Talk:Quran 2:258

in Ayah 260 the term "fasurhunna ilayka" is wrongly translated as "cut". while Sur means cut, but "Sur ila" does not mean cutting. like take and take over in english which have different meanings. Sura ila means making someone familiar through showing our kindness. Allah wants Abraham to make some birds familiar to himself. then puting them in far places and calling them. they will rush to come to their owner because they fill the owner is their origin. Abraham thought that death and life are two opposite things. like many of us he thought death is the end of life. that's why he was wondering how dead can be resurrected. but in fact death is call by the owner (allah) who call us to himself. Since we are all nurtured by his almighty so we instinctly answer his call and rush to our origin. montains are life. life in this world has distanced us from our owner. the world mountain is selected for life maybe becasue we usually think that life is stable and permanent as a mountain. i appreciate any discussion or comment on this issue. i established the first version of this wikiQUran as an open space for discussion over the meanings of ayahs and to make a collective decision about their best translation through dialogue and not by fixing any specific translation. the current translation is good just for begining. if anybody wants to change any part of translation he/she must convince other through discussion about his/her best translation. Quran is just one book. so it must be possible to reach the best and the most convincing translation. disputes are mainly related to our different levels of knowledge which can be declined through fair dialogue. enshallah.