Halaby Profile picture
Dec 12, 2020 5 tweets 2 min read Read on X
The author of this book found words from +28 different Arabic dialects, in the Quran, spoken by +28 tribes.

Imagine a man who doesn't read or write coming with a book to challenge with its eloquence +28 tribes. He (peace be upon him) didn't have to do that! Why risk it? #Reflect Image
Translation:
"The book of languages in the Quran" from its beginning to its end. The language of Quraysh, Huthayl, Kenana, Al Aws, Al Khazraj, Khasham, Qays Aylan, ...
To put the difficulty of this challenge in more context, here's Ibn Abbas (the top authority on the Quran) saying: I never knew what the word "Fatir فاطر" means (in Quran 35:1) until I heard a Bedouin use the word "Fatir فاطر" to say he "created فطر a water well." Image
Ibn Abbas is from the Prophet's tribe & therefore they spoke the same dialect. Yet, he never heard that word before until he heard a Bedouin use it.
Question: When & how did the Prophet peace be upon him learn all these dialects?

Everything we know about him says he lived among his tribe for all his life & only traveled once (or twice, don't remember) to the borders of the Levant while working for Khadijah (RA).

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
 

Keep Current with Halaby

Halaby Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @_Halaby

Jun 23, 2023
[Thread]

If the Prophet ﷺ wrote the Quran, how did he ﷺ know that early versions of the 7 sleepers story don't agree on the number of sleepers?

🔸The Jews & the Christians of Najran say 3 [1]
🔸The East Syriac Church says 5 [1]
🔸Most Syriac accounts have 8 [2,3] Image
Keep in mind that Surat al-Kahf (#18 The Cave) was revealed in Mecca, where there were no Jewish or Christian communities.

So, who told the Prophet ﷺ that the different versions of the story report different number of sleepers?!
References:
[1] "The Legend of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus in Syriac and Arab Sources: A Comparative Study", Orientalia Christiana Cracoviensia 2 (2010): 45–59.
Read 8 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Don't want to be a Premium member but still want to support us?

Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Or Donate anonymously using crypto!

Ethereum

0xfe58350B80634f60Fa6Dc149a72b4DFbc17D341E copy

Bitcoin

3ATGMxNzCUFzxpMCHL5sWSt4DVtS8UqXpi copy

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us!

:(