you.