Is the word for bread a foreign word?
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The questioner : So, is the word for bread a foreign word, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Ah?
The questioner : The word for bread is a foreign word.
The Shaykh : No, but the non-Arab does not know it; he does not know the word for bread.
The questioner : But the word for bread is like if the non-Arab asked, "What is bread?"
The Shaykh : Yes, he does not know what it is; he does not know the meaning of the word for bread. So it was said to him, "This is it." But if you tell him that it is wheat that is ground, then kneaded, then baked over fire, yes, then cut into pieces, or if you mention its story and its history, he would not know it, yes.
The Shaykh : Ah?
The questioner : The word for bread is a foreign word.
The Shaykh : No, but the non-Arab does not know it; he does not know the word for bread.
The questioner : But the word for bread is like if the non-Arab asked, "What is bread?"
The Shaykh : Yes, he does not know what it is; he does not know the meaning of the word for bread. So it was said to him, "This is it." But if you tell him that it is wheat that is ground, then kneaded, then baked over fire, yes, then cut into pieces, or if you mention its story and its history, he would not know it, yes.