Answering Christianity Research Center

Salamun Alaykum Brother Osama,
I looked at your update today and you have written that Selah in the Book of Habakkuk means the city of Saleh. But Selah does not mean that. Selah is mentioned all over the Psalms and Book of Habakkuk. It is commonly thought to mean a musical direction.

Dictionary entry: " (in the Bible) occurring frequently at the end of a verse in Psalms and Habakkuk, probably as a musical direction."

An example of selah that is not used in Habakkuk 3:3 is Psalms 46:4, "Though the waters thereof roar and foam, though the mountains shake at the swelling thereof. Selah"

This shows that selah is not referring to the city of Saleh but is most likely just a musical direction.

Also you said that Sela in Isaiah 42 refers to the city of Saleh.
Instead of it meaning the city of Saleh, I think it is referring to Mount Sela in Madina. Maybe you should investigate a little bit more. 

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته

So now, we covered family relationships. Now we will go on to the plurals of these members. Also formulas about the plural forms of most words will be taught.

So mother was اُمٌّ in Arabic. The plural form of mother (mothers) is اُمَّهَاتٌ.

Fathers in Arabic is اٰبَاءٌ.

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Brothers: اِخْوَةٌ

Sisters: اَخَوَاتٌ

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Paternal Uncles: اَعْمَامٌ

Paternal Aunts: عَمَّاتٌ

Maternal Uncles: اَخْوَالٌ

Maternal Aunts: خَالَاتٌ

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Sons: اَبْنَاءٌ

Daughters: بَنَاتٌ

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Brother's sons (nephews): اَبْنَاءُ الْاَخِ

Brother's daughters (nieces): بَنَاتُ الْاَخِ

Sister's sons (nephews): اَبْنَاءُ الْاُخْتِ

Sister's daughters (nieces): بَنَاتُ الْاُخْتِ

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Paternal cousin brothers (father's brother's sons): اَبْنَاءُ الْعَمِّ

Paternal cousin sisters (father's brother's daughters): بَنَاتُ الْعَمِّ

Paternal cousin brothers (father's sister's sons): اَبْنَاءُ الْعَمَّةِ

Paternal cousin sisters (father's sister's daughters): بَنَاتُ الْعَمَّةِ

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Maternal cousin brothers (mother's brother's sons): اَبْنَاءُ الْخَالِ

Maternal cousin sisters (mother's brother's daughters): بَنَاتُ الْخَالِ

Maternal cousin brothers (mother's sister's sons): اَبْنَاءُ الْخَالَةِ

Maternal cousin sisters (mother's sister's daughters): بَنَاتُ الْخَالَةِ

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Grandfathers: اَجْدَادٌ

Grandmothers: جَدَّاتٌ

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Grandsons: اَحْفَادٌ

Granddaughters: حَفِيْدَاتٌ

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Husbands: اَزْوَاجٌ

Wives: زَوْجَاتٌ

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Sons- or brothers-in-law: اَصْهَارٌ

Daughters- or sisters-in-law: كَنَائِنُ

Mothers-in-law: حَمَوَاتٌ

Fathers-in-law: اَحْمَاءٌ

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Full-blood brothers: اَشِقَّاءُ

Full-blood sisters: شَقِيْقَاتٌ

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Fathers: وَالِدَانِ

Mothers: وَالِدَاتٌ

Sons: اَوْلَادٌ

Daughters: بَنَاتٌ

Husbands: بُعُوْلٌ

Wives: عَقِيْلَاتٌ

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So now, we went over all the family relationships mentioned here and made them plural. Now some rules about plurals will be discussed.

So for male members of the family, the rule of the plural form for them most of the time is that an alif should be added before the singular word. For example خَالٌ, which means maternal uncle, its plural form will be اَخْوَالٌ as listed earlier. Notice how an alif got added in اَخْوَالٌ. That's what I mean. Also, some masculine words in some cases may have another plural. For example, اِبْنٌ, which means son, can be بَنُوْنٌ instead of اَبْنَاءٌ. This type of plural has a waaw and noon added to the later part of the word. However, this is only in the nominative case. In the accusative and genitive cases, a yaa instead of a waaw is added with the noon, so it would be بنين instead of بنون. These cases may be mentioned in this board one day, if Allah wills.

As for feminine plurals, most of the time an alif (as a madd letter) and taa is added at the end of the word. For example, how خَالَةٌ, which means maternal aunt, turns into خَالَاتٌ in the plural. Notice how the alif and taa are added.

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Husband: زَوْجٌ

Wife: زَوْجَةٌ



Brother- or son-in-law: صِهْرٌ

Sister- or daughter-in-law: كَنَّةٌ

Father-in-law: حَمُو

Mother-in-law: حَمَاةٌ

Paternal cousin brother (father's brother's son): اِبْنُ الْعَمِّ

Paternal cousin sister (father's brother's daughter): اِبْنَةُ الْعَمِّ

Paternal cousin brother (father's sister's son): اِبْنُ الْعَمَّةِ

Paternal cousin sister (father's sister's daughter): اِبْنَةُ الْعَمَّةِ


Maternal cousin brother (mother's brother's son): اِبْنُ الْخَالِ

Maternal cousin sister (mother's brother's daughter): اِبْنَةُ الْخَالِ

Maternal cousin brother (mother's sister's son): اِبْنُ الْخَالَةِ

Maternal cousin sister (mother's sister's daughter): اِبْنَةُ الْخَالَةِ

Peace,
I wonder where the term اَللّٰهُمَّ came from. It has been translated as O Allah so for a long time I thought adding a meem after a name in arabic is equivalent to O (the name) but thats not the case. It only works with Allah's name. Like you cant say محمدم to mean O Muhammad. That doesnt make sense. I read some theories about the origin of اَللّٰهُمَّ but no one knows for sure. One of the theories was that اَللّٰهُمَّ came from the Hebrew Elohim. Elohim is the plural (of majesty) of Eloh. And the plural form of ه (he), which is the last letter of Allah, would be هم (they) in Arabic. This leads me to think that اَللّٰهُمَّ can be from Elohim since they are both plural. But, if Allah was plural (as in respect) it would be اَللّٰهُمْ without a tashdeed and fatha on the meem but a jaazm instead. But language borrowing (Hebrew Elohim to Arabic Allahum) does not always have to make sense, which can explain why it is اَللّٰهُمَّ (with tashdeed and fatha on meem) and not اَللّٰهُمْ (jaazm on meem). But this is just a theory and the origins of this word remain unknown. Maybe you guys can explain where اَللّٰهُمَّ came from? Maybe the admin can add this to his website to give further proof that Elohim and Allah are the same God since اَللّٰهُمَّ has been used a few times in the Quran which means that (assuming my theory is correct) Allah recognized the plural of Eloh in the Bible thats why He used it a few times in the Quran?