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Title: Typo in article titled "Gabriel"
Post by: Shahmatt on January 25, 2017, 02:35:38 PM

Salaams. There appears to be a typo here (underlined):

"Therefore, it seems that is was not an angel that visited Mary in the incident covering the Quranic narratives in verses 19:17ff, but a 'Spirit'. If the Biblical perspective is accepted whereby Gabriel visited Mary to give glad tiding of a son, then the Spirit mentioned in the Quranic narrative would imply it to be Gabriel. Such a synonymy of Gabriel and the Holy / Faithful Spirit has already been noted in the Quranic verses cited above (2:97, 16:102 and 26:192-195).

However, in verses 19:17ff, it appears that the Quran deliberately avoids using the term 'angel' in the comparable narratives concerning Mary when it could have done so as in verse 3:45. This is 'possibly' with a view to depart from the Christian understanding that Gabriel was in fact an angel."

As always, thank you for the insightful articles.

Title: Re: Typo in article titled "Gabriel"
Post by: Shahmatt on February 03, 2017, 10:18:04 AM

I just discovered that ff is an abbreviation for 'folio'

Please ignore my comment.

Title: Re: Typo in article titled "Gabriel"
Post by: Joseph Islam on February 13, 2017, 09:44:17 PM

Dear Shahmatt,

As-salamu alaykum

Yes, that is correct. It is an abbreviation. No problem.  :)

Regards,
Joseph