• Saleh@feddit.org
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    8 months ago

    Quran 29:65

    فَإِذَا رَكِبُوا۟ فِى ٱلْفُلْكِ دَعَوُا۟ ٱللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ فَلَمَّا نَجَّىٰهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْبَرِّ إِذَا هُمْ يُشْرِكُونَ

    “If they happen to be aboard a ship ˹caught in a storm˺, they cry out to Allah ˹alone˺ in sincere devotion. But as soon as He delivers them ˹safely˺ to shore, they associate ˹others with Him once again˺.”

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        I think it should be words added in the translation that do not translate directly from the Arabic but add to the context of the Arabic words. This notation seems specific to this translation though.

        Every translation is also an interpretation. This is one of the reasons why there is a lot of emphasis on preserving the Quran in Arabic and learning the classical Arabic to understand it.

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    8 months ago

    Also happens when I’m having a really horrible shit. If you’ve never been reduced to praying to god at the toilet, be thankful.

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      Had major stomach pains as a kiddo, with hourly long toilet visits. Promised God I’m gonna believe in him if they stop out of desperation, like, what are the chances but anything that can help…

      It helped tho. Shit that kept me on edge for months passed within two weeks.

      So, yeah, I am a believer to this day. But I can bet most christians won’t like my story of “shat so hard God had to save me” xD

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          Christianity also says we have one shot - then we either eat shit in hell if we effed up or find oyrselves in haven…whatever it means.

          But back to the topic - most folk know this, but this raises one bad idea - if it’s only as good as you make it, why care for others? Make them stepping stones for your benefit.

          Aaaand thus we end in this hellhole.

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    This reminds me of a couplet in a Greg Freeman song: “Clenched fists find God in rough landings, and tonight it’s gonna snow.”