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"O you who proclaim to have believed, listen".
It is first part of a recommencing sentence starting with a vocative particle. It is followed by a sentence, called: جملة جواب النداء that explains the intent of calling and seeking the attention of the addressee.
This recommencing sentence occurs
89 times for conveying varying injunctions, instructions and advices
to the people who claim and pronounce to have become believers. It
should be noted that the Caller has used a Relative Pronoun and not:
We will study in sequence each subject which is explained in the "answer-sentence جملة جواب النداء" upon the addressee becoming attentive to listen for which he is called. 1. Reverence, dignity, honour and protocol of the elevated Messenger of Allah the Exalted, Muhammad Sal'lallaa'hoalaih'wa'salam. The first direct call to the claimants of belief is on the subject of importance of reverence, dignity, honour and protocol of the elevated Messenger of Allah the Exalted, Muhammad Sal'lallaa'hoalaih'wa'salam.
"You people should not address [the Messenger] by saying, "Raa'ina".
Instead of that word, you people say, "U'nzurna-you kindly pay us attention-look towards us".
The first direct address and first direction to those who proclaim to have believed is for adopting the most respectful and cautious attitude while they are in the presence of the Messenger Sal'lallaa'hoalaih'wa'salam . The careful and respectful conduct is to an extent that they should not employ a word which could be articulated in such a manner that some audience could perceive a sound conveying meanings of little or derogatory import. The first and foremost requirement and obligation of a person becoming a believer is to acknowledge, and be cautious of the most dignified stature and position of the Messenger Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and to conduct most respectfully with regard to him; otherwise the belief and all good acts could go waste and be of no consequence. [Read carefully 49:02-03] In Arabic
vocabulary, word
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This command also exposed facts about language. A complete account of the language is with reference to the way sounds are produced, i.e. articulation and the way they are perceived, i.e. its auditory properties. The auditory distinguishing of vowels from each other depends on the precise shape and volume of the oral cavity, i.e. the region of the vocal tract between the larynx and the opening of the mouth. The main organ involved in adjusting the shape and volume of the oral cavity is the tongue.
Letters and consonants coupled with
diacritic combinations produce composite speech sound and that is a
"word" conveying a specific perception and meanings. The First Ayah of
Grand Qur'aan in this Surat
The phenomenon of vibration of vocal cord [حَبْلِ الْوَرِيدِ] producing sound, or in fact converting the idea/thought, retrieved from memory, one intends to convey to others, into sound is but natural, upon which the man does not exercise mechanical control by will. However, once the sound has arrived in the mouth cavity, the tongue mechanically articulates it by will and design to "vowelize" the sound in the manner the speaker likes to throw/eject it out of the mouth. The shape of the vocal tract, and the way the human tongue manipulates, grants it the capability to willfully take three extreme positions that lead to vowel sounds. If the body of the tongue is pushed forward and turned towards the roof of the mouth we get the stressed sound of vowel [ـِ] called كسرةٌ carrying sound like "i" in English words "leap-neat-seat'. This is exactly what some emigrant Arab-ized Jews of those days did while uttering this word. Many of us might feel that this injunction was relevant to those who were present during revelation of Grand Qur'aan; considering that we are not those fortunate who were the direct audience of the elevated Messenger of Allah the Exalted, Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم . That was not the point even in those days. No true believer would have articulated this peculiar word in a manner denoting a perception of lowly-disrespectful import. The sensitivity of the issue relates to auditory aspect of this word. Notwithstanding how honestly and sincerely it was pronounced, some person around might perceive it in his audition a sound conveying meanings of little and disrespectful import. Therefore, the point of utmost importance to note and remember is the choice of words we select while talking or writing about and mentioning the person of the elevated Messenger of Allah the Exalted, Muhammad Sal'lallaa'hoalaih'wa'salam. Never, I repeat never ascribe a word to him of little value and import, or attribute anything derogatory, lowly, negative, or otherwise considered small and ordinary not proportionate to his greatness, highly dignified and elevated stature. We must watch our words about him, and keep gauging the level of respect and deference we retain in our hearts.
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Noun, in accusative state, peculiar
persons who are being called-attention is being sought-confronted. [اسم مبنى على الضم فى محل نصب لأنه منادى] + Attention particle [الهاء للتنبيه].
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Instead
of that word, you people are hereby directed to say this: "U'nzurna-You kindly pay us attention-look
towards us".
Subject Pronoun, nominative state;
[اْ] at the end is to
indicate that the preceding
