Question 82 - The Enlightening Answer Across the Ether, Vol 2
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Question 82
What are the origin and meaning of the name Zechariah, and likewise the name Lot? Sender: Haydar Tahir
Ahmed al-Hasan Response:
The Sayyid was previously asked whether the name of Allah’s prophet Lot was derived from the indecency, or whether the indecency was named after Allah’s prophet Lot. The Sayyid answered as follows, and the questioner may benefit from the same answer if he seeks the truth. A: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, the Imams and the Mahdis, and grant them abundant peace. The name of Allah’s prophet Lot (a) was not derived from the indecency, nor was the indecency named after Allah’s prophet Lot (a). The Arabic word lata does not mean the indecency; rather, it was borrowed for it. Lata means to move something and rub it vigorously ([148]). This occurs even in the Quran: the word ifk means turning over. Thus in the Quran the city of Lot is called one of the overturned cities because it was turned upside down. Elsewhere you find the Quran calling slander ifk because it-slander-represents a reversal of the truth. Zechariah means the Godwary one.
Source: The Enlightening Answer Across the Ether, Vol 2; Author: Imam Ahmed Al-Hasan; Question 82; Page Not available; AL-JAWAB-AL-MUNIR-V2-Q082. View Arabic source · Open the original Arabic source ↗
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↑ [148] It appears in Al-Sihah by al-Jawhari under the root l-w-t: ‘[Lut] Al-Kisai: lata al-shayu bi-qalbi, yalutu wa-yalitu. It is said: huwa alwatu bi-qalbi wa-alyat, and inni la-ajidu lahu fi qalbi lawtan wa-laytan, meaning love that adheres to the heart. This is a matter that la yaltatu bi-safri-that is, it does not adhere to my heart. It is said: istalatuhu, meaning they attached him to themselves. In the hadith: “Istalattum dama hadha al-rajul,” meaning: you incurred liability for this man’s blood. Luttu al-hawda bil-tini lawtan means: I coated the basin with it and plastered it with clay. Al-lut means a cloak. It is said: labisa lutayhi-he wore his two garments.’ Al-Sihah, vol. 3, p. 1158. (Commentator.)
References
- ↑ Ahmed Al-Hasan. The Enlightening Answer Across the Ether, Vol 2. Question 82; Page Not available. AL-JAWAB-AL-MUNIR-V2-Q082. View Arabic source
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Ahmed Al-Hasan. The Enlightening Answer Across the Ether, Vol 2. Question: 82. Page: Not available. AL-JAWAB-AL-MUNIR-V2-Q082. https://ahmedalhasan.org/ar/Library/BookContent/52