25:35:Sam's Note/ref on:Writ/scripture/al-kitāb
Sam's Note/ref on:Writ/scripture/al-kitāb . Writ (outside of very specific collocations) where the subject is God’s written communication to men, or that law which God applies to His Creation, an instance of application by men of the law of God, or God’s record giving man his account. While this approach is not without its own disadvantages (being an archaic term), it has certain advantages: firstly, it emphasises the written nature of the subject (which kitāb certainly conveys in Arabic); secondly, it conveys a nuance of law or written command; thirdly, it allows a nuance which covers aspects of written record. It also allows that some part of what is called scripture by men does not comprise law in the prosaic sense of the word. Thus, it both conveys some of the same ambiguities which exist in the Arabic, and allows the reader in English the opportunity to see past the specificity which the Traditionalist...