The status of the Arabic Language in Islam |
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Israfil
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As one who believs in anthropological science I disagree. All human cultures evolved from the ancient cultures in Africa. I believe the African languages (although presently evolved from the ancient languages) are the oldest and thus all languages derive from them. Since all humans came from two (Adam and Eve) from the areas of Africa I'm inclined to agree that Arabic is another evolved language from ancient traditions extending from the African languages. To me, Arabic is like English a language. There is nothing "mystical" about Arabic, but not to downplay what you feel minuteman but that is my own opinion.
I think it is a supremist attitude to say this language is better than others. Languages are elements of cultures and forms of communication. Who are we to say one language is better than the other? The discussion here is the status of Arabic in Islam, not the status of Arabic among other languages in the world. But minuteman know the history of humanity before you say all languages derive from Arabic. Arabic is not an ancient language spoken in the ancient times. Edited by Israfil - 25 July 2008 at 10:42am |
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Shasta'sAunt
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I think you guys are missing the point in the statement I am highlighting: because it involves being like the non-Arabs, which is makrooh,
He is not talking about the Arabic language here, he is speaking of being like non-Arabs, not speaking like non-Arabs. Being anything other than Arab.
There is nothing in Islam that states being like a non-Arab is makrooh, or that Arabs are preferred over others. I have posted an excerpt from The Prophet's last sermon and an Ayat from The Quran which show this to be untrue.
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my apologies
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Shasta'sAunt
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That's it? I thought you'd be all over that statement. It's against the very foundation of Islam in which Allah created us from different tribes to learn from and live in harmony, and it's rather insulting.
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S.A you said:
"I think you guys are missing the point in the statement I am highlighting: because it involves being like the non-Arabs, which is makrooh,
He is not talking about the Arabic language here, he is speaking of being like non-Arabs, not speaking like non-Arabs. Being anything other than Arab.
There is nothing in Islam that states being like a non-Arab is makrooh, or that Arabs are preferred over others. I have posted an excerpt from The Prophet's last sermon and an Ayat from The Quran which show this to be untrue."
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That's it? I thought you'd be all over that statement. It's against the very foundation of Islam in which Allah created us from different tribes to learn from and live in harmony, and it's rather insulting. "
I am in total agreement with you. However because of recent circumstances I'm unable to even try to rationalize such a narrow, shallow, ethnocentric as well as racists view. |
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