January 9, 2020

Verbal Idioms in the Quran

In language there are different ways of saying something

For instance we have…

I give

To give something like a gift

I give up

Meaning I quit

The meaning changes completely in the above two set of words

Sight

To see

Site

A construction for a web developer
A website for a computer expert

Journal

An accounting journal
An academic journal
A personal journal
It means different things to different people

Language is alive and dynamic and it has different figures of speech

Figures of Speech

Its cool, its popping, its cracking meaning its awesome
Its cool is also talking about the weather
Words are not meant literally
What’s up meaning what is above you
Whats up meaning how are you
Allah uses figures of speeches in the Quran

Coolness of the Eyes

Shedding tears of joy
Finding relief from a storm
When something stays in one place

Warmness of the Eyes

Used to curse someone
Meaning may you suffer sadness
May you shed tears of sadness

Example

There are two mothers
One mother is saying bye to her son
And mother welcoming her son
The one saying bye to her son has warm eyes
The one welcoming her son has cool eyes

When Arabs would travel in the desert they would wear heavy clothes wrapping themselves
But he cannot cover his eyes because he needs to see
Then there is a sand storm and his eyes are warm he cant see
Then he finds a cave and he can open his eyes and his eyes are cool

An assassin once said the eyes of my people will stay warm and the blood of my sword will cool them

Surah Al Furqan

O Allah give us from our Spouses and children the coolness of our eyes
Our spouses and children are a refuge from the storm
The outside world is a storm and the house is a relief from the storm
When you come back home to your spouses and children you find relief
And your eyes are cooled
We feel safe and the storm cannot hit us anymore
We want a happy house
We cry tears of joy looking at our spouses and children

Musa’s Mother

She threw her baby in the water
Her eyes became warm
Then Allah reunited her with her baby
Her eyes become cool

The wife of Firawn

She is terrified of Firawn
Firawn is psychologically and physically abusive
She cant call the police because Firawn owns the police and land
She discovered baby Musa and brought him to Firawn
She said he will be a coolness of the eyes for me and for you
Firawn face changes

Musa Speaking with Allah

When you meet someone important you want it to last forever
You might take a picture to remember it
Musa is speaking with Allah
Musa can never forget
Musa was told by Allah establish salah to remember Allah
Prophet said that I have the coolness of my eyes in salah
Musa has the most beautiful conversation with Allah to cool his eyes
Then he has to have ugly conversation with Firawn and his eyes are warm

Quran should make you cry out of joy

To Lower Your Wings out of humility and love and care

A man does not have wings
It means to be humble
A person is being compared to a bird
When a bird raises its wings it is about to fly
When a bird lowers its wings it is about to land
Lower your wings means come back down to earth
When the bird has wings it lowers them
A child lowers his or her wings of humility before their parents
Our parents did everything for us
Children need to be humble before their parents when we grow up
When we grow up we have everything but we must lower our wings
To our parents because of the love and care they showed children
Children must genuinely show love and care to parents
Children sacrificing for the parents like parents did for children
The roles are reversed

Untie the Knot Afflicting my tongue

Knot is in a string
Like in wires and threads
When you have a Knot that is jumbled up
You do not know where it begins and where it ends
It is unclear and confusion
Untie the knot of my tongue means to give clarity in speech
To not get nervous when speaking with people
A clear beginning, middle, and end
To remain calm and not get angry or frustrated

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