Tum vs Aap

[muqawwee123]

Re: Tum vs Aap

@khoji

TLK is correct, bro. Tu is used for Allah to emphasize Oneness.

And the addressee in the sentence ‘mein tum se mukhatib hoon’, could be one or more. Again, ‘tum logon’ will be used here for emphasis on ‘you people’ (not ‘any other people’).

I think TLK’s point about emphasising Oneness is correct, but we can’t shun the psychological impact of ‘tu’ to show closeness. Besides, Urdu grammar is different from Arabic. Even our masculine and feminine don’t matches in things like Zameen o Aaasman. Aasman (Sama) is feminine in Arabic.