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 Post subject: Verses 6:105-107
PostPosted: 06 Jun 2009, 09:25 
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 Post subject: Re: Verses 6:105-107
PostPosted: 29 Oct 2009, 01:57 
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{6:105} And thus do We diversify the verses so the disbelievers will say, "You have studied," and so We may make the Quran clear for a people who know.

It is tempting to go with Sarwar's translation of وليقولوا, namely "let them say," but the conjugation is not imperative. I suggest,

{6:105} And thus We diversify the signs, and so that they may say, "You have studied", and so that We clarify it to a folk who know.

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{6:106} Follow, [O Muhammad], what has been revealed to you from your Lord - there is no deity except Him - and turn away from those who associate others with God.

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{6:106} Follow [, O Muhammad,] what has been sent down to you from your Lord - there is no deity except He - and turn aside from those associating [others with God in worship].

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{6:107} But if God had willed, they would not have associated. And We have not appointed you over them as a guardian, nor are you a manager over them.

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{6:107} But if God had willed, they would not have associated. And We have not appointed you over them as a guardian, nor are you over them, in the slightest, a trustee.

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 Post subject: Re: Verses 6:105-107
PostPosted: 30 Oct 2009, 04:11 
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Linguistic wrote:
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{6:105} And thus do We diversify the verses so the disbelievers will say, "You have studied," and so We may make the Quran clear for a people who know.

It is tempting to go with Sarwar's translation of وليقولوا, namely "let them say," but the conjugation is not imperative. I suggest,

{6:105} And thus We diversify the signs, and so that they may say, "You have studied", and so that We clarify it to a folk who know.

A couple of points:

1. The context (the next verse) suggests that these are "verses" rather than general "signs" in this case.

2. Not sure about the translation of وليقولوا. Sarwar's translation has a point since this can be understood as "rhetorical imperative" (if there is such a thing).

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 Post subject: Re: Verses 6:105-107
PostPosted: 30 Oct 2009, 15:36 
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Pragmatic wrote:
2. Not sure about the translation of وليقولوا. Sarwar's translation has a point since this can be understood as "rhetorical imperative" (if there is such a thing).

But the ل used in the Arabic is causal (لام التعليل) not imperative (لام الأمر) as can be determined by its vowel. If it were an imperative, it would have been consonant.

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