![]() Often translated as ‘religion’, though many Muslims feel that this is a rather inadequate rendering of the word, and that ‘way of life’ would be more in keeping with the inclusiveness the word implies. Of course, there are some words which, no matter how painstakingly a translator attempts to render them into good, appropriate English, much will still be lost in translation: ≡ġ – The first one is din. Here I’ll interrogate two more Islamic terms which, if translated inaccurately or poorly, can lead to great obfuscation or significantly alter the sense of the word. Perhaps it’s just a case of a storm in a teacup? ♦ Perhaps there’s room in the language for both words: convert and revert (even if the first is theologically correct, and the other is not and even if it’s the ‘revert posse’ that usually gets all agitated about it). In the end I said that maybe it doesn’t really matter. 1 He never asked them to ‘re-enter’ Islam to revert! Or take the words of Ibn Mas‘ud, may God be pleased with him, when he said: ‘We have not ceased to be strong since the time ‘Umar accepted Islam ( mundhu aslama ‘umar).’ 2 Again, he didn’t say: since the time ‘Umar ‘re-entered Islam’ or ‘reverted back to Islam.’ Instead, his call to people was simply: aslim – ‘enter into Islam,’ ‘submit,’ ‘become a Muslim’. ![]() This article revolves around three questions: (1) Does translating din as ‘religion’ imply that it is only a private matter, having nothing at all to do with the public sphere – which is what people usually associate with the term religion? (2) If iman is translated as ‘faith’, does that not suggest it is ‘blind faith’ – which, again, is what many people think when they hear the word ‘faith’ that it is belief without evidence? (3) And what is the type of nazr -“reasoned reflection” – that the Qur’an constantly urges us with, so that people do not have blind faith in God or in the Qur’an? ♦īack in 2013, I wrote that the theologically correct term for a non-Muslim who becomes a Muslim is a ‘convert’, not a ‘revert’! After all, the Prophet ﷺ, whilst informing us that all people are born on the fitrah (predisposing them to the message of tawhid and Islam), he never actually said to those who became Muslim that, ‘You have re-entered Islam’, or ‘You have become Muslim again’. to attack or assault (persons, places, or things): to storm a fortress.Ī storm is coming and we should be prepared when she does.Ī storm of pellets slashed into the kitchenĪ storm's approach / that a storm is approachĪfter a flock of birds traveling east is blown far south by a stormĪnchored near the shore because of storm alertĪnd the whole time I'm sweating up a stormīetter than nothing vs Any port in a stormĬhapter One: In which I hole up in a snow storm.Ĭook, bake, talk 'up a storm' / typing 'up a storm' of nonsense.Is Din ‘Private’ Religion & Is Iman ‘Blind’ Faith?.to utter or say with angry vehemence: The strikers stormed their demands.to subject to or as if to a storm: The salesman stormed them with offers.to rush angrily: to storm out of a room.to rush to an assault or attack: The tanks stormed towards the city.to deliver a violent attack or fire, as with artillery: The troops stormed against the garrison.to rage or complain with violence or fury: He stormed angrily at me.with violence (usually used impersonally with it as subject): It stormed all day. Meteorology(of the wind or weather) to blow with unusual force, or to rain, snow, hail, etc., esp.Building, Informal Terms See storm window.a violent outburst or outbreak of expression: a storm of applause.a violent disturbance of affairs, as a civil, political, social, or domestic commotion.a heavy or sudden volley or discharge: a storm of criticism a storm of bullets. ![]() Militarya violent military assault on a fortified place, strong position, or the like.MeteorologyAlso called violent storm. a wind of 64–72 mph (29–32 m/sec).Meteorologya heavy fall of rain, snow, or hail, or a violent outbreak of thunder and lightning, unaccompanied by strong winds. ![]()
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