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Author:  Index [ 04 Jun 2009, 05:26 ]
Post subject:  Verses 99:1-8

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Author:  Linguistic [ 13 Oct 2009, 23:13 ]
Post subject:  Re: Verses 99:1-8

Quote:
{99:6} That Day, the people will depart separated [into categories] to be shown [the result of] their deeds.

The interjection "into categories" is erroneous, IMHO, and only Asad got this verse correctly. أشتاتا does not mean "sorted out", "categorized" or "in groups." It means "separated in all directions," or as Asad put it "cut off from one another." I suggest,

{99:6} That Day, people will emerge, cut off from one another, to be shown their deeds.

Author:  Linguistic [ 30 Aug 2021, 00:57 ]
Post subject:  Re: Verses 99:1-8

Linguistic wrote:
Quote:
{99:6} That Day, the people will depart separated [into categories] to be shown [the result of] their deeds.

The interjection "into categories" is erroneous, IMHO, and only Asad got this verse correctly. أشتاتا does not mean "sorted out", "categorized" or "in groups." It means "separated in all directions," or as Asad put it "cut off from one another."

While that is a good translation, I always like to translate one Arabic word into one English word whenever possible. I therefore suggest "dispersed" as a translation of أشتاتا. I suggest,

{99:6} That Day, people emerge dispersed to be shown their deeds.

And I also suggest,

{99:3} And man says, "What is with it?" -

{99:5} That your Lord inspired it.

{99:7} So whoever does an atom's weight of good sees it,

{99:8} And whoever does an atom's weight of evil sees it.

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