Is it correct to translate (Khalil Allah) as "the intimate friend of Allah"?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: In France, many translators say that the meaning of Ibrahim, Khalil Allah, is that Ibrahim is the intimate friend of Allah. Is this translation acceptable?
Answer:
No. This is invalid. Khalil Allah is from khullah, which is the ultimate degree of love. Yes, but these people are ignorant; they do not know. It is like the one who translated the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted,[Al-Baqarah 2:187], saying, "They are trousers for you, and you are trousers for them." They do not understand. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: In France, many translators say that the meaning of Ibrahim, Khalil Allah, is that Ibrahim is the intimate friend of Allah. Is this translation acceptable?
Answer:
No. This is invalid. Khalil Allah is from khullah, which is the ultimate degree of love. Yes, but these people are ignorant; they do not know. It is like the one who translated the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted,
They are clothing for you and you are clothing for them.
هُنَّ لِبَاسٌ لَّكُمْ وَأَنتُمْ لِبَاسٌ لَّهُنَّ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 699- هل تصح ترجمة (خليل الله) بأنه صديق الله الحميم؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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