like in this verse for example!!
"And it is We Who have constructed the heaven with might, and verily, it is We Who are steadily expanding it"
2006-10-30 10:30:55 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The royal we (Pluralis Majestatis) is the first-person plural pronoun when used by an important personage to refer to himself or herself. Its best known usage is by a monarch such as a king, queen, or pope. It is also used in certain formal contexts by bishops and university rectors.
In the public situations in which it is used, the monarch or other dignitary is typically speaking, not in his own proper person, but as leader of a nation or institution. Nevertheless, the habit of referring to leaders in the plural has influenced the grammar of several languages, in which plural forms tend to be perceived as deferential and more polite than singular forms. This grammatical feature is called a T-V distinction.
Popes used the we as part of their formal speech up until recent times. John Paul I was the first to dispense with this practice, instead using the singular I. John Paul II continued to use the singular.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We
2006-10-30 10:31:25 · update #1
Whenever in the Qur’an Allah is mentioned in the third person there are always singular pronouns used, such as He, him (Huwa or Hu). Whenever Allah is spoken to in the second person there are also singular pronouns, such as Thou, Thine and Thee (Anta, Ka). However only in the first person some times the pronouns I, My or Mine (Ana, Iyaya, ya) are used and sometimes We, Us and Our (Nahnu, Na) are used.
2006-10-30 10:35:25 · update #2
There is no wonder in that...He is God the Almighty, and He alone can refer to Himself in any way He pleases
People are only humans, and humans cant judge their Almighty Creator
2006-10-30 10:33:50 · answer #1 · answered by AG 4 · 8⤊ 1⤋
I'd like to throw in there that the word "Elohiym" is the male plural of the word "El" (Hebrew).
B'resit Elohiym - The first phrase of the Bible - "In the beginning, God"
In the Christian/Jewish Faith, the phrase Elohiym is esplained by the examination of the doctrine of the Trinity.
That would make an interesting question. I wonder how many people understand that.
Good question; i hope i didn't abuse your answer space.
2006-10-30 10:36:48 · answer #2 · answered by κερυξω 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God has such a superiority that he is WE and WE is Him, which means that he is the highest figure EVER, and WE refers to him and his powers...READ THE WHOLE QURAN B4 MAKING JUDGEMENTS...
2006-10-30 10:35:09 · answer #3 · answered by WHAT??? 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Exactly. Why would God, who has no partners, use a custom derived from medieval England and France? It doesn't make sense.
2006-10-30 10:36:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
i dont know what you mean because i dont read the quran but in the Bible God has a Son named Jesus. why did the quran leave this stuff out?
2006-10-30 10:36:52 · answer #5 · answered by Nikki 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
very well put
2006-10-30 12:20:12 · answer #6 · answered by Gamla Joe 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋