Re: Arabic and Islam
Arabic was a language taught to every Muslim child at one time...It was as compulsory as learning English is today...In the travels of Ibn Battuta, he never had any trouble in any nation wherever he went because from Africa to Asia in every Muslim country people spoke Arabic...
We cannot change the language of Islam to suit our needs and shortcomings...Or to start hating Arabic to the point of, say, like Kamal Ata Turk, who even changed the alphabets and forced forced people to give Azaans and pray in Turkish...
It should be a matter of pride for us that we and our children can read and write Arabic and memorize out Holy Scriptures in its original form so that there is no ambiguity...How many Christians or Jews do you know who can recite their scriptures in Latin or Aramaic or Hebrew?
It is only Muslims who can...
It comes back to the fact that we Muslims as a nation try to change Islam to suit our needs...
Which only reiterates the fact that it is our own failure to practice Islam in its essence that is our bane...
At least you are talking about changing the language of the verses to a native tongue only...There are those that have changed Islam to suit their native needs...