From: cavus@cae.wisc.edu
Newsgroups: soc.religion.islam
Subject: 'ICAZ-I QUR'AN: NOT TRANSLATABLE. PART 4.1.
Date: 31 Jul 92 19:45:33 GMT
Reply-To: cavus@cae.wisc.edu
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Originator: gwydion@wookumz.gnu.ai.mit.edu


Esselamu Aleykum.

ON THE INTERPRETATION  OF  THE  QUR'AN.  PART  4.1

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]

Fourth Remark: The Twenty Fifth Word (1) proved that it is
impossible to produce a real translation of the Qur'an. 
Further, the high-statured style (ulwi uslub) in its i'jaz-i
manewi (spiritual) can in no way be retained in a translation. 
It is really difficult to describe and understand the beauties
and truths coming from its high-statured style in its ijaz-i
manewi (2).  However, we will indicate a few aspects just to
show the road.

That is, the miraculous Qur'an, with the ayats like; "And among
His Signs is the creation of heavens and the earth, and the
variations in your languages and your colors" [Al Qur'an 30:22],
"And the Heavens will be rolled in His right hand" [Al Qur'an
39:67], "He makes you in the wombs of your mothers, in stages,
one after another in three vails of darkness" [Al Qur'an 39:6],
"Who created the heavens and the earth in six days" [Al Qur'an
7:54], "And know that Allah comes in between a man and his
heart, and that it is He to Whom you shall (all) be gathered"
[Al Qur'an 8:24], "Who knows the unseen - from Whom is not
hidden the least little particle" [Al Qur'an 34:3], "That is
because Allah merges night into day, and He merges day into
night" [Al Qur'an 22:61], "Allah knows well all the secrets of
the heart" [Al Qur'an 3:119], describes and shows the truths of
the creation to the minds with the utmost degree of high style
in i'jaz.  They show the Creator of the worlds, the Maker of
this universe at work.  Whatever the tool He is using to hammer
the sun and the moon in their orbits, with the very same tool,
He is at the same time positioning the particles in their proper
places such as the retinas of the living things. With whatever
measure and unseen tool He opens and arranges the skies, with
the same arrangement, He at the same time removes the curtains
of the eye-sight, and opens, arranges, and positions the eyes. 
Further, whichever the unseen hammer of His Power, the Almighty
Creator nails the stars in the sky, with the same unseen hammer,
He decorates the innumerable differentiating points in human
faces, and sets their outer and inner faculties in their places.

Since through His works and arts the Almighty Creator wants to
show His Power and Majesty to the eyes as well as to the ears,
He uses the mighty statured style of the Qur'an for the same
purpose.  For example: The wording of the ayat is such that a
hammer is pounded on a particle, and with the other words of the
same ayat that same hammer is pounded on the sun nailing it to
its center.

(1) A tafseer (I$aratul 'Icaz-ul Qur'aniye) describing the ijaz of the Qur'an
and showing its miraculous aspects in many ways.  Anybody interested
in obtaining a copy of the original Arabic text should send a mail to 
this posting's e-mail address.

Translator's footnote: 
(2) I'jaz: human's inability to reach the level of the Qur'an in
any aspect.  (Irving's Translation of the Qur'an, p.xxi)

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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