Re: Details of interpreting verses from the Qur’an and obvious blunders
Peace Mr.Popat
Regardless how the translations have been done … “they used to eat” but my point is that it is not something definitive that they have stopped eating, because the Arabic does not say that “they have stopped eating” - necessarily.
Qaana = Was or Were
Ya’kulaani = (Those two are eating)
Ta’aama = Food
In such sentences although the verb used is in present tense the the Qaana takes the meaning in to the past tense …
**Those two were eating food
**akalaa = those two ate
kad akalaa = those two had eaten
ya’kulaani = those two are eating
kaana ya’kulaani = those two were eating
The translation “those two used to eat” is irregular … My point stemmed from the Arabic meaning not about the translation used really … My point is the verb is imperfect and hence it cannot be concluded that the act is a closed book