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  • Quranic Verses And Translation Issues

    Posted by Jaan Nisar on August 13, 2026 at 11:00 pm

    (3:54)وَمَكَرُوا وَمَكَرَ اللَّهُ ۖ وَاللَّهُ خَيْرُ الْمَاكِرِينَ

    وَيَصْنَعُ الْفُلْكَ وَكُلَّمَا مَرَّ عَلَيْهِ مَلَأٌ مِّن قَوْمِهِ سَخِرُوا مِنْهُ ۚ

    قَالَ إِن تَسْخَرُوا مِنَّا فَإِنَّا نَسْخَرُ مِنكُمْ كَمَا تَسْخَرُونَ

    (11:38)

    Ibn aashur and few other classical scholars and even some traditional translate it as “they planned, and Allah will punish them for this(as they planned)…

    Emphasizing that this is a metaphorical expression as is commonly used in Arabic language in the same way…

    We can’t attribute words like “makr” deceive to Allah… In in Arabic such expressions are often used in a figure of speech….and they thus associate it with The Allah’s plan in Aakhira..

    Also same in the Quranic verse

    They forget me , and I will forget them(normal translation)

    They forgot me, and I will punish them for this(Ibn aashur)

    Dr. Irfan Shahzad replied 4 weeks, 1 day ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Quranic Verses And Translation Issues

    Dr. Irfan Shahzad updated 4 weeks, 1 day ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
  • Dr. Irfan Shahzad

    Scholar August 17, 2026 at 2:24 am

    There another verse in the Quran:

    وَجَزَاءُ سَيِّئَةٍ سَيِّئَةٌ مِّثْلُهَا

    This is called the Majanisat. Using the same words with different connotations. The word attributed to the person changes its meaning.

  • Jaan Nisar

    Member August 17, 2026 at 8:43 am

    My question was …why haven’t ghamdi Sahab prefered this meaning over the traditional meaning…as this meaning solves many confusions like attributing word “deceive” to Allah and so

  • Dr. Irfan Shahzad

    Scholar August 18, 2026 at 12:30 am

    Ghamidi saheb did not use the word “Deceive”.

    (یہ ہوا) اور بنی اسرائیل نے (اُس کے خلاف ) خفیہ تدبیریں کرنا شروع کیں، اور اللہ نے بھی (اِس کے جواب میں ) خفیہ تدبیر کی اور ایسی تدبیروں میں اللہ سب سے بڑھ کر ہے۔

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