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Iltifat (التفات, ''iltifaat''), also known as grammatical shift or grammatical errors, refers to cases where the Quranic text | Iltifat (التفات, ''iltifaat''), also known as grammatical shift or grammatical errors, refers to cases where the Quranic text makes strange grammatical shift in point of view or addressee for no apparent reason. | ||
The | The Islamic interpretation is that the so called "iltifat" is intentional and that it makes the Quran better. Critics, however, suggest that iltifat is the result and evidence of an improperly produced or preserved Qur'an. | ||
==Examples== | ==Examples== | ||
* This is not a complete list of examples. Every category has only one example | |||
* Some examples are debatable, but the purpose is to show all kinds of iltifat that were suggested | *This is not a complete list of examples. Every category has only one example | ||
*Some examples are debatable, but the purpose is to show all kinds of iltifat that were suggested | |||
===In pronouns=== | ===In pronouns=== | ||
The Quran in some verses switches [[Arabic pronouns and the Quran| pronouns]] in a strange way. The most remarkable are switches between the 1st and the 3rd person. | The Quran in some verses switches [[Arabic pronouns and the Quran|pronouns]] in a strange way. The most remarkable are switches between the 1st and the 3rd person. | ||
====Change from 1st to 2nd person==== | ====Change from 1st to 2nd person==== | ||
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It would make more sense in the context to say "who created me and to whom I will be returned". | It would make more sense in the context to say "who created me and to whom I will be returned". | ||
But it was also interpreted as "why should I not worship He who created me" being the reason for the belief and "and to whom you will be returned" as a warning to the people. Although from the verse it doesn't | But it was also interpreted as "why should I not worship He who created me" being the reason for the belief and "and to whom you will be returned" as a warning to the people. Although from the verse it doesn't seem like a warning, it rather seems as if "you will be returned" is being given as a reason for why the ''speaker'' should "worship He who created" him, which proves to be an awkward, ''impersonal'' justification for his ''personal'' devotion to God. | ||
====Change from 1st to 3rd person==== | ====Change from 1st to 3rd person==== | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Spelling Inconsistencies in the Quran]] | |||
* [[Tadmeen]] | *[[Spelling Inconsistencies in the Quran]] | ||
*[[Tadmeen]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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