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The imperative iqra' may be rendered as "read" or "recite". The former rendering is, to my mind, by far the preferable in this context inasmuch as the concept of "reciting" implies no more than the oral delivery - with or without understanding - of something already laid down in writing or committed to memory, whereas "reading" primarily signifies a conscious taking-in, with or without an audible utterance but with a view to understanding them
pakirockstarz 2 years ago
What do you think the angel, or spirit, or Jibriel was telling him to do?
ItsAmadWorld2 2 years ago
I believe a combination of both. Today, we understand reading as from something that has already been written down. The Quran was actually meant to be recited. So here, the first word Read/Recite was not just a commandment to blindly repeat, but to understand, commit to memory, and then to recite back to the world, and in a way teach them its meaning through word and practice.
pakirockstarz 2 years ago
Well, I can see why Muhammad would respond back with "I cannot read" (being that he was believed to be illiterate), but, seems to me he could recite. Yet, if it was "recite", how come he couldn't recite? I mean, to recite, all you need is something in your head you have in memory. Unless you had a stroke or something.
ItsAmadWorld2 2 years ago
i doesnt matter. If he said read, than mohammed said he cant read end of stroy! mohammed cant read tht is known, he was an illiterate. after this gabriel read the verse, which was later part of the quran. recite is to read it with passion, but read is to simply read it like how u are reading this message. ever hear a imam recite quran the way it sounds is very diff.
magicOcardOman2009 2 years ago
So, it's "Recite", NOT "read", and Muhammad responding with, "I cannot recite", true?
ItsAmadWorld2 2 years ago
Are you sure the word is "recite"?
ItsAmadWorld2 2 years ago
The Vision of Isiah-"And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which [men] deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, [I pray thee]: and he saith, I cannot; for it [is] sealed: And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, [I pray thee]: and he saith, I am not learned. (Isaiah 29:11-18)
DocMasterX 2 years ago
No, you can't. Yet, he was, apparently then, told to recite something he did not know, for which Muhammad responded with, "I cannot not, for I am unlearned". Strange that it took Jibriel more than once to realize that.
ItsAmadWorld2 2 years ago
"And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which [men] deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, [I pray thee]: and he saith, I cannot; for it [is] sealed: And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, [I pray thee]: and he saith, I am not learned. (Isaiah 29:11-18)
DocMasterX 2 years ago
Recite in the name of your Lord, meaning praise in the name of your Lord
DocMasterX 2 years ago
How come Muhammad couldn't do that? So, instead of saying, "I can't read", he said, "I can't recite?" How come?
ItsAmadWorld2 2 years ago
Muhammed pbuh had memorized the Quran so he could recite it. He made his companions write it down.
1mdog1 2 years ago
So, you are saying Muhammad had the Quran memorized before he met Jibriel and was squeezed by Jibriel in the cave?
HOW did Muhammad know the Quran before Jibriel even showed up to tell him to recite the Quran?
ItsAmadWorld2 2 years ago