Class Notes | August 2021

During a class, the teacher (may Allah preserve him and his family) shared the following point regarding translation.

[Without naming him, he has previously worked as an editor.]

On translating adjectives

المسلم القوي الذكي التقي النقي المجتهد

1. The hard-working, clean, pious, intelligent, strong Muslim….

2. The Muslim who is strong, intelligent, pious, clean, hard-working….

3. The hard-working, clean pious Muslim—who is also intelligent and strong—….

On translating adjectives with similar meaning

الطالب النبيه الفهيم الذكي العاقل

1. The intelligent, understanding, brainy student…

2. The intelligent student…