And translating for our dear Nura who knows no Arabic

Submitted by dhimmi no more (United States), Jun 22, 2008 at 10:00

Our dear Nura who is a Sufi ...) wrote

>I will give you something to translate. It is a very important ayah to me:

اللَّهُ نُورُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ مَثَلُ نُورِهِ كَمِشْكَاةٍ فِيهَا مِصْبَاحٌ الْمِصْبَاحُ فِي زُجَاجَةٍ الزُّجَاجَةُ كَأَنَّهَا كَوْكَبٌ دُرِّيٌّ يُوقَدُ مِن شَجَرَةٍ مُّبَارَكَةٍ زَيْتُونِةٍ لَّا شَرْقِيَّةٍ وَلَا غَرْبِيَّةٍ يَكَادُ زَيْتُهَا يُضِيءُ وَلَوْ لَمْ تَمْسَسْهُ نَارٌ نُّورٌ عَلَى نُورٍ يَهْدِي اللَّهُ لِنُورِهِ مَن يَشَاء وَيَضْرِبُ اللَّهُ الْأَمْثَالَ لِلنَّاسِ وَاللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ

Here is the linear translation (tarjamat al-kilma v. tarjamat al-ma3na)

Allah the light of the heavens (al-samawat means the skies) and the earth like its light is like a niche where the lantern of lanterns in a glass of glass like a star shining kindled from a blessed tree (an) olive like not east or west almost its oil shine and did not touch fire light upon guiding light allah guides whom he wants and provides (the root DRB and yadrub means he beats but the word here means he povides) parables to the people and allah with everything he knows

It is a bit disjointed but this is a tarjamat al-kilma darling and if you ask me it is all gobbledygook

And oh here is the transliteration

allah nur al-samawati wa al-ard mithl nurihaa kamishkaawah fiha misbah al-masabih fi zujajati al-zujajatu ka-anaha kawkab durryyi yawqid min shajaratun mubaraka zaytoniya la sharqiya wa la gharbiya yukad zaytuha yadi' wa law lam tamisuhu nar nur 3ala nur yahdi allah linuruhu man yasha' wa yadrib allah al-amthal lil nass wa allah bikul shayi'n 3aleem

So our darling Nura is a Sufi! ROTFL I thought that sufis do not issue threats to people that they do not know. And you know what? The above is not more than drivel but again there are idiots out there that love this nonsense. Are you one of them our dear Nura the ignorant?

And here is your question for today: Why does your Allah only guides whom he wants

1. Could it be because your Allah is not omnipotent to guide us all?

2. Or is your Allah evil as he guides whom he wants to guide?

3. And where can i contact your Allah to find answers to my above questions? Do you have his e-mail address?

You are here defending Islam that brutalized your Hindu ancestors and for this i say: Shame

I can read and understand this ayah, the REAL meaning Insha-Allah, can you? If you can you will not be able to deny it's beauty!!!

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