For Saj and his poor Arabic!

Submitted by dhimmi no more (United States), Nov 22, 2006 at 21:43

My dear saj rabina yusa3idak akthar wa akthar

Your Allah or is it Abul Qasim aka Muhammad says in Q5:51

1. Ya Ayuha al-ladhina amanu or "O you who believe(d)" (notice the aspect)

2. la or "do not"

3. ta'khudhu or "you take"

4. al-yahood wa al-nassara or "the Jews and Christians"

5. awlia' (alif with a fatha, waw, lam with a kasra, yeh with a fatha, hamza with a fatha) or _friends_

So your Allah is saying: "O you who believe(d) do not take Jews and Christians as friends/patrons."

This is a very easy aya to understand and to translate and in this aya the word awliya really means friends.

I added the word sponsor because in the early extant Muslim sources the word mawali (or what Arabian imperialists used to call recent converts to Islam) means: those who are friends of a Muslim sponsor/patron. But I do believe that in this aya the word awliya' can be translated as friends.

The word awliya is from the word wala' which means: "_friendship_, amity, benevolence, good will, fidelity, devotion, loyalty, clientage "

The word wali (and the plural is awliya as in Q5:51) means "friend, supporter, benefactor, sponsor"

And for reference see Hans Wehr Dictionary page 1100B

And if you check Pickthall's translation he translates the word as: friends

And if you check the translation by Dawood who was an Arabic speaker which you ain't he also translates it as: Frined!

I must conclude that:

1. You know no Arabic but you still have the audacity to pretend to know Arabic.

2. Your claim is bogus.

And you know what? Christians and Jews do not care about your Allah's ranting not just in this aya but in the rest of the Qur'an.

So much for Arabian imperialism.

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