Fariq Naik – The Media Mistranslates Islamic Terms

The third strategy used by the media is that they pick up certain

Islamic words, and the mistranslated

and today the most misunderstood word is the word jihad. Jihad is

not only misunderstood by many of the non Muslims, it is even

misunderstood by many of the Muslims. Many non Muslims and

Muslims think that jihad is any war fought by any Muslim for any

reason, whether it be for land, whether it be for fame, whether it

be for wealth, whether it be for money, Jihad does not be any war

fought by any Muslim, whether it be for land, whether it be for

fame, whether it be for wealth, whether it be for money, jihad is

derived from the Arabic word shahada, which means to strife,

which means to struggle.

Jihad means to strive and struggle against one's own evil

inclination. Jihad also means to strive and struggle to make the

society better. Jihad also means to strive and struggle in the

battlefield. So Jihad basically means to strive to struggle.

For example, if there's a student who's driving and struggling to

pass the examination in Arabic, we would say that he's doing jihad.

For example, I'm delivering the message of Islam. I'm not harming

anyone, I'm not killing anyone. So even I'm doing jihad. I'm striving

and struggling.

And many non Muslims, many people, they have a misconception that

Jihad can only be done by Muslims. This misconception can easily be

removed just by quoting two words of the Glorious Quran. Allah

subhanaw taala says and so Look man, Chaplin with Palawan was them

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Salafi Amen, that you have enjoined upon man, kindness to his

parents, his mother bore him with weakness upon weakness and his

weaning is in two years.

And the next was Allah subhanaw taala says into Look man, up

number 31 was 18 We're in Jaha Dhaka Allah and to stick a be

Malay, Stella Kabir Island, filata. Homer, and if the parents

they do jihad, strive and struggle to make you worse than others

besides Allah subhanaw taala then do not obey them, but yet them

with love and compassion.

Allah subhanaw taala repeats a similar message in Sudan, Kabul

chapter 29 was Psalm eight, where India had actually to Sri kabhi

Malay Celica BIA Island Fela to the Houma and if the parents they

do jihad strive and struggle to make you worship others besides

Allah subhanaw taala then do not obey them.

Your Allah subhanaw taala is talking about non Muslim parents

who are doing jihad striving and struggling to make their children

worship others besides Allah subhanaw taala so this type of

jihad is jihad visability shaytaan jihad in the path of the Satan,

what we Muslim should do is jihad visa vie de la, jihad in the way

of Allah. But normally when the term jihad is used, it is taken

for granted that it is jihad feasable Allah, jihad in the way

of Allah

and many people, they translate jihad as holy war. This word holy

war in Arabic, it is Harmon Maka, dasa, Norway's this word harbor

Makanda present in the Glorious Quran, or in the authentic Hadees

this word holy war, it was first used to describe the Christian

crusaders who spread Christianity at the point of the assault and

forced 10s of 1000s of people to accept Christianity. Today, it is

used in a negative connotation for the Muslims why.

So this is the strategy of the media

that the pick up certain Islamic words and the mistranslated