Talk:Tay al-Ard

message: "27:40: "Said one who had knowledge of the Book: ". I have heard a knowledgeable person state that it should be ""Said one who had some knowledge of the Book: ". Can anyone confirm? --Striver 02:49, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Verse

message: There is a valid reference but it's in Persian .مهر تابان. This is told by Allameh Tabatabaei. Therefor it's valid.--Sa.vakilian 01:44, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks. It would need translation, however. See WP:RS#Sources in languages other than English, a guideline that applies to all non-English sources. Tearlach 12:12, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Select translations already appear in the article with links given. There is even a link to manuscripts scanned on this topic.--Zereshk 22:12, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: References

message: Reverted. What's the problem with the following?
Tay al-Ard is analogous to, and shares roots with, miraculous teleportation in other religious traditions originating in the Middle East: notably Kefitzat ha-Derekh ("the jumping of the road") in Judaism, and the "miraculous transport" of Christian religious figures.
From its simple description - figures in religious narratives teleporting - "analogous to" is accurate. I believe there are Buddhist analogies too. As to "sharing roots", the first accounts concern religious figures - notably Solomon - common to Islam, Judaism and Christianity. Tearlach 23:50, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's irrelevant what you consider accurate and what you believe - WP editors are not to engage in WP:OR. Please find WP:RS for your claims. --tickle me 02:03, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've no idea what your agenda is. This is not OR but straightforward description. If narratives in different traditions have the same motif - teleporting religious adepts - why are they not analogous? Compare afterlife, which makes similar comparative statements. Tearlach 12:18, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Equivalents

message: As someone who's encountered this article as a casual reader, the following things aren't clear to me:
* Is the existence of Tay al-Ard regarded by modern Koran faiths as literal truth or allegory?
* Are there any claims of this being practiced or observed outside of the Koran?
* The article uses the phrases "tay al-ard" and "tei al-ardh" - are these merely different transliterations or quantifiably different concepts?
* The article refers to a report by Eric W Davis to the United States Air Force.  No link is provided to identify this individual, and no citation is provided for the claim (although there is some reference identifying the report).  Presumably the United States Air Force receives any number of reports in a given year, some commissioned and some not, so some context would be helpful here.
* As a casual observer I am given the impression that the faith-based viewpoint is generally well-presented here; however the article would benefit from the context provided by third-party scholars and some placing of the material in a cultural and geographical context, if such scholarly analysis exists.
Not trying to step on any toes - the above is just what would have helped me as a reader to follow the subject matter of the article!
DustFormsWords 06:52, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Clarification of contemporary status and other confusions

message: I would like to revisit the deletion process on this article since it does not appear to exist in the record and I am actually astounded at the presence of this article. Teleportation in Islam? Seriously? Encyclopedic? Um... No. Not notable, perhaps a hoax. Ogress smash! 08:19, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Your iman is weak, sister. --♥pashtun ismailiyya 08:20, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Hahaha. I can do a lot of tricks with my iman, sister, but "foldin' up the Earth" ain't one of them. *wink* Ogress smash! 08:28, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: On a serious note, this is actually a semi-important concept. In Twelver hadith, whoever knows but one letter of Allah's name is able to do this. We'll see what sources we can find though to show notability, if any. On a nationalist note, I'm not shocked that such few people are capable of learning the single letter of Allah's beautiful name and gaining power; after all, how many people are familiar with the Pashto alphabet? --♥pashtun ismailiyya 09:24, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deletion 

message: Most English language Wikipedia users don't speak it. So please translate. -- 92.229.144.205 (talk) 19:50, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  What's the point of untranslated Arabic in this article? 

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