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 Post subject: Verses 25:51-52
PostPosted: 05 Jun 2009, 09:53 
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 Post subject: Re: Verses 25:51-52
PostPosted: 13 Jan 2010, 00:58 
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{25:51} And if We had willed, We could have sent into every city a warner.

I suggest,
{25:51} And if We had willed, We would have raised in every town a warner.

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{25:52} So do not obey the disbelievers, and strive against them with the Quran a great striving.

I like Pickthall's translation best and like Sarwar's translation of لاتطع best, so I like to combine them as such,
{25:52} So, do not yield to the disbelievers and strive against them herewith a big strife.

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 Post subject: Re: Verses 25:51-52
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Linguistic wrote:
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{25:51} And if We had willed, We could have sent into every city a warner.

I suggest,
{25:51} And if We had willed, We would have raised in every town a warner.

Why "raised" not "sent"?

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 Post subject: Re: Verses 25:51-52
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Pragmatic wrote:
Linguistic wrote:
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{25:51} And if We had willed, We could have sent into every city a warner.

I suggest,
{25:51} And if We had willed, We would have raised in every town a warner.

Why "raised" not "sent"?

Because it is followed by "in", not "to."

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 Post subject: Re: Verses 25:51-52
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Linguistic wrote:
Because it is followed by "in", not "to."

I see the point. How about "sent in"?

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 Post subject: Re: Verses 25:51-52
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Pragmatic wrote:
I see the point. How about "sent in"?

That can work, but remember that there is a difference between بعث and أرسل: the former tends to mean "to raise", as in calling the Day of Judgment يوم البعث while the latter can only mean "to send."

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