For 'Abd al-Rahman and "covering of sins" and the word kaffir!!

Submitted by dhimmi no more (United States), Jul 22, 2006 at 07:15

You never stop amazing me.

You wrote: "What is the word for covering up sins?"

Covering (up) means: Taghtiya (see Hans Wehr page 677B)

Sins means: al-khataaya (see Hans Wehr page 248B. Khatiya (s.)

So your "covering up sins" would be: taghtiyat al-khataaya. (you go and ask your Mullah about this one if he knows Arabic that is).

Then you wrote: "Could it be a word that sounds like kaffir and has the same root?"

As you can see that "taghtyat al-khataaya" has nothing to do with your liitle gem and nothing to do with the word Kaffir or with the root: KFR or with the Arabic word kafara (to cover) or the Arabic word kafr or village.

So where did you learn about this nonsense from? I must say that whoever introduced you to Islam is either clueless or a liar and for sure is not Arabic speaker. But I can only blame you for not being more critical in your examination of Islam before you joined...

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