The translation of al-Waaw & al-Faa’ in a translated text of the Holy Qur’an of palmer & Ali

Abstract EN

Al-waaw and al-faa’ are two of nine copulative (connective) particles حروف عطف in Arabic.

Al-waaw gives complete sense of union between the coupled and the antecedent in rule and parsing, with no arrangements and no succession.

Al-faa’, on the other hand, gives meaning of arrangements and succession.

Al-waaw has eleven Kinds ; three of them are active and the rest (eighth) kinds are inactive, whereas al-faa’ has seven kinds.

As for English conjunction, we have different types of semantic Relations ; each has the specification of a way in which what follows is systematically connected to what has gone before.

There are four types of conjunctive relation : additive, adversative, causal, and temporal.

The next step is analyzing the translation of al-waaw and al-faa’ in Surat al Thaaryat (as a text) in Palmer and Ali’s.

Moreover, making an assessment of this translation is another work in this step. Finally, conclusions are drawn out as a result of the study.

It shows that al faa’(s) are more than al-waaw (s), i.

e.

in Arabic ; whereas in English the number of and(s) is more than other conjunctions in this text (سورة الذاریات).

Al-waaw and al-faa’ are translated into and most of the time.

That is related to the meaning of al-waaw and al-faa’ as well as and (i.

e.

connectivity).

Moreover, Palmer has limited himself to the Original Text rather than Ali.

Ali either does not translate al-waaw and al-faa’, or modifies them by putting other conjunction (not and).