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 Post subject: Verses 6:116-117
PostPosted: 06 Jun 2009, 09:23 
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 Post subject: Re: Verses 6:116-117
PostPosted: 29 Oct 2009, 02:24 
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{6:116} And if you obey most of those upon the earth, they will mislead you from the way of God. They follow not except assumption, and they are not but falsifying.

{6:116} And if you obey most of those in the earth, they would mislead you from the way of God. They follow nothing but conjecture and they do nothing but guess.

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{6:117} Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who strays from His way, and He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided.

I suggest,
{6:117} Verily, your Lord is most Knowing of who has strayed from His way and He is most Knowing of who have found the way.

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 Post subject: Re: Verses 6:116-117
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Linguistic wrote:
{6:116} And if you obey most of those in the earth, they would mislead you from the way of God. They follow nothing but conjecture and they do nothing but guess.
I would say "they do nothing but idle talk."

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{6:117} Verily, your Lord is most Knowing of who has strayed from His way and He is most Knowing of who have found the way
Why is "knowing" capitalized?

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 Post subject: Re: Verses 6:116-117
PostPosted: 30 Oct 2009, 15:25 
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Linguistic wrote:
{6:117} Verily, your Lord is most Knowing of who has strayed from His way and He is most Knowing of who have found the way
Why is "knowing" capitalized?

I see your point. The convention followed by most translators when the translated word is one of God's most beautiful names, is that the English word is capitalized. But this is not the case here. How about,

{6:117} Verily, your Lord it is He [who] is most knowing whom has strayed from His way and it is He [who] is most knowing of those finding guidance.

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