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Dear Samy Wahib,
I am enrolled in an Islamic Sunday school and am learning about the Quran. Our teacher gave us an assignment to write an essay on Ayat-ul-Birr Surah 2:177 and its meaning. I was reading the English translation to this and came across the words " It is not righteousness that ye turn your faces towards east or west". I am not exactly sure what this means. If you could please explain this, I would really appreciate it.
Thank You so Much,
Erum
It means not to look for strange philosophies everywhere about divine facts ..... But just to believe in simple faith.
http://www.maarefislam.org/doreholomvamaarefislam/bookscontent/negaresh-arabic/n...
فالاجتهاد في? أُصول? الدين? خطأ ، والاجتهاد في? فروع? الدين? ينبغي? أن? لا يتخطّي? الموازين? الشرعيّة? التي? يختصّ بحملها الفقهاء
God bless you
Samy
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| Comment | Thank you so much for your answer Samy Wahib. but, i was looking for a little more detailed answer. But i think this should do it Thank you very much God bless you | ||
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Samy Wahib
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I can send you Arabic words as links of wav files for spoken Arabic and jpg files for written Arabic. I am a full time technical translator from English to Arabic since 1982 I am ready to translate short passages (no more than 100 words) from english to arabic or vice versa for free. I give also advice for people willing to travel to Egypt and touristic and cultural information about Egypt.
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26 years experience as full time translator
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University degree
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Most Multinational companies working in Middle East
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