Bruce Lawrence - Language of the Qur'an

From the 18th century to the present, there have been some sixty translations of the Qur’an from Arabic into English. Mixing metrical and non-metrical language, the Qur’an is stylistically distinct in Arabic and has posed particular challenges for translators. In this seminar, distinguished scholar Bruce Lawrence gives an overview of the structure of Islam’s holiest book and introduces the subtleties of the text through a close reading of several different English translations. This lecture is followed by a recitation of Qur’anic verses by a reciter from a local mosque.
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[@saeedindeed]

I’m a translator and native in both Arabic and English In order to translate the names of Allah you need to learn Tawheed and practice it while translating ; because the names of Allah are absolute attributes . When you say full of compassion you don’t apply tawheed rules; absolutism of Allah requires for each attribute to be the greatest. Full of… can still be subjective (a kid full of joy; a mother full of mercy etc…) But when you say The most merciful, the most compassionate it becomes an absolute attribute above all comparison

[@Saladid]

Bro that's crazy, I'm also a translator who is native in both English and Arabic, and we have the same profile pic. What are the odds?

[@saeedindeed]

@@Saladid Funny coincidence indeed Nice to meet you brother

[@guys783]

Hhhhh thats funy cus mohamad never said the true name of halla, no moslim knows the forbiden name. Only israel knows it.

[@saeedindeed]

@@guys783 Great display of ignorance in your comment

[@guys783]

@@saeedindeed please inlight me oo great muslim .

[@GoYouGoME]

Rahman is a mercy that encompasses all things, Raheem is a mercy that is everlasting. Very beauitful.

[@sunset2.00]

Space time qualifier

[@hassanabdur-rahman1559]

@@abcad9935 God didn't send the Quran so that its beauty can be admired. He sent it to guide humanity to the straight path.

[@DEZZA12]

its beauty is also a part of the miracle, to show its greatness.@@hassanabdur-rahman1559

[@yesImAliveYeees]

I'd like to suggest for everyone to read an article that was published very recently by Sapience Institute titled "Produce One Chapter Like It”: The Miraculous Inimitability of the Qur’ān’s Shortest Chapter", it's one of the best I've read on this topic, structure and support are very well put.

[@shameemahmedshad4198]

Thank you so much for this reference. I was searching for this answer for long.Finally found something detailed.

[@JohnGeometresMaximos]

1. The koran instructs husbands to beat their wives to submission. 2. mahomet put his penis inside a 9 year old child. Everything else is irrelevant, and only serves as noise meant to hide these two facts that define this criminal organization.

[@Halal_Dan]

@@JohnGeometresMaximos Why did Muhammad or any of his companions not beat their wives if that's what the Quran says? Because 'beat' is a poor translation and only presented without the explanation given by Muhammad. The age of marriage was 7 years old in Britain until the end of the 19th century, it wasn't uncommon at all for people to marry very young, maturity and puberty used to be at the same age, nowadays it's not the case.

[@JohnGeometresMaximos]

​@@Halal_Dan We have at least one sahih hadith narrated by Aisha stating momo hit her and caused her pain on her chest. We have at least one more sahih hadith, again from Aisha, stating that one of momo's companions beat his wife so severely her skin turned green from bruising. momo did not punish or even scold her abusive husband. Nuff said on that. It doesn't matter what the age of marriage was in Britain or Alabama USA. momo is supposed to be the perfect example of moral character for ALL mankind forever. You can't relativize any of his actions or words, especially when it comes to extremely important matter such as child abuse.

[@Halal_Dan]

@@JohnGeometresMaximos I'm waiting for you to back any of that up

[@danishbro3777]

Im a convert from Denmark who studies arabic, and it is pretty neat seeing another white man being able to speak arabic like that and he isnt even a muslim. This professor is just so cool what a nice man. May Allah guide him to Islam.

[@suchabadkitty1293]

🙄

[@TreiHutchinson]

آمين..

[@eldarkulic4834]

Well, you have ton of white hufadh in Europe - Albanians and Bosniaks and also other white Muslims in Balkans. Also Chechen Muslims are white and there're white Muslims in Turkey. Nothing strange with that. :)

[@miorfaizulsabki6667]

come on bro..you didnt convert to Islam. You just revert to our forefather's religion. Islam didnt start 1400yrs ago in Mecca but its start when the first man set foot on this eart. Adam Noah Moses Ibrahim etc were all muslims.

[@suchabadkitty1293]

@@miorfaizulsabki6667 You're funny. 🤣

[@yahiasidibenali0470]

Mashaa Allah very explicitly done thanks for sharing this video

[@MuhammadO19]

Very nice and informative, as an Arabic speaker, I learned something new today

[@Souldesouse]

There’s one Surah (chapter) that doesn’t start with basmalah, it’s Surat Attawbah (surah #9). Also, in Arabic, we refer a word to the past tense of the verb root. He mentions (Arrahman-Arraheem) these names stem from the verb (Rahima رَحِمَ) which means mercy ( v.). Then the word womb (n.) رَحِمٌ is conjugated from the verb.

[@Ufor332]

Exactly

[@jamalbaraja1629]

It has to complete the number 114 but it is mentioned 113 times on front of each Surah. On it it is 19. Bismillah has 19 letters. So the number of Suras must be divisible by 19. 114 ia divisible (not 113). The miracle is that it is mentioned in Surat Alnamel سورة النملِِ. Surah 27 verse 30 انه من سايمان وانه بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم . عليها 19 في سورة المدثر عدة الملائكة خزنة النارِ ولكن الايات التي بعدها تدل على السر - و ما جعلنا عدتهم إلا فتنة للذين كفروا ليستقين الذين أوتوا الكتاب ويزداد الذين آمنوا إيمانا .

[@TheWorldStageGeopolitics]

@@jamalbaraja1629 yes …. and some people take 19 as a joke - but dont care to look into it - The Quran as scientific miracles, structural (ring composition) miracles, scientific miracles, and insane mathematical miracles embedded in the Holy Qur’an - 19 just being one of the many astounding overall miracles or more specifically one the deepest mathematical miracles of the Holy Qur’an and people - MUSLIMS of all people- our FELLOW BELIEVERS like to TOTALLY ignore its prominence and say other MUSLIMS ARE REACHING to hard??? …… so your saying Allah said something with no meaning? or purpose to it? when he SAID - they will ask why??? and it will be a test, that “will, eventually, etc.” (meaning in the future if u read the actual arabic) that will boost the iman of the believers and make the disbelievers ponder ……. meaning this 19 embedded within the Quran was only possible in modern times thanks to computers - and u fellow believers find it as some joke??? Taking what Allah said not seriously?? - He did not say and point us to a RANDOM number such as تِسع عَشَر for no reason…… what I think it is (as in why some people act like there is nothing there or ignore it)… I think its because of some lunatics (tbh) that now try using 19 everywhere and try to find it in everything, even outside the Quran - like various dates of certain events for example smh.. and stuff like that…. which is a shame that people do this…. but STILL..no matter how FAR and schizophrenic somebody might become with something like 19 (maybe because of a compulsion disorder etc…), that does not mean u should simply throw such a profound number/miracle over your shoulder as if it does not exist …. It is one thing just to acknowledge its beauty, admit to it, and move on and ultimately expect nothing less of the Almighty Creator -- especially when you see all the amazing qualities of this revelation divisible by 19 by taking some time out to look into its beauty - BUT its a whole other thing to essentially laugh at those, mock, or ignore those who mention it at all (unless that person is going tooooo far and finding 19 in everything; because that said orson is looking for it everywhere ESPECIALLY outside the Quran, because if we try hard enough in life we can find congruency with many numbers that we choose to focus on)….but if its just a fellow believer mentioning the glory in that once peculiar verse and still do the same thing as a Muslim (mock, ignore or laugh at), THEN you are not JUST mocking just that person no….instead you are laughing at, mocking and ignoring Allah swt

[@user-wk8bq1ib5x]

@@jamalbaraja1629 sure and it's mentioned in (sura naml) twice, still 114.

[@roohbacha5508]

That Bismillah is in the letter of prophet Solomon 😊

[@FARID1870]

this is so deep....no such casual flippancy in translating the Divine Word. Dr Lawrence is an impressive polyglot. May he receive tauhid

[@akramansari3610]

Tauhid & Risalat= Rasool ALLAH no one can separate it we do not know tauhid without risalat

[@bmtechautomotive8812]

Well done i have enjoyed watching it

[@dr.eng.alial-qayem9960]

Mashaa Allah very interesting, even though I am not good in understanding the Arabic linguistic but I amazed with the video 💕💕👍👍

[@NejiBHTahar]

Beautiful and very well thought. Thank you!

[@assahaab]

So so beautiful, it really struck me! Thank you for sharing it with us

[@sunset2.00]

Mind you the first verses revealed to the prophet pbuh were read in the name of your lord... Full of majesty and dominance embodied by the male. But what God wanted the future audience to is the all compassionate ever compassionate, characteristic of the female. Balancing the gender neutrality of our creator .

[@norzilahaziz6695]

Vry knowledgeable scholar..

[@bhathassan8787]

Respected Prof. Bruce Lawrence, Duke University. Hope your good self would be practicing Islam side by side with teaching the same at your Almameter. That way it would be pleasing Rehman and Rahim, the Allah. May Allah bless the whole human kind. With regards.

[@Provision600]

Ar-Rahman: The Most Merciful Allamal qur-aan: Taught the Quran, Khalaqal insaan: Created man, Allamahul bayaan: Taught him eloquence,

[@mwheezee]

Bayan is not eloquence .. Bayan is literally differentiation (the ability to differentiate between right and wrong), from root ب ي ن B Y N which means "to tell apart" Sura Ash-Shams "و نفس و ما سواها * فألهمها فجورها و تقواها" "And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it * And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness" Sahih International Translation

[@HaithamAli-fy8vo]

@@mwheezee Bayan is eloquence. Quality of expressed speech. البيان هو ان تبين عن الشئ. بيان تبديه. Search KZbin for تفسير اية علمه البيان

[@mwheezee]

@@HaithamAli-fy8vo البَيْنُ في كلام العرب جاء على وجْهَين: يكون البَينُ الفُرْقةَ ويكون الوَصْلَ، بانَ يَبِينُ بَيْناً وبَيْنُونةً، وهو من الأَضداد وشاهدُ البَين الوَصل قول الشاعر لقد فَرَّقَ الواشِينَ بيني وبينَها... فقَرَّتْ بِذاكَ الوَصْلِ عيني وعينُه وقال قيسُ بن ذَريح لَعَمْرُك لولا البَيْنُ لا يُقْطَعُ الهَوى ولولا الهوى ما حَنَّ لِلبَيْنِ آلِف فالبَينُ هنا الوَصْلُ المصدر : لسان العرب كتاب الامام الطبري المعروف باسم تفسير الطبري .. اسمه جامع البيان في تأويل اّي القراّن ... لانه كان بيجمع كل الاقوال المختلفة في تأويل القراّن The current colloquial meaning of bayan is eloquence, however we can not retrofit the current meaning to older texts.

[@mwheezee]

@@HaithamAli-fy8vo also thank you for teaching me how to use the internet to search for answers. I would've been absolutely lost :)

[@zohrapeni3196]

we love i brother nice explanation May Allah bless u and keep teaching

[@AnalyseThat]

Thank you for sharing a beautiful anecdote & bringing focus on God's attribute of compassion - it's sufficient for meditation! Peace

[@tausifshadlee]

I liked bruce lawrence's one. 'Full of compassion and ever compassionate' it's better :)

[@taslimramzan8311]

Wow I’m blown away

[@nurali-vv2rj]

Great scholar 🙏

[@edwardrussell7168]

He missed the whole point.. Rehman and Raheem are two Divin attributes related to the human nourishment and sustenance but with different time scales. Rehm root means just like the womb of a mother the system put fwd by the Quran if acted will meet all the needs of human beings i.e. both physical and of the self.. needs of the psyche. Read the book What is Islam? By G A Parwez..

[@suchabadkitty1293]

Who cares? Its all fairy tales.

[@etasneem]

@@suchabadkitty1293 funny. Yourself and myself is a all a fairytale. None of us exist. This whole Universe is only an illusion.

[@suchabadkitty1293]

@@etasneem Perhaps you are just a bot, but I definfitely exist. You tell yourself whatever tho.

[@TreiHutchinson]

@@suchabadkitty1293 well if u don't care, why do bother reading this thread and put a comment at all ..

[@suchabadkitty1293]

@@TreiHutchinson To get you triggered.

[@SaidMetiche-qy9hb]

This is amazing, God bless

[@jimbob5848]

I was blessed by this as a student of Arabic--and now reading the Quran in Arabic and English. Just finished The Cow.

[@N9TheNoob]

cool video

[@amusementvideochannel7149]

I salute you, sir.

[@lindasimmers2801]

MashaAllah

[@brucesims3228]

In translating from Arabic is it necessary to be sensitive to social development as it might affect the vocabulary? Bible scholars translating from the Greek must often be aware of subtle shifts of meaning over the centuries. Should modern scholars of the Quran likewise consider this? Thoughts?

[@tomhammer802]

Classical arabic is well-preserved, and is called Fus-Ha 'arabiyy in arabic, meaning pure arabic. Classical or Modern Standard Arabic is a mostly written and scholarly language, like latin. It dates back to the revelation. In islam, there are no translations of the Qur'an, only interpretations into other languages. You always need to show the arabic script along with the translation. As arabic is the most eloquent language on earth, and the Qur'an is the most eloquent speech in arabic, there's no translation that would suffice.

[@goblooge]

there no translation on quran... only explanation, so everyone that learn holy quran must refers to the original text, because the text is never change but the meaning could be different overtime, sometime the meaning would change, that why we never change the original arabic text and how the holy quran spell, its all same and well preserve almost 1.5 century

[@sunset2.00]

There are lots of literature of that times and commentaries etc to help out with that as you know we are talking about the words of God , we need to preserve the meaning.

[@MA-2020]

​@tomhammer802 Thanks for sharing this. Really fascinating! It fires me up to actually take action in learning Arabic. Been meaning to do it for years.

[@OmnipotentPotato]

Compassionate is better translated as "الرؤوف" Ar-Ra'uf which is another name of Allah mentioned multiple times in the Quran. Rahman and Rahum must have some relation to mercy, because that's the original meaning.

[@ibrahimgamer5177]

in around 6:35 (and other timestamps on the video), i kindly advise him to read etc the verse etc in the correct way, as soon as possible. If he did a mistake, then i kindly advise him (and people reading this comment, to advise him) to correct it as soon as possible. jazak Allahu khairn! :)

[@hichemncr5066]

Learn Arabic and read the coran . I've learned English by my self .

[@mayinthidil8653]

how you learned english your self . pls tel me the idea , i too want learn it , thank you

[@mrd.redowanullah7045]

@@mayinthidil8653 Watch English movies, tv series & contents with subtitles. Enrich your vocabulary, learn more day to day words and how to put them together. Do some practice & discussions with someone good at English. You could also use apps such as Cambly. It might take a few years but eventually you'll get it.

[@mayinthidil8653]

@@mrd.redowanullah7045 Sir , Thank you for your kind reply , i will follow your instructions at my best level . thank you once again .

[@araftamim-mx3dw]

Surah Fajr, Duhah, Inshirah, Saff. I like

[@shahidanfurqan]

It seems to be impossible to accurately translate a whole book especially a religious book into another language but why not try? After all we have our roundabout ways of defining things that cannot be defined while translating. Besides this issue of translating word to word or sentence to sentence lies another complicated problem of understanding the mood or ontology of each sentence. That is probably the most puzzling one.

[@salehmohamad347]

The depth and the scope of Quranic use of arabic words is so wide that no other language can portray all the meanings. Beside the literal root of the word it's diverse( other meanings) obtained form contextual position in full or partial sentences widens the depth and scope Quran uses for a single word.

[@Eudaimonia528Hz]

Anybody know if this translation is published and by whom??

[@babubhaishaikh2150]

Thanks ALLAH and Thank you. I mean JazakALLAH.

[@jamalbaraja1629]

It complets the number 114. It is in Surat Alnaml انه من.سليمان وانه بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم . Therefore the number is complete. 114 ÷ 19 = 6 بسم الله الرحمن الرحي has 19 letters.

[@ansunteav1068]

Alhamdullallah

[@AamirAli-je4lh]

May Allah guid him to the right path.

[@suchabadkitty1293]

May logic and critical thinking guide you away from the fairy tales.

[@etasneem]

@@suchabadkitty1293 😁👍

[@alexanderv7702]

Has Dr. Lawrence declared his personal statement of faith-the Shahada?

[@Alhaneef1444]

In the name of Allah the all merciful the exceptionally merciful

[@03312387739]

Rehman and Rahim are actually 2 of the names out of 99 others.

[@mdarf]

There is no ending translation of the miraculous Quran till the doomsday .. b’cos this Quran is belonging to Allah, the creator n the creations of them all.., no matter who v’r , we are being borne stupid n Allah is the only one that blessing, guiding, protecting .etc everyone of us, always.. Subhanallah AllahuAkbar Walilahilhamdu 🤲🤲

[@trying3650]

Im still want to know the meaning of Ar-Rahman and Ar-Rahim. Why always mentioned in the 1st chapters except attawbah

[@suchabadkitty1293]

@@rushedop9216 No such thing as "Allah". Amazing how much time is spent on fairy tales.

[@salehmohamad347]

Arrahman (Ruller/Sustainer of the entire Creation) (الرحمن على العرش استوي ) Surah 20/Ayat 5 HE presides on the throne. Arraheem persistent Mercy(Full) on the believers.

[@sunset2.00]

Low view videos are gems

[@takahapana557]

The Arabic-translated Quran in any other language can never do justice.

[@heshamabdou5259]

In the end, obedience to God does not need translation. Whatever your conscience dictates to you, and whatever your heart and mind rest in is God’s way. Perhaps life is not rosy, but you can differentiate between doing good and evil in the end

[@abidjalil4241]

Allahuakbr

[@mohamedmkada6729]

👍⚘

[@mohammedsheikamod8591]

Which one of THE LORDS FAVOURS can you DENY?????

[@NG-ku7ie]

❤❤❤

[@mohmoudfarah1897]

Fascinating!

[@djinkastluqman2261]

The reason why there is only 113 is because the 114 appear in Surah the Ant and this Basmallah was use by the Prophet Sulaymaan.

[@yahya2925]

Brother, you are clearly more knowledgeable than me and idk if your mispronouncing it but it is "BeecMeelLahh"

[@mohammedjafferali693]

lol

[@MrAhmadibnu]

Your name... Remind of one of the muslim scientist, Ibn Haitham

[@Truthsayer112]

Basmallah refers to the kalimah of Bismillahirrahmanirrahim

[@user-dm4rm1bu1q]

Magic

[@dsbjn6749]

Ar Rahman Ar Roheem The All Merciful the Ever Compassionate. Noun and Adjective. InnallAAHu Ta'Ala Musta'an WaAllahil Azdheem

[@sunset2.00]

Doesn't rhyme unfortunately

[@dsbjn6749]

@@sunset2.00 profundity is always in its original classical Arabic. The only surviving, living Semitic language. Not base English. Just saying.

[@petergreen5337]

May Allah reward you ameen.May Allah forgive and accept us ameen.

[@C-R-I.de.coeur.]

If you can simplify Allah into the word god, all merciful, all compassionate is sufficiently right

[@dmeutube]

جميل، ولكن توجد مشكلة جوهرية لم أجد من يتنبه إليها عند مناقشة اسم الرحمن في الترجمة قديمًا وحديثًا، بل من يتناول اسم الرحمن يأتي بالمسألة مقلوبة كما فعل المتحدث في هذا الفيديو، بل إنه شطَّ أيضًا في اشتقاق الرحمن وعلاقته بالرحم حتى أنه قال إنهما كانا يتناقشان في كيفية إدخال معنى الرحم في الترجمة. والمشكلة هي أنه ثبت في صحيح ابن حبان تحقيق الأرناؤوطي، وفي صحيح الترمذي للألباني، قول الله تعالى في الحديث القدسي عن عبد الرحمن بن عوف: "قال اللهُ تبارَك وتعالى: أنا الرَّحمنُ خلَقْتُ الرَّحِمَ وشقَقْتُ لها اسمًا مِن اسمي"، وكذا "قالَ اللَّهُ : أَنا الرَّحمنُ وَهيَ الرَّحمُ ، شَقَقتُ لَها اسمًا منَ اسمي". والنص واضح في أن كلمة الرحمن ليست مشتقة من (رحم) بل الرحم مشتقة من الرحمن. وهذا عجيب في اللغة؛ لأن العادة أن يكون الاشتقاق من جذر أقل حروفًا. ولكن هذا الحديث يقول بمنتهى الوضوح "شقَقْتُ لها اسمًا مِن اسمي" فالرحمن سابق للرحم. وهذا معقول من باب أن الرحمن سابق للخلق من ناحية، ومقبول في اللغة إذا كان القصد وجود الجذر (ر ح م) لأن صفات الله وكلامه ليسا حادثين. أما ما يناقشه اللغويون والمترجمون -كما في هذا الفيديو- هو الاعتقاد بسبق الرحم للرحمن، ومن ثم المحاولة للعثور على كلمة تشتمل على هذا المعنى تتفق مع صفات الله وجلاله، وهذا ما لا يجدونه في غير العربية، ولذا فإنهم ينتهون إلى نبذ فكرة الرحم والعودة إلى فكرة الرحمة؛ دون أن ينتبهوا إلى سبب الفشل، فيعلقونه على عدم وجود لفظة في اللغة المترجم إليها تضم هذا المعنى، والحقيقة غير ذلك كما أوضحت في أن الرحم وفق الحديث مشتقة من الرحمن وليس العكس. ولذلك نجد جمعًا من أهل العلم يقولون إن الرحمن اسم غير مشتق، يعني حتى ليس مشتقًا من رحم، وإن كان معناه ذو الرحمة الشاملة التي تسع المؤمن والكافر، وهو المنعم بجلائل النعم. والرحيم أي ذو الرحمة الخاصة للمؤمنين فقط، وهو المنعم بدقائق النعم. ولا رحمن إلا الله، أما رحيم فيكون بين الخلق من هو رحيم، ولذلك لم يكتف بواحدة منهما عن الأخرى، ولا رحمن رحيم إلا الله. والله أعلى وأعلم.

[@autumnicleaf]

When a purring cat plays on your lap and bites you, you are not angry, because you know she didn't mean to hurt you. When the servant makes mistake in the understanding of the Quran, we may disagree with the translation but agree with the love of the servant for his generous Master.

[@ariffbasri]

wow.. just awesome

[@moniqueaubour2055]

Surah al twabah without bismillah

[@wankhairulanuar1784]

One person I know can explain this very well is ustaz Nouman Ali Khan

[@earthian864]

Do we know if Dr Bruce Lawrence is a Muslim?

[@najamulghanikhan]

Rehman is who Allah is Raheem is what Allah 'does'

[@mwheezee]

In the Name of Allah the Omnibenevolent, the most benevolent. its not that hard

[@muhammadbenjuraij7734]

The classical scholars of Quranic exegesis dealt with this over 1000 years ago and trying to translate the Quran bypassing them is not only rude and bad manners but very offensive! Rahman means the generally compassionate that is compassionate to all of creation including humans Muslims and non Muslims! Raheem is the especially compassionate to the believers! To the Muslims who believe in him! This is what they mean!

[@suchabadkitty1293]

Who cares

[@muhammadbenjuraij7734]

@@suchabadkitty1293 if you dont care why did you watch the video you dumbo

[@crafterianinks7219]

@@suchabadkitty1293 You ! That's why you are in this video replying to comments.

[@sunset2.00]

Thanks a lot I learnt something new .

[@alexanderv7702]

The English language-as we have it today-did not exist. Therefore, these scholars you refer to, 1000 years ago, were not aware of the lingua franca of the 21st century: English.

[@nathanruben3372]

Rahman is understood as compassion to all creatures, he created in the physical world. He provides abilities, food, means whether his creatures acknowledges Allah as the way he wants it or not. Rahim is the compassion which will be given to all true belivers after life. The non believers will not get Allah compassion anymore and will be in Hell.

[@AB-if8pd]

My assertiveness in this subject is, suppose you or someone else solved the meaning of these two words. How the solution or understanding of these terms are going to benefit the collective human society? My take is that, We will kill more, we will steal more, we will destroy our environment even more. I suggest, Instead of wasting your lives away by keep talking about God, how about having genuine respect, love and a helping hand for each other. These can be understood and implemented easily, immediately and requires no PHD nor an special wardrobe to impress others to love and be loved back. To respect and respected back. Is that too much to ask from extraordinary and just ordinary human beings to do? Just leave God alone.

[@popcornagain7034]

Thank you for the trial . However, you can NOT translate the name of Allah into God, then you're making the same mistake done by early translators of the Bible from Aramaic to Greek. You don't translate Muhammad into The Praised One, right?

[@QuranResearch]

Amazing...MATHEMATICAL HARMONY OF "ISRAEL" IN THE QURAN- kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnOspHutlpdsncU

[@TepidTurtleWater]

Allah isn't a proper name like Muhammad. It just means "The God," so that analogy to the name of the Prophet (S. A. W.) doesn't work.

[@suchabadkitty1293]

Who cares...its all make believe anyway.

[@LuckyAliy]

تفهم القرآن الكريم بقدر ادراكك وليست اللغة مهمة والله تعالى يتحدى العرب أن القرآن الكريم نزل بلغتهم فلماذا لايتعقلون ويتفكرون به

[@zaffvideos5688]

Correction, Common mistake its not Arabic, Its written in language of Quraysh.

[@mrdr8695]

Allah says in the Quran many times that he has sent down the Quran in a clear Arabic language. Btw the Quran was revealed in 7 variations with the main type of difference being dialectical.

[@alandee5112]

3:37 3:40 anne Khadija tranlared with her husband both are scholars each having one mother tongue. Then produced 2000 topics and 14000+ words concordance and he recorded all available in Muhammad site

[@mdrakibmadbar]

Quran and English video KZbin ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@rhetoric5173]

Not Woman like. The womb shelters, nurtures and protects.

[@akramassaf6110]

With all due respect doctor the word "Al rahman" in the Basmalah followed by the word Al raheem isn't what you've mentions but your almost alluded to it thu. Al Rahman is rhymes with "Fa3lan" such as " 3atshan" and the opposite to 3atshan is "Rayyan" in other words this word Al Rahman is one of the words which could mean two things . One thing and its opposite... There are TWO verses in the "Quran" in which the " Al rahman" is the one who punishes..... " Athab al Rahman and of course there is the opposite to the punishment . So the this make the word at the very end Al Raheem is the word which confirms that God / Al Rahman is the who more merciful... Dr. Mohamed Shahroor is the only man who was able to make REAL sense out of what's in the Mushaf ..... And throw away the excess baggage of what is perceived to be of Islam/ Iman. kzbin.info/www/bejne/b37Jd3Rpnb2cd6c Thanks

[@valentinocelesteorlando7294]

That's interesting. I'm sure the Qur'an is very eloquent but let's not forget that a person would struggle to translate the lord of the rings or gormenghast into Arabic or another language too. If you manage to capture one aspect of the original you miss another aspect and so on. It doesn't mean any of these books are divine just because it's a challenge to translate them perfectly.

[@travellerme2401]

Holy shit ... sorry for my french ... dude went into fa3alan faa3leen level of the language ... god damn ...

[@user-te7zd4nr9y]

Rehman mean forgiving Rahim mean kind

[@mohammedfaiz4584]

If you take a tour of Mecca today (I'm from there) and talk to its inhabitants in the language of the Quran, no one will understand what you are saying. It's a completely different language , we always need translation (tafseer) books. I find that really strange.

[@Souldesouse]

are you serious? Queaan is Fus/ha, and every Arabic person understands it, unless very illiterate.

[@receivedpronunciation6696]

So soon as I see the phrase "the language of the Qur'an", there is this thing in my mind: Classical Arabic, spoken by the Quraysh. In Indonesia, Classical Arabic is the first foreign language taught to Indonesian children, and not English. Indonesians in general study the phonetics of Classical Arabic when entering the elementary school at the age of 7. However, Indonesians focus on the Arabic speech sounds, and seldom the meaning.

[@Eman-bx1yb]

There are is plenty of Muslim Research and Knowledge already done, should of just gotten in touch with an Arab scholar.

[@absaly]

trying to translate quran through empirical scientific lens has its drawbacks

[@abdulrehmankarim3922]

hello friends thank you for reading about my belief islam and Jesus and Mary We muslims are in middle , between the Jews and Christians, when it comes to Jesus and Mary peace be upon them both. Jews speak ill of him and his mother and christians say he is GOD or the son of GOD or GOD him self or one in 3, we muslims with the grace of GOD say ,He was the messiah and the messenger of GOD just like the other messengers ,Abraham,Moses,Noah ..David and rest of them .They all came with the same message, even though the rules and regulations changed but basic message never changed ,Adam being the first prophet and the father of humanity (who was bowed down to by the Angels,(created by light) As respect for Adam not as worship ,all of the Angels compiled to this order of Allah except iblees ,who said you created me from fire (he was a jinn) and created him(Adam) from clay(the jinn race were created from smoke less fire and were on earth before us and are still present ,iblees was,not a fallen angle, jinns are a creation of free will like us .hidden from human eyes and are able to transform in to humans and animals and also able to fly ,Allah will judge them just like us and their destination either physical paradise or physical hell fire after physical resurrection, ) and Muhammad peace be upon him being the last prophet and messenger. all of them called to the worship of One GOD , peace be upon them all. ALLAH (jews and Christians in middle east have been calling GOD ,Allah(which is his original Name) for centuries ,even the present day bible in arabic says Allah as GOD' Allah has no likeness to his creation,his names and attributes are all perfect , He is above his creation,above his throne (The Throne is bigger than the universe and more) in a way which befits him , He is alone , like it is said in the bible ,listen oh Israel the Lord is our GOD The Lord is alone .In the Quran Allah says ,,Say He is Allah the ONE, Allah the eternal,He does not beget and He is not begotten and there is no one like him . Quran chapter 112 The Prophets and Messengers before Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him,were send to a particular community of people ,Moses to his people,Noah to his people and Jesus to the children of Israel Jesus said “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” but the last Prophet and Messenger Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and all the Prophets) Allah send him to all of the mankind until day of judgment Say, [O Muhammad], "O mankind, indeed I am the Messenger of Allah to you all Quran chapter 7.158. Prophet Muhammad is also Prophesied in the bible Well then, who are you?" they asked. "Are you Elijah?" "No," he replied. "Are you the Prophet we are expecting?" "No." Join 1,21 According to this the Jews were waiting for a Prophet who is not John the Baptist peace be upon him and John the Baptist is also confirming that there is a another Prophet which is not The Messiah , so read Isaiah 29-12 And when they give the book to one who cannot read, saying, “Read this,” he says, “I cannot read.” This Prophecy is for no other than Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him. It has been narrated in Sahih al-Bukhari 3-The angel came to him and asked him to read. The Prophet replied, "I do not know how to read." The Prophet added, "Then the angel caught me (forcefully) and pressed me so hard that I could not bear it any more. He then released me and again asked me to read and I replied, 'I do not know how to read.'" ... Quran is the only word of GOD preserved in its original form, it has dozens of miracles ,including scientific and historical ,like the big bang , expansion of the universe, every living thing is created from water ,embryology in details ,black holes ,mountains as pegs ,different types of clouds ,water circle, Queen bee ,genders in plants ,Iron not from earth rather send down, ants speaking to each other , the preservation of the body of pharaoh as sign from Allah for the oppressors and much much more ,just type Islam and science and the above mentioned things in internet ,u tube and be surprised .May Allah guide the christians they can't prove the authenticity of the 4 gospels ,which were written 70-90 years after jesus ,mark and Luke never met Jesus , the title according to mathew was added in the second century and the gospel of John was written the last after 70 years of Jesus ,yet John suppose to be the beloved. Don't forget in the council of Nicaea 325 years after Jesus ,the emperor and bishops rejected all those Gospels which mentioned That Jesus was the Messenger and the Messiah NOT the Son of GOD. Even authors of the revised standard version bible comprising of 50 scholars has declared that the word BEGOTTEN and trinity in John as FABRICATION and not part of the bible. Islam does not allow any intermediates between Allah and his creation. One is ordered to worship ALLAH directly seeking His help and forgiveness, All sins will be forgiven by Allah (GOD )with the exception of The sin association partners with Allah ,e.g. saying Jesus is GOD Or son of GOD ,in this case eternity in hell fire (I pray all those who read this,that Allah opens their hearts to Islam As for Mary she is considers the woman of all times so much so that there is a whole chapter in the Quran in her name called soora muryam GOD say in soora Aal-e-Imran َا3,42 And [mention] when the angels said, "O Mary, indeed Allah has chosen you and purified you and chosen you above the women of the worlds, O Mary, be devoutly obedient to your Lord and prostrate and bow with those who bow [in prayer]." (And mention] when the angels said, Mary, indeed Allah gives you good tidings of a word from Him, whose name will be the Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary - distinguished in this world and the Hereafter and among those brought near [to Allah ].in 3:46ّ He will speak to the people in the cradle and in maturity and will be of the righteous.in 3,47 She said, "My Lord, (Allah ,GOD)how will I have a child when no man has touched me?" [The angel] said, "Such is Allah ; He creates what He wills. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, 'Be,' and it is.َّ And in Quran ,chapter 3-59 GOD says Indeed, the example of Jesus to Allah is like that of Adam. He created Him from dust; then He said to him, "Be," and he was. Jesus Not crucified And [for] their saying, "Indeed, we have killed the Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, the messenger of Allah ." And they did not kill him, nor did they crucify him; but [another] was made to resemble him to them. And indeed, those who differ over it are in doubt about it. They have no knowledge of it except the following of assumption. And they did not kill him, for certain.4,157 Jesus will declare his innocence in front of Allah (GOD) on the day of judgment Al-Ma'idah 5:116 And [beware the Day] when Allah will say, "O Jesus, Son of Mary, did you say to the people, 'Take me and my mother as deities besides Allah ?'" He will say, "Exalted are You! It was not for me to say that to which I have no right. If I had said it, You would have known it. You know what is within myself, and I do not know what is within Yourself. Indeed, it is You who is Knower of the unseen. Al-Ma'idah 5:117ٌ I said not to them except what You commanded me - to worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord. And I was a witness over them as long as I was among them; but when You took me up, You were the Observer over them, and You are, over all things, Witness. Al-Ma'idah 5:118 ,we muslims also believe in the second coming of Jesus peace be upon him Jesus will return to kill the false messiah (dajal) and rule on earth as a just ruler and command the human beings to worship ALLAH alone ,just like what He did when He was on earth for the first time I pray all of you out there ,who seek nearness to Allah (GOD), that He guides you to Islam and showers his mercy on you, As Allah said to prophet Moses ,my mercy encompasses every thing (Quran chapter,7)Ameen peace

[@suchabadkitty1293]

And its all make believe anyway.

[@Nanibln]

Alien Theater simmitic languages cannot be 100% translated alles weapons have a 3000 Pages. Just Theater near meaning oft it 😊

[@Revert2010]

Let’s see what Jesus the son of Mary peace be upon him will say about himself in the Holy Bible? In Mark 13-32 but about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the son, but only the Father, Matthew 7-22:23 Many will say to me on that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and your name perform many miracles. Then I will tell them plainly, I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers. In John 17:3 Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent In Deuteronomy 6:4 Hear O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one In Matthew 21:11 and the multitudes said, this is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee. In Numbers 23-19 God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind, Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill? In Luke 18:18:19 A certain ruler asked him, Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life, why do you call me good, Jesus answered. No one is good except God alone. In Matthew 19-:16:17 Why do you ask me about what is good. Jesus replied. There’s only one who is good and that’s God In Mark 10:18 do not call me good no one is good except God In Mark 10:18 Jesus said do not call me good no one is good except God In John 8:28 I do nothing of myself but, as the Father taught me. In John 5:30 Jesus said I can of myself do nothing. In John 8:28 Jesus said I do nothing of myself but, as the Father taught me. In Matthew 26:39 and Jesus forward a little and fell on his face and prayed saying my Father if it be possible, let this cup pass away from me In Exodus 20-4 You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.

[@mosesmanaka8109]

Jesus replied to them, “I am the Bread of Life. The one who comes to Me will never be hungry, and the one who believes in Me [as Savior] will never be thirsty [for that one will be sustained spiritually]. John 6:35 AMP

[@judged007james9]

JESUS WAS ONLY SENT FOR THE JEWS Matthew (15:22) A Canaanite woman who lived in that region came to him. "Son of David!" she cried out. "Have mercy on me, sir! My daughter has a demon and is in a terrible condition." Matthew (15:23) But He did not answer her a word. And His disciples came and implored Him, saying, "Send her away, because she keeps shouting at us." Matthew (15:24) Jesus replied, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." Matthew (15:25) But she came and knelt before h im, pleading again, "Lord, help me!" Matthew (15:26) Jesus responded, "It isn't right to take food from the children and throw it to the dogs." Matthew 5: 17-20 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

[@BZs1805]

I like when nonarabs experting arabic language😂

[@sunset2.00]

Mind you the first verses revealed to the prophet pbuh were read in the name of your lord... Full of majesty and dominance embodied by the male. But what God wanted the future audience to is the all compassionate ever compassionate, characteristic of the female. Balancing the gender neutrality of our creator.

[@rhetoric5173]

It’s untranslatable. It’sa name . Should be left untranslated. Explanation of the word in margins.

[@pubguc6771]

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[@TheAwaeng]

To be honest, i am not even able to watch this kind of videos. You want to learn about quran, just learn arabic. Till nowadays, even arabic native speakers and linguistics are still explaining it...this being said, ill save the video for later.

[@rajeshsyal9269]

Modern Arabic language was driven from nabatians language ( mixed of Seyric, Aromic,hajaji and Kufi ) having only 14 Alphabets . Aiyats of Quran were engraved on stone's, clothes, leather pages ( palamset) in Nabatians language/ Hajaji . In 7th century new language kufi Arabic was evolved. Sanna manuscript in yeman found in 1972 ,few translated copies from hajaji ( Nabatians) language were also found. Modern Arabic language in whuch Quran is written presently was completely developed in 8th century onwards only. Not before 8th century.

[@FeliciaCalifia]

An alphabet is a collection of letters. It isn't 14 letters. It is 14 letters in their alphabet. Just like a dialect is not the same as an accent.

[@intekabalam7340]

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[@pubguc6771]

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[@owaiskhan1017]

This person has just learned it for political reasons.

[@pubguc6771]

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[@mohammadaijaz7418]

Raheem means compassionate and Rehman means Merciful. So it's like this. I start with the name of Allah who is the most merciful and compassionate.

[@pubguc6771]

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[@khalidjamalsiddiqui895]

This is a great personal tragedy of every human being to translate the original language or pattern to its own System based on information, knowledge, data and wisdom. For example: ALLAH or Rab and all basic terminologies of QURAN can not be translated into any other words BUT ONLY Meaning. Oxygen equalent in other languages is None but Meaning. QURAN is very simple to read & understand.

[@mansoormattil1264]

Subhanallah ❤Alhamdulillah ❤Allahu Akber ❤Lailaha illAllah ❤ Qura'n is The Last Testament 👌 Qura'n is a miracle ❤ Read Qura'n and be enlightened ❤ Islam is both a natural and a rational religion ❤

[@earningcryptoandfun3727]

Man you are so far from knowledge.....you don't know what you are talking about..... I suggest you go study .....more and seriousĺy ..... First....you need to know ..what is " QURAN ".....because it not the book you holding between your hand .....QURAN is the revelation of ALLAH to his messenger MOHAMED صلى الله عليه و سلم...it called QURAN..the root قرأ...which means "recite"...the book you holding on called "mushaf"... Second....the english language can not replace the arabic language because the lack of words in it ...arabic language contains 12 millions word in it ...infront 300.000 words in english.....so many words has no translation in english... If you use a word with close meaning it is ok... but if you are translating regular text ...but with words of ALLAH ....you becarefull....meanings are so very delicate and precise....you don't say anything and move on....for example "ALAAH " ...has no translation in english....because it has a very precise meaning ...which is " the one who is worshiped " .....GOD in arabic is " رب"...."RAB "....WHICH meanse the creator...and those two meanings are so defferent from each other...... Last.....you can not translate any word from the QURAN...only by language meanings....you need to be carefull of the tafsseer which is another science studiying the meanings of the QURAN.....and that is another story ... And you need to know that البسملة ...BASMALLAH...it is not part from the QURAN ...in the oppinion of some islamic scholars.....means it is not ayat...it just "ذكر "...thikr ...to separate the chaptres....surats... Man you lack of so many many informations of arabic , islam , and QIRAN