دلالات (ما)‎ في القرآن الكريم و ترجمتها إلى اللغة الإنجليزية

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Research theme: The Meanings of mā in the Glorious Quran and how translators dealt with it.

Research aims: Discussion of the most salient meanings of the particle mā in the English Quran and how Quran translators managed to deal with it in order to be able to discern who of them succeeded and who failed in their renditions.

Research problem: What is the secret, albeit its small size, behind the particle mā having different and varied meanings? These meanings cannot be got at without considering the context and structure of the sentence in which it occurs.

This lead to differences among Quran commentators in understanding it and understanding the context of the ayahs in which it occurs.

This fact was strongly reflected in how Quran translators deal with mā in their respective translations.

Research results: 1- Differences in understanding the meaning of mā lead to differences in understanding the Quran, which, in turn, leads to how translators dealt with it.

2- Translators are faced with the challenge of finding equivalents of some types of mā which are not present in English, e.g.

exclamatory and the additional assertive mā.