925 God has granted you victory in many battles. And on the day of
Hunayn when you were pleased with your great numbers but it did not
help you at all, and the land became tight around you for what it held,
then you turned to flee.
IS THE WORD USED IN ARABIC "BATTLES" OR "BATTLEFIELDS" ??
926 Then God sent down tranquility upon His messenger and the
believers, and He sent down soldiers which you did not see, and He
punished those who disbelieved. Such is the recompense of the rejecters.
940 If you do not help him, then God has helped him. When those
who rejected expelled him, he was one of only two, and when they were
in the cave, he said to his friend ?Do not grieve, for God is with us.? So
God sent down calmness over him ...
IS THE ARABIC WORD THAT HAS BEEN TRANSLATED INTO TRANQUILITY IN 926 AND INTO
CALMNESS IN 940 THE SAME ??? IF YES WHY HAS IT NOT BEEN RENDERED INTO THE SAME
WORD IN ENGLISH ??
959 And if they had only been content with what God and His
messenger had given them, and they had said ?God suffices; God will give
us from His bounty, and His messenger; it is to God that we desire.?
IT IS TO GOD THAT WE DESIRE. IS THIS SENTENCE WELL PHRASED IN ENGLISH ? I TRULY WONDER.
can you desire TO someone ??
436 And serve God and do not set up anything with Him, and be
kind to the parents, and the relatives, and the needy, and the neighbor
who is of kin, and the neighbor next door, and the friend far away, and
the traveler, and those committed to you by oath. God does not like the
arrogant, the boastful.
960 The charities are to go to the poor, and the needy, and those who
work to collect them, and those whose hearts have been united, and to free
the slaves, and those in debt, and in the cause of God, and the wayfarer. A
duty from God, and God is Knowledgeable, Wise.
IN THE ABOVE VERSES THERE ARE ARABIC WORD(S) THAT HAVE BEEN TRANSLATED INTO
TRAVELER IN 436 AND WAYFARER IN 960.
THE VERSES TO ME ARE A BIT CLOSE. SHOULD THE TRANSLATION BE THE SAME ??
IF NO LET ME KNOW.
983 IfGod returns you to a group of them, and they ask your permission
to come with you, then say ?You will not come with me ever; nor will...
SPACE CHARACTER MISSING BETWEEN "IF" AND "GOD" AT THE BEGINNING OF THE VERSE.
9123 O you who believe, fight those who around you of the rejecters, and
let them find strength in you; and know that God is with the righteous.
IS THE PHRASING OF THIS SENTENCE OK ? "FIGHT THOSE WHO AROUND YOU OF THE REJECTERS"
IS THERE NOT A "ARE" MISSING AFTER "WHO" ??