Questions tagged [arabic-translation]
Translation of some (Islamic) texts and content from (or into?) Arabic
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Explain translation of surah 23:12-14 in Muhammad Asad Book
Muhammad Asad in his translation of Quran surah 23:12-14, gives the following translation:
NOW, INDEED, We create man out of the essence of clay, {4} (12) and
then We cause him to remain as a drop of ...
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What Is The Meaning Of The Arabic Word "Rafa'a" رَفْعٌ In Regards To Corporeal Things?
According to Lane's Lexicon, the Arabic word Rafa'a رَفْعٌ in regards to human body or corporeal thing means to physically elevate or rasie:-
(TA:) رَفْعٌ is sometimes applied to CORPOREAL things, ...
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What do Sections k32.1 through k32.4 in The Reliance of the Traveller say?
In Section k32 of The Reliance of the Traveller, the translator explains that the subsequent four sections (k32.1 through k32.4) are not translated, and instead writes:
(n: This section, which begins,...
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Translation of this particular verse?
Selamun aleikum,
Can someone give me a literal translation of these particular verses (and add a little bit of explaining):
Surah Al-Ala, Verses 4/5:
وَالَّذِي أَخْرَجَ الْمَرْعَىٰ
فَجَعَلَهُ ...
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Is following claim is right on meaning of word "daha" in verse 79:30
In following website, the author claims that in Libyan, the word "daha" means egg or something like egg shape. In the Book "The Bible, the Quran and Sciences" by Maurice Bucaille, ...
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Books within the Quran
Is the Holy Quran one book? Or Is the Holy Quran a collection of multiple distinct books (each with a name and signs)? In reference to 98:2-3 and multiple different verses which different books are ...
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Refuting a Christian claim about the word "Allah"
I would like your help in refuting a Christian claim as this has been bugging me for a while now
Is the epsilon truly more fitting of the first letter of the word "Allah" (as pronounced in ...
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What is the meaning of "jahileen" or "jahiloon"?
What is the meaning of "jahileen" or "jahiloon"? especially in the context of below aaya of Sura Baqarah
وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَن ...
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Are these Quranic verses on this amulet or something satanic?
My mother went somewhere for ruqya and they gave this for adding to the water we drink. I am not good at reading Arabic hand-written like this. So I want to confirm if this is something from the Quran ...
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English translation needed for only 8 ahadith of Abu Hurairah that have no backup by a similar narration from any other sahabi in Hadith collections
I was reading a post here on this site regarding this topic.
Are there narration chains for the coccyx/tailbone hadith that don't go through Abu Hurairah?
The poster was kind enough to include the ...
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Is the translation of this hadith undermining the true meaning?
The hadith in question is:
مَنْ ضَارَّ أَضَرَّ اللَّهُ بِهِ وَمَنْ شَاقَّ شَاقَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ
Which translates to:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone harms (others), Allah will harm him, and if ...
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Does this durood contain shirk?
The Qu'ran that I have contains a dua khatmul Qu'ran at the end. The ending durood however seems wrong to me but I don't know arabic well enough to be sure.
Can somebody kindly translate the durood at ...
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Hamzatu l-wasl, when case :if the final letter of the previous word has no vowel
In book A New Arabic grammar of the written language, In case of Hamzatu l-wasl, when case :if the final letter of the previous word has no vowel, say "it is given a vowel"
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Meaning of the word "zafeer" in quran
My son who is four years old now his name is zafeer. When we checked it has two meanings. When the word starts with "za" it's meaning is not good but when it starts with "dha"(which my son's name is) ...
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