04-07-2005, 10:39 PM
Bismillah
Al-salam 'alaykom
Oh about Ali, Scholar Sayed Noah is trying to tell us that it is not wrong if the shi'its say that, and yes he is a member of the prophets family. And also we can say that on any fellow muslim to ask for them forgivness and mercy. Sorry for not explaining the above in the first place.
And yes about Rashad's explanation, of course it is totally wrong. And there are others like him who think that this word is the same in all ayahs and take it for granted to translate The Holy Quran according to their own whims, may Allah (SWT) show those who are misguided to the right path.
Ameeeeeeeeeen
Wasalam