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..and when '''you see barefoot, naked, destitute shepherds''' competing in constructing tall buildings | ..and when '''you see barefoot, naked, destitute shepherds''' competing in constructing tall buildings | ||
}}The Bible contained a story of the Tower of Babel, Egyptians built pyramids. The desire and ability to construct tall buildings appears to has been common in history. | }}The Bible contained a story of the Tower of Babel, Egyptians built pyramids. The desire and ability to construct tall buildings appears to has been common in history. | ||
Lane's Lexicon explains al binaa as "originally an inf. n.: (see 1, first sentence:) then applied to A building; a structure; an edifice;] a thing that is built, or constructed".<ref>Binaa الْبِنَاء - [http://www.studyquran.org/LaneLexicon/Volume1/00000298.pdf Lane's Lexicon] p. 261</ref> The "compete in height" aspect of the translation comes from the word تطاول (tataawul)<ref>tay-waw-lam طول - [http://www.studyquran.org/LaneLexicon/Volume5/00000180.pdf Lane's Lexicon] - p. 1895</ref> These words appear in some other narrations in the same or similar context in relation to the 7th century. | |||
There were people in the 7th century building buildings that could be considered tall in that time. Ibn Hajar wrote in his famous commentary on Sahih Bukhari: | There were people in the 7th century building buildings that could be considered tall in that time. Ibn Hajar wrote in his famous commentary on Sahih Bukhari: | ||
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يتطاول الناس في البنيان وهي من العلامات التي وقعت عن قرب في زمن النبوة | يتطاول الناس في البنيان وهي من العلامات التي وقعت عن قرب في زمن النبوة | ||
"The people are [competing in] building | "The people are [competing in height] building buildings" - and that's from the signs which '''happened close at the time of the prophethood''' | ||
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The caliph Uthman was accused of practicing tataawul at his time, though the meaning here may simply be that he built a lot of buildings. | |||
{{Quote|[http://shiaonlinelibrary.com/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%A8/3671_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%86-%D9%82%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A-%D8%AC-%D9%A1/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%AD%D8%A9_32 al-Imāma wal-Siyāsa, vol 1 page 35] by Ibn Qutaybah (d. 889 / 276)| ما أنكر الناس على عثمان رحمه الله قال: وذكروا أنه اجتمع ناس من أصحاب النبي عليه الصلاة والسلام، فكتبوا كتابا ذكروا فيه ما خالف فيه عثمان من سنة رسول الله وسنة صاحبيه، وما كان من هبته خمس أفريقية لمروان وفيه حق الله ورسوله، ومنهم ذوو القربى واليتامى والمساكين، وما كان من تطاوله في البنيان، حتى عدوا سبع دور بناها بالمدينة | |||
And what people condemned of Uthman was that a group of the prophet's companions came together and wrote a book mentioning in it what Uthman has not followed of the sunnah of the prophet and his companions and of what he did when he gave 1/5th of Africa to Marwan and in it is the share of Allah and his prophet and that of relatives, orphans and poor people. And of his excesses in building ( تطاوله في البنيان ) that reached 7 houses in Medina.}} | |||
Muslims could afford building tall buildings after they got rich from early Islamic conquests. | Muslims could afford building tall buildings after they got rich from early Islamic conquests. | ||