Document Type : Research Article

Authors

• mohammadali hemati ¹
• abdulrasol hadiyan shirazi ²
• mahdi abdollahipour ²
• vafadar keshavarzi ²

¹ Associate Professor of the University of Sciences and Knowledge of the Holy Quran

² Assistant Professor of the University of Sciences and Knowledge of the Holy Quran

Abstract

The commentators and following them, the translators, have different views on the meaning of the two concepts "allā tukallima" and "sawiyyā" from verse 41 of Surah Al-Imran and verse 10 of Surah Maryam. The historical course of the interpretation of the two discussed verses shows that the commentators have interpreted the phrase "allā tukallima" in two ways; One is Zakaria's lack of power to speak and the other is Zakaria's discretion not to speak. In some cases, a commentator has given two different interpretations of two verses. In the case of the word "sawiyyā", sometimes it is used as present tense for the subject "allā tukallima" and sometimes as an adjective for "layālin". There are many narrations in this field that have problems in terms of chain of documents. The difference of opinion of the commentators has affected the Persian and Latin translations of these phrases and caused the emergence of different translations. On the other hand, this topic is also mentioned in the New Testament, which can confirm some views. This research was done with the library method and comparative historical approach to reach the correct meaning of the mentioned expressions. The results indicate Zakaria's inability to speak.

Keywords

• allā tukallima
• sawiyyā
• not being able to speak
• Zakaria
• fasting of silence

Main Subjects

• Quranic Studies