Is the speech quoted from 'Aad and Thamud in their own wording?
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The student: The speech that the Exalted and Majestic mentioned regarding the people of 'Aad and Thamud, their saying: [Saba 34:34] ... Is it the exact wording that the people said, or is it a description of their state and their speech?
The Shaykh : No, they said it.
The student: Did they say this exact wording?
The Shaykh : No, no. Their language was not Arabic, but Allah conveys their meaning.
The student: And the Arabs?
The Shaykh : The Arabs? What do you mean by the Arabs?
The student: ... The disbelievers of Quraysh in ...
The Shaykh : No, that is a narration about 'Aad and Thamud, but it is well known that Quraysh denied the Messenger. Yes.
Indeed we, in that with which you were sent, are disbelievers."
إنا بما أرسلتم به كافرونThe Shaykh : No, they said it.
The student: Did they say this exact wording?
The Shaykh : No, no. Their language was not Arabic, but Allah conveys their meaning.
The student: And the Arabs?
The Shaykh : The Arabs? What do you mean by the Arabs?
The student: ... The disbelievers of Quraysh in ...
The Shaykh : No, that is a narration about 'Aad and Thamud, but it is well known that Quraysh denied the Messenger. Yes.