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 Post subject: Verses 87:6-7
PostPosted: 04 Jun 2009, 05:42 
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 Post subject: Re: Verses 87:6-7
PostPosted: 28 Sep 2009, 18:15 
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{87:7} Except what God should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.

مايخفى is an active tense, not passive, therefore the translation "what is hidden" is grammatically incorrect though semantically correct. I suggest, "what hides out". Recall,


The more accurate translation of which would be "{3:5} Verily, nothing [can] hide out from God in the earth nor in the heaven."

So, for 87:7, I suggest,
{87:7} Except what God willed. Verily, He knows what is manifest and what hides out.

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 Post subject: Re: Verses 87:6-7
PostPosted: 03 Oct 2009, 08:03 
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Linguistic wrote:
I suggest,
{87:7} Except what God willed. Verily, He knows what is manifest and what hides out.

I would say "He knows the manifest and what hides out."

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 Post subject: Re: Verses 87:6-7
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Pragmatic wrote:
Linguistic wrote:
I suggest,
{87:7} Except what God willed. Verily, He knows what is manifest and what hides out.

I would say "He knows the manifest and what hides out."

How about "vocalizing" instead? It is the word we used before and it is also appropriate here.

{87:7} Except what God willed. Verily, He knows the vocalizing and what hides out.

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