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 Post subject: Verses 87:8-13
PostPosted: 04 Jun 2009, 05:42 
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 Post subject: Re: Verses 87:8-13
PostPosted: 28 Sep 2009, 20:19 
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{87:8} And We will ease you toward ease.

I like Pickthall's translation of اليسرى as "the state of ease." That's because the word does not mean a life without problems or hardships, but rather a life where decisions are easily made because the person is sure footed. So, I suggest,
{87:8} And We will ease you toward the easy [way of life].

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{87:10} He who fears [God] will be reminded.

سيذكر is the same as سيتذكر, therefore it should be translated "then he will remember."

{87:10} He who fears [God] will recall [God's teachings].

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{87:12} [He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,

No need for the interjection "enter and".

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{87:13} Neither dying therein nor living.

Excellent translation but I want to be closer to the Arabic words, so I suggest,
{87:13} Then he will not die in it nor live.

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 Post subject: Re: Verses 87:8-13
PostPosted: 03 Oct 2009, 07:46 
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{87:13} Neither dying therein nor living.

Excellent translation but I want to be closer to the Arabic words, so I suggest,
{87:13} Then he will not die in it nor live.

Perhaps
{87:13} Then he will neither die in it nor live.
since "neither..nor" is a perfectly valid translation for the conjunction of two negations.

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