For Sumaiya and balagha and balaagha and Dhul Qarnain part deux!

Submitted by dhimmi no more (United States), Sep 24, 2006 at 15:56

My dear Sumaiya al-faylasofa al-kabira

So in part one in my response to your, and you must pardon me, bogus foray in translations of Quranic Arabic in reagrd to the word balagha in Quran 18:86 I pointed out to you that the translation provided by Richard the lion heart is very correct and his translation was: he arrived.

Now you write:

"the word balagha pronounced as it is written in English means "he comes"

Wrong again: the word "he came" means: Jaa' (Jeem with a fatha, alif and hamza with a fatha). or it can be: Aata (alif teh with a fatha and alif maksoura) but neither word is in Qur'an 18:86 as the word in Q18:86 is: balagha which means and you guessed it: "he arrived." Big difference between he came and he arrived.

So far you flunk in translations of Quranic Arabic to English and you still have the audacity to provide us with your less than credible opinion.

Then you get into the word: BaLAAGHA (beh lam alif ghain teh marbouta and notice that there is no tashkeel) so you tell us ya ayuha al-faylasofa al-kabira what does the word balaagha have anything to do with our little chat about the word: balagha or he arrived in Qur'an 18:86? Let me help you: Nothing.

What is most interesting about you is you are no longer talking about your lttile gem "get out of my face"

Your command of translation of English to Arabic is poor, and I bet you a buck or two that you never looked up Qur'an 18:86 to see what it says...

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