StopS, on 16 December 2012 - 12:50 PM, said:
Do you know these sentences from the Koran?
"Truly Allah guides not one who transgresses and lies." 40:28
"Lo! the harshest of all voices is the voice of the ass." 31:19
"And do not insult one another and do not call each other by [offensive] nicknames." 49:11
I suggest you behave accordingly if you are a true Muslim.
I did not insult you I pointed out facts about your incapability to debate. You try and debate something without any evidential support nor references or anything. You claim the information provided is flawed yet provide no proof for your claim nor able to breakdown and argument and construct a counter argument which is supported with proof!
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So maybe you should adhere to the quranic verses too!'
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"takes upto four words in English". Again: concentrate. Nobody understands what you are trying to say! Is Arabic precise or can one word have several meanings?
The fact your dependant solely upon translations and don't understand the form, structures, mechanisms, etc used as linguistic tools and most of all you don't understand the original language in it's original form, yet here you are debating like a zealot without any tools! I mean I would appreciate you more if you did not accept the meanings of the Arabic words and showed us why those meanings are wrong by showing the actual meaning (oh yeah but you can't do that too), so alternatively you could cross reference, you could check the meanings by checking references given by the OP, oh yeah but you don't do that either do you?
*snip* Why should your counter argument be taken serious or you for that matter, when you cant any of the above?
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But if you are so good at explaining classical Arabic, why don't you tell me what samaawaat means. Define it in your own words. If you can't do this, it means I am right and hiding behind words which are declared untranslatable and so complex they are above and beyond the English language then the Koran is not easy to understand as is claimed in the Koran itself is dishonest and contradicting the Koran itself.
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Your asking me what samawaat means when the OP and myself to a small extent elaborated on it in many posts. You ignore the information, the references, lexicon definitions provided, and still ask me what it means.
Why don't you actually do some work and check the references. Yet your incapable of this, but you cant even substantiate why it does not mean what the OP claims? I know why we all know why, it's cause your fully dependant on the English translation. Hence to base your objection solely on the English translation clearly illustrates how flawed your method and your argument is!!!
So like I said, you can only understand the layman meaning of the word and verse, meaning the English translated version is your current limit of understanding, because you lack the tools to go in-depth, you lack understanding of the original, linguistics, etc. Thus you only comprehend the layman version which is fine, cause it's also correct. However those with understanding and have the tools to do so (Muslim or not), can delve deeper into the rich Arabic language flourishing with linguistic mechanisms etc.
So no! the Quran does not contradict itself. It is easy to understand in Arabic, and in english on the face of it, layman understanding. It is also easy to remember hence we have millions of Muslims who know the Quran by memory word for word. It's still easy to understand when you one delves deeper, if you have the tools, which you dont! so what now? Well you either accept the Arabic meanings by the OP and me on face value, if not, cross reference to check it yourself, or produce the actual factual translations of those words as you know them in your expert opinion
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The Koran is intended for all mankind and nations and not just Arabs.
(2:161, 2:164, 2:213, 2:221, 4:174, 7:26, 7:27, 7:31, 7:35, 13:7, 14:52, 17:88, 17:9, 35:45, 36:60, 49:13, 64:2, and many more).
Yes it is.....hence why there are Muslims from all backgrounds in all corners of the world, I'm one, Caucasian atheist, western European, revert to Islam! Learning Arabic, but I was able to understand the translations on a layman level, but I never took any thing at face value, I always cross referenced everything and still do! The Quran original form is in Arabic, its translated into many languages still conveying the original message to millions of non Arabic speaking Muslims!
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But in any case: it should still be easy to understand and clear. As is stated in:
54:17- We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember
54:22- We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember
54:32- We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember
54:40- We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember
And I said it is easy to understand in Arabic or English on a layman level at face value, what's beyond you is the depth it has and the fact the layman meaning and the deeper meaning are always correct in both cases, it's not about taking the layman meaning or the deeper meaning, you take both.
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In Arabic so you don't think this could be down to translation:
No clearly no....stuff is lost in translation, but it's actually down to you.....it's your deficiencies.
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Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin
Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin
Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin
Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin
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75:19 Then, it is undertaken by Us to explain it.
6:114 He it is Who hath sent unto you the Book, explained in detail
16:89 We have sent down to thee the Book explaining all things.
41:3 A Book, whereof the verses are explained in detail
There you have it and now please tell me what exactly samaawaat means. Or are you telling everybody the Koran is wrong?
Lmao!!!! You wrong!
The Quran is correct, Allah revealed it and explained it, verses are self explanatory on the face of it, further elaboration was provided via the prophet who was the walking talking and practical Quran....
The verses are explained, there is simple meaning in most cases, but there is also depth and they compliment each other!
You see your mistaken if you think I'm defending the Quran etc to defend OPs model, I'm not, I'm open to his theory and I'm also scrutinising it, I can scrutinise the science, philosophical implications, etc I can also check his translation of words verses etc at a simple level and depth, by using dictionaries, lexicons, linguistics etc, but you can't be critical about the Arabic and it's meaning when you have no understanding of it!
What you claim is that the OP is translating the verses to fit his theory....this is a conspiracy, which you have to prove, but you can't cause you don't know Arabic. I can check his claims on the Arabic just like science he claims, and so can you but you do neither, you just rant at him, making hollow claims, require repetition on the meanings and demand silly things which only shows have not read his posts thoroughly!
Let me leave you an example, the Quran in one chapter starts with words where Allah swears by at-tariq, now to the early Arabs they thought this word meant star or refered to a star, but the word in Arabic for star is najm. So it was not until later contemporary times that scholars delved deeper. Without going into it technically, the roots words used a verb describing most commonly a needle piercing fabric, (do you understand this?) so the root word is commonly a description for something pierces, like a needle piercing fabric. To describe this action in English one word does not suffice does it? You need a small sentence to describe it, yet in arabic a needle piercing fabric can be summed in one word. Now put this word into it's context in the Quran, where Allah is literally swearing by that something which pierces the heavens (hence why early Muslims thought it was a star, cause stars pierce the night sky, it's also correct), but linguistically and contextually allah swears by something that pierces the heavens, and we know the root is a physical description of something piercing ie fabric. So what pierces the heaven (ie the universe)? I feel like leaving this as home work to you but I know you won't do it! So I'll tell you. Allah is referring to black holes, the words used at Tariq means that which physically pierces (most commonly needle piercing fabric), what pierces the universe? Black holes do, the literally pierce the very fabric of the universe. So I hope this illustrates my points a bit clearer!!'
Edited by Saru, 25 December 2012 - 08:39 PM.
Removed personal attacks and insults