A Very Concerned Reader: Mr. Khattab's translation of Surat Sad: 3

Submitted by dhimmi no more (United States), Apr 2, 2021 at 10:34

Again, thank you for your kind remarks.

Now let us check Mr. Khattab's translation of Surat Sad:3

I'm only interested in the meaning of this part of the verse:

فَنَادَوا وَّلَاتَ حِينَ مَنَاصٍ

Well, we know what the word فَنَادَوا means and it is: Then they called/shouted out

Check this:

https://www.almaany.com/en/dict/ar-en/%D9%81%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7/

As for وَّلَاتَ حِينَ مَنَاصٍ al-Mufasereen have no idea what this sentence really means and here is Tafsir al-Tabari

http://quran.ksu.edu.sa/tafseer/tabary/sura38-aya3.html

And as usual al-Tabari provides Tabrir but he does not seem to know.

I really do not know what this sentence means, and I challenge any Muslim or non Muslim to explain to us what does this sentence really mean. I thought that the Qur'an is a Kitab Mubeen (clear book)!

Now, Mr. Khattab has an answer and he tells us that it means: "And they cried out when it was too late to escape!."

The Arabs have a wonderful and sarcastic expression when confronted with an explanation that is pure nonsense and it is: ومنكم نستفيد or :And from you we improve and learn! This meant to be sarcasm.

Here is Mr. Khattab's translation:

https://quran.com/38/3

The question that Mr. Khattab should be asking himself: Why does he provide a translation of a sentence that has no clear meaning? Even al-Tabari was not sure of the meaning of this sentence

Next? Surat al-Ahzab: 56 and the disaster of Allah and his angels "Praying" and let us see what Mr. Khattab will tell us in his own words

The lesson to be learned: You should read a text in its primary language and not as a translation

It is also puzzling that the Google search engine's algorithm is suggesting this really poor translation as a first choice instead of the equally poor translation by Sahih International which used to be the choice of the Google algorithm

BTW: Yes it is not easy to leave a "cult"! And all the best

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