Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="ibnanv" data-source="post: 17937373" data-attributes="member: 218596">[FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]&nbsp; [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]B. NATURE OF HEAVENLY BODIES[/FONT]&nbsp; [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]&nbsp;&nbsp; The Sun and the Moon[/FONT]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The Sun is a shining glory (diya') and the Moon&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; a light (nur).&nbsp; This translation would appear to be&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; more correct than those&nbsp; given by others, where the two&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; terms are inverted. In fact&nbsp; there is little difference in&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; meaning since diya' belongs to a root (dw')&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; which, according to Kazimirski's authoritative&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Arabic/French dictionary, means 'to be bright, to shine'&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (e.g.&nbsp; like a fire). The same author attributes to the&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; substantive in&nbsp; question the meaning of 'light'.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The difference between Sun and Moon will be made&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; clearer by further quotes from the Quran.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; --sura 25, verse 61:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;Blessed is the One Who placed the constellations in&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; heaven and placed therein a lamp and a moon giving&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; light.&quot; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; --sura 71, 15-16:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;Did you see how God created seven heavens one above&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; an other and made the moon a light therein and made the&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; sun a&nbsp; lamp?&quot; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; --sura 78, verses 12-13:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;We have built above you seven strong (heavens) and&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; placed a blazing lamp.&quot; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The blazing lamp is quite obviously the sun.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Here the moon is defined as a body that gives light (munir)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; from the same root as nur (the light applied to&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; the Moon). The Sun however is compared to a torch (siraj)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; or a blazing (wahhaj) lamp.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; A man of Muhammad's time could easily&nbsp; distinguish&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; between the Sun, a blazing heavenly body well known&nbsp; to&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; the inhabitants of the desert, and the Moon, the body of&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; the cool of the night. The comparisons found in the&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Quran on this subject are therefore quite normal. What&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; is&nbsp; interesting to note here is the sober quality of the&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; comparisons, and the absence in the text of the Quran of&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; any&nbsp; elements of comparison that might have prevailed at&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; the time&nbsp; and which in our day would appear as phantasmagorial.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; It is known that the Sun is a star that&nbsp; generates&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; intense heat and light by its internal combustions,&nbsp; and&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; that the Moon, which does not give of flight itself, and&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; is an inert body (on its external layers at least) merely&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; reflects the light received from the Sun.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; There is nothing in the text of the Quran that&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; contradicts what we know today about these two celestial&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; bodies.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]The Stars[/FONT]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; As we know, the stars are heavenly bodies like&nbsp; the&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Sun. They are the scene of various physical phenomena of&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; which the easiest to observe is their generation of&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; light. They are heavenly bodies that produce their own&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; light.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The word 'star' appears thirteen times in the Quran (najm,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; plural nujum);&nbsp; it comes from a root meaning to&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; appear, to come into sight.&nbsp; The word designates a visible&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; heavenly body without saying of&nbsp; what kind, i.e. either&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; generator of light or mere reflector of&nbsp; light received.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; To make it clear that the object so designated&nbsp; is a star,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; a qualifying phrase is added as in the following&nbsp; sura:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; --sura 86, verses 1-3:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;By the sky and the Night-Visitor, who will tell&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; thee&nbsp; what the Night-Visitor is, the Star of piercing&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; brightness.&quot; [ Here, the sky and a star are used to bear witness&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; to the importance of what is to come in the text.] &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The evening star is qualified in the Quran by the&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; word takib&nbsp; meaning 'that which pierces through&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; something' (here the night&nbsp; shadows) . The same word is&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; moreover used to designate&nbsp; shooting stars (sura 37, verse&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 10): the latter are the result&nbsp; of combustion.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica][/FONT]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ibnanv, post: 17937373, member: 218596"] [FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica] [B][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica][COLOR=#006666]B. NATURE OF HEAVENLY BODIES[/COLOR][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica][COLOR=#006666][SIZE=2] [/SIZE] [I]The Sun and the Moon[/I][/COLOR][/FONT][/B] [SIZE=2]The Sun is a shining glory ([I]diya'[/I]) and the Moon a light ([I]nur[/I]). This translation would appear to be more correct than those given by others, where the two terms are inverted. In fact there is little difference in meaning since [I]diya'[/I] belongs to a root ([I]dw'[/I]) which, according to Kazimirski's authoritative Arabic/French dictionary, means 'to be bright, to shine' (e.g. like a fire). The same author attributes to the substantive in question the meaning of 'light'.[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]The difference between Sun and Moon will be made clearer by further quotes from the Quran.[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]--sura 25, verse 61: "Blessed is the One Who placed the constellations in heaven and placed therein a lamp and a moon giving light."[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]--sura 71, 15-16: "Did you see how God created seven heavens one above an other and made the moon a light therein and made the sun a lamp?"[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]--sura 78, verses 12-13: "We have built above you seven strong (heavens) and placed a blazing lamp."[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]The blazing lamp is quite obviously the sun. Here the moon is defined as a body that gives light ([I]munir[/I]) from the same root as [I]nur[/I] (the light applied to the Moon). The Sun however is compared to a torch ([I]siraj[/I]) or a blazing ([I]wahhaj[/I]) lamp.[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]A man of Muhammad's time could easily distinguish between the Sun, a blazing heavenly body well known to the inhabitants of the desert, and the Moon, the body of the cool of the night. The comparisons found in the Quran on this subject are therefore quite normal. What is interesting to note here is the sober quality of the comparisons, and the absence in the text of the Quran of any elements of comparison that might have prevailed at the time and which in our day would appear as phantasmagorial.[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]It is known that the Sun is a star that generates intense heat and light by its internal combustions, and that the Moon, which does not give of flight itself, and is an inert body (on its external layers at least) merely reflects the light received from the Sun.[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]There is nothing in the text of the Quran that contradicts what we know today about these two celestial bodies.[/SIZE] [B][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica][COLOR=#006666][I]The Stars[/I][/COLOR][/FONT][/B] [SIZE=2]As we know, the stars are heavenly bodies like the Sun. They are the scene of various physical phenomena of which the easiest to observe is their generation of light. They are heavenly bodies that produce their own light.[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]The word 'star' appears thirteen times in the Quran ([I]najm[/I], plural [I]nujum[/I]); it comes from a root meaning to appear, to come into sight. The word designates a visible heavenly body without saying of what kind, i.e. either generator of light or mere reflector of light received. To make it clear that the object so designated is a star, a qualifying phrase is added as in the following sura:[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]--sura 86, verses 1-3: "By the sky and the Night-Visitor, who will tell thee what the Night-Visitor is, the Star of piercing brightness." [SIZE=2][COLOR=#FF0000][ Here, the sky and a star are used to bear witness to the importance of what is to come in the text.][/COLOR][/SIZE] [/SIZE] [SIZE=2]The evening star is qualified in the Quran by the word [I]takib[/I] meaning 'that which pierces through something' (here the night shadows) . The same word is moreover used to designate shooting stars (sura 37, verse 10): the latter are the result of combustion.[/SIZE] [B][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica][COLOR=#006666] [/COLOR][/FONT][/B][/FONT][FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica][SIZE=2][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]

Verification

Hata thunen beduwama keeyada? (60 bedeema thuna)

Search

Latest ads

Reply to thread