Surah Al Anbiya V: 95/96

95.

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{ وَحَرَامٌ عَلَىٰ قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَاهَآ أَنَّهُمْ لاَ يَرْجِعُونَ }

It is forbidden for any town, meaning [it is forbidden for] its people, which We have destroyed that they should (lā yarji�ūna: the lā is extra) return, that is, their return to this world is prohibited.

96.

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{ حَتَّىٰ إِذَا فُتِحَتْ يَأْجُوجُ وَمَأْجُوجُ وَهُمْ مِّن كُلِّ حَدَبٍ يَنسِلُونَ }

Until (hattā, [a particle] expressing the end of the prohibition of their return) when Gog and Magog (read Ya�jūju wa-Ma�jūju or Yājūju wa-Mājūju, [these are] non-Arabic names of two tribes; there is an implicit genitive annexation before this clause, namely, the [gates of the] sadd, �the barrier�, [built] against them) are let loose (read futihat or futtihat) � and this will happen near the [time of the] Resurrection � and they slide down, they hasten, from every slope, [every] highland.

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"Futihat" has been translated as 'opened' rather than 'let loose' in some English translations. I don't know Arabic so I cannot help you but it's possible that in Arabic it is acceptable.
I believe the Qur'an is from God Almighty so I don't think He makes mistakes.

Thanks Abu Loren.  The intention of putting these verses on the forum is to seek better understanding of these verses and not to point out any defect in Quran God forbids. No muslim and believer can dare to think that there is any deficiency in Quran, one who thinks like that goes out of the fold of Islam. How ever there are numerous words and verses which are very difficult to understand and there is no harm in making effort to seek the knowledge about them. The structure , comprehension, logic and rhetoric of the Quran is marvelous.The grammar of the Quran is a trend setter in itself. Each and every word has very precise meaning in its place.
Therefore if we can find out the reason of the use of  feminine verb "Futihat" it would only enhance our knowledge of the Quran. For example note the following verses:

Surah Hijr (The rocky Tract)15 : 1

الَرَ تِلْكَ آيَاتُ الْكِتَابِ وَقُرْآنٍ مُّبِينٍ (15:1)

(Alif, Lam, Ra These are the verses of the Book and a clear Qur'an.)

An-Naml (The Ants) - 27:1

طس تِلْكَ آيَاتُ الْقُرْآنِ وَكِتَابٍ مُّبِينٍ 27:1)

(Ta, Seen  These are the verses of the Qur'an and a clear Book)

 Now in these verses  Allah (SWT) has switched over "Kitab" and "Quran" in the two verses other wise all words with the exception of huruf e muqattat , are exactly the same.There must be some wisdom behind this I wish we can find out.

Edited by Qamar Faruqui - 09 November 2015 at 8:30am

Qamar Faruqui wrote: Thanks Abu Loren. The intention of putting these verses on the forum is to seek better understanding of these verses and not to point out any defect in Quran God forbids. No muslim and believer can dare to think that there is any deficiency in Quran, one who thinks like that goes out of the fold of Islam. How ever there are numerous words and verses which are very difficult to understand and there is no harm in making effort to seek the knowledge about them. The structure , comprehension, logic and rhetoric of the Quran is marvelous.The grammar of the Quran is a trend setter in itself. Each and every word has very precise meaning in its place. Therefore if we can find out the reason of the use of feminine verb "Futihat" it would only enhance our knowledge of the Quran. For example note the following verses: Surah Hijr (The rocky Tract)15 : 1 الَرَ تِلْكَ آيَاتُ الْكِتَابِ وَقُرْآنٍ مُّبِينٍ (15:1) (Alif, Lam, Ra These are the verses of the Book and a clear Qur'an.) An-Naml (The Ants) - 27:1 طس تِلْكَ آيَاتُ الْقُرْآنِ وَكِتَابٍ مُّبِينٍ 27:1) (Ta, Seen These are the verses of the Qur'an and a clear Book) Now in these verses Allah (SWT) has switched over "Kitab" and "Quran" in the two verses other wise all words with the exception of huruf e muqattat , are exactly the same.There must be some wisdom behind this I wish we can find out.

In the Name of God; the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.


I don't know yet if my previous post was activated when you replied, but I explained why "futihat" was used, so you can have a look above.

Now, as for the reason why Allah (SWT) switches "Qur'an" and "Book", we don't know why. Only God knows. But we CAN see the wisdom behind this, eventhough we still don't know why God chose to write like that.

As you may or may not know, the Qur'an is not just any book, but it is a masterpiece. You'll find verses following each other with miracles in each; like insane rhymes that cannot be compared to ANYTHING.

You'll also find that it is very relaxing to listen to, obviously, because it's from God. You'll ALSO find that it is very EASY to memorise, in comparison with other books. Not only because of the rhymes, but also because of the structure, and the grammar, and things like that. God Himself said that the Qur'an is easy to memorise! So whatever He does in His Book, it ALL has wisdom behind it. But, we don't know WHAT that wisdom is (sometimes)...


Now as for those two verses... I personally think that God switched those two up, because it would then be easier to memorise. Why? Because if He didn't switch those two words, the sentence would look alike. So much alike, that you could get confused when you're reciting, and you might accidentally switch the chapters up, because the beginning is pretty much the same. So both of those verses are unique, and can be distinguished from each other.

That's what I think, so don't take what I said as the answer, because I could be wrong. Only God knows why He does things that He does.


Another interesting thing is the following verse of each verse. Let's have a look:

"Alif, Lam, Ra. These are the verses of the Book and a clear Qur'an. Perhaps those who disbelieve will wish that they had been Muslims." - 15:1-2

It first talks about the Qur'an, and then He talks about the disbelievers, and He CONTINUES ON talking about them. While as we look at the other one:

"Ta, Seen. These are the verses of the Qur'an and a clear Book. As guidance and good tidings for the believers." - 27:1-2

Allahu akbar! God SWITCHES "Qur'an" and "Book" with each other, AND He talks about the believers now, INSTEAD of the disbelievers! Subhanullah! He first switches up, and then He writes something that is completely opposite to the previous one! And when we continue to read those two chapters we find out that in chapter 15 (the chapter where God first talks about the disbelievers), God AGAIN switches up from talking about the disbelievers, to talking about the believers (He talks about the Prophets)! Allahu akbar! Same thing with the other one (27)! There He first talked about the believers, and THEN about the disbelievers!

Praise be to Allah; Lord of the Worlds.


But like I said, the wisdom behind it, is (only) known to Allah (SWT). I hope this helped.

As-salaam-aleikum.