| Are they unaware of poetry and of | " Ibn Jarir, Ibn Abi Shaibah |
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| Lexically, there is nothing derogatory in these words, but in custom and usage they apply to evil and useless and vain things, such as gossip, nonsensical talk, joking and jesting, legends and tales, singing and merry-making, etc | and used the word qaynah for the singing-girl, which is specifically used for a slave-girl in Arabic |
| But there are, among men, those who purchase idle tales, without knowledge or meaning , to mislead men from the Path of Allah and throw ridicule on the Path : for such there will be a Humiliating Penalty | The real meaning of the sentence is that a person should purchase an absurd and useless thing for his money, and this is supported by many traditions |
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| Now you say that he is a sorcerer and enchanter and a poet and a madman | But this is the metaphorical meaning |
He intends that the invitation of the Qur'an should be derided and ridiculed and laughed away.
28| Indonesia - Bahasa Indonesia : Dan di antara manusia ada orang yang mempergunakan perkataan yang tidak berguna untuk menyesatkan manusia dari jalan Allah tanpa pengetahuan dan menjadikan jalan Allah itu olokolokan Mereka itu akan memperoleh azab yang menghinakan• | Qadi Abu Bakr Ibn al-'Arabi has related in the Ahkam alQur'an a Hadith from Hadrat 'Abdullah bin Mubarak and Imam Malik on the authority of Hadrat Anas, saying, that the Holy Prophet said: 'He who hears the song of a singing-girl in a musical concert, will have molten lead poured into his ear on the Day of Judgement " In this connection, one should also note that the culture" of music in those days flourished almost entirely through the slave-girls: Free women had not yet become "artists" |
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| Don't the people know the way the sorcerers talk? And according to Ibn 'Abbas, Nadr had bough singing girls also for the purpose | English - Sahih International : And of the people is he who buys the amusement of speech to mislead [others] from the way of Allah without knowledge and who takes it in ridicule Those will have a humiliating punishment• He has lived a lifetime among you |
On the one hand, there are the Divine verses which are full of wisdom and guidance, which he can obtain without any cost, but he turns away from them.
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