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Salaam all,



Qul ya ahla alkitabi la taghloo fee deenikum ghayra alhaqqi wala tattabiAAoo ahwaa qawmin qad dalloo min qablu waadalloo katheeran wadalloo AAan sawai alssabeeli

The aya says:

Say (O Muhammad): O people of the book do not overstate in your religion other than the binding truth, including not join and follow desires/ biases of people who became misguided from before and misguided many and were lost from balance of the path.

My personal note:
The message is never to overstate or conflate a statement related to religion and in this Aya it comes after the passage related to what is said regarding Jesus’ nature.

The Aya is in a sense saying that one main reason for this is a certain bias or desire that pushes many people to make up things that do not exist. The problem is that it makes people lose the path and they may drag others with them and just keep on going deeper in perdition.

This is a message to put our biases and desires in check always and to be conscious of whether and when they are appropriate or not.

Translation of the transliterated words:
Qul: Say/ communicate/respond
Note: the root is Qaf-W-L and it means saying or communicating. QUL is an order or a request addressed to a singular. It means: say or communicate.
Ya: O you
Note: this is a calling form of a word
Ahla: people of
Note: the root is Hamza-H-L and one concrete meaning of the word is the fat that surrounds the back of the animal. It is used conceptually to mean family or any of the people that are closely associated with the entity being discussed. This could be because they are like the fat as in they engulf and protect and so forth and gain protection at the same time. AHLA means people of or family of.

Alkitabi: the book
Note: the root K-T-B and it means putting things together as in grouping the herd together or closing the lips or writing (the most common use), because in writing, one puts the letters and the ideas together. ALKITABI means, the process of writing or the book or anything related to it from the ideas to the ink and paper to the place where all is put together.

la taghloo: do not exaggerate/ inflate/ overstep/ go overboard
Note: LA means no and here an order not to do the action that follows. TAGHLOO is derived from the root GHain-L-W and it means in concrete when the water boils over. Conceptually, it is used for things that become inflated and overstepping their usual place and for higher price than normal. TAGHLOO is an action that is being completed or will be completed. It means: the action of inflating or overstepping the object (Fee Deenikum= in your religion/law/obligation to God) is happening or will be happening by the subject (second person plural). LA TAGHLOO is an order not to overstep or inflate and exaggerate.

Fee: in
Deenikum: your religion/law/ obligation to God
Note: the root is D-Y-N and it means debt or law or religion. What groups them together is the concept of obligation, since religion is the obligation of man towards God. DEENI is obligation of or religion of, with religion being the obligation of man towards God. In this context, KUM means plural you.
Ghayra: other than/ not
Alhaqqi: the truth/ the binding right
Note: ALHAQQI is derived from the root Ha-Qaf-Qaf and it means binding right where right means correct as well s what is due to one person (rights and obligations). ALHAQQ is binding right or binding truth or just right as the context suggests here.

wala tattabiAAoo: and do not make yourselves join and follow/ follow
Note: WALA mans and do not. TATTABiAAoo is derived from the root T-B-Ain and it means following footsteps or following behind, or joining and following. TATTABiAAoo is an order or a request addressing a group. It means: make yourselves join and follow or just join and follow.

Ahwaa: desires of/ airs of/ biases of
Note: the root is H-W-Y and it means what is between the earth and the sky and that is air and emptiness for the Arabs. Conceptually, it stands for desire because that is associated with air for Arabs. It also can apply to any entity that is not supported by a firm base, including ideas and unsupported biases. AHAWA means airs or biases or desires of.
Qawmin: a people
Note: the root is Qaf-Y-M and it means standing or standing upright. QAWMIN are the people that stand together and that makes the group or people or nation, basically, any group of people that stand together or form a group.
Qad: indeed
Dalloo: they lost the path/ became misguided
Note: the root is Dhad-L-L and it means getting lost as in lost the path or road in concrete terminology. Conceptually, it is used for any form of loosing the path, whether it is the path to a location or to the truth, or to be correct spiritually and so on. The imagery is very strong since loosing the path in the desert can mean near certain death. DALLA is an action that is completed. It means: the actions of loosing the path, or becoming misguided happened by the subject (third person plural).
Min: from
qablu: before you (singular)
Note: the root Qaf-B-L and it means front. This is then carried in time or space or any plain of thought. If it is in time, then front means before, while place would be in front. It is used to mean acceptance and reception since we receive and accept using our fronts. QABLU here is front in time and that is before.

waadalloo: and they made lost the path/ they misguided
Note: WA is a letter that links what is before with what is after. This link is through inclusion, either one is included in the other or they are all included in the bigger sentence or bigger picture. WA often corresponds with “and/ addition” but the more encompassing meaning is in inclusion one in another or all in a bigger picture or sentence. ADALLOO is derived from the root Dhad-L-L and it means getting lost as in lost the path or road in concrete terminology. Conceptually, it is used for any form of loosing the path, whether it is the path to a location or to the truth, or to be correct spiritually and so on. The imagery is very strong since loosing the path in the desert can mean near certain death. ADALLOO is an action that is completed. It means: the actions of making the object (Katheeran=many) loosing the path, or misguiding the object happened by the subject (third person plural).
Katheeran: a lot/ many
Note: the root is K-TH-R and it means many or numerous in all the planes of thought. KATHEERAN means: numerous or many or a lot.

wadalloo: and they lost the path/ became misguided
Note: WA is a letter that links what is before with what is after. This link is through inclusion, either one is included in the other or they are all included in the bigger sentence or bigger picture. WA often corresponds with “and/ addition” but the more encompassing meaning is in inclusion one in another or all in a bigger picture or sentence. DALLOO is derived from the root Dhad-L-L and it means getting lost as in lost the path or road in concrete terminology. Conceptually, it is used for any form of loosing the path, whether it is the path to a location or to the truth, or to be correct spiritually and so on. The imagery is very strong since loosing the path in the desert can mean near certain death. DALLOO is an action that is completed. It means: the actions of loosing the path, or becoming misguided happened by the subject (third person plural).
AAan: from/ away balance of
Note: the root is S-W-Y and it means balance or equality. SAWAA suggests a balance of.
Sawai: balance of
Note: the root is S-W-Y and it means balance or equality. SAWAI suggests a balance of.

Alssabeeli: the path/ the trip on the path
Note: the root is S-B-L and it means and it means flowing water from the falling rain from the sky to the flowing water in the river and so forth. This is the concrete and the other uses are related as in path, which allows the flow, to soft flowing hair and so forth. ALSSABEELI is the flowing water or the path . It takes the meaning of path or even the trip on the path.

Salaam all and have a great day.

Hussein