Ali Ataie – The Perfect HebrewArabic Symmetry in the Quran

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			There are linguistic subtleties in the Quran
		

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			that the prophet shalallahu alaihi wa sallam could
		

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			not have known.
		

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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says,
		

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			The name is Zakaria in Hebrew
		

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			means the mention of the Lord. This is
		

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			what it his name Zakaria in Hebrew means
		

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			the mention of the Lord. So this verse
		

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			is a play on words.
		

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			The mention of the mercy of your Lord
		

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			to his servant, the mention of the lord.
		

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			This is there's this beautiful subtle symmetry
		

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			in this one aya.
		

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			The author of this ayah, new Hebrew, there's
		

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			no doubt about it. If a Jew living
		

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			in the Hejaz heard this verse his ears
		

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			would perk up. He would notice the subtlety.
		

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			Another example Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says
		

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			That the wife of Ibrahim alaihi salam,
		

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			she laughed and then we gave her glad
		

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			tidings of Isaac. Isaac means laughter.
		

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			And then it says,
		

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			And then following Isaac, Jacob. The name Isaac
		

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			means laughter in Hebrew. The name Jacob means
		

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			to follow or to come after.
		

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			This is a type of word play that
		

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			adds to the eloquence
		

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			and brilliance
		

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			of the Quran.
		

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			Whoever composed this verse knew Hebrew. Of course,
		

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			we know this is a revelation from Allah
		

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			Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
		

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			I'll give you another example. There's there's 100
		

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			and 100 if not thousands of these types
		

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			of examples.
		

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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says about Yahya alayhi
		

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			salam.
		

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			Now Yahya is John, John the Baptist, peace
		

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			be upon him, most probably.
		

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			The Quran calls him Yahya, meaning he lives
		

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			because he was martyred
		

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			and the martyrs are alive.
		

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			They're alive with their Lord, receiving sustenance
		

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			from their
		

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			Lord. But the Hebrew name of John is
		

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			Yohanan
		

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			which is related to Hananan.
		

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			This is the only occurrence of this word
		

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			in the entire Quran.
		

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			And it's describing Yahya alayhi salam because it
		

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			actually relates to his historical name.
		

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			These are subtleties that go over the head
		

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			of 99%
		

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			of the Quran.