when referring to Allah why do muslims say HIM and not HER. afterall you could also say IT. i believe that Allah has no gender after not human - creator is never like creation right so why this referral as male????
2007-05-24 09:35:50 · 5 answers · asked by SJ 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The primary reason that the pronoun “He” is used to refer to Allah is that He chooses to use the pronoun for Himself.
It is also in conformity with the dictates of the Arabic language in which the Qur’ân was revealed. Indeed, Allah says: “Verily this is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds. With it came down the Faithful Spirit to your heart – so that you may be among those who give warning – in a clear Arabic tongue.” [Sûrah al-Shu`arâ’: 192-195]
In the Arabic language, there in no pronoun with a neutral gender equivalent to the English “it”. (Even in English, this neutral gendered pronoun is not to be used for beings possessing the attributes of knowledge, power and will. In English, it would be a sign of disrespect to use the pronoun “it” in such a context.)
In Arabic, when the gender of the subject is unknown or unspecified or when the subject is plural and contains both male and female individuals, the masculine pronoun will be used. In Arabic, the masculine pronoun is the default pronoun. It does not have to imply masculinity. It can be used by a speaker without masculinity being intended
By contrast, female pronouns like “she” in Arabic are used exclusively when the subject is female. Feminine pronouns cannot be used in any other context. Therefore, it is obvious why the pronoun “she” would not be used to refer to Allah, since that would indeed be specifying a gender.
2007-05-24 12:49:45 · answer #1 · answered by NS 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Actually I do too..... I think that we all know that Allah (God) is genderless we just don't call (him) it because thats disrespectful, and most languages use the male (HE) for genderless things..
2007-05-24 21:36:32 · answer #2 · answered by Love Exists? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
actually Quran in written in Arabic and in Arabic he and she is a same word which is used for both men and women so when it is translated into English there is problem with that. if you don't believe me go to http://www.appliedlanguage.com/free_translation.shtml
and write he then she you will see that both are the same words.
2007-05-24 19:46:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
god is referred In most religion as he. I believe people connect to their god by addressing him and got used to it.
2007-05-25 00:37:41 · answer #4 · answered by Hari Om 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Islam it's better be HE.
2007-05-25 02:18:40 · answer #5 · answered by brkshandilya 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋