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Do Arabs really believe that Islam is an Arab Religion and that people of other races are inferior Muslims?

Why do Arabs preach that the Quran cannot be translated when language is only one of the means of communication for mankind and English, especially, has all of the necessary synonyms to make the Quran fully explicit from Arabic to English. Will Arabs continue to overrule Quran in 2012 The Year of The Quran and Rule of Allah?

Update:

Quran did not come down as a book with pages of written words between two covers. Quran came down as Inspiration to an illiterate Arab who, of course, could neither read nor write, so that Quran does not depend on written words or only for the educated. Allah is The Only Guide.

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  • 10 years ago
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    lol!!!!

    Source(s): arabic girl:P
  • 10 years ago

    Arabs do not preach the Quran cannot be translated at all. The Quran is translated into almost every language.

    Islam as a religion is not limited to one race or nationality, all Muslims are equal, end of!

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    We are all equal and none is superior to any other

    @ Amen "The best of Nations" means Muslims, BTW my sister is married to an Arab and I know the family very well , no way do they have a superior attitude, I have also visited the middle east a few times too.

    As is often pointed out the problem is Translation , The same Ayah in Mohsin Khan reads

    Aal-e-Imran 110

    You [true believers in Islamic Monotheism, and real followers of Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) and his Sunnah] are the best of peoples ever raised up for mankind; you enjoin Al-Ma'ruf (i.e. Islamic Monotheism and all that Islam has ordained) and forbid Al-Munkar (polytheism, disbelief and all that Islam has forbidden), and you believe in Allah . And had the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) believed, it would have been better for them; among them are some who have faith, but most of them are Al-Fasiqun (disobedient to Allah - and rebellious against Allah's Command).

    Pickthal reads

    Aal-e-Imran 110

    Ye are the best community that hath been raised up for mankind. Ye enjoin right conduct and forbid indecency; and ye believe in Allah. And if the People of the Scripture had believed it had been better for them. Some of them are believers; but most of them are evil-livers

    while Yusef Ali says

    Aal-e-Imran 110

    Ye are the best of peoples, evolved for mankind, enjoining what is right, forbidding what is wrong, and believing in Allah. If only the People of the Book had faith, it were best for them: among them are some who have faith, but most of them are perverted transgressors

    Added ,

    There is a reason why the Noble Qur'an was given to the Arabs which is because at that time they were the ones that were in the greatest need of it at that time, The same way that Jesus [pbuh] appeared to the Jews whot had "gone astray" and wandered off the right path.

    Each Prophet has appeared to those in the greatest need at any one particular time, the plight of Sodom and Gomorrah being a prime example.

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  • 10 years ago

    I'm a Muslim Arabic, and I'm deeply convinced that Muslims who are not Arabs have served my religion more than any other Arabic. For example. Imam Bukhara !

    But you can't perform Salat unless you know Arabic ! because you are going to read a lot of verses from the Quran ! =)

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    10 years ago

    God say’s in the Qur’an:

    3:110. ‘Ye are the best ummah, evolved for mankind, enjoining what is right, forbidding what is wrong, and believing in Allah. If only the People of the Book had faith, it were best for them: among them are some who have faith, but most of them are perverted transgressors.’

    In this verse, addressing the followers of Muhammad(pbuh) God say’s that, Muhammad(pbuh)’s followers are the best among the ummahs in mankind. Ummah means nation, community, followers etc. You know, all messengers of God preached and taught Islam. All messengers of God were Muslims and their followers are also Muslims. But messengers other than Muhammad(pbuh) received the part of human religion Islam which was required for their communities and their time only. God completed Islam for entire mankind through his last messenger Muhammad(pbuh). God say’s in the Qur’an:

    5:3. ‘This day I have perfected your religion for you, completed My favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion’.

    So, Muhammad(pbuh)’s followers have the religion in its fullest form. Muhammad(pbuh)’s followers being the retainers of the full knowledge of Islam, are given the responsibility to enjoin mankind towards right path and to avoid Satan’s way.

    ‘Best ummah’ is the followers of Muhammad(pbuh). Arab: non-Arab, white: black etc. does no discrimination. In this context, part of Muhammad(pbuh)’s last sermon given in the field of Arafat in the year 632 A.D. can be cited:

    “All mankind is from Adam and Eve, an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a white has no superiority over a black nor a black has any superiority over white except by piety and good action. Learn that every Muslim is a brother to every Muslim and that the Muslims constitute one brotherhood.

    O People, NO PROPHET OR MESSENGER WILL COME AFTER ME AND NO NEW FAITH WILL BE BORN. Reason well, therefore, O People, and understand words which I convey to you. I am leaving you with the Book of God (the QUR'AN*) and my SUNNAH (the life style and the behavioral mode of the Prophet), if you follow them you will never go astray.

    All those who listen to me shall pass on my words to others and those to others again; and may the last ones understand my words better than those who listen to me directly. Be my witness O God, that I have conveyed your message to your people.”

    Thanks.

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    As a rule,Arabs and non-Arabs are equal in Islam...but practically many Arabs do think themselves superior to non-Arab muslims...one example of their pride is that they don't support Kashmiri muslims against Indian tyranny like they support Palestinian muslims against Israeli tyranny.

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    The Qur'an states that Arab is not better than non Arab.

    The fact that numerous translations of the Qur'an vary in content proves the argument to some extent , some languages can not be translated "word for word" , including modern languages , German for instance has words to which there is no English equivalent

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    No, they don't believe that and considering how Arabs make up only 18% of the 1.5+billion population of Muslims, you can see clearly that it is not true

    Islam and the Qu'ran is intended for the WHOLE of mankind, and any Arab who says otherwise is going against Prophet Muhammad SAW, I think we all know about his final sermon

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    Actually the entire arab/non arab issue was propaganda started by an only creationist website.

  • 10 years ago

    Arabic is such a rich language to translate, it is hard to translate it and then capture the whole meaning...Islam is a universal religion!

  • 10 years ago

    You are a retard.

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