Surah Al-Kawthar between Rhetorical Significance

And the Challenges of its Translation

Abstract

Since the inception of Islam, the translation of Quran’s meanings into

other languages has always been an incessant need of the non-Arab

Muslims. Although there are contrast views of Muslim scholars about the

translatability and untranslatability of Quran into other languages for its

innate miraculous meanings, tremendous efforts have been made,

throughout the history, to make Quran easy for general public. Urdu is

one of those languages in which Quran has been translated since Islam

has brightened horizon of the sub-Continent. This research deals with the

shortest Surah of Quran that contains plethora of meanings and rhetorical

secrets with least letters, words and sentences.

The research paper comprises of:

Eloquence of al-Kawthar hinting the hidden semantic meanings.

The problems of translating this chapter keeping in view to

encompass the meanings of semantic eloquence during its

translation.

The researcher has confined the study to four Urdu Translations:

Translation of Sheikh Abdul Qadir,

Translation of Sheikh Ashraf Ali Thanwi,

Translation of Sheikh Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi

Translation of Sheikh Abdul Majid Derya Abadi).

The article deals with highlighting the difference between rhetorical

miracles in the Quranic text and the shortcomings of its translations in an

explanatory table and the research work comes to end with valuable

results and suggestions.

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ڑپھ ا ےنپ ز ب ےک ا ےگ -مہ ےن ھجت وک د ی وکرث"

وس امنز

ر ی ےہ ریتا ، و یہ ز اہ اھچیپ اٹکب ر ب ا ین رک، ےب کش وج

ق "ا و ز

ےب کش مہ ےن ےب امشز وخایبں اطع ! ا ے وبحمب "

ف

ر ب ا ین رکو ق ڑپوھ ا و ز

-ر امںیئ وت مت ا ےنپ ز ب ےک ےیل امنز

ر ریخ ےس رحمو م ہےب کش وج اہمتز ا وج د نمش ےہ و یہ

- ےہ

ا م ےہ ا و ز ) ےب کش مہ ےن ا ب وک وکرث"

اک ب

ا ب ک وحض

ر ریخ ریثک یھب ا س ںیم د ا لخ ےہہ

ر امیئ( ف -اطع

وس ا ں

ڑپےیھ ا و ز

وتمعنں ےک رکشہی ںیم ا ب رپو ز د اگز یک امنز

ر ب ا ین ےیجیکق

ےہ -

ا ں

ش

نا م و

ا ب اک د نمش یہ ےب ب

ن لی قی

"ب ا

وس ا ب رپو ز د اگز یک -مہ ےن ا ب وک ریخ ریثک اطعیک ےہ"

ر ب ا ین ےیجیکق ڑپےیھ ا و ز

وہ رک وت -امنز

ا ں

ش

نا م و

ا ےب ب

نن قی

"ا ب اک د نمش یہ ز ےہ اگ

"اھچیپ اٹک"

"ا ے وبحمب "

ےب )

(امشز وخایبں

(

ب

(ینپمک ڈٹیمل ا ج

ےک ا ز د و رتا مج

ےک ا ز د و رتا مج

ینپمک ڈٹیمل)ا رقلا ں

ا ج

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