Ali Salimi; Shahriar Hemmati; Mohammad-Nabi Ahmadi
Volume 3, Issue 6 , March 2013, , Pages 13-28
Abstract
The translators and commentators of the Qur'an since long ago have translated the phrase ‘Akadu Ukhfiha’ [I Almost Conceal It] in various and even contradictory ways. Most of such translators and commentators have translated the above-mentioned phrase as ‘I want to conceal’. They ...
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The translators and commentators of the Qur'an since long ago have translated the phrase ‘Akadu Ukhfiha’ [I Almost Conceal It] in various and even contradictory ways. Most of such translators and commentators have translated the above-mentioned phrase as ‘I want to conceal’. They assume that ‘Kaad’ here indicates the intensity of the action of ‘concealing’ (Ukhfiha). By the same token, another group of such commentators have adopted an opposite view in their translations. They believe that within this very phrase, ‘Kaad’ neutralizes the overall meaning of ‘concealing’ and, accordingly, the acceptable meaning of the phrase is ‘to reveal’. Based on an analysis of the various uses and functions of ‘kaad’ in Arabic and the Glorious Qur'an, this present paper attempts to take a look into this issue with the purpose of further elaborating upon the exact meaning of this Quranic phrase. In other words, the research intends to indentify the right interpretation of this verse; the one which is consistent with other verses of the Holy Qur'an. The results indicate that the verb ‘Kaad’ in this verse has the same common meaning of ‘Kaad’ in Arabic. In positive form, it refers to nonoccurence of a verb, and in negative form, it shows that a verb hardly occurs. Considering the uses of this verb in Arabic and the Holy Qur'an, far-fetched interpretations of this verse is not justifiable and is not consistent with the language of the Qur'an.
Ali Salimi; Salah al-Din Movahedi
Volume 2, Issue 5 , December 2012, , Pages 126-101
Abstract
After Balfour Declaration where the British government vowed to establish a Jewish government in the Palestinian territory, Jews assisted by Britain began to work out their plans. Among their actions was purchasing the lands owned by the Arabs and encouraging the world Jews to migrate to Palestine.
Some ...
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After Balfour Declaration where the British government vowed to establish a Jewish government in the Palestinian territory, Jews assisted by Britain began to work out their plans. Among their actions was purchasing the lands owned by the Arabs and encouraging the world Jews to migrate to Palestine.
Some Arab poets and thinkers perceived this threat, and initiated their struggle to awaken the people about this case. Ibrahim Touqan is among the poets who played a major part in composing poems of resistance and vigilanceto awaken the people of the land. He has composed many poems against Jews and Zionist purposes. Touqan, in one of his odes, poetically reasons with a Jewish poet – Reuben*** – who has composed an ode in support of the offensives of Israeli soldiers against the Palestinian nation. Touqan challengesthe claims of the Jewish poet by using the Qur'an and Torah in explaining the historic records of the Jews.
This paper has utilized the descriptive-analytical method on the two odes in studying the poetic reasoning of Ibrahim Touqan against the Jewish poet.
