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 Post subject: Verses 5:97-100
PostPosted: 07 Jun 2009, 05:02 
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 Post subject: Re: Verses 5:97-100
PostPosted: 13 Oct 2009, 22:26 
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{5:97} God has made the Kaabah, the Sacred House, standing for the people and [has sanctified] the sacred months and the sacrificial animals and the garlands [by which they are identified]. That is so you may know that God knows what is in the heavens and what is in the earth and that God is Knowing of all things.

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{5:97} God has made the Ka`ba, the Sacred House, standing for the people and [consecrated] the sacred month, the sacrificial animals and the garlands [by which they are identified]. That is so you may know that God knows what is in the heavens and what is in the earth and that God is, of everything, All-Knowing.

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{5:98} Know that God is severe in penalty and that God is Forgiving and Merciful.

I suggest,
{5:98} Know that God is severe in punishment and that God is much Forgiving, Merciful.

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{5:99} Not upon the Messenger is [responsibility] except [for] notification. And God knows whatever you reveal and whatever you conceal.

I suggest,
{5:99} Not upon the Messenger is [responsibility] except [for] notification. And God knows whatever you expose and whatever you suppress.

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{5:100} Say, "Not equal are the evil and the good, although the abundance of evil might impress you." So fear God, O you of understanding, that you may be successful.

Excellent translation, especially the use of "impress" to translate أعجبك. However, I don't think that "the evil and the good" are proper translations of الخبيث والطيب. Sarwar got those right as he translated them "the filthy and the pure."

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{5:100} Say, "They do not equate: the filthy and the wholesome, even if abundance of the filthy has impressed you." So watch out for God, O you with intellects, that perhaps you may prosper.

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