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There's hardly any point Anwar or anyone reciting any verse, chapter, or sentence in good or bad Arabic in Bolehland - or any country other than Arab ones when it is clear from the Quran 14:4, the Almighty will send messengers to all the countries to teach in the languages of those countries. That was so that there would be no confusion due to language. The understanding I have from Arabs, and that's many many more than just two, is the command of Arabic of our Muslims including that of the "religious" is rather bad.

Since no messenger has been sent to Bolehland, we should only wait patiently till there is one to receive the Message from, simple as that.

We can't expect any quality to come out of anyone who can have questionable command of ancient Arabic. There is bound to be mistakes, misinterpreting, problems, and issues even when any old clown, poseur, lunatic, and half-baked scholar with a big bandage on the head can claim knowledge and authority.

We should wait patiently for the big day when the messenger comes, to receive the Word from the Almighty. No need, till then, to argue, debate, or quibble over any holy text like stupid versus stupid. Or to drop the odd Arabic phrases here, there, and everywhere, and out of the blue. With the arrival of the messenger who speaks our tongue, we should be able to say everything in our own tongue, Amin.

Meanwhile, if there is any person or outfit claiming authority or even monopoly of Truth, it can only be but a bogus enterprise, and contrary to the Will of the Almighty. Beware!

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Islam is a belief system. A belief system is an ideology or set of principles that helps us to interpret our everyday reality to promote good not evil. Belief or disbelieve, we are all in the same boat. We do not 'know'.

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