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Title: Is 5:97 referring to Dhil Hajja?
Post by: Student on July 12, 2018, 03:12:05 PM

Salaamun Alayka,
Dear Sir Joseph,

Is 5:97 referring to Dhil Hajja? Most of the translations is singular for waalshshahra alharama and some taking it plural for sacred months, so my question to you specifically given your ardent academic research and language fluency:

Is waalshshahra alharama - singular or plural?
If singular, then is traditional Muslims are right in reducing the 4 months to single dhil Hajj by sanction of this ayah?
Or this month is still one of four and need not pin pointing specific one?

Anticipating your clarification with much thanks and gratitude :)

Title: Re: Is 5:97 referring to Dhil Hajja?
Post by: Hamzeh on July 12, 2018, 04:20:40 PM

Asalamu 3alykum

The response by brother Joseph in this post maybe helpful to your inquiry Insha'Allah

Salam

One holy month and four holy months
http://quransmessage.com/forum/index.php?topic=169.0

Title: Re: Is 5:97 referring to Dhil Hajja?
Post by: Student on July 13, 2018, 12:32:10 AM

Thanks Hamzeh, my search missed this thread as I generally search an ayah in the nn:nn format, the questioner used n, nn  ;)

It helped me quite a bit but I still have the Q for Sir Joseph as he stated:

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The word 'shahr' (month), can also denote 'months' (plurality) depending on its grammatical construction and context. It can also be understood to denote a month (shah-ra) as part of other months.

5:97 is in Hajj context, is grammar of the word/sentence (ayah) makes it plural or singular? Kindly elaborate.