Re: A riddle
u PM me to tell the answer
Re: A riddle
yes heard this before, however i have to let you in on a secret.
there is NO answer to this, its just something stupid someone just come up with. i even asked uni professors, googled it everywhere, anyone clever than me i asked. and there isnt an answer. koi ullloo aisey hi bore ho raha ho ga apney kamrey mein aur uss ka net down hoga, to uss ne yeh riddle soch li to pass his time till net comes back.
Re: A riddle
This thing has no answer. It’s just random sentences from different poems and riddles put together to make all of us go mad
Re: A riddle
This is the explanation I found on another site:
The riddle was originally in Arabic and was then translated into English.
Due to the many Arabic variations of it as well as differences that have come about due to translation, it is meaningless in English.
When translated properly, it goes something like this:
A 5 letter word, mentioned once in the Quran, beginning with "mim".
It is whiter than ice (or brighter than the Sun) and darker than night.
Men use it thrice a day, while women only use it once in a lifetime.
It is haram to eat, yet halal to drink.
The answer is Maqabir (Graveyards).
Mentioned in surah "Takarthur" ie. "Hata Zurtum al-Maqabir"
made up of 5 letters begins with "mim"
If a persons actions are good it is brighter than the sun in the grave, while for an evil-doer it is darker than night.
If the "whiter than ice" version is taken is could mean that the kafan is whiter than ice, then the grave is darker than night.
Men visit it three times a day (ie. they bury the dead in it during three times viz. the periods between the three forbidden times) while women only visit the graveyard when they pass away.
The meat of the dead cannot be consumed ie. backbiting him is forbidden.
The part about drinking being halal doesn't seen to have been solved. People have mentioned different interpretations, yet all seem farfetched.
It is a really silly riddle and has wasted valuable time of many of us.
Re: A riddle
Riya: MY answer was similar to the one you posted jus that it was short but still neither mine and nor this answer is complete.
Whoever made it was a smart guy and i am sure this riddle does not have a proper answer!