A caller speaks with the Shaykh in Albanian, followed by the Shaykh’s explanation to his students about the peoples who speak this language.
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The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : ... .
The student : Shaykh, translate for us, what is this language?
Another student: It hasn’t reached us yet, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed. The diversity of your languages and colors is one of the signs of Allah. This is the Albanian language, which we left our country, Albania, speaking when we were young.
The student : Where did the brother who called from?
The Shaykh : This is a man I would call Albanian, but he is not Albanian, because there is a distinction here similar to the distinction among Arabs. The Arabs are divided into peoples: a Jordanian Arab, an Egyptian Arab, a Hijazi Arab. If one says an Egyptian is an Arab, that is correct, but if one says every Arab is Egyptian, that is also incorrect. The Albanians are of two types: a group that lives in the land known as Albania, which is a very small area near the Adriatic Sea, and a group that lives in Kosovo. Those above Albania are not called Albanians; rather, they are called Arnavut. The term Arnavut is like the Arabs, who are divided into sections. Among them are Albanians, there are Yugoslavs, there are Bosniaks, and so on. This Yugoslav speaks our Albanian language, but with some differences in the letters. He is currently a student at the University of Jordan. Yes.
The student : How is your health, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : ... .
The student : Shaykh, translate for us, what is this language?
Another student: It hasn’t reached us yet, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed. The diversity of your languages and colors is one of the signs of Allah. This is the Albanian language, which we left our country, Albania, speaking when we were young.
The student : Where did the brother who called from?
The Shaykh : This is a man I would call Albanian, but he is not Albanian, because there is a distinction here similar to the distinction among Arabs. The Arabs are divided into peoples: a Jordanian Arab, an Egyptian Arab, a Hijazi Arab. If one says an Egyptian is an Arab, that is correct, but if one says every Arab is Egyptian, that is also incorrect. The Albanians are of two types: a group that lives in the land known as Albania, which is a very small area near the Adriatic Sea, and a group that lives in Kosovo. Those above Albania are not called Albanians; rather, they are called Arnavut. The term Arnavut is like the Arabs, who are divided into sections. Among them are Albanians, there are Yugoslavs, there are Bosniaks, and so on. This Yugoslav speaks our Albanian language, but with some differences in the letters. He is currently a student at the University of Jordan. Yes.
The student : How is your health, Shaykh?
Source
www.al-albany.com
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