Arabic-L:GEN:Arabic as holy language

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1) Subject:Arabic as holy language

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Date: 12 Nov 2008
From:Ola Moshref <omoshref at gmail.com>
Subject:Arabic as holy language

Hi

There is nothing in the Qur'an that says Arabic is a "holy" language.  
The verses you mention only say that the Qur'an is in "clear, sound"  
Arabic. All other verses convey the same meaning that the language of  
the Qur'an is unparalleled. The Qur'an challenged the Arabs to compose  
similar verses only to prove that it is the words of God. He chose  
Arabic, because the people addressed spoke Arabic: "And We did not  
send any messenger but with the language of his people, so that he  
might explain to them clearly" (14:4).

In verse (30:22), it says "And one of His signs is the creation of the  
heavens and the earth and the diversity of your tongues and colors;  
most surely there are signs in this for the learned." If people of  
different colors are equal, then also their tongues are equal. This is  
how I understand it.


Ola

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