Our dear samer and his Arabic lesson for today and the words for today is al-sharq al-adna and al-sharq al-aqsa

Submitted by dhimmi no more (United States), May 5, 2008 at 06:51

الادنى is different than الادنا the former means lowest the later means nearest. full stop, what is written in the Quran is الادنى that mean lowest - besides there are other lands that are in similar distance as Palestine, you cannot say that palestine is the nearest. such as Etheopia, Yemen, Sudan, Eritrea

Bogus Arabic. Lowest land means: al-ard al-munkhafida

Nearest land means al-ard al-qariba

The near east means: al-sharq al-adna or al-sharq al-awsat

The far east means al-sharq al-aqsa

And the term adna al-ard in the Qur'an means the nearer land. And get oever it

>Read Edward William Lane Lexicon

Really?Could you give me the page number?

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