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The verse 74:3 consists of two words: | The verse 74:3 consists of two words: | ||
* وَرَبَّكَ - ''wa-rabba-ka'' - "and your lord" (literally and-lord-yours) | |||
* فَكَبِّرْ - ''fa-kabbir'' - "glorify" (literally and/then-glorify) | *وَرَبَّكَ - ''wa-rabba-ka'' - "and your lord" (literally and-lord-yours) | ||
*فَكَبِّرْ - ''fa-kabbir'' - "glorify" (literally and/then-glorify) | |||
==The (non-existing) palindrome== | ==The (non-existing) palindrome== | ||
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==Real palindromes== | ==Real palindromes== | ||
There are many websites which contain long palindromic sentences. For example: | There are many websites which contain long palindromic sentences. For example: | ||
*[https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/icon/oddsends/palinsen.htm Palindromic sentences collected by Ralph Griswold.] | |||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Linguistic miracles in the Quran]] | |||
* [[Word Count Miracles in the Qur'an]] | *[[Linguistic miracles in the Quran]] | ||
*[[Word Count Miracles in the Qur'an]] | |||
External: | External: | ||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqksuXlJqbU Nouman Ali Khan - "Palindrome Miracle in Quran "] (video) | |||
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqksuXlJqbU Nouman Ali Khan - "Palindrome Miracle in Quran "] (video) | |||
[[Category:Miracles]] | [[Category:Miracles]] | ||
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This article analyses the supposed palindrome in the Quranic verse 74:3.
Verse 74:3 in the Quran
In context:
74:1 يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُدَّثِّرُ O you who covers himself [with a garment],
74:2 قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ Arise and warn
74:3 وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ And your Lord glorify
74:4 وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ And your clothing purify
74:5 وَالرُّجْزَ فَاهْجُرْ And uncleanliness avoid
The verse 74:3 consists of two words:
- وَرَبَّكَ - wa-rabba-ka - "and your lord" (literally and-lord-yours)
- فَكَبِّرْ - fa-kabbir - "glorify" (literally and/then-glorify)
The (non-existing) palindrome
A palindrome is a text that is spelled exactly the same when read backwards. For example the word "rotator":
r o t a t o r (spelled forwards)
r o t a t o r (spelled backwards)
Here is the Arabic text spelled forward and backwards:
وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ
رِبَّكَفَ كَبَّرَو
w a r a b b a k a f a k a b b i r (spelled forwards)
r i b b a k a f a k a b b a r a w (spelled backwards)
The verse is NOT a palindrome.
Apologetic mental gymnastics
Dropping the first letter
The "reason" is that maybe in this verse و (wa) doesn't mean "and" and it is only an indicator for starting a sentence. Even if this was true, it would still not be a palindrome:
r a b b a k a f a k a b b i r (spelled forwards)
r i b b a k a f a k a b b a r (spelled backwards)
This failed on the second letter.
Besides that, most translators translate the و as "and" and the translation "and" fits into the context of the verse.
Dropping diacritics
The "problematic" vowels a and i are indicated by diacritics. If we now, after deleting the letter و ignored the diacritics we would have only the Arabic letters:
ربك فكبر
ر ب ك ف ك ب ر
r b k f k b r
But this is no longer a word. Every Arabic word has diacritics and when they are not written the reader is supposed to know them by heart.
And this is the supposed "miraculous" palindrome. Three letters r-b-k around f. So it's similar to the example "rotator" except that the word rotator is a real palindrome and doesn't require mental gymnastics.
Real palindromes
There are many websites which contain long palindromic sentences. For example:
See also
External: