Holy Language and its Religious Lasso
By Rashid Samnakay, New Age Islam
1 June 2014
Unlike the classic
Latin and other ancient languages of the Holy Seas which were once
sacrosanct, Arabic language has retained its simulated holiness for
nation of Muslims for over a millennium.
This religious rope
has been firmly in the hands of the owners of the language and now
tightly pulled round the nation’s neck. Everything of theirs that is:
its culture, norms, apparel, scents, dates, water, its rites, modes of
worship and even its geographical location on the planet earth is the
focal point of religious Islam.
“Islam”, which is only
an Arabic word for what was supposed to be a Code of life for humanity
from its first prophet, is no more so, and is now the monopoly of
Arabia.
The Universal Code
which primarily eradicates all sectional and factional differences in
order to unite humanity, is now fully Arabianised.
For this purpose the
“spirituality of worship” namaz, that is offered in holy Arabic is
asserted as “unifying factor” of the masculine brotherhood of Muslims.
However it will lead
to convoluted arguments to condone or to condemn that assertion, when it
is equated to Qur'anic salaat. Suffice it to say that namaz, is neither
a Qur'anic nor an Arabic term.
Seen in the context of
Quran, as one understands it, it is false to consider any language as
holy. A few verses of the source Book of Islam the Quran are given here
in support of this statement.
The reference to the
Chapter two and few other verses are significant for the subject at hand
addressing mankind. Emphasis in capitals:
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