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truthseeker100
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Posted: 25 October 2006 at 12:34pm |
Read my post no. 3 in this thread. And let me also quote IC Imam when he said, " Your question can be answered in one sentence or in five volumes." I am, most of the times, a silent reader here. And I don't want to learn from you if you have so called "Arabic Scholarship" in your mind who are busy to find fault in Qur'an. Can we stick to the topic now? Edited by truthseeker100 |
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And, behold, with every hardship comes ease:
Qur'an 94: 5 |
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Cyril
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Truthseeker
Anything you do in Islam is to attain eternal life in paradise. Does Islam mean also "eternal life"? And when Muslims fight for their faith what does Islam mean? Your position does not make sense. In the end, the meaning of Islam dissolves into thousand meanings and this discussion becomes pointless. |
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truthseeker100
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Anything one does in Islam is by submission to Allah to attain peace. I have already made it clear in my third post. I agree with Angel that we should stick to the topic. |
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And, behold, with every hardship comes ease:
Qur'an 94: 5 |
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Cyril
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I did not want to go into theological matters but remain in the linguistic realm. You and Truthseeker do not seem to accept the linguistic fact that the word "islaam" does not mean peace. As you keep drawing the discussion to a religious level where Islam as a religion is supposed to mean peace, then I can follow suit and ask you what do you think of the many "jihad" verses in the Quran? If Islam means peace, does it also mean war? |
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Angel
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Can we stick to this My time learning islam, the word means peace. And for the fact that muslims say islam (the religion) is/means peace, therefore goes in line with the meaning of the word. So can we now get back to the lettered arabic glossy of terms that this thread was kinda intended for |
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Cyril
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You must thank not me but the Egyptian Sakhr Company. If you think their Arabic scholarship is "irrelevant", then I wonder what can teach you the meaning of Arabic words. |
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Your post is well written, but irrelevant. The point is the root, S-L-M, means peace. The influence of "peace" can not be ruled out in the derivative "Islam". Thank you for your efforts anyway. |
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And, behold, with every hardship comes ease:
Qur'an 94: 5 |
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I can only tell you what an Arabic dictionary says. We know that islaam is the name derived from the verb aslama. So here is what for example the online Sakhr dictionary says of the different meanings of aslama: become a Muslim, follow , <>splitString("lout","Ar");lout<>splitString("lower oneself before","Ar");<>splitString("be or become submissive","Ar"); , lower oneself before , be or become submissive , <>splitString("acquiesce","Ar");acquiesce<>splitString("surrender to","Ar"); , surrender to , <>splitString("repress","Ar");repress , <>splitString("takedown","Ar");takedown , <>splitString("surrender","Ar");surrender , <>splitString("submit","Ar");submit , <>splitString("succumb","Ar");succumb , <>splitString("yield","Ar");yield , <>splitString("conquer","Ar");conquer<>splitString("act in abjectness before","Ar");<>splitString("give in","Ar");<>splitString("cringe before","Ar");<>splitString("degrade oneself before","Ar");<>splitString("give oneself over to","Ar");<>splitString("give in to","Ar");<>splitString("defer to","Ar");<>splitString("grovel before","Ar");<>splitString("bow to","Ar");<>splitString("be governed by","Ar");<>splitString("accede to(someone's wishes)","Ar");<>splitString("truckle before","Ar");<>splitString("be or become yielding","Ar");<>splitString("yield to","Ar");<>splitString("stoop to","Ar");<>splitString("succumb to","Ar");<>splitString("submit to","Ar"); , act in abjectness before , give in , cringe before , degrade oneself before , give oneself over to , give in to , defer to , grovel before , bow to , be governed by , accede to(someone's wishes) , truckle before , be or become yielding , yield to , stoop to , succumb to , submit to, betray. You notice there is no mention of peace. We can try the same with another derivative from the root SLM, salaama(t), you find in "ma3a s-salaama", a kind of "good bye". Here is what the Sakhr says: faultlessness , <>splitString("flawlessness","Ar");flawlessness , <>splitString("correctness","Ar");correctness , <>splitString("healthiness","Ar");healthiness , <>splitString("intactness","Ar");intactness , <>splitString("validity","Ar");validity , <>splitString("health","Ar");health , <>splitString("rightness","Ar");rightness. Again no mention of peace. |
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