Arabs

Submitted by Mo (United Kingdom), Feb 1, 2007 at 20:06

Dhimmi no more, I understand that you know Arabic, if you do really, then you will be familiar with the fact that one word in Arabic can mean many things, the word "Hayaa" for example can be translated into many things in Arabic, the can means humility, shame, modesty, that word even has a more deeper meaning that cannot be translated into any word, which can only be described in action.

I have actually taken this to someone who does know Arabic better than myself, and he told me exactly what I am telling you, that one word has many meanings all can relate the same thing. More precisely to our word in question, NAS, this word can mean the following, mankind, men, people etc. That is why transalators when attempting to translate this word into English; they use words that best befit its context and can give a fair and honest account.

So us fighting over what means what relating to this particular word has no significance really, because the truth is, we both are correct in our arguement. However and this is true for Plato and others, that their reasons for using "people" as their disired word plays into their arguement that the Quran is meant for the Arabs, and that nowehere does Allah (s) address mankind.

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