Does Allah relate the words of previous nations using their exact wording or their meanings?
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The questioner : Do they speak Arabic?
The Shaykh : Who?
The questioner : The Jews.
The Shaykh : No.
The questioner : How do they say "wheat"?
The Shaykh : Allah the Exalted has related the words of Adam to Muhammad, of all the prophets, is that not so? In Arabic, though the language of all the prophets was not Arabic.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : That is, Allah relates their words by saying, "Pharaoh said," "Moses said," in the Arabic language; so He relates their speech by meaning.
The questioner : No, my intention is: did they say the exact same wording, or a different wording?
The Shaykh : No, no, it is the meaning, the meaning, yes.
In the chapter on explaining their slander in likening the people of affirmation to Pharaoh, we explained from it what we explained.
The Shaykh : Who?
The questioner : The Jews.
The Shaykh : No.
The questioner : How do they say "wheat"?
The Shaykh : Allah the Exalted has related the words of Adam to Muhammad, of all the prophets, is that not so? In Arabic, though the language of all the prophets was not Arabic.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : That is, Allah relates their words by saying, "Pharaoh said," "Moses said," in the Arabic language; so He relates their speech by meaning.
The questioner : No, my intention is: did they say the exact same wording, or a different wording?
The Shaykh : No, no, it is the meaning, the meaning, yes.
In the chapter on explaining their slander in likening the people of affirmation to Pharaoh, we explained from it what we explained.