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June 28

Arabic: a word in the Quran

Quran 5:21:

ادْ ُلُوا

My knowledge in Arabic is quite limited, yet I guess it could also have been spelled ادْؤلُوا, but what does it mean? I couldn't find it on dictionaries. GoogelTranslate gives "make a statement" for ادْ ُلُوا, and also gives "do it" for ادْؤلُوا, but I can't see how any of these translations fits the context in the Quran. Additionally, regarding any of these possible Arabic words, what's its root, and what's its exact meaning?

2A06:C701:7453:7D00:8F6:E1A9:A503:D522 (talk) 22:30, 28 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Is it this Āyah? [1] 惑乱 Wakuran (talk) 11:17, 29 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

That is from surah Al-Ma'idah. In machine-readable Arabic:

يَا قَوْمِ ٱدۡخُلُواْ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ ٱلۡمُقَدَّسَةَ ٱلَّتِي كَتَبَ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمۡ وَلَا تَرۡتَدُّواْ عَلَىٰٓ أَدۡبَارِكُمۡ فَتَنقَلِبُواْ خَٰسِرِينَ

yā qawmi dḵulū l-ʔarḍa l-muqaddasata llatī kataba l-lahu lakum wa-lā tartaddū ʕalā ʔadbārikum fatanqalibū ḵāsirīna

Disregarding the diacritics, it contains ادْ as the first part of the word أَدۡبَارِكُمۡ (ʔadbārikum), while لُوا is the last part of the word ٱدۡخُلُواْ (dḵulū). These occur very far apart in the verse, as well as in the opposite order. I cannot quite imagine what form of mangling might bring them together. A Burroughs edition of the Qur'an? --Lambiam 12:48, 29 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I never thought of you as being remotely funny, but I have now revised my opinion. MinorProphet (talk) 22:09, 4 July 2023 (UTC) [reply]

Oh, I was reading it in this website which spells ادْ ُلُوا, but now I realize this website mispells the word, and it should be ٱدۡخُلُواْ. 2A06:C701:7453:7D00:8F6:E1A9:A503:D522 (talk) 13:15, 29 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved