Is there any foreign language in Quran and refutation of false claim.

 Is there any foreign language in Quran

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This is a common and important question, especially in debates with orientalists or scholars of other religions. The short answer is:

The Qur’an is entirely in Arabic, but it contains some words that originated from other languages, which were already part of the Arabic language when the Qur’an was revealed.

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📌 Allah says the Qur’an is in pure Arabic:

وَلَقَدْ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّمَا يُعَلِّمُهُ بَشَرٌ‌ۗ لِّسَانُ ٱلَّذِى يُلْحِدُونَ إِلَيْهِ أَعْجَمِىٌّۭ وَهَـٰذَا لِسَانٌ عَرَبِىٌّۭ مُّبِينٌۭ
(Surah An-Nahl 16:103)
“We certainly know they say, ‘It is only a human who teaches him.’ The tongue of the one they refer to is foreign, but this [Qur'an] is in a clear Arabic language.”

👉 This verse refutes the claim that the Qur’an borrowed foreign words from other languages.

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🧠 What do scholars say about foreign-origin words in the Qur’an?

1. Ibn Jarir al-Tabari, Ibn Kathir, Imam al-Shafi‘i, and others emphasized:

“The Qur’an was revealed in Arabic. Any word in it — even if it originally came from another language — is now part of Arabic, so it is considered Arabic.”

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✅ Examples of words in Qur’an said to be of foreign origin but accepted in Arabic:

Word	Claimed origin	Meaning	Qur'anic verse
Istabraq (إِسْتَبْرَق)	Persian	Thick silk brocade	Surah Al-Kahf 18:31
Sijjil (سِجِّيلٍ)	Persian	Hardened clay	Surah Al-Fil 105:4
Zanjabil (زَنجَبِيلًۭا)	Persian	Ginger	Surah Al-Insan 76:17
Ghasāq (غَسَّاقٌۭ)	Turkish or Persian	A fluid (foul liquid)	Surah Sad 38:57
Qistas (قِسْطَاس)	Greek or Latin	Scale/Balance	Surah Al-Isra 17:35
Ibrahim (إِبْرَٰهِيم)	Hebrew	Name of Prophet	Many places
Musa (مُوسَىٰ)	Coptic or Hebrew	Name of Prophet	Many places

But all of these words were already being used by Arabs in pre-Islamic poetry or speech. So, they were absorbed into Arabic and were understood by Arabs at the time.

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💡 Analogy:

Just like in modern English:

• "Algebra" (from Arabic)

• "Kindergarten" (from German)
  These are foreign in origin, but fully English words now.

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✋ Refutation of the claim “Qur’an is not purely Arabic”:

The scholars (like Al-Shafi‘i and Al-Suyuti) responded:

“Every language borrows. The Arabs used these words in their speech, so when the Qur’an used them, it was still in the Arabic language. This is normal and does not contradict the Qur’an’s claim of being in Arabic.”

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✅ Conclusion:

• Yes, there are some words of foreign origin in the Qur’an.

• But these words were naturalized into Arabic and understood by Arabs.

• The Qur’an remains fully Arabic, both linguistically and grammatically.

• This is not a contradiction, but a feature of how languages ev