Questions tagged [arabic-translation]
Translation of some (Islamic) texts and content from (or into?) Arabic
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What is the literal meaning of the word "Qur'an"?
I know that the Qur'an is the book revealed by the prophet Muhammad, but I'd like to know what the meaning of this word "Qur'an" is literally? What is its root?
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Does "nur" in Qur'an 71:16 mean "reflected light" or just "light"?
Regarding the verse 71:16:
وَجَعَلَ ٱلْقَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورًا وَجَعَلَ ٱلشَّمْسَ سِرَاجًا
And made the moon therein a [reflected] light and made the sun a
burning lamp
I saw an Arab ...
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Muhammad, Mohammad, Muhammed, Mohammed, Mohamed, or Mohumed?
What is the correct way to spell the Prophet's name?
Wikipedia spells it Muhammad (so does this site's tag: prophet-muhammad), though I'm running into people with variations on the spelling quite ...
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Does Qur'an 5:41 mean that all Jews "listen eagerly to lies", or that among the Jews there are some who "listen eagerly to lies"?
Qur'an 5:41:
يَا أَيُّهَا الرَّسُولُ لَا يَحْزُنكَ الَّذِينَ يُسَارِعُونَ فِي الْكُفْرِ مِنَ الَّذِينَ قَالُوا آمَنَّا بِأَفْوَاهِهِمْ وَلَمْ تُؤْمِن قُلُوبُهُمْ وَمِنَ الَّذِينَ هَادُوا سَمَّاعُونَ ...
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Difference between صَلِّ and بَارِكْ after the tashahhud
Salamo3alaykom, I have a question regarding the linguistics after the tashahhud.
للَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ، وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ، كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَعَلَى آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، ...
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What is 'wala' of a slave?
Its mentioned in several ahadith (like this) that the 'wala' of a slave is for the one who buys the slave, and that 'wala' should not be bought and sold.
This 'wala' comes up a lot in the ahadith ...
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Why is إِنَّا translated to "indeed we" (Sahih International)? E.g. إِنَّا لِلَّهِ = "Indeed we belong to Allah"
Consider, for example, the following verses:
الَّذِينَ إِذَا أَصَابَتْهُم مُّصِيبَةٌ قَالُوا إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ
Who, when disaster strikes them, say, "Indeed we belong ...
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Why Allah send darood on Prophet Muhammad(saw)?
إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ۚ يَا
أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا
تَسْلِيمًا
Allah and His Angels send blessings on the Prophet: O ye that believe!...
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What is the meaning of "bi masabiha" in surah 67:5
I have read on many websites that shooting star is meteor in science,
but I read the translation of the quran in surah Al-Mulk ayat 5 that :
And We have certainly beautified the nearest heaven ...
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What is the meaning of سعدیک and و الشرّ لیس الیک in this prayer of Istiftah?
The following is part of the Istiftah prayer narrated to be cited by Prophet -p.b.u.h- :
وجّهت وجهي للّذي فطر السموات والأرض حنيفاً، وما أنا من المشركين، إنّ
صلاتي ونسكي ومحياي ومماتي لله ربّ ...
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What does the exception in "No man should be alone with a woman except when there is a Mahram with her" mean?
Regarding the hadith
Ibn Juraij narrated this hadith with the same chain of transmitters, but he made no mention of it: "No person (man) should be alone with a woman except when there is a Mahram ...
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