From: cavus@CAE.WISC.EDU
Newsgroups: soc.culture.arabic
Subject: 'ICAZ-I QUR'AN. PART 5.
Date: 26 Jul 92 17:57:40 GMT

Esselamu Aleykum.

ON THE INTERPRETATION  OF  THE  QUR'AN.  PART  5.

This TWENTY  NINTH  LETTER  consists of nine parts.  This is the
first part containing nine remarks.

In the Name of Allah the Merciful the Compassionate  "The seven
Heavens and the Earth, as well as whoever is in them, glorify
Him." [Al Qur'an 17:44]

Fifth Remark:  For example, "Alhamdulillah (Praise be to
Allah)" is a Qur'anic sentence.  Its shortest meaning is "Kulli
Ferdin Min Afradel Hamde Min Ayin Hamidin Sadada We 'Ala Ayin
Mahmudin Waka'a Minal Azale Elal Abade Khasson Wa Mustahiqun
Lithatel Wajibel Wujudel Musemma Billahe."  That is, the
totality of thanks and praises offered by whomever or addressed
to whomever during all the past times and will be offered during
all the future times are specific to and deserved by the
Wajibel-Wujud (Necessary Existent) whose name is Allah.  

Grammar Analysis: 

"The totality of hamds and praises" is indicated by the letters
[Alif and Lam in 'Alhamdulillah'].  

The condition "Offered by" is implied by the verbal-noun-form of
"Hamd" [to thank in 'Alhamdulillah'] because absence of the
subject related to the verb, 'Hamd', implies generality.  

Not specifying the object [in the sentence Alhamdulullah]
maintains generality with respect to the position of addressing.
Therefore, "Addressed to whomever" condition is implied.  

The condition 'for all the past and future times' is implied
because the grammar-rule, which determines the transition of a
sentence from verb-form into noun-form, establishes continuity
and uniformity.  

The "Lam" in the name "Allah" is for the 'specification' since
that "Lam" serves the role of specification.  

Explanation for the Wajibel Wujud (Necessary Existent): the
Necessary Existence is the mandatory requirement of being Divine
[the Creator of all things] and it is considered as a title
(unwan) to the Owner of Majesty.  The Name Allah contains
(implies) all the other Names and Attributions and is the
greatest Name because of the requirements of being Divine. 
Thus, since the Wajibel Wujud is the requirement of being
Divine, it is also implied by the name 'Allah'.  [Translator's
Note: Anything other than Allah (SWT) is not Wajibul Wucud,
therefore does not deserve to be thanked to as the real source.]
 
Now, if a clear, brief, and unanimously agreed meaning of
"Alhamdulillah" by the Scholars of (Qur'anic) Arabic is this
much involved and comprehensive (jamii), how then could any
translation into any other language keep the same magnitude of
ijaz and conciseness?

Further, among the lingual sciences, the Arabic language and its
grammar (sarf and nakhiw) is the most comprehensive and richest.
 How then the words of the Qur'an which are very comprehensive
and eloquent and which came down in the Arabic language
miraculously reflecting the knowledge of All-Knowing Allah (SWT)
Who knows and governs all the aspects of all things can be
substituted with the words of other languages which belong to
the people who have very tiny minds and dark hearts, weak
conscious and confused ideas.  Even I claim and can prove as
well that each letter of the Qur'an contains a treasure of some
truth, and sometimes, even one letter contains one page full of
true knowledge.

will continue in$aallah

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These translations are from the Risale-i Nur Collection of Bediuzzaman Siad
Nursi (RA) which consists of a total of 134 books in Turkish and few in Arabic.
Tranlators are a group of  students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and
Case Western Reserve  University-Cleveland.  All correspondence should be
directed to the e-mail address appering in this posting.  We are posting these
translations part by part but if anyone is interested we can send the whole
topic to personal e-mail addresses.  These topics have also appeared in the
weekly letter "Droplet  -  From The Vast Ocean Of The Miraculous Qur'an"
published and distributed in the Islamic Centers of Madison-WI and Cleveland-OH
after every Friday-Prayer.  Thank you.  The Talabat-un Noor.
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