Translating Qad (قَدْ) From the Holy Qur’an Into the English Language
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17507/tpls.1503.35Keywords:
qad, emphasis, tense, expectation, Arabic languageAbstract
The structure comprising qad (قَدْ) followed by the verb conveys various meanings, such as tense, expectation, and emphasis. Therefore, the study's goal was to find the places in the Quran where qad (قَدْ) appears and explain its different meanings based on verbal and spatial clues. It also wanted to look at how the different meanings of qad (قَدْ) were translated into English, leading to a lot of errors. The study applied a descriptive, analytical method to trace the Quranic verses containing qad (قَدْ) and to explain its various meanings based on contextual clues. It also compared the opinions of Arabic scholars. Next, the researchers surveyed the English translations of the meanings of the Holy Quran and evaluated the chosen equivalent translations of qad (قَدْ). However, when translating the meanings of qad (قَدْ) from the Holy Quran, numerous errors are often encountered. First, there is not choosing the appropriate temporal form for the construction (فعل قَدْ). Second, translations rarely convey the emphatic meaning of qad (قَدْ), although this meaning is consistent throughout the Quran. Third, there is the problem of translating the style of swearing when qad (قَدْ) appears in its response, which is represented by not translating the swearing when it is deleted and not translating the emphasis of lām in the response to the oath and qad (قَدْ). Fourth, the meaning of expectation is not conveyed by qad (قَدْ), which persists in all translations. Fifth is not conveying the meanings of qad (قَدْ) when it is deleted.
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