Is it permissable for a Muslim to Give a Qur'an to a Non-Muslim

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Thank you all for your comments on Arabic.
I don't know anything about that language, so I guess I was applying my own experience with English.
English is not my first language, and I have to say that it took me a long time to know the language at such standard that I would be able to read a complex book such as the Bible. Knowing the translation of each word is one thing, but having a good 'feel' for the message it gives with all it's finer nuances is another.

I'm greatly impressed by those of you who learn Arabic!
Perhaps, when I get a spare moment, I should make a start on Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek? :rollseyes :? :happy:

Peace.
 
Glo, if it is to be as a pure linguistic study and not for other reasons I would suggest you start with Aramaic. Visit a few Coptic web sites, they are about the only people I know of who still speak it. A big advantage to Aramaic is you would also gain considerable knowledge of Both hebrew and Arabic along with it. Aramaic has many similariteis of both of them.
 
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Glo, if it is to be as a pure linguistic study and not for other reasons I would suggest you start with Aramaic. Visit a few Coptic web sites, they are about the only people I know of who still speak it. A big advantage to Aramaic is you would also gain considerable knowledge of Both hebrew and Arabic along with it. Aramaic has many similariteis of both of them.
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Wow, Woodrow! I was only joking, really ... but now your post has really encouraged me! :statisfie
Do you think I should ... try to learn Aramaic, I mean?
It's a dead language now, isn't it?
Where would I start?
You sound like you are a bit of a language buff!
I only know German, English and a little French (not even enough to decipher HeiGou's signature!) :rollseyes

Peace.
 
Glo, to get a taste of Aramaic, I would suggest you do a google search of Coptic. The coptic Christians are the largest speakers of Aramaic today. Also it is still spoken by some Egyptians and Ethiopians.

The language isn't totaly dead yet, but it is on it's last legs.

Greek is also an interesting language but the Hellenic Greek has very little resemblance to todays Greek.

Languages are one of my favorite pursuits. Actually it was the study of Arabic which helped lead me to Islam.
 
Woodrow said:
Glo, to get a taste of Aramaic, I would suggest you do a google search of Coptic. The coptic Christians are the largest speakers of Aramaic today. Also it is still spoken by some Egyptians and Ethiopians.

The language isn't totaly dead yet, but it is on it's last legs.
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Umm, Copts speak Arabic but use Coptic, which is a descendent of ancient Egyptian, for religious purposes. Aramaic is spoken in a few small Christian villiages in Syria and nowhere else. It is dying because the Syrians try to enforce the national language and the Christian birthrate is low anyway.

Greek is also an interesting language but the Hellenic Greek has very little resemblance to todays Greek.
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Hmmm, Greece has seen a lot of battles between those who want the Classical and those who want the demotic. I think the Left who support the demotic have won hands down. Oddly the opposite of what has happened in the Arabic world where they left and right have wanted Classical.
 

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