For Mo and his bogus Arabic! part deux!

Submitted by dhimmi no more (United States), Feb 3, 2007 at 16:19

My dear Mo I find it very strange that you are consulting a friend of yours who know arabic. Why is that?

Let me help you here: There is a new invention that seems to be beyond Muslims called ma3ajim or dictionaries. You do not have to believe me you can check things for your self and is this asking for too much? The gold standard of an Arabic ma3jam is Lisan al-3Arab but you have to be able to know your Arabic which you do not.

Now the word Hayaa (sic) is: Hayaa' There is a hamza at the end. and the word spells: Hah yeh alif and hamza. The word Hayaa' means bashfulness that is what it means.

1. The word humility means Khushu3 or tawadu3 and it does not mean Hayaa' your friend is wrong.

2. The word Shame means khajal and it deos not mean hayaa'

3. The word modesty means hishma but it also could mean hayaa' but the favorite word would be hishma.

The real issue here is: why are you debating a language that you do not undestand? How would you like if I have a debate with you about the Bengali language that I do not know? How would you feel? And do not fool yourself you do not know any Arabic!

Let me repeat one more time:

1. The word al-nass means the people.

2. The word man/woman kind means al-bashar

3. The word qawm as in qawmuhu means his folk

4. The word umma as in ummatuhu means nation and his nation/people.

I challenge you to prove me wrong and as for your lame claim that we are both right: One word: Bogus.

And like I say: islam is the religion of the arabs only and you ain't an Arab thank God.

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